Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 In this meane while there was talke of peace be|twixt the king of England, and the king of France,Talke of a peace, and ar|ticles thereof drawne. Caxton. and articles thereof drawne in this forme, that the whole countries of Gascoine, Guien, Poictou, Tou|raine, Xainctonge, Piergourd, Quercie, Limosin, Angolisinois, Calis, Guines, Bullogne, and Pon|thieu, should remaine to the king of England wholie without dooing homage or paieng anie reléefe for the same: but on the other part, he should renounce all his right, which he might by anie manner of meane claime to the countries of Normandie, Aniou, or Maine. And further, that the French king should paie a certeine summe of monie for his ransome, and deliuer sufficient pledges for the same, and so depart into France. These articles were sent ouer into France, that the thrée states there might confirme them, which they refused to doo. Wherevpon when the truce ended, the warres were againe reuiued. ¶The king held this yéere the feast of S. George at Wind|sor, in more sumptuous manner than euer it had béene kept before.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the same yeare also, Thom. Wals. frier Iohn Lisle bishop of EEBO page image 392 Elie,The bishop of Elie. being (as he tooke it) somewhat wronged by the ladie Blanch de Wake, and other that were of hir counsell, when the last yeare against the kings will vnto the popes court, where exhibiting his com|plaint, he caused the pope to excommunicate all his aduersaries, sending to the bishop of Lincolne and o|ther of the cleargie, that if they knew any of them so excommunicated to be dead and buried, they should draw them out of their graues:Excommuni|cation. which was doone. And bicause some of those that were excommunica|ted were of the kings councell, the king tooke such displeasure therewith, that he gréeuouslie disquieted the prelats. Wherevpon there were sent from the court of Rome on the behalfe of the bishop of Elie, certeine persons, which being armed, met the bishop of Rochester lord treasuror, deliuering to him letters from the pope, the contents of the which were not knowen, and foorthwith they shranke awaie: but the kings seruants made such pursute after them, that some of them they tooke,Such as de|liuered the popes letters hanged. and bringing them before the kings iustices, vpon their arreignement they were condemned, and suffered death on the gallowes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Great discord rose also about this time, or rather afore,Discord be|twixt priests and friers. betwixt the cleargie, and the foure orders of friers, as in the booke of acts & monuments set foorth by master Iohn Fox ye may read more at large. In this yeare Iohn of Gant earle of Richmond, Th. Walsing. Iohn of Gant married. sonne to the king, the ninetéenth day of Maie married the ladie Blanch daughter to Henrie duke of Lanca|ster at Reading;1359 Anno Reg. 33. and bicause they were cousins with|in the degrées of consanguinitie, forbidden by the church lawes to marrie, a dispensation was procured of the pope to remoue that obstacle and let. In this yeare the king set workemen in hand to take downe much old bildings belonging to the castell of Wind|sore,Windsore ca|stell repared. Additions to Triuet. and caused diuerse other faire and sumptuous works to be erected and set vp, in and about the same castell, so that almost all the masons and carpenters that were of any accompt within this land, were sent for and imploied about the same works, the ouerseer whereof was William Wickham the kings chap|l [...]in, by whose aduise the king tooke in hand to repare that place, the rather in déed bicause he was borne there, and therefore he tooke great pleasure to bestow cost in beautifieng it with such buildings, as may ap|peare euen vnto this daie. Moreouer, this yeare in the Rogation wéeke was solemne iusts enterprised at London,A solemne iusts at London. for the maior and his foure and twentie brethren as challengers did appoint to answer all commers, in whose name and stéed the king with his foure sonnes, Caxton. The K. with his foure sons are of the chalengers part. Edward, Lionell, Iohn, and Edmund, and ninetéene other great lords, in secret manner came and held the field with honor, to the great plea|sure of the citizens that beheld the same. ¶ Ye haue heard how the Frenchmen refused the peace, which was accorded betwixt K. Edward & their king, as then prisoner here in England. Wherupõ K. Edward determined to make such warre against the realme of France, that the Frenchmen with all their harts should be glad to condescend and agrée to reason: and first he commanded all manner of Frenchmen (other than such as were prisoners) to auoid out of Eng|land. He also appointed the French king to be re|moued from the castell of Hertford,The French K. remoued. He departed frõ Hertford the 29 of Iulie. Polydor. where he then re|mained, vnto the castell of Somerton in Lincolne|shire, vnder the gard and conduct of the lord Willi|am Deincourt, being allowed fourtie shillings the day for the wages of two and twentie men at armes, twentie archers, & two watchmen: as thus, for him|selfe and sir Iohn Kirketon baronets, either of them foure shillings the daie; for thrée knights, sir Willi|am Colleuill (in place of the lord Robert Colleuill, that could not trauell himselfe by reason of sicknesse) sir Iohn Deincourt, and sir Saer de Rochfort, ech of them two shillings the daie; seuentéene esquiers ech of them twelue pence the day, eight archers on horsse backe euerie of them six pence the day, and twelue archers on foot three pence, and the two watchmen ei|ther of them six pence the day, which amounteth in the whole vnto nine and thirtie shillings the day; and the od twelue pence was allowed to the said lord Dein|court to make vp the summe of 40 shillings. ¶ This haue I noted the rather, to giue a light to the reader to consider how chargeable the reteining of men of war in these daies is, in respect of the former times. But now to our purpose.