Compare 1577 edition: 1 Upon the sundaie next following,The English men before Paris. a part of the kings hoste came before the citie of Paris, and im|battelled themselues in a field fast by saint Marcil|les, abiding there frõ morning till three of the clocke in the after noone, to sée if the Frenchmen would come foorth to giue battell: but the French would not taste of that vessell. For the duke of Normandie (well considering what losse had insued within few yeares past vnto the realme of France, by giuing battell to the Englishmen, and taught by late triall and féeling of smart to dread imminent danger, for
Vulneribus didicit miles habere metum)would not suffer anie of his people to issue foorth of the gates, but commanded them to be readie onelie to defend the walles and gates, although he had a great power of men of warre within the citie, beside the huge multitude of the inhabitants. The English|men to prouoke their enimies the sooner to saile forth, Polydor. The sub|urbs o [...] Par|ris burnt. burnt diuerse parts of the suburbs, and rode euen to the gates of the citie. When they perceiued that the Frenchmen would not come foorth, about three of the clocke in the afternoone they departed out of the field and withdrew to their campe, and then the king and all the English host remooued towards Chartres, and was lodged at a place called Dones. Froissard. The bishop of Beauuois Thither came to him the bishop of Beauuois then chancellor of Normandie, with other, and so handled the mat|ter with him, that a new daie of treatie was appoin|ted to be holden at Bretignie, which is little more than a mile distant from Chartres, vpon the first day of Maie next insuing.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 In which daie and place appointed, the foresaid duke of Lancaster, and the said earles and other commis|sioners met with the said bishop, and other French lords and spirituall men to him associate,A new treatie on the be|halfe of the duke of Normandie then regent of France, to renew the former communication of peace, in full hope to bring it to a good conclusion; bi|cause king Edward began to frame his imaginati|on more to accord with his aduersaries, than he had doone of late, chéefelie for that the duke of Lancaster with courteous words and sage persuasions,The duke of Lancaster per+suadeth the king to agrée. aduised him not to forsake such reasonable conditions as the Frenchmen were contented now to agrée vnto, sith that by making such manner of warre as he had at|tempted, his souldiers onelie gained, and he himselfe lost but time, and consumed his treasure [...] and further he might warre in this sort all the daies of his life, be|fore he could atteine to his intent, and loose perhaps in one daie more than he had gained in twentie yeares.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Such words spoken for the wealth of the king and his subiects, conuerted the kings mind to fansie peace, namelie by the grace of the Holie-ghost chéefe worker in this case. For it chanced on a daie, as he was marching not farre from Chartres,An hideous storme & tem|pest of wether there came such a storme and tempest of thunder, lightening, haile and raine, as the like had neuer béene séene by anie of the English people. This storme fell so hide|ous in the kings host, that it seemed the world should haue ended: for such vnreasonable great stones of haile fell from the skie, that men and horsses were EEBO page image 394 slaine therewith, so that the most hardie were aba|shed. There perished thousands thereby, as some haue written. Then the king remembring what reasona|ble offers of agréement he had refused, vpon remorse of conscience (as by some writers should appeare) as|ked forgiuenesse of the damage doone by sword and fire in those parts, and fullie determined to grant vn|to indifferent articles of peace, for reléefe of the chri|stian inhabitants of that land: and so shortlie after, by the good diligence of the commissioners on both parts,A peace con|cl [...]ded. an vnitie and finall peace was accorded, the conditions whereof were comprised in fortie and one articles, the chiefe whereof in effect were these.