Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Whilest the prince laie at siege before Limoges (a litle before he wan it) thither came to him his bre|thren, Polydor. Froissard. the duke of Lancaster, and the earle of Cam|bridge, the lord Ros, sir Michaell de la Pole, sir Ro|bert Rous, sir Iohn Saint [...]o, and sir William Beau|champe, with a faire number of men of war, spears, and archers. The prince then after he had woone Li|moges, and executed some crueltie there to the ter|rour of other; his maladie which still continued vpon him, rather increased than diminished, so that he was aduised by physicians to returne into England, in hope that change of aire should restore him to health. For the which consideration and other causes of busi|nesse which he had to doo with his father,The prince returned into England. Thom. Wals. touching cer|teine weightie affaires he tooke the sea, and came o|uer into England, leauing the gouernement of A|quitaine vnto his brother the duke of Lancaster, as his lieutenant there: he landed at Plimmouth in the beginning of Ianuarie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreouer in this 44 yeare of king Edward,The king of Nauarr [...] c [...]|meth ouer [...] to England. the king of Nauarre came ouer into England, and at Claringdon found the king, and there talked with him of such matters as they had to conclude betwixt them two. Polydor. But for that the king of Nauarre could not assure the king of such couenants as should haue passed betwixt them two, it was not thought meet by the kings councell to worke too far vpon his bare word, that had before time shewed apparant proofes of his inconstant dealing. And suerlie this doubt arose not without cause,The king of Nauare c [...]|stancie sus|pected. Froissard. as his dooings shortlie after de|clared: for although he séemed now at this present to be a verie enimie to the French king, yet shortlie af|ter he was reconciled to him againe, and became his great freend for the time it lasted. This yeare in the moneth of Februarie was a parlement called,1371 Anno Reg. [...] in the which there was demanded of the spiritualtie a subsidie of fiftie thousand pounds, Caxton. and as much of the laitie.A subsidie. The temporall men soone agréed to that pai|ment, but the cleargie excused themselues with faire words and shifting answers: in somuch that the king tooke displesure with them, and deposed certeine spirituall men from their offices of dignitie, as the chancellor, the priuie seale, the treasuror,Spirituall men deposed. and such o|thers, in whose roomes he placed temporall men.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The bishop of Winchester, and the bishop of Beau|uois being both cardinals, were put in commission by pope Gregorie the eleuenth to treat betwixt the kings of England and France for a peace.Cardinals appointed [...] treat of peace. But al|beit they did their indeuour therein, and mooued both kings to the vttermost of their powers, yet their mo|tions tooke none effect, and therefore was the warre pursued to the vttermost betwixt the parties, & name|lie in Aquitaine, where the fortresses were so inter|medled one with an other, some English, and some French, that one knew not how to beware of an o|ther, nor to auoid the danger, so that the countrie of Poictou and other the marches thereabout were in great tribulation. Sir Robert Knols, Polydor. sir Thomas Spenser, sir Iohn Triuet, and sir Hugh Hastings, diuiding their powers insunder, went to recouer townes, some in one quarter, and some in an other, and certeine they assaied, but preuailed not: the in|habitants doubting to be punished for their vn|truths, made such stout resistance.