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Compare 1577 edition: 1 But suerlie the hearts of the Britains were won|derfullie changed, and in no wise would consent to haue anie warre with the Frenchmen, if anie reaso|nable peace might be concluded. For manie that ha|ted the father, bare good will and heartie loue to|wards the sonne, whose yoong yeares and great to|wardnesse allured the hearts of manie to wish him well. Hervpon was meanes made for a peace, which by the duke of Aniou his consent (who bare the grea|test rule in France in that season) a finall accord was made,A peace be|twixt the French king and the duke of Britaine. betwixt the yoong king and the duke of Bri|taine, so that the duke should come and doo his ho|mage vnto the French king, and sweare to be true and faithfull vnto him:The article [...] of the peace. also that he should rid the Englishmen out of his countrie, and helpe them with ships and vessels to transport them home into England.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The earle of Buckingham, when he vnderstood of this peace, was not a little displeased in his mind, considering that the duke of Britaine had delt so vn|iustlie with him and his nephue the king of Eng|land. But the duke still excused him by his subiects, as though if he had not thus agreed, he should haue beene in danger to haue lost his heritage of that countrie. Finallie, the earle after he had ships proui|ded for his passage, the eleuenth of Aprill departed out of Uannes, and came to the hauen where his ships laie, and so went aboord in like maner as oth [...]r of his men did from other hauens, and shortlie after (when the wind serued) tooke the sea and returned in|to England,The earle of Buckingham returned into England. sore displeased with the duke of Bri|taine for his great vntruth and dissimulation (as he tooke it) notwithstanding all excuses to cloake the matter by him alledged.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 EEBO page image 428Whilest the Englishmen were thus occupied in warres against the Frenchmen (as before ye haue heard) the Scots could not rest in quiet, but in re|uenge for a ship, which the townesmen of Newca|stell and Hull had taken on the sea, knowing them to be pirates, determined to doo what mischéefe they could vnto the English borders: for the losse of that ship grieued them, bicause it was esteemed to be ve|rie rich, the goods that were in it being valued at se|uen thousand marks. Herevpon the Scots entring by the west borders, inuaded & spoiled the countries of Westmerland and Cumberland, and comming into the forrest of Inglewood, they tooke awaie with them such a number of beasts and cattell, that they were reckoned at fourtie thousand heads of one and other.The Scots inuade the English bor|ders and spoile whole countries car|rieng awaie great booties. Besides this, they cruellie slue all such as they could laie hands vpon, and burnt vp all the townes, villages, and houses as they passed: and not content herewith, they stale vpon the towne of Penreth, when the faire was kept there, slaieng, taking, and chasing awaie the people, and after gathering togi|ther all the goods and riches there found, tooke it a|waie with them, whereof there was such plentie as might haue satisfied the couetous desire of a most greedie armie. They returned by Carleil, but hearing that there were gotten into it a great number of men out of the countries adioining, they durst not staie to make any attempt against that towne, but compassed their waie to escape with their booties home into their countrie, which they did, although they lost some of their companie as they passed by an ambushment of certeine archers of Westmerland and Cumberland, that were laid for them of purpose. When the earle of Northumberland would haue gone foorth to reuenge those iniuries doone to the countrie by the Scots, he was written to from the king and his councell, to forbeare till the daie of truce, at what time it might be knowen what was further to be doone in the matter.

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