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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Englishmen comming to Grauelin, set it on fire, and departed streight to Calis, leauing the countrie of Flanders to the Frenchmen, and so re|turned into England, where they were not greatlie commended for their seruice, but were put so farre in blame, that sir Thomas Triuet, & sir William Elm|ham were committed to prison within the tower of London, as men suspected of euill dealing in the deli|uerie of Bruckburge and Grauelin to the French|mens hands:

Grauelin for|tified by the Frenchmen for a counter|garison to Calis.

Thom. Wals.

for immediatlie after that they had left Grauelin, the Frenchmen came thither, and fortified it for a countergarison to Calis. ¶ There be that write how the French king offered to giue the bi|shop of Norwich fiftéene thousand marks to race the towne of Grauelin, and so to leaue it vnto him, the bishop hauing libertie with all his people and goods to depart in safetie. The bishop required to haue li|bertie for certeine daies, to make herevnto a full and deliberate answer; which was granted, and in the meane time he sent into England to aduertise the king in what state he stood, and how the French king laie before him with a mightie armie: and therefore if he meant euer to trie battell with the Frenchmen, now was the time.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the same summer, the king with the queene went abroad in progresse,The king & quéene in progresse. visiting in their waie the rich abbeis of the realme, as Burie, Thetford, Nor|wich, & other; going about a great part of the realme. And when these newes came to him from the bishop of Norwich, he was at Dauentrie in Northampton|shire, and being the same time at supper, he put the ta|ble from him, and rising with all hast, got him to hors|backe, and rode in post that night, changing horsse diuerse times, with such spéed that he came to S. Al|bons about midnight, and making no staie there lon|ger than he had borowed the abbats gelding, hasted foorth till he came to Westminster: so that it appea|red he would neuer haue rested till he had passed the sea, and giuen battell to the Frenchmen. But after his comming to Westminster, wearied with that ha|stie iournie, he got him to bed, and liked so well of ease,A great hea [...] soone cooled. that he thought good to send a lieutenant in his stead to passe the seas, to deliuer the bishop from dan|ger of his enimies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herevpon was the duke of Lancaster sent for, that he might with such power as was readie to passe the seas, go ouer with the same, and giue battell to the French king: but he protracted time, till the respit granted to the bishop to make answer was expired, and so the bishop when he saw no succour come foorth of England, raced the towne as the couenant was: but monie he would not or did not receiue, bicause he thought in so dooing he should offend the councell. At his comming backe into England, he found the duke of Lancaster at the sea side with a great power of men readie to haue come ouer:The bishop of Norwich re|turned into England [...] of Flanders. although some thought that he deferred time of purpose, for that he misliked of the bishops whole enterprise; and now bi|cause it had thus quailed, he blamed the bishop for his euill gouernement therein: but sir Hugh Caluerlie he reteined with him a time, dooing him all honour, by reason of the old approoued valiancie, that had béene euer found in him. And this was the end of the bishop of Norwich his iournie.

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