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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Scots in the meane while sate not still, but made roades into England,Warke castell burnt by the Scots. tooke and burnt the ca|stell of Warke. Moreouer, whilest the siege laie be|fore Ypres, the Frenchmen armed certeine vessels, and sent them to the sea, namelie fiue balengers, as well to intercept such as should passe betwéene Eng|land EEBO page image 445 and Flanders, as also to stop such as were ap|pointed to go ouer into Gascoine, that were soldiers also of the croisie, appointed thither vnder the lea|ding of the lord Britrigale de la Bret, and certeine others. When they of Portesmouth vnderstood that these fiue ships were abroad, they made foorth to the sea, and meeting with their aduersaries, fought with them a sore & cruell battell, and in the end slue all the enimies, nine excepted, and tooke all their vessels. An other fleet of Englishmen tooke eight French ships,Diuerse French ships taken by the Englishmen. which had aboord 1500 tuns of good wines, that com|forted the Englishmen greatlie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the feast of All saints was a parlement holden at London,A parlement at London. in which was granted to the king one moitie of a fifteenth by the laitie, and shortlie af|ter a moitie of a tenth by the cleargie. Moreouer, the king tooke into his hands the temporalties that be|longed to the bishop of Norwich,The tempo|ralties of the bishopr [...]ke of Norwich sei|zed into the kings hands for the bishops disobedience. bicause he obeied not the kings commandement when he was sent for at the time when he tooke the seas to passe into Flan|ders. The knights also that had not shewed such obe|dience to the bishop as was requisit in that iornie, were committed to prison; but shortlie after they were set at libertie vpon suerties that vndertooke for them. ¶ It was also decréed in this parlement, that the erle of Buckingham the kings vncle should go to the borders against Scotland, with a thousand lances, and two thousand archers, to represse the pre|sumptuous attempts of the Scots, who aduertised thereof, sent ambassadors to treat of peace; but they were dispatched home againe, without obteining that which they came to sue for.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 At the motion and instance of the duke of Bri|taine, immediatlie vpon the returne of the English armie out of Flanders, there was a méeting of cer|teine commissioners in the marches of Calis, at a place called Lelleghen,A treatie of peace betwéen England and France. for the treatie of a peace to be concluded betwixt the two realmes of England and France. There appeared for king Richard, the duke of Lancaster, and his brother the erle of Buckingham, sir Iohn Holland brother to the king, sir Thomas Percie, and a bishop. For the French king, thither came the dukes of Berrie and Burgogni [...], the bishop of Laon, and the chancellor of France. There were also the duke of Britaine, and the earle of Flanders. Also there came a bishop with other commissioners from the king of Spaine: for the Frenchmen would doo nothing, except the king of Spaine might be also comprised in the treatie and conclusion. They were thrée wéekes in commoning of an agreement:A truce taken betwéene England and France. but when nothing else could be brought to passe, they con|cluded a truce to indure till the feast of S. Michaell, which should be in the yeare 1384.

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