Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Frenchmen hauing vnderstanding hereof, thought with themselues that now was the time for them to practise with the Gascoignes to reduce them from the English obeisance, vnder their subiection. Herevpon came Lewes duke of Burbon vnto A|gen, and wrote to diuerse cities and townes,The duke of Burbon. on the confines of Guien, exhorting them with large promi|ses, and faire sugred words, to reuolt from the Eng|lishmen, and to become subiects to the crowne of France; but his trauell preuailed not: for the people vnderstanding that the English yoke was but easie in comparison to the French bondage, determined to abide rather in their old subiection, than for a dis|pleasure irrecouerable to aduenture themselues on a new doubtfull perill; yet it was doubted, Froissard. least the cities of Burdeaux, Dar, and Baion, would haue re|uolted, if the lords of the marches about those places had leaned to them in that purpose, for they sent their commissioners to Agen, to treate with the duke of Burbon. But forsomuch as the lords, Pomiers, Mu|cident, Duras, Landuras, Copane, Rosem, & Lan|gurant, were minded to continue still English, those cities durst not without them turne to the French o|beisance, EEBO page image 518 for they could not haue stirred out of their gates, but those lords would haue béene readie at their elbowes, to haue caught them by the sléeues.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Henrie being aduertised of the Frenchmans couert meanings, and also of the wauering minds of the Gascoignes, sent Thomas Persie earle of Worcester with two hundred men of armes, and foure hundred archers into Guien, to aid and assist sir Robert Knols, his lieutenant there. The chiefest capteines that accompanied the earle in this iournie were these: first, his nephue sir Hugh Hastings, sir Thomas Colleuill, Polydor. Froissard. sir William Lisle, Iohn de Graillie base sonne to the capitall de Boeuf, sir Wil|liam Draiton, sir Iohn Daubreticourt: also there went with him the bishop of London, and master Richard Doall or Dolleie.The earle of Worcester sent into Gas|coigne. The earle at his arriuall so wiselie intreated the noble men, so grauelie per|suaded the magistrats of the cities and townes, and so gentlie and familiarlie vsed and treated the com|mons, that he not onelie appeased their furie and ma|lice, but brought them to louing and vniforme obei|sance, receiuing of them othes of obedience, & loiall fealtie, which doone, he returned againe into Eng|land with great thanks.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The French king perceiuing he could not bring his purpose about, neither by inuading England, nor by practising with the Gascoignes,Ambassadors from the French king. sent a solemne ambassage into England, requiring to haue his daughter the ladie Isabell, sometime espoused to king Richard, restored to him againe. King Henrie gent|lie receiued those that were sent to him about this message, and for answer, promised to send his com|missioners vnto Calis, which should further com|mune and conclude with them. Abr. Fl. out of Fabian, pag. 304. ¶ This séemeth disso|nant from the report of Fabian deriued out of Gag|wine. For he saith that Charles hearing of the sup|pression of K. Richard, sent 2 of his houshold knights into England, requiring king Henrie the fourth, then newlie made king, to send home his daughter Isabell, latelie married vnto king Richard, with such dowrie as with hir was promised. In dooing of which message king Henrie tooke such displeasure, that he threw the said two knights in prison; where through one of them (named Blanchet) died in England, and the other called Henrie, after great sicknesse retur|ned into France: wherefore if Fabian plaie not the fabler, those that were sent on the said message were not gentlie receiued of king Henrie; vnlesse to be cast in prison and discourteouslie dealt withall stand countable for beneuolence & gentle interteinment. But to remit this and the like variances among wri|ters to such as can reconcile them, let vs returne to the storie.