Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The Frenchmen about the same time came before the Ile of Wight with a great nauie,The French|mens demand of the Ile of Wight. and sent cer|teine of their men to the shore, to demand in name of king Richard, and of his wife quéene Isabell, a tribute or speciall subsidie in monie, of the inhabi|tants of that Ile; who answered,The answer of the Iland|men. that king Richard was dead, and queene Isabell sometime his wife had béene sent home to hir parents and countrie, without condition of anie dowrie or tribute: wherefore, they answered reasonablie, that none they would giue: but if the Frenchmen had desire to fight, they willed them to come on land, and there should be none to re|sist them; and after they were on land, they promised to giue them respit for six houres space to refresh themselues, and that time being once expired, they should not faile to haue battell. When the French|men heard of this stout answer made by the Iland|men, they had no lust to approch néere to the land, but returned without further attempt.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 About this season, the duke of Orleance,The duke of Orleance his challenge. brother to the French king, a man of no lesse pride than hau|tinesse of courage, wrote letters to king Henrie, ad|uertising him, that for the loue he bare to the noble feats of chiualrie, he could imagine nothing either more honorable or cõmendable to them both, than to meet in the field each part with an hundred knights and esquiers, all being gentlemen, both of name and armes, armed at all points, and furnished with speares, axes, swords, and daggers, and there to fight and combat to the yeelding; and euerie pers [...]n, to whome God should send victorie, to haue his [...]iso|ner, & him to ransome at hi [...] pleasure, offering [...]|selfe with his companie to come to his citie of An|gulesine, so that the king would come to the lands of Burdeaux, and there defend this challenge.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 EEBO page image 525 The answer of king Hen|rie.The king of England grauelie answered herevn|to, that he maruelled why the duke vnder colour of dooing déeds of armes for a vaine-glorie, would now séeke to breake the peace betwixt the realmes of England and France, he being sworne to main|teine the same peace, sith he might further vnder|stand, that no king annointed, of verie dutie, was bound to answer anie challenge, but to his péere of equall state and dignitie: and further declared, that when opportunitie serued, he would passe the sea, and come into his countrie of Gascoigne, with such com|panie as he thought conuenient, and then might the duke set forward with his band, for the accompli|shing of his couragious desire, promising him in the word of a prince, not thence to depart, till the duke either by fulfilling his owne desire in manner afore|said, or by singular combat betwéene them two one|lie, for auoiding of more effusion of Christian bloud, should thinke himselfe fullie satisfied. To this and much more conteined in the kings answer, the duke replied, and the king againe reioined, not without tawnts and checks vnfitting for their estates. The duke of Orleance offended highlie (as he might séeme) furnished against the king of England with an armie of six thousand men,The duke of Orleance be|siegeth Uergi in Guien. entered into Guien, and besieged the towne of Uergi, whereof was cap|teine sir Robert Antlfield, a right hardie and valiant knight, hauing with him onelie thrée hundred Eng|lishmen, which defended the fortresse so manfullie, that the duke (after he had laine three moneths) and lost manie of his men, without honour or spoile re|turned into France.