Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king mooued herewith,The kings words to the prince his son cast from him the dagger, and imbracing the prince kissed him, and with shedding teares confessed, that in déed he had him partlie in suspicion, though now (as he perceiued) not with iust cause, and therefore from thencefoorth no misreport should cause him to haue him in mistrust, and this he promised of his honour. So by his great wisedome was the wrongfull suspicion which his father had conceiued against him remooued, and he restored to his fauour. And further, E [...]ton. where he could not but gréeuouslie complaine of them that had slan|dered him so greatlie, to the defacing not onelie of his honor, but also putting him in danger of his life,The princes request to haue his accu|sors to answer their wrõgful slanders. he humblie besought the king that they might an|swer their vniust accusation; and in case they were found to haue forged such matters vpon a malicious purpose, that then they might suffer some punish|ment for their faults, though not to the full of that they had deserued. The king séeming to grant his ro|sonable desire, yet told him that he must tarrie a par|lement, that such offendors might be punished by iudgement of their péeres: and so for that time he was dismissed, with great loue and signes of father|lie affection.

¶Thus were the father and the sonne reconciled, be|twixt whom the said pickthanks had sowne diuision, Abr. Fl. out of Angl. praelijs. insomuch that the sonne vpon a vehement conceit of vnkindnesse sproong in the father, was in the waie to be worne out of fauour. Which was the more like|lie to come to passe, by their informations that priui|lie charged him with riot and other vnciuill demea|nor vnséemelie for a prince. Indeed he was youthful|lie giuen, growne to audacitie, and had chosen him companions agréeable to his age; with whome he spent the time in such recreations, exercises, and de|lights as he fansied. But yet (it should séeme by the report of some writers) that his behauiour was not offensiue or at least tending to the damage of anie bodie; sith he had a care to auoid dooing of wrong, and to tedder his affections within the tract of ver|tue, whereby he opened vnto himselfe a redie passage of good liking among the prudent sort, and was be|loued of such as could discerne his disposition, which was in no degrée so excessiue, as that he deserued in such vehement maner to be suspected. In whose dis|praise I find little, but to his praise verie much, par|cell whereof I will deliuer by the waie as a metyard whereby the residue may be measured. The late poet that versified the warres of the valorous English|men, speaking of the issue of Henrie the fourth, saith of this prince (among other things) as followeth:

—procero qui natu maximus haeresIn Angl. praelijs. sub Hen. 4.

Corpore, progressus cùm pubertatis ad annos

Esset, res gessit multas iuueniliter audax,

Asciscens comites quos par sibi iunxerat aetas,

Nil tamen iniustè commisit, nil tamen vnquam

Extra virtutis normam, sapientibus aequè

Ac alijs charus.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 About the same time, Iohn Prendergest knight,Sir Iohn Prendergest restored to the kings fauour is sent to sea. being restored to the kings fauour, with thirtie ships scowred the seas, tooke good prises of wine and vitels, which reléeued the commons greatlie. Amongst o|ther enterprises, he landed vpon the sudden at Craal on the faire day, tooke the towne, and robbed the faire, so as they that were come thither to sell their wares, had quicke vtterance and slow paiment. King Hen|rie vnderstanding that the French king by setting on of the duke of Burgognie in pursuing the contra|rie faction,The duke of Clarence sent to aid y^e duke of Orleance had besieged the citie of Burges (as before yée haue heard) determined with all spéed to aid the duke of Orleance, & so about the feast of the Assump|tion EEBO page image 540 of our ladie, he sent ouer an armie of eight hun|dred men of armes, and nine thousand archers, vnder the leading of his second sonne the duke of Clarence accompanied with Edward duke of Yorke, Tho|mas earle of Dorset, and diuerse other noble men and worthie capteins. They landed in the Baie de la Hogue saint Wast, in the countrie of Constantine. The Englishmen swarmed like bées round about the countrie, robbing and spoiling the same.