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¶ Herevpon they departed from the king, Abr. Fl. ex Edw. Hall in Hen. 8. fol. xij. and made report to the lord Darcie, which kept his ship in great estate, and would not land, but onelie suffered such as were sicke and feeble, and few other to go a|land. The Englishmen which went aland, fell to drin|king of hot wines,The vnruli [...] behauiour of the English|men. & were scarse maisters of them|selues, some ran to the stewes, some brake hedges and spoiled orchards and vineyards, and orenges be|fore they were ripe, and did manie outragious déeds: wherefore the chiefe of the towne of Calis came to complaine to the lord Darcie in his ship, which sent foorth his prouost marshall, who scarselie with paine refrained the yeoman archers, they were so hot and wilfull, yet by commandement & policie they were all brought on bord to their ships.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then vpon saturdaie, the eight of Iune, a bishop and other of the kings councell came to Calis,The lord Darcie hono|rablie recei|ued of the K. of Aragons councell. and there abode till wednesdaie, being the euen of Cor|pus Christi; at which daie, the lord capteine tooke land, and was honorablie receiued of the king of Ara|gons councell, and on the morrow was highlie fea|sted at dinner and supper. And at after supper, the bi|shop declared the king his maisters pleasure, giuing to the lord capteine as heartie thankes for his pains and trauell, as if he had gone forward with his enter|prise against the Moores. But whereas by the aduise of his councell, circumspectlie considering the suer|tie of his owne realme, vpon perfect knowledge had that the Frenchmen meant to inuade his domini|ons in his absence, he had altered his former deter|mination, and taken an abstinence of war with the Moores, till an other time.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 He therefore required the lord Darcie to be con|tented to returne home againe, promising him wa|ges for all his soldiers; and if it should please him to come to the court, he should receiue high thanks of the king, and such chéere as there could be made him, The lord Darcie was nothing pleased with this de|claration, but sith he saw there was no remedie,The lord Darcie dis|contented at the bishops declaration. he said, that whatsoeuer the king had concluded, he could not be against it, considering he was sent to him: but suerlie it was against his mind to depart home, without dooing anie thing against Gods enimies, with whome he had euer a desire to fight. And as for his comming to court, he said, he could not leaue his men whome he had brought out of their countrie, without an head; and as for the kings banket, it was not the thing that he desired.

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