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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 On the first of September being sundaie,The ladie Anne Bul|longne created marchiones of Penbroke. the K. being come to Windsor, created the ladie Anne Bullongne marchionesse of Penbroke, and gaue to hir one thousand pounds land by the yeare; and that solemnitie finished, he rode to the college, where af|ter that seruice was ended, a new league was con|cluded and sworne betwene the king, and the French king, Messire Pomoraie the French ambassador be|ing present. On the tenth of October,The king passeth ouer to Calis. the king came to Douer, and on the eleuenth daie in the morning at thrée of the clocke hée tooke shipping at Douer rode, and before ten of the same daie, he with the la|die marchionesse of Penbroke landed at Calis, where he was receiued with all honour, and lodged at the Eschecker. There came to him whilest he laie in Calis, diuerse lords from the French court, and amongst other the lord great maister of France, and the archbishop of Roane, which were honorablie of him receiued, and with them he tooke a daie and place of méeting with the king their maister.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Wherevpon the one and twentith of October, he marched out of Calis, accompanied with the dukes of Norffolke and Suffolke, the marquesses of Dor|set and Excester, the erles of Arundell, Oxford, Sur|reie, Essex, Darbie, Rutland, Huntington, and Sus|sex, with diuerse vicounts, barons, knights of the garter, and other of the nobilitie and gentlemen freshlie apparelled, and richlie trimmed; and com|ming to the place appointed, he there met with the French king,The inter|uiew betwixt the kings of England and France. who was come to receiue him with all honor that might be: and after salutations and em|bracings vsed in most louing maner, the king of England went with the French K. to Bullongne; and by the waie was incountered by the French kings thrée sons, and other great lords that atten|ded them, with welcomming the king of England; he them gentlie receiued, and so all this noble com|panie came to Bullongne, where the king of Eng|land and his nobles were so noblie interteined, fea|sted, banketed, and cheared, that woonder it was to consider the great plentie of viands, spices, wines, and all other prouision necessarie for man and horsse, so that there was no more but aske and haue; and no man durst take anie monie, for the French king paid for all.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 EEBO page image 929The fiue and twentith of October, whilest the king laie thus in Bullongne, the French king called a chapiter of the companions of his order named S. Michaell, of whome the king of England was one, and so there elected the dukes of Norffolke and Suf|folke to be companions of the same order:The dukes of Norffolke and Suffolke [...] into the order of S. Michaell. and being brought to the chapiter, they had their collars deli|uered to them, and were sworne to the statutes of the order, their obeisance to their souereigne lord alwaie reserued. Thus the two kings laie in Bullongne, mondaie, tuesdaie, wednesdaie, and thursdaie: and on fridaie the fiue and twentith of October, they departed out of Bullongne to Calis. Without the towne of Calis about the distance of two miles, the duke of Richmond the kings base son, with a great companie of noble men,The duke of Richmond. which had not béene at Bul|longne, met them, and saluting the French king, embraced him in most honorable and courteous ma|ner.

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