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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The King of Englande enformed heereof to cauſe the Scottes to keepe their menne at home,The King of England me|naceth the Scottes. menaced to inuade Scotland with a puiſſant ar|my, and that in all haſt. Whiche rumor beeyng ſpred ouer all the boundes of his Realme, cauſed the Scottes for doubt thereof, to lie all the nexte ſommer on the bordures: but in the meane tyme, King Henry paſſed ouer into Normandy, to purſue his Warres agaynſte Fraunce with all diligence.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length, through procurement of the Duke of Burgoine, vnder certayne conditions and co|uenauntes of agreemente,The King of Englande marieth the daughter of Fraunce. King Henry tooke to Wife the Lady Katherine daughter to the French King.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And amongſt other Articles of the ſame a|greement it was concluded,The articles of agreement. that after the deceſſe of Charles the Frenche King, the Crowne of Fraunce ſhould immediately deſcend vnto King Henry, as lawfull inheritour to that Realme, withoute all contradiction, by reaſon whereof, Charles the Dolphine and ſonne to the ſayde King Charles, was cleerely excluded from all clayme to the ſame: but this notwithſtandyng,The Dolphin of Fraunce maynteyneth the warre a|gainſt the Engliſhmen. the Dolphine did not only refuſe to ſurrender hys title, but alſo ſoughte to mainteyne the warre a|gainſte King Henry, as his aduerſarie and open enimie to the Realme.

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