Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king aduertised hereof, got all his host togi|ther, and marched forward verie terriblie toward duke Henries campe. But shewing no token of feare, he caused the trench wherewith he had inclosed his campe foorthwith to be cast downe, and leauing the siege, came into the fields with his armie set in order of battell, meaning to trie the matter by dint of sword, although he had not the like number of men as the king had: whose armie perceiuing their enimies to come in the face of them, were stricken with a sudden feare: neuerthelesse, he himselfe be|ing of a good courage, commanded his people to march forward. But herewith certeine Noble men, that loued not the aduancement of either part, vnder a colour of good meaning sought to treat an agrée|ment betwixt them, so that an intermission or cesing from war was granted, and by composition the ca|stell which the king had built, and the duke besieged, was razed to the ground. The king and the duke al|so came to an enteruiew and communication togi|ther, a riuer running betwixt them. Some write that they fell to agreement, Matth. Paris. Ger. Dor. Eustace king Stephans sonne. king Stephan vndertaking to raze the castell of Cranemers himselfe, and so lai|eng armour aside for that time, they parted asunder.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But Eustace K. Stephans son was sore offended herewith, and reprouing his father for concluding such an agréement, in a great rage departed from the court, & taking his waie toward Cambridgeshire (which countrie he meant to ouerrun) he came to the abbeie of Burie, and vpon S. Laurence daie caused all the corne in the countrie about, and namelie that which belonged to the said abbeie, to [...]e spoiled and brought into a castell which he had in keeping not far from thence. But as he sat downe to meat the same daie vpon receiuing the first morsell he fell mad (as writers haue reported) and miserablie ended his lifeEustace king Stephans son and Si|mon earle of Northãpton depart this life both in one wéeke. The same weeke Simon earle of Northampton de|parted this world of a like disease, and so two of the chiefest aduersaries which duke Henrie had, were rid out of the waie. Eustace was buried at Feuersham in Kent, and earle Simon at Northampton.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About the same time also that noble and valiant earle of Chester called Ranulfe departed this life,The earle of Chester de|ceasseth. a man of such stoutnesse of stomach, that death could scarselie make him to yeeld, or shew any token of feare: he was poisoned (as was thought) by Willi|am Peuerell. After him succeeded his sonne Hugh, a man likewise of passing strength and vertue. Now although earle Ranulfe fauoured the part of duke Henrie, yet in these later yeares he did but little for him: wherefore it was thought that the death of this earle was not so great a losse to the duke, as the deaths of Eustace, earle Simon, and other the kings fréends deceasing about the same time seemed to fur|ther him: so that his part became dailie stronger, and the kings weaker.