Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 King Henrie being certified from them within of the composition thus made, was driuen to a verie hard shift: for he doubted nothing lesse than that any such thing should haue chanced. Yet considering with himselfe, that the sauing of the towne stood in his speedie comming to the rescue, he hasted thither with|out any staie, and came to the place the daie before the third and last daie of the truce.The French king requi|reth to ta [...]ke. King Lewes per|ceiuing him to be come, doubting least he should lose the preie which he looked for, sent vnto the king, and required that he might common with him on the next daie, touching some means of agréement to be had betwixt him and his sons. This did he of policie, to féed him with hope of some end to be made in the troubles betwixt him and his sons, till he had gotten possession of the towne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now as he forecast that matter, euen so it came to passe, for whilest a great péece of the next daie was spent in feined talke about an agréement; K. Lewes appointed a great part of his host to close the towne about, and to declare vnto them within, that king Henrie was put to flight; which talke they within Uernueil beléeuing, yéelded the towne & themselues to the French men. Soone after, king Lewes mi|strusting least he should not be able to kéepe it, set it on fire, and so burnt it, contrarie to the composition betwixt him and them agréed and concluded vpon. He kept also the souldiers that had yeelded it into his hands, Rog. Houed. togither with the hostages as prisoners, and doubting to cope with his enimie,The ninth of August being thursdaie sai|eth R. Houed. king Lewes fleeth awaie in the night. went awaie in the night with as still noise as was possible. Which euill dealing had not inuaded his hart, but that euill mea|ning had possessed it before, euen at the composition making: but he neuer learned that,

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Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Henrie at length perceiuing the fraud, sent certeine bands of his horssemen after to pursue the enimie: but for that king Lewes was alreadie got|ten into the inner parts of his owne countrie, those which were sent, turned vpon those that were left in the hindermost ward, of whome they slue a great number both horssemen and footmen.