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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Indeed (as Roger Houeden and other doo witnes) the foresaid earle Reimond, and also Aimer earle of Angolesme, Rog. Houed. The nobles of Poictou rebell against earle Richard. Geffrey de Racon, and Geffrey de Lu|signan, with the most part of all the Nobles of Poictou, made warre against earle Richard, and he held tacke against them all, and in the end ouercame them. Amongst other of earle Reimonds part whom he tooke, was one Peter Seille, by whose counsell earle Reimond had taken diuerse merchants of Poictou that were subiects to earle Richard,Peter Seille. & doone manie other displeasures to him and to his countrie, wherefore earle Richard kept this Peter in verie close prison, and would not put him to his ransome: in somuch that earle Reimond tooke two of the king of Englands knights, sir Robert Poer, and sir Ri|chard Fraser, as they were returning from Compo|stella, where they had béene to visit the bodie of S. Iames, but they were quicklie set at libertie by the French kings commandement, for the reuerence of S. Iames whose pilgrims they were.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Erle Richard inuadeth the earle Tho|louze lands.After this, earle Richard entred with a great ar|mie into the lands of earle Reimond, wasted the same, and tooke by siege a castell of his situate néere vnto Tholouze, called Moisac: whereof the French king hearing, sent out of hand to the king of Eng|land, requiring to know if the damages doone by his sonne earle Richard vnto him & his people in Tho|louze, were doone by his commandement, for the which he demanded restitution. Herevnto the king of England answered, that his sonne earle Richard did nothing in that behalfe, either by his knowledge or commandement: but that as he had signified to him by the archbishop of Dublin, what soeuer he did therin, was doone by the counsell of the French king himselfe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Howsoeuer this matter went, certeine it is, that king Philip taking weapon in hand, vpon a sudden entred into Berrie, and tooke from king Henrie Chasteau Raoull, Brezancois, Argenton,Annales de France. Mountri|chard, Mountresor, Uandosine, Leprose, Blanc en Berrie, Culan and Molignon. Wherfore king Hen|rie (who was at this time in England about to pre|pare an armie to go therewith into the holie land) when he heard thereof, Rog. Houed. The archbi|shop of Can|turburie with the bishops of Chester, saith Ger. Dor. with all spéed possible he sent Baldwin archbishop of Canturburie, and Hugh bi|shop of Durham ouer into France, to appease the French kings displeasure with courteous words and reasonable persuasions if it might be: but when that could not be brought to passe, he sailed ouer into Nor|mandie himselfe, with an armie of Englishmen and Welshmen, landing with the same at Herflue the 10. daie of Iulie, Ger. Dor. after he had beene sore tossed by a cruell tempest that rose as he was on the sea, to the great danger of his person, & all that were with him.

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