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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Howbeit the secret enimitie betwixt him and the French king estsoones reuiued, by occasion of such discord as chanced betwixt Guido king of Ierusa|lem, and Conrade the marques of Tire, so that par|ties were taken, and whereas both the Pisans and Geneuois did offer their seruice vnto king Richard, yet bicause the Geneuois were confederat with the French king, who tooke part with the marques, he re|fused them, and receiued the Pisans, ioining him|selfe with king Guido to support him against his e|nimies.Pisans and Geneuois.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Here is to be remembred, that before king Ri|chard arriued at the siege, he incountred on the sea a mightie great ship called a Drommond, which one Saphaldine the brother of Saladine a prince of the Saracens had sent, Matt. Paris. Nic. Triue [...]. Saphaldine, the brother of Saladine. to refresh them with vittels. This ship king Richard caused féercelie to be assailed with his gallies, and at length bowged hir with all the vittels and prouision within the same, as wild|fire, barels of firie serpents, armour and weapons of sundrie sorts, besides all the mariners and men of warre, except such as were taken to mercie and sa|ued aliue, being about 200 in the whole, whereas there were aboord the same ship 500 men of warre, as some write, though other haue but 800. Matth. Paris N. Triue [...].

Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ But now to other accidents that chanced this yere.An eclipse of the sunne. On Midsummer eeue there was such an eclipse of the sunne, the moone being the same time 27. daies old, that for the space of thr [...]e houres (for so long it la|sted) such darknesse came ouer the face of the earth, that euen in the daie time (for this eclipse began a|bout nine of the clocke in the morning) the stars ap|peared plainelie in the element.The seuenth houre of the daie saith Matth. Paris.

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