Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herevpon king Richard, hauing left a garrison of souldiers in Nouencourt, came to raise the eni|mie from his siege, & setting vpon the Frenchmen, there began a sharpe fight: but the Englishmen being wearie with trauell of their passed iournie, and hauing rashlie entred into the battell, were not able to indure the Frenchmens violence, so that (not without great losse) they were constreined to re|tire with swift flight, or (to saie the truth) to run a|waie a maine pase. The French king hauing thus chased his enimies, returned to assault Albemarle, woone the castell by force, and the towne by composi|tion, permitting the garrison there to depart with all their armour. This doone, he ruinated the castell flat to the ground. Rog. Houed The earle of Leicesters offer for his ransome. Robert earle of Leicester offered to the French king a thousand marks sterling for his ransome, and to quite claime to him and his heires for euer all the right which he had to the castell of Pascie, with the appurtenances, and to get a confir|mation thereof for him both of the pope, and of the king of England: but for that the warre still lasted, the French king tooke a respite in answering this offer, neuerthelesse afterwards in the yeare next in|suing, he tooke it, and so the earle was set at libertie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Not long after this foresaid repulse, the king of England hauing refreshed his souldiers with some rest after their great trauell, went to Million,Million [...] and rased. and giuing assault to the towne wan it at the first brunt, and made it plaine with the earth. Then was a mo|tion made for peace betwixt the two kings,A motion for peace. being now wearied with long wars: whereof when earle Iohn was aduertised, who (as it should séeme by some writers) hauing tarried with the French king till this present, began now to doubt least if any agrée|ment were made, he might happilie be betraied of the French king by couenants that should passe be|twixt them: he determined therefore with himselfe to commit his whole safetie to his naturall brother, and to no man else, perceiuing that the French king made not so great accompt of him after the losse of his castels in England, as he had doone before.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herevpon comming to his brother king Richard, he besought him to pardon his [...]ense, and though he had not dealt brotherlie towards him, yet that he would brotherlie forgiue him his rebellious trespasse, adding furthermore,

that whereas he had not hereto|fore beene thankefull for his manifold benefits which he had receiued at his hands, yet he was now most sorie therefore, and was willing to make amends: wherewith he acknowledged the safegard of his life to rest in him, for the which he was bound to giue him EEBO page image 147 thanks, if he would grant thereto.