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Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the same time Geffrey Fitz Peter,Welshmen vanquished. Ger. Dor. as|cribeth this victorie vnto Hubert arch [...]. of Canturbu|rie and saith there were slaine about 500 of the enimies. Mauds castle lord cheefe iustice of England, raised a power of men, and went into Wales to succour the tenants of Willi|am de Brause, which were besieged of the king, or ra|ther prince of that countrie, named Owen, the bro|ther of Cadwalaine, in Mauds castell: but the lord chéefe iustice comming to the reskue of them within, gaue battell to the aduersaries, and vanquishing them, slue three thousand of them, and seauen hundred of those that were taken prisoners and wounded. And all the while the warres continued in France, the losse for the most part still redounded to the Frenchmen. Earle Iohn burnt Newburg, and tooke eighteene knights of such as were sent to the re|skue.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The earle of Leicester with a small companie came before the castell of Pascie,The earle of Leicester. which (although the Frenchmen held it) did yet of right belong vnto the said earle. The souldiors within issued foorth, and be|ing too strong for the earle, caused him to flee, for o|therwise he had béene taken. But returning on the morrow after with more companie about him, and laieng ambushes for the enimie, he approched the said castell, and trained the Frenchmen foorth till he had them within his danger, and then causing his men to breake out vpon them tooke an eightéene knights, and a great multitude of other people.Marchades. Also Marcha|des with his rout of Brabanders did the French|men much hurt, in robbing and spoiling the coun|tries.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About this season the archbishop of Canturburie went ouer into Normandie to speake with king Ri|chard, and at the French kings request he passed in|to France, to common with him of peace, which the French king offered to conclude, in restoring all the townes and castels which he had taken (Gisors one|lie excepted) and touching the possession and title ther|of, he was contented to put the matter in compre|mise, to the order and award of six barons in Nor|mandie to be named by him; and of six barons in France which king Richard should name. But king Richard would not thus agree, except the earle of Flanders and others which had forsaken the French king to take his part, might be comprised in the same peace. At length yet in Nouember, there was truce taken betwixt the two kings till the feast of S. Hilarie next insuing.

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