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You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 8 of 24: Henrie the third, the eldest sonne of king Iohn.
Snippet: 98 of 550 (1587, Volume 6, p. 210)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane while, Hugh the earle of March so laboured with the Normans and Poictouins in the behalfe of the king of England,

Polydor. The earle of March wor|keth to induce the Normans & Poictouins to fauour the king of Eng|land.

The Nor|mans write to the king of England.

that they began to incline to his purpose: wherevpon he sent his let|ters by secret meanes vnto king Henrie, signifi|eng to him, that if it would please him to come ouer with an armie to make warre against the French king, they would be readie to turne vnto his side, and receiue him as their souereigne. King Henrie ta|king aduise what to answer and doo herein, with his welbeloued councellour Hubert of Burgh, thought it not good to attempt anie thing rashlie in this mat|ter, bicause the dealings of the Normans were ne|uer without some fraud: but yet to satisfie the request of his fréends, he promised to come ouer shortlie vn|to them, if in the meane time he might perceiue that they remained stedfast in their purpose, giuing them furthermore manie great and hartie thanks for their good meaning and singular kindnesse towards him.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 8 of 24: Henrie the third, the eldest sonne of king Iohn.
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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now things beyond the sea standing in this or|der, Matt. Paris. it happened in the moneth of August, that the sol|diers which laie in garrison within the castell of Mountgomerie, tooke in hand to stocke vp a wood not farre from the said castell, through which lay an high|waie, where oftentimes manie fellonious robberies and murders were committed by the Welsh. As the souldiers were busie at worke in stocking vp the wood, there came vpon them an ambushment of Welshmen, which not onlie draue them awaie from their worke,The Welshmẽ [...] the ca|stell of Mont|gomerie. but also tooke and slue diuerse of them, constreining the residue to flée into the castell, which immediatlie the Welshmen inuironed also about with a strong siege, thinking to find the defendants vnprouided.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 8 of 24: Henrie the third, the eldest sonne of king Iohn.
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Compare 1577 edition: 1 They within aduertised Hugh de Burgh, the lord chéefe iustice (to whome the castell belonged by the kings late gift) of the exploit and enterprise attemp|ted by their enimies, with all possible hast: wherevp|on the king at request of the said Hubert leuied [...] power, and came to raise the siege. But the Welsh|men hearing of the kings approch,The king with an armie commeth to the succour of them [...] the castell. fled awaie like sheepe, so that comming to the castell, he found no re|sistance: howbeit, for so much as he saw the foresaid wood to be troublesome and an annoiance to the said castell, he willed it to be destroied. True it is, that the same wood was verie thicke and rough, and fur|ther it conteined also fiue leagues or fifteene miles in length: yet by such diligence as was vsed, the same was wasted, stocked vp, and quickelie rid out of the waie by fire and other means, so that the coun|trie was made plaine a great waie about.

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