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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Furthermore, whilest the king was in France, there came ouer into England the duke of Saxonie coosen to the king, and of the citizens of London was honourablie receiued. He was a man of such high and tall stature, that men tooke great pleasure to behold him. In the same yeare also in the moneth of Iulie, and Irish king that was gouernour of Connagh, vnderstanding that both the king of England, and the erle Marshall were gone ouer into France, and so Ireland left without anie great aid of men of warre on the English part, raised a mightie armie, and with the same entered into the marshes of the English dominion, spoiling and burning the countrie before him. Whereof when Geffrey de Maurish lord chiefe iustice of Ireland was aduertised, he called to him Walter de Lacie and Richard de Burgh, assembling therewithall a mightie armie, which he diuided into three parts, appointing the said Walter de Lacie, and Richard de Burgh, with the two first parts, to lie in ambush within certeine woods, thorough the which he purposed to draw the enimies, and marching foorth with the third, which he reserued to his owne gouernement, he profered battell to the Irishmen, the which when they saw but one battell of the Englishmen boldlie assaied the same.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Englishmen according to the order appointed, feigned as though they had fled, and so retired still backer and backer, till they had trained the Irish within danger of their other two battels, which comming foorth vpon them, did set on them egerlie, whilest the other which seemed before to flee returned backe againe, and set vpon them in like maner, by meanes whereof the Irishmen being in the midst, were EEBO page image 213 were beaten downe on all parts, and vtterlie van|quished, with losse of 20 thousand men (as it was cre|diblie reported.) The king of Connagh was also ta|ken and committed to prison.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the meane time king Henrie hauing spent a great deale of treasure in his iournie made into France, there was granted vnto him a fiftéenth of the temporaltie,

A fifteénth and tenth granted to the king. Polydor.

Englishmen sent to Spain against the Saracens.

with a disme and a halfe of the spiri|tualtie, towards the furnishing out of a new power of men to be sent into Spaine against the Sara|cens, which made sore warres vpon the christians in that countrie, wherevpon king Henrie being requi|red of the K. of Aragon to aid him with some num|ber of souldiers, he sent a great power thither with all speed, and so likewise did the French king. By means whereof the Spaniards, being ioined with Englishmen and Frenchmen, obteined a noble vic|torie, in vanquishing those their enimies. Thus saith Polydor. Matth. Paris. But other write that the king on the sea|uen and twentith of Ianuarie, holding a parlement at Westminster (where the Nobles both spirituall and temporall were assembled) demanded escuage of all those that held any baronies of him,Escuage de|manded. that is to saie, forren knights fée, fortie shillings, or thrée marks.

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