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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Gaston de Bi+ [...]n [...] [...] to take [...] of B [...]nAbout Candlemasse, Gaston de Bierne, assem|bling togither a multitude of the kings enimies, tho|rough the intelligence of some of the citizens of Ba [...]on that fauoured not the king, wrought so, that certeine of his number entred that citie, meaning to haue bereft the king of the dominion thereof. But other of the citizins (namelie those of the meaner sort which fauoured the king) made such resistance, that the e [...]imies which were entred, were apprehended, and diuerse of them suffered punishment, as they had well deserued. After this, there chanced a mutinie in the English armie,A [...] in the English a [...]e. bicause the kings brethren and the bishop of Hereford tooke vpon them to punish certeine Welshmen, for that without commission they had béene abrod to spoile within the French con|fines. Therfore in asmuch as the punishment séemed to exceed the degrée and qualitie of the offense; and a|gaine, for that the earle of Hereford being constable of the host by inheritance ought to haue had the order of all corrections in cases of such offenses, the Eng|lishmen were in mind to haue slaine all the Poi|c [...]ouins in despite of the kings brethren, if the king had not in humble wise sought to haue appeased their furie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The wind continuing this yeare for the space of thrée moneths and od daies northerlie, did greatlie hinder the growth and increase of floures and fruits: and about the first of Iulie there fell such a storme of haile and raine,A mightie storme of haile. as the like had not béene seene nor heard of in those daies, breaking downe the tiles and other couerings of houses, with boughes of trées, by the violent aboundance and force of the water and hailestones, which continued aboue the space of an houre powring and beating downe incessantlie. Af|ter this, when the king had remained a whole yeare in Guien, Anno Reg. 39. The king re|turneth hom|w [...]rds tho|rough France he returned homewards through France, and comming vnto Charters, was honorablie there receiued of Lewes the French king, as then latelie returned out of the holie land, and from thence he was roiallic by the same king Lewes brought vnto Paris.The countesse of Cornewall. The countesse of Cornewall went ouer with a noble traine of lords, gentlemen, and others, to be present at the méeting of hir two sisters, the queenes of England and France, so that the roialtie of the as|semblie on ech part was great.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After that king Henrie had continued there for his pleasure certeine daies, he returned to England, landing at Douer in Christmasse weeke. This iour|nie into Gascoigne was verie costlie, and to small purpose (as writers haue recorded) for the kings char|ges amounted to the summe of 27 hundred thousand pounds and aboue, except lands and rents, which he gaue vnaduisedlie to those which l [...]ttle deserued, but rather sought the hinderance both of him and his realme, besides the gift of [...]0 thousand marks, which he bestowed vpon his halfe brethren by the mothers side, not reckoning the lands nor rents, neither yet the wards nor the horsses, nor iewels which he gaue to them besides, being of price inestimable. Thus in two iournies which he made, the one into Poictou, which countrie he lost; and the other into Gascoigne, which he hardlie preserued; he spent more treasure than a wise chapman would haue giuen for them both if they had béene set on sale (as Matthew Par [...] writeth) so that it might be verified in him that is meant by the old prouerbe,

Qui procul excurrit, sed nil mercatur ibidem,
Sivia longa fuit, rediens tristatur hic idem.

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