Compare 1577 edition: 1 Whilest this siege remained before the towne of the Rioll, Fabian. The king of England writeth to the duke of Bri|taine. Record. Tur. the king of England wrote his letters to the duke of Britaine, as one of the péeres of France, declaring the iniurious dealing of the French king, who had sent his vncle the earle of Aniou with an ar|mie against his people in Agenois, where he had ta|ken manie townes, destroied his people, and now had besieged his nephue Edmund earle of Kent, within the towne of the Rioll, inforsing his whole puissance wrongfullie to bereaue him of all the du|chie of Guien, and against all reason, and the prero|gatiue of the peeres of France, to an euill president or example in time to come of the perpetuall serui|tude of the said péeres.

And although saith the king of England, that the French alledge that we haue béen lawfullie summoned to come and doo homage, and haue refused so to doo, that is not so: for we were ne|uer in due order required as was conuenient, nei|ther could we doo homage, by reason of the great in|iuries and hard dealings practised against vs, from the feast of Easter last, till the date of those his pre|sent letters (which was the sixt of October, in this eighteenth yeare of his reigne) and yet, saith he, there was neuer anie lawfull processe had against vs be|fore our péeres, in the great chamber at Paris, as had béene requisite.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herevpon he requested the duke of Britaine, that for the preseruation and maintenance of the honora|ble estate of the péeres of France, & for iustice sake he would helpe to aid him, either by waie of request, or other conuenient meanes, so as the said streict dealings and iniurious wrongs may ceasse, and the estate of the péereship may be mainteined as was requisite. He wrote likewise to the lord Iohn the infant, the lord of Biskie,The lord of Biskie. and to the ladie Marie of Biskie gouernesse of the king of Castile and Le|on, and to Iames king of Aragon, requesting them to aid him with men of warre, as well horssemen as footmen, against his aduersarie the French king, that most vniustlie went about to depriue him of his inheritance. But howsoeuer the matter went, no aid came to the earle of Kent from any part, till at length, the Frenchmen so reinforced the siege, that the towne was deliuered to the earle of Aniou, and a truce taken vpon certeine conditions, that EEBO page image 336 further talke might be had, Tho. Wals. A truce takẽ. for the conclusion of some peace.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Then were sent ouer other ambassadors, as the lord Iohn de Sullie a Frenchman borne,The lord de Sullie sent into France in ambassage. and one maister Iohn de Shordich, but the lord Sullie had so strange interteinment for some displeasure which the French king conceiued against him, that if the French quéene had not the beter intreated for him, he had lost his head; and as for the other, he had also returned home without bringing any thing to passe, of that for the which he was sent. After this, the pope sent the archbishop of Uienna,The pope sendeth am|bassadors to the kings of England and France. and the bishop of O|range, to the princes of either realme, to exhort them to some agréement, but they could doo no good, and so taking monie of the cleargie for their expenses, they returned. After this, about the twentith daie after Christmasse, there was a parlement called at Lon|don, in the which the king required to haue the aduise of the lords, how he might worke for sauing, of the duchie of Guien, sore molested by the French. Hervp|on it was concluded,Other ambas|sadors sent o|ouer into France. that the bishops of Winchester and Norwich, and Iohn de Britaine earle of Rich|mond, should go ouer as ambassadors to the French king, who comming into France, after manie argu|mentations, allegations, and excuses, made on both parts, at length receiued a certeine forme of pacifica|tion at the French kings hands, with the which the bishop of Winchester was sent backe to England, the bishop of Norwich, and the earle of Richmond re|maining there, till it might be knowen how the king of England would like thereof.