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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 There came also to the aid of the earle of Heinault Iaques Arteueld,The Fle|mings. with his three score thousand Fle|mings. Now it was thought that they would haue fought yer they had departed in sunder, but they did not. For after it was knowne how the king of Eng|land was arriued in Flanders, and had discomfited the French fléet, the duke of Brabant and others thought good to breake vp their enterprise for that time, and to resort vnto the king of England, to vn|derstand what his purpose was to doo. Neither were the Frenchmen hastie to giue battell, so that after the capteins of Thuine Leuesques, sir Richard Limo|sin knight an Englishman,Sir Richard Limosin. and two esquiers, bre|thren to the erle of Namure, Iohn and Thierrie, had left their fortresse void, and were come ouer the ri|uer by boats vnto the earle of Heinaults campe, the armies on both sides brake vp and departed, the Frenchmen into France, and the other to Ualenci|ennes,The armies breake vp. and from thence the princes and great lords drew to Gaunt, to welcome the king of England into the countrie, of whome they were right ioifullie receiued: and after they had communed togither of their affaires, it was appointed by the king, that they should meet him at Uillefort in Brabant at a daie prefixed, where he would be readie to consult with them about his proceedings in his warres against his aduersaries the Frenchmen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The assemblie of the princes at Uilleford.At the day appointed, there came to Uillefort the dukes of Brabant, and Gelderland, the earle of Hei|nault, Gulike, Namure, Blackenheim, Bergen, sir Robert Dartois earle of Richmond, the earle of Ualkenburgh, and Iaques Arteueld, with the other rulers of Flanders, and manie others. Here it was ordeined,The couenãts betwixt the k. of England & his cõfederats that the countries of Flanders, Brabant, and Heinault, should be so vnited and knit in one corporation, that nothing should be doone amongst them in publike affaires, but by common consent, and if anie warres were mooued against anie of them, then should the other be readie to aid them, a|gainst whome anie such warre was mooued and if vpon anie occasion anie discord rose betwixt them for anie matter, they should make an end of it a|mongst themselues; and if they could not, then should they stand to the iudgement and arbitrement of the king of England, vnto whome they bound them|selues by oth to kéepe this ordinance and agrée|ment.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The French king being informed that the king of England ment to laie siege vnto Tournie, Froissard. Tournie fur|nished with a strong power of men. as it was indeed deuised at this councell holden at Uille|fort, tooke order for the furnishing thereof with men, munition, and vittels in most defensible wise. There were sent to that towne the best men of warre in all France, as the earle of Ewe constable of France, the yoong earle of Guines his sonne, the earle of Foiz and his brethren, the earle Amerie de Narbon, with manie other, hauing with them foure thousand souldiers. Sir Godmar du Foie was there before as capteine of the towne, so that it was prouided of all things necessarie. Howbeit, the king of England (according as it was appointed at the councell hol|den at Uillefort, about the feast of Marie Magdalen) departed from Gaunt, and came to Tournie, hauing with him seauen earles of his owne countrie, as Darbie, Penbroke, Hereford, Huntingdon, North|ampton, Glocester, and Arundell, eight prelats, eight and twentie baronets,Tournie be|sieged. two hundred knights, foure thousand men of armes, and nine thousand archers, besides other footmen. He lodged at the gate called saint Martine, in the waie that is toward Lisle and Dowaie.

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