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You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 11 of 24: Edward the third, who came to the crowne by the resignation of his father Edward the second.
Snippet: 285 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 393)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The chancellor, and the other Burgognian lords found the king so agréeable to their request, that a composition was made betwixt him and the coun|trie of Burgognie, so that he should make to them an assurance for him,

Franks hath Paradine, in Les Annales de Burgogni [...]. Froissard.

The king of England draweth to|wards Paris

and all his people, not to ouerrun or indamage that countrie, during the space of thrée yeares, and he to haue in readie monie the summe of two hundred thousand florens of gold, which of ster|ling monie amounted to the summe of fiue and thir|tie thousand pounds. When this agreement was in|grossed vp in writing, and sealed, the king dislodged, and all his host, taking the right waie to Paris, and passing the riuer of Yonne, entered into Gastinois, and at length by easie iournies, vpon a tuesdaie be|ing the last of March in the wéeke before Easter, he came and lodged betwéene Mont le Herie, and Chartres, with his people in the countrie there a|bouts.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 11 of 24: Edward the third, who came to the crowne by the resignation of his father Edward the second.
Snippet: 286 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 393)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Here the duke of Normandie made meanes for a treatie of peace, which was laboured by a frier called Simon de Langres prouinciall of the friers Iaco|bins and the popes legat: he did so much, that a trea|tie was appointed to be holden on good fridaie in the Malederie of Longegimew, where appeared for the king of England the duke of Lancaster, the erls of Warwike and Northampton,A treatie. with sir Iohn Chandois, sir Walter de Mannie, and sir William Cheinie knights: and for the French king thither came the earle of Eu constable of France, and the marshall Bouciquant, with other; but their treatie came to none effect: wherfore the king vpon the tues|daie in the Easter wéeke remooued neerer vnto Pa|ris, and vpon the fridaie following, being the tenth of Aprill, by procurement of the abbat of Clugnie newlie come from pope Innocent the sixt, the fore|said commissioners eftsoones did meet to treat of an agréement, but nothing they could conclude, the parties in their offers and demands were so farre at ods.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 11 of 24: Edward the third, who came to the crowne by the resignation of his father Edward the second.
Snippet: 287 of 433 (1587, Volume 6, p. 393)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Upon the sundaie next following,The English men before Paris. a part of the kings hoste came before the citie of Paris, and im|battelled themselues in a field fast by saint Marcil|les, abiding there frõ morning till three of the clocke in the after noone, to sée if the Frenchmen would come foorth to giue battell: but the French would not taste of that vessell. For the duke of Normandie (well considering what losse had insued within few yeares past vnto the realme of France, by giuing battell to the Englishmen, and taught by late triall and féeling of smart to dread imminent danger, for

Vulneribus didicit miles habere metum)
would not suffer anie of his people to issue foorth of the gates, but commanded them to be readie onelie to defend the walles and gates, although he had a great power of men of warre within the citie, beside the huge multitude of the inhabitants. The English|men to prouoke their enimies the sooner to saile forth, Polydor. The sub|urbs o [...] Par|ris burnt. burnt diuerse parts of the suburbs, and rode euen to the gates of the citie. When they perceiued that the Frenchmen would not come foorth, about three of the clocke in the afternoone they departed out of the field and withdrew to their campe, and then the king and all the English host remooued towards Chartres, and was lodged at a place called Dones. Froissard. The bishop of Beauuois Thither came to him the bishop of Beauuois then chancellor of Normandie, with other, and so handled the mat|ter with him, that a new daie of treatie was appoin|ted to be holden at Bretignie, which is little more than a mile distant from Chartres, vpon the first day of Maie next insuing.

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