Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 But diuerse of the other parts of Guien refused that ordinance, as the earles of Arminake, and Go|minges, the vicount of Carmaigne, the lords Dal|bret, de la Barde, Cande, Pincornet, and diuerse o|ther great barons: but yet to depart quietlie from the assemblie, they required a time to take better ad|uise, and so they repairing into their countries, deter|mined neither to returne againe according to their promises,The dem [...] of this fuage the cause of y^ [...] Gascoignes reuolting to the French king. nor to suffer any fuage to run amongest them at all, and were so much offended with the moti|on, that they sought occasion forthwith to reuolt from the English obeisance and submission, knowing that
And therefore diuerse lords of them went to the French king, and there exhibited into the chamber of the péeres of France, their complaints of the grie|uous impositions & wrongs, which the prince went a|bout to laie vpon them, affirming that their resort ought of speciall duty to be to the crowne of France, and to the king there, as to their lord Peramount. The French king, who would not seeme to breake the peace betwéene him and the king of England, dis|sembled the matter, and told them that he would per|use the tenor of the charters and letters of the peace, and so far foorth as he might by permission of the same, he would be glad to doo them good. The earles of Arminake, Perigourd, Gominges, and the lord Dal|bret, with other that were come thither about this matter, were contented with this answer, and so EEBO page image 401 staied in France, till they might vnderstand further, both of the French kings mind, and of the princes dooings. ¶This yeere in October, was Simon Lang|ham archbishop of Canturburie elected to the digni|tie of a cardinall, and then William Witleslie, bi|shop of Worcester, was remooued vnto the sée of Canturburie.Pastores tondere boni haud deglubere cultrisVillosum assuescunt pecus.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the same time, the earle of saint Paule, one of the hostages in England,The earle of Saint Paule stale from hence, with|out taking any leaue, or saieng farewell. At his com|ming into France, he greatlie furthered the sute of the lords of Gascoigne, & finallie so much was doone on their behalfe, that the French king was conten|ted that the prince of Wales should be appealed, and summoned to appeare before the French king as iudge in that point,The prince of Wales appea|led to appeare. for reformation of the wrongs which he offered to them that had made their resort vnto him, as reason was they should. This appeale was written, and dulie examined.
11.1. The tenor of the said prince of Wales his appeale or summons of appearance be|fore the French king, &c.
The tenor of the said prince of Wales his appeale or summons of appearance be|fore the French king, &c.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 _CHarles by the grace of God king of France, to our nephue the prince of Wales and Aquitaine, send greeting. So it is, that di|uerse prelats, barons, knights, vniuersi|ties, communalties, and colledges of the marches and limits of the countrie of Gascoigne, and the dwellers and inhabi|tants in the bounds of our realme, besides diuerse other of the duchie of Aquitaine, are resorted, and come to our court, to haue right of certeine greefes, and vnlawfull troubles, which you, by vnaduised counsell, and simple information, haue purposed to doo vnto them, whereof we greatlie mar|uell. Therfore, to withstand, and to redresse such things, we are so conioined to them, that we haue thought good, by our roiall power, to command you to repaire to our citie of Paris, in proper person, and there to shew and present your selfe before vs, in the chamber of our peeres, that you may be constreined to doo right to your people, concerning the greefes which they alledge that you are about to oppresse them with, who claime to haue their resort into our court: and that you faile not thus to doo, in as speedie manner as yee can, immediat|lie vpon the sight and hearing of these pre|sent letters. In witnesse whereof, we haue to the same set our seale. Yeuen at Paris, the fiue and twentith day of Ianuarie.