Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Henrie being aduertised of the Frenchmans couert meanings, and also of the wauering minds of the Gascoignes, sent Thomas Persie earle of Worcester with two hundred men of armes, and foure hundred archers into Guien, to aid and assist sir Robert Knols, his lieutenant there. The chiefest capteines that accompanied the earle in this iournie were these: first, his nephue sir Hugh Hastings, sir Thomas Colleuill, Polydor. Froissard. sir William Lisle, Iohn de Graillie base sonne to the capitall de Boeuf, sir Wil|liam Draiton, sir Iohn Daubreticourt: also there went with him the bishop of London, and master Richard Doall or Dolleie.The earle of Worcester sent into Gas|coigne. The earle at his arriuall so wiselie intreated the noble men, so grauelie per|suaded the magistrats of the cities and townes, and so gentlie and familiarlie vsed and treated the com|mons, that he not onelie appeased their furie and ma|lice, but brought them to louing and vniforme obei|sance, receiuing of them othes of obedience, & loiall fealtie, which doone, he returned againe into Eng|land with great thanks.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 The French king perceiuing he could not bring his purpose about, neither by inuading England, nor by practising with the Gascoignes,Ambassadors from the French king. sent a solemne ambassage into England, requiring to haue his daughter the ladie Isabell, sometime espoused to king Richard, restored to him againe. King Henrie gent|lie receiued those that were sent to him about this message, and for answer, promised to send his com|missioners vnto Calis, which should further com|mune and conclude with them. Abr. Fl. out of Fabian, pag. 304. ¶ This séemeth disso|nant from the report of Fabian deriued out of Gag|wine. For he saith that Charles hearing of the sup|pression of K. Richard, sent 2 of his houshold knights into England, requiring king Henrie the fourth, then newlie made king, to send home his daughter Isabell, latelie married vnto king Richard, with such dowrie as with hir was promised. In dooing of which message king Henrie tooke such displeasure, that he threw the said two knights in prison; where through one of them (named Blanchet) died in England, and the other called Henrie, after great sicknesse retur|ned into France: wherefore if Fabian plaie not the fabler, those that were sent on the said message were not gentlie receiued of king Henrie; vnlesse to be cast in prison and discourteouslie dealt withall stand countable for beneuolence & gentle interteinment. But to remit this and the like variances among wri|ters to such as can reconcile them, let vs returne to the storie.
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1 It was not
inough that K. Henrie was thus trou|bled now in the first yere of his reigne, with ciuill sedition, and the
couert practises of Frenchmen; but that the Scots also tooke vpon them to make open warre against him:George earle of March fleeth into England. it chanced (as in the Scotish chronicles
more at large appeareth) that George of Dunbar, earle of the marches of Scotland, being in displeasure with Robert king of Scots, fled into England, to Henrie earle of
Northumberland, wher|vpon the Scotish king depriued him of all his digni|ties and possessions, and caused
his goods to be confis|cate, and after wrote to the king of England, requi|ring him if he would haue the
truce anie longer to continue, either to deliuer into his possession the earle of March and other traitors
to his person, or else to banish them out of his realmes and dominions. King Henrie discréetly answerd the
herald of Scot|land, that the words of a prince ought to be kept:The answer of king
Hen|rie to the Scotish am|bassadors. and his writings and seale to be inuiolate: and conside|ring
that he had granted a safe conduct to the earle and his companie, he should neither without cause reasonable
breake his promise, nor yet deface his ho|nor. Which answer declared to the king of Scots,
Open warre proclamed by the king of Scots a|gainst Eng|land.
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