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Compare 1577 edition: 1 When the daie was come, on the which it was co|uenanted that the towne of Faleis should be deliue|red, to wit, the second of Ianuarie, Faleis rende|red vp to king Henrie. because no suc|cours appeared, the towne was yéelded to the king: but the castell held out still, into the which the cap|teine and gouernour both of the towne and castell had withdrawne themselues, with all the souldiers; and being streictlie besieged, the capteine defended himselfe and the place right stoutlie, although he was sore laid to, vntill at length, perceiuing his people wearied with continuall assaults, and such approches as were made to and within the verie wals, he was driuen to compound with the king, that if he were not succoured by the sixt of Februarie, then should he yeeld himselfe prisoner, and deliuer the castell; so that the souldiers should haue licence to depart, with their liues onelie saued. When the daie came, the coue|nants were performed, and the castell rendered to the kings hands, for no aid came to the rescue of them within. The capteine named Oliuer de Mannie was kept as prisoner, till the castell was repared at his costs and charges, because the same, through his obstinat wilfulnesse, was sore beaten and defaced, with vnderminings and batterie. Capteine there, by the king, was appointed sir Henrie Fitz Hugh.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After this, king Henrie returned to Caen, and by reason of a proclamation which he had caused to be made for the people of Normandie, Histoir des ducs de Nor|mandie. that had with|drawne EEBO page image 562 themselues foorth of the baliwi [...]ks of Caen and Faleis, he granted awaie to his owne people the lands of those that came not in vpon that procla|mation, and in speciall, he gaue to the duke of Cla|rence, during his life, the vicounties of Ange, Or|be [...], and Ponteau de Mer, with all the lands of those that were withdrawne foorth of the same vicounties. This gift was made the sixteenth of Februarie, in this fift yeare of this kings reigne. All the Lent sea|son, Tho. Walsin. Titus Liuius. the king laie at Baieux with part of his armie, but the residue were sent abroad, for the atchiuing of certeine enterprises, because they should not lie idle.

¶In this yeare 1418, and in the first yeare of the reigne of this victorious king, Abr. Fl. out of Fabian pag. 397. and Iohn Stow pag. 598. Henrie the fift, on Ea|ster daie in the after noone (a time which required de|uotion) at a sermon in saint Dunstans in the east of London, a great fraie happened in the said church, where through manie people were sore wounded, and one Thomas Petwarden fishmonger that dwelt at Sprots keie was slaine outright;Slaughter and bloudshed in S. Dun|stans church on Easter day. as they (vpon a good intent) did what they could (to their owne perill as vnfortunatlie it befell) to appease the turmoile, and to procure the kéeping of the kings peace. Here|vpon the church was suspended, and the beginners of the broile, namelie the lord Strange and sir Iohn Trussell knight (betwéene whome such coles of vn|kindnesse were kindled (at the instigation of their wiues,Women full of mischéefe. gentlewomen of euill disposition and at curs|sed hatred one with another) that their husbands ment at their méeting in the said church to haue slaine one another) were committed to the counter in the Pultrie. Two wise gentlemen (I wisse) and well aduised (no doubt) who without regard of day, place, people, preacher, or perill that might insue; were so forward to become the instruments of their mischieuous wiues malice; the fulfilling wherof they would haue forborne, if with discretion they had pon|dered the verdict of the poet concerning the said sex:

Foemina laetalis, foemina plena malis.

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