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Compare 1577 edition: 1 If the said Dolphin chanced to be taken, either in battell or towne besieged, or if anie other chanced so to be taken, that should be prooued guiltie or priuie to the murther of the said duke Iohn, he should not be deliuered without iust punishment for his deeds, nor without the consent of the two kings Charles and Henrie, & of the thrée estates of both the realmes. In consideration of the great diligence, and pain|full trauell susteined by the duke of Burgognie, it was also agreed, that he should haue by patent gran|ted of king Charles and queene Isabell a fée of twen|tie thousand pounds Parisien, of yéerelie reuenues, assigned foorth néere to the confines of his countrie, EEBO page image 576 to inioy the same to him and to his wife the duches Michaell, and to the heires males betwixt them two, lawfullie begotten, to the obteining whereof, king Henrie should shew all his furtherance; & if it might not be brought to passe till king Henrie had obtei|ned the crowne of France, then should he sée the same performed, vpon the receiuing of his ho|mage.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king of England, after all the articles of the said treaties and agréements were concluded,The effect of king Henries oration to the French king. passed and sworne vnto, made to the French king, the duke of Burgognie, and other the French lords, a sumptu|ous banket; and before they departed from the same, he sadlie and with great grauitie made to them a right pithie and sententious oration, declaring to them both how profitable the ioining of the two kingdomes should be to the subiects of the same, and also the right that he had thereto, being by lineall des|cent of the womans side (which is the furest) rather a Frenchman than an Englishman. And though he was an Englishman borne, yet he assured them to tender the wealth of the realme of France, as much as he would the aduancement of his owne natiue countrie of England.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herewith, he inueied against Charles the Dol|phin, being the head and onelie mainteiner of all the ciuill discord, whose wicked nature, and cruell disposi|tion, did well appeare in the murther of the late duke of Burgognie. He therefore willed them, according to their dutie, oth, and agréement, to stand with him, and helpe to reduce such a stubborne and disloiall sonne vnto the obeisance of his father king Charles, that he might shew himselfe conformable vnto such orders and decrées, as they had taken, appointed, and agréed vpon: and for his part, he promised to worship, loue, and honor his father in law the said K. Charles, in place of his owne father, according to the true me|ning of this concord and agréement, trusting the same to be a peace finall.

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