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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After the solemne feast of the coronation was en|ded, the king as well to visit certeine places for de|uotion by waie of pilgrimage, as also to see in what state and order diuerse parts of his realme stood, de|parted from the queene, appointing daie and place where she should méet him, and so iournied foorth from place to place, thorough sundrie countries, as well of Wales as England, and in euerie quarter where he came,Iustice mini|stred by king Henrie in pro|gresse. he heard with diligent eare the com|plaints of sutors, and tooke order for the administra|tion of iustice both to high and low, causing manie misdemeanours to be reformed. At length he came to the towne of Leicester, where he found the quéene according to the appointment before taken. Here at Leicester, he held the feast of Easter. ¶ How then standeth this with the report of Fabian, who saith, Abr. Fl. that the king and quéene kept their Easter at Windsor; and that when the said festiuall time was expired, the king made prouision for his warres in France, du|ring the tearme of Richard Whitinghams meral [...]ie of London, which was in the eight yeare of this king Henries reigne? Suerlie there must needs be an errour, either in mistaking the yeare or the place: vn|lesse we will grant the king and queene (with their court of attendants) to haue béene Hîc ibi simul, which priuilege is granted to none but Ubiquitaries.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But while these things were thus adooing in Eng|land, the duke of Clarence, Anno Reg. 9. the kings lieutenant in France and Normandie, assembled togither all the garrisons of Normandie, at the towne of Bernaie, and from thence departed to the countrie of Maine, and at Pont le Gene he passed the riuer of Yonne, and rode through all the countrie to Lucie, where he passed the riuer of Loire, and entered into Aniou,The duke of Clarẽce made a rode into Aniou. and came before the citie of Angiers, where he made ma|nie knights, that is [...]o saie, sir William Ros, sir Henrie Goddard, sir Rowland Rider, sir Thomas Beaufort, called the bastard of Clarence, and diuerse other; and after that he had [...]or [...]aied, burnt, and spoiled the countrie, he returned with preie and pillage to the towne of Beaufort in the vallie, where he was aduertised, that a great number of his enimies, Frenchmen, Scots, Spaniards, and other were as|sembled togither, at a place called Uiell Bauge, that is, Old Baugie, with the duke of Alanson,Uiell Bauge or Baugie. calling EEBO page image 580 himselfe lieutenant generall for the Dolphin.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The duke of Clarence had a Lombard resorting vnto him, reteined with the part aduerse (his name was Andrew Forgusa) of whom the duke inquired the number of his enimies,Forgusa, a Lumbard be|tra [...]th the duke of Cla|rence. to whome he reported, that their number was but small, & not of puissance to match with halfe the power of his strong armie, intising him with assurance of victorie, to set on the Frenchmen. The duke like a couragious prince, as|sembled togither all the horssemen of the armie, and left the archers vnder the guiding of the bastard of Clarence, and two Portingales, capteins of Fres|nie le vicount, saieng, that he onelie and the nobles would haue the honor of that iournie. When the duke was passed a certeine streict and narrow passage, he espied his enimies ranged in good order of battell, by the monition of the Lombard, which had sold him to his enimies, & his aduersaries had laid such ambush|ments at the streicts, that the duke by no waie with|out battell could either retire or flée.

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