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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 This matter was opened in the parlement house, and assented to: wherevpon the bishop gathered the monie, and assembled foure thousand men & aboue, not without great grudge of the people, which dailie were with tallages and aids wearied and sore burde|ned. As this bishop was come to Douer readie to passe the seas ouer into Flanders, the duke of Glo|cester hauing receiued letters from the duke of Bed|ford, conteining an earnest request to reléeue him with some spéedie aid of men of warre, was con|streined to write vnto the bishop of Winchester, willing him in time of such néed, when all stood vpon losse or gaine, to passe with all his armie toward the duke of Bedford, to assist him against his aduersa|ries; which thing doone, and to his honour atchiued, he might performe his iournie against the vngratious Bohemers. The cardinall (though not well conten|ted with this countermand) yet least he should run into the note of infamie, if he refused to aid the re|gent of France in so great a cause, passed ouer with his power, and brought the same vnto his coosine to the citie of Paris.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the same season, the French king, in hope to be receiued into the townes of Campaigne and Beauuois (by reason of the fauour and good will which the inhabitants bare towards him) was come with an armie towards Campaigne. Whereof the duke of Bedford being aduertised, and hauing now his host augmented with the new supplie, which the cardinall had of late brought vnto him, marched for|ward with great speed toward the place where he vn|derstood the French king was lodged: and comming to Senlis, he perceiued how his enimies were in|camped vpon the mount Pilioll, betweene Senlis and Campaigne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Here might either armie behold the other: where|vpon for the auoiding of dangers that might insue, the campes were trenched, and the battels pitched, and the fields ordered as though they should haue tried the matter by battell: but nothing was doone except with skirmishes, in the which the Normans sore vexed the Frenchmen; and therefore receiued great commendations & praises of the lord regent: who vndoubtedlie determined to haue giuen battell to his enimies if they would haue abidden it. But af|ter the armies had thus lien ether in sight of other, for the space of two daies togither, the French king not determining to aduenture in an open battell the whole chance of the game, least he might thereby re|ceiue a perpetuall checkemate, in the night season re|mooued his campe, and fled to Crespie, though his number was double to the English armie. The duke of Bedford, Anno Reg. [...] séeing that the French king was thus cowardlie recoiled with all his power and armie, re|turned againe to Paris, euer suspecting the deceit|full faith of the Parisiens.

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