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Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the same time also the French king sought by all meanes possible to breake the amitie betwixt the realme of England, and the house of Burgognie. Whereof the duke of Bedford hauing intelligence, thought it stood him vpon the more earnestlie to looke to his charge; and namelie as it were an anchorhold, he determined to prouide that he might defend and safelie kéepe the duchie of Normandie, and therefore appointing the bishop of Terrowen and Elie, named Lewes of Lutzenburgh, chancellor for king Henrie of the realme of France, to remaine at Paris vp|on the defense of that citie, with a conuenient num|ber of Englishmen, he departed into Normandie, and comming to Rone, called a parlement there of the thrée estates of the duchie,A parlement at Rone cal|led by the duke of Bed|ford. in the which he decla|red manie things vnto them, touching the happie life, and great freedome which they might be assured to inioy, so long as they continued vnder the Eng|lish obeisance: and therefore he exhorted them to a|bide constant in their allegiance, faith, and promise made and sworne to his noble brother king Henrie the fift.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Whilest the duke of Bedford was busie to reteine the Normans in their due obedience, the French king departed from Senlis; and comming to the towne of saint Denis,The French got saint De|nis. found it in maner desolate, so that he entered there without resistance, and lodged his armie at Mount Martyr and Amberuilliers, néere vnto the citie of Paris; and from thence sent Iohn duke of Alanson, and his sorceresse Ione la Pusell, with thrée thousand light horssemen to assault the citie, and followed himselfe, in hope to get it, ei|ther by force or treatie. But the English capteins e|uerie one kéeping his ward and place assigned, so manfullie defended themselues, their walles and towers, with the assistance of the Parisiens, that they repelled the Frenchmen, and threw downe Ione their great goddesse into the bottome of the towne ditch,Ione had a hurt in the leg and a fall, drawen all d [...]rtie out of the mire. where she lay behind the backe of an asse sore hurt in the leg, till the time that she (all filthie with mire and durt) was drawne out by Guischard of Thienbrone, seruant to the duke of Alanson.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The French king, perceiuing that he could not pre|uaile in this enterprise, left the dead bodies behind him, and taking with him the wounded capteins, re|turned into Berrie. But in the meane waie, the in|habitants of Laignie submitted themselues vnto him. The duke of Bedford being in Normandie, hea|ring of this sudden attempt, with all hast possible came to Paris, where he gaue manie great thanks, with high commendations vnto the capteins, souldi|ers and citizens for their assured fidelitie, great har|dinesse & manlie dooing. Which his gentle words so incouraged the harts of the Parisiens, that they sware, promised and concluded, to be freends for euer to the king of England and his fréends, and enimies alwaies to his foes and aduersaries, making procla|mation by this stile:

Fréends to K. Henrie, freends to the Parisiens; Enimies to England, enimies to Paris.
Marie whether this was vttered from their harts, it is hard so to saie, for the sequeale of their acts seemed to proue the contrarie.

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