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Compare 1577 edition: 1 About this season, Nicholas the cardinall of the holie crosse was sent into France,A legat from Rome sent to treat a peace betwixt the English and French. as a legat from Eugenie the fourth as then bishop of Rome, to treat a peace betwéene the Englishmen and Frenchmen. But when after great instance and labour made be|tweene the parties, he saw their obstinate and fro|ward minds, nothing inclined to anie agréement, he wan so much at their hands by earnest sute, that a truce was granted to indure for six yeares to come: but as the same was hardlie granted,A truce for six yeares. so was it of the Frenchmen soone and lightlie broken. For the ba|stard of Orleance newlie made earle of Dunois, tooke by treson the towne of Chartres from the Eng|lishmen,Chartres ta|ken by treason notwithstan|ding the truce. affirming by the law of armes, that stea|ling or buieng a towne, without inuasion or assault, was no breach of league, amitie, or truce. In which towne he slue the bishop, bicause he was a Burgo|gnian. Hereby did new malice increase, and mortall warre began eftsoones to be put in vre.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Whilest these things were dooing in France, the cardinall of Winchester was come backe againe into England, to appease certeine commotions and sturres a [...]tempted by sundrie persons vnder colour of religion: but after that William Mandeuile, and Iohn Sharpe the chéefe authors thereof were appre|hended and executed by the gouernour and the kings iustices,The two er|rours. the residue yeelded and confessed their offen|ses, whereof two articles were these (as some write) that priests should haue no possessions, and that all things by the order of charitie among christian peo|ple should be in common. Other thought their opini|ons were not such errours, but that their enimies spread abroad such rumors of them, to make them more odious to the people.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 After that,

A parlement called by the duke of Glo|cester the king being in France.

A peace con|cluded with the Scots.

a parlement was called by the duke of Glocester, in the which monie was assigned to be le|uied, and men appointed, which should passe ouer in|to France to the aid of the duke of Bedford, for the maintenance of the warres: bicause it was suspec|ted the truce would not long continue. During this parlement, Iames the king of Scots sent ambassa|dors to conclude a peace with the duke of Glocester, who (bicause the king was absent) referred the mat|ter to the thrée estates. After long consultation, not without great arguments, a peace was concluded. When the parlement was ended, the cardinall well furnished with men & monie, departed out of Eng|land, and came to Rone to the king, to whome also re|sorted the duke of Bedford from Paris, to consult of things not vnlikelie to follow.

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