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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This duke being now deliuered, and speaking better English than French,The duke of Orleance de|liuered. after his arriuall in France, repaired to the duke of Burgognie, and ac|cording to his promise and conuention, maried the ladie Marie of Cleue, in the towne of saint Omers, on whome he begat a sonne, which after was French king, and called Lewes the twelfe.Lewes the twelfe. W. P. [Festered sores that rankle inward, as they may perchance be palli|at by sleight of surgerie; so sildome come they to sound cure, but often doo burst out againe to greater paine and perill of patient than euer afore: and so befell it betwéene these two noble houses of Orle|ance and Burgognie, who for all this mariage and plausible peace (that continued a twentie yeares) fell out yet after at square vnattonablie:] their children and cousins, to the great vnquieting of much part of christendome, speciallie in the times of king Fran|cis the first, and his sonne Henrie the second, heires of the house of Orleance. For Iohn earle of Ango|lesme, vncle to this duke Charles, begat Charles, fa|ther to the said king Francis: which earle Iohn had beene as pledge in England for the debt of Lewes duke of Orleance, from the last yeare of king Hen|rie the fourth; till that now his nephue being deliue|red, made shift for monie, and ransomed him also, and EEBO page image 619 at length restored him to his countrie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the beginning of this twentith yeare, Richard duke of Yorke, regent of France, and gouernour of Normandie, determined to inuade the territories of his enimies both by sundrie armies, and in seuerall places, and therevpon without delaie of time he sent the lord of Willoughbie with a great crue of soldi|ers to destroie the countrie of Amiens, and Iohn lord Talbot was appointed to besiege the towne of Diepe; and the regent himselfe accompanied with Edmund duke of Summerset, set forward into the duchie of Aniou. The lord Willoughbie, according to his commission, entred into the countrie of his e|nimies in such wise vpon the sudden, that a great number of people were taken yer they could with|draw into anie place of safegard.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The Frenchmen in the garrisons adioining, asto|nied with the clamour and crie of the poore people, is|sued out in good order, and manfullie fought with the Englishmen. But in the end, the Frenchmen séeing their fellowes in the forefront slaine downe, and kild without mercie, turned their backes, and fled: the Englishmen followed, and slue manie in the chase; and such as escaped the sword, were robbed by the earle of saint Paule,Earle of saint Paule fréend to ye English. who was comming to aid the Englishmen. In this conflict were slaine aboue six hundred men of armes, and a great number taken. The dukes of Yorke and Summerset likewise en|tered into Aniou and Maine, and there destroied townes, and spoiled the people, and with great preies and prisoners repaired againe into Normandie, whither also the lord Willoughbie withdrew, after his valiant enterprise atchiued (as before yée haue heard) with rich spoiles and good prisoners.

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