Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 This noble companie came to the citie of Tours in Touraine, Anno Reg. 23. 1445 where they were honorablie receiued both of the French king and of the king of Sicill. The marquesse of Suffolke as procurator to king Henrie, espoused the said ladie in the church of saint Martins. At the which mariage were present the fa|ther and mother of the bride; the French king him|selfe, which was vncle to the husband; and the French quéene also, which was aunt to the wife. There were also the dukes of Orleance, of Calabre, of Alanson, and of Britaine, seauen earls, twelue barons, twen|tie bishops, beside knights and gentlemen. When the feast, triumph, bankets and iusts were ended, the la|die was deliuered to the marquesse, who in great e|state conueied hir through Normandie vnto Diepe, and so transported hir into England, where she lan|ded at Portesmouth in the moneth of Aprill. This la|die excelled all other, as well in beautie and fauour, as in wit and policie, and was of stomach and cou|rage more like to a man than a woman.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Shortlie after hir arriuall, she was conueied to the towne of Southwike in Hamshire,

Margaret daughter to Reiner K. of Sicill & Ie|rusalem mari|ed to Henrie the sixt.

Abr. Fl. ex Polychron.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This mariage séemed to manie both infortunate and vnprofitable to the realme of England, and that for manie causes. First, the king had not one penie with hir;An [...]minous mariage. and for the fetching of hir, the marquesse of Suffolke demanded a whole fiftéenth in open parle|ment. And also there was deliuered for hir the duchie of Aniou, the citie of Mans, and the whole countie of Maine, which countries were the verie staies and backestands to the duchie of Normandie. And fur|thermore, the earle of Arminacke tooke such displea|sure with the king of England for this mariage, that he became vtter enimie to the crowne of England, and was the cheefe cause that the Englishmen were expelled out of the whole duchie of Aquitaine.