¶ In this seuen and twentith yeare of king Hen|ries reigne, as witnesse the English chron [...]cles, Abr. Fl. et Fabian. 447. a knight of France called sir Lewes de Bueill chal|lenged an esquier of England,A combat vp|on triall of manhood be|twéene a French and an English|man. named Rafe Chal|lons, to triall of certeine feats of warre. Herevpon (as was thought conuenient) a daie was appointed them to make proofe thereof; the place also was assig|ned of their meeting, to wit, at a towne in France called Maunt or Maunce, where the French king at the same time was personallie present. But fortune (saith mine author) was to Challons so fauourable, and leaned so much to his side, that he ran the French knight through with the point of his fatall speare:

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The English esquier seeing the infortunate euent of this triall to fall to the shame of the challenger, was so far from reiossing at his ouerthrow,The compas|sion of the Englishman to his eni [...]. that he was touched with christian compassion, & moorned for his enimie, for whome also he kept an obsequie as if he had béene his owne naturall brother, and descen|ded of the same parents. For which mercifull moti|ons of mind inwardlie working, and outwardlie ap|pearing, he was of the king greatlie commended. But doubtfull it is, whether the other, if he had surui|ued, and got the vpper hand, would haue had the like reuerend care of the Englishmans dead bodie, as to haue vouchsafed it a solemne interrement.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 As the affaires in France now were neither well looked to, nor the gouernours there well aduised, Anno Reg. [...]. an English capteine called sir Francis Suriennes,Sir Francis Suriennes. sur|named the Aragonois, of the countrie where he was borne, a man for his wit and actiuitie admitted into the order of the garter, tooke by scaling suddenlie in the night of the euen of our ladie daie in Lent, a towne on the frontiers of Normandie, belonging to the duke of Britaine called Fougiers,Fougiers. spoiling the same, and killing the inhabitants. The duke of Bri|taine, EEBO page image 629 being hereof aduertised, sent word by the bi|shop of Reimes to the French king, beseeching him of his aid and counsell in the matter.