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Compare 1577 edition: 1 At the next méeting the commissioners agréed vp|on certeine articles, which were of both the princes accepted and allowed. It was first accorded,Articles of a|gréement be|twéene king Edward and the French king. that the French king should paie to the king of England without delaie seauentie & fiue thousand crownes of the sunne; and yearelie fiftie thousand crownes to be paid at London during king Edwards life. And fur|ther it was agréed, that Charles the Dolphin should marrie the ladie Elizabeth, eldest daughter to king Edward, and they two to haue for the maintenance of their estates the whole duchie of Guien, or else fif|tie thousand crownes yearelie to be paid within the Tower of London by the space of nine yeares;Want of mo|nie procureth peace. and at the end of that terme, the Dolphin and his wife to haue the whole duchie of Guien, and of the charge the French king to be cléerelie acquit. And it was also concluded, that the two princes should come to an interview, and there take a corporall oth for the per|formance of this peace, either in sight of other.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the king of Englands part were comprised as alies (if they would there to assent) the dukes of Burgognie and Britaine. It was also couenanted, that after the whole summe aforesaid of seuentie and fiue thousand crownes were paid to king Edward, he should leaue in hostage the lord Howard, and sir Iohn Cheinie maister of his horsse, vntill he with all his armie was passed the seas. This agréement was verie acceptable to the French king; for he saw himselfe and his realme thereby deliuered of great perill that was at hand: for not onelie he should haue EEBO page image 697 béene assailed (if this peace had not taken place) both by the power of England and Burgognie, but also by the duke of Britaine, and diuerse of his owne people, as the constable and others. The king of Eng|land also vnderstanding his owne state, for want of monie, to mainteine the warres, if they should long continue (though otherwise he desired to haue at|tempted some high enterprise against the French|men) was the more easilie induced to agrée by those of his councell, that loued peace better than warre, and their wiues soft beds better than hard armor and a stonie lodging.

But the duke of Glocester & others, whose swords thirsted for French bloud,The duke of Glocester an [...] to [...]eace. A [...]r. Fl. ex Edw. Hall [...]ol. Ccxxxj. cried out on this peace; saieng that all their trauell, paines, & expenses were to their shame lost and cast awaie, and nothing gai|ned but a continuall mocke [and dailie derision of the French king and all his minions. This imagina|tion tooke effect without delaie. For a gentleman of the French kings chamber, after the peace was con|cluded, did demand of an Englishman, how manie battels king Edward had vanquisht? He answered, nine: wherein he himselfe personallie had béene.

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