The French king, faining that he was thicke of hearing, caused him to reiterate his saieng againe, who so counterfeited the verie gesture of the dukes angrie countenance and roring voice, that no man hath séene a better counterfeitor or actor in anie co|medie or tragedie. The lord of Contaie was sore dis|pleased to sée his master made a iesting stocke; but he kept all these things secret, till his returne to his master. When the pageant was plaied, the king had the messengers of the constable to haue him com|mended to his brother their master; and to declare to him that as newes rose & grew, he would therof ad|uertise him, & so gaue them licence to depart to their master, who thought himselfe now to be in great suertie of his estate, when in déed he was neuer so neere his fall and perdition: estéeming the duke of Burgognie to be his assured fréend, who hated him more than a Painime or Turke, accompting also the French king to haue no ill suspicion in him, who neither trusted nor yet beléeued anie word, writing or message that was either written or sent from him. Such end hath dissimulation, such fruit springeth of double dealing and craftie conueieng. For if either the constable had béene faithfull to the king his ma|ster, as of bounden dutie and allegiance he ought to be, or else had kept his promise made to the king of England and duke of Burgognie, and not dallied and dissembled with them, he had suerlie in his extre|mitie béene aided, succoured and comforted of one of these three at the least; where now he was of all three forsaken, and yet not forsaken, but sought for, looked for, and watched for; not for his profit or promotion, but for his vndooing and destruction: whereof he was the principall procurer, as manie a one besides; wher|to the poet had an eie, when he made this outcrie of inward gréefe seasoned with sorrow and repentance:

Heu patior telis vulnera facta meis.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After the peace was concluded, the Englishmen were permitted to enter into the towne of Amiens, and there to buie all such necessarie things as they EEBO page image 699 wanted, and had plenti [...] of wine (for the French king had sent into their armie a hundred carts of the best wine that could be gotten) and good cheere made them of his owne costs. For at the enterie of euerie gate, there were two long tables set on euerie side of the street where they should passe; and at euerie table fiue or six gentlemen of the best companions of all the countrie were appointed to interteine the Eng|lishmen as they entered, not onelie to sée them ser|ued without lacking [but also to drinke and make good cheere, Abr. Flem. ex Edw. Hall. fol. Ccxxxiij. and kéepe companie with them. And euer as they entered into the towne, they were taken by the bridels and in maner inforced to drinke, whereso|euer they came they paied no monie, but were sent scot free.] This chéere lasted thrée or foure daies not onelie to the French kings cost, but also to his vn|quietnesse at length, doubting to haue béene dispos|sessed of his towne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 For on a daie there entered the number of nine thousand Englishmen well armed in sundrie com|panies, so that no Frenchman durst once forbid them to enter. But finallie, order was taken by the king of England, who meant no deceit, that no greater num|ber should enter than was conuenient, and the other were called backe; so that the French king and his councell were well quieted, and rid of casting further perils than néed required. After this, both the kings enteruiewed togither at Picquenie on the water of Some thrée leagues aboue Amiens,The enter|view betwixt king Edward the fourth, & the French king. shewing great courtesie either to other. The letters of both their a|gréements were opened and red, & then either prince laid his right hand on the missall, and his left hand on the holie crosse (as it was termed) and tooke there a solemne oth to obserue and kéepe the treatie for nine yeares concluded betwéene them, with all their con|federates and alies, comprised, mentioned and speci|fied in the same, and further to accomplish the mar|riage of their children.