Compare 1577 edition: 1 But all their hope was vaine, for the duke refu|sed to agree vpon anie such articles and conditions as they offered; and so without concluding anie thing with the duke, they returned backe into France; and from thence signified to the king of England by let|ters all that they knew, or had doone. But in the meane time, Edward lord Wooduile,Edward lord Wooduile a [...]|deth the duke of Britaine without the kings cõsent vncle to the quéene, sued to king Henrie that he might haue a power of men appointed to him, with the which he would steale priuilie ouer without licence or passe|port, so that euerie man should thinke that he was fled the realme, without knowledge of the king, for that no warre should arise by his meanes betwixt the realmes of France and England, and yet should the duke of Britaine be aided against the power of the Frenchmen, which sought to vanquish him, that they might ioine his countrie vnto the dominion of France: which in no wise ought to be suffered, consi|dering what annoiance & hurt the same might bring to the realme of England in time to come.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Although this request was vtterlie denied, and that the lord Wooduile was streightlie commanded by the king to make no such attempt; yet could not all that staie him,Lord Wood|uile gathere [...] a power in the Ile of Wigh [...]. but that withdrawing him into the Ile of Wight, whereof he was made ruler and cap|teine, he there gathered togither a crue of tall & har|die personages, to the number of 400, & with prospe|rous wind & weather arriued in Britaine, and ioined himselfe with the Britons against the Frenchmen. The French king aduertised herof, was not well ple|sed in his mind towards the king of England; till K. Henrie by new messengers informed him how guilt|lesse he was in the matter, and that by plaine and e|uident pr [...]ofes. With the which excuse the French king séemed to be the better pacified, and was con|tent to dissemble the matter.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Then the English ambassadors,The leag [...]e renewed be|twéene Eng|land and France. renewing the league and amitie betwixt king Henrie & the French king, for the space of twelue moneths, they returned into England, and shewed the king all things that they had either heard or séene; so that he perceiued that the French king dealt craftilie in this matter of EEBO page image 769 Britaine, still motioning peace when he meant no|thing else but warre.The king cal|l [...]th a parle|ment. He therefore called his high court of parlement, in the which it was not onelie de|termined that the duke of Britaine should be aided with a power of men against the wrongfull inuasi|ons of the Frenchmen, but also there were diuerse summes of monie granted to the furnishing foorth and maintenance of the same. And immediatlie hervpon, the king sent his ambassadors into France to certifie the French king what the estates assem|bled in parlement here in England had decréed.