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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 These ambassadors comming into Flanders, perceiued that Maximilian was neither purue [...]ed of men, monie, nor armor,Maximilian dealeth disho|nestlie with the king of England to his great v [...]xation. nor of any other thing neces|sarie for the setting foorth of warre; sauing onlie that his will was good, although his power was small. King Henrie being aduertised hereof by letters sent to him from his said ambassadors, was sore disquie|ted in his mind, and was almost brought to his wits end, to consider how his companions in arms should thus faile him at néed; but taking aduise of his coun|sell, at length he determined not to stay his prepen|sed iournie, and therfore he so increased his numbers before he tooke ship, that he with his owne power might be able to match with his aduersaries. When he had thus gathered and assembled his armie, hée sailed to Calis the sixt day of October, and there in|camped himselfe for a space, to see all his men and prouision in such readinesse, as nothing should be wanting.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this place all the armie had knowledge by the ambassadours (which were newlie returned out of Flanders) that Maximilian could not set foorth anie armie, for lacke of monie:Maximilian king of Ro|mans brea|keth [...] with king Henrie in i [...]ning with [...] to inuade France. and therefore there was no succour to be looked for at his hand. But the Eng|lishmen were nothing dismaid therewith, as they that iudged themselues able enough to match the Frenchmen without the helpe of anie other nation. In the meane season, although the French king had an armie togither, both for number and furniture able to trie in battell with the Englishmen: yet he made semblance as though he desired nothing more than peaceThe dis [...]|lation of the French king as the thing much more profitable to him than warre: considering the minds of the Britains were not yet wholie setled.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 And againe, he was called into Italie to make warre against the king of Naples, whose kingdome he pretended to apperteine to him by lawfull succes|sion from his father king Lewes, to whome Reine duke of Aniou last king of Sicill, of the house of Aniou, had transferred his right to that kingdome (as partlie before ye haue heard) wrongfullie and without cause disinheriting his coosine, godsonne and heire, Reine duke of Lorraine and Bar.A motion on the French part for a treatie of peace with the English The lord Chordes hauing commission from his maister the French king to make some entrie into a treatie for peace with the king of England, wrote letters to him before he passed ouer to Calis, signifieng to him that if it might stand with his pleasure to send some of his councellors to the borders of the English pale adioining to France, there should be so reasonable conditions of peace proffered, that he douted not but his grace might with great honour breake vp his campe, and retire his armie home againe.

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