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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The king of Castile excused him by necessitie of his weightie enterprise: but when he perceiued that if he would proffer to go once aboord to his ships againe, he might be letted, and was like to bee; hee thought good rather to assent to their humble request and so seeme to gratifie them; than by denieng it to procure their euill willes, and yet neuer the neerer of his purpose. When king Henrie was informed of his landing, he was right glad therof, and wrote vn to EEBO page image 793 to sir Iohn Carew, and to sir Thomas Trenchard, that they should interteine him in the most honora|ble sort they could deuise, till he might come himselfe in person to welcome him. Beside this, he sent the earle of Arundell with manie lords and knights to attend vpon him.The king of [...] inter|t [...]ined hono|rablie. Which earle (according to the kings letters) receiued him with thrée hundred hors|ses, all by torchlight, to the great admiration of the strangers.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 King Philip séeing no remedie but that he must needs tarie, would no longer gaze after king Hen|ries comming, but tooke his iournie toward Wind|sore castell, where the king laie: and fiue miles from Windsore the prince of Wales, accompanied with fiue earles, and diuerse lords and knights, and other to the number of fiue hundred persons gorgiouslie apparelled, receiued him after the most honorable fa|shion. And within halfe a mile of Windsore, the king, accompanied with the duke of Buckingham, and a great part of the nobilitie of this realme, wel|comed him, & so conueied him to the castell of Wind|sore, where he was made companion of the noble or|der of the garter. After him came to Windsore his wife queene Iane, sister to the princesse Dowager, late wife to prince Arthur.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After the two kings had renewed & confirmed the league and amitie betwixt them, king Henrie de|sired to haue Edmund de la Poole earle of Suffolke to be deliuered into his hands. [...] To whome the king of Cast [...]le answered, that he verelie was not within his dominion: and therefore it laie not in him to de|liuer him. In deed he was loth to be the authour of his death that came to him for succour, and was re|ceiued vnder his protection: yet vpon the earnest re|quest and assured promise of king Henrie (that he would pardon him of all executions and paines of death he granted to king Henries desire; and so in|continentlie caused the said earle secretlie to be sent for. After this, to protract time till he were possessed of [...], king Henrie conueied the king of Ca|stile vnto the citie of London, that he might sée the head citie of his realme.

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