[1] But now to returne vnto the dooings of king Ri|chard in France. Ye haue heard how a peace was concluded (as some haue written) but the same con|tinued not long: for the French king séeming to re|pent himselfe of that he had doone (as is aforesaid) brake the peace, and raising a power, besieged Albe|marle, at length wa [...] it, and raced it downe to the ground, then king Richard gaue vnto him thrée thou|sand marks of siluer for the ransome of his knights and yeomen, or demilances (as I may call them) that were taken in that fortresse. After this, the French king wan Nouencourt, and earle Iohn tooke the ca|stell of Gamages.