[1] [2] Finallie, on the 6 of August he tooke the sea,He taketh the sea. lea|uing his brother the earle of Cornewall, and the quéene in charge with gouernance of the realme, and of his sonne the lord Edward. There departed with him from Portesmouth thrée hundred sailes of great ships, besides a number of other smaller vessels. And thus accompanied, he tooke his course to Gascoigne, & about our ladie day named hir Assumption, he ar|riued at Burdeaux,He arriueth at Burdeaux. where he was of the citizens ho|norablie receiued. Immediatlie after his arriuall there, he caused the towne of the Rioll to be compas|sed about with a strong siege, within the which a great number of rebels were inclosed, which valiant|lie defended the place in hope of rescue, which Gaston de Bierne that was fled to the king of Spaine had promised to procure for them. But the king of Eng|land to preuent them in that point, sent the bishop of Bath,Ambassadors sent into Spaine. and his trustie chapleine sir Iohn Mansell vn|to the said king of Spaine, to conclude freendship and aliance with him, so that the lord Edward his eldest sonne might marrie the king of Spaine his daughter.