[1] [2] The kings answer therevnto was,The kings answer. that he could not alter any thing, without the aduise of his coun|cell, of the which part were alreadie passed ouer into Flanders, and part were at London; and therfore he required the said earles, that if they would not at|tend him in that iournie into Flanders, they would yet in his absence doo nothing that might be preiudi|ciall to the realme: for he trusted by Gods fauour to returne againe in safetie,The king [...] ouer [...] Flanders Abington. and set all things in good order. At length, about the 21 daie of August, the king tooke the sea, and landed in Flanders neere to Sluice, about the 27 day of the same moneth. He was no sooner on land, but that through old enuie and malice depending betwéene the mariners of the cinque ports, and them of Yermouth and other quar|ters, a quarell was picked, so that they fell togither,Debate [...] fighting [...] the [...] of [...] and [...] and fought on the water in such earnest sort, notwith|standing the kings commandement sent to the con|trarie, that there were 25 ships burnt and destroied of theirs of Yermouth, and other their partakers: al|so thrée of their greatest ships, part of the kings trea|sure being in one of them, were tolled foorth into the high sea, and quite conueied awaie.