[1] In which daie and place appointed, the foresaid duke of Lancaster, and the said earles and other commis|sioners met with the said bishop, and other French lords and spirituall men to him associate,A new treatie on the be|halfe of the duke of Normandie then regent of France, to renew the former communication of peace, in full hope to bring it to a good conclusion; bi|cause king Edward began to frame his imaginati|on more to accord with his aduersaries, than he had doone of late, chéefelie for that the duke of Lancaster with courteous words and sage persuasions,The duke of Lancaster per+suadeth the king to agrée. aduised him not to forsake such reasonable conditions as the Frenchmen were contented now to agrée vnto, sith that by making such manner of warre as he had at|tempted, his souldiers onelie gained, and he himselfe lost but time, and consumed his treasure [...] and further he might warre in this sort all the daies of his life, be|fore he could atteine to his intent, and loose perhaps in one daie more than he had gained in twentie yeares.