[1] In this meane time the earle of Cambridge re|turned home from Portingale,The earle of Cambridge re+turneth out of Portingale. whither (as yee haue heard) he was sent the last yeare, and promise made, that the duke of Lancaster should haue followed him; but by reason of the late rebellion, and also for o|ther considerations, as the warres in Flanders be|twixt the erle and them of Gaunt, it was not thought conuenient that anie men of warre should go foorth of the realme: and so the king of Portingale not a|ble of himselfe to go through with his enterprise a|gainst the king of Spaine, after some small exploits atchiued by the Englishmen, and other of the earle of Cambridge his companie, as the winning of cer|teine fortresses belonging to the king of Castile, and that the two kings had laine in field, the one against the other by the space of fifteene daies without bat|tell, the matter was taken vp, and a peace concluded betwixt them, sore against the mind of the earle of Cambridge, who did what in him laie, to haue brought them to a set field: but when there was no remedie, he bare it so patientlie as he might, and re|turned home with his people, sore offended (though he said little) against the king of Portingale, for that he dealt otherwise in this matter than was looked for. He had affianced his sonne,The earle of Cambridge his son affian|ced to the king of Portingals daughter. which he had by the daughter of Peter, sometime king of Castile, vnto the king of Portingales daughter, now in the time of his being there: but although he was earnestlie requested of the said king, he would not leaue his sonne behind him, but brought him backe with him againe into England (togither with his mother) doubting the slipperie faith of those people.