[1] The duke of Lancaster, that in the thirteenth yeare of king Richards reigne had beene created by autho|ritie of parlement, duke of Aquitaine, was about this present time sent thither,The duke of Lancaster sai|leth into A|quitaine with an armie. with fiue hundred men of armes, & a thousand archers, to take posses|sion of that duchie, according to the kings grant, by his letters patents thereof had, made, and confir|med with his seale, in presence of the most part of all the nobles and great lords of England, to hold all that countrie to the said duke and his heires for euer in as large manner and forme, as his father king Edward the third, or anie other kings of England, or dukes of Aquitaine before time had holden, and as king Richard at that season had & held the same, the homage alwaies yet reserued to the kings of England for euer. But all this notwithstanding, at his comming thither, so farre were the Gascoignes,The Gas|coignes flatlie refuse to ac|cept the duke of Lancaster for their so|uereigne. and other people of those marches from receiuing him with ioy and triumph, that they plainelie told him, they would not atturne to him, nor be vnder his iurisdiction at anie hand, although he had brought ouer with him commissioners sufficientlie authori|sed, both to discharge them of their former allegiance to the king, and to inuest him in possession of that du|chie, in maner and forme as before is said.