[1] [2] But to be breefe, such reasons were shewed, and such matter vnfolded by the Gascoignes, whie they ought not be separated from the crowne of Eng|land, that finallie (notwithstanding the duke of Glo|cester, and certeine other were against them) it was decréed, that the countrie and duchie of Aquitaine should remaine still in demesne of the crowne of England, least that by this transporting thereof,The grant of the duchie of Aquitaine to the duke of Lancaster re|uoked. it might fortune in time, that the heritage thereof should fall into the hands of some stranger, and eni|mie to the English nation, so that then the homage and souereigntie might perhaps be lost for euer. In|deed, the duke of Glocester, being a prince of an high mind, & loth to haue the duke of Lancaster at home, being so highlie in the kings fauor, could haue béene well pleased, that he should haue enioied his gift, for that he thought thereby to haue borne all the rule a|bout the king, for the duke of Yorke was a man ra|ther coueting to liue in pleasure, than to deale with much businesse, and the weightie affaires of the realme.