[1] After this, when the king had communed with his councell a little, he commanded the two dukes to stand foorth, that their answers might be heard. The K. then caused them once againe to be asked, if they would agrée and make peace togither, but they both flatlie answered that they would not: and withall the duke of Hereford cast downe his gage, and the duke of Norfolke tooke it vp. The king perceiuing this de|meanor betwixt them, sware by saint Iohn Baptist, that he would neuer séeke to make peace betwixt them againe. And therfore sir Iohn Bushie in name of the king & his councell declared, that the king and his councell had commanded and ordeined, that they should haue a daie of battell appointed them at Co|uentrie.The combat appointed to be doone at Couentrie. The French pamphlet. Iohn Stow. Fabian. ¶Here writers disagrée about the daie that was appointed: for some saie, it was vpon a mon|daie in August; other vpon saint Lamberts daie, be|ing the seuenteenth of September, other on the ele|uenth of September: but true it is, that the king as|signed them not onlie the daie, but also appointed them listes and place for the combat, and therevpon great preparation was made, as to such a matter apperteined.