[1] At his comming into France, king Charles hea|ring the cause of his banishment (which he esteemed to be verie light) receiued him gentlie,The duke of Hereford is honorablie in|terteined with the French king. and him hono|rablie interteined, in so much that he had by fauour obteined in mariage the onelie daughter of the duke of Berrie, vncle to the French king, if king Richard had not béene a let in that matter, who being thereof certified, sent the earle of Salisburie with all speed into France, both to surmize by vntrue suggestion, Froissard. heinous offenses against him, and also to require the French king that in no wise he would suffer his cou|sine to be matched in mariage with him that was so manifest an offendor. This was a pestilent kind of proceeding against that nobleman then being in a forren countrie, hauing béne so honorablie receiued as he was at his entrance into France, and vpon view and good liking of his behauiour there, so for|ward in mariage with a ladie of noble linage. So sharpe, so seuere, & so heinous an accusation, brought to a strange king from a naturall prince, against his subiect, after punishment inflicted (for he was bani|shed) was inough to haue made the French king his fatall [...]o, & vpon suspicion of assaieng the like treche|rie against him, to haue throwne him out of the li|mits of his land. But what will enuie leaue vnat|tempted, where it is once setled? And how are the ma|licious tormented with egernes of reuenge against them whom they maligne, wringing themselues in the meane ti [...]e with inward pangs gnawing them at the hart? wherevnto serueth the poets allusion,

Inuidia Siculi non inuenêre tyranni

Maius tormentum.Hor. lib. [...]pist. 1.