[1] This lord (vpon knowledge had of king Edwards arriuall there in the hauen, and in what danger he stood by reason of the Easterlings) commanded them not to be so hardie as once to meddle with anie Eng|lishmen, being both the dukes fréends and alies. Then did king Edward & all his companie come on land. Who after they had beene well refreshed & gent|lie comforted by the lord Gronture, they were by him brought to the Hagh, a rich towne in Holland, where they remained a while, hauing all things necessarie ministred to them by order of the duke of Burgog|nie, sent vnto the lord Gronture, immediatlie vpon certificat from the said lord Gronture of king Ed|wards arriuall. [Héere we sée in what perplexities king Edward and his retinue were, partlie by eni|mies at home in his owne countrie, whose hands he was constreined to flée from by the helpe of the sea; partlie also by aduersaries abroad, seeking opportuni|tie to offer him not the incounter onelie, but the o|uerthrow. And suerly, had not good fortune fauoured him, in preparing readie meanes for him to auoid those imminent dangers; he had doubtlesse fallen a|mong the weapons of his owne countrimen, and so [page 676] neuer haue feared forren force: but in escaping both the one and the other, euen with shift of so spéedie ex|pedition, it is a note (if it be well looked into) of happi|nesse, if anie happinesse may be in preseruation from ruine and reproch.]