[1] The king therefore for the defense of the said fron|tiers, caused all the strangers which had serued that yeare against the rebels, being to the number of two thousand,It is agréed among the lords to inf [...]st and annoie the French. to be transported ouer the sea to the mar|ches of Calis. And now at Christmas last past, by or|der of the said earle, and of the councellors aforesaid, Francis earle of Huntington, and sir Edward Ha|stings his brother, sir Iames Croft, sir Leonard Chamberleine, and diuerse other capteins and soul|diers, to the number of thrée thousand, were set ouer to the marches of Calis, to ioine with the said stran|gers, minding with as conuenient speed as they might, to remooue the campe, and otherwise to an|noie the French. But in the meane time through the diligent trauell of certeine persons, speciallie of one Guidoti an Italian, and a Florentine borne, there was a motion made for a treatie to be had by cer|teine commissioners, appointed betwixt the kings of England and France, for the conclusion of some peace, vpon such reasonable conditions and articles as might be thought expedient for the present time; and to stand with the honor and commoditie of both the princes.