[1] She therefore lamenting that the king and quéene mother should be thus in the hands of them that pro|cured all these troubles, and led vp and downe at their pleasures, and driuen to behold the spoile and sacking of diuerse his cities, and miserable slaughter of his subiects: and againe hir grace thinking it ex|pedient to preuent that such as were knowne to beare no good will, either to hir or hir realme,The chiefe causes that mooued the quéenes ma|iestie to send a power into France. should not get into their possessions such townes and ha|uens as laie against the sea coasts of hir said realme, whereby they stuffing the same with garrisons and numbers of men of warre, might easilie vpon occa|sions seeke to make inuasions into this hir said realme, to the great annoiance of hir and hir louing subiects: at the request of the French themselues, thought it expedient to put in armor a certeine num|ber of hir subiects, to passe ouer into Normandie, vnto such hauens as néere approched vnto this hir realme of England, as well for the safegard of the same, as also for the reliefe and preseruation of the inhabitants there: and other that professed the gos|pell, liuing in continuall danger to be murthered and oppressed, and therefore crauing hir aid to saue and deliuer them out of the bloudie hands of their cruell aduersaries, that sought their hastie destruction.