The Holinshed Texts (1587, Volume 6, p. 571)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The duke of Burgognie murthered.But now to returne where we left. The wise and graue personages of the realme of France, sore la|menting & bewailing the miserie of their countrie, saw they had puissance inough to defend their eni|mies, if they were of perfect concord amongst them|selues. And therefore to remooue all rancor and dis|pleasure betwixt the Dolphin, and the duke of Bur|gognie, they procured a new méeting, which was ap|pointed to be at Monstreau on fault Yonne, where the two princes at the daie assigned met. But such was the fortune of France, that the duke of Bur|gognie was there murthered, as he knéeled before the Dolphin: wherevpon insued greater debate than before. For Philip earle of Charolois, the sonne and heire of the said duke, tooke the matter verie gree|uouslie, as he had no lesse cause, and determined to be reuenged on the Dolphin, and other that were guiltie of the murther: so that now there was great expecta|tion of slaughter and bloudshed, but no hope for the most part of tranquillitie & peace. France therefore, what with ouerthrowes giuen by the English, & diui|sion among themselues, was verie sore afflicted; in|somuch that one miserie riding on anothers necke, the whole land was in danger of desolation by ciuill dissention & mutuall mutinies; as the poet noteth:

—accessit ad ista

Tunc mala Celtarum Burgundio fraude peremptusAnglorum prae|lia sub Henr. 5.

Sparsa ciuilis tota dissensio terra.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 When he had well considered of the matter,

Ambassadors sent to king Henrie.

Titus Liu [...]us.

and taken aduise with his councell, he first sent ambassa|dours to the king of England, then lieng at Gisours to treat and conclude a truce betwéene them both for a certeine space, that they might talke of some con|clusion of agréement. King Henrie receiued the am|bassadors verie courteouslie, and granted that com|munication might be had of peace, but vtterlie deni|ed anie abstinence from warre,A wise and princelie caution. bicause he would not lose time, if the treatie sorted not to good effect. Here|vpon hauing his armie assembled at Maunt, he di|uided the same into thrée parts,The castell of S. Germane in Laie and Montioie yéel+ded to the Englishmen. appointing the duke of Glocester with one part to go vnto the castell of S. Germane in Laie, and to laie siege therevnto. The duke according to his commission, comming before that castell, within a while constreined them within by continuall skirmishes and assaults to deliuer vp the place into his hands. An other part of the armie was sent vnto the castell of Montioie, which likewise by such fierce assaults and manfull approches, as the Englishmen made thereto, was shortlie giuen ouer and yéelded. The third part of the hoast went to Meu|lanc, a verie strong towne compassed about with the riuer of Seine.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But the king deuised to fasten botes and barges togither,A policie for redie bridges. and to rere vp certeine frames of timber a|loft on the same for defense of his soldiers, that should by that meanes approch the walles, wherewith those that had the towne in kéeping were so put in feare, that their capteine was glad to come to a communi|cation, & agréed to deliuer the towne into the kings hands, if no rescue came before the thirtith daie of October next insuing. On which daie, for that no suc|cours appeared, the towne (according to the coue|nants) was giuen vp into the kings hands. Sir Thomas Ramston was made capteine there, and after him sir Iohn Fastolfe. The king, whilest these places were besieged,The strong town of Meu|lanc yéelded to the English. and thus brought vnder his subiection, continued for the most part at Maunt; but yet oftentimes he went foorth to visit his campes, and to sée that nothing should be wanting, that might further the spéedie dispatch of his enterprises.