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dambreticourt_n send_v relief_n to_o the_o english_a army_n several_a place_n take_v by_o detachment_n from_o the_o camp_n before_o rheims_n the_o king_n of_o navarre_n break_v with_o the_o dauphin_n again_o the_o lord_n of_o gomegine_v take_v prisoner_n by_o the_o french._n the_o lord_n bartholomew_n burwash_n take_v cormicy_n and_o race_n it_o from_o p._n 565._o to_o p._n 574._o chap._n vi_o the_o duke_n of_o normandy_n method_n to_o resist_v king_n edward_n the_o french_a take_v land_n at_o winchelsea_n and_o have_v do_v much_o harm_n be_v beat_v off_o order_n take_v to_o prevent_v the_o like_a for_o the_o future_a king_n edward_n rise_v from_o before_o rheims_n march_v through_o champagne_n roger_n mortimer_n earl_n of_o march_n die_v the_o great_a pomp_n and_o order_n of_o the_o english_a army_n king_n edward_n be_v buy_v off_o from_o destroy_v burgundy_n and_o turn_v towards_o paris_n he_o sit_v down_o before_o paris_n two_o treaty_n offer_v at_o in_o vain_a the_o king_n challenge_n the_o dauphin_n forth_o to_o battle_n the_o lord_n manny_n
earl_n of_o richmond_n the_o black-prince_n grow_v worse_a and_o worse_o resign_v aquitaine_n to_o his_o father_n the_o death_n of_o the_o earl_n of_o stafford_n sr._n william_n molineux_n and_o sr._n john_n mandeville_n the_o famous_a traveller_n from_o p._n 827._o to_o p._n 848._o chap._n x._o the_o constable_n of_o france_n beat_v the_o english_a before_o siuray_n and_o conquer_v about_o in_o poictou_n the_o war_n hot_a in_o bretagne_n the_o duke_n of_o lancaster_n expedition_n and_o march_n through_o france_n a_o treaty_n at_o bruges_n a_o parliament_n at_o westminster_n a_o prodigious_a malady_n the_o death_n of_o several_a great_a men._n from_o p._n 849._o to_o p._n 864._o chap._n xi_o king_n edward_n inquire_v into_o the_o live_n then_o in_o the_o hand_n of_o alien_n a_o treaty_n at_o bruges_n the_o earl_n of_o pembroke_n be_v redeem_v and_o die_v the_o death_n of_o francis_n petrarch_n the_o italian_a poet_n and_o other_o a_o account_n of_o madam_n alice_n perrer_n say_v to_o have_v be_v king_n edward_n concubine_n from_o p._n 865._o to_o p._n 873._o chap._n xii_o st._n saviour_n le_fw-fr viscount_n yield_v to_o the_o french_a by_o composition_n edmund_z earl_n of_o cambridge_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o bretagne_n conquer_v about_o in_o that_o dukedom_n but_o be_v hinder_v by_o a_o unseasonable_a truce_n from_o prosecute_a their_o advantage_n the_o lord_n edward_n spencer_n die_v a_o treaty_n between_o king_n edward_n and_o the_o king_n of_o scotland_n esquire_n katrington_n be_v challenge_v of_o treason_n for_o yield_a st._n saviour_n le_fw-fr viscount_n lose_v the_o day_n some_o english_a vessel_n take_v by_o the_o spaniard_n the_o death_n of_o two_o earl_n two_o act_n of_o charity_n from_o p._n 873._o to_o p._n 877._o chap._n xiii_o the_o lord_n of_o coucy_n expedition_n into_o austria_n a_o treaty_n at_o bruges_n which_o beget_v a_o truce_n and_o that_o another_z king_n edward_n offer_v large_o for_o the_o redemption_n of_o the_o captal_a of_o busche_n 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of_o lancaster_n for_o his_o sake_n fall_v out_o with_o the_o bishop_n of_o london_n the_o londoner_n in_o a_o sedition_n affront_v the_o duke_n the_o bishop_n hardly_o restrain_v the_o people_n the_o princess-mother_n of_o wales_n put_v the_o city_n in_o mind_n of_o their_o duty_n they_o make_v their_o excuse_n to_o the_o king._n they_o and_o the_o duke_n reconcile_v sr._n john_n menstreworth_n execute_v for_o treason_n the_o lord_n of_o coucy_n fall_v off_o to_o the_o french._n king_n edward_n create_v prince_n richard_n knight_n of_o the_o garter_n the_o war_n open_a sr._n hugh_n calverley_n captain_n of_o calais_n outwick_n batter_v with_o cannon_n yield_v to_o the_o french._n sr._n hugh_n calverley_n acts._n the_o english_a commissioner_n return_v for_o england_n find_v the_o king_n on_o his_o deathbed_n he_o die_v a_o story_n of_o the_o manner_n of_o his_o death_n refute_v the_o french_a king_n commend_v he_o his_o burial_n epitaph_n tomb_n and_o character_n from_o p._n 895._o to_o the_o end._n errata_fw-la sunt_fw-la sic_fw-la emendanda_fw-la pag._n 22._o lin_v 5._o read_v fast-asleep_a p._n 54._o l._n 44._o r._n nobles_n p._n 58._o l._n 2._o r._n turne-tabard_a p._n 76._o l._n 2._o r._n tell_v for_o call_v p._n 89._o for_o innocent_a r._n john._n p._n 177._o deal_n parag._n viii_o &_o ix_o in_o the_o centent_n p._n 270._o l._n 17._o r._n neck_a p._n 276._o l._n 35._o r._n chancellor_n of_o the_o church_n of_o york_n p._n 286._o l._n 37._o r._n strange_a p._n 295._o l._n penult_n r._n father_n be_v name_v p._n 302._o l._n 2._o deal_n and._n p._n 303._o l._n 32._o deal_n and._n p._n 354._o l._n 31._o r._n 16_o year_n etc._n etc._n p._n 356._o l._n 27._o r._n 20_o in_o depth_n etc._n etc._n p._n 373._o l._n 22._o for_o paragraph_n r._n chapter_n p._n 402._o l._n 22._o r._n viscount_n of_o rohan_n &_o sic_fw-la semper_fw-la p._n 439._o l._n 46._o r._n simon_n de_fw-fr burchester_n p._n 466._o l._n 14._o r._n no_o charm_n about_o they_o take_v horse_n and_o so_o begin_v etc._n etc._n p._n 470._o l._n 13._o r._n peter_n lord_n mauley_n the_o five_o p._n 484._o l._n 49._o r._n on_o the_o second_o of_o november_n be_v all-soul_n day_n the_o king_n begin_v etc._n etc._n p._n 485._o l._n 12._o r._n for_o he_o can_v not_o have_v be_v etc._n etc._n ibid._n l._n 34._o r._n after_o his_o set_n forth_o according_a to_o the_o record_n which_o affirm_v how_o he_o march_v forth_o of_o calais_n on_o all-soul_n day_n p._n 502._o l._n 34._o r._n blew-silk_n p._n 531._o l._n 22._o r._n july_n p._n 707._o l._n 18._o r._n keep_v it_o p._n 721._o l._n 21._o r._n william_n p._n 748._o l._n ult_n r._n and_o bear_v p._n 750._o l._n 45._o r._n inno._n p._n 751._o l._n penult_n be_v account_v the_o offspring_n p._n 761._o l._n 45._o r._n have_v do_v a_o pious_a etc._n etc._n p._n 806._o l._n 49._o r._n best_a word_n etc._n etc._n p._n 814._o l._n 57_o r._n the_o prince_n and_o princess_n etc._n etc._n sapientia_fw-la fortunam_fw-la edwardus_n iii_n dei_fw-la gratia_n rex_fw-la angliae_fw-la et_fw-la francia_fw-la et_fw-la dominus_fw-la hibernia_n honi_fw-fr soit_fw-fr qvi_fw-fr mal_fw-fr y_fw-fr pense_fw-fr edward_n iii_o king_n of_o england_n &_o france_n and_o lord_n of_o ireland_n he_o slay_v two_o king_n in_o one_o day_n &_o rout_v a_o three_o have_v two_o king_n his_o prisoner_n at_o one_o time_n upon_o the_o death_n of_o lewâ—_n of_o baitaria_n he_o have_v the_o offer_n of_o the_o empire_n thó_n he_o decline_v it_o he_o take_v calais_n from_o the_o french_a &_o institute_v the_o famous_a order_n of_o the_o garter_n &_o have_v reign_v in_o great_a glory_n for_o space_n of_o 50_o year_n 4._o month_n &_o 28._o day_n he_o die_v at_o his_o manor_n of_o shene_n in_o surrey_n in_o lxv_o year_n of_o his_o 〈◊〉o._n dui_o mccclxxvii_o &_o lie_v bury_v at_o westminster_n ich_n dieu_fw-fr qui_fw-fr sanâ—â—â—â—â—_n nobis_fw-la hanc_fw-la patriam_fw-la peperere_fw-la svo_fw-la potentissimus_fw-la edwardus_fw-la princeps_fw-la wallae_n et_fw-la aqui_fw-la taniae_fw-la dux_n cornubiae_fw-la comes_fw-la cestriae_fw-la et_fw-la cantil_n honoratiss_n viro_fw-la 〈◊〉_d richardo_n chandler_n armig._n nuper_fw-la de_fw-fr cell_n emanuel_n aâ—m_n amico_fw-la plurimum_fw-la colendo_fw-la hanc_fw-la invic_n â—iss_fw-la hervis_fw-la edwardi_fw-la principis_fw-la walliae_fw-la cogno_fw-it mento_fw-it nigro_n imagine_v observantiae_fw-la &_o â—â—mti_fw-la judinis_fw-la ergo_fw-la d.d.d._n josua_n barnes_n honi_fw-fr soit_fw-fr qui_fw-fr mal_fw-fr y_fw-fr pense_fw-fr houmont_n the_o most_o renown_a prince_n edward_n surname_v the_o black-prince_n elder_n son_n to_z king_n edward_z the_o three_o prince_n of_o wales_n &_o of_o aqvitain_n duke_n of_o cornwall_z earl_n of_o chester_n &_o of_o kent_z he_o be_v in_o his_o life_n time_n the_o flower_n of_o the_o chivalry_n of_o the_o whole_a world._n he_o win_v the_o battle_n of_o cressy_n wherein_o he_o overthrow_v king_n philip_n of_o valour_n &_o slay_v the_o king_n of_o bohemia_n also_o the_o 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live_v but_o miserable_o the_o principal_a author_n in_o due_a season_n we_o shall_v see_v bring_v to_o condign_a punishment_n viii_o the_o young_a 345._o young_a walse_v hist_o p._n 109._o n._n 20._o &_o fox_n act_n and_o monument_n p._n 345._o king_n in_o his_o return_n to_o london_n be_v hearty_o welcome_v by_o the_o mayor_n and_o alderman_n and_o the_o whole_a city_n for_o he_o be_v a_o prince_n of_o great_a hope_n and_o have_v much_o vivacity_n in_o his_o countenance_n and_o courage_n in_o his_o breast_n upon_o which_o account_n all_o his_o subject_n love_v he_o entire_o the_o grateful_a prince_n to_o set_v a_o mark_n of_o his_o royal_a favour_n upon_o that_o famous_a metropolis_n in_o a_o parliament_n hold_v at_o westminster_n lambeth_n westminster_n joh._n tinemouth_n aur._n hist_o p._n 229._o a._n in_o bibl._n lambeth_n which_o begin_v on_o st._n brices_n day_n of_o his_o own_o accord_n confirm_v unto_o they_o their_o former_a liberty_n and_o grant_v new_a one_o which_o they_o 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countenance_v or_o do_v by_o the_o whole_a city_n further_o he_o ordain_v that_o southwark_n shall_v be_v under_o the_o government_n of_o the_o city_n and_o that_o the_o mayor_n of_o london_n as_o bailiff_n of_o southwark_n shall_v depute_v after_o his_o own_o pleasure_n the_o bailiff_n of_o that_o burrow_n under_o he_o about_o the_o same_o time_n also_o he_o make_v the_o company_n of_o skinner_n in_o london_n a_o corporation_n as_o they_o have_v ever_o since_o honourable_o continue_v even_o to_o this_o day_n himself_o for_o their_o great_a honour_n vouchsafe_v to_o be_v of_o their_o brotherhood_n as_o afterward_o other_o king_n do_v in_o imitation_n of_o so_o great_a a_o precedent_n namely_o richard_n the_o second_o henry_n the_o five_o henry_n the_o sixth_z and_z edward_z the_o four_o nor_o have_v this_o honourable_a and_o ancient_a company_n be_v ungrateful_a to_o the_o memory_n of_o this_o their_o glorious_a founder_n but_o take_v all_o occasion_n to_o testify_v their_o respect_n to_o his_o name_n and_o to_o preserve_v his_o glory_n to_o posterity_n particular_o of_o late_a they_o have_v at_o their_o own_o proper_a cost_n and_o charge_v erect_v his_o statue_n among_o the_o king_n of_o this_o land_n in_o the_o royal_a exchange_n in_o london_n to_o accompany_v the_o late_a unhappy_a king_n of_o england_n to_o his_o grave_n there_o die_v about_o this_o time_n many_o other_o potentate_n prince_n and_o prelate_n tho'_o none_o so_o unfortunate_o and_o by_o such_o treacherous_a cruelty_n as_o our_o edward_n of_o caernarvon_n and_o first_o there_o die_v charles_n earl_n of_o valois_n young_a brother_n to_o philip_n the_o fair_a late_a king_n of_o france_n and_o uncle_n to_o charles_n the_o fair_a than_o king_n of_o france_n and_o father_n to_o philip_n of_o valois_n afterward_o in_o opposition_n to_o king_n edward_n the_o three_o make_v king_n of_o france_n he_o have_v be_v all_o his_o time_n a_o right_a frenchman_n that_o be_v a_o inveterate_a enemy_n to_o the_o 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shall_v find_v complaint_n make_v in_o parliament_n the_o year_n follow_v by_o the_o owner_n of_o the_o say_a vessel_n x._o on_o the_o 96._o the_o dugd._n 2_o vol._n p._n 96._o ten_o of_o october_n this_o year_n there_o depart_v this_o life_n the_o thrice-noble_a and_o valiant_a lord_n david_n strabolgi_n earl_n of_o athol_n leave_v only_o two_o daughter_n his_o heir_n behind_o he_o and_o the_o most_o honourable_a hero_n richard_n fitz-alan_n earl_n of_o arundel_n 650._o arundel_n dugd._n 1_o vol._n p._n 318._o catal._n henâ—â—_n p._n 650._o die_v on_o the_o nine_o of_o the_o calends_o of_o february_n this_o same_o year_n in_o a_o good_a old_a age_n leave_v behind_o he_o three_o son_n and_o three_o daughter_n richard_n the_o elder_a of_o his_o son_n succeed_v he_o both_o in_o his_o honour_n and_o virtue_n helm_v 217._o helm_v stow_n survey_n of_o london_n p._n 217._o legate_n esquire_n have_v obtain_v licence_n of_o the_o king_n give_v at_o this_o time_n one_o tenement_n with_o a_o 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