[595] The night before the day of deperture appoincted, he (the king) was credebly informed that Richarde, earle of Cambridge, brother to Edward, duke of Yorke, and Henry, lorde Scrope, and syr Thomas Gray, knyght, had compassed his death and finall destruction: wherfore he caused theim to be apprehended lamentyng sore his chaunce that he should be compelled to loose suche personages by whose valiantnes and puissaunce he shuld be more dreadfull and fearefull to his foes and enemies. When these prisoners were examined, they not onely confessed the conspiracy, but also declared that for a great some of mony which they had receiued of the Frenche kyng, they intended either to deliuer the kyng aliue in to the handes of his enemies, or els to murther hym before that he should arriue in the duchy of Normandy. _Hall._ [596] Rules. N. [597] God. 1559, 1563. [598] W. Baldwine. N. [599] Q. for quoth. 1563. [600] The, added. 1587. [601] So, added. 1571. [602] Of fortune, iustly may say thus. 1559, 63. [603] The earle. 1559, 63. [604] At Orleaunce, added. 1571. [605] The 3 of Nouember, Anno 1428, added. 1571. [606] A goodly thing we deeme of good report. N. [607] Seen. 1559, 63, 75, 78. [608] In. 1559, 63. [609] How some. N. [610] My sire and th’earle. N. [611] Purpose well. N. [612] Of wrath. 1578. [613] Hath, misprint. 1563. Hateth. N. [614] My lims. N. [615] Hys. 1559, 63. [616] The, misprint. 1563. [617] Where ere. N. [618] Lorde Thomas Montacute, earle of Salisbury, a man bothe for his greate pollicie and haut corage more to be compared to the old valiant Romans then to men of his daies. _Hall._ [619] Do norish. 1578. [620] And in theyr spech for to declare of. 1559. [621] He was the man at that tyme, by whose wit, strength, and pollicie, the Englishe name was muche fearfull and terrible to the Frenche nacion, whiche of hymselfe might bothe appoynt, commaunde and do all thynges in maner at hys pleasure, in whose power (as it appeared after hys deathe) a greate part of the conquest consisted and was estemed, because he was a man bothe painfull and diligent, redy to withstand thynges perilous and imminent, and prompt in counsail, and with no labor be weried, nor yet hys corage at any tyme abated or appalled, so that all men put no more trust in any one man, nor no synguler person gat more the hartes of all men. _Hall._ [622] Confesse. N. [623] Covet them to spoyle. 1559. [624] Had. 1559. [625] The text is restored here from the editions of 1559, and 63, as in the others it uniformly stands ‘hee.’ [626] The dolphyn sent lorde Wyllyam Stuard, constable of Scotland, and therle of Ventadore in Auergne, and many other nobles of his part to laie siege to the toune of Crauant, in the countie of Auxerre, within the partes of Burgoyn, wherof heryng the lorde regent and the duke of Burgoyn thei assembled a greate armie, the erle of Salisbury was ordeined capitaine of the whiche. _Hall._