The historie of the reigne of King Henry the Seventh ..Whereunto is now added a very usefull and necessary table . icular troubles at was alfoafairc and fpecious occafion offeredhim CO hide his ambition, and to iuftific his warringv^a Britaine ; for that the Duke had recducd, andfuccourcd L e w i s DukeofOr/^^«c^, and other ofthe French Nobilitie, which had taken Armes againfltheir King, Wherforc King Charles being re-folucd vpon that Warre, knew well he could not re-ceiue any oppoiition fo potent, as if King H e n r yfhould citherwjponTolicieo(State, inprcuentingthcgrowing greatnef


The historie of the reigne of King Henry the Seventh ..Whereunto is now added a very usefull and necessary table . icular troubles at was alfoafairc and fpecious occafion offeredhim CO hide his ambition, and to iuftific his warringv^a Britaine ; for that the Duke had recducd, andfuccourcd L e w i s DukeofOr/^^«c^, and other ofthe French Nobilitie, which had taken Armes againfltheir King, Wherforc King Charles being re-folucd vpon that Warre, knew well he could not re-ceiue any oppoiition fo potent, as if King H e n r yfhould citherwjponTolicieo(State, inprcuentingthcgrowing greatneffc o^France: or vpon gratitude vntothe Duke o( Britaine, for his former fauours, in thetime of his dirtrcfTc, cfpoufc that quarrcll, and dc- jclare himfelfc in aide of the Duke. Thcrforc heenofooncr heard that King Henry was fctlcd by hisvi6torie,but forthwith he CcntAmbafadours vnto him,to pray his afliftance, or at rhe leall that hec wouldfland neutrall. Which Ambaffadours found the Kingat deliucred thck Ambafage to this cffctt. ?They firft imparted vnto the King the fuccc/Tc that i G their [. 4-2 The Hijlorie of the l^i^ne of their AUfier had had a hccic before againfl Maximi-lian, inrccoucrie ofccrtaineTowncs from hnn:which was done in a kind ofpriuacic, and inwjrd-ncfTc towards the King j as if the Frmch-king didnot eflccnie him for an outward orformall Confcde-rate, but as one that had part in hjs aflFcctions and for-tunes, and with whom hctookepleafurcto commu-nicate his bufincfTe. After this Complement^ andfomegratulation for tlic Kings vidloric, they fell to theirerrand; declaring to the King, that their Mafler wasenforced to enter into a iull and ncccfTiri^ VVarrcwith the Duke o(Britains Jor that hce had rccciuedand fuccoured thofe that were Traitors, and DeclaredEnemies vnto his Vcdon 2nd Stats. That they werenomcane, diftrefTed, and calamitous (Pt//t?«i thatfled to him for refuge, but of fo great qualitie, asitwas apparant that they came not thithert


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