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T was wel inough knowen vnto the moſt part, that the towne and Caſtle of Guyerche (beeing a paſſage ouer the riuer of Ceruſe) dyd greatlie hinder the kinges friends and fauor his enemies, vnder the colour of the olde Lord of the place, which had obtained of his Maieſtie in reſpect of his age, a certain aſſurance (hauing the like of the contrarie parte, by meanes of the Vicont his ſonne, who was chiefe of Poictiers) to the end he might ſeeme the kings friend, beeing indeed altogether a fauourer and vpholder of the Spaniards, as his ſonne was.