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How the French King, upon King Edward the third's coming to the Crown, ſent to him to     come and do him Homage, for the Province of Guyene the Engliſh held in France; how he refuſed it, but laid claim to the Crown of     France : Entered into Confederacy with the neighbouring Princes: Invaded them with powerful Armies. His Love to the Counteſs of Saliſbury. The Order of the Garter,&c

WHEN the Engliſh valour was more renowned than that of other na- tions, our heroes brought a terror on their enemies, proud France then trembled, and the Engliſh Lyon graſped with ſo ſtrong hand, that all the ſtruggling of that Kingdom