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Chronicles of England, Scotland and Ireland (2 of 6): England (6 of 12) - Richard the First by Raphael Holinshed
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Camuille were glad to agree with the king, so as all former offenses
being remitted, and things taken by either part restored, the Englishmen
promised to obserue the peace against the king of Portingale and his
people; and he likewise couenanted for him and his subiects, that they
should kéepe the peace against all pilgrims that went foorth in this
voiage, and vse them like his fréends, and thus the quarell ceased.

Soone after, the English nauie departed from Lisbone, and came into the
mouth of the riuer of Taie, betwéene Caperico and Belem, where the same
daie on saint James éeue the lord William de Forzdulerun arriued also
with thrée and thirtie other ships, [Sidenote: The English ships méet
togither.] and so then they were in all about an hundred and six sailes
verie well furnished and manned, and so from thence taking their course
towards Marseilles, finallie they arriued there in the octaues of the
assumption of our ladie; and staieng there an eight daies (till they had
repaired such things about their ships as were néedfull) they set
forward againe, and came to Messina in Sicile in the feast of the
exaltation of the crosse. On the sunday following also came the French
king thither, hauing lost no small part of his nauie by tempests of
weather.

[Sidenote: They arriue at Messina.] King Richard as then remained at
Salern, and hearing that his nauie was gone towards Messina, he departed
thence on the thirteenth day of September, and hasted forth towards
Messina, passing by Melphi and Cocenza, and so at length comming to Faro
de Messina, he passed the same, [Sidenote: K. Richard arriueth at
Messina.] and on the 23. day of September arriued at Messina with great
noise of trumpets and other instruments, to the woonder of the French
king and others that beheld his great puissance and roiall behauiour now
at this comming. The same time he went vnto the French kings lodging, to
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