Note 5 — Library of Canterbury.

“Of the original,” says Sir Peter, “the fearmer weare partly consumed, and the letters dimmed, and allmost worne out by time, the devourer of all things. In which Booke I found contayned the principall passages of affaires betweene the two kingdomes of England and Fraunce under the reignes of King Edward the Third and King Henry the ffifth.”... “Out of this I intreated a special friend to extract Certain Disputations, &c.”... “It may be remarked that in the arguments employed by the ambassadors of both countries, the circumstance of King of England’s using the title and arms of France is particularly and minutely discussed.”