Whereof the earle of that towne hauing aduertisement, assembled all the men of warre of the garrisons adioining, and with the same set forward to fight with the Englishmen, whom he found in a streict place neere to Beauuois.
The Britons Britonants were come downe into a low bottome, where there was a little pond or fish poole, and they must needs passe by a streict waie to come to the walles in great danger.
The abbats seruants getting knowledge hereof, came thither by night, but they missed their purpose, for he was gone; but they caught diuerse of his men, whome they caried streict to prison.
And whereas the Gascoignes had charged the earle with too much streict handling of them, whereby they were occasioned to raise tumults, the matter was now nothing at all amended.
Moreouer, about the same time the king put his wife queene Editha from him, and appointed hir to streict keeping in the abbeie of Warwell.
One day the Frenchmen laid themselues closelie in an ambush neere to the towne of Remorentine, at a maruellous streict passage, by which the Englishmen must needs passe.
Iohn de Northampton maior of London, a streict punisher of adulterie in his time.
There was also apprehended Iohn Blake an apprentise of the law: all which persons were kept in streict ward till the next parlement, in which they were appointed to stand vnto their triall and answers.
Wherefore he gaue streict charge, and sore commandement, that no person should once presume to take land, and go to shore, vntill such time as the whole nauie were assembled and come togither.
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