How the noble King Edward sent the Bishop of Lincoln to the Count of Hainault to discuss war with France.

After the noble King Edward of England had won back the fine city of Berwick as you've heard, and laid waste all the lowlands of Scotland and posted guards and garrisons everywhere he pleased and joyfully returned to his kingdom, he was so loved and honoured by all his people, great and small alike, for the high nobility of his deeds and words and for his great heart and glorious festivities and assemblies of ladies and damsels, that everyone said he was King Arthur.

He now held frequent discussions with his closest advisers, deciding how to respond to the great wrong done to him in his youth in relation to the kingdom of France. As Lord Robert of Artois had informed him, the kingship should rightfully have passed to him as the closest in line of succession, but the twelve peers of France had chosen and decided to give it to Lord Philip of Valois without considering any rival claim. He didn't know what to think: he was reluctant to let the matter stand if he could amend it; he felt that, if his council concluded that he should demand his right and it was refused (as would probably be the case), and he then kept quiet and failed to exert himself and set matters to rights, it would be much to his shame.