Compare 1577 edition: 1 Herevpon king Richard was fullie persuaded to returne home, but yet through the admonition of certeine persons, and namelie of one William d [...] Poicters, a chapleine of his,William de Poicters K. Richards chapleine. he estsoones altered his purpose, and so remained there, till at length through enuie and malice still increasing amongst the c [...]risti|ans, he perceiued how no good purpose could go for|ward, since that which séemed good to some, was mis|liked of other; and speciallie our writers put great blame in the French men, who either vpon disdaine or other displeasure would not be persuaded to fol|low their aduise, which were knowne b [...]st to vnder|stand the state of things in those parties. And here|vpon, when the armie was aduanced to Betenoble, EEBO page image 135 a place not past foure leagues distant from Ierusa|lem, bicause their mind might not be fulfilled for the besieging of Ierusalem, which they had intended to take in hand (whereas the residue would rather that they shuld haue gone to besiege Babylon in Aegypt, and that vpon sundrie great respects) the Frenchmen raised their field, and returned againe to Acres in great despite, putting the rest of the armie also (so much as in them laie) in danger of vtter ruine and distresse.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Then king Richard and the other christian cap|teins perceiuing how the matter inclined, Anno Reg. 4. and gi|uing ouer all hope of any more good successe, follow|ed them. So that after they were thus returned to Acres, king Richard still doubting least his long ab|sence from home might put him in danger of more losse here, than he saw hope of present gaine to be had there, in such diuersitie of humours and priuie malice which reigned among them, he determined fullie to depart homewards, with no lesse purpose to returne thither againe after he had setled things at home in such sure stay as was expedient for the suer|tie of his owne estate and quietnesse of his people. Herevpon being readie to enter into his ships at Acres [or as some haue, Wil. Paruus. being on his iournie home|wards in Cypres] he was aduertised that the Soul|dane Saladine had taken the towne of Iaph, slaine a great number of the christians within it, and besie|ged the residue within the castell, the which (constrei|ned through feare) had compounded to yéeld, if with|in thrée daies there came no succour.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 King Richard being hereof aduertised, and tur|ning gréef into valiancie, with all spéed sailed backe vnto Iaph, and landing there with his people, caused his enimies to forsake the towne: but anon assem|bling themselues againe togither, they turned once more to besiege it, wherevpon he issued foorth into the fields,K. Richard rescueth Port Iaph. and fought with them sundrie daies togither, till finallie they were content to forsake their enter|prise, and to depart thence for altogither. In these conflicts the valiant courage of king Richard, and the worthie manhood of his souldiers right well ap|peared: Rad. Niger. Matth. Paris. for he brought not with him at that time vn|to Iaph aboue 80 men of armes, and foure hundred other souldiers with crossebowes, and yet with that small handfull of men, and some aid of them that he found there in the castell, he did not onelie bid battell to the enimies, which were numbred to 62 thousand, but also put them to the woorsse, and caused them to flee backe, to their great shame and confusion.