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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 At the same time also, all the knights and men of warre of Flanders and other parts beyond the seas,The more part of the strangers de|part from the seruice of K. Iohn. which had serued the king, departed from him, the Poictouins onelie excepted: and part of them that thus went from him resorted vnto Lewes, and en|tred into his wages; but the residue repaired home into their owne countries, so that Lewes being thus increased in power, departed from London, and marching towards Winchester, he wan the castels of Rigat,Castels woon by Lewes. Gilford, and Farnham. From thence he went to Winchester, where the citie was yéelded vn|to him, with all the castels and holds thereabout, as Woluesey, Odiham, and Beaumere.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ Whilest the said Lewes was thus occupied in Sussex, about the subduing of that countrie vnto his obeisance, there was a yoong gentleman in those parts named William de Collingham, being of a valorous mind, and loathing forren subiection, who would in no wise doo fealtie to Lewes,William de Collingham a gentleman of Sussex. but assem|bling togither about the number of a thousand ar|chers, kept himselfe within the woods and desert pla|ces, whereof that countrie is full, and so during all the time of this warre, shewed himselfe an enimie to the Frenchmen, slaieng no small numbers of them, as he tooke them at any aduantage. O worthie gentle|man of English bloud! And O

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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In like manner, all the fortresses, townes, and ca|stels in the south parts of the realme were subdued vnto the obeisance of Lewes (the castels of Douer and Windsore onelie excepted) Within a little while after, Will. de Mandeuille, Robert Fitz Walter, and William de Huntingfield, with a great power of men of warre, did the like vnto the countries of Essex and Suffolke. In which season, king Iohn for|tified the castels of Wallingford,Castels forti|fi [...]d by king Iohn. Corse, Warham, Bristow, the Uies, and diuerse others with muniti|on and vittels. About which time letters came also vnto Lewes from his procurators, whom he had sent to the pope, by the tenor whereof he was aduertised, that notwithstanding all that they could doo or say, the pope meant to excommunicate him, and did but onelie staie till he had receiued some aduertisement from his legat Gualo.

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