Compare 1577 edition: 1 The fight at the first was doubtfull, and great slaughter made, as in the meeting of two such migh|tie nauies must néeds insue. Yet in the end the victo|rie fell to the Englishmen,The English+men victors by sea. and the French ships put to the chase and scattered abroad. The number of ships lost is not recorded by such writers as make re|port of this conflict, but they write that the losse was great. King Philip being aduertised of this discomfi|ture of his fléet was sore displeased, and as though he would proceed against king Edward by order of law,K. Edward summoned to appeare at Paris. he summoned him as his liegeman to appeare at Paris, to answer what might be obiected against him; but withall bicause he knew that king Edward would not come to make his appearance, he prepa|red an armie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 In the meane time king Edward sent his brother Edmund earle of Lancaster to be his attornie,Edward earle of Lancaster sent to the French king. and to make answer for him before all such iudges as might haue hearing of the matter: but the iudges meaning nothing lesse than to trie out the truth of the cause, admitted no reasons that the earle could al|ledge in his brothers behalfe, and so pronounced king Edward a rebell, and decreed by arest,K. Edward condemned in the French kings court. that he had for|feited all his right vnto the duchie of Guien. These things thus doone, he sent priuie messengers vnto Burdeaux, to procure the citizens to reuolt from the Englishmen,Arnold de Neale sent into Gas|coigne with an armie. and appointed constable of France the lord Arnold de Neale to follow with an armie, who comming thither easilie brought them of Burdeaux vnder the French dominion, being alreadie min|ded to reuolt through practise of those that were latelie before sent vnto them from the French king for that purpose. After this, the said constable brought the people néere adioining vnder subiection, partlie mooued by the example of the chéefe and head citie of all the countrie, and partlie induced therevnto by EEBO page image 291 bribes and large gifts. The Englishmen that were in the countrie, after they perceiued that the people did thus reuolt to the French king, withdrew incon|tinentlie vnto the townes situat néere to the sea side, but speciallie they fled to a towne called the Rioll, which they fortified with all speed. Thus saith Po|lydor.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 N. Triuet. Nicholas Triuet, writing hereof, declareth the be|ginning of this warre to be on this manner. The English merchants being diuerslie vexed vpon the seas, made complaint to the king for losse of their merchandize. The king sent Henrie Lacie earle of Lincolne vnto the French king,Henrie earle of Lincolne. instantlie requi|ring, that by his assent there might some waie be prouided with speed by them and their councell, for some competent remedie touching such harmes and losses by sea as his people had susteind. In the meane time whilest the earle taried for answer, a nauie of the parts of Normandie conteining two hundred ships and aboue, being assembled togither, that they might the more boldlie assaile their enimies, and the more valiantlie resist such as should encounter them, sai|led into Gascoigne, determining to destroie all those of their aduersaries that should come in their waie. But as these Normane ships returned backe with wines, glorieng as it were that they had got the rule of the sea onelie to themselues, they were assailed by thréescore English ships, which tooke them, & brought them into England the friday before Whitsunday: all the men were either drowned or slaine, those one|lie excepted which made shift to escape by botes. The newes hereof being brought into France, did not so much mooue the king and the councell to woonder at the matter, as to take thereof great indignation.