Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the meane while, king Edward to restreine the rebellious attempts of those Welshmen,The woods in Wales cut downe. caused the woods of Wales to be cut downe, wherein before time the Welshmen were accustomed to hide them|selues in time of danger. He also repared the castels and holds in that countrie, and builded some new, as the citie and castell of Bewmarise with other,Beaumarise built. so that the Welshmen constreined through hunger and fa|mine, were inforced within a while to come to the kings peace. Also at length about the feast of saint Laurence, the Welshman Madoc, that tooke him|selfe for prince of Wales was taken prisoner, and being brought to London was committed to perpe|tuall prison. ¶By some writers it should appeare, that Madoc was not taken,Madoc ta|ken prisoner. Abington. but rather after ma|nie aduentures & sundrie conflicts, when the Welsh|men were brought to an issue of great extremitie; the said Madoc came in and submitted himselfe to the kings peace, and was receiued, vpon condition that he should pursue Morgan till he had taken him and brought him to the kings prison, which was doone, and so all things in those parts were set in rest and peace, and manie hostages of the chéefest amongst the Welsh nobilitie were deliuered to the king,Welshmen imprisoned. who sent them to diuerse castels in England where they were safelie kept almost to the end of the warres that fol|lowed with Scotland.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Polydor. About the same time Charles de Ualois brother to the French king, being sent with an armie into Gascoine, and comming vpon the sudden, found the Englishmen wandering abroad in the countrie out of order, by reason whereof taking them at that ad|uantage, he caused them to leaue their booties behind them, slue part of them, and chased the residue, the which fled to their ships,Charles de Valois chaseth the English+men. or to such hauen townes as were in their possession. The capteins of the English|men, as Iohn de Britaine earle of Richmond, and the lord Iohn saint Iohn, after they had got togither their souldiers which had béene thus chased,The Earle of Richmond. sent two bands vnto Pontesey to defend that towne against the enimies: also other two bands vnto saint Seue|re: and they themselues went to Rion to fortifie that place. Charles de Ualois aduertised hereof, thought he would not giue them long respit to make them|selues strong by gathering any new power, and ther|fore appointed the conestable sir Rafe de Neale, (who had woone the citie of Burdeaux from the Eng|lishmen latelie before) to go vnto Pontesey and be|siege that towne,Rion besieged whilest he went vnto Rion, which he besieged and fiercelie assaulted. But the English|men and Gascoins did not onelie defend the towne stoutlie, but also made an issue foorth vpon their eni|mies, though (as it happened) the smaller number was not able to susteine the force of the greater mul|titude, and so were the Englishmen beaten backe in|to the towne againe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Pontsey won.Whilest they tried their manhood thus at Rion, the constable woone Pontesey or Pontsac vpon Dordone, and came to ioine with the earles de Ualois at Rion, and so inforced both their powers to win that towne. The Englishmen and Gascoins, though they were put in some feare, yet they shewed their approoued valiancie in defending the towne, till at length when they saw they could defend it no long|er, and were in no hope of succour from anie part, they fled out about midnight, and made toward their ships: but diuerse of them were taken by the waie, for the Frenchmen hauing knowledge of their in|tent, forlaie the passages, and taking some of them that first sought to escape thus by flight, slue them, but there was not many of those. For all the residue, when they perceiued that the Frenchmen had laid betwixt them and their ships, making vertue of ne|cessitie, stood still in defense of the towne, till the Frenchmen entred it by force of assault the friday in Easter wéeke. Nic. Triuet. Rion wo [...].