Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Then the earle perceiuing he should but lose his labor to staie any longer there,The earle of Lancaster de|parteth this life. vpon certeine weigh|tie occasions returned vnto Baionne, where he shortlie after fell sicke and died. He left behind him three sonnes, Thomas that succéeded him in the earl|dome of Lancaster, Henrie lord of Monmouth, and Iohn whome he had begot of his wife Blanch, the which before had béene married vnto Henrie earle of Champaigne, and king of Nauar, by whome shée had but one onelie daughter, that was married vn|to the French king Philip de Beau. After this the English armie besieged the citie of Aques,

Aques besie|ged.

The earle of Arthois sent with an armie to Gascoine. N. Triuet.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Those Englishmen that kept the towne of Burg,Burg desie|ged. being compassed about with a siege by Mounseur de Sully, obteined truce for a certeine space, during the which they sent vnto Blaines for some reléefe of vit|tels, and where other refused to bring vp a ship loden with vittels, which was there prepared,The lord Si|mon de Mon|tagew his en|terprise to res|cue the garri|son of Burg. the lord Si|mon de Montagew, a right valiant chéefetaine, and a wise, tooke vpon him the enterprise, and through the middle of the French gallies, which were placed in the riuer to stop that no ship should passe towards that towne, by helpe of a prosperous wind, he got in|to the hauen of Burg, and so relieued them within of their want of vittels, by meanes whereof, Moun|seur de Sully brake vp his siege,The siege is raised. and returned into France.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In the meane time,The king of England con|cludeth [...] league with the earle of Flanders. He conclu|deth a league also with the earle of Bar. The earle of Bar inuadeth Champaigne. king Edward not sléeping his businesse, procured Guie earle of Flanders to ioine with him in league against the Frenchmen. This Guie was the son of Margaret countesse of Flan|ders, whom she had by hir second husband William lord of Dampire in Burstoine. Also king Edward procured Henrie earle of Bar, to whome (as before ye haue heard) he had giuen his daughter Eleanor in marriage, to make warre vpon the Frenchmen, so that at one time the erle of Bar inuaded the coun|trie of Champaigne, and the earle of Flanders made incursions vpon those countries of France which ioine vnto Flanders. King Philip hereof aduerti|sed, sent forth one Walter de Cressie with a great armie against the earle of Bar, so that besieging the cheefest towne of Bar, he constreined the said earle to leaue off his enterprise in Champaigne, and to re|turne home, for doubt to lose more there than hee should win abroad.