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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The slaughter was not great, for there were no footmen on either part, to spoile or kill the men of armes that were throwne beside their horsses: for the EEBO page image 303 English footmen remained in the wood, or were with|drawne backe, as before ye haue heard, without at|tempting any exploit worthie of praise. Indéed some laie the blame in the Gascoine footmen for the losse of this battell, Matth. West. bicause that they withdrew backe, and left the English horssemen in danger of the enimies which had compassed them about on euerie side. Thrée hundred of the men of armes came through to the towne of Bellegard, Abington. but bicause it was night, so that they could not be discerned whether they were frends or foes, they within the towne would not suffer them to enter: wherevpon they departed, and went to S. Seuere foure leagues off. Yet further in the night, other of the Englishmen were receiued into Belle|gard, which came thither after the other, and so in the morning they of the garison with their assistance is|sued foorth, and comming to the place where the bat|tell had béene, gathered the spoile of the field, and con|ueied into their towne such prouision of vittels as they found there.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The earle of Lincolne with a great manie of o|ther wandred a great part of the night and knew not whither to go.The earle of Lincolne es|caped. At length about thrée of the clocke in the morning he came to Perforate, where he had lodged with his armie the night before, & there found a great number of his people right glad of his com|ming and happie escape out of danger.He commeth home. From thence he returned vnto Baion with the earle of Richmond sir Iohn de Britaine and all his companie that were left. And such was the hap of this iournie. In Lent following, those that were dispersed here and there a|broad, resorted to the earle of Lincolne, soiourning at Baion, and in the summer season made a iournie to|wards Tholouse,He inuadeth the countrie about Tho|louse. spoiling and wasting the countries of Tholouse and other there abouts, and remoued also the siege which those of Tholouse had laid vnto a fortresse called S. Kiternes, in chasing them from the same siege: and towards Michaelmasse they retur|ned to Baion, and there laie alle the winter till after Christmasse, and then by reason of the truce conclu|ded, as after appeareth, betwixt the two kings of En|gland & France, they returned home into England.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 In the same yeare the king raised the custome of wooll to an higher rate than had beene paid at any time before:The custome of wool raised. for he tooke now fortie shillings of a sacke or sarpler, where before there was paid but half a marke. Abington. Euer [...]den. Prouision for the kings iournie into France. Moreouer he commanded, that against his iournie which he meant to make ouer into France, there should be two thousand quarters of wheat, and as much of oates taken by the shiriffe in euerie coun|tie within the realme to be conueied to the sea side, except where they had no store of corne, and there should béeues and bakons be taken to a certeine number. In the meane time the earle of Flanders was sore vexed by war which the French king made against him, Ia. Meir. The French king inuadeth Flanders. being entred into Flanders with an ar|mie of thrée score thousand men, as some authors haue recorded.

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