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You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 11 of 24: Edward the third, who came to the crowne by the resignation of his father Edward the second.
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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Frenchmen by sea sore troubled the sea coasts of this realme, speciallie where the champion coun|tries stretch towards the sea coasts. At Hastings in the feast of Corpus Christi,

The French|men inuade ye coasts of this land.

Plimmouth burnt.

they burnt certeine fisher|mens houses, and slue some of the inhabitants. Also in the hauens about Deuonshire and Cornewall, and towards Bristow, they tooke and burnt certeine ships, killing the mariners that came to their hands, and in the Whitsun-wéeke they landed at Plim|mouth, and burnt the more part of the towne: but Hugh Courtnie earle of Deuonshire, a man almost fourescore yeares of age,The earle of Deuonshire. and other knights and men of the countrie came against these Frenchmen, slea|ing such as came into their hands to the number of fiue hundred, as was estéemed, and chased the resi|due. ¶ The Scots also about the same time did much hurt and great mischéefe to the Englishmen both by sea and land. Rich. South.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 11 of 24: Edward the third, who came to the crowne by the resignation of his father Edward the second.
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Compare 1577 edition: 1 William Dowglas.In the beginning of Iulie the lord William Dow|glas, with a number of men of warre, returned from France home into England, and to him vpon his re|turne the castell of Cowper was deliuered, with all the countrie thereabouts. After this, comming to the siege of S. Iohns towne, which the gouernour the earle of Murrey, the erle of March, Hect. Boetius Patrike de Dun|barre, and other of the Scotish lords had besieged, at length it was surrendered by sir Thomas Uthred capiteine there of the English garison, departing in safetie home into England. Thrée daies before the feast of the Assumption of our ladie, there chanced in the night season such a mightie and sudden inunda|tion of water at Newcastell vpon Tine,A floud. that it bare downe a péece of the towne wall, six perches in length, néere to a place called Walknow, where a hundred and twentie temporall men with diuerse préests and manie women were drowned and la|mentablie perished.

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Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now to returne to the king, which all this while remained in Brabant. Ye haue heard how the citie of Cambrie held with the French king: wher|fore the K. of England assembling togither a migh|tie strong armie aswell of Englishmen as of the low countries of Dutchland, ment to besiege it, but first he sent the archbishop of Canturburie with the bishops of Lincolne and Durham vnto Arras, as commissioners from him to méet there with the archbishop of Rouen,Cõmissioners sent to treat of peace. and the bishops of Langres and Beauuais, appointed to come thither as com|missioners from the French king, to treat with the Englishmen of a peace, but they could not a|grée vpon anie conclusion, wherevpon king Ed|ward, comming forward with his power,They cannot agrée. approa|ched to Cambrie, and planted his siege round a|bout it. But the bishop,Cambrie be|sieged. not meaning to deliuer the citie vnto king Edward nor vnto anie other that should demand it to the behoofe of the emperour Ludouike of Bauiere, as then excommunicated of the pope, had receiued into the towne fiue thou|sand Frenchmen, with the French kings eldest sonne, Ia. Meir. the duke of Normandie latelie returned out of Guien, and the lord Theobald Maruise,The king ra [...]seth his siege and entreth into France Flamin|guerie. with cer|teine companies of Sauoisins, so that the citie was so defended, that the king of England perceiuing he should but lose time, leuied his siege, and entred into France, pitching his field at a place called Flamin|guerie.

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