Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In the meane time had the French king not onelie made himselfe strong by land, but also by sea, Fabian. Thom. Walsi. hauing sent foorth a strong nauie of ships and gallies towards the coasts of England, which arriuing at Southampton the mondaie after Michaelmas day,Southamptõ burnt. tooke and spoiled the towne, and the morrow after set fire vpon it in fiue places, so that a great part of it was burnt. Also thirteene sailes of the French fléet met with fiue English ships, and after a sore fight which continued nine houres, tooke two of those fiue being tall and goodlie ships, the one called the Ed|ward, and the other the Christopher; the other thrée be|ing smaller vessels,Two English ships taken. as two of them barks and the other a caruell escaped by their swiftnesse of sailing. There was slaine in that fight vpon both parts about the number of six hundred men.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The French king himselfe hearing that the king of England would inuade his realme, make his ge|nerall assemblie of his armie at Peronne; and when he heard that he was entred France, he remooued towards him with his whole power, being at the point of an hundred thousand men,The French kings armie. as in the French chronicle yee may read more at large. The king of England had not pas [...] thréescore thousand in his ar|mie at the most: Iacob. Meir. but whilest he laie there vpon the borders of France, his people did much hurt, making roads abroad beyond the water of Some, burning EEBO page image 356 and spoiling abbies,Townes burnt by the Englishmen in France. towns, and villages, as Orignie, saint Benoit, Rib [...]mont in Thi [...]rasse, saint Gouan, Marle, and Cressie. Also the lord Beaumont of Hei|nault burnt the towne of Guise, though his daugh|ter was as then within the same towne wife vnto Lewes earle of Blois:The towne of Guise burnt. his brother William earle of Heinault was latelie before deceassed,The earle of Heinault. leauing the earledome to his sonne named also William, who continued with the king of England so long as he laie before Cambrie, & kept him within the bounds of the empire, as though his allegiance had bound him to no lesse, but after the said king was passed the riuer of Lescault, otherwise called the Skell, and in Latine Scaldis, which diuideth the empire from the kingdome of France, he would no longer serue the king of England, but departed from him for feare to offend the French king, accounting that the matter perteined not now to the empire, but to the priuate quarell and businesse of the king of England: not|withstanding his vncle the said sir Iohn like a faith|full gentleman continued still in king Edward his seruice.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The armies approch néere togither.The two armies of England and France appro|ched within foure miles togither, so that euerie man thought that there would sure haue béene battell be|twixt them, as there had béene in deed, if the French king had béene willing; yet some saie, that he of him|selfe was disposed thereto: Froissard. but his councellors ad|uised him to the contrarie, by reason of certeine signs and tokens which they misliked, as the starting of an hare amongst them, and such like. Also it was said that Robert king of Naples being then come into France,Robert king of Sicill dis| [...]uadeth the French king to fight with the king of England. whose knowledge in astronomie was knowne to be great, dissuaded the French king by his letters, that in no wise he should fight with the king of England, for he had vnderstanding by art of the heauenlie influences and disposition of the bo|dies aboue, that if the French king fought with this Edward king of England, he should assuredlie b [...] put to the worse. Whether this was the cause, or anie other, sure it is that the Frenchmen had no mind to fight, so that these two mightie armies departed in sunder without battell, and the king of England re|turned into Flanders,The armies retire without battell. sorie in déed that he had not with him halfe the number that the French king had, yet in trust of the valiancie of his souldi [...]rs, chosen out of the pikedst men through England and all the low countrie on this side the Rhene, he ment verelie to haue incountered his enimies, if they had come forward.