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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 A councell at Brusse [...].At his comming backe into Brabant, there was a councell called at Brussels, where were present all those lords of the empire which had béene with him in that iournie, as the dukes of Brabant, Gelderland, and Gulike, the marques of Blankbourgh, the earle of Bergen, the lord Beaumont of Heinault other|wise called sir Iohn de Heinault, the lord of Ualken|bourgh, and manie others. Thither came also Iaques Arteueld chéefe gouernour of Flanders. Here in councell taken how the king of England might best mainteine the wars which be had begun thus against the French king, he was aduised that he should in a|nie wise require them of Flanders to aid him, and in his quarell to defie the French king, and to go with hi [...] against the said French king, and if they would thus doo, then should he promise them to recouer and deliuer into their hands the towns of Lisle, Dowaie, and Bothon. The king of England, according to this aduise to him giuen, made such request to the Fle|mings, who therevpon desires time to consult togi|ther, what they might [...] there [...], [...]nd finallie they de|clared for answer, that they would gladlie so doo, but yet whereas they were bound by [...]aith and oth, and in the summe of two millians of [...]lorens in the popes chamber, not to make nor mooue any warre against the king of France, whosoeuer he were, on paine to lose that summe,The motiõ [...] the [...] to haue the [...] of Englan [...] [...] take vpon [...] the title to [...] crowne of France. and beside to run in the sentence of cursing, they besought him, that it might stand with his pleasure, to take vpon him the title and armes of France, as the same apperteined to him of right, and then would they obey him as rightfull K. of France, and require of him acquittances in discharge of their bonds, and he to pardon them thereof, as rightfull king of France.