Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The French king being aduertised, that the king of England meant shortlie to returne into Flan|ders with a great power, Gaguin. in purpose to inuade the realme of France on that side, assembled a nauie of foure hundred ships vnder the leading of three expert capteins of the warres by sea,A great nauie prepared by the French king. as sir Hugh Kiriell, sir Peter Bahuchet, and a Geneweis named Barbe Noir, appointing them to the coasts of Flanders to defend the king of England from landing there, if by any meanes they might. These three capteins or ad|merals came and laie with their ships in the hauen of Sluise, for that it was supposed the king of England would arriue there, as his meaning was indeed, wherevpon when his men, ships, and prouisions were once readie in the moneth of Iune, he tooke the sea with two hundred saile, and directing his course to|wards Flanders,The king of England ta|keth the sea. there came vnto him the lord Ro|bert Morley, with the north nauie of England, so that then he had in all about three hundred saile, or (as other saie) two hundred and three score.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The French nauie laie betwixt Sluise and Blanc|bergh, Polydor. Ia. Meir. so that when the king of England approched, either part descried other, & therewith prepared them to battell. The king of England staied, till the sunne which at the first was in his face, came somewhat westward, and so had it vpon his backe, that it should not hinder the sight of his people, and so therewith did set vpon his enimies with great manhood, who likewise verie stoutlie incountered him,The king of England set|teth vpon his enimies. by reason whereof insued a sore and deadlie fight betwixt them. The nauies on both sides were diuided into three bat|tels. On the English part, the earles of Glocester, Northampton and Huntington,Additions to Triuet. who was admerall of the fléet that belonged to the cinque ports, and the lord Robert Morley admerall of the northerne nauie had the guiding of the fore ward, bearing themselues right valiantlie, so that at length the Englishmen hauing the aduantage, not onlie of the sunne, but al|so of the wind and tide, so fortunatlie, that the French fléet was driuen into the streights of the hauen, in such wise that neither the souldiers nor mariners could helpe themselues, in somuch that both heauen, sea, and wind, seemed all to haue conspired against the Frenchmen. And herewith manie ships of Flan|ders ioining themselues with the English fleet,The victo [...] of the English [...]men at the battell of Sluise. in the end the Frenchmen were vanquished, slaine and ta|ken, their ships being also either taken, bowged, or broken.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 When night was come vpon them, there were thirtie French ships,Additions to Triuet & Merimuth. that yet had not entred the bat|tell, the which sought by couert of the night to haue stolne awaie, and one of them being a mightie great vessell, called the Iames of Déepe,The Iames of Déepe. would haue taken awaie with hir a ship of Sandwich that belonged to the prior of Canturburie: but by the helpe of the earle of Huntington, after they had fought all the night till the next morning, the Englishmen at length pre|uailed, and taking that great huge ship of Déepe, found in hir aboue foure hundred dead bodies. To conclude, verie few of the French ships escaped, ex|cept some of their smaller vessels, and certeine gal|lies with their admerall Barbenoir,Barbenoir. Gaguin. Auesburie. Tho. Walsi. Adam Meri|muth. who in the begin|ning of the battell got foorth of the hauen, aduising the other capteins to doo the like, thereby to auoid the danger which they wilfullie imbraced. There died in this battell fought (as some write) on midsummer daie, in the yeare aforesaid, of Frenchmen to the number of 30000, of Englishmen about 4000, Froissard. Ia. Meir. R. Southw. The number slaine. Rich. South. or (as other haue that liued in those daies) not past 400, a|mongst whom there were foure knights of great no|bilitie, as sir Thomas Monhermere, sir Thomas La|timer, sir Iohn Boteler, and sir Thomas Poinings.