Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But now to returne vnto the earle of Derbie, whome we left in Gascoigne. Ye shall vnderstand, Froissard. that shortlie after he was come backe to Burdeaux, from the conquest which he had made of Bergerat, and other townes thereabouts; the earle of Lisle, who (as ye haue heard) was the French kings lieute|nant in that countrie, assembled an armie of twelue thousand men,Auberoch besieged. & comming before Auberoch (a towne in Gascoigne) besieged it, sore pressing them within, in somuch that they were in great danger to haue béene taken, if the earle of Derbie, hauing knowlege in what case they stood, had not come to their rescue, who with three hundred speares or men of armes, as we maie call them, and six hundred archers, approch|ing néere to the siege, laid himselfe closelie within a wood, till the Frenchmen in the euening were at sup|per, & then suddenlie set vpon them in their campe,The Fren [...] armie distre [...]|sed, and the earle of Li [...]e taken. and discomfited them, so that the earle of Lisle was taken in his owne tent, and sore hurt. There were al|so taken the earle of Ualentinois, and other earles, vicounts, and lords of great accompt, to the number of nine, besides those that were slaine. The residue were put to flight and chased, so that the Englishmen had a faire iournie, and wan great riches by priso|ners and spoile of the enimies campe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 After this, the earle of Derbie, being returned to Burdeaux, and hauing put the captiues in safe kée|ping, assembled his power, and marching foorth into the countrie,Towns [...] by the earle o [...] Derbie. towards the Rioll (a towne in those parts which he meant to besiege) he wan diuerse towns and castels by the way, as saint Basill, Roch, Million, Montsegure, Aguillon, & Segart. At length he came to the towne of the Rioll, which he besieged, and laie about it nine wéekes yer he could win it, and then was the same towne surrendered into his hands, but the castell was still defended against him for the space of eleuen weekes, at which time being sore oppressed & vndermined, it was yéelded by them within conditionallie, that they should depart onelie with their armour. After this, the earle of Derbie wan Montpesance, Mauleon, Uille-Franche in A|genois, Miremont, Thomines,Angolesme. the castell of Damas|sen, and at length came before the citie of Angolesme the which made appointment with the earle, that if no succors came from the French king within the space of a moneth, that then the citie should be sur|rendered to the king of Englands vse: and to assure this appointment, they deliuered to the earle foure and twentie of their chéefe citizens as hostages.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 In the meane time, the earle laid siege to Blaues,Blaues. but could not win it. His men rode abroad into the countrie, to Mortaigne, Mirabeau, and Aunay, but wan little, and so returned againe to the siege of EEBO page image 369 Blaues. Now when the month was expired, that they of Angolesme should yéeld, the earle sent his two marshals thither, who receiued the homage and feal|tie of the citizens, in the king of Englands name, and so they were in peace, and receiued againe their ho|stages. At length when the earle of Derbie saw that he did but lose his time in the besieging of Blaues, which sir Guischart Dangle, and sir Guilliaume de Rochfort, being capteins within, did so valiantlie de|fend, that he could obteine no aduantage of them, he raised his siege, and returned vnto Burdeaux, hauing furnished such townes as he had woone in that iour|nie with conuenient garisons of men to defend them against the enimies, and to kéepe frontier warre, as they should sée cause.