Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 In this twentith yeare of his reigne,Additions to Adam Meri|muth. king Edward vpon complaint of the people made against puruei|ours of vittels for his houshold (the which vnder co|lour of their commissions, abused the same, in ta|king vp among the commons all manner of things that liked them, without making paiment for the same, further than the said commissions did allow them) he caused inquirie to be made of their misde|meanors, and such as were found to haue offended, of whome there was no small number, some of them were put to death on the gallowes,Purueiers punished. and other were fi|ned, so to teach the rest to deale more warilie in their businesse from thenceforth. ¶ About the same time,Iustices. he caused all the iustices within his dominions to re|nounce and giue ouer all their pensions, fées, and o|ther bribing benefits and rewards, which they vsed to receiue of the lords and great men of the land, as well prelats, as of them of the temporaltie, to the end that their hands being free from gifts, iustice might more fréelie haue course, and be of them dulie and vprightlie ministred.A parlement. Also this yeare in the Lent season, the king held a parlement at Westminster, and tooke into his hands all the profits, reuenues,Cardinals. and emoluments, which the cardinals held within this land: for he thought it not reason, that they which fa|uoured the pope and the French king, being his ad|uersaries, should inioy such commodities within his realme.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After this, in the moneth of Iulie following, he tooke shipping, and sailed into Normandie, Froissard. The king pas|eth ouer into Normandie. hauing e|stablished the lord Percie, and the lord Neuill, to be wardens of his realme in his absence, with the arch|bishop of Yorke, the bishop of Lincolne, and the bi|shop of Duresme. The armie which he had ouer with him, Iohn Villani saith there were 2500 horsemen, and 30000 footmen and archers, that passed o|uer with the K. but when he commeth to speake of th [...] battell, he sée|meth to in|crease the number. was to the number of foure thousand men of armes, and ten thousand archers, beside Irishmen, & Welshmen, that folowed the host on foot. The chée|fest capteins that went ouer with him were these. First his eldest sonne Edward prince of Wales, be|ing as then about the age of thirtéene yeares, the earles of Hereford, Northampton, Arundell, Corne|wall, Huntington, Warwike, Suffolke, and Ox|ford; of barons the lord Mortimer, who was after erle of March, the lords, Iohn, Lewes, and Roger Bean|champe; also the lords Cobham, Mowbraie, Lucie, Basset, Barkeley, and Willoughbie, with diuerse o|ther lords, besides a great number of knights and other worthie capteins. They landed by the aduise of the lord Godfrey of Harecourt, in the Ile of Con|stantine, at the port of Hague saint Wast, néere to saint Sauiour le Uicount. The earle of Hunting|ton was appointed to be gouernour of the fléet by sea, hauing with him a hundred men of armes, and foure hundred archers.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After that the whole armie was landed, the king appointed two marshals, the lord Godfrey of Hare|court, and the earle of Warwike, and the earle of A|rundell was made constable.The ordering of the kings armie. There were ordeined thrèe battels, one to go on his right hand, following by the coast of the sea; and another to march on his left hand, vnder the conduct of the marshals; so that he himselfe went in the middest with the maine armie, and in this order forward they passed towards Caen, lodging euerie night togither in one field. They that went by the sea, tooke all the ships they found in their waie, and as they marched foorth thus, EEBO page image 370 what by water & land, at length they came to a towne called Harflew,Harflew which was giuen vp, but yet neuer|thelesse it was robbed, and much goods found in it. After this they came to Chierburge,Chierburge. which towne they wan by force, robbed it, and burnt part of it, but the castell they could not win. Then came they to Mountburge and tooke it,Mountburge robbed it & burnt it cleane. In this manner they passed foorth, and burnt manie towns and villages in all the countrie as they went. The towne of Carentine was deliuered vnto them against the will of the soldiers that were within itCarentine. The soldiers defended the castell two daies, and then yéelded it vp into the Englishmens hands, who burnt the same, and caused the burgesses to enter into their ships. All this was doone by the battell that went by the sea side, and by them on the sea togither.