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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the other side, the lord Godfrie of Harecourt, with the battell on the right hand of the king, road foorth six or seuen leagues from the kings battell, in burning and exiling the countrie. The king had with him (beside those that were with the marshals) 3000 men of armes, six thousand archers, and ten thousand men on foot. They left the citie of Con|stance,Saint Lo. and came to a great towne called saint Lo, a rich towne of draperie, hauing manie wealthie bur|gesses within it: it was soone taken and robbed by the Englishmen vpon their first approch. From thence the king marched streight to Caen, wherein were capteins Rafe earle of Ewe and Guines con|stable of France, & the earle of Tankeruile. These noble men meant to haue kept their defenses on the walles, gate, bridge, and riuer, and to haue left the suburbes void, bicause they were not closed, but one|lie with the riuer: but they of the towne said they would issue forth, for they were strong inough to fight with the king of England.

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