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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 When the constable saw their good willes, he was contented to follow their desire, and so foorth they went in good order, and made good face to put their liues in hazard: but when they saw the Englishmen approch in good order, diuided into thrée battels, & the archers readie to shoot, which they of Caen had not seene before, they were sore afraid, and fled awaie to|ward the towne without any order or arraie, for all that the constable could doo to staie them. The Eng|lishmen followed,There were slaine in all without and within the towne 5000 men, as Gio. Villani wri|teth. and in the chase slue manie, and en|tered the towne with their enimies. The constable, and the earle of Tankeruile tooke a tower at the bridge foot, thinking there to saue themselues, but perceiuing the place to be of no force, nor able long to hold out, they submitted themselues vnto sir Tho|mas Holland. ¶ But here whatsoeuer Froissard dooth report of the taking of this tower, and of the yéelding of these two noble men, it is to be proued that the said earle of Tankeruile was taken by one surnamed Legh,Peter Legh. ancestor to sir Peter Legh now liuing, whe|ther in the fight or within the tower, I haue not to saie: but for the taking of the said earle, and for his o|ther manlike prowes shewed here and elsewhere in this iournie, king Edward in recompense of his a|gréeable seruice, gaue to him a lordship in the countie of Chester called Hanley, which the said sir Peter Legh now liuing dooth inioy and possesse, as successor and heire to his ancestor the foresaid Legh, to whom it was so first giuen.