Compare 1577 edition: 1 Raine and thunder with an eclipse.Also at the same instant there fell a great raine, and an eclipse with a terrible thunder, and before the raine, there came flieng ouer both armies a great number of crowes, for feare of the tempest com|ming: then anon the aire began to wax cleare, and the sunne to shine faire and bright, which was right in the French mens eies, and on the English|mens backs. ¶ When the Genowaies were assem|bled togither, and began to approch, they made a great leape and crie,T [...]e Geno|wa [...]s. to abash the Englishmen, but they stood still and stirred not at all for that noise. Then the Genowaies the second time made an other leape and huge crie, and stepped forward a little, and the Eng|lishmen remooued not a foot. The third time againe the Genowaies leapt, and yelled, and went foorth till they came within shot, and fiercelie therwith dischar|ged their crosbowes. Then the English archers stept foorth one pase,The battell is begun. and let flie their arrowes so wholie and so thicke togither, that it séemed to snowe. When the Genowaies felt the arrowes persing their heads, armes and breasts, manie of them cast downe their crosbowes, and cut the strings, and returned discom|fited. When the French king saw them flee awaie, he said:

Slea these rascals, for they will let and trouble vs without reason.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then ye might haue seene the men of armes haue dasht in amongst them, and killed a great number of them, and euer the Englishmen shot where they saw the thickest prease: the sharpe arrowes ran into the men of armes, and into their horsses, and manie fell horsse and man amongst the Genowaies, and still the Englishmen shot where they saw the thickest prease, and when they were once downe they could not reco|uer againe. The throng was such that one ouer|threw another; & also among the Englishmen, there were certeine of the footmen with great kniues, that went in among the men of armes, and killed manie of them as they laie on the ground, both earles, ba|rons,The king of Boheme. knights, and esquires. The valiant king of Bo|hem being almost blind, caused his men to fasten all the reines of the bridels of their horsses ech to other, and so he being himselfe amongst them in the formost ranke, they ran on their enimies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The lord Charles of Boheme sonne to the same king and late elected emperour, came in good order to the battell, but when he saw how the matter went awrie on their part, he departed and saued himselfe. His father by the meanes aforesaid went so far for|ward, that ioining with his enimies he fought right valiantlie, and so did all his companie: but finallie being entred within the prease of their enimies, they were of them inclosed and slaine, togither with the king their master, and the next daie found dead lieng about him, and their horsses all tied ech to other. The earle of Alanson came right orderlie to the battell,The earle [...] Alanson. and fought with the Englishmen, and so did the earle of Flanders also on his part. These two lords coa|sted the English archers, and came to the princes bat|tell, and there fought right valiantlie a long time. The French king perceiuing where their banners stood, would faine haue come to them, but could not, by reason of a great hedge of archers that stood be|twixt them and him. This was a perillous battell and sore foughten: there were few taken to mercie, for the Englishmen had so determined in the mor|ning.