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Compare 1577 edition: 1 EEBO page image 387About the same time, that is to saie, in Iulie, the prince of Wales, Froissard. The prince of Wales inua|deth ye French dominions. hauing assembled an armie of men of warre, to the number of eight thousand, en|tred into the French dominions, and first passing through Auuergne, at length he came into the coun|trie of Berrie, wasting and burning the townes and villages as he went, taking easie iournies for the better reléefe of his people, and destruction of his enimies: for when he was entered into anie towne that was sufficientlie stored of things necessarie, he would tarie there two or three daies to refresh his sol|diers and men of warre, and when they dislodged, they would strike out the heads of the wine vessels, and burne the wheat, oates and barlie, and all other things which they could not take with them, to the in|tent their enimies should not therewith be susteined and nourished.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The citie of Burges.After this, they came before the citie of Burges, and there made a great skirmish at one of the ga [...]es, and there were manie feats of armes doone. The host departed from thence, without dooing anie more, and comming to a strong castell called Issoldune,Issoldune as|saulted. they fiercelie assailed it, but could not win it: the gentle|men within defended the walles and gates so man|fullie. Then passed they forward, and came to Uier|zon,Uierzon woone. a great towne and a good castell, but it was no|thing stronglie fortified; and therefore was it woone perforce, the people within it being not sufficient to resist the valiant puissance of the Englishmen. Here they found wine and other vittels in great plentie, and herevpon they taried there three daies to refresh themselues at ease. But before they departed, the prince had aduertisement giuen him that the French king was come to Chartres, with an huge assemblie of men of warre, and that all the townes and passa|ges aboue the riuer of Loire were closed and kept. Then was the prince counselled to returne and passe by Touraine and Poictow,The passages stopped. and so that waie to Bur|deaux.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The prince returneth.The prince following their aduise that thus coun|selled him, set forward toward Remorentine. The French king had sent into that countrie to kéepe the frontiers there, the lord of Craon, the lord Bouciqu|ault, and the heremit of Chaumount, the which with three hundred men of armes had followed the Eng|lishmen six daies togither, and could neuer find anie conuenient occasion to set vpon them: for the Eng|lishmen gouerned themselues so sagelie, that their enimies could not lightlie assaile them, but to their owne disaduantage. One day the Frenchmen laid themselues closelie in an ambush néere to the towne of Remorentine, at a maruellous streict passage, by which the Englishmen must néeds passe.

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