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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Before all such prouision as the duke of Lancaster prepared for his iournie to the sea could be readie, the earles of Salisburie and Arundell sailed ouer into Normandie, where, by such composition as was ta|ken betwixt the king of England and the king of Nauarre, who of new was become enimie to the French king,Chierburg deliuered to the English|men. the towne of Chierburg was deliuered vnto the said earles, who sending knowledge thereof backe into England, there were sent ouer such as should haue in charge the kéeping of that towne; and so the two earles returned. ¶ We find, that the king of Nauarre,Additions to Adam Meri|muth. hauing beene heere in England with the king and his councell, had agréed with the king for a certeine yearelie rent, to demise vnto him the said fortresse of Chierburg, whereby the Englishmen might haue frée entrie into Normandie, when they would, as well to aid the king of Nauarre in his ne|cessitie, as to worke anie enterprise that should be thought expedient to the aduantage of the king of England as occasion serued. But the obteining of possession of Chierburg brought not so much ioy to the English nation, as the mishap that happened at the going foorth of the said earles did cause lamen [...]a|tion and heauinesse.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 For vpon the first entring into the sea, it fortuned that sir Philip,The English nauie is ouer|matched and ouercome by the Spanish fléet. and sir Peter Couetenie, discouered a certeine number of ships that were enimies, and vn|discréetlie entered amongst them, there suddenlie came vpon them the Spanish fléet, so that the Eng|lish ships that were in companie with the said Phi|lip and sir Peter, were not able to make their partie good, in somuch that finallie after that sir Philip had lost diuerse of his men that were there slaine, he go [...] awaie by flight himselfe, though gréeuouslie woun|ded, but sir Peter was taken prisoner with a few o|ther knights that were with him; and the most part of all the valiant esquiers of Summer se [...]shire & De|uonshire, being there abroad with him, were slaine and drowned, which was estéemed no small losse to the whole common-wealth.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Thus were the Englishmen occupied in this first yeare of king Richard with troubles of warre, and not onelie against the Frenchmen, but also against the Scots. For euen in the beginning of the same yeare,Rokesburgh burnt by the Scots. the Scots burnt Rokesburgh, in reuenge whereof the new earle of Northumberland entered Scotland with ten thousand men, and sore spoiled the lands of the earle of March for the space of thrée daies togither; bicause the said earle of March was the chéefe author and procurer of the burning of Rokes|burgh, & so for that time th' Englishmen were well re|uenged of those enimies. But at an other time, when the Northerne men would néeds make a road into Scotland, entring by the west borders, they were incountered by the Scots and put to flight, so that manie of them being slaine, the Scots tooke the more courage to inuade the borders, till at length, Edmund Mortimer earle of March came at the daie of truce, and tooke an abstinence of warre betwixt both nations for the time, though the same continued not long.

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