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Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the feast of S. Nicholas, in this third yeare of king Richards reigne, there went to sea an armie of men, that should haue passed ouer into Britaine, to the aid of the duke there, vnder the conduct of sir Iohn Arundell, sir Hugh Caluerlie, sir Thomas Percie, sir William Elmham, sir Thomas Morews, sir Tho|mas Banester, & manie other knights and esquires, too long to rehearse, a sufficient power vndoubted|lie to haue doone a great enterprise: but they were no sooner on the sea, but suddenlie there arose such an hideous tempest of wind and stormes, that they loo|ked presentlie to be all cast awaie, they were scatte|red here and there,The English [...]ame scatte| [...]d by a terri| [...]le tempest. and driuen they wist not whither. The ship wherein sir Iohn Arundell was aboord, chanced to be cast on the coast of Ireland, and there driuen to forsake his ship, that was readie to be bro|ken in péeces by rage of waues, beating it there a|gainst the rocks: he was drowned before he could win to land, in an Ile, neere to the which they had thrust in the ship.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 To the like end came sir Thomas Banester, sir Nicholas Trumpington, and sir Thomas Dale, im|peaching each others, as they leapt foorth of the ship: also one Musard an esquire, a most séemelie perso|nage and a bold; and an other esquier named Deni| [...]ke, being almost out of danger, were fetched awaie by the surges of the sea, and so perished, with manie other. Robert Rust a cunning seaman, belonging to Blacknie in Northfolke, & maister of the ship where|in sir Iohn Arundell was imbarked, was the first that got to land, giuing example to others how to shift for themselues. But when he saw his cheefe cap|teine, the said sir Iohn Arundell got foorth to the sands, and as one thinking himselfe past all danger, to shake his wet garments about him; the said Rust waieng the dangerous state wherein the said sir Iohn Arundell yet stood, came downe, and raught to him his hand, inforsing himselfe to plucke him to the shore: but whilest he tooke care for an other mans safetie, and neglected his owne, he lost his life, and so they both perished togither; for through a mightie bil|low of the raging seas, they were both ouerthrowne, and with returning of the waues backe, drawne into the deepe, so that they could neuer recouer foot-hold a|gaine, but were drowned.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The said Rust was much lamented, bicause he was not onelie knowne to be a skilfull maister, but also counselled the said sir Iohn Arundell in no wise to go to sea, at what time he would needs set forward, forsing the said Rust and the marriners to hoist vp sailes and make awaie. They that scaped to land in that Ile, found nothing there to releeue their mise|ries, but bare ground, so that diuerse starued through cold, wanting fier and other succour: the residue that were lustie and wise withall, ran vp and downe, and sometime wrestling, and otherwise chafing them|selues, remained there in great miserie, from the thursdaie, till sundaie at noone next insuing. At what time, when the sea was appeased and waxen calme, the Irishmen that dwelled ouer against this Ile on the maine, came and fetched them thence, and relée|ued them the best they could, being almost dead, through trauell, hunger, and cold.

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