Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Onelie they sought how to inclose them vp in the countrie, and to famish them, that they might then fight with them at some great aduantage; but still the English host passed forward, holding on their EEBO page image 427 voiage towards Britaine by Uandosme, Pont Uo|laine,The death of Charles the 5 French king. and so ouer the riuer of Sartre. In this meane while the French king Charles the fift was taken with a sore sicknesse, whereof he departed this life the same daie that the English armie passed ouer the ri|uer of Sartre, which was on the six and twentith of September, his brethren the dukes of Aniou, Ber|rie, Burbon, and Burgognie were at Paris with him at the houre of his death, where as a little before they had béene abroad in the countrie with their powers, to defend the cities and townes of impor|tance against the Englishmen, and meant indeed (if they could haue espied their aduantage, and gotten licence thereto of the king) to haue giuen their eni|mies battell. But now they were otherwise occupi|ed: howbeit they had left their men abroad in the countrie to coast the Englishmen as they had doone before. All the French power was assembled in the citie of Mans, vnder the leading of the duke of Bar, the lord Coucie, and others.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane while that the earle of Bucking|ham was passing through the realme of France, Tho. Walsi. the French and Spanish gallies did much mischéefe on the coast of England: but about the latter end of Iune, by a fléet of Englishmen of the west countries part of them were forced to retire,The French and Spanish gallies chased from the coast of England to Kingsale in Ireland and there van|quished. and take harbour in an hauen in Ireland called Kingsale, where being assailed of the Englishmen and Irishmen, they were vanquished; so that to the number of foure hundred of them were slaine, and their chéefe capteins taken, as Gonsalue de Uerse, and his brother Iohn Martin de Motrigo, Turgo lord of Morants; also the lord of Reith, Péers Martin of Uermew, Iohn Modit of Uermew, the seneshall of Wargarie, the seneshall of S. Andrew, Cornelis of S. Sebastiano, Paschale de Biskey, Iohn Martinis, Sopogorge of S. Sebastia|no, and diuerse other.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 There were taken foure of their barges with a bal|lenger, and one and twentie English vessels recoue|red, which they had robbed and taken awaie from their owners. There scaped yet foure of their notable capteins frõ the hands of our men, Martin Grantz, Iohn Peris Mantago, Iohn Husce Gitario, and one Garcias of S. Sebastiano, so that the malice of those robbers ceased not. For they with the French gallies still lieng on the seas,Diuerse townes on the English costs destroied and burnt. when they espied anie aduantage, would land their people, and doo what mis|cheefe they could, in taking preies, and burning townes and villages, although now and then they came short to their vessels againe, losing sometimes an hundred, sometimes fourescore that were ouer|taken by the Englishmen that came foorth against them.The abbat of Battell in re|leuing Win|chel [...]e is put to flight. But among other inuasions which they made this summer on the coasts, we find that they burnt the towne of Winchelsie, & put the abbat of Battell to flight with his people, comming to succor that towne and tooke one of his moonks that was there in armor with the abbat. ¶Some write also, that they burnt Rie, Hastings, and Portsmouth. Finallie, their bold|nesse so farre increased, that in August they entring with their gallies into the riuer of Thames,Grauesend burnt. came vp to Grauesend, where they burnt the most part of the towne, and on the other side of the riuer, as well in Essex as Kent, they burnt and spoiled diuerse places, and with their prisoners and booties returned without receiuing anie hurt, bringing with them to France, both rich spoiles and good prisoners.