Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 When the Scots and Frenchmen were returned into Scotland, Polydor. the Scotish king hauing conceiued a iust displeasure towards the French admerall, for that by his meanes the realme of Scotland had susteined such damage in that season, caused him and his Frenchmen to be despoiled of the most part of their goods, and sent them so awaie out of his coun|trie,A noble re|uenge. that the Scots might receiue some comfort by those warres. In this yeare was the battell of Al|geberota in Portingale, where king Iohn of Portin|gale EEBO page image 448 discomfited a great host of Spaniards and Frenchmen by the helpe and policie of certeine En|glishmen which he had there with him,There were 600 English|m [...] who with their bowes did great ser|uice as by one author it ap|peareth. vnder the lea|ding of two esquiers Norberie and Hartell. There were slaine diuers earls & great lords of Spaniards, but for that our writers do not rightlie note the Spa|nish names, but write them corruptlie as strangers vse to doo, we here omit them. The king of Portin|gale (after this victorie obteined against his enimies) sent six gallies vnto the king of England to aid him against his aduersaries,The king of Portingale sendeth six gallies to K. Richards aid. the which were well re|ceiued and highlie made of by the Londoners and o|ther, so that the Portingales had no cause to repent of their comming hither.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The French king this yeare besieged and wan the towne of Dam, after he had béene at great charges about it. Whilest his nauie returned from Scluis, where the same had laien at anchor a long time, the ships by tempest were scattered & wether-driuen, so that in the feast daie of the exaltation of the crosse, two of their gallies, a great ship, a barge, and seauen balengers were cast on shore about Calis, & the Ca|lisians tooke fiue hundred Frenchmen and Normans that escaped to land. An other day 72 French ships (as they were comming from Scluis,A good victo|rie of them of Calis against the French fléet. to passe by Ca|lis, were met with by them of Calis, who behaued themselues so manfullie, that they tooke 18 of those French ships, and a great barke, in which thrée score armed men were slaine before it could be taken. Within three daies after this, the Calisians met 45 other French ships, and after six houres fight obtei|ned the victorie, taking thrée of the most principall vessels, whereof one being a hulke of Eastland was hired by the Normans, to gard the residue. The other two that were taken were of such mold, that they could not enter into the hauen at Calis, and there|fore were sent to Sandwich, the one of them being a new ship, which the lord Clisson had bought at Scluis, Abr. Fl. out of Henrie Knigh|ton canon of Leicester abbeie. paieng for hir 3000 franks. ¶Henrie Knigh|ton saith it was prised or valued at 20000 florens, it was so tall, big, and large a vessell; and therefore of great capacitie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 On saint Denise daie the soldiors of Calis and o|ther English fortresses thereabouts,The Calisi|ans & others make a rode into France & win great booties. made a secret iournie into France, and got a bootie of foure thou|sand shéepe, and three hundred head of great cattell, which they droue towards their holds; and as the lord de Rambures gouernour of Bullongne would haue recouered the preie, he was vnhorssed with the ren|counter of an English speare, and being relieued by his companie, and mounted againe, withdrew him|selfe, not attempting to trie any further masteries, and so the Englishmen safelie passed foorth with their bootie of cattell, and aboue a hundred good prisoners which they had taken at this rode. In this 9 yeare a|bout the feast of S. Martine, Fabian. the king called his high court of parlement at Westminster, in the which a|mongst other things there concluded, he created two dukes,Creation of dukes and earles at the parlement. a marques, and fiue earles. First Edmund Langlie earle of Cambridge the kings vncle was created duke of Yorke, Thomas of Woodstoke his other vncle earle of Buckingham was created duke of Glocester, Robert Uéere earle of Oxford was made marques of Deuelin,Henrie of Bolling|brooke earle of Derbie afterwards king. Henrie of Bollingbrooke sonne and heire to Iohn of Gaunt duke of Lanca|ster was created earle of Derbie: Edward Plan|tagenet sonne and heire to the Duke of Yorke was made earle of Rutland, Michaell lord de la Poole chancellor of England was created earle of Suf|folke, & sir Thomas Moubraie earle of Notingham was made earle marshall.