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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king like a graue and sober personage, and as one remembring from whom all victories are sent, Titus Liuius. séemed little to regard such vaine pompe and shewes as were in triumphant sort deuised for his welcom|ming home from so prosperous a iournie, in so much that he would not suffer his helmet to be caried with him,The great modestie of the king. whereby might haue appeared to the people the blowes and dints that were to be seene in the same; neither would he suffer any ditties to be made and soong by minstrels of his glorious victorie, for that he would wholie haue the praise and thanks altogi|ther giuen to God. The news of this bloudie battell being reported to the French king as then soiour|ning at Rone, filled the court full of sorrow. But to remedie such danger as was like to insue, it was de|creed by councell, to ordeine new officers in places of them that were slaine: and first, he elected his chiefe officer for the wars, called the constable, the earle of Arminacke, a wise and politike capteine, and an ancient enimie to the Englishmen, Sir Iohn de Corsie was made maister of the crosse|bowes. Shortlie after, [...]ither for melancholie that he had for the losse at Agincourt, or by some sudden di|sease Lewes Dolphin of Uiennois,The death of the Dolphin of France. Part of those that spoiled the English campe. heire apparant to the French king, departed this life without issue, which happened well for Robinet of Bourneuill, and his fellowes, as ye haue heard before, for his death was their life, & his life would haue béene their death.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After the French king had created new officers, in hope to relieue the state of his realme and coun|trie, sore shaken by the late great ouerthrow, it chan|ced, that Thomas duke of Excester capteine of Har|flue, accompanied with thrée thousand Englishmen, made a great rode into Normandie, almost to the ci|tie of Rone, in which iournie he got great abundance both of riches and prisoners: but in his returne, the earle of Arminacke newlie made constable of France, intending in his first enterprise to win the spurs, hauing with him aboue fiue thousand horsse|men, incountred with the duke.A sore con|flict. The fight was hand|led on both parts verie hotlie, but bicause the Eng|lishmen were not able to resist the force of the Frenchmen, the duke was constreined to retire with losse at the least of thrée hundred of his footmen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Howbeit being withdrawen into an orchard, which was stronglie fensed and hedged about with thornes, the Frenchmen were not able to enter vpon the Englishmen; but yet they tooke from them all their horsses and spoile, & assaulted them till it was night, and then retired backe to the towne, not far distant from the place where they fought, called Uallemont: this was vpon the 14 day of March. In the mor|ning vpon the breake of the daie, the Englishmen is|sued foorth of the orchard, where they had kept them|selues all the night, & drew towards Harflue, wherof the Frenchmen being aduertised, followed them, & ouertooke them vpon the sands néere to Chiefe de Caux, & there set on them: but in the end, the French|men were discomfited, and a great number of them slaine by the Englishmen, which afterwards retur|ned without more adoo vnto Harflue. The French writers blame the constable for this losse, bicause he kept on the high ground with a number of men of war, and would not come downe to aid his fellowes.

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