The Holinshed Texts (1587, Volume 6, p. 557)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Henrie aduertised hereof, meant at the first to haue gone with his nauie in person to the succors of his men; but the emperor dissuaded him from that purpose, aduising him rather to send some one of his capteins. The king following his louing and reaso|nable aduertisement, appointed his brother the duke of Bedford accompanied with the earles of March, Marshall, Oxford, Huntington, Warwike, Arun|dell, Salisburie, Deuonshire, and diuerse barons, with two hundred saile to passe into Normandie, for rescue of the towne of Harflue; Titu [...] Liuius. which vsing great di|ligence shipped at Rie, and after some hinderance by contrarie winds, at length came to the mouth of the riuer of Seine on the daie of the Assumption of our ladie. When the vicount of Narbon perceiued the English nauie to approch, he couragiouslie set for|ward, and gat the possession of the mouth of the ha|uen. The duke of Bedford séeing his enimies thus fiercelie to come forward,A great ouer|throw by sea giuen to the French by the duke of Bed|ford. set before certeine strong ships, which at the first incounter vanquished and tooke two French ships, the capteins whereof were too rash and forward.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The duke followed with all his puissance, and set on his enimies. The fight was long, but not so long as perillous, nor so perillous as terrible (for battels on the sea are desperate) till at length the victorie fell to the Englishmen, so that almost all the whole nauie of France, in the which were manie ships, hulkes, carikes,

The French name of fiue hundred ves|sels vanqui|shed.

Titus Liuius.

and other small vessels, to the number of fiue was sunke & taken. Amongst other vessels that were taken, thrée great carikes of Genoa a citie in Italie, were sent into England. In the same conflict were slaine of the Frenchmen no small number, as appea|red by the dead bodies, which were séene euerie daie swimming about the English ships. Titus Liuius. Harflue res|cued by the Englishmen. After this, the duke of Bedford sailed vp to Harflue, & refreshed the towne both with vittels and monie; notwithstanding certeine other French gallies did what they could to haue letted that enterprise. When the erle of Armi|nacke heard that the puissant name of France was vanquished, he raised his siege & returned to Paris.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this discomfiture and losse, the puissance of the Frenchmen began to decaie, for now the princes and nobles of the realme fell into diuision and dis|cord among themselues studieng how to reuenge their old priuat iniuries, & refused to take paine for succour of the publike weale and safegard of their countrie:Ciuill discord amongst the [...]bles of France. wherevpon their power began to wax slender, their state brought into imminent danger of perpetuall bondage; which thing no doubt had fallen vpon them if king Henrie had longer liued. For as vpon one inconuenience suffered, manie doo follow, so was it in France at that time:Charles the French king not of sound memorie. for the king was not of sound memorie, the warre that was toward both doubtfull and perillous: the princes vntrustie and at discord: with a hundred things more (which might bring a realme to ruine) out of frame and or|der in France in those daies. After that the duke of Bedford was returned backe againe into England with great triumph and glorie, he was not so much thanked of the king his brother, as praised of the em|perour Sigismund, being to him a stranger, which said openlie, that happie are those subiects which haue such a king, but more happie is the king that hath such subiects.