Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then vpon saturdaie, the eight of Iune, a bishop and other of the kings councell came to Calis,The lord Darcie hono|rablie recei|ued of the K. of Aragons councell. and there abode till wednesdaie, being the euen of Cor|pus Christi; at which daie, the lord capteine tooke land, and was honorablie receiued of the king of Ara|gons councell, and on the morrow was highlie fea|sted at dinner and supper. And at after supper, the bi|shop declared the king his maisters pleasure, giuing to the lord capteine as heartie thankes for his pains and trauell, as if he had gone forward with his enter|prise against the Moores. But whereas by the aduise of his councell, circumspectlie considering the suer|tie of his owne realme, vpon perfect knowledge had that the Frenchmen meant to inuade his domini|ons in his absence, he had altered his former deter|mination, and taken an abstinence of war with the Moores, till an other time.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 He therefore required the lord Darcie to be con|tented to returne home againe, promising him wa|ges for all his soldiers; and if it should please him to come to the court, he should receiue high thanks of the king, and such chéere as there could be made him, The lord Darcie was nothing pleased with this de|claration, but sith he saw there was no remedie,The lord Darcie dis|contented at the bishops declaration. he said, that whatsoeuer the king had concluded, he could not be against it, considering he was sent to him: but suerlie it was against his mind to depart home, without dooing anie thing against Gods enimies, with whome he had euer a desire to fight. And as for his comming to court, he said, he could not leaue his men whome he had brought out of their countrie, without an head; and as for the kings banket, it was not the thing that he desired.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 EEBO page image 810On the next daie in the morning, monie was sent to paie the souldiers their wages for their conducti|on againe into England, with diuerse gi [...]ts giuen to the lord Darcie, and other gentlemen; yet notwith|standing, he was highlie displeased: howbeit, like a wiseman he dissembled the matter.A shrewd traie begun vpon a small occasion. The same daie, being the fourtéenth daie of Iune, and fridaie, there chanced a fraie to be begun in the towne of Calis, betwixt the Englishmen, and them of the towne; by reason that an Englishman would haue had for his monie a loafe of bread from a maid that had beene at the bakers to buie bread, not to sell, but to spend in hir mistresse house. Edw. Hall. Howbeit the Englishman fol|lowed hir, as making proffer not to be denied, in so much that the maid perceiuing what he went about, cried out; A force, a force. Then was the common bell roong, and all the towne went to harnesse, and those few Englishmen that were a land, went to their bowes. The Spaniards cast darts, and the Englishmen shot. But the capteins of England, and the lords of the councell for their part, tooke such paine, that the fraie was ceassed, and but one Eng|lishman slaine, though diuerse were hurt: and of the Spaniards diuerse were slaine. Thus of a sparkle was kindled a flame to the spoiling of manie; which is no rare thing to see, according to the scriptum est:

Concitat ingentes flammas scintilla minuta.