Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 About the same time that the marquesse went in|to Spaine,The lord ad|merall in Britaine. that is to wit, about the middest of Maie, sir Edward Howard lord admerall of England, be|ing on the sea afore Portesmouth, made foorth againe to the sea, and directing his course towards Britaine on Trinitie sundaie arriued at Berthram baie with twentie great ships, and suddenlie set his men on land, and there wan a bulworke, which the Britains kept and defended a while; but being ouercome, fled out of their hold, & left it to the Englishmen. Then the lord admerall passed seauen miles into the coun|trie, burning and wasting townes and villages, and in returning, skirmished with diuerse men of ames, and slue some of them: and notwithstanding that the Britains [...]ought valiantlie in defense of their coun|trie; yet they were put to the worsse, and so the lord admerall returned to his ships.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the thrée & twentith daie of Maie being mon|daie, he landed in the morning,Conquer and diuerse other places burnt by sir Edward Howard lord admerall of England. and commanded to burne the house of the lord Piers Moguns, with the towne of Conquet, & diuerse other places, and cha|sed the Britains into the castell of Brest: and not|withstanding all the assemblies and shewes that the Britains made, yet they suffered the English peace|ablie to returne with their preies and booties. The first of Iune the Englishmen tooke land in Cro [...]ton baie, and then the lords of Britaine sent word to the lord admerall, that if he would abide, they would giue him battell. The admerall rewarded the messenger, and willed him to say to them that sent, that all that day they should find him in that place tarieng their comming.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then to incourage diuerse gentlemen the more earnestlie to shew their valiancie,Diuers gen|tlemen knigh|ted by the lord admerall. he dubbed them knights; as sir Edward Brooke, brother to the lord Cobham, sir Griffith Downe, sir Thomas Wind|ham, sir Thomas Lucie, sir Iohn Burdet, sir Willi|am Pirton, sir Henrie Shirborne, and sir Stephan Bull. When the lord admerall saw the Frenchmen come, he comforted his men with pleasant words, therby the more to incourage them. The whole num|ber of the Englishmen was not much aboue 25 hundred, where the Frenchmen were at the least ten thousand; and yet when they saw the order of the Englishmen, they were suddenlie astonied.