Compare 1577 edition: 1 There were amongest the Frenchmen certeine companies of Estradiots, which being placed before the French hoast, as they came downe the hill to EEBO page image 822 skirmish with the Englishmen saw where the ban|ners of the English horssemen were comming,The Estradi|ots mista|king footmen for horssemen fled first. and the kings battell following vpward, weening vere|lie that all had béene horssemen, wherevpon they cast themselues about and fled. The Frenchmen were so fast in arraie, that the Estradiots could not enter; and so they ran still by the ends of the Frenchmens ranks. Herewith the English horssemen set on, and about an hundred archers on horsse-backe, being lighted beside their horsses, and set by an hedge all a|longest a village side called Bomie, shot freshlie at their enimies; & also certeine culuerings being pla|ced on the top of an hill were discharged amongest the thickest prease of the Frenchmen; so that finallie the French were discomfited: for those that were be|hind saw the fall of some of their standards, which the Englishmen ouerthrew, and their Estradiots also (in whome they had great confidence) returne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 They that were furthest off fled first, and then the Englishmen & Burgognian horssemen,A great ouer|throw giuen to the French, king Henrie in person be|ing present. which were with them, egerlie followed the chase, in the which were taken the duke of Longuile, brother to the earle of Dunois that had married the daughter and heire to the marquesse of Rothlois, the lord of Clere|mont, capteine Baiard, monsieur de Busie, and o|ther, to the number of twelue score prisoners, and all brought to the kings presence with six standards, which were likewise taken. The Burgognians brought not their prisoners to sight. Monsieur de la Palice, and monsieur de Imbrecourt being taken of them and knowne, were put to their ransomes, and licenced maintenantlie to depart vpon their word. Thus was the power of the French horsse|men by the sharpe incounter of the English horsse|men, and full fight of the battels of the footmen, fol|lowing in arraie at the backs of the horssemen, and the discharging of certeine culuerings amongst them, quickelie put to flight without anie great resi|stance.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The emperour Maximilian was present with the king,The emperor [...]courageth his Almans to plaie the men. and ware saint Georges crosse, greatlie in|couraging the Almans to shew themselues like men, sith the place was fortunate to him and them, to trie the chance of battell in: as they might call to remembrance by the victorie there obteined against the Frenchmen a foure and twentie yeares past. This incounter chancing thus on the sixtéenth daie of August, being tuesdaie, in this fift yeare of king Henries reigne, which was the yeare after the incar|nation 1513,The battell of spurres. was called the battell Des esprons, by the Frenchmen themselues, that is to saie, the bat|tell of spurres: forsomuch as they in stéed of sword and lance vsed their spurres, with all might and maine to pricke foorth their horsses to get out of dan|ger; so that in them was verefied the old prouerbe, One paire of heeles is worth two paire of hands.