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.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 That wing of the horssemen also, which was ap|pointed to skirmish with the Englishmen on the o|ther side the riuer, whilest the other might haue con|ueied the vittels into the towne, was fiercelie bea|ten backe by the martiall prowesse of the valiant erle of Shrewesburie, sir Rice ap Thomas, and other wor|thie capteins, which laie on that side the water. The duke of Alanson, the earle of saint Paule, and mon|sieur de Florenges, had the leading of those French|men. They within the towne were in great hope of succour this daie, and when they saw the French power approch, they sallied foorth on that side where the lord Herbert laie, and skirmished with his people verie proudlie, but they were repelled to the gates of their towne, and manie of them slaine by the high valiancie of the said lord Herbert and his cap|teins.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 After that the Englishmen were returned from the chase of the Frenchmen, whome they had follow|ed a thrée long miles from the field, the king made sir Iohn Pechie a baneret, and Iohn Carre knight, which was sore hurt: sir Iohn Pechie had his guidon taken, and diuerse of his men hurt,Sir Iohn Pechie [...] baneret, an [...] Iohn [...] knight. they followed so farre in the chase. After this ouerthrow of the French horssemen, the K. compassed the towne more streict|lie on ech side, and the batterie was brought so nigh the wals as might be, wherwith breaches were made in sundrie places, by meanes whereof the lord Pon|tremie despairing any long time to kéepe the towne, fell to a composition, and yéelded it vp to the kings hands. This incounter and ouerthrow,Terwine [...] vp to king Henrie. with the gi|uing vp of Terwine, is extant to the knowledge of forren nations (to be read) recorded as followeth:
Francorum pugnax equitatus praelia miscet,Succurrúntque suis, sed frustra infirmior armaTurba capit; palmam bellando potentior AnglusAufert, laethifera transfossis hostibus hasta.Diruta turrifragis bombardis moenia praebentBrutigenae ingressum facilem, Gallísque timoremInijciunt, tandem Terrouana deditur Anglo.