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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Howbeit this yéelding vp of the said towne was with condition, that the souldiers might depart with horsse and armour, & that such townesmen as would there remaine, might haue their liues and goods sa|ued. Thus (I saie) was the citie of Terwine deliue|red vp to the king of England, with all the ordinance and munitions then being found within the same. This was on the eightéenth of August. The earle of Shrewesburie entered the same night, and caused the banner of saint George to be set vp in the highest place of the towne in signe of victorie. When the lord Pontremie, and all the souldiers were departed, and that the earle of Shrewesburie had searched all the towne to sée that euerie thing was sure, he called the townesmen afore him,The citizen [...] of Terwine sworne to king Henrie. The king [...]tereth into Terwine. and sware them to be true to the king of England. The foure and twentith of Au|gust the king himselfe entered the towne with great and roiall triumph, and dined in the bishops palace. At after noone he returned to his campe, and on the six and twentith daie of August he remooued againe to Guingate, where he first incamped after the chase of the French horssemen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Here it was determined in councell, that the wals and fortifications of Terwine should be ra|sed, which was doone, and the towne burned;Terwine burnt. except the cathedrall church and the palace. All the ordinance was sent to Aire to be kept there to the kings vse. Af|ter this, it was concluded that the king should laie siege to the citie of Tornaie;King Henrie marcheth on with his ar|mie to besiege Tornaie. wherevpon he set for|ward in thrée battels: the earle of Shrewesburie lea|ding the va-ward, the king and the emperour gouer|ning the battell, and the lord Chamberleine follow|ing with the rere-ward. The first night they incam|ped beside Aire. Diuerse Englishmen tarieng be|hind at Terwine for pillage, were surprised by the Frenchmen, which slue some of them, & cast some into the fire.The king g [...]eth to Lisle [...] visit the yoong prince Castile. Those that fled escaped verie narrowlie. The king with his armie passed forward towards Tor|naie, and by the waie visited the yoong prince of Ca|stile and the ladie Margaret, gouernor of the prince, in the towne of Lislie, whilest his armie laie abroad in the fields beyond Pont Auandien.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 There was appointed to attend the king vnto Lis|lie the duke of Buckingham, the lord marquesse Dorset, the earle of Essex, and the lord Lisle, with di|uerse other; the charge of his campe he committed for the time to his councell. Then mounted the king vpon a courser, his apparrell & bard were cloth of sil|uer of small quadrant cuts trauersed and edged with cut cloth of gold, and the border set full of red roses,Sir Henrie Guilford [...] of ye kings horsse his armour fresh & set full of iewels. The maister of his horsse sir Henrie Guilford, and the henchmen EEBO page image 823 followed (as you haue heard before) and the coursers richlie apparelled, and so were manie capteins that waited on the king: by the waie met the king the lord Rauesten with manie noble men. And a mile without the towne there met with him the burges|ses of Lisle, and presented to him the keies of the towne, saieng, that the emperor their souereigne lord had so commanded them to doo.

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