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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.

The king praised their obedience to their soue|reigne, and thanked the emperour and them for so high a present as the keies of such a towne. Neuer|thelesse, he had such confidence in them, that he trust|ed them no lesse than his owne subiects, and so deli|uered the keies to the prouost of the towne, which was well accompanied. Then met the king a great number of nobles of Flanders, Brabant, Holland, and Henaud,The Pals|graue of [...] & his traine come to [...] the K. of England. which noblie receiued him. After them came the countie Palatine or Palsgraue, one of the electors of the empire, with thirtie horsses, all his men gorgiouslie apparelled after the fashion of his countrie, and humblie saluted the king. At the gate of Lisle the capiteine of the towne stood with a gar|rison in armor well appointed, all the stréets were set on both sides with burning torches and diuerse good|lie pageants pleasant to behold. Thus he passed tho|rough the towne with his sword and maces borne be|fore him, and alighted at the hall doore with his sword borne, where met with him the emperour, the prince of Castile, and the ladie Margaret, and humblie salu|ted him.

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