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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Within the castell was capteine monsieur de B [...]ez, hauing prouided for defense of the place all things necessarie; so that the earle of Surrie, and o|ther the capteins of the hoast, perceiuing they could not within anie short time win it, after they had bin before it eleuen daies, they raised their siege, chéeflie bicause they had no great battering peeces to ouer|throw the walles. For the weather was such, and the waies waxed so deepe towards the latter end of that summer, that they could not conueie with them anie great ordinance. From Heding they passed forward, and comming to Dorlens, burned the towne, and rased the castell. From thense they came vnto the towne of Darrier, which they burnt also and spoiled. Thus they burned and spoiled all the waie as they passed.The earle of Surrie retur|neth with his [...] to Ca|lis. But the weather still waxed woorse and woorse, so that manie fell sicke through intemperance there|of, and the Burgognians and Spaniards which were in the armie returned into Flanders.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Then the earle of Surrie, perceiuing that he could no longer keepe the field in that season of the yeare, turned backe towards Calis in good order of battell, and came thither the sixtéenth of October. He would gladlie in déed (before the departure of the Burgognians and Spaniards) haue passed the wa|ter of Somme: but other capteins considering the time of the yeare to be past, and that the whole armie conteined not aboue eightéene thousand men, iudged it more wisedome to returne, and so in the end their opinions were followed. After that the English ar|mie was returned to Calis, the earle of Surrie sent foorth sir William Sands, sir Maurice Berkeleie, sir William Fitz Williams, and with them three thou|sand men, which burned Marguison, the towne of saint Iehans rode, and also Temple towne, with ma|nie villages.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 They also brought a maruellous great bootie of goods out of the countrie, which they got at this rode,A great bootie woone by the Englishmen. as fouretéene thousand shéepe, a thousand foure hun|dred oxen and kine, and other great cattell, a thousand thrée hundred hogs, and eight hundred mares and horsses, besides prisoners. When the earle of Sur|rie had set things in order, and appointed foorth such as he would haue remaine in the garrisons,The earle of Surrie retur|neth with his armie into England. on that side the sea; he returned, and all the residue of the ar|mie (sauing those that were commanded to tarie) came ouer also with the nauie, and arriued in the Thames; and so euerie man into his countrie at his pleasure. There remained also behind a compa|nie of men of warre called aduenturers,Aduenturers which serued without wages, liuing onelie on that which they could catch & win of the enimies. There were foure hundred of them that went with the armie now this last time into France, and did much hurt vnto the Frenchmen: for they were by practise become ex|pert and skilfull in the points of warre, and dailie ex|ploited one enterprise or other, to their owne aduan|tage, and hinderance of the enimie.

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