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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king of England being aduertised that the EEBO page image 879 duke of Albanie would returne shortlie into Scot|land by sea, and bring with him a power of French|men, prepared a fléet of tall and strong ships méet to encounter with the same duke and his power, and ap|pointed for admerall, sir William Fitz Williams, & with him sir Francis Brian, sir Anthonie Poines, sargeant Rot, Iohn Hopton, William Ganston, Anthonie Kneuet, Thomas West, and other, which vsed great diligence to haue met with the said duke of Albanie. And as they laie on the French coast, the foure and twentith of August being sundaie, at sea|uen of the clocke in the morning, they landed in the hauen of Treiport, [...] and assaulted the Frenchmen that were in certeine bulworks on the shore, and did what they could to impeach the Englishmens lan|ding.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But the Englishmen incouraged by their cap|teins, did so valiantlie (although they were but an handfull of men in comparison of their enimies, as seuen hundred to six thousand) that in the end they repelled the Frenchmen, and wan their bulworks of them, and in the same found diuerse peeces of ordi|nance, which they seized. And perceiuing that the Frenchmen fled to the towne of Treiport, they fol|lowed, and shot at them right egerlie, so that manie of the Frenchmen were slaine and wounded, yer they could get to the towne. The Englishmen assaul|ted the gates but could not breake them open: [...] English [...] the [...] of [...]. yet they set fire on the suburbes, & also burnt seuen ships which laie in the hauen. The English capteins per|ceiuing how the people of the countrie came downe in great numbers to the rescue of the towne, caused their men to get togither such spoiles as they might bring awaie in that sudden: and then after they had béene on land fiue houres, with like spéed as they came, they retired backe againe to their ships, not without some losse and damage of men both hurt & slaine; [...] as it often hapneth, when those be not found vnprouided which a man vnaduisedlie assaileth.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this season the king hauing put an armie of men in a readinesse, caused the same to be transpor|ted ouer to Calis, & appointed the duke of Suffolke to haue the leading thereof, and to make a iourneie into France. [...] The duke (according to his commissi|on) came to Calis the foure and twentith of August, and there abiding the armie, caused all things to be prepared necessarie for the same, as vittels, muni|tion,The duke of [...] into France with [...] armie. and such like. There were appointed to attend him in this iourneie, the lord Montacute, and his brother sir Arthur Pole, the lord Herbert sonne to the earle of Worcester, the lord Ferrers, the lord Marneie, the lord Sandes, the lord Barkleie, the lord Powes, and the baron Curson: of knights sir Richard Wingfield chancellour of the duchie of Lancaster, sir Iohn Uéer, sir Edward Neuill, sir William Kingston, sir Richard Weston, sir An|drew Winsor, sir Robert Wingfield, sir Anthonie Wingfield, sir Edward Guilford, sir Edward Gre|uile, sir Edward Chamberleine, sir Thomas Lucie, sir Euerard Digbie, sir Adrian Foscew, sir Richard Cornewall, sir William Courtneie, sir William Sidneie, sir Henrie Owne, and manie others.

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