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While the armie laie without Calis,

A riot at Ca|lis.

Edw. Hall. pag. Cxiiiii

they dailie came into the towne. And so it happened that a sim|ple felow cut a pursse, as he made to buie apples, which incontinent was taken, and brought to the maiors house to ward. Which thing diuerse Welsh|men perceiuing, and not knowing what apperteined to iustice, ran in great companies to the maiors house, & would haue broken the house. The officers of the towne intreated, but the Welshmen more & more approched. The number of the Welshmen was so great, that the watch of Calis strake alarum. Then the lord deputie and the lord Sands did all that in them laie, to bring them to conformitie. But they were so rude, that they nothing them regarded: the priests brought foorth the sacrament, which also was not regarded. Wherefore the lord Ferrers was straightlie commanded to appease their rage, for with him they came thither, which with great paine and intreatie them appeased. And then all the Welsh|men were commanded to the field, and to depart the towne, and so were all other capteins: and after wards diuerse of the head rioters were apprehended and sore punished for example.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The first enterprise that the duke attempted,Bell castell assaulted. was the winning of a castell called Bell castell, to which the lord Sands, and the lord Ferrers being sent, did so much by the power of battrie, that after the wals were beaten, those that were appointed to giue the assalt, prepared them therto. Which when the French men within perceiued,Bell castell yeelded vp to the English|men. they yéelded the place into the Englishmens hands, and themselues to the mer|cie of the duke, which receiued them as prisoners, and deliuered the castell to sir William Skeuing|ton, the which he caused to be rased downe to the ground the seauen and twentith of September. In this season was the duke of Burbon high constable of France reuolted from seruice of the French king to the seruice of the emperour and the king of Eng|land. For after it was knowne that this duke had his mind alienated from the French king,Sir Iohn Russell crea|ted afterward erle of Bed|ford. sir Iohn Russell (that was afterward created erle of Bed|ford) was sent into France vnto the said duke.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This gentleman being verie faire spoken, & well languaged, in disguised apparell, ordered himselfe so wiselie and fortunatlie in his iorneie, that in couert manner he came to the duke, and so persuaded him, that he continued in his former determination, and auoided the realme of France, as in the French hi|storie ye maie more at large perceiue. The more to incourage the English souldiers, there was a pro|clamation made in the host the eight and twentith of September, how the said duke of Burbon was be|come enimie to the French king, and friend to the king of England; so that hauing in his wages ten thousand Almans, he was readie to inuade France in another part, the more to let & disturb the French kings purposes. For the accomplishing wherof there was sent to him monie in no small summes. After this proclamation the nine and twentith of Septem|ber, the duke of Suffolke remooued to Ard, and so forward into Picardie. At Cordes betwéene Ter|wine and saint Omers, there came to him the lord of Isilstein, and with him of Spaniards, Almans,The Spani|ards ioine with the En|glish armie. Cleueners, and others, thrée thousand footmen, and fiue hundred horssemen.

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