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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The same moneth also the lord Lisle admerall of England with the English fléet entered the mouth of Saine, and came before Newhauen,The English fléet commeth before New|hauen. where a great nauie of the Frenchmen laie, to the number of a two hundred ships, and six and twentie gallies, wher|of the pope (as was reported) had sent twentie well furnished with men and monie, to the aid of the French king. The Englishmen being not past an hundred and thréescore saile, and all great ships, de|termined not to set vpon the Frenchmen where they laie: but yet approching néere vnto them, shot off cer|teine péeces of ordinance at them, and thereby cau|sed the gallies to come abroad, which changed shot a|gaine with the Englishmen. The gallies at the first had great aduantage, by reason of the great [...]alme. Twise either part assaulted other with shot of their great artillerie, but suddenlie the wind rose so high, that the gallies could not indure the rage of the seas, and so the Englishmen for feare of flats were com|pelled to enter the maine seas, and so sailed vnto EEBO page image 969 Portesmouth where the king laie, for he had know|ledge by his espials that the Frenchmen intended to land in the Ile of Wight, wherefore he repaired to that coast, to see his realme defended.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 After this, the eighteenth of Iulie the admerall of France monsieur Danebalte hoised vp sailes,

The French [...] landeth in the Ile of Wight.

The French|men land in Sussex.

and with his whole nauie came foorth into the seas, and arriued on the coast of Sussex before bright Ham|stéed, and set certeine of his soldiors on land, to burne and spoile the countrie: but the beacons were fired, & the inhabitants thereabouts came downe so thicke, that the Frenchmen were driuen to flie with losse of diuerse of their numbers: so that they did little hurt there. Immediatlie herevpon they made to the point of the Ile of Wight, called saint Helens point, and there in good order vpon their arriuall they cast an|chors, and sent dailie sixtéene of their gallies to the verie hauen of Portesmouth. The English nauie li|eng there in the same hauen, made them readie, and set out toward the enimies, and still the one shot hot|lie at the other: but the wind was so calme, that the kings ships could beare no saile, which greatlie grie|ued the minds of the Englishmen, and made the eni|mies more bold to approch with their gallies, and to assaile the ships with their shot euen within the ha|uen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The twentith of Iulie, the whole nauie of the Eng|lishmen made out,The Marie Rose drowned by negligence. & purposed to set on the French|men, but in setting forward, thorough too much fol|lie, one of the kings ships called the Marie Rose was drowned in the middest of the hauen, by reason that she was ouerladen with ordinance, and had the ports left open, which were verie low, and the great artillerie vnbreeched; so that when the ship should turne, the water entered, and suddenlie she suncke. In hir was sir George Carew knight and foure hundred soldiours vnder his guiding. There escaped not past fortie persons of all the whole number. On the morrow after about two thousand of the French|men landed in the Ile of Wight,Frenchmen distressed in the Ile of Wight. where one of their chiefe capteins named le cheualier Daux, a Prouen|cois was slaine with manie other, and the residue with losse and shame driuen backe againe to their gallies.

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