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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Also in the beginning of this moneth the citie of London set foorth a thousand soldiors of archers,The Londo|ners set foorth a power into France. har|quebutters, pikes, and bils, which went to Douer, and so passed ouer vnto Calis, to serue the king in his wars on that side the seas.The death of the valiant lord Poi|nings. In the same moneth that valiant capteine sir Thomas Poinings knight, lord Poinings, and the kings lieutenant of his towne and marches of Bullogne departed this life, after he had to his great honor atchiued manie woor|thie enterprises in seruice of his prince against the enimies, so that his death was much lamented. A gentleman vndoubtedlie deseruing to be had in per|petuall memorie: and pitie it is, that diuerse such va|liant feats as he in his life time atchiued, were not committed to writing, to remaine for examples sake to posteritie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Also in the same moneth at Guilford died the noble and valiant duke of Suffolke Charles Brandon lord great maister of the kings houshold,The death of the duke of Suffolke. a right hardie gentleman, and yet not so hardie, as almost of all e|stats and degrees of men, high & low, rich and poore, hartilie beloued, & his death of them greatlie lamen|ted: his bodie was honorablie buried at Windsore, at the kings costs.His iust com|mendation. This man in his daies had doone to the king and realme right agreeable seruices, as well in peace, as in wars, both in England, France, Scotland, and Ireland, he died the kings generall lieutenant of his armie then appointed to resist the Frenchmen, if they durst haue landed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now, whereas in this meane time we haue spoken nothing of the dooings in Scotland, where the warre was still continued, the king of France sent thither certeine bands of Frenchmen, vnder the gouernement of monsieur de Lorges,Monsieur de Lorges sent into Scot|land with cer|teine French bands. to aid the Scots against the Englishmen; and the king of En|gland waged manie strangers, and sent them with certeine Englishmen to the borders, for defense of the same against the inuasions of the enimies: for after the arriuall of the Frenchmen, a great armie of Scots was raised, and approched néere to the bor|ders, where for a certeine time they incamped, so that manie thought some notable enterprise would haue béene attempted. But after they had laine in campe a certeine time, they brake vp, and departed without attempting anie further exploit.

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