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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Neuerthelesse, she shortlie after caused an ar|mie of a thousand horssemen, and foure thousand foot|men, with two thousand pioners to be transported o|uer to his aid, vnder the leading of diuerse of the no|bilitie and other valiant capteins, whose names part|lie follow: the earle of Penbroke capteine generall,The names of the cap|teins ouer the quéenes for|ces. sir Anthonie Browne vicount Montacute lieute|nant generall vnder the said earle, the lord Greie of Wilton lord marshall, the earle of Rutland generall of the horssemen, the lord Clinton earle of Lincolne coronell of the footmen, the lord Russell earle of Bed|ford, the lord Robert Dudleie earle of Leicester and maister of the ordinance, the lord Thomas Ho|ward, sir William West lord de la Ware, sir Ed|ward Windsore after lord Windsore, the lord Braie, sir Edmund Briges lord Shandois, the lord Ambrose Dudleie earle of Warwike, the lord Henrie Dud|leie, Edward Randall esquier sergeant maior, mai|ster Whiteman treasuror of the armie, Edward Chamberleine esquier capteine of the pioners, sir Richard Leigh trenchmaster, Iohn Higate esquier prouost marshall, Thomas Haruie esquier muster-master, sir Peter Carew, sir William Courtneie, sir Giles Stranguish, sir Thomas Finch master of the campe, and other nobles, knights, and gentle|men of right approoued valiancie: although diuerse of them were suspected to be protestants. Further|more, to make king Philips power the stronger, there came aid vnto him from sundrie places; where|by as his armie increased in number, so likewise grew the same more puissant in strength. The people that assisted him are thus remembred by C. O. in his discourse of this warre, as here followeth:

Misit in auxilium Germania lecta virorum
Corpora ferratas acies peditúmque cateruas.Varie gen [...] in exerci [...]n Philippi.
Nec deerat miles Latia de gente cruentus,
Dalmata non deerat bello huic nec defuit Hunnus.
At tamen ante alios, fiducia summa locata est
In quibus armatus validè conuenerat Anglus.
Foedus amicitiae vetus id poscebat, & vxor,
Cui cum regefuit soci [...] commune periclum.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The fiftéenth of Iulie,The death of the ladie [...] of Cicut. the ladie Anne of Cleu [...] departed this life at Chelscie, and was honorablie buried at Westminster the fift of August: a ladie of right commendable regard, courteous, gentle, a good housekéeper, & verie bountifull to hir seruants.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 EEBO page image 1134 Obsequie for the king of Portingale.The eightéenth of August was a solemne obsequie celebrated in the church of S. Paule in London, for Iohn king of Portingale, who departed this life in Iulie last past. The lord treasuror was chéefe moor|ner. The queenes armie being transported ouer to Calis (as before ye haue heard) marched to some with king Philips power: the which alreadie being assembled, had inuaded the French confines, and be|ing come before saint Quintins, planted a strong siege before that tower. To the rescue whereof, the French king sent a great armie both of horssemen and footmen, vnder the leading of the conestable of France: which armie consisted of about nine hun|dred men at armes,Fifteene or [...] thou|sand footmen, and a threé or [...] thou|sand horsse|men. with as manie light horssemen, seuen or eight hundred Roisters, two & twentie en|signes of lancequenets, and sixteene ensignes of French footmen. They had also with them fiftéene péeces of great artillerie, to wit, six double canons, foure long culuerings, the rest bastard culuerings, and other péeces of smaller mould.The conesta|ble of France [...]oke Mont| [...]encie ge| [...]rall of the French for| [...]s. The conestable thus garded vpon saint Laurence daie, which is the tenth of August, approched the towne, meaning to put into the same succours of more soldiors, with Dandelot the admerals brother, that was within the towne not furnished with such a garrison as was thought expedient for the defense therof, against such a power as king Philip had prepared against it.

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