And thus procéedeth he in his od veine of inuenti|on, concluding with a question, whether the king of France or the duke of Guise are the more happie and blessed person? The answer is made that they are both blessed, the king for the duke sake, and the duke for the kings; and therefore his posie must of force sing and sound to them both thrise, that is, often|times Ter io triumphe, ter io triumphe. But I would to God the English had not béene so soon and so sudden|lie turned out of their old possession, nor the French fondlings obteined such a iust cause of immoderate ioy and outragious triumph.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But to leaue Calis in the present state, you shall vnderstand, that so soone as this duke of Guise (con|trarie to all expectation) had in so few daies gained this strong towne of Calis (afore thought impreg|nable) and had put the same in such order as best sée|med for his aduantage, proud of the spoile, and pres|sing forward vpon his good fortune, without giuing anie long time to the residue of the guides or cap|teines of the forts there, to breath vpon their busi|nesse,The duke of Guise mar|cheth to the fort and town of Guisnes. the 13 daie of the said moneth being thursdaie, with all prouision requisite for a siege, marched with his armie from Calis, vnto the towne and fort of Guisnes, fiue miles distant from thence. Of which towne and castell at the same time there was cap|teine a valiant baron of England,The L. Greie capteine of Guisnes. called William lord Greie of Wilton, who not without cause sus|pecting a siege at hand, and knowing the towne of Guisnes to be of small force, as being large in com|passe, without walles or bulworks, closed onlie with a trench, before the Frenchmens arriuall had caused all the inhabitants of the towne to auoid, and so ma|nie of them as were able to beare armes he caused to retire into the castell, which was a place well forti|fied with strong and massie bulworks of bricke, ha|uing also an high and mightie tower, of great force and strength, called the Kéepe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The towne being thus abandoned, the Frenchmen had the more easie approch to the castell, who thinking to find quiet lodging in those vacant houses, entred the same without any feare. And being that night at their rest (as they thought) a chosen band of souldiors appointed by the lord Greie,The L. Greie taketh the French at a sléepie aduan|tage. issued out by a posterne of the said castell, and slue no small number of their sleepie ghests, & the rest they put out of their new lod|gings, and maugre the duke and all the French po|wer, consumed all the houses of the towne with fire. That notwithstanding, the said duke with all dili|gence began his trenches. And albeit the shot of the great artillerie from the castell was terrible, & gaue him great impeachment: yet did he continue his worke without i [...]termission, and for examples sake wrought in his owne person as a common pioner or labourer. So that within lesse than thrée daies, Rabutine. he brought to the number of fiue & thirtie batterie pée|ces, hard to the brim of the castell ditch, to batter the same on all sides, as well foorthright as acrosse. But his principall batterie he planted against the stron|gest bulworke of all, called Marie bulworke, thin|king by gaining of the stronger to come more easi|lie by the weaker.