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Compare 1577 edition: 1 My lord Greie this night came into the bulworke,My lord Grei [...]s worke after the skir|mish ended. where after praise first to God, he gaue thanks and commendations to them all. The slaine men he cau|sed to be buried, the hurt to be remooued and looked vnto, saw the breach repared, inquired of their lacks, and (as he might) supplied the same. They that were great could not be helped, as cornpowder, fierworks, yea and pikes began to faile vs. The most part of the night he here bestowed, and longer as was thought had taried,My L. Greie hurt by mis|chance. had not a scaberdles sword about one of the souldiors as he went in the throng & darke amongst them, thrust him almost through the foot: wherevpon he withdrew him to be dressed, vsing first vnto his souldiors an exhortation to acquite them|selues no lesse valiantlie the next daie, assuring them that one or two more such bankets as this last, gi|uen to the enimie, would coole their courages for anie more assaults.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 This night now, great noise & working was heard in the dich, wherevpon the bulworke was once or twice on alarum. At the last with cressets it was espied that they were making a bridge. The morning came, and then the same was séene to be finished,The French make bridges. emptie casks with ropes fastened togither, & sawed boords laid thereon. This yet did but put them with|in, in a certeintie of that which before they accounted of, and stood prepared for. To be short, the enimies spent all the daie till it was full two of the clocke in batterie, & beating at the two last flankers, which at length they woone from them within, & the gunners of either slaine. Wherevpon the lord Greie taking counsell of sir Henrie Palmer,Consultation betwéene the lord Greie and the English gentlemen. master Lewes Diue and Montdragon the leader of the Spaniards: it was resolued, that there might be order to make a fucasie within the bulworke, and presentlie to with|draw all from thence, sauing a certeine for a face and stale to toll in the enimie, and then to haue blowne it EEBO page image 1139 vp whole to the destruction of them all.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Rich. Graf [...]on. In the meane time, the duke of Guise hauing gi|uen order to monsieur Dandelot coronell of the French footmen,The duke of Guise and mõsieur Dan|delot with their powers. that he with his bands should be in a readinesse to giue the assault when signe should be giuen, did withdraw him to an higher ground, from whence he might plainlie discouer the behauiour as well of his souldiors in the assault giuing, as also of the defendants in answering the same. And percei|uing not so manie of the English part appearing for defense (as he douted there would) gaue order foorth|with, that a regiment of his most forward lance, knights should mount the brech, to open the first pas|sage: and that monsieur Dandelot with his French footbands should backe them, which order was follo|wed, with such hast & desperat hardines, that entring a déepe ditch full of water, from the bottome whereof to the top of the breach, in some places, was well neare fortie foot, Rabutine. without feare either of the water beneath, or the fire aboue, they mounted the breach.

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