Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Thus were the cheefe bulworks and vtter lims of the castell of Guisnes obteined by the French, Ric. Grafton. on saint Sebastians daie, being the twentith of Ianu|arie, but yet not without great expense of bloud on both sides: for of the French part there were slaine in those assaults aboue the number of eight or nine hundred, and of the English not manie fewer: a|mongst whom the greatest losse lighted vpon those few Spaniards and Wallons that were come to as|sist the English at that present. It was now night:A trumpetter from the duk [...] of Guise to th [...] lord Greie. when a trumpetter came to the ditches side in the base court, & sounded a summons: who being called vnto & asked what he would, told that he was sent to my lord Greie by the duke of Guise, with offer of a parlée if it would be harkened vnto. The souldiors no sooner heard these newes, but forsaking the walles came all in rowt togither, & confusedlie speaking to their chiefteine the said lord Greie, praied him to har|ken to the message, & to haue consideration of their liues, which so long as anie hope remained, they wil|linglie had ventured. The lord Greies answer was, that he maruelled, either what causelesse mistrust of his caring for them was now come vpon them, or what sudden vnwoonted faintnesse of mind had so assailed them, as to cause them in such disorder to for|sake their places, and leaue the walles naked, and he willed them to returne to the same.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 My lord Greie hereof tooke counsell, and it was thought good not to reiect the offer, the extremitie on euerie side weied. The trumpetter receiuing answer, accordinglie departed,Hostages re|quired on the dukes part from the lord Greie during the time of the parlée, &c. & without long abode retur|ned againe, requiring in the dukes behalfe hostages for a truce during the parlee from vs, he minding to deliuer the like into the castell. From him in fine monsieur Des [...]rees, and a gentleman of the kings chamber were sent in: and maister Arthur Greie my lords sonne, and maister Lewes Diue, were put out. Monsieur Dandelot in the braies receiued them, and caried them ouer the vnfortunate bul|worke, being come vpon naked and new slaine car|cases, some of them spralling yet and groning vn|der their feet, were onelie the earth they trod on. So passing downe the breach somewhat to the ease of the former heauie sight, they saw it, and the ditch little lesse fraught with the enimies corpses. Then to the campe they came, and were lodged in the said Dan|delots tent.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The next daie in the morning, the lord Greie was to m [...]et the duke abrode:The duke and the lord Greie haue commu|nication an whole houre betweene them willinglie one houre was spent in talking without agreement, onelie vpon this point, that the lord Greie would haue his bands depart with their ensignes displaied, EEBO page image 1140 which would not be yeelded vnto: so he returned, & the hostages also therevpon were sent in. Monsieur De|strées not being yet come foorth, my lord was no soo|ner entered againe, but that the souldiers eftsoones forsaking the walles, willinglie & to the present cut|ting of all their owne throtes (if monsieur Destrées himselfe had not béene, with a few capteins & gentle|men of the lord Greies owne retinue) came and met him, crieng vpon him to haue pitie vpon them. The lord Greie herewith staied, and pausing a while, had this speach.