Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 There came one capteine Desquie a Burgognian, with two hundred souldiors, pikes most. This band was appointed to the Marie bulworke, whose cap|teine being full of the gout, and an impotent man, would not yet be from his charge, but in his bed en|ded his life in the bulworke. And so of this enough. But now after the winning of this towne and ca|stell, the duke aduising well vpon the place, Rich. Grason. and con|sidering that if it should happen to be regained by Englishmen, what a noisome neighbor the same might be to Calis, now being French; and special|lie what impeachment should come thereby for the passage thither from France, considering also the neere standing thereof to the French kings fortresse of Ard: so that to keepe two garrisons so nigh to|gither should be but a double charge, and not onlie néedlesse, but also dangerous for the cause afore re|hearsed. Upon these considerations (as the French|men write) he tooke order for all the great artillerie, vittels and other munition, to be taken foorth, and the castell with all the bulworkes and other fortifi|cations there, with all spéed to be razed and throwne downe, and the stuffe to be caried awaie, and em|ploied in other more necessarie places.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then rested nothing within all the English pale on that side vnconquered,Hammes ca|stell could not be easilie ap|proched vnto, and why. but the little castell or pile called Hammes, which though it were but of small force, made by art and industrie of mans hand, and being altogither of old workemanship without ram|piers or bulworks: yet neuerthelesse, by the natu|rall situation thereof, being on all sides inuironed with fens and marish grounds, it could not easilie be approched vnto, either with great ordinance for the batterie, or else with anie armie to incampe there for a siege: but hauing one streict passage thereto by a narrow causeie, trauersed and cut through in diuerse places, with déepe ditches, alwaies full of water.The lord Ed|ward Dud|leie. Which thing being well foreséene by Edward lord Dudleie then capteine there, hauing as good cause to suspect a siege there, as his neighbors had afore the Frenchmens comming to Guisnes, cau|sed all the bridges of the said causeie being of wood to be broken, to giue thereby the more impeachment to the French, if they should attempt to approch the same, as shortlie after they did, and kept diuerse of the passages.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But to deliuer the duke and his souldiors from that care, there came to him glad newes from those that had charge to watch the said causeie, how the capteine hauing intelligence of the rendering of Guisnes, secretlie the same night had conueied him|selfe, EEBO page image 1141 with his small garrison by a secret passage o|uer the marish into Flanders.A prouiso of aduantage for the duke. Wherby the duke be|ing now past care of anie further siege to be laid in all the frontier, tooke order foorthwith to seize the said little fort into his own hands, as it was easie to doo, when there was no resistance. When this peece was once seized by the French, then remained there non [...] other place of defense nor strength of the Eng|lish on all that side the sea, for the safegard of the rest of the countrie. Whereby the French king became wholie and throughlie lord & maister of all the Eng|lish pale: for now (as ye haue heard) there was nei|ther towne, castell, or other fortresse, more or lesse on that side (sauing Boots bulworke neere to Graue|ling, which after king Philip kept as his) but that it was either taken awaie by force, or else abandoned, and left open to the enimie. And (as the French|men write) besides the great riches of gold and sil|uer, coine,This was a maruellous rich bootie for the enimie, and a great losse to the partie contra|rie. iewels, plate, wools, and other merchan|dize (which was inestimable) there were found thrée hundred peeces of brasse mounted on whéeles, and as manie of iron, with such furniture of powder, pel|lets, armour, vittels, and other munitions of war scarselie credible.