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Compare 1577 edition: 1 This capteine following his enterprise, of a poli|cie passing by the towne of Graueling, laid siege to a little towne not farre from thence called Berghs, which he wan in a small time, and with small resi|stance, leauing the saccage of the same vnto his sol|diors, where they found manie good booties. And with|out long staieng they marched foorth to Dunkirke be|foresaid, [...]ankirke [...] taken, [...] burned by [...] French. and planting a siege in like maner there, battered the same so sharplie with the cannon, that within lesse than foure daies he became master of the towne, which he in like maner put to the sacke, where was found more plentie of spoile and good boo|ties, than in anie place before, so farre foorth as the meanest slaues and lackies came awaie rich. And af|ter setting the towne on fire (whereby all in the coun|trie about were maruellouslie put in feare) and the French spreading further abroad, wasted the most fruitfull quarter of all that part of Flanders, euen almost vnto Newport. But yet bicause that mon|sieur de Thermes fell diseased of the gowt,Monsieur de Thermes [...] of the [...]. the armie withdrew and incamped within halfe a mile of Gra|ueling, & for his more ease, he himselfe laie in Dun|kirke, and in the meane time diuerse skirmishes fell out betweene the Frenchmen, and them of the garri|son within Graueling.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Countie Eg|mond lieute|nant generall [...] king Phi|lip in the low countrie.During which pastime, the countie de Aiguemont (or as he is commonlie called Egmond) lieutenant generall for king Philip in the low countrie, with all hast possible assembled all the power as well of king Philips garrisons, as also of men of warre in the low countrie, to the number of fouretéene or fiftéene thousand footmen, and two or thrée thousand horsse|men, whereof there were fiftéene hundred swart Ruf|ters, determining so to affront the French, that ei|ther they should passe no further into the countrie, or at the least waie to impeach them from the siege of Graueling, whereof there was great appearance. Monsieur de Thermes hearing of this power assem|bled (though scarselie well recouered) made all possi|ble hast toward Graueling, where he was no sooner arriued, but that he saw his enimies readie ranged in the field. By reason whereof his studie was now nothing else but how he might bring home his armie in safetie to Calis.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The countie de Egmond espieng the Frenchmen bent to march awaie with the spoile of the countrie, cut betwéene them and home, placing his battels in such order, that the Frenchmen had no waie to passe, but vpon the s [...]nds betwéene the towne and the sea. Whereas by good chance laie a great fleet of quéene Maries ships of warre,The English ships annoie the French with gunshot, &c. within the danger of whose gunshot the Frenchmen had no shift but to passe as their iournie laie. And so being forced either to fa|mish or to fight at disaduantage, monsieur the Ther|mes without staieng anie longer, caused his vant|gard to passe ouer the riuer somewhat néere the towne, to auoid the shot of the English ships. And staieng vpon the further side for the residue of his battels, there came such thicke haileshot of artillerie out of the towne on the one side, and from the Eng|glish ships on the other side, that there was a full batterie made vpon the Frenchmen on all sides, which they neuerthelesse abode, without breaking or|der for the time, when suddenlie appéered before them two great troops of horssemen;A veliant on|set giuen vpon the French|men by coun|tie Egmond. of fiftéene hundred a péece, part swart Rutters, and part Burgognians, whereof the one in front, and the other in flanke, gaue strong charges vpon the French vantgard, who being well backed with their other ba [...]tels (wher|of the most part then had passed the riuer) stoutlie re|pelled these two first troops, though not without losse of manie their best soldiors.

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