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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 So thus both parties being at a staie, and seuered somewhat asunder, the countie de Egmond himselfe with eightéene hundred men of armes, and his foot battels following,A recharge vpon the French scars [...] recouered. before the French had well reco|uered breath, recharged vpon them with all his for|ces togither, so terriblie that he choked all their bat|tell, and the number tooke them to flight, without fur|ther triall. So by that time that the footmen on ei|ther side came to the push of the pike, the victorie was soone had, by reason (as the Frenchmen report) that the Almans beaten back with artillerie, as well of the towne as of the ships before said, brake their order, and came not to the shocke, whereby the whole charge of the battell rested vpon the French bands onelie.A great victo|rie. This field was fought the thirtéenth of Iu|lie· 1558, vpon the sea sands neere to Graueling, where besides those that were slaine,Certeine French priso|ners taken, and what they were by name. being estéemed to the number of fiue thousand fighting men, there were taken prisoners the marshall de Thermes cap|teine of Calis, monsieur Senerpont gouernour of Bullongne, monsieur Uillebou gouernour of Pi|cardie, monsieur Annebault sonne to the late adme|rall Annebault, knight of the order, monsieur de Moruilliers gouernour of Abuile, monsieur de Channe gouernour of Corbie, beside a great num|ber of other gentlemen, valiant capteins & soldiors: but speciallie the bands of Calis went to wracke, so as verie few returned home to bring tidings. Which gaue such a terrour to the soldiors remaining in Ca|lis, that it is verelie beleeued,Calis might haue béene re|couered from the French. that if the admerals of England and Flanders had béene present there with their nauies, as the said other few ships of England were, and vpon this sudden had attemp|ted Calis, with the aid of the countie Egmond ha|uing his power present: the towne of Calis might haue béene recouered againe with as little difficul|tie, and happilie in as short time as it was before gai|ned by the duke of Guise. But the said admerals (as it appeared) knew nothing thereof. Wherfore follow|ing their prescribed course, & ioining togither at the place appointed, they sailed from thence with prospe|rous wind & weather, & by the nine and twentith daie of the same moneth, and in the said yeare, with sea|uen score ships of warre, appeared by the breake of EEBO page image 1151 the daie before the hauen of Counquest, commonlie called Conquet in Britaine; whereof the poet saith, touching the seat of the same, abutting vpon the sea:

Nobile Conquetum salsis Thetis alluit vndis.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 At whose arriuall there (as the manner is) they sounded their trumpets, & with a thundering peale of great ordinance gaue a lowd salue vnto the Bri|tains: and by eight of the clocke the same morning, mauger all the power of the countrie, being assem|bled there in armes, with manie péeces of great ar|tillerie, to defend the entrie of their port, the Eng|lishmen manning foorth their shipboats, with manie valiant capteins and soldiors, recouered landing, and within short time became masters of the said towne of Conquet, which they put to the saccage, with a great abbeie,Conquest or Conquet ta|ken and bur|ned. and manie pretie townes and villages neere thereabouts, where our men found great store of pillage and good booties. This done, they marched into the countrie, and burned manie villages and houses: and after withdrew downe vnto the sea side, where their ships laie readie to receiue them. But the Flemmings being couetous of spoile, passing further into the land,A great slaughter of the Flem|mings occa|sioned by their owne coue|tousnesse. before they could recouer their ships againe, were incountered by the power of the countrie, by whome there were slaine of them to the number of foure or fiue hundred.

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