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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The admerals perceiuing the power of the coun|trie greatlie to increase, and hauing intelligence that the duke of Estampes the French kings lieute|nant in Britaine was verie neere, comming on with a great number of horssemen and footmen, e|stéemed to be about twentie thousand (as the French|men themselues affirme) thought not best to at|tempt anie assault against the towne of Brest, or to make longer abode there. But yet in hope to doo some further exploit elsewhere,The adme|rals remooue for feare of losse. they laie there houe|ring on the coast a while, to vnderstand the demea|nour of the Britains: but by this time there was such numbers of people raised in all those parts for defense of the same coasts, that the admerals after|ward attempting in diuers places to land their men, and finding ech where more appearance of losse than of gaine, returned home without atchiuing anie fur|ther enterprise. Anno Reg. 6. In this meane time, while king Phi|lip and the French king, with two most puissant ar|mies affronted ech other, néere vnto the water of Some, either of them was obstinatelie bent to driue the other out of the field, for which cause they intren|ched their campes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 No memora|ble act doone by either of the kings du|ring the af|fronting of their armies.During which time there was nothing doone be|tweene them woorthie memorie, more than dailie skirmishes of no great account. Neuerthelesse, the countrie of France could not but susteine extreame damage, so long susteining such a maine multitude, speciallie of men of warre, which those two mightie kings had assembled. And daie by daie came fresh companies to either partie; so as it was thought a thing impossible that such two princes being so néere, could depart without some cruell bloudie battell to determine their quarrels. But God, in whose hands are the hearts of kings (when least hope was) con|uerted their obstinate minds from warre to peace, which came chieflie to passe by the mediation of the duchesse of Lorraine,Peace is pro|cured betwéen both kings at the sute and séeking of the duchesse of Lorraine. who had béene a long and ear|nest traueller to that end; and neuer ceassed, vntill by hir intercession, both the said kings appointed speci|all commissioners to treat vpon peace. So that af|ter diuerse conferences, they at last concluded vpon all controuersies, except the matter of Calis, wherof queene Marie by hir ambassadours required restitu|tion: but the French partie would in no wise heare thereof. By reason of which difficultie, this treatie could not come to anie good conclusion. King Phi|lip thinking himselfe bound in honour to stand in that case with the quéene his wife, who for his sake had entered into a néedlesse warre against France, and thereby lost hir said towne, with all the countrie adioining (as you haue heard before) did therefore staie a long time before he concluded peace with the French king.