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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 The same daie the quéenes ship called the Hare,Sir Iohn Portinarie a Florentine, and an excel|lent engi|ner. comming from Portsmouth, arriued at Newha|uen; and in hir came sir Iohn Portinarie, whose ripe skill, déepe iudgement, and great experience in mat|ters of fortification had bred in him such knowledge, as he may worthilie be called a maister in that sci|ence. They were by the waie assailed by a French ship of foure score and ten tuns and better: but they that were aboord in the Hare, so manfullie acquited themselues, that they vanquished the enimies, tooke the same ship, & brought hir with them being laden with wines, which they meant to haue conueied to the aduersaries in some garrison.Sir Iohn More bring|eth a supplie of soldiors to Newhauen out of De|uonshire. The same daie sir Iohn More landed at Newhauen, bringing ouer with him fiue hundred soldiors out of Denshire, for a supplie of the garrison there. He himselfe returned backe into England, but the soldiors were appoin|ted to the leading of other capteins: so that Francis Summerset, brother to the earle of Worcester had three hundred of them; Oliuer Manners an hun|dred, and Edward Ormsbie the other hundred. On tuesdaie the eight of December monsieur de Beau|uois, capteine Francis Summerset, and capteine Edward Horseie, with diuerse other capteins, offi|cers and gentlemen, rode to the Reingraue, lieng at a faire house not farre from Mondeuille, where they dined with him, had great and hartie chéere, and after returned againe to Newhauen.A present sent by the Rein|graue to the earle of War|wike. The same daie the Reingraue sent for a present vnto my lord of Warwike, a great horse, verie faire, with saddle and bridle; estéemed to be well worth an hundred pounds.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreouer, the same daie at night, the Double Rose with certeine other botes and French shallops, passed foorth of the hauen: Edward Dudleie,Edward Dudleie. and capteine Iohn Ward being aboord in the said Dou|ble Rose, with diuerse other Englishmen & French|men, to the number of a hundred good soldiors, who sailing downe the riuer landed beside Tankeruille, and laie close all that night in the wood. And in the morning about nine of the clocke monsieur Bimar, ensignebearer to the counte Montgomerie, with six or seauen Frenchmen vnarmed went to the castell gate, and there fell in talke with monsieur Dimenée, who was capteine of that fortresse, hauing with him about ten soldiors that were appointed to remaine with him vpon the gard of the same castell. Whilest they were thus in talke, the Englishmen and other Frenchmen comming foorth of the wood that was there at hand, reared vp their ladders,The castell of Tankeruille woone by the Englishmen. which they had brought with them for that purpose, at the breach which was made the summer before by the duke EEBO page image 1198 Daumale; and entring by the same, came downe into the base court. Which thing when the French soldiors that kept talke with them within at the ca|stell gate perceiued, they began to laugh. The cap|teine of the castell therwith turning his face, & behol|ding as good as thrée score armed men within the cas|tell at his backe, he suddenlie said: Ha, ie suis vostre, I am yours sirs, and so yéelded with his ten soldiors. And in this sort was the castell taken, & the capteine brought prisoner to Newhauen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 On the twelfe of December, at ten of the clocke in the morning, the earle of Warwike, monsieur de Beauuois, and monsieur de Bricquemault, with all their horssemen & thrée thousand footmen, passed foorth of Newhauen vnto Harflue,

A skirmish [...] Har|flue.

The French [...] beaten [...] Harflue.

out of which towne there issued seauen hundred Reisters of the retinue of the counte Reingraue, and thrée hundred footmen, who fell in skirmish with the French and Englishmen verie hotlie: but at length the Eng|lishmen draue them to the verie gates of Harflue, and slue them euen at the same gates, and vpon the walles of the towne; insomuch that they were con|streined to shut their gates, and off went the ordi|nance from the gates and bulworks, discharging bullets amongst the English soldiors freelie. But yet there were not slaine past seuen of the English part, albeit diuerse were hurt and wounded, & amongst o|ther was monsieur de Beauuois shot into the side of the necke through his gorget;Monsieur Beauuois & [...] Ant|wisell hurt. and capteine Antwi|sell through the arme. Moreouer, whereas they car|ried foorth with them foure barrels of gunpowder to mainteine the skirmish, through negligence by set|ting fire in the same, there were to the number of twentie gréeuouslie burned. Of the enimies were slaine that daie aboue thirtie, and hurt aboue fiftie, Manie of their horsses were also slaine in this skir|mish, which continued aboue thrée houres. As the Englishmen were returning backe, the Reingraue with two hundred horsses, and a certeine number of footmen, was laid fast by in an ambush, thinking to haue cut off part of their men: but he failed of his purpose. For the lord lieutenant marching with his men in battell araie, brought them home in safetie, without other impeachment. The seauentéenth of December, the counte Montgomerie, and sir Hugh Paulet arriued at Newhauen in one of the queenes ships called the Aid.

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