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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Againe, to auoyde feare out of their heartes, which they might conceiue by reaſon of the mul|titude of their aduerſaries, hee rehearſed what a number of raſkals were amongſt them, without any ſkill of warrelike affayres, not taken vp by choyſe and election in appoynted muſters, but re|ſorting withoute difference togither, in hope of ſpoyle and bootyes, hauing not elſe wherevpon to liue at home in their countreys.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer, if nothing elſe might rayſe theyr hearts in hope of victorie, their iuſt cauſe ſith they come in defence of their countrey againſt iniuri|ous inuaders, was matter ſufficient to aduaunce their manly ſtomackes, in truſt of Gods ayde in that quarell, hauing partly aſſured them thereof, by notable myracles ſhewed in the night laſte paſſed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hereto hee added, that the greater multitude there was of the enimies, the more ſpoyle and ry|ches was to be got, if they atteyned the victorie.

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