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Compare 1587 edition: 1 If they tooke anye Frenche man pryſoner, leaſt they ſhoulde bee accounted couetous in ſnatching wyth them hys intyre bodye, hys onelye raunſome ſhoulde bee no more but hys heade.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The French wyth this extraordinarie kind of warfarring aſtonyed, ſent an Ambaſſadour to King Henrie, to learne whether he brought meane wyth hym or Diuelles, that coulde neyther bee woonne wyth rewardes, nor paci|fyed by pitie: whiche when the King had tur|ned to a [...]eaſt, the French menne euer after, if they coulde take anye of the Iriſhe ſcatte|ring from the companie, vſed fyrſt to cutte off theyr genitours, and after to tormente them with as greate and as lingring paine as they could deuiſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 French cha| [...]ger vanqui| [...]ed.After that Bollongne was ſurrendred to the King, there encamped on the Weſt ſyde of the Towne beyonde the Hauen an armye of French menne, among whome there was a Thraſonicall Golias, that departed from the armye, and came to the brincke of the Ha|uen, and there in letting and daring wiſe cha|lenged anye one of the Engliſhe armye that durſt be ſo hardie, as to bicker with him hand to hande.

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