Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 K. Henrie following his men, came to Uernueil, and staieng there that night, tooke order for the repai|ring and new fortifieng of the towne. On the mor|row after he went to the castell of Danuille, and wan it,Danuille. taking diuerse knights and yeomen within it: this castell belonged to one Gilbert de Tileres.Gilbert de Tileres. And thus it came to passe touching the attempt of the French king for the winning of Uernueil, as in some authors we find reported. Wil. Paruus. ¶Other write other|wise of the mater, as thus, the French K. being sum|moned by K. Henrie the father, either to depart from the siege of Uernueil, or to looke for battell; & hearing also that in performance of the message K. Henrie approched with his power, he sent a bishop & an ab|bat vnto him to vnderstand if he meant to giue bat|tell in deed.K. Henrie his short answere to the French kings messen|gers. The messengers met king Henrie as he was aduanced before his host vpon some occasion, with a small companie about him, vnto whom they declared that their maister the French king requi|red to be assured whether he should haue battell or no. King Henrie armed as he was, with fierce counte|nance and dreadfull voice made this short answere;
Get you hence, and tell your king that I am here at hand.The messengers returning to their maister, declared what they had séene and heard. Wherevpon (without longer staie) he raised his field, and with a gallant and mightie armie departed home to his great dishonour, not winning the towne at all, as by the same author it should appeere.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the same time the earle of Flanders, one of the confederats besieged the towne of Albe|marle,Albemarle woon by the earle of Flanders. and the earle therof within it, which earle was thought to betraie the towne, bicause it was so easi|lie woone, and both he himselfe, and those which king Henrie the father had sent thither to defend the towne were taken prisoners. Diuerse other places which belonged to the same earle were also immedi|atlie deliuered into the enimies hands, which increa|sed the suspicion.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this towne of Newcastell (otherwise called Drincourt) in those frontiers was besieged, R. Houed. Ia. Meir. Ger. Dor. The earle of Bullongne wounded, and di [...]th. and fi|nallie woone by surrender, by the said earle of Flan|ders, who reioised nothing at the gaine of that towne: for his brother Matthew the earle of Bullongne who should haue béene his heire, was shot into the knée with an arrow, as he approched to the wals, and died of the hurt within a few daies after. The earle of Flanders was so pensife for his brothers death, that he brake vp his iournie and returned, blaming his euill hap and follie in that he had attempted war against his coosen germane king Henrie, who neuer had harmed him, but rather had doone him manie great and singular pleasures from time to time.