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Compare 1577 edition: 1 But K. Richard so incouraged his men by his pre|sence, & hartened them with such comfortable words as he vttered vnto them, that rowing to the shoare with their galies and small botes,The English|men take land & chase their enimies. hauing the archers afore them, they easilie got to land, droue their eni|mies backe, and so farre pursued them (being but footmen, weatherbeaten, wearie, and weat) as con|uenientlie they might, for the shortnes of time. King Richard hauing thus got foot on land, approched the towne of Limezun, which he with his souldiers en|tred, and finding it emptie of people (which were fled awaie) but full of riches and great plentie of victu|als, as corne, wine, oile, and flesh, he seized there|vpon.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The same day also the kings sisters and the ladie Berengaria with the residue of the kings nauie en|tred the hauen of Limezun. In the meane time the king of Cypres (hauing escaped from the battell) got togither his men which were fled and dispersed sun|drie waies, and incamped within six miles of king Richard, threatning that the next day he would eft|soones giue battell: which when king Richard vnder|stood, he caused his people to be armed the next mor|ning long before day, and so comming by guides vn|to the place where the Cypriots with their king were lodged,King Richard with a cami|sado vanqui| [...]heth the Cy|priots, & cha|seth them out of their campe. Iohn Textor. suddenlie they assailed them yer they had a|nie warning of his marching towards them, by rea|son whereof they were slaine like beasts in great numbers. Howbeit, their king and a few otherī€­ esca|ped and fled away naked, hauing no time to put on their apparell, his treasure, horsse, armour and stan|dard were taken, which standard king Richard strait|waies determined to send vnto saint Edmunds shrine, and so did.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Hauing thus vanquished his aduersaries,The K. of Ie|rusalem and other noble men doo fealtie vnto king Richard. he came backe to Limezun: and the third day after, Guie king of Ierusalem and his brother Geffrey de Lu|cignan with the prince of Antioch Raimond and his sonne named also Raimond earle of Tripoli, with other noble men, arriued at Limezun aforesaid, to visit king Richard, and to offer him their seruices, and so became his men, in swearing fealtie to him a|gainst all other persons whatsoeuer.

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