Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Howbeit, the king so handled the matter with the richer sort, and namelie those of the spiritualtie, that partlie by gift and partlie by borrowing, he got togither a great masse of treasure, and so prepared an armie and ships to passe ouer into Gascoine with all conuenient speed. In the meane time, bicause he would leaue things in more suertie at home,The bishops of Durham sent into Scotland. he sent the bishop of Durham into Scotland, by whose dili|gence a marriage was concluded betwixt the lord Alexander eldest sonne to the king of Scots, and the ladie Margaret daughter to king Henrie.

The king of Scots war|den of the En+glish mar|shes.

The archbi|shop of Yorke gouernor of the realme.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 When this prouision was once readie, about the middest of Maie, the king tooke the sea, togither with the queene his wife, his brother Richard earle of Cornewall, and seauen other earles, and about three hundred knights or men of armes. The Poictouins had written to him that he néeded not bring ouer with him any great armie of men, but rather plen|tie of monie to reteine such as he should find there readie to serue him at his comming.Thirtie bar|rels of En|glish coine. The king passeth ouer into France. Wherevpon he tooke with him thirtie barrels of sterling coine: and at length (but not without contrarie winds) he arri|ued on the coast of Gascoine, in the mouth of the ri|uer of Garon, and taking land, was ioifullie recei|ued of the people, and namelie of Reignold lord of Pons.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The French king aduertised that the king of Eng|land was come ouer into France, to the aid of the earle of March, and other his subiects against him, prepared a mightie armie, in the which were rec|koned to be to the number of foure thousand men of armes, well prouided and armed at all points, be|sides twentie thousand esquires, gentlemen,The French king inuadeth the earle of Marches land. yeo|men and crossebowes: and with the same immedi|atlie he entred the dominions of the earle of March, and tooke from him diuerse townes and castels, as Fountney, wherein he tooke one of the earls sonnes: also Meruant with diuers other. In the meane while the king of England was aduanced forward and come neere vnto Tailborge, lieng with his armie in the faire medow by the riuer side of Charent fast by the castell of Thonay: & he had there with him in campe sixtéene hundred knights, or rather men of armes, and twentie thousand footmen,The number of the English armie. with seauen hundred that bare crossebows. He made there his two halfe brethren, the sonnes of the earle of March knights, and gaue to the one of them fiue hundred marks, and to the other six hundred marks yearelie, to be paid out of his escheker, till he had otherwise prouided for them in lands and reuenues equall to that pension.