Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Finallie, on the 6 of August he tooke the sea,He taketh the sea. lea|uing his brother the earle of Cornewall, and the quéene in charge with gouernance of the realme, and of his sonne the lord Edward. There departed with him from Portesmouth thrée hundred sailes of great ships, besides a number of other smaller vessels. And thus accompanied, he tooke his course to Gascoigne, & about our ladie day named hir Assumption, he ar|riued at Burdeaux,He arriueth at Burdeaux. where he was of the citizens ho|norablie receiued. Immediatlie after his arriuall there, he caused the towne of the Rioll to be compas|sed about with a strong siege, within the which a great number of rebels were inclosed, which valiant|lie defended the place in hope of rescue, which Gaston de Bierne that was fled to the king of Spaine had promised to procure for them. But the king of Eng|land to preuent them in that point, sent the bishop of Bath,Ambassadors sent into Spaine. and his trustie chapleine sir Iohn Mansell vn|to the said king of Spaine, to conclude freendship and aliance with him, so that the lord Edward his eldest sonne might marrie the king of Spaine his daughter.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After long treatie,A marriage concluded be|twixt the K. of Englands sonne & the K. of Spaines daughter. by the diligence of the said am|bassadors, a full conclusion followed of their motion. And whereas the king of England had giuen and as|signed the dominion of Gascoigne to his said sonne the lord Edward, the king of Spaine in the instru|ment that conteined the couenants of the marriage, resigned and quite claimed all the right and title within Gascoigne which he had or might haue by the gift of king Henrie the second, and by confirmation of the kings, Richard and Iohn. In this meane while, the townes and castels which the rebels held, were won and deliuered into the kings hands, and here|with followed a great dearth in the kings armie, so that a hen was sold for six pence sterling,A dearth in the kings campe. a pound weight in bread was at two pence or three pence, a gallon of wine at two shillings, a coome of foure bu|shels of wheat at twentie shillings, so that a knight with his esquire, and coistrell with his two horsses, might scarse be competentlie found for two shillings in siluer. Wherefore the king to relieue his people there with him on that side the sea, sent the prior of Newbourgh with other into England, to cause pro|uision of vittels and other necessaries to be conueied and brought vnto him into Gascoigne, and so there was a great quantitie of graine and powdred flesh taken vp and sent awaie with all conuenient spéed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The earle of Leicester came to the king, bringing with him out of France where he had remained for a time; a faire companie of souldiers and men of warre to the kings aid, and was verie courteouslie receiued. The Gascoignes then perceiued the kings power to increase, and saw how not onelie the castels wherein they trusted to haue refuge were wo [...]ne and gotten out of their hands by the king of England, but also that their vines (wherein chéeflie consisted their hope of sustentation) were burned vp and de|stroied, EEBO page image 249 they began to humble themselues, and so by little and little returned to their due obedience,The Gas|coigns begin to humble themselues. after that the authors of their seditious tumults were ei|ther apprehended, or chased out of the countrie.