Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then ye might haue seene the men of armes haue dasht in amongst them, and killed a great number of them, and euer the Englishmen shot where they saw the thickest prease: the sharpe arrowes ran into the men of armes, and into their horsses, and manie fell horsse and man amongst the Genowaies, and still the Englishmen shot where they saw the thickest prease, and when they were once downe they could not reco|uer againe. The throng was such that one ouer|threw another; & also among the Englishmen, there were certeine of the footmen with great kniues, that went in among the men of armes, and killed manie of them as they laie on the ground, both earles, ba|rons,The king of Boheme. knights, and esquires. The valiant king of Bo|hem being almost blind, caused his men to fasten all the reines of the bridels of their horsses ech to other, and so he being himselfe amongst them in the formost ranke, they ran on their enimies.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The lord Charles of Boheme sonne to the same king and late elected emperour, came in good order to the battell, but when he saw how the matter went awrie on their part, he departed and saued himselfe. His father by the meanes aforesaid went so far for|ward, that ioining with his enimies he fought right valiantlie, and so did all his companie: but finallie being entred within the prease of their enimies, they were of them inclosed and slaine, togither with the king their master, and the next daie found dead lieng about him, and their horsses all tied ech to other. The earle of Alanson came right orderlie to the battell,The earle [...] Alanson. and fought with the Englishmen, and so did the earle of Flanders also on his part. These two lords coa|sted the English archers, and came to the princes bat|tell, and there fought right valiantlie a long time. The French king perceiuing where their banners stood, would faine haue come to them, but could not, by reason of a great hedge of archers that stood be|twixt them and him. This was a perillous battell and sore foughten: there were few taken to mercie, for the Englishmen had so determined in the mor|ning.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Certeine Frenchmen and Almaines perforce o|pened the archers of the princes battell,The princ [...] battell p [...]|sed. and came to fight with the men of armes hand to hand. Then the second battell of the Englishmen came to succor the princes battell, and not before it was time, for they of that battell had as then inough to doo, in somuch that some which were about him, as the earle of Northampton, and others sent to the king,The earle of Northamp [...] sendeth to the king. where he stood aloft on a windmill hill, requiring him to ad|uance forward, and come to their aid, they being as then sore laid to of their enimies. The king herevp|on demanded if his sonne were slaine, hurt, or felled to the earth? No (said the knight that brought the message) but he is sore matched.The king [...] answer.

Well (said the king) returne to him and them that sent you, and saie to them that they send no more to me for any aduenture that falleth, so long as my son is aliue, for I will that this iournie be his, with the honor thereof. With this answer the knight returned, which greatlie incoura|ged them to doo their best to win the spurs, being half abashed in that they had so sent to the king for aid.