Compare 1577 edition: 1 ¶ Here writers varie:Diuersitted writers. for Froissard saith that king Edward had information thereof, before that sir A|merie de Pauie vttered the thing himselfe; but the French chronicles, and also other writers affirme, that the Italian aduertised the king of all the drift and matter betwixt him & the lord Geffrie of Char|nie, before he went through with the bargaine. But whether by him or by other, truth it is the king was made priuie to the matter at Hauering Bower in Essex (where he kept the feast of Christmasse) & there|vpon departing from thence, he came to Douer, Fabian. Froissard. and the daie before the night of the appointment made for the deliuerie of the castell of Calis (hauing se|cretlie made his prouision (he tooke shipping,The king [...]cretlie pa [...]ouer to [...] and lan|ded the same night at Calis, in so secret maner, that but few of the towne vnderstood of his arriuall, he EEBO page image 379 brought with him out of England thrée hundred men of armes, and six hundred archers, whom he laid in chambers and towers within the castell, so closelie that few or none perceiued it, the maner he knew by sir Amerie de Pauie his aduertisements (according|lie as it was agréed betwixt them) that the lord Gef|frie of Charnie was appointed to come and enter the towne that night,The lord Geffrie de Charnie. for the king had commanded sir Amerie to proceed in merchandizing with the said lord Charnie, and onelie to make him priuie of the day & houre in the which the feat should be wrought.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The lord Geffrie de Charnie being couenanted that he should be receiued into Calis the first night of the new yeare, departed from S. Omers, where he had assembled fiue hundred speares, the last day of December toward night, and so in secret wise he passed foorth, till about the middest of the next night after, he approched neere to Calis, and sending an hundred men of armes to take possession of the ca|stell, and to paie the Italian his twentie thousand crownes, came to the posterne of the castell, where sir Amerie de Pauie hauing let downe the posterne bridge, was readie to bring them in by the same po|sterne, and so the hundred men of armes entered, and sir Edward de Rentie deliuered to the Italian his twentie thousand crownes in a bag,Sir Edward de Rentie. who when he had cast the crownes into a coffer (for he had no leisure to tell them) he brought the Frenchmen into the dun|geon of the castell, as it were to possesse them of the cheefest strength of the fortresse. Within this dunge|on or tower was the king of England closelie laid, with two hundred men of armes, who issued out with their swords and axes in their hands,The king cri|eth Mannie to the rescue. crieng Mannie to the rescue, for the king had so ordeined, that both he and his sonne should fight vnder the banner of the lord Walter de Mannie, as chéefe of that enterprise.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Then were the Frenchmen greatlie abashed, in such wise, that perceiuing how no defense might ad|uance them, they yeelded themselues without any great shew of resistance. Herewith the Englishmen issued out of the castell into the towne, and mounted on horssebacke, for they had the French prisoners horsses, and then the archers road to Bullongne gate, where the lord Geffrie was with his banner before him of gules three scutchens siluer. He had great desire to be the first that should enter the towne: but shortlie the king of England with the prince his son was readie at the gate, vnder the banner of the lord Walter de Mannie to assaile him. There were also other banners,The earles of Stafford and Suffolke, the lords Monta|cute, Berkley and la Ware. as the earles of Stafford and Suf|folke, the lord Iohn Montacute brother to the earle of Salisburie, the lord Beauchampe, the lord Berkley, and the lord de la Ware. Then the great gate was set open, and they all issued foorth crieng Mannie to the rescue. The Frenchmen perceiuing that they were betraied, alighted from their horsses, and put themselues in order of battell on foot, determining to fight it out like valiant men of war.The French|men alight on foot. The king per|ceiuing this, caused his people likewise to be set in or|der of battell, & sent thrée hundred archers to New|land bridge, to distresse those Frenchmen, which he heard should be there. This was earelie in the mor|ning but incontinentlie it was daie: the French|men kept their ground a while, and manie feats of armes were doone of both parts, but the Englishmen euer increased out of Calis, and the Frenchmen di|minished, so that finallie they were ouercome, as well in the one place, as in the other.