Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king of England in deed hearing of the pre|paration made [...]or warre by the Frenchmen,An armie sent to Calis and to the sea. leuied foure thousand [...] which he sent vnto Calis, and to the sea, of the which 3000 were vnder the conduit of the kings sonne. The lord Thomas of Lancaster, and the earle of Kent, Chr. Fland. Ia. Meir. the two and twentith daisof Maie (as some write) came vpon the coast of Flan|ders, and entring the hauen of Sluis,The English men besieged the castell of Sluis. burnt foure great ships which they found there lieng at anchor. On the fift daie after their comming into that ha|uen they went on land, thinking to haue fought with the duke of Burgognie. But as other write, af|ter they had besieged the castell that stood in the mouth of the hauen, and loosing thrée score of their men, amongst which they name one to beare the title of earle of Penbroke (whom they buried for the time in the church of Mude) fiue daies after their com|ming EEBO page image 529 thither they determined to depart from thence, perceiuing the castell would not easilie be woone, but first they spoiled the countrie about them, and burnt Heis fléet, otherwise called Condekirke, and diuerse other places thereabout.
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they tooke vp the bodie of him whom the Flemish writers call the earle of Penbroke, and got them againe to
the sea, for that they were aduer|tised how the duke of Burgognie meant to besiege Calis. Wherevpon raising
their siege thus from Sluis castell, they returned vnto the defense of the
towne of Calis, so much desired of the French nati|on. As they returned homewards, they met with three
caricks of Genoa, of the which one hauing the wind with hir, meant to haue ouerthrowne the ship wherein the
lord Thomas of Lancaster was aboord: but by the good foresight of the master of the ship that ruled the
sterne, suddenlie turning the same, the vio|lent swaie of that huge vessell comming so vpon them, was
auoided; but yet the caricke stroke off the nose of the English ship, and
brused hir on the side. Then began the fight verie cruell, till the earle of Kent came to the rescue: and so
finallie after a great [...]onflict and bloudie battell betwixt the caricks and English ships,
A great fight by sea. Threé ca|ricks are taken. Townes in Normandie burnt.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Iohn duke of Burgogn [...] [...]auing obteined licence to besiege Calis,The duke of Burgognie prepareth to besiege Ca|lis. prepared a [...] [...]rmie of six thousand men of armes, fiftéene hundred [...]rosbowes, & twelue thousand footmen, the which being [...]sembled, and all necessarie prouision readie at saint [...]mers, he was by the French king countermanded, [...] not suffered to proceed anie further in that weightie enterprise. And this was thought to be partlie the ca [...]se of the malice that he conceiued against the duke o [...] Orle|ance,The chéefe [...] of the ma|lice betwixt the dukes of Burgognie & Orleance. supposing that through him (enuieng his g [...]rie) he was thus disappointed of his purpose. Whi [...]t such dooings were in hand betwixt the English and French, as the besieging of Marke castell by the earle of saint Paule, and the sending foorth of the English fléet, vnder the gouernance of the lord Tho|mas of Lancaster, and the earle of Kent, the king was minded to haue gone into Wales against the Welsh rebels, that vnder their chéefteine Owen Glendouer, ceassed not to doo much mischéefe still a|gainst the English subiects.