Compare 1577 edition: 1 EEBO page image 553In the morning, the French capteins made thrée battels,The order of the French armie. in the vaward were eight thousand healmes of knights and esquiers, foure thousand archers, and fifteene hundred crosbowes which were guided by the lord de la Breth, constable of France, hauing with him the dukes of Orleance and Burbon, the earles of Ewe and Richmond, the marshall Bouci|quault, and the maister of the crosbowes, the lord Dampier admerall of France, and other capteins. The earle of Uandosme with sixtéene hundred men of armes were ordered for a wing to that battell. And the other wing was guided by sir Guichard Dolphine, sir Clugnet of Brabant, and sir Lewes Bourdon, with eight hundred men of armes, of elect chosen persons. And to breake the shot of the Eng|lishmen, were appointed sir Guilliam de Saueuses, with Hector and Philip his brethren, Ferrie de Mail|lie, and Alen de Gaspanes, with other eight hundred of armes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 As manie in the battell.In the middle ward, were assigned as manie per|sons, or more, as were in the formost battell, and the charge thereof was committed to the dukes of Bar and Alanson, the earles of Neuers, Uaudemont, Blamont, Salinges, Grant Prée, & of Russie. And in the rereward were all the other men of armes guided by the earles of Marle, Dampmartine, Fau|conberg, and the lord of Lourreie capteine of Arde, who had with him the men of the frontiers of Bolo|nois. Thus the Frenchmen being ordered vnder their standards and banners,The French esteemed six to [...] English. made a great shew: for suerlie they were estéemed in number six times as manie or more, than was the whole companie of the Englishmen, with wagoners, pages and all. They rested themselues, waiting for the bloudie blast of the terrible trumpet, till the houre betwéene nine and ten of the clocke of the same daie, during which sea|son, the constable made vnto the capteins and other men of warre a pithie oration, exhorting and incou|raging them to doo valiantlie, with manie comforta|ble words and sensible reasons. King Henrie also like a leader, and not as one led; like a souereigne, and not an inferior, perceiuing a plot of ground ve|rie strong & méet for his purpose, which on the backe halfe was sensed with the village, wherein he had lod|ged the night before, and on both sides defended with hedges and bushes, thought good there to imbattell his host, and so ordered his men in the same place, as he saw occasion, and as stood for his most aduan|tage.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The order of the English armie and archers.First, he sent priuilie two hundred archers into a lowe medow, which was néere to the vauntgard of his enimies; but separated with a great ditch, com|manding them there to keepe themselues close till they had a token to them giuen, to let driue at their aduersaries: beside this, he appointed a vaward, of the which he made capteine Edward duke of Yorke, [...] of an haultie courage had desired that office, and with him were the lords Beaumont, Willoughbie, and Fanhope,The vaward all of archers. and this battell was all of archers. The middle ward was gouerned by the king him|selfe, with his brother the duke of Glocester, and the earles of Marshall, Oxenford, and Suffolke, in the which were all the strong bilmen. The duke of Exce|ster vncle to the king led the rereward, which was mi [...]ed both with bilmen and archers. The horssemen like wings went on euerie side of the battell.