Compare 1577 edition: 1 These made somewhat forward, before whome there went an old knight sir Thomas Erpingham (a man of great experience in the warre) with a war|der in his hand;The English gaue the on|set. and when he cast vp his warder, all the armie shouted, but that was a signe to the ar|chers in the medow, which therwith shot wholie alto|gither at the vauward of the Frenchmen, who when they perceiued the archers in the medow,The two ar|mies ioine battell. and saw they could not come at them for a ditch that was be|twixt them, with all hast set vpon the fore ward of king Henrie, but yer they could ioine, the archers in the forefront, and the archers on that side which stood in the medow, so wounded the footmen, galled the horsses, and combred the men of armes, that the foot|men durst not go forward, the horssemen ran togi|ther vpõ plumps without order, some ouerthrew such as were next them, and the horsses ouerthrew their masters, and so at the first ioining, the Frenchmen were foulie discomforted, and the Englishmen high|lie incouraged.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 When the French vauward was thus brought to confusion, the English archers cast awaie their bowes, & tooke into their hands, axes, malls, swords,The [...] of the Fren [...] discomfited. bils, and other hand-weapons, and with the same slue the Frenchmen, vntill they came to the middle ward. Then approched the king, and so incouraged his peo|ple, that shortlie the second battell of the Frenchmen was ouerthrowne, and dispersed,Their [...] beaten. not without great slaughter of men: howbeit, diuerse were releeued by their varlets, and conueied out of the field. The Eng|lishmen were so busied in fighting, and taking of the prisoners at hand, that they followed not in chase of their enimies, nor would once breake out of their ar|raie of battell. Yet sundrie of the Frenchmen stronglie withstood the fiercenesse of the English, when they came to handie strokes, so that the fight sometime was doubtfull and perillous. Yet as part of the French horssemen set their course to haue en|tred vpon the kings battell, with the stakes ouer|throwne, they were either taken or slaine. Thus this battell continued thrée long houres.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king that daie shewed himselfe a valiant knight, albeit almost felled by the duke of Alanson;A valiant king. yet with plaine strength he slue two of the dukes companie, and felled the duke himselfe; whome when he would haue yelded, the kings gard (contrarie to his mind) slue out of hand. In conclusion, the king minding to make an end of that daies iornie, caused his horssemen to fetch a compasse about, and to ioine with him against the rereward of the Frenchmen, in the which was the greatest number of people. When the Frenchmen perceiued his intent,The French rereward dis|comfited. they were suddenlie amazed and ran awaie like sheepe, without order or arraie. Which when the king percei|ued, he incouraged his men, and followed so quicke|lie vpon the enimies, that they ran hither and thither, casting awaie their armour: manie on their knees desired to haue their liues saued.