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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the meane season, while the battell thus conti|nued, and that the Englishmen had taken a great number of prisoners, certeine Frenchmen on horsse|backe, whereof were capteins Robinet of Borne|uill, Rifflart of Clamas, Isambert of Agincourt, and other men of armes, to the number of six hun|dred horssemen, which were the first that fled, hearing that the English tents & pauilions were a good waie distant from the armie, without anie sufficient gard to defend the same, either vpon a couetous meaning to gaine by the spoile, or vpon a desire to b [...] reuen|ged, entred vpon the kings campe,The king [...] campe rob|bed. and there spoiled the hails, robbed the tents, brake vp chests, and ca|ried awaie [...]askets, and slue such seruants as they found to make anie resistance. For which treason and haskardie in thus leauing their campe at the verie point of fight, for winning of spoile where none to de|fend it, verie manie were after committed to prison, and had lost their liues, if the Dolphin had longer li|ued.

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