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Compare 1577 edition: 1 When this lamentable slaughter was ended, the EEBO page image 555 Englishmen disposed themselues in order of battell, readie to abide a new field, and also to inuade, and newlie set on their enimies, with great force they as|sailed the earles of Marle and Fauconbridge, and the lords of Louraie,A fresh onset. and of Thine, with six hundred men of armes, who had all that daie kept togither, but now slaine and beaten downe out of hand. ¶ Some write, that the king perceiuing his enimies in one part to assemble togither, as though they meant to giue a new battell for preseruation of the prisoners, sent to them an herald, commanding them either to depart out of his sight, or else to come forward at once, and giue battell: promising herewith, that if they did offer to fight againe,A right wise and valiant challenge of the king. not onelie those priso|ners which his people alreadie had taken; but also so manie of them as in this new conflict, which they thus attempted should fall into his hands, should die the death without redemption.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Frenchmen fearing the sentence of so terrible a decrée, without further delaie parted out of the field. And so about foure of the clocke in the after noone, the king when he saw no apperance of enimies, caused the retreit to be blowen; and gathering his armie to|gither, gaue thanks to almightie God for so happie a victorie,Thanks gi|uen to God for the victo|rie. causing his prelats and chapleins to sing this psalme: In exitu Israel de Aegypto, and comman|ded euerie man to knéele downe on the ground at this verse: Non nobis Domine, non nobis, sed nomini tuo da gloriam. A worthie example of a godlie prince. Which doone, he caused Te Deum, with cer|teine anthems to be soong, giuing land and praise to God, without boasting of his owne force or anie humane power. That night he and his people tooke rest, Titus Liuius. and refreshed themselues with such victuals as they found in the French campe, but lodged in the same village where he laie the night before.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the morning, Montioie king at armes and foure other French heralds came to the K. to know the number of prisoners, and to desire buriall for the dead. Before he made them answer (to vnderstand what they would saie) he demanded of them whie they made to him that request, considering that he knew not whether the victorie was his or theirs? When Montioie by true and iust confession had cléered that doubt to the high praise of the king, he desired of Montioie to vnderstand the name of the castell néere adioining: when they had told him that it was called Agincourt, he said, Then shall this conflict be called the battell of Agincourt.The battell of Agincourt. He feasted the French offi|cers of armes that daie, and granted them their re|quest, which busilie sought through the field for such as were slaine. But the Englishmen suffered them not to go alone, for they searched with them, & found manie hurt, but not in ieopardie of their liues, whom they tooke prisoners, and brought them to their tents. When the king of England had well refreshed him|selfe, and his souldiers, that had taken the spoile of such as were slaine, he with his prisoners in good or|der returned to his towne of Calis.

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