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Compare 1577 edition: 1 After the French king had created new officers, in hope to relieue the state of his realme and coun|trie, sore shaken by the late great ouerthrow, it chan|ced, that Thomas duke of Excester capteine of Har|flue, accompanied with thrée thousand Englishmen, made a great rode into Normandie, almost to the ci|tie of Rone, in which iournie he got great abundance both of riches and prisoners: but in his returne, the earle of Arminacke newlie made constable of France, intending in his first enterprise to win the spurs, hauing with him aboue fiue thousand horsse|men, incountred with the duke.A sore con|flict. The fight was hand|led on both parts verie hotlie, but bicause the Eng|lishmen were not able to resist the force of the Frenchmen, the duke was constreined to retire with losse at the least of thrée hundred of his footmen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Howbeit being withdrawen into an orchard, which was stronglie fensed and hedged about with thornes, the Frenchmen were not able to enter vpon the Englishmen; but yet they tooke from them all their horsses and spoile, & assaulted them till it was night, and then retired backe to the towne, not far distant from the place where they fought, called Uallemont: this was vpon the 14 day of March. In the mor|ning vpon the breake of the daie, the Englishmen is|sued foorth of the orchard, where they had kept them|selues all the night, & drew towards Harflue, wherof the Frenchmen being aduertised, followed them, & ouertooke them vpon the sands néere to Chiefe de Caux, & there set on them: but in the end, the French|men were discomfited, and a great number of them slaine by the Englishmen, which afterwards retur|ned without more adoo vnto Harflue. The French writers blame the constable for this losse, bicause he kept on the high ground with a number of men of war, and would not come downe to aid his fellowes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this fourth yeare of king Henries reigne, the emperour Sigismund, Anno Reg. 4. The emperor Sigismund commeth [...] England. coosine germane to king Henrie, came into England, to the intent that he might make an attonement betwéene king Henrie and the French king: with whom he had beene before, bringing with him the archbishop of Remes, as am|bassadour for the French king. Titus Liuius. At Calis he was ho|norablie receiued by the earle of Warwike lord de|putie there, and diuerse other lords sent thither of pur|pose to attend him. Moreouer, the king sent thither thirtie great ships to bring him and his traine ouer. At Douer the duke of Glocester,The stran [...] manner of re|ceiuing the emperour [...] Douer. and diuerse other lords were readie to receiue him, who at his approch|ing to land, entered the water with their swords in their hands drawen; and by the mouth of the said duke declared to him, that if he intended to enter the land as the kings fréend, and as a mediator to intreat for peace, he should be suffered to arriue: but if he would enter as an emperour into a land claimed to be vn|der his empire, then were they readie to resist him. This was thought necessarie to be doone for sauing of the kings prerogatiue, who hath full preheminence within his owne realme, as an absolute emperour.

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