Compare 1577 edition: 1 The number of the armie 16 [...]00, of his owne pur| [...]ciance.His armie conteined the number of sixtéene thou|sand and foure hundred soldiers and men of warre of his owne purueiance, beside others. The duke of Clarence had in his retinue a hundred lances, and thrée hundred archers: and beside him, there were thrée earles, Tit. Liuius. which had two hundred and fortie lances, and seauenteene hundred and twentie archers. The duke of Glocester foure hundred and seauentie lan|ces, and foureteene hundred and ten archers. The earles of March, Marshall, Warwike, and Salisbu|rie, each of them one hundred lances, and thrée hun|dred archers a peece. The earle of Huntington fortie lances, and six score archers. The earle of Suffolke thirtie lances, and fourescore and ten archers. Beside these, there were thirtéene lords, as Aburgauennie, Matreuers, Fitz Hugh, Clifford, Graie, Willough|bie, Talbot, Courtnie, Burchier, Roos, Louell, Fer|rers of Chartleie, and Harington, the which had in their retinue the number of fiue hundred and six lan|ces, and fiftéene hundred and fourescore archers. Also, there were in this armie thréescore and seauentéene knights, which had vnder them nine hundred and for|tie fiue lances, and two thousand eight hundred and fiftie two archers; so that in all, there were fiue and twentie thousand, fiue hundred, and eight and twen|tie fighting men: of which number euerie fourth man was a lance. Beside the soldiers and men of warre, there were a thousand masons, carpenters, and other labourers.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The Normãs [...] to the wal| [...]d townes.The Normans hearing of the kings arriuall, were suddenlie striken with such feare, that they fled out of their houses, leauing the townes and villages, and with their wiues and children, bag and baggage, got them into the walled townes, preparing there to de|fend themselues, & with all speed sent to the French king, requiring him to prouide for the defense and preseruation of his louing subiects. Héerevpon, the men of war were appointed to resort into the strong townes, to lie within the same in garrisons, to resist the power of the Englishmen, so that all the walled townes and castels in Normandie were furnished with men, munition, and vittels. The king of Eng|land,Touque [...] besieged [...] y^ [...] English| [...]n & taken. when he had resolued with his counsell for his proceeding in his enterprises, laid siege vnto the ca|stell of Touque. The duke of Glocester that led the fore ward, had the charge of that siege, the which by force of assaults, and other warlike meanes, brought to that point, that they within yeelded the place into his hands, the ninth daie of August. The earle of Sa|lisburie,Amberuilli|ers castell taken. who led the battell, tooke the castell of Am|beruilliers, the which was giuen to him by the king, and so this earle was the first that had anie territorie giuen him of the king in this new conquest. The king made at the winning of Touque eight and twentie knights, and left sir Robert Kirkelie cap|teine there.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 After this, on deliberate aduise taken how to pro|céed; the K. set forward toward the towne of Caen in most warlike order, wasting the countrie on eue|rie side as he passed. Which towne standeth in a plaine fertile countrie, no stronger walled, than deepe ditched, and as then well vittelled and repleni|shed with people: for the citizens fearing the kings comming, had there prouided all things necessarie and defensible. But his maiestie doubting least the Frenchmen, vpon their vnderstanding of his ap|proch to the towne, would haue burned the suburbs and buildings without the walles, sent the duke of Clarence with a thousand men before him, to pre|uent that mischéefe. The duke comming thither, found the suburbs alreadie set on fire, but vsed such diligence to quench the same, that the most part was saued. He also wan the abbeie church of saint Ste|phan, which the Frenchmen were in hand to haue o|uerthrowne, by vndermining the pillers; but the duke obteining the place, filled vp the mines, and so preserued the church. He also wan a cell of nunnes, verie stronglie fensed, after the manner of warre.