Compare 1577 edition: 1 Sir Iohn Oldcastell. The seruants of the abbat of S. Albons go about to catch the lord Cobham.The same time, the lord Cobham, sir Iohn Oldca|stell, whilest he shifted from place to place to escape the hands of them, who he knew would be glad to laie hold on him, had conueied himselfe in secret wise into an husbandmans house, not farre from S. Albons, within the precinct of a lordship belonging to the abbat of that towne. The abbats seruants get|ting knowledge hereof, came thither by night, but they missed their purpose, for he was gone; but they caught diuerse of his men, whome they caried streict to prison. The lord Cobham herewith was sore dis|maied, for that some of them that were taken were such as he trusted most, being of counsell in all his deuises. In the same place, were found books written in English, and some of those books in times past had beene trimlie gilt, liuined, and beautified with ima|ges, the heads whereof had béene scraped off, and in the Letanie they had blotted foorth the name of our ladie, and of other saints, till they came to the verse Parce nobis Domine. Diuerse writings were found there also, in derogation of such honour as then was thought due to our ladie. The abbat of saint Albons sent the booke so difigured with scrapings & blottings out, with other such writings as there were found, vnto the king; who sent the booke againe to the arch|bishop, to shew the same in his sermons at Paules crosse in London, to the end that the citizens and o|ther people of the realme might vnderstand the pur|poses of those that then were called Lollards, to bring them further in discredit with the people.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane time that the king of England was occupied about Caen, the Frenchmen had neither a|nie sufficient power to resist him, nor were able to as|semble an host togither in their necessitie, by reason of the dissention among themselues: for their king was so simple, that he was spoiled both of treasure and kingdome, so that euerie man spent and wasted he cared not what. Charles the Dolphin being of the age of sixtéene or seauentéene yeares,Commenda|tion of the Dolphin of France. bewailed the ruine and decaie of his countrie, he onlie studied the reléefe of the common-wealth, and deuised how to resist his enimies; but hauing neither men nor mo|nie, was greatlie troubled and disquieted in mind. In conclusion, by the aduise and counsell of the earle of Arminacke the constable of France, he found a meane to get all the treasure & riches which his moo|ther queene Isabell had gotten and hoorded in diuerse secret places: and for the common defense and profit of his countrie he wiselie bestowed it in waging souldiers, and preparing of things necessarie for the warre.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The quéene forgetting the great perill that the realme then stood in,The yoong Dolphin [...] his old moother of [...] treasure, what mischéefe [...]ose vpon it. remembring onelie the displea|sure to hir by this act doone, vpon a womanish malice, set hir husband Iohn duke of Burgognie in the high|est authoritie about the king, giuing him the regi|ment and direction of the king and his realme, with all preheminence & souereigntie.The duke of Burgognie chéefe dooer [...] France. The duke of Bur|gognie hauing the sword in his hand, in reuenge of old iniuries, began to make warre on the Dolphin, determining, that when he had tamed this yoong vn|brideled gentleman, then would he go about to with|stand, and beat backe the common enimies of the realme. The like reason mooued the Dolphin, for he minded first to represse the authours of ciuill discord, before he would set vpon forreine enimies, and there|fore prepared to subdue and destroie the duke of Bur|gognie, as the cheefe head of that mischeefe, whereby the realme was vnquieted, decaied, and in manner brought to vtter ruine. Thus was France afflicted, and in euerie part troubled with warre and diuision, and no man to prouide remedie, nor once put foorth his finger for helpe or succour.