Compare 1577 edition: 1 Howbeit, king Henrie mooued with pitie, vpon Christmasse daie, in the honor of Christes Natiuitie,A vertuous and charita|ble prince. refreshed all the poore people with vittels, to their great comfort and his high praise: yet if the duke of Burgognies letters had not béene conueied into the citie, it was thought they within would neuer haue made resistance so long time as they did; for by those letters they were assured of rescue to come. Diuerse lords of France hauing written to them to the like effect, they were put in such comfort herewith, that immediatlie, to expresse their great reioising, all the bels in the citie were roong foorth chéerefullie, which during all the time of the siege till that present had kept silence. In déed by reason of a faint kind of a|gréement procured betwixt the Dolphin and the duke of Burgognie, it was thought verelie that a power should haue béene raised for preseruation of that noble citie, the loosing or sauing thereof being a mat|ter of such importance.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king of England, to preuent the enimies pur|pose, Chron. S. [...] A large [...] without the campe. caused a large trench to be cast without his campe, which was pight full of sharpe stakes, with a great rampire fensed with bulworks, and turne|pikes, in as defensible wise as might be deuised, Sir Robert Bapthorpe, knight, was appointed comptroller, to see this worke performed, which he did with all diligence accomplish; in like case as he had doone, when the other trench and rampire strong|lie staked and hedged was made at the first betwixt the campe and the citie, to restreine such as in the be|gining of the siege rested not to pricke foorth of the gates on horsse backe. And so by this meanes was the armie defended both behind and before.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Finallie, the whole number of the Frenchmen EEBO page image 567 within the citie were brought to such a [...] extremitie for want of vittels, that they were in danger all to haue starued. Wherevpon being now pas [...] hope of reléefe, they determined to treat with the king of England, and so vpon Nowyeares euen there came to the wals such as they had chosen amongst them for commissioners, which made a sign [...] to the Eng|lishmen lieng without the gate of the bridge, to speake with some gentleman, or other person of au|thoritie. The earle of Huntington, which kept that part, sent to them sir Gilbert Umfrouile; vnto whom they declared, that if they might haue a safe conduct, they would gladlie come foorth to speake with the king. Sir Gilbert repairing to the duke of Clarence, and other of the kings councell, aduertised them of this request.