The Holinshed Texts (1587, Volume 6, p. 571)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 When he had well considered of the matter,

Ambassadors sent to king Henrie.

Titus Liu [...]us.

and taken aduise with his councell, he first sent ambassa|dours to the king of England, then lieng at Gisours to treat and conclude a truce betwéene them both for a certeine space, that they might talke of some con|clusion of agréement. King Henrie receiued the am|bassadors verie courteouslie, and granted that com|munication might be had of peace, but vtterlie deni|ed anie abstinence from warre,A wise and princelie caution. bicause he would not lose time, if the treatie sorted not to good effect. Here|vpon hauing his armie assembled at Maunt, he di|uided the same into thrée parts,The castell of S. Germane in Laie and Montioie yéel+ded to the Englishmen. appointing the duke of Glocester with one part to go vnto the castell of S. Germane in Laie, and to laie siege therevnto. The duke according to his commission, comming before that castell, within a while constreined them within by continuall skirmishes and assaults to deliuer vp the place into his hands. An other part of the armie was sent vnto the castell of Montioie, which likewise by such fierce assaults and manfull approches, as the Englishmen made thereto, was shortlie giuen ouer and yéelded. The third part of the hoast went to Meu|lanc, a verie strong towne compassed about with the riuer of Seine.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But the king deuised to fasten botes and barges togither,A policie for redie bridges. and to rere vp certeine frames of timber a|loft on the same for defense of his soldiers, that should by that meanes approch the walles, wherewith those that had the towne in kéeping were so put in feare, that their capteine was glad to come to a communi|cation, & agréed to deliuer the towne into the kings hands, if no rescue came before the thirtith daie of October next insuing. On which daie, for that no suc|cours appeared, the towne (according to the coue|nants) was giuen vp into the kings hands. Sir Thomas Ramston was made capteine there, and after him sir Iohn Fastolfe. The king, whilest these places were besieged,The strong town of Meu|lanc yéelded to the English. and thus brought vnder his subiection, continued for the most part at Maunt; but yet oftentimes he went foorth to visit his campes, and to sée that nothing should be wanting, that might further the spéedie dispatch of his enterprises.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 About the same time, there came againe ambassa|dours to him from Charles the French king, & from the yoong duke of Burgognie to treat with him of some good conclusion of peace to be had; who had no such trust in their sute, but that he doubted their mea|ning, and therefore ceassed not to procéed in the win|ning of townes and castels, as he was in hand. Now when Christmasse approched, the king withdrew to Rone, and there kept the solemnization of that feast, appointing in the meane time his men of warre to be occupied as occasion serued. The earle of Salisburie was sent to besiege the towne of Fresneie, the which after stout resistance made at the first, shortlie after was deliuered to him to the kings vse. Anno Reg. 8. The earles Marshall and Huntington, sir Iohn Gréene Corne|wall, EEBO page image 572 sir Philip Léech, and diuerse other, were sent in|to the countrie of Maine, where, not farre from the citie of Mens they were incountered by a power of Frenchmen, which the Dolphin had sent against them.A great victo|rie on the English side. There was at the first a sharpe bickering be|twixt them, but in the end the victorie remained with the Englishmen; so that manie of the Frenchmen were slaine, and taken, and the residue chased out of the field. There were slaine (as Thomas Walsing|ham saith) at the point of fiue thousand, and two hun|dred taken prisoners, among whome was the mar|shall de Rous, and diuerse other of good account. The two English earles remained there as victors, in the countrie which was by the king to them assigned.