Compare 1577 edition: 1 At the first laieng of the siege, he called all the sol|diers there in garrison, and likewise the townesmen afore him, and warned them all on paine of death, that none of them should be so hardie, as to treat, or once to motion anie word of surrendring the towne, or of comming to anie composition or agréement with the two kings; except they made him being their capteine priuie thereto, before they attempted anie such thing. ¶ In the meane season, the French queene, the queene of England, and the duches of Burgognie, lieng at Corbeill, came diuerse times to visit their husbands, and to sée their fréends; whome the king of England highlie feasted, and louinglie interteined, that euerie creature reported great ho|nour of him. Titus Liuius. This towne of Melun séemed verie strong, both by reason of the riuer of Seine, which compassed part thereof, and also by strong walles, turrets, ditches, and bulworks made about it.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king therefore, to take awaie all the issues and entries from them within, made a bridge ouer the riuer, able to beare horsses and carriage: and a|gaine, appointed diuerse botes furnished with men of warre, to kéepe the streame; so that they within should haue no waie to come abroad, either by water or land: yet on a daie, the Frenchmen sailed foorth, and assailed the English lodgings, where the earle of Warwike was incamped on the east side of the towne, not farre from the duke of Burgognie; but by the valiant prowesse and manlie courage of the Englishmen, the enimies were easilie beaten backe and constreined to retire into the towne againe, with their losse. Héere is to be remembred, that du|ring this siege before Melun, there came to the king the duke of Bauiere,The d [...]ke of Bauiere com|meth to king Henrie with a [...]ber of horssemen. the kings brother in law (but the kings sister that had beene married to him, was not then liuing) and brought with him seauen hun|dred well appointed horssemen, which were reteined to serue the king, and right worthilie they bare them|selues, and therefore most liberallie recompensed at the kings hand, for the time they continued in his seruice.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king inforced this siege by all waies and meanes possible, to bring the towne into subiection, as well by mines as otherwise, but they within the towne so valiantlie behaued themselues, as well by countermines (whereby at length they entered into the kings mines) as by other waies of resistance, that by force of assaults it was not thought anie ea|sie matter to win the same. It fortuned on a daie, that whilest there rose a contention betwixt two lords of the kings host,The trãslator of Ti [...]. Liuius. who should haue the honor to go first into the mine, to incounter with the French|men, that now had brought their mine through into the English mines, and made barriers betwixt, that they might safelie come and fight with the English|men:K. Henrie and mõsieur Bar|bason fight hand to hand. the king (to auoid the strife) entered the mine himselfe first of all other, and by chance came to fight hand to hand with the lord Barbason, who was likewise entered the mine before all other of them within the towne.