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Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now to leaue the Scotish king amongst his countriemen in Scotland, and returne to the dooings of England. I find that the duke of Glocester, being protector and gouernour of the realme, prepared an armie of ten thousand men, and sent them ouer to his brother the regent into France; who comming into the territorie of Paris, were ioifullie of him re|ceiued. About the same time the Frenchmen got by stealth diuerse townes out of the Englishmens hands,Compiegne surrendred to the English by a policie. and amongst other the faire towne of Com|piegne was one, and the pretie towne of Crotoie an other. When the duke of Bedford was aduertised hereof, he determined not to let the matter passe in such sort, but with all conuenient spéed sent foorth a force to recouer those townes againe. And first the earle of Suffolke with the earle of Lignie, and di|uerse other capteins of the Englishmen went to be|siege Compiegne, and lodged on the one side of the riuer of So [...]me, as the lord Lisle Adham, sir Tho|mas Rampston, and the prouost of Paris laie on the other side. The Frenchmen within the towne well furnished with good souldiers, munition, and vittels, couragiouslie defended themselues.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Englishmen remembring that Guilliam Re|mond, otherwise called Mariolaine had béen the lea|der of the souldiers within the towne (which Mario|laine before at Pacie was taken prisoner by sir Iohn Fastolfe) caused him to be brought from Pa|ris vnto the campe, and set him in a chariot with an halter about his necke, and conueied him to the gi|bet without the towne, sending word to them with|in, that if they would not without delaie render the towne, their capteine should incontinentlie be stran|gled afore their faces. Which moued the souldiers so much, by reason of the loue they bare to their old cap|teine and gouernour, that for the deliuerance of him and partlie of themselues they yéelded the towne, so that both he and they might depart with horsse and harnesse onelie in sure conduct and safetie. Yet yer this towne of Compiegne was deliuered, sir Philip Hall,Compeigne & Crotoie reco|uered from ye French. which was sent to Crotoie by the lord regent with eight hundred men to besiege it, got it suddenlie by assault, y [...]r the Frenchmen had either disposed their garrison, or appointed their lodgings

Compare 1577 edition: 1 About the same time sir Iohn de la Poole brother to the duke of Suffolke, being capteine of Auran|ches in Normandie, assembled all the garrisons of the base marches of the countrie of Aniou, and came before the citie of Angiers, burnt the suburbes, spoi|led and destroied the whole countrie; and hauing as manie prisoners as his men might go awaie with, he was incountered by the earle of Aumarle, the vi|count of Narbonne, and six thousand Frenchmen; which finding the Englishmen out of araie, incum|bred with carriage of their great spoile, suddenlie set on them, gaue them the ouerthrow, slue thrée hundred and tooke manie prisoners; as the said sir Iohn de la Poole, sir Iohn Basset, Iohn A [...]fort lieutenant of Faleise, Iohn Clitton, Henrie Mortimer, and other to the number of six hundred.

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