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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After that the lord regent was arriued in France, the lord of Rustinian, marshall of Britaine, assem|bled a great companie of the British nation, which fortified and repared the towne of Pontorson: and after, the said marshall, with a thousand men, ente|red into the countrie of Constantine, and comming before the towne of Auranches, was incountered by the Englishmen of that garrison; & after long fight, his people were put to the worse, chased,The lord of Rustinian taken and his people slain [...] and disco [...]|ted. and discom|fited, and he himselfe taken prisoner in the field. The duke of Bedford, hearing that the towne of Pontor|son, situate within two leagues of Mont Saint Michaell, was newlie fortified, and stronglie defen|ded, sent thither the earle of Warwike, accompa|nied with the lord Scales, and other valiant cap|teins and souldiers, to the number of seauen thou|sand men, to besiege the towne; who so inuironed it on euerie side, that no man could steale neither in nor out.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The siege thus long continuing, vittels began to wax scant in the English armie: wherefore the lord Scales, hauing in his companie sir Iohn Harpeleie bailiffe of Constantine, sir William Brearton bai|liffe of Caen, sir Rafe Tesson, sir Iohn Carbonell, and three thousand good men of warre, departed from the siege to get vittels, powder, and other things ne|cessarie for their purpose. And as they were retur|ning with their cariages by the sea coast, néere to Saint Michaels Mount, they suddenlie were in|countered by their enimies, whereof were chéefe, the baron of Coloses, the lord Dausebost, capteine of the said Mount, the lord Mountabon, the lord Montbur|chier, the lord of Chateaugiron, the lord of Tinti|gnat, the lord of Chateaubrian, with six thousand men of warre.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The lord Scales and his companie, perceiuing themselues beset on the one side with the sea, & on the other with their enimies, alighted from their horsses, and like couragious persons, there in an vnspeake|able furie, set on their enimies.A hot skir|mish. The fight was fierce & cruell. The Englishmen kept themselues close to|gither; so that their enimies could get no aduantage of them. At the last, the lord Scales cried S. George they flée. Wherevpon, the Englishmen tooke such courage, and the Frenchmen that fought before, were so dismaied, that they began to flee in deed. The Englishmen leaped on horsse-backe,On the [...] thursdaie. and followed them so, that they slue and tooke aboue eleuen hun|dred persons, among the which were taken the baron of Coloses, the vicount of Rone, and others. Enguera [...]. The lord of Chateaugiron, with a Scotish capteine, & diuerse other men of name were slaine. After this victorie, the lord Scales with his vittels, prouision, and priso|ners, returned to the siege, where he was of the earle and other noble men ioiouslie receiued.

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