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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Whilest the siege continued thus before Pontorson, Christopher Hanson, and other souldiers of the garri|son of Saint Susan, made a rode into the countrie of Aniou, and came to a castell called Ramfort, which EEBO page image 597 castell was so priuilie scaled, that the capteine with|in, and his companie, were taken or slaine, before they knew of their enimies approching. When know|ledge hereof was giuen vnto the Frenchmen which were assembled, to the number of twentie thousand, to raise the siege that laie before Pontorson, they left that enterprise, and went to recouer the said castell of Ramfort, and so comming before it, planted their siege so on ech side of it, that at length by composition the Englishmen within, doubting to be taken by force, rendered vp the castell, hauing libertie to de|part with bag and baggage.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Shortlie after, the lord of Raix, calling himselfe lieutenant generall for the Dolphin, entred into Maine with an armie of three thousand men, and by force tooke the castell of Malicorne, wherof was cap|teine an Englishman, one Oliuer Osbatersbie. In like maner, they tooke the little castell of Lude, and therein William Blackborne, lieutenant for Willi|am Glasdale esquier. After this, the Frenchmen re|turned backe to the Dolphin, and kept not on their iourneie to Pontorson, for that they vnderstood by e|spials, that the earle of Warwike, and the English|men there, determined to giue them battell, if they once attempted to raise the siege. They within the towne, being streictlie besieged perceiuing no like|lihood of succours, and seeing the English armie dai|lie increase, fell to treatie for doubt to be taken by force,Pontorson rendered to the English|men. and so rendered the towne vpon condition, that they might depart with horsse and harnesse onelie. Which being granted to them, the erle like a valiant capteine entered into the towne, and there appoin|ted for gouernors, the lord Ros, and the lord Talbot, and leauing there a conuenient garrison, returned to the lord regent.