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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The French king, perceiuing that he could not pre|uaile in this enterprise, left the dead bodies behind him, and taking with him the wounded capteins, re|turned into Berrie. But in the meane waie, the in|habitants of Laignie submitted themselues vnto him. The duke of Bedford being in Normandie, hea|ring of this sudden attempt, with all hast possible came to Paris, where he gaue manie great thanks, with high commendations vnto the capteins, souldi|ers and citizens for their assured fidelitie, great har|dinesse & manlie dooing. Which his gentle words so incouraged the harts of the Parisiens, that they sware, promised and concluded, to be freends for euer to the king of England and his fréends, and enimies alwaies to his foes and aduersaries, making procla|mation by this stile:

Fréends to K. Henrie, freends to the Parisiens; Enimies to England, enimies to Paris.
Marie whether this was vttered from their harts, it is hard so to saie, for the sequeale of their acts seemed to proue the contrarie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Soone after these dooings, came to Paris with a great companie Philip duke of Burgognie, and then vpon long consultation had for the recouerie of their losses, it was agreed that the duke of Bedford should raise an armie, & that the duke of Burgognie should be his deputie, and tarie at Paris for the defense of the citie.Saint Denis by vs recou [...]|red againe. The duke of Bedford then without any great resistance recouered againe the towne of saint Denis, with diuerse other fortresses. And after this he sent the bastard of Clarence to laie siege to the ca|stell of Torsie, the which (notwithstanding the great strength therof) after six moneths siege, was rendred vp into his hands. During the siege of this castell, sir Thomas Kiriell knight, with foure hundred English|men departed from Gourneie in Normandie, and rode by Beauuois, spoiling and wasting the countrie to the suburbes of Cleremont. Whereof the earle of that towne hauing aduertisement, assembled all the men of warre of the garrisons adioining, and with the same set forward to fight with the Englishmen, whom he found in a streict place néere to Beauuois.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 The earle of Cleremont, perceiuing that he could not hurt them with his men of armes, by reason of the strength, came downe on foot with all his compa|nie, and fiercelie set on the Englishmen: but by the terrible shot of the English archers, the Frenchmen in the end were constreined to flée; and the English|men perceiuing the matter, streight leapt on horsse|backe and followed the chase. In the which were ta|ken two hundred prisoners, and thrise as manie slaine. The earle escaped by the swiftnesse of his horsse. At the same season the earle of Suffolke besie|ging the towne of Aumarle (whereof was capteine the lord of Rambures) after foure and twentie great assaults, had the towne and castell simplie to him rendred. Thus by little and little the Englishmen re|couered manie townes which before they had lost. Howbeit about the verie same time, the Frenchmen stale the towne of Lauall, by treason wrought by a miller, which kéeping a mill that ioined to the wall, suffered the French to passe through his mill into the towne. Shortlie after also sir Steuen de Uignoilles, surnamed la Hire,La Hire. tooke by scaling the towne of Lo|uiers in Normandie. The Englishmen in the cold moneth of December besieged the towne of Laignie in the which was the Pusell,Laignie be|sieged by the Englishmen. and diuerse other good capteins.

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