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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Thrée daies they assailed the bastile, in the which six hundred Englishmen were inclosed, and at length bicause powder and weapon failed them within, the Frenchmen wan it, and tooke the bastard Talbot pri|soner, with sir William Peitow, and sir Iohn Rep|leie, which shortlie after were redéemed. The other English souldiers, séeing the bastile woone by the Frenchmen, stood all a daie in good order of battell, and in the night following, politikelie saued them|selues and returned to Rone, without losse or da|mage. In the assaulting of the bastile, the French|men saie, they slue two hundred Englishmen; and denie not but that they lost fiue hundred of their owne men, beside those that were hurt. Whilest these things were a dooing, Philip duke of Burgognie made sharpe warre against the earle of saint Paule,The earle of saint Paule reuolteth to the French. in taking from him his townes and castels, that made him to renounce his allegiance sworne and promised to the king of England, and returned to the French part.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The English capteins in Guien besieged the strong towne of Tartas, belonging to the lord Dal|breth their old and ancient enimie.Tartas besie|ged. The towne per|ceiuing that it was not able to resist the force of the Englishmen anie long time, tooke appointment, that the towne shuld remaine neuter. For assurance ther|of, they deliuered Cadet the sonne of the lord de la Breth in pledge, vpon this condition; that if the said lord de la Breth would not assent to the agreement, then he should signifie his refusall to the English capteins within thrée moneths next insuing, and he to haue his pledge, and they to doo their best. The French king, at the request of the lords of Guien, caused the lord de la Breth to signifie his disagrée|ment vnto the earle of Huntington, as then lieute|nant to the king of England in the duchie of Aqui|taine. And therewith to gratifie the lords of Guien, he assembled an armie of thréescore thousand men, & came to Tholouse, and so to Tartas, to whome the chéefteins of the towne, séeing no succours com|ming from the king of England, rendred the towne: and Cadet de la Breth, which was left there as a pledge, was also deliuered.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The French king, after the yeelding of Tartas, re|mooued to saint Seuerine, which towne he tooke by force, slue thrée hundred persons, and tooke sir Tho|mas Rampston prisoner. After this, he came to the citie of Arques, tooke a bulworke by force, and had the towne yéelded to him by composition. The cap|teine, which was the lord of Montferrant, departed with all the English crue to Burdeaux, where he found the earle of Longuile, the Capdau de Beufe, and sir Thomas Rampston, which was a little before deliuered. After this, the fortresses of the Rioll and Mermandie were also yéelded to the French king: who notwithstanding at length was constreined for lacke of vittels (which were cut off by the English|men, that laie abroad in diuerse fortresses for the pur|pose) to breake vp his armie, & to retire into France. And then after his departure,The change in warre. the Englishmen reco|uered againe the citie of Arques, & the other townes by the French king gained, and tooke prisoner his lieutenant called Reginald Guilliam the Burgog|nion, and manie other gentlemen, and all the meane souldiers were either slaine or hanged.

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