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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 While the French king was in Guien,The lord Talbot. the lord Talbot tooke the towne of Couchet, and after mar|ched toward Galliardon, which was besieged by the bastard of Orleance, otherwise called the earle of Dunois: which earle hearing of the lord Talbots approch, raised his siege, and saued himselfe. The Frenchmen a little before this season,The earle of Dunois. An excellent finesse in warre. had taken the towne of Eureux by treason of a fisher. Sir Fran|cis the Arragonois hearing of that chance, apparel|led six strong fellowes, like men of the countrie, with sacks and baskets, as cariers of corne and vittels, and sent them to the castell of Cornill, in the which diuerse Englishmen were kept as prisoners, and he EEBO page image 620 with an ambush of Englishmen laie in a vallie nigh to the fortresse.