Compare 1577 edition: 1 At the daie appointed, the towne was rendered, and so likewise was the towne of Dampfront vpon the semblable agréement. Now rested onelie Eng|lish the towne of Chierburgh, whereof was capteine one Thomas Gonuille, which suerlie as long as vit|tels and munition serued, defended the towne right manfullie: but without hope of repaire, consumed, and he els destitute of all comfort and aid, vpon a rea|sonable composition, yéelded the towne, and went to Calis, where the duke of Summerset and manie o|ther Englishmen then soiorned. Thus was Nor|mandie lost cleerelie out of the Englishmens hands,All Norman|die lost. after it had continued in their possession the space of thirtie yeares by the conquest of Henrie the fift.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this duchie were an hundred strong townes and fortresses, able to be kept and holden,The state of it. beside them which were destroied by the warres; and in the same is one archbishoprike, and six bishopriks. Some saie that the Englishmen were not of puissance either to man the townes, as they should haue béene;The causes of the losse. or to in|habit the countrie, which was the cause they could not keepe it. Other saie, that the duke of Summerset for his owne peculiar lucre, kept not halfe the num|ber of souldiours for which he was appointed and al|lowed, but put the wages in his purse.The mortell mischéefe of malice and diuision [...]nd realme. But the cheefe and onelie cause vndoubtedlie, was the diuision within the realme, euerie great man desiring rather to be reuenged on his foe at home, than on the com|mon enimie abroad, as by that which followeth you may plainelie perceiue.

[For whilest the French thus triumphed in Nor|mandie, Anno Reg 2 [...]. W. P. EEBO page image 631 thrée cruell enimies among manie (as by ci|uill warre and sedition insuing appeared) sore vrged the vtter ruine of this reame at home. One was pre|sumption in gouernance, by some that were most vn|méet to rule, as the queene with hir priuie counsel|lors and minions; then the deadlie malice and pride, with insatiable couetise in the states both spirituall and temporall: and lastlie the generall grudge of the people, for the vniuersall smart that through misgo|uernment euerie where they suffered; who thus for|weried with the peise of burthens too heauie for them anie longer to beare.]