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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The French king lent both ships, men, and mo|nie vnto quéene Margaret, and to hir partakers, and appointed the bastard of Burbon, admerall of France, with a great nauie to defend them against the nauie of the duke of Burgognie, which he laid at the mouth of the riuer Saine, readie to incounter them, being of greater force than both the French nauie and the English fléet. And yet king Reiner did also helpe his daughter with men and munition of warre. When their ships and men were come to|gither to Harflue, the erle of Warwike thought not to linger time: bicause he was certified by letters from his friends out of England, that assoone as he had taken land, there would be readie manie thou|sands to doo him what seruice and pleasure they could or might. And beside this, diuerse noble men wrote that they would helpe him with men, armor, monie, and all things necessarie for the warre, and further to aduenture their owne bodies in his quarell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 Suerlie his presence was so much desired of all the people,The loue which the peo|ple bare to the earle of Warwike. that almost all men were readie in ar|mour, looking for his arriuall: for they iudged that the verie sunne was taken from the world when hée was absent. When he had receiued such letters of comfort, he determined with the duke, and the earles of Oxford and Penbroke (bicause quéene Margaret and hir sonne were not yet fullie furnished for the iournie) to go before with part of the nauie, and part of the armie. And euen as fortune would, the nauie of the duke of Burgognie at the same time by a tem|pest was scattered, & driuen beside the coast of Nor|mandie: so that the earle of Warwike in hope of a boune voiage, caused sailes to be halsed vp, and with good spéed landed at Darmouth in Deuonshire, from whence almost six moneths passed he tooke his iour|nie toward France (as before ye haue heard.) When the earle had taken land,A p [...]oclama| [...]ion. he made proclamation in the name of king Henrie the sixt, vpon high paines commanding and charging all men able to beare ar|mor, to prepare themselues to fight against Edward duke of Yorke, which contrarie to right had vsurped the crowne. It is almost not to be beléeued, how ma|nie thousands men of warre at the first tidings of the earles landing resorted vnto him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Edward wakened with the newes of the earles landing, and the great repaire of people that came flocking in vnto him, sent foorth letters into all parts of his realme to raise an armie: but of them that were sent for, few came, and yet of those few the more part came with no great good willes. Which when he perceiued, he began to doubt the matter, and therefore being accompanied with the duke of Glocester his brother, the lord Hastings his cham|berlaine, which had maried the earles sister, and yet was euer true to the king his maister, and the lord Scales brother to the quéene, he departed into Lin|colneshire. And bicause he vnderstood that all the realme was vp against him, and some part of the earle of Warwike power was within halfe a daies iournie of him, following the aduise of his counsell, with all hast possible he passed the Washes in great ieopardie,King Ed|ward cõmeth to Lin and ta|keth ship to passe ouer seas. & comming to Lin found there an Eng|lish ship, and two hulkes of Holland readie (as for|tune would) to make saile.

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