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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Wherevpon he with his brother the duke of Glo|cester, the lord Scales, and diuerse other his trustie friends, entered into the ship.The lord Hastings. The lord Hastings ta|ried a while after, exhorting all his acquaintance, that of necessitie should tarie behind, to shew themselues openlie as friends to king Henrie for their owne safegard, but hartilie required them in secret to co [...]|tinue faithfull to king Edward. This persuasion de|clared, he entered the ship with the other, and so they departed,The number that passed o|uer with king Edward. being in number in that one ship and two hulkes, about seuen or eight hundred persons, ha|uing no furniture of apparell or other necessarie things with them, sauing apparell for warre. Abr. Fl. [For it was no taking of leasure to prouide their corporall necessaries (though the want of them could hardlie be borne) in a case of present danger; considering that they were made against by the contrarie faction with such swift pursute. And it had bene a point of ex|treme follie, to be carefull for the accidents, permit|mitting in the meane time the substance vnto the spoile.]

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 As king Edward with saile and ore was thus ma|king course towards the duke of Burgognies coun|trie (whither he determined at the first to go) it chan|ced that seuen or eight gallant ships of Easterlings, open enimies both to England and France, were a|brode on those seas, and espieng the kings vessels, be|gan to chase him. The kings ship was good of saile, and so much gat of the Easterlings,King Ed|ward arriued at Alquemar [...] that he came on the coast of Holland, and so descended lower before a towne in the countrie called Alquemare, and there cast anchor as néere the towne as was possible, bi|cause they could not enter the hauen at an ebbing water. The Easterlings also approched the English ship, as néere as their great ships should come at the low water, intending at the floud to haue their preie: as they were verie like to haue atteined it in déed, if the lord Gronture,The lord Gronture. gouernor of that countrie for the duke of Burgognie, had not by chance béene at the same time in that towne.