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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But the duke intending an other thing, when he was aduanced foorth within a daies iournie of them, suddenlie remooued his armie toward the realme of Nauarre, and entering the same, chased out of his realme the king of that land, and conquered the same to the king of Spains vse, as in the historie of Spaine more plainelie it dooth appeare. After that the king of Spaine was thus possessed of the king|dome of Nauarre, he sent vnto the lord marquesse,The kingdom of Nauarre gotten to the K. of Spaine. promising to ioine with him shortlie, and so to in|uade the borders of France; but he came not. Wherefore the Englishmen thought themselues not well vsed: for it gréeued them much, that they should lie so longidle, sith there was so great hope conceiued at their setting foorth, that there should be some great exploit atchiued by them, thorough the aid that was promised by the king of Spaine.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Thus whilest the armie lingered without re|moouing,A fraie be|twéene the Englishmen & the townes|men of Sancta Maria. there chanced an affraie to rise betwixt the Englishmen and the townes-men of Sancta Maria, a village so called, wherevnto such Eng|lishmen as fell sicke, had their resort; and therevp|on the alarms brought into the campe, the Eng|lishmen and Almans ran in great furie to the suc|cour of their fellowes: and notwithstanding all that the capteins could doo to staie them, they slue and robbed the people without mercie. The Bis|kaines that could get awaie, fled ouer that water into Guien. The capteins yet so ordered the mat|ter, that all the pillage was restored, and one and twentie souldiers were condemned, which were apprehended as they were fléeing awaie with a boo|tie of ten thousand duckats into Gascoigne; seauen of them were executed, and the residue pardoned of life, at the sute of certeine lords of Spaine, which were as then present.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The Frenchmen hearing of this riot came foorth EEBO page image 814 of Baion, to see and vnderstand the maner thereof: but perceiuing that the Englishmen had descried them,S. I [...]hans burnt by the English. suddenlie they returned. The Englishmen fol|lowed, & comming to the towne of S. Iehan de Lu|cie, they burnt and robbed it, & slue the inhabitants. Diuerse other villages they spoiled on the borders of Guien; but bicause they wanted both horsses of seruice, and horsses to draw foorth their ordinance, they could not doo anie such damage as they might and would haue doone, if they had béene furnished ac|cording to their desires in that point. Thus continu|ed the English armie in such wearisome sort till the moneth of October, and then fell the lord marquesse sicke, and the lord Howard had the chéefe gouernance of the armie.

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