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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Then were sent from the king of Spaine diuerse lords of his priuie councell vnto the said lord Ho|ward, to excuse the matter for that he came not ac|cording to his promise, requiring them, that sith the time of the yeare to make warre was past, it might please them to breake vp their campe, and to diuide themselues abroad into the townes and villages of his realme till the spring time of the yeare, that they might then go forward with their first pretended en|terprise. The lord Howard shewed well in words that the Englishmen could not thinke well of the king of Spaines fained excuses, and vnprofitable de [...]aies, to his small honor & their great hinderance & losse, hauing spent the king their maister so much treasure, and doone so little hurt to his aduersaries. The Spaniards gaue faire words; and so in courte|ous maner departed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Then about the end of October it was agréed amongest all the lords of the English hoast that they should breake vp their campe,

The English campe in Bis|kaie breaketh vp.

The armie dispersed into sundrie villa|ges.

and so they did. The lord marquesse and his people went to saint Seba|stian, the lord Howard and his retinue to Rendre, the lord Willoughbie to Garschang, and sir William Sands with manie other capteins repaired to Fo [...]|terabie, and so euerie capteine with his [...] was placed in one towne or other. The king of England aduertised of the king of Spaine his meaning, sent an herald called Windsor with letters vnto his ar|mie willing his men there to tarie, & promising to send ouer to them right shortlie a new supplie, vnder the guiding of the lord Herbert his chamberleine.

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