Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The Frenchmen perceiuing that the English fléet departed from the coasts of Britaine and drew towards England, did come foorth of their hauens, and Prior Iehan set foorth his gallies and foists, and drawing alongst the coasts of Normandie and Bri|taine, coasted ouer to the borders of Sussex with all his companie,The French gallies land in Sussex, and [...] certeine cotages. and there landed, and set fire on cer|teine poore cotages. The gentlemen that dwelt néere, raised the countrie, and came to the coast, and droue Prior Iehan to his gallies. The king was right sorie for the death of his admerall; but sorrow preuaileth not when the chance is past. Therefore the king hea|ring that the French nauie was abroad, called to him the lord Thomas Howard eldest brother to the late admerall,The lord Thomas Ho|ward made admerall. and sonne and heire apparant to the earle of Surrie, whome he made admerall, willing him to reuenge his brothers death. The lord Ho|ward humblie thanked his grace of the trust that he put in him, and so immediatlie went to the sea, and scowred the same, that no Frenchman durst shew himselfe on the coast of England, for he fought with them at their owne ports.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The king hauing all his prouisions readie for the warre, and meaning to passe the sea in his owne per|son, for the better taming of the loftie Frenchmen, appointed that worthie councellor and right redoub|ted chéefteine, the noble George Talbot earle of Shrewesburie,The earle of Shrewesbu|rie sent into France with [...] armie. high steward of his houshold, to be capteine generall of his fore-ward; and in his com|panie were appointed to go, the lord Thomas Stan|leie earle of Derbie, lord Decowreie prior of saint Iohns, sir Robert Ratcliffe lord Fitzwater, the lord Hastings, the lord Cobham, sir Rice ap Thomas, sir Thomas Blunt, sir Richard Sacheuerell, sir Iohn Digbie, sir Iohn Askew, sir Lewes Bagot, sir Tho|mas Cornewall, and manie other knights, esqui|ers, and souldiers; to the number of eight thousand men. These passed the sea, and came all to Calis a|bout the middle of Maie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The lord Herbert called sir Charles Summer|set, lord chamberleine to the king, in the end of the same moneth followed the said earle of Shrewesbu|rie, with six thousand men: in whose companie were the erls of Northumberland Percie, of Kent Greie, of Wilshire Stafford, the lord Dudleie, the lord De|laware, and his sonne sir Thomas West, sir Ed|ward Husseie, sir Edward Dimmocke, sir Dauid Owen, with manie other knights, esquiers, and gentlemen. After they had soiourned certeine daies in Calis, and that all their necessaries were readie, they issued foorth of the towne, so to begin their campe. And first the earle of Shrewesburie and his companie tooke the field, and after him the lord Her|bert with his retinues in manner of a rere-ward. Then followed that valiant knight sir Rice ap Tho|mas, with fiue hundred light horssemen and archers on horssebacke, who ioined himselfe to the fore-ward, a gentleman of such spirit and hardinesse, that he is named the floure of the Welshmen, as the poet saith:

—Ricius Thomas flos Cambrobritannûm.