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Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the eight of Nouember the duke remooued to a place called Mont saint Martine, and from thence was sent the lord Sands to the king in post, to aduertise him in what case the armie stood, and the armie remooued to Permont, and there rested for a time. The Welshmen still murmured that they might not returne home now that the winter was thus farre entered. But there were a sort of men of warre, to the number of a thousand persons vnder the leading of sir Iohn Wallop, [...] which had little wa|ges or none, liuing only on their aduentures, & were therefore called aduenturers, and of some they were EEBO page image 881 called Kréekers, [...]d [...]entures [...] Kreekers. which had as good will to be still a|broad, as the Welshmen had desire to returne home. For these Kréekers by spoiling of townes, taking of prisoners, & other such practises of warlike exploits, made their haunts, and dailie brought to the campe, horsses, mares, vittels, cloth, corne, and other neces|saries, which might not haue béene missed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 After great raines and winds which had chanced in that season, [...] and [...] frost. there followed a sore frost, which was so extreame, that manie died for cold, and some lost fingers, some lost toes, and manie lost nailes be|side their fingers, so extreame was the rigour of that frost. ¶The thirteenth daie of Nouember the duke re|mooued to a place within two miles of Boghan ca|stell, and still it froze. The Welshmen in the morning set out a shout, and cried; Home, home. The Kréekers hearing that, cried; Hang, hang. Hereof businesse was like to haue insued, but by policie it was ceas|sed.Boghan [...] assaulted [...] yeelded. Sir Edward Guilford capteine of the horssemen viewing the castell of Boghan, perceiued that the marishes (wherewith it was inuironed) were so hard frozen, that great ordinance might passe ouer the same. Which he signified to the duke, & therewith the duke was contented that he should trie what successe would come of giuing the attempt to win it. So was the ordinance brought ouer the marish ground, wher|of they within being aduertised, immediatlie after thrée shots of canon discharged against them, they yéelded the castell, and all the artillerie within it, of the which there was good store, as thrée score & sixtéene péeces great and small. The kéeping of this castell was deliuered to the senescall of Henegow.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this meane while the lord Sands was come to the court, and informed the king of the state of the armie. The king had before his comming heard that his people in the said armie were in great miserie, both by reason of the intemperat weather, & vnsea|sonable time of the yeare, the lacke of vittels, & such other discommodities: wherefore he caused a new power of six thousand men to be prepared and sent vnto the duke of Suffolke for a reléefe, vnder the lea|ding of the lord Montioie.The duke of Suffolke [...] vp [...] armie and c [...]mmeth to Calis. But yer this power could be put in order to passe the sea, and before the duke could haue knowledge againe from the king of his further pleasure, he was constreined to breake vp his armie, and returned by Ualencennes, and so through Flanders vnto Calis. He left at Ualencennes all the great artillerie. The king was somewhat displea|sed with the breaking vp of the armie thus contrarie to his mind, but hearing the resonable excuses which the duke & the capteins had to alleage, he was shortlie after pacified. And so after they had remained in Ca|lis a certeine time, vntill their fréends had asswaged the kings displeasure, they returned, and all things were well taken, and they receiued into as much fa|uour as before.

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