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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The archduke of Austrich made knight of the garter.In this yeare the king sent the lord Morleie, sir William Huseie knight, & doctor Lée his almoner to don Ferdinando the archduke of Austrich, with the order of the garter, which in the towne of Nu|remberge receiued the same, where all the princes of Germanie were then assembled at a diet or coun|cell. In this meane while, diuerse enterprises and feats of warre were practised and archiued by them of the garrisons in the marches of Calis, and the Frenchmen of Bullogne, and the borders therea|bouts: but the Frenchmen commonlie were put to the worse. Amongest other exploits, it chanced that one Brereton a gentleman,Brereton capte [...]ne of the [...] s [...]aine. and capteine of a num|ber of the aduenturers, as he went about to spoile the towne of Wast, was taken by the French horse|men, and sold vnto the pezants of the countrie, the which vnmercifullie slue him and sixtéene more that were taken with him, after that the men of warre had deliuered them, and were departed. But this murther was reuenged shortlie by other of the ad|uenturers, which comming vnto the same towne of Wast, tooke thirtie eight prisoners of the inhabi|tants, & slue of them thirtie & six, & burned the towne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this yeare thorough books of ephemerides,15 [...] and prognostications,Bolton [...] of S. B [...]r [...]+lomewes [...] a [...] at Harow [...] the hill to a+uoid flouds prognostica+ted that [...] foreshewing much hurt to come by waters & flouds, many persons vittelled themselues and went to high grounds for feare of drowning [...] speciallie one Bolton prior of saint Bartholomewes in Smithfield, builded him an house vpon Harow on the hill, onelie for feare of this floud, and thither he went and made prouision of all things necessarie for the space of two moueths. This great raine and wa|ters should haue fallen in Februarie, but no such thing happened, whereby the follie of men was shew|ed. The astronomers for their excuse did saie, that in their computation they had miscounted in their number an hundred yeares.Anno Reg. [...] A legat [...] Rome to [...] a peace be|tweene king Henrie and the French king. A legat was sent from the pope to the king to mooue him to peace: but the king declared to him the whole circumstance of his title, for the which he made wars against the French|men, and thereof deliuered notes to the said legat, the which departed with the same backe to Rome in post. He had béene first with the French king, and with the emperour, but could not bring them to anie good conformitie, as his desire was to haue doone; so that his trauell was without frute in maner, as it appeared.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Manie enterprises, skirmishes, forreis, and other feats of warre were attempted and put in vre be|twixt the Englishmen of Calis, Guisnes, and other fortresses there in those marches, and the French|men of Bullogne, and other of the garrisons in the frontiers of Picardie, and still sir William Fitz Williams as then capteine of Guisnes, sir Robert Ierningham capteine of Newnam bridge, sir Iohn Wallop, and sir Iohn Gage were those that did to the Frenchmen most damage. Also monsieur de Bees being capteine of Bullogne, did for his part what he could to defend the frontiers there, and to an|noie his enimies. Yet one daie in Maie, sir William Fitz Williams, and sir Robert Ierningham, with seuen hundred men (accounting in that number the Kreekers) went to Bullogne, and there skirmished with the Frenchmen,Christ [...]pher Coo. whilest Christopher Coo a cap|teine of foure English ships tooke land, and fought with them of base Bullogne on the one side, as the Kréekers assailed them on an other.

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