Compare 1577 edition: 1 The duke of Norffolke and the lord priuie seale,The duke of Norffolke & the lord priuie seale. accompanied with diuerse other noble men, as the earle of Surreie sonne to the said duke of Norffolke marshall of the field, the earle of Oxford, the lord Greie of Wilton lieutenant of Hammes, whose name euen then began to grow famous, the lord Ferrers of Charteleie, and sir Richard Deuereux his sonne and heire, that brought with them a great number of Welshmen, sir Thomas Cheinie lord warden of the cinque ports, the lord Mountioie a to|wardlie yoong gentleman, well learned, and for his time perfect in all points and qualities fit for a noble man, sir Francis Brian knight, one of the kings priuie chamber, and no lesse affectioned to his ser|uice, than of him fauoured and well estéemed, sir Tho|mas Poinings capteine of Guisnes, and diuerse EEBO page image 964 others beside, no lesse worthie to be remembred for their valure and merits, if time would permit to re|hearse them, passed ouer to Calis about Whitsun|tide, and from thence marching forward to France, left Bullongne on their right hand, & kéeping foorth towards Muttrell, ioined with an armie which the emperour had raised for that purpose, vnder the lea|ding of the countie de Buren, admerall of the low countries,The countie de Buren. and so these armies being vnited in one, came before Muttrell, and there laid siege to that towne, being well manned and furnished with all things necessarie for defense, as well in vittels as munition. The chéefe capteine of which towne was mounsieur de Biez one of the marshals of France,Monsieur de Biez. and gouernour also in the absence of monsieur de Uandosme of Picardie, who being within Bullong|ne & hearing how the English armie was passed by, and drew towards Muttrell, he left Bullongne, and with all speed got him into Muttrell, not mistrusting anie thing of that policie which the king of England went about, which was, to send this armie to besiege Muttrell, to the end the Frenchmen might be kept occupied further off, while he with the residue of his power should come and besiege Bullongne, which towne standing most commodious for his purpose, he ment by force to bring vnder his subiection.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Herevpon was the duke of Suffolke appointed with the kings armie to passe ouer,The duke of Suffolke. accompanied with the earle of Arundell marshall of the field, the lord saint Iohn, and the bishop of Winchester, sir Iohn Gage comptrollor of the kings house, sir An|thonie Browne maister of the kings horsse, with di|uerse other worthie capteins, all which the ninteenth of Iulie came before Bullongne, incamped on the eastside of the said towne aloft vpon the hill,Bullongne besieged. and af|ter for his more safetie remooued into a vallie, where after manie sharpe skirmishes they first entered the base towne, being left and forsaken by the inhabi|tants, which hauing set fire on their fishing nets, and other such baggage, vnder couert of the smoke, got them vp into the high towne, before the Englishmen could espie them. After this, the Old man, otherwise called Le toure dordre, standing without the towne for a direction to them that were to enter the hauen, and now being kept by sixtéene souldiers, was yéelded vp by them, vpon presenting the canon before it.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The Frenchmen within the towne, being des|poiled of those two places, yet spared not to shoot off from their walles and bulworkes, dooing what da|mage they might deuise, and namelie from the ca|stell and gréene bulworke they did much hurt to the Englishmen with their shot, whereof they made no spare, till at length they were forced to be quiet: for the Englishmen so applied them with such plentie of their shot, that the Frenchmen had no oportunitie to doo them anie great hurt with their artillerie. The fourtéenth of Iulie,The king passeth the seas to Bul|longne. the king in person, accompanied with diuers of the nobilitie, passed the seas from Do|uer to Calis; and the six and twentith of the same mo|neth incamped himselfe before Bullongne on the north side, within lesse than three quarters of a mile of the towne, where he remained, till the towne was surrendered into his hands. The king being then in campe, it was a matter of ease to discerne which was he, for none of the rest came néere him in tal|nesse by the head: as for his proportion of lims, it was answerable to his goodlie stature and making: a memorable description whereof, as also of his artificiall armour, I find reported as followeth:

Rex capite Henricus reliquos supereminet omnes,

Heros praeualidus seu fortia brachia spectes,

Seu suras quas fuluo opifex incluserat auro,

Siue virile ducis praestanti pectore corpus,

Nulla vi domitum, nullo penetrabile ferro, &c.