Compare 1577 edition: 1 But concerning the liberalitie of sir Nicholas, I might here speake further thereof, how bountifullie EEBO page image 998 he rewarded the souldiers for their great manhood shewed at that time, in defending so sharpe an as|sault, to their great honour, and no lesse confusion of the aduersaries. The daie after the said assault, there came to Bullognberg from Guisnes,The lord Cobham with a new supplie of soldiers. a supplie of thrée or foure hundred men, vnder the leading of sir William Cobham, now lord Cobham and others. Within a while after, sir Nicholas Arnalt sent forth thrée hundred footmen, and fiue and twentie horsse|men, conducted by the said sir William Cobham, capteine Mutton of the Old man, & capteine More of Bullognberg, with certeine cariages, to go vn|to a wood not farre off, called the North wood, to fetch fagots and brush, to repare and mainteine the ram|pires.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 These capteins with their bands being passed forward, about two miles in distance from the fort, met with certeine of their scouts that were sent forth that morning, who told them that they had discoue|red the tract of a great number of horssemen. Wher|vpon the Englishmen now being almost come to the wood side, retired with all spéed: and herewith the French horssemen brake out of the wood, and follo|wing them, fell in skirmish with them. The English|men casting themselues in a ring, kept them off with their pikes, wherewith they impailed themselues, and hauing their small troope lined with shot, they also galled the Frenchmen right sore therewith, as they still approched them. Neuerthelesse, those horssemen gaue three maine onsets vpon the Englishmen, with the number of a thousand horsse at two of the first onsets, and the third they gaue with all their whole power, being estéemed a fiftéene hundred horssemen in all.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 But such was the valiant prowesse of the English souldiers,The great valiãcie of the Englishmen vnder the con|duct of their noble capteins incouraged with the comfortable presence of sir William Cobham, and other their capteins, that conducted them in such order as stood most for their safegard, exhorting them with such effectuall words as serued best to purpose, that the enimie to conclude was repelled with losse of seuentie of their great horsses that laie dead there in the field, within the space of halfe a mile. There were also foure thou|sand French footmen that came forward, but could not reach, and so marching about the fort, returned in vaine, after they once perceiued that the English|men were safelie retired within their fort. The coun|cell thus perceiuing the French kings purpose, which he had conceiued to worke some notable damage to this realme, as well in support of his friends in Scotland, as in hope to recouer those peeces which the English held at Bullongne, and in those mar|ches, doubted also of some inuasion meant by him to be attempted into this realme, bicause of such great preparation as he had made, for leuieng of his for|ces both by sea and land.The prepara|tion for warre as well in England as France.