Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Moreouer, when complaint of such iniuries was made vnto the lawfull magistrats there, they found no redres at all. For what might the poore merchants profit by their plaints, when the packets of the am|bassadors leters, directed to hir maiestie,Letters ta|ken from the quéens ambas|sadors ser|uants. were taken from the bearer, & no punishment had against those that committed so vnciuill an outrage? A thing that offended hir maiestie so much more, for that as she tooke the matter, there wanted no good will, either in the king, or his mother, or in the king of Nauarre, the kings generall lieutenant, to sée such a presump|tuous and vnrulie part punished of their people: but rather that there lacked in them authoritie to haue it redressed. Furthermore, it greatlie gréeued hir, that the yong French king, hir déere brother was brought to such a streict, that he was nether able to defend the libertie of his people, nor the authoritie of his lawes, nor to deale vprightlie with other princes and poten|tats accordinglie, as by the bonds of leagues and of couenanted aliances had bene requisite. Neither did such disorder in gouernement of the kingdome of France touch anie so much and particularlie,The French troubles touch most y^e quéene of England. as the queens maiestie of England.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 She therefore lamenting that the king and quéene mother should be thus in the hands of them that pro|cured all these troubles, and led vp and downe at their pleasures, and driuen to behold the spoile and sacking of diuerse his cities, and miserable slaughter of his subiects: and againe hir grace thinking it ex|pedient to preuent that such as were knowne to beare no good will, either to hir or hir realme,The chiefe causes that mooued the quéenes ma|iestie to send a power into France. should not get into their possessions such townes and ha|uens as laie against the sea coasts of hir said realme, whereby they stuffing the same with garrisons and numbers of men of warre, might easilie vpon occa|sions seeke to make inuasions into this hir said realme, to the great annoiance of hir and hir louing subiects: at the request of the French themselues, thought it expedient to put in armor a certeine num|ber of hir subiects, to passe ouer into Normandie, vnto such hauens as néere approched vnto this hir realme of England, as well for the safegard of the same, as also for the reliefe and preseruation of the inhabitants there: and other that professed the gos|pell, liuing in continuall danger to be murthered and oppressed, and therefore crauing hir aid to saue and deliuer them out of the bloudie hands of their cruell aduersaries, that sought their hastie destruction.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 For the conduction therefore of such forces as she meant to send ouer at that present, she ordeined the lord Ambrose Dudleie earle of Warwike to be hir principall lieutenant, capteine generall, chiefe lea|der and gouernor of hir said subiects, that should in such wise passe ouer into Normandie. Herevpon,The earle of Warwike sent into Norman|die with an armie. the said erle the seuenteenth of October, in this fourth yeare of hir maiesties reigne, tooke shipping at Por|tesmouth in the hauen there, at one a clocke in the after noone, being aboord himselfe in the quéens ship, called the New barke, and setting forward, sailed all that after noone, and the night following, directlie to|wards EEBO page image 1196 Newhauen, but in the morning about eight a clocke, when his lordship was within twentie miles of the town of Newhauen, the wind suddenlie chan|ged cleane contrarie to his course: so that being dri|uen to returne about the next midnight, he arriued in the downes, and there remained at anchor, till a|bout eight of the clocke in the next morning being mondaie, and then was set on land by bote at San|don castell besides Deale, and the same daie at night came to Douer, & there laie till fridaie at thrée of the clocke at after noone; and then taking ship againe, sailed foorth: but finding the wind nothing prospe|rous for his course, after he had lien all that night & the daie following, tossing & tumbling on the seas, he was constreined to come backe againe, and arriued in the hauen of Douer, about ten of the clocke on sa|turdaie at night, and so remained there till tuesdaie next insuing at thrée of the clocke in the after noone, and then went to shipboord againe in the said ship cal|led the New barke: and directing his course for|wards,The earle of Warwike [...]ndeth at Newhauen. on thursdaie morning about eight of the clocke, his lordship landed at Newhauen, where he was most ioyfullie receiued with a great peale of artillerie.