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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Light horsse|men Scots.The next daie, being fridaie, & the thirtith of Octo|ber, there came to Newhauen from Diepe, fiftie light horssemen Scots, brought by one of maister Killigrues seruants. On saturdaie the last of Oc|tober, the earle of Warwiks commission was pro|clamed in Latine, English, and French, by Blew|mantell,An oth recei| [...]ed by the lord lieutenant, [...]nd other of| [...]cer [...]. purseuant at armes: which being ended, his lordship went into the church, and there sir Adri|an Poinings knight marshall gaue him his oth, and then my lord gaue the said sir Adrian his oth. And af|ter him were sworne Cutbert Uaughan controllor, Iohn Fisher knight porter, William Bromfield maister of the ordinance, William Robinson wa|ter bailife, and capteine Thomas Wood clearke of the councell. On mondaie the second of Nouem|ber, the earle of Warwike, with the knight mar|shall, and the controllor, rode out of Newhauen to Hauteuille, and so towards Mondeuille, accom|panied with all the horssemen English and Scotish, and a thousand footmen.A skirmish be|twéene the Scotishmen and them of Mondeuille. The Scotishmen & Mont|gomeries band passed foorth, and skirmished with them of Mondeuille, and the Scots brought awaie with them a bootie of thrée hundred shéepe: but in the morning, they were returned backe againe by com|mandement of the earle of Warwike.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Maister controllors souldiors went as far as Harflue, and there skirmished with them of that garrison, but without anie hurt to either part. My lord lieutenant riding all about the hils, viewed the countrie,A prise of win [...]s to the quantitie of two hundred tuns. and at night returned. On wednesdaie the fourth of Nouember, a barke of Newhauen, belonging to Francis Clearke, brought into the hauen of the same towne, foure Britons laden with wines, to the quantitie of two hundred tuns of good Gascoigne wines, which they ment to haue brought to the enimies: but being thus taken as a good prise, it was discharged in Newhauen, and stood the Englishmen and others of that towne in good stead.An alarum in [...] towne of Newhauen. On fridaie the sixt of Nouember, about nine of the clocke in the morning, a great alarum rose in the said towne of Newhauen: for vpon the hils on the north side of the towne, the Reingraue, and the sonne of the viceadmerall of France, shewed them|selues, accompanied with two thousand footmen, and fiue hundred horssemen. And herewith, the Rein|graue sent a trumpettor to the towne, to aduertise the lord lieutenant, that he was on the hils there at hand; and that vnderstanding his lordship was come into the countrie, and entred into Newhauen, if it would please him to promise vpon his honor, and by the faith of a gentleman, that he might come, and re|turne in safetie, he would be glad to come & sée him. Wherevpon the lord lieutenant, taking with him certeine capteins and gentlemen, rode foorth of the towne, and sent before him sir Adrian Poinings the marshall,Stephan Medcalfe trumpettor. The earle of Warwike and the Rein|graue talke togither. with Stephan Medcalfe hir maiesties trumpettor vnto the Reingraue, who talking with him, returned, and met with the lord lieutenant: who therewith passed forward, and méeting with the Reingraue, they imbraced each other, and conferred togither as they had occasion. And the Reingraue told the lord lieutenant (among other talke) that he was come to be his neighbor, and so with such merie speech they communed togither: and after taking their leaue either of other, they returned vnto their homes.

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