Compare 1577 edition: 1 On thursdaie the twelfe of Nouember, there went out of the towne of Newhauen towards Har|flue, thrée bands of Frenchmen, conteining about six hundred footmen; and suddenlie they were béeset by the Almans and Frenchmen of the garrison of Harflue: so that the French protestants were dri|uen to take a village called Grauille, where they mainteined the skirmish for the space of two houres, till the lord lieutenant,A skirmish be+fore Harflue hearing of the perill in which they stood, sent foorth with the controllor the num|ber of a thousand footmen, and all the English and Scotish horssemen, and monsieur Beauuois with diuerse French horssemen: who comming before Harflue, fell in skirmish with the enimies, to whose succor there issued foorth of Harflue a great number of the Almans, both horssemen and footmen. But the Englishmen behaued themselues so valiantlie, that they beat them out of the field, and droue them in the end to the verie gates of their towne, with such lionlike courage, as was woonderfull: choosing rather to die in battell (if hap had so cut their cards) in an honest cause, than in their sicke beds: as mo|ued by the poets reason not amisse for a souldior to EEBO page image 1197 remember and resolutelie to rest vpon, to wit:

Absumpti longis animam cruciatibus edunt

Languentes morbis: in bello pulchra paratur

Mors, homo momento pugnans extinguitur horae,

Euolat in tenues laetus citò spiritus auras.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 This skirmish was stoutlie mainteined and conti|nued for the space of thrée long houres. Their great artillerie was shot off freshlie from the wals and bulworks.The English|men retire to Newhauen with honor. At length, when the night drew on, the retire was sounded, and the Englishmen came their waie backe to Newhauen with honor, hauing lost not past eight of their souldiors, that were slaine and six other hurt: whereas there was one of the eni|mies capteins slain in sight, with twentie souldiors, and another of their capteins, with diuerse others of their numbers gréeuouslie wounded.Monsieur Beauuois. Monsieur Beauuois shewed himselfe that daie verie forward and valiant, & so likewise did the Scotishmen. The thirteenth of Nouember, a pinnesse of the French|men that belonged to Newhauen, being gone foorth the night before, brought into the hauen a ship laden with Rochell wines, fiue and twentie tuns, that was bound to passe vp to the enimies, and so esteemed a good prise.Prises taken and brought to Newhauen On the fourtéenth of Nouember, ano|ther ship fraught with twentie tuns of Gascoigne wines was brought in as a prise, likewise taken by a barke of Newhauen, that belonged to a French|man, called Iehan de Bois, an earnest aduersarie to the papists.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The seuenth of Nouember, a proclamation was made by Blewmantell, concerning orders taken and passed by the lord lieutenant,A proclama|tion for har|quebut shot. that no English|man nor Frenchman should shoot off anie harque|buse within the towne; nor that anie Frenchman, except monsieur Beauuois, or monsieur Bricque|mault, or their companies, should be out of their lodgings after nine of the clocke at night till the next morning on paine of death: except in cases of ala|rums.An alarum vpon occasion of fier made by the papists. The twelfe of Nouember, about six of the clocke at night, one of the mils without the gate was set on fire by some of the papists (as was thought) whereof rose a great alarum. The thir|téenth of Nouember, the Reingraue was seene on the north hils of the towne, with foure score horsse|men: wherevpon the Scotish horssemen, and thrée bands of footmen issued out, marching vp towards the same hils, in hope to méet with their enimies, but they were retired towards Mondeuille, and so nothing was doone. It was reported for a certeine truth, that the duke Daumale was there at that pre|sent with the Reingraue.