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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Moreouer, the same daie at night, the Double Rose with certeine other botes and French shallops, passed foorth of the hauen: Edward Dudleie,Edward Dudleie. and capteine Iohn Ward being aboord in the said Dou|ble Rose, with diuerse other Englishmen & French|men, to the number of a hundred good soldiors, who sailing downe the riuer landed beside Tankeruille, and laie close all that night in the wood. And in the morning about nine of the clocke monsieur Bimar, ensignebearer to the counte Montgomerie, with six or seauen Frenchmen vnarmed went to the castell gate, and there fell in talke with monsieur Dimenée, who was capteine of that fortresse, hauing with him about ten soldiors that were appointed to remaine with him vpon the gard of the same castell. Whilest they were thus in talke, the Englishmen and other Frenchmen comming foorth of the wood that was there at hand, reared vp their ladders,The castell of Tankeruille woone by the Englishmen. which they had brought with them for that purpose, at the breach which was made the summer before by the duke EEBO page image 1198 Daumale; and entring by the same, came downe into the base court. Which thing when the French soldiors that kept talke with them within at the ca|stell gate perceiued, they began to laugh. The cap|teine of the castell therwith turning his face, & behol|ding as good as thrée score armed men within the cas|tell at his backe, he suddenlie said: Ha, ie suis vostre, I am yours sirs, and so yéelded with his ten soldiors. And in this sort was the castell taken, & the capteine brought prisoner to Newhauen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 On the twelfe of December, at ten of the clocke in the morning, the earle of Warwike, monsieur de Beauuois, and monsieur de Bricquemault, with all their horssemen & thrée thousand footmen, passed foorth of Newhauen vnto Harflue,

A skirmish [...] Har|flue.

The French [...] beaten [...] Harflue.

out of which towne there issued seauen hundred Reisters of the retinue of the counte Reingraue, and thrée hundred footmen, who fell in skirmish with the French and Englishmen verie hotlie: but at length the Eng|lishmen draue them to the verie gates of Harflue, and slue them euen at the same gates, and vpon the walles of the towne; insomuch that they were con|streined to shut their gates, and off went the ordi|nance from the gates and bulworks, discharging bullets amongst the English soldiors freelie. But yet there were not slaine past seuen of the English part, albeit diuerse were hurt and wounded, & amongst o|ther was monsieur de Beauuois shot into the side of the necke through his gorget;Monsieur Beauuois & [...] Ant|wisell hurt. and capteine Antwi|sell through the arme. Moreouer, whereas they car|ried foorth with them foure barrels of gunpowder to mainteine the skirmish, through negligence by set|ting fire in the same, there were to the number of twentie gréeuouslie burned. Of the enimies were slaine that daie aboue thirtie, and hurt aboue fiftie, Manie of their horsses were also slaine in this skir|mish, which continued aboue thrée houres. As the Englishmen were returning backe, the Reingraue with two hundred horsses, and a certeine number of footmen, was laid fast by in an ambush, thinking to haue cut off part of their men: but he failed of his purpose. For the lord lieutenant marching with his men in battell araie, brought them home in safetie, without other impeachment. The seauentéenth of December, the counte Montgomerie, and sir Hugh Paulet arriued at Newhauen in one of the queenes ships called the Aid.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 A proclamati|on for obser| [...]ing of or|ders.The ninetéenth of December a proclamation was made for orders to be obserued, concerning the imbarking of such soldiors as were licenced to de|part by passeport or otherwise: and likewise prohibi|ting the taking into anie vessell anie drie fish, wine, sugar, or anie houshold stuffe without speciall licence of the lord lieutenant. Whilest things passed thus in Normandie at Newhauen & thereabouts,The death of the lord Greie of Wilton. where the earle of Warwike & other valiant capteines were readie to make proofe of their high prowesse in time & place as occasion might serue, there ended his life at home that honorable baron, and right famous cap|teine in his daies William lord Greie of Wilton, knight of the most noble order of the garter, and at that present gouernor of Berwike, and warden of the east marches against Scotland. He deceased the fiue and twentith of December, in the yéere 1562, at Cheshnut in Hertfordshire, then the house of Henrie Denie esquier that had married mistresse Honor Greie, the said lord Greies onelie daughter. ¶The six and twentith of December the counte de Montgo|merie tooke shipping at Newhauen rode, accompa|nied with foure hundred harquebutters Frenchmen, and sailed to Déepe, there to be gouernor of that towne. He went in an English barke belonging to Nicholas Malbie secretarie to the earle of War|wike lord lieutenant.

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