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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The same daie that the French lords departed from Newhauen towards Caen,Sir Nicholas Throckmor|ton arriueth at Newhauen. monsieur Brique|mault, and sir Nicholas Throckmorton knight arri|ued at Newhauen in one of the quéenes ships called the Aid. The admerall Chatillon being got into the towne of Caen, kept the castell besieged,Caen castell besieged. The marquesse Dalbeuf bro|ther to the duke of Guise within the which was inclosed the marquesse Dalbeuf. There were sent to him from Newhauen the fiue & twen|tith of Februarie, seuen canons, two demie culue|rings, & one minion. On the morrow following be|ing fridaie, and six and twentith of Februarie, sir Nicholas Throckmorton knight, monsieur Bri|quemault, and monsieur Beauuois, with a thousand souldiers French, and as manie English, to wit,Aid sent to the siege of Cae [...] cap|teine Zouch, capteine Twedie, capteine Higate, ech of them with two hundred: capteine Iohn Ward, capteine Parkinson, capteine Saule, master Whée|ler, and capteine Fisher with his band, each of them with his hundred, and capteine Pelham with the la|bourers were imbarked in the rode at Newhauen, and sailed foorth towards Caen, to come to the siege which the admerall of France had laid to the castell there.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The same daie as the counte Montgomerie had imbarked at the hauen of Diepe in an English ves|sell, and was comming towards Newhauen, there came out from Festampe thrée shallops, by the ap|pointment of the Reingraue (as was said) which made towards Montgomerie, whose meaning when he perceiued, he set vpon the strongest of the same EEBO page image 1200 shallops,The counte [...] a French [...]. so that there followed a sharpe conflict be|twixt them, but in the end the victorie fell to Mont|gomerie, the shallop being taken, the capteine and maister slaine, and three English vittellers rescued, which the said shallops had taken. Montgomerie herewith arriuing at Newhauen, and bringing his prise with him was ioifullie receiued, and after he had talked a while with the lord lieutenant and the councell,Mõtgomerie [...]th to Caen to speake with [...] admerall. he went aboord againe and sailed to Caen, there to confer with the admerall.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The first of March in the morning they began to batter the castell of Caen, in such wise that about foure of the clocke in the afternoone, they within be|gan to parlée, but it tooke none effect: and then went off the artillerie againe till night,The castell of Caen batte| [...]. and in the morning the batterie eftsoones began. And before that two tires of the said artillerie had gone off, they within offered to parlee againe, and finallie agréed by com|position to yéeld; and so on that tuesdaie by ten of the clocke, the castell was surrendred into the hands of the French admerall,It is rendred to the adme|rall. and the marquesse Dalbeuf, and other that had the place in keeping, departed in safetie. On wednesdaie the third of March, the towne of Baieulx was also yeelded vnto the lord admerall of France,Baieulx, Fa|leise, and S. Lo, yéelded to the admerall. and on the morrow following Faleise, and afterwards S. Lo, with diuerse other townes and castels, yeelded likewise vnto him. The tenth of March the great gallie and the foists were sent a|waie from Newhauen, with a canon and shot and powder vnto Hunflue, where they met with mon|sieur de Mouie, that came thither with a faire com|panie of horssemen and diuerse footmen French, and of Englishmen, capteine Tuttie with his two hun|dred, and capteine Fisher with his hundred.

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