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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 In this skirmish, being one of the notablest that had béene lightlie séene manie a daie before, capteine Horseie shewed woorthie proofe of his most valiant courage,Capteine Horseies va|liant. winning to himselfe such commemdation, as the same will not be forgotten, whilest anie shall remaine aliue that beheld his manfull dealings: be|ing such at that present, as deserue to be registred in the booke of fame, & to continue with posteritie for e|uer. On saturdaie the fift of Iune at seuen of the clocke at night, the Reinsgraue hauing laid in the village of Lheure an ambush of six hundred horsse|men, and fiftéene hundred footmen, there came downe also betwéene the abbeie and the village called En|glefield towards the towne,Another skirmish. the number of a thou|sand footmen, which began a verie hot skirmish, first at the new fort, comming euen hard to the ditches, where the Englishmen manfullie incountered them. Herewith also the Reinsgraue appointed other to come downe, and approch the bulworks of saint Ad|dresses, saint Francis, & saint Michaell, and to (con|clude) round about the towne: so that there were of them to the number of six thousand that were im|ploied in this skirmish, which was mainteined right fercelie for the space of two hours, with verie sharpe and cruell fight: in the end the enimies were forced to giue place,The number which the French lost in t [...]is skirmish. with the losse of fiue hundred of their men, Almans, Frenchmen, Gascoignes, and Spa|niards.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Englishmen verelie in this seruice shewed, that they were nothing degenerat from the ancient race of their noble progenitors. Besides those that were slaine on the French part amongst whom was one of their capteins of good account amongst them, they tooke also Bassompeere an Almane, coronell ouer ten ensignes of footmen.Bassompéere. The presence of the lord lieutenant was not wanting that daie, both to incourage his worthie souldiers, and also to sée them applied with weapon [...]nd munition, so as they should not be vnprouided of anie thing that was néedfull for seruice. Of Englishmen there was hurt capteine Gilbert, and capteine Pelham, and about fiftéene o|ther hurt and slaine.Capteine Gil|bert and cap|teine Pelham hurt. Edward Dudleie. The seuenth of Iune capteine Edward Dudleie arriued at Newhauen, with an hundred souldiers. The morrow after, the first canon shot light within the towne of Newhauen, néere to the bulworke of saint Addresses, striking into the house where capteine Whéeler was lodged, which shot being brought to my lord of Warwike by Blew|mantell purseuant at armes, his honor beholding it, reioised thereat, and said, by Gods grace he would answer them againe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The ninth of Iune arriued at Newhauen three capteins with their bands,A new supplie [...] Berwike souldiers. of an hundred a péece, being of the garrison of Berwike: to wit, capteine Tremaine, capteine Cornewall, & capteine Carew. Edward Randoll also landed there the same daie, appointed to be knight marshall.Capteine Randoll ap|pointed knight marshall. For ye must vnder|stand, that sir Adrian Poinings, being knight mar|shall vpon his returne into England, was otherwise emploid, and went not backe againe: and then was sir Thomas Finch of Kent appointed to go ouer to supplie the roome of knight marshall:Sir Thomas F [...]nch. who making his prouision readie, sent ouer his brother Erasmus Finch to haue charge of his band; and his kinsman Thomas Finch to be his prouost marshall, whilest staieng till he had euerie thing in a readinesse to passe ouer himselfe. At last, he imbarked in one of the quéenes maiesties ships called the Greiehound, ha|uing there aboord with him, beside thréescore and six of his owne retinue, fourtéene other gentlemen, two of them being brethren to the lord Wentwoorth, Iames Wentwoorth, and Iohn Wentwoorth, with diuerse o|thers, who in the whole (accounting the mariners) a|mounted vnto the number of 200 persons and vp|ward. And as they were on the furthest coast toward Newhauen, they were by contrarie wind and foule weather driuen backe toward the coast of England; and plieng towards Rie, they forced the capteine of the ship, a verie cunning seaman named William Maline, and also the maister and mariners,Sir Thomas Finch dro [...]|ned. to thrust into the hauen before the tide, and so they all perished, seuen of the meaner sort onlie excepted, where of three died shortlie after they came to land.

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