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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 The dead bodie of sir Thomas Finch amongst o|thers was cast on shore, & being knowne, was con|ueied home to his house, and there buried in his pa|rish church. After this mischance, and losse of that woorthie gentleman,Edward Randoll pro|uost marshall. the said Edward Randoll was appointed knight marshall, who ordeined a right suffi|cient personage, capteine Iohn Shute, to be his pro|uost marshall. The fifteenth of Iune, capteine Ri|chard Sanders, and capteine William Saule,A supplie of souldiers ar|riue at New|hauen. with their bands of an hundred souldiers a péece, and cap|teine Drurie, with two hundred, arriued at New|hauen: and the morrow after arriued capteine Ro|berts with another hundred of souldiers. And on the seuenteenth of Iune, being thursdaie,Sir Francis Knolles ar|riuall. sir Fran|cis Knolles, vicechamberleine of the quéenes maie|sties house landed there, béeing sent ouer by hir ma|iestie and hir councell, to view the state of the towne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 On fridaie the eightéenth of Iune, a sergeant of capteine Blunts band,Execution of souldiors for drawing vpon their cap|teins. and a souldior of capteine Darcies band, were executed in the market place of Newhauen, for drawing their weapons against their capteins, and forsaking their appointed places of warding, and such other lewd parts which they had committed. The fiue and twentith of Iune, procla|mation was made,A proclama|tion forbid|ding resort of souldiors to Newhauen without li|cence. that no souldior of the new fort should resort to the towne of Newhauen, without licence of his capteine, or some of his principall of|ficers, on paine of death: or that anie man should presume to passe the limits of the said new fort, ex|cept vpon occasion of seruice, in companie of his capteine or lieutenant, on like paine. And this order was taken, because diuerse stragling abroad, had béene taken prisoners, and slaine by the enimies, to their owne reproch, & hind [...]rance of the princes ser|uice. The eight and twentith of Iune, the French|men came downe to the village of Lheure, & there verie néere to the fort began to skirmish with the Englishmen. There were of them ten ensignes of footmen, and two hundred horssemen. This skirmish lasted thrée houres,

A long skir|mish without anie great hurt.

Canons pla|ced to beate the towne.

and yet there were not past foure slaine. The night following, they placed fiue ca|nons betwixt the towne and the brickehils, and like|wise they placed other péeces of their artillerie at the foresaid village of Lheure, so that they shot both into the towne and fort.

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