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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 Capteine Sanders hurt and di|eth.The same time, capteine Sanders was hurt with a shot in the leg, whereof he shortlie after died: other losse at that time the Englishmen receiued not. The fift of Iulie, a proclamation was made for souldiors to resort in time of alarums, vnto that part & quar|ter, which was assigned to their capteins, and not to absent themselues from their ensignes, whether it were at alarums, watch, ward, or other seruice. The sixt of Iulie,Ordinance planted and discharged in great num|bers. about thrée of the clocke in the mor|ning, the enimies planted thrée canons, and thrée culuerings, discharging that morning to the num|ber of foure score and ten shots: but perceiuing they did little hurt, they staied their shooting, sauing that now and then they shot into the bulworke, and ouer it into the towne: they also leuelled a péece, and shot it off towards the new gallie, slue therein two men, and hurt thrée or foure other. The same daie, a canon and a culuering were sent foorth of the towne to the new fort. The twelfe of Iulie, about foure of the clocke in the morning, the French laid batterie to the bulworke of saint Addresses, continuing the same all that daie.The ordi|nance in the stéeple dis|mounted. They also dismounted the same daie the ordinance in the stéeple of Newhauen, and beat downe the great bell, cleane defacing the stéeple. They discharged that daie against the towne (as was gathered by due estimation) to the number of twelue hundred canon shot.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 William Ro|binson killed. William Bromfield hurt.The same euening was William Robinson esqui|er, waterbailife of the towne of Newhauen slaine with a shot; and also William Bromfield maister of the ordinance hurt with the same, and being con|ueied ouer into England, he shortlie after died of that hurt. The fourtéenth of Iulie, sir Hugh Pau|let knight landed at Newhauen, bringing with him eight hundred souldiors out of Wiltshire and Glo|cestershire.A new sup|plie of Wilt|shire and Glo|cestershire men. The same daie came the Frenchmen downe to the number of three thousand, euen hard to the gates of the towne, beating the Englishmen out of their trenches: but yet in the end, they were forced to retire, and of Englishmen there were not past twentie slaine, and about an hundred hurt. But the Frenchmen (as was estéemed) lost aboue foure hundred horssemen and footemen, albeit they tooke from the Englishmen at that present a culuering, which was set foorth to annoie them. But their force at that time was such, as they preuailed, & so retired with that peece, though they well paied for it. The same daie also in the after noone, the little galeasse called the Fox, went out of the hauen, fraught with fiftie men, to flanke alongst the shore, and to beate the Frenchmen with hir shot; but as she was shoo|ting off at them, a linnen stocke fell into a barrell of powder and set it on fire togither with the vessell,The galeasse burnt by ca|su [...]ltie. so that she suddenlie sanke, and all that were aboord in hir were lost, sauing fiftéene that saued themselues by swimming.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 The one and twentith of Iulie, the conestable of France,The conesta|ble of France commeth to the siege. accompanied with the marshals Montmo|rancie and Burdillon, and manie other lords and knights of the order, came to the abbeie of Grauil|le, where the marshall Brissacke was lodged, who had the generall charge in the armie, before the com|ming of the said conestable. They dined togither there in the said Brissacks lodging, and after din|ner they sat in councell togither how to procéed in the siege. Fridaie the three and twentith of Iulie, the conestable came into the trench that was cast ouer against the bulworke of saint Addresse,The conesta|ble summo|neth the towne. alongst by the sea side, and sent his trumpet to summon the towne. The lord lieutenant appointed sir Hugh Paulet to go foorth, & make the answer in his name:Sir Hugh Paulets an|swer to the con [...]stable. which was in effect, that [...]he quéens maiestie of Eng|land had appointed him and others to kéepe that towne; and therefore they meant not to deliuer it to anie other person, without hir graces especiall com|mandement. In the meane time, there were diuerse of the English capteins and gentlemen, which ac|companied the said sir Hugh, offered the wine which they had brought out of the towne with them in fla|gons of siluer and guilt, vnto such capteins and gentlemen as accompanied the trumpet by com|mandement of the conestable, to surueie the state of the trenches, and Palisad, as the French writers themselues confesse. Amongst others,Capteine Monines. Capteine Leighton. there was capteine Monines the lieutenant of one of the en|signes coronels of monsieur Dandelot, with whom capteine Leighton, being of acquaintance, had some talke.

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