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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 The Englishmen and Frenchmen were no sooner departed, they to their trenches, and the English|men into the towne, but that the enimies hauing planted that morning eight canons in batterie a|gainst the castell, and the bulworke of the hauen, caused the same to be shot off,The castell battered. continuing the same till wednesdaie at noone, being the eight and twen|tith of Iulie. There were six other canons also plan|ted by them in the meane space, which likewise made batterie to the castell, and to the townegate. In this meane time also, Cutbert Uaughan comptrollor,Cutbert Uaughan de|parteth this life, his woor|thie praise. departed out of this life, a skilfull man of warre, and no lesse circumspect than hardie, both to preserue those which he had vnder his conduction, and to in|courage them to doo manfullie, when time thereto serued. Saturdaie, the foure & twentith of Iulie, the batterie still continuing as before, certeine peeces were bent also to beat and trauerse the hauen. The Englishmen therefore setting fire on two wind|mils that stood there,Windmils set on fire. abandoned a trench which they kept: and the Palisad, capteine Poiet, lieutenant of an other of the ensignes coronels of the French footmen vnder monsieur Dandelot, entred with his band, and tooke possession of a tower that stood at the end of the said Palisad. The French yet had hot a|biding there, notwithstanding all the diligence and policie which they could vse to lodge there in safetie. Among others,Richlieu ma [...]ster of the campe hurt capteine Richlieu maister of the campe, was hurt in the shoulder with an harquebuse shot.

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