Compare 1577 edition: 1 Pontsey won.Whilest they tried their manhood thus at Rion, the constable woone Pontesey or Pontsac vpon Dordone, and came to ioine with the earles de Ualois at Rion, and so inforced both their powers to win that towne. The Englishmen and Gascoins, though they were put in some feare, yet they shewed their approoued valiancie in defending the towne, till at length when they saw they could defend it no long|er, and were in no hope of succour from anie part, they fled out about midnight, and made toward their ships: but diuerse of them were taken by the waie, for the Frenchmen hauing knowledge of their in|tent, forlaie the passages, and taking some of them that first sought to escape thus by flight, slue them, but there was not many of those. For all the residue, when they perceiued that the Frenchmen had laid betwixt them and their ships, making vertue of ne|cessitie, stood still in defense of the towne, till the Frenchmen entred it by force of assault the friday in Easter wéeke. Nic. Triuet. Rion wo [...].

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Some write, that the same night, in which they so ment to flée to their ships, there chanced a great tu|mult and mutenie betwixt the footmen and horsse|men, so that they fought togither, or else might the whole number of them haue escaped. The horssemen that got foorth left their horsses behind them readie brideled and sadled, which the Frenchmen vpon en|tring the towne in the morning tooke, after they had slaine the most part of the footmen. The Frenchmen hauing got a bloudie victorie, saued onelie the cap|teins and gentlemen, and slue the other, aswell Eng|lishmen as Gascoins. There was taken of knights, sir Rafe Tannie, sir Amis de saint Amand,Englishmen taken. with his brother sir Rafe de Gorges marshall of the armie, sir Roger Leiborne, sir Iohn Kreting, sir Iames Kre|ting, sir Hen. Boding, sir Iohn Mandeuile, sir Iohn Fulborne, sir Robert Goodfield, sir Thomas Turber|uile, & sir Walter, with thrée & thirtie esquiers, Abington. which were sent all vnto Paris. Sir Adam Kreting was killed, a right valiant knight,Sir Adam Kreting [...]. Sir Walter Gifford. by reason of one sir walter Gifford a knight also, which had dwelled in France manie yeares before as an outlaw.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 On the same day was the towne of saint Seuere deliuered vnto the Englishmen,Saint Se|uere taken. Nic. Triuet. Hugh Ueer Charles de Ualois. the which Hugh or (as Abington saith) Robert Ueer, brother to the earle of Oxenford tooke vpon him to keepe as capteine there with two hundred men of armes. Charles de Ualois aduertised thereof, departed from Rion with all spéed, to besiege the foresaid towne of saint Se|uere,Saint Se|uere besiged. yer the Englishmen should haue time to fortifie it. But the foresaid Hugh Uéer kept him out the space of thirtéene or (as Abington saith) nine wéekes, to the great losse of the Frenchmen, no small part of their people dieng in the meane time, both of pesti|lence and famine. At length, when vittels began to faile within, a truce was taken for fifteene daies, within the which it might be lawfull for them within the towne to send vnto Baion for succour, which if it came not within that tearme, the towne should be yeelded vnto the Frenchmen,Saint Se|uere yeelded by composi|cion. and so it was vpon these conditions, that the Englishmen and other that would depart, should haue libertie to take with them their armour and goods, and be safelie conueied two daies iornie on their waie from the French armie. Also that those which were minded to remaine still in the towne, should not susteine any losse or damage in their bodies or goods. The pledges also which afore|time were taken out of that towne by the French kings seneshall, should returne in safetie to the towne, and haue their goods restored vnto them. This doone,Charles de Ualois retur|neth into France. Charles de Ualois appointed a garrison of sol|diers to remaine there for the kéeping of the towne, and then returned backe into France. The English|men, which escaped out of those places from the Frenchmens hands, repaired vnto Baion, Polydor. to de|fend that towne with their capteins the foresaid erle earle of Richmond and the lord Iohn de S. Iohn, the which of some are vntruelie said to haue béene slaine at Rion. Shortlie after that Charles de Ualois was departed and gone out of the countrie, the towne of saint Seuere was recouered by the Englishmen.