Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The French king sendeth foorth a fléet against Eng|land. Abington. The French king in the meane time hauing pre|pared his nauie, conteining thrée hundred saile, what with the gallies and other ships (for he had got di|uerse both from Merselles and Genoa) sent the same foorth to the seas, that vpon such occasion the king of England might also send foorth his fléet. But the French nauie comming neere to the coast of Eng|land, and lieng at anchor certeine daies, looking for sir Thomas Turberuile; when he came not at the day prefixed, the capteines of the French fleet appoin|ted one of their vessels to approch néere to the shore, and to set on land certeine persons that knew the countrie, to vnderstand and learne the cause of such staie. They being taken of the Englishmen and exa|mined, could make no direct answer in their owne excuse, Abington. and so were put to death. Some write that they sent fiue gallies towards the shore to suruey the coast, of the which gallies one of them aduansing foorth afore hir fellowes, arriued at Hide neere to Romney hauen, where the Englishmen esp [...]eng hir, to draw the Frenchmen on land, feined to flie bac [...]e into the countrie, but returning suddenlie vpon the enimies,French men slaine. A gallie burnt. they slue the whole number of them, being about two hundred and fiftie persons. They set fire on the gallie also and burned hir.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The admerall of the French fléet kindled in an|ger herewith, sailed streight vnto Douer, and there landing with his people,Douer rob|bed by the French. robbed the towne and prio|rie. The townesmen being striken with terror and feare of the sudden landing of their enimies, fled into the countrie, and raised people on euerie side, the which being assembled togither in great numbers, towards euening came to Douer, and inuading such Frenchmen as were straied abroad to seeke preies, slue them downe in sundrie places.The French|men chased to their ships. The French ad|merall which had beene busie all the day in pilfering the towne, hearing the noise of those Frenchmen that came running towards the sea side, streight|waies got him to his ships with such pillage as he could take with him. The other Frenchmen, which were gone abroad into the countrie to fetch preies, and could not come to their ships in time, were slaine euerie mothers sonne. Some of them hid them|selues in the corne fields, and were after slaine of the countrie people.Frenchmen slaine about Douer. There was little lesse than eight hundred of them thus slaine by one meane and other at that time. There were not manie of the men of Douer slaine, for they escaped by swift flight at the first entrie made by the Frenchmen: but of wo|men and children there died a great number, for the enimies spared none. There was also an old moonke slaine named Thomas, a man of such vertue (as the opinion went) that after his deceasse, manie mira|cles through him were shewed.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Sir Thomas Turberuile, being troubled in his mind that he could not bring his traitorous purpose to passe, began to assaie another waie, which was to procure Iohn Balioll king of Scotland to ioine in league with the French king, but yer any of his pra|ctises could be brought about, his treason was reuea|led, who being thereof euidentlie conuicted,Sir Tho|mas Tur|beruile exe|cuted. N. Triuet. was put to execution. Nich. Triuet saith, that he had promised the French king to cause Wales to reuolt from king Edward, and that by procurement of the pro|uost of Paris, he consented to worke such treason. And (as some write) he did not onelie homage vnto the French king, Caxton. but also left two of his sonnes in pledge for assurance to worke that which he had pro|mised. His secretarie that wrote the letters vnto the French king, conteining his imagined treasons, Abington. with other aduertisements touching king Edwards purposes, fearing least the matter by some other means might come to light (as the old prouerb saith,

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