Compare 1577 edition: 1 This countesse of Mountfort was sister vnto Lewes earle of Flanders, and named Margaret, Ia. Meir. and not Claudia (as some write.) She was verie diligent in hir businesse, and spared no trauell to aduance hir cause, so that she wan not onelie the harts of the men of warre, but also of the people of Britaine, the which fauoured hir husband, and lamented the mishap of his taking. She first furnished such cities, townes, Froissard castels, and fortresses as hir husband had in possessi|on, with men, munition and vittels, as Renes, Di|naunt, Guerand, Hanibout, and others. This doone, she sent ouer into England, sir Emerie de Clisson, a noble man of Britaine, to require the king of Eng|land of succors, with condition, that if it pleased him, hir sonne Iohn should marrie one of his daughters. ¶ The king of England glad to haue such an entrie into France, as by Britaine, thought not to refuse the offer, & therevpon granted to aid the countesse: & foorthwith raising a power, sent the same ouer into Britaine, vnder the conduct of the lord Walter of Mannie, and others: the which at length, after they had continued long vpon the sea, by reason of contra|rie winds, arriued in Britaine; in which meane time, a great armie of Frenchmen were entred into Bri|taine and had besieged the citie of Reues, and finallie woone it by surrender, & were now before the towne of Hanibout, which with streict siege, and sore brusing of the walles, they were néere at point to haue taken, and the countesse of Mountfort within it If the suc|cours of England had not arriued there, [...] at such time as the Frenchmen were in talke with them within, about the surrender. But after that the Eng|lish EEBO page image 363 fleet was seene to approch, the treatie was soone broken off, for they within had no lust then to talke anie further of the matter.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The lord of Mannie, and the Englishmen arri|uing at Hanibout thus in time of imminent danger,The english succour [...]riued in good time. wherein the countesse, and the other within that towne were presentlie beset, greatlie recomforted the said countesse, as she well shewed by hir cheere|full countenance in receiuing them.Archers. Shortlie after their arriuall, a certeine number of the English ar|chers, issuing foorth, beat the Frenchmen from an engine which they had reared against the walles, and set fire vpon the same engine. To conclude, the Frenchmen liked the Englishmen so well, that shortlie after being wearie of their companie, they raised their siege to get themselues further from them: and in an other part of the countrie indeuou|red themselues to win townes and castels as they did indéed, hauing their armie diuided into two parts, the lord Charles de Blois gouerning the one part,Charles de Blois. Lewes de Spaine. and a Spaniard called the lord Lewes de Spaine the other (which was the same that thus de|parted from the siege of Hanibout, after the arriuall of the Englishmen) and then winning the townes of Dinant and Guerand, passed into the countrie of Britaine Britonant,Britaine Britonant. and there not farre from Quin|percorentine, were discomfited by the Englishmen, who followed them thither. Of six thousand Geno|waies, Spaniards, and Frenchmen, which the lord Lewes of Spaine had there with him, there escaped but a few awaie. A nephue which he had there with him named Alfonse was slaine, howbeit he himselfe escaped, though not without sore hurts.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Edmund of Langley that was after duke of yorke is borne. Fabian. A iusts and tornie at Dunstable.This yeare, the fift of Iune queene Philip was deliuered of a sonne at the towne of Langley, the which was named Edmund, and surnamed Langley of the place where he was thus borne. Also about the same time was a great iustes kept by king Edward at the towne of Dunstable, with other counterfeited feats of warre, at the request of diuerse yoong lords and gentlemen, whereat both the king and queene were present, with the more part of the lords and la|dies of the land. ¶ The lord Charles de Blois, hauing in the meane time woone Uannes, and other towns, brought his armie backe vnto Hanibout,Hanibout besieged. and eft|soones besieged the same, and the countesse of Mount|fort within it. But for so much as it was well fortifi|ed, and prouided of all things necessarie to defend a siege, the Englishmen being returned thither againe after the ouerthrow of the lord Lewes de Spaine,1342 Anno Reg. 16. it could not be easilie woone. At length, by the labour of certeine lords of Britaine,The countes of Richmond commeth ouer into Englãd. An armie sent into Britaine a truce was taken for a time, during the which, the countesse of Richmond came ouer into England, to commune with king Edward, touching the affaires of Britaine, who ap|pointed sir Robert Dartois earle of Richmond, the earles of Salisburie, Penbroke, and Suffolke, the lords Stafford, Spenser, and Bourchier, with others, to go with hir ouer into Britaine, who made their prouision, so that they might take the sea, to come thither against the time that the truce betwixt the countesse and the lord Charles de Blois should be expired.