Compare 1577 edition: 1 When the bishop therefore had set things in good forwardnesse for his iournie, he drew towards the sea side, and was so desirous to passe ouer,The bishop [...] Norwich set|teth forward with his ar|mie. and to in|uade his aduersaries, that although the king sent to him an expresse commandement by letters to re|turne to the court, that he might conferre with him before he tooke the seas; yet excusing himselfe, that the time would not then permit him to staie longer, he passed ouer to Calis, where he landed the 23 of A|prill, in this sixt yeare of king Richards reigne. The armie to attend him in this iournie, Polydor. rose to the num|ber of two thousand horssemen, and fifteene thousand footmen (as some write) though other speake of a far lesser number. Froissard. 500 speares, [...] 115 other. But it should seeme that they went not ouer all at one time, but by parts, as some before the bishop, some with him, and some after him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Now when he and the capteins before named, were come ouer to Calis, they tooke counsell togither into what place they should make their first inuasion; and bicause their commission was to make warre onelie against those that held with pope Clement, the more part were of this mind, that it should be most expedient for them to enter into France, and to make warre against the Frenchmen, whom all men knew to be chiefe mainteiners of the said Clement. But the bishop of Norwich was of this opinion, that they could not doo better than to inuade the countrie of Flanders, bicause that a litle before, earle Lewes hauing intelligence that king Richard had made a confederacie with them of Gaunt, had on the other part expelled all Englishmen out of his dominions and countries, so that the merchants which had their goods at Bruges, and other places in Flanders, su|steined great losses.The bishop [...] Norwich inuadeth Flanders. Howbeit there were that replied against the bishops purpose herein, as sir Hugh Cal|uerlie and others; yet at length they yeelded thereto, and so by his commandement they went streight to Grauelin, the 21 day of Maie, and immediatlie wan it by assault. Ia. Meir. Whervpon Bruckburge was yeelded vnto them, the liues and goods of them within saued. Then went they to Dunkirke,Dunkirke woon & sack [...] by the Eng|lishmen. & without any great resistance entred the towne, and wan there excéeding much by the spoile, for it was full of riches, which the Englishmen pilfered at their pleasure. The earle of Flanders lieng at Lisle was aduertised how the Englishmen were thus entered his countrie,The earle of Flãders sen|deth to the bish. of Nor|wich to know the cause of his inuasion of Flander [...]. where|vpon he sent ambassadors vnto the English host, to vnderstand why they made him warre that was a right Urbanist.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The bishop of Norwich for answer, declared to them that were sent, that he tooke the countrie to ap|perteine to the French king, as he that had of late conquered it, whom all the whole world knew to be a Clementine, or at the least he was assured that the countrie thereabouts was of the inheritance of the ladie of Bar, which likewise was a Clementine: and therefore, except the people of that countrie would come and ioine with him to go against such as were knowne to be enimies to pope Urbane, he would suerlie séeke to destroie them. And whereas the earls ambassadors required safe conduct to go into Eng|land EEBO page image 443 by Calis, to vnderstand the kings pleasure in this mater, the bishop would grant them none at all; wherefore they went backe againe to the earle their maister with that answer.