Compare 1577 edition: 1 This duke feining himselfe as a neuter betwixt the king of Romans, and the rebels of Flanders, re|quired of the lords of Bruges, that he might enter peaceablie into their towne according to his estate, with a certeine number of men of armes, to com|municate with them diuerse matters of great weight, and sent before his cariages and herbengers to make prouision. They of Bruges were in no doubt of him, so that his men of warre entered in|to the citie in good order, and he followed. They that went before, inquired for innes and lodgings, as though they would haue rested there all the night, and so went foorth still in order asking after lodgings, till they came at the gate that leadeth directlie to|ward Dam, distant from Bruges a Flemish mile, which is called the bulworke of Bruges.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The capteins and inhabitants of Dam suspecting no harme to come out of Buges, thought their freends (knowing some danger towards) had sent them aid, and so nothing mistrusting those that appro|ched their towne, suffered them to enter, and so was the towne of Dam taken by sleight, which could not be woone by open force. This chance sore displeased them of Bruges, for now could they haue no recourse to the s [...]a so that they must néeds fall into ruine and decaie. The duke of Saxonie thus hauing woone the towne of Dam,The duke of Saxonie sen| [...]eth for aid to king Henrie to win Sluis sent to the king of England, that if it would please him to minister anie aid by sea, hée would besiege Sluis by land. Wherevpon the king of England, vpon due consideration of the dukes motion (as he was wise enough in all his enterpri|ses, and no lesse fortunate in the issue of the same) would conclude nothing vpon the sudden, but (as he did alwaies) ruled his affaires by good counsell, like to the wise man commended in the holie scripture:

Gu. Hae. in Tob. 4. Consilio sapiens semper sua facta gubernat.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 At last he well remembring that Sluis was a [...]ousenest, and a verie den of théeues to them that trauersed the seas towards the east parts, inconti|nentlie dispatched sir Edward Poinings a right va|liant knight and hardie capteine,Sir Edward Poinings a valian [...] capi|teine sent into Flanders with an armie with twelue ships well furnished with bold souldiers and sufficient ar|tiller [...]e. Which sir Edward sailed into the hauen, and kept the lord of Rauenstein from starting by sea. The Duke of Saxonie besieged one of the castels, lieng in a church ouer against it: and the Englishmen as|saulted the l [...]sse castell, and issued out of their ships at the ebbe, neuer suffering their enimies to rest in quiet one day togither for the space of twentie dais, and euerie day slue some of their aduersaries; and on the English part were slaine one Uere,One Uere brother to the earle o [...] Ox|ford slaine. brother to the earle of Oxford, and fiftie more.