Compare 1577 edition: 1 The armie that was sent ouer vnder the leading of sir Iohn Wallop, passed foorth from the marches of Calis, and keeping alongst betwixt the borders of the French and Burgonion pales and confines, and ioining with the emperors forces, Spaniards, Wallons, and Dutch, came at length before Lander|seie, a towne latelie fortified by the French,Landerseie besieged. within the borders of the emperors dominions, to the which they laid a strong siege. At length the emperour ha|uing dispatched his wars against the duke of Cleue, who had submitted himselfe vnto him, came now to the siege of Landerseie, with a mightie power of sun|drie nations, so that the towne was sore constreined and in danger to haue béene lost, if at that present the French king had not likewise with an huge ar|mie of Frenchmen, Switzers, Lantsquenets,The French king commeth to the rescue of Landerseie. Itali|ans, and others, come to the rescue, pitching downe his campe, making countenance as if he ment pre|sentlie to giue battell: and verelie it was thought that two such powers as were there at that time so néere togither, should neuer haue departed without battell. The emperor thinking suerlie to fight, raised his siege, and drew his people into the field. The Frenchmen thereby espieng their aduantage, put as well fresh men as vittels, and all kind of muniti|on necessarie into the towne, and in the meane while kept the emperours people occupied with hot skir|mishes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now after the towne was thus reléeued, which thing the French king onelie wished to accom|plish, the next daie when the emperor was readie with his armie ranged in battell to haue fought with his aduersaries, the French king put his armie also in order; but hauing no mind to come forward, he trifled foorth that daie, and in the night following, secretlie departed with as much haste as was possi|ble. When the next morning had discouered the Frenchmens flight (for manie so termed this their sudden retire) it was no néed to bid diuerse troops of the emperours armie to hie after them: but some made too much haste.The French king retireth backe with his armie. For the French king suspecting what would insue, appointed his eldest sonne Henrie the Dolphin to remaine behind with the rereward, accompanied with diuerse noble capteins, which or|dered their people in their retire with such warinesse and héedfull skill, as the reason of warre required, that such of the emperours campe as aduentured ouer rashlie, and shewed themselues more forward than wise, fell within danger of such ambushments as were by the waie couertlie laid in places of ad|uantage: and so diuerse were taken, as sir George Carew, sir Thomas Palmer knight porter of Calis, Edward Bellingham, and others. But neuerthelesse a great number of such Frenchmen as could not make waie, and kéepe pase with their maine troops, were snapped vp, slaine, and taken in no small num|bers by their enimies, who followed them as egre as tigers, and as the describer of that pursute saith:

Imbuit & gladios manante cruore Britannus.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 This was after Alhalowentide, so that now by reason the winter was farre entred, and the weather waxing extreame foule, and contrarie to an armie that should lie in the fields, the emperour brake vp EEBO page image 961 his campe and licenced the most part of his people to depart home into their countries,The emperor breaketh vp his campe. for all hope to win Landerseie at that time was cleane cut off, sith it was vittelled and newlie furnished with fresh men and munition. After that the warres were once o|pen betwixt England and France, sundrie enter|prises were attempted by the parties on either side in the marches of Calis and Bullognois, in which, for the most part, the Englishmen got the vpper hand of their enimies.