[1] The Frenchmen by sea sore troubled the sea coasts of this realme, speciallie where the champion coun|tries stretch towards the sea coasts. At Hastings in the feast of Corpus Christi,

The French|men inuade ye coasts of this land.

Plimmouth burnt.

they burnt certeine fisher|mens houses, and slue some of the inhabitants. Also in the hauens about Deuonshire and Cornewall, and towards Bristow, they tooke and burnt certeine ships, killing the mariners that came to their hands, and in the Whitsun-wéeke they landed at Plim|mouth, and burnt the more part of the towne: but Hugh Courtnie earle of Deuonshire, a man almost fourescore yeares of age,The earle of Deuonshire. and other knights and men of the countrie came against these Frenchmen, slea|ing such as came into their hands to the number of fiue hundred, as was estéemed, and chased the resi|due. ¶ The Scots also about the same time did much hurt and great mischéefe to the Englishmen both by sea and land. Rich. South.