[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.