Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 And so by the high valiancie of sir Nicholas Ar|nalt, and the other capteins that serued in that fort vnder him, and chieflie by the assistance of almightie God, the giuer of all victories, the enimies were re|pelled, to their great dishonor, and the péece reser|ued to the immortall renowme of the defendants. Within a daie or two after, the generall of the Frenchmen sent to know of prisoners taken; but sir Nicholas Arnalt answered the messenger,

that he knew of no warre: and therefore if anie had attemp|ted to make a surprise of his péece by stealth, they were serued accordinglie to their malicious mea|nings. Indéed (said he) we haue taken none of your men, but we haue got some of your braue guilt ar|mour & weapons. Well (said the messenger) it is not the cowle that maketh the moonke, and no more is it the braue armour or weapon that maketh the man of warre: but the fortune of warre is such, sometime to gaine, and sometime to lose.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But concerning the liberalitie of sir Nicholas, I might here speake further thereof, how bountifullie EEBO page image 998 he rewarded the souldiers for their great manhood shewed at that time, in defending so sharpe an as|sault, to their great honour, and no lesse confusion of the aduersaries. The daie after the said assault, there came to Bullognberg from Guisnes,The lord Cobham with a new supplie of soldiers. a supplie of thrée or foure hundred men, vnder the leading of sir William Cobham, now lord Cobham and others. Within a while after, sir Nicholas Arnalt sent forth thrée hundred footmen, and fiue and twentie horsse|men, conducted by the said sir William Cobham, capteine Mutton of the Old man, & capteine More of Bullognberg, with certeine cariages, to go vn|to a wood not farre off, called the North wood, to fetch fagots and brush, to repare and mainteine the ram|pires.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 These capteins with their bands being passed forward, about two miles in distance from the fort, met with certeine of their scouts that were sent forth that morning, who told them that they had discoue|red the tract of a great number of horssemen. Wher|vpon the Englishmen now being almost come to the wood side, retired with all spéed: and herewith the French horssemen brake out of the wood, and follo|wing them, fell in skirmish with them. The English|men casting themselues in a ring, kept them off with their pikes, wherewith they impailed themselues, and hauing their small troope lined with shot, they also galled the Frenchmen right sore therewith, as they still approched them. Neuerthelesse, those horssemen gaue three maine onsets vpon the Englishmen, with the number of a thousand horsse at two of the first onsets, and the third they gaue with all their whole power, being estéemed a fiftéene hundred horssemen in all.