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Compare 1587 edition: 1 By this laſt army, the coũtrey of Northum|berlande, was ſore ſpoyled, and a great number both of Scottes and Northumberland men diſ|comfited and ſlain. But as Odo was preparing to returne, there came Malcolme with all the power he might make, and giuing an onſet vpon his enimies, ſlue a great number of them,Malcolmes enterpri [...]e a|gainſt his eni|mies. and recouered al the bootie which Odoes mẽ had got in the countrey, and ſo right ioyfull of that victo|rie, returned into Scotlande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King William yet nothing abaſhed for theſe miſhappes,Robert the ſon of William Conquerour. ſent his ſonne called Robert wyth a farre greater power than at any time he had ſent before, into Northumberland, who remayning a long ſeaſon in campe neare to the riuer of Tine,New Caſtell vpon Tine fortifyed. attempted no notable enterpriſe, ſauing that he repayred and newly fortified the towne of newe Caſtell, whiche ſtandeth vpon the ſame ryuer of Tine, and then at length a peace was concluded betwixt the two Kings vnder theſe conditions,A peace con|cluded betwixt William Cõ|querour, and Malcolme Cammore. that king Malcolme ſhoulde enioy that part of Northumberland which lyeth betwixt Tweede, Cumberland, and Stainmoore, & to do homage to the king of England for the ſame.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the middeſt of Stanemoore there ſhall be a Croſſe ſet vp, with the king of Englandes I|mage on the one ſide, and the king of Scotlands on the other, to ſignifie that the one is marche to England, and the other to Scotland.

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