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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſhmen hauing receyued this aun|ſwere, to the ende they myght protract the tyme in ſendyng ſtyll to and fro, tyll they myghte eſpye ſome occaſyon to woorke ſuche feate as they had imagined, addreſſed foorth other am|baſſadours vnto king William, wyth dyuers fayre offers and golden promiſes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane tyme, to take the Scottiſhe men at ſome aduãtage, they c [...]o [...]y their whole power in the [...]ighte ſeaſon, neere vnto the place where the ſame Scottiſhemen laye in Ca [...]p [...],The Engliſhe|men ſeeke by policie to van|quiſhe the Scottes. and deuiding them ſelues into two partes, the one was appoynted to abide in the fields, tyl the ſunne were vp, and then to ſhew themſelues to the enimies to trayn them forth to battail: The other company [...] vnslayd cloſely in a valley not far off to [...] the aduauntage as they ſaw their tyme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the morning a [...]out the riſing of the ſunne, thoſe that were appoynted to procure the ſkir|miſhe, approched ſo neere [...]n the enimies campe, tyl they came euen within ſyght of them.

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