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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevpon he fayned as though he wold haue broken vp his ſiege, & ſo reyſing his camp,The policie of king Edwarde to winne Bar|wike. with|drew a little from the towne, and then hauing prouided baners and enſignes, reſembling alto|gither ſuch as diuers noble men in Scotland v|ſed, he ſodeynly returned towards the towne, e|uery one of his ſoldiors wearing a croſſe of ſaint Androws aboue on their harneis, after the ma|ner of the Scottiſhmen.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There were alſo ſente before vnto the towne certayne Scottes that ſerued the kyng of Eng|land, whiche gaue knowledge to the capitaynes within the towne, that their lord king Iohn was comming with his armie to their ſuccours.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottes that were within the towne, beleeuing it had bin moſt true, ſet open the gates and came forth againſt their king (as they ſup|poſed) to haue receyued him with all ioye and gladneſſe.The Scots de|ceyued and entrapped.

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