Compare 1587 edition: 1 For it is not to bee thought (as Iohn Maior himſelfe wryteth) that he ſhould get ſuch a num|ber togither, not for that Englande it ſelfe is not able to ſet forth ſuche a power: For as the ſame Maior ſayth, as many men as are to be found in Englande of lawfull age, ſo many able perſona|ges may be found there to paſſe for able ſouldiers.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But either kings are not of abilitie to finde ſo greate a multitude with vitayles and ſufficient prouiſion, or elſe they will not ſtraine themſelues thereto.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Neuertheleſſe the whole number of all like|lyhoode was great, for manye aſwell ſtraungers as Engliſhmen, brought their wiues, their chil|dren, and whole houſeholde meinie with them, in hope after the Countrey were ſubdued, to haue dwelling places appoynted them in the ſame,King Edwards promiſe. there to inhabite: For ſo had king Edward pro|miſed them.