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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Ballyol taking occaſion hereof, determi|ned to aſſayle them ye ſame night in their campe: and therevpon cauſing his people to make them readie to accompliſhe that enterpriſe, in the dead of the night he iſſued foorth of his campe, & com|ming vnto the water of Erne, paſſeth the ſame by the foorde, where one Androwe Murraye of Tullybarde had pight a ſtake of ſet purpoſe, in midſt of the ſtreame, to ſhewe them the way.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus hauing got all his armie ouer ye water, without any noyſe or dinne, ſo ſecretly as might be deuiſed, he entred the campe of his enimies, and brake through till he came to the tent of the Erle of Mar the Scottes general, before he was once deſcryed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Here at the firſt was the Earle himſelf ſlayne lying faſt a ſleepe in his bed,The Earle of Mar is ſlayn in his bedde. and after with huge noiſe they ſet vpon the whole camp, murthering the Scottes as then buried in ſleepe without al defence. And thervpon folowed ſo cruel ſlaugh|ter,See more here of in Scotland. that nothing was hearde but grunting and groning of people, as they lay on heapes redie to dye, weltring togither in their owne bloud.

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