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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Calice beſie|ged.About the ſame time did Edwarde King of England beſiege the towne of Calice: the French king therefore deuiſing all wayes poſſible wherby to ſaue that towne, and to cauſe his aduerſarie to reyſe hys ſiege, ſent Ambaſſadours into Scot|lande, to require king Dauid,Ambaſſadours frõ the French king into Scotlande. that with an army he would enter into Englande, and do what do|mage he might vnto the Engliſhe men, to trie if by that meanes king Edward could be conſtray|ned to leauie his ſiege, and to returne home for defence of his owne Countrey and ſubiects.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time alſo (as I finde in the Scottiſhe Chronicles) king Edwarde addreſſed his Orators into Scotland,Ambaſſadours from the king of England in|to Scotland. offring vnto K. Da|uid, vpõ cõdition that peace might be had, to deli|uer into his hands not only the town of Barwik,The king of Englands of|fers. but alſo Edwarde Ballyoll his olde aduerſarie, for whoſe cauſe the warre had ſo long continued betwixt them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe offers beeing propo [...]ed in counſaile, though ſome of the wiſer ſort gaue aduice that in no cõdition they ought to be refuſed,The Scots rea|die to help the French, and hinder their neighbours the Engliſh. yet the king himſelfe (for loue that he had to the French king with whom he had bene brought vp) and other of the Nobles hauing yong heades, vppon deſire to be reuenged on the Engliſhe men by practiſe of warres (wherevnto they were enclined) woulde needes condiſcende to the French kings charge|able requeſt, and refuſe the king of Englands be|neficiall offers.

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