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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Churches were burned, women were forced with|out respect of order, condition or qualitie, as well she maids, widowes and wiues, as nunnes that were reputed in those daies consecrated to God, and when they had beene so abused, manie of them were after also murthered, and cruellie dispatched out of life. At length, they came to the nunrie of Lamelaie, & bur|ned all the buildings there, sauing the church,The nunrie of Lamelaie burnt. and then returned backe into Scotland with all their pillage and booties by Lauercost, an house of moonks, which they likewise spoiled. So that the cruell & bloudie de|solation whereof Lucan speaketh in his second booke of ciuill warres, may aptlie be inferred here, as fit|lie describing the mercilesse murther of all states and sexes without parcialitie vnder the hand of the e|nimie: for saith he,

Nobilitas cum plebe perit,Luc. lib. 2. latéque vagatur
Ensis, & à nullo reuocatum est pectore ferrum,
Stat cruor in templis, multáque rubentia caede
Lubrica saxa madent, nulli sua profuit aetas,
Non senis extremum piguit vergentibus annis
Praecipitasse diem, non primo in limine vitae
Infantis miseri nascentia rumpere fata.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Patrike earle of Dunbar came to the king of England, and submitted himselfe, with all that he had into his hands;The castell of Dunbar ren|dred to the Scots. but the castell of Dunbar vpon saint Markes day, being assieged of the Scots was ren|dred vnto them, by treason of some that were within it, of whome, the countesse (wife to the same erle) was the chéefest;

Beside 2000 barded horsses they had in that armie 10000 foot|men.

N. Triuet. Matth. Westm. Abington.

A sore battell fought at Dunbar.

The number slaine.

Matth. Westm. Abington.

for recouerie whereof king Edward sent Iohn earle of Warren, Surrey and Sussex, & Wil|liam earle of Warwike with a great power, the which laieng siege to that castell, a great host of Sco|tishmen came vpon them to the rescue of them with|in, so that there was foughten a verie sore and terri|ble battell. At length, the victorie abode with the En|glishmen, and the Scotishmen were put to flight, the Englishmen following them in chase eight mile of that countrie, almost to the forrest of Selkirke: the slaughter was great, so that (as was estéemed) there died of the Scotishmen that day, to the number of ten thousand.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The morrow after being saturdaie, which was the eight and twentith day of Aprill, at the kings com|ming thither the castell was surrendred vnto him. There were taken in the same castell three earles, Menteth, Cassels, and Ros; six barons, Iohn Comin the yoonger, William Sanclere, Richard Siward the elder, Iohn Fitz Geffrey, Alexander de Mor|teigne, Edmund Comin of Kilbird, with thirtie knights, two clearks, Iohn de Someruile, and Wil|liam de Sanclere, and thrée and thirtie esquires, the which were sent vnto diuerse castels in England, to be kept as prisoners. After the winning of Dunbar the king went to the castell of Rockesborough,Rockesbo|rough yéelded. which incontinentlie was yeelded by the lord Steward of Scotland, the liues and members of all such as were within it at the time of the surrender.

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