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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Finallie, after this, the French king came to Bru|ges,The [...] Adul [...] [...] and when the king of England and the earle of Flanders had long looked and all in vaine for the em|peror Adulfe, who had promised to come to their aid with a great armie; for the charges and wages wher|of he had receiued great summes of monie both of the king of England, and also of the earle of Flan|ders: they concluded in the end (when they perceiued he would not come) to make some agreement with the French king: and so first was a truce taken, from the middest of October, vnto the calends of Decem|ber, and after by mediation of Charles (surnamed Claudius) king of Sicill, the same truce was prolon|ged EEBO page image 305 as hereafter ye shall heare.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this meane while, to wit, about the end of Au|gust, the earle of Surrey, when he saw that the Sco|tishmen would not performe promise touching the deliuerie of the pledges, and that William Waleis still mooued the people to rebellion, he assembled his armie, & with the same entring Scotland, came vn|to Striueling. Then the lord steward of Scotland, and also the earle of Lenox came vnto him, requi|ring him to staie till they might haue leasure to see if they could bring the people of Scotland vnto the kings peace. But when they could not doo it, they re|turned on the tenth day of September, promising to bring to the aid of the earle of Surrey on the mor|row after fortie horssemen, vpon the which day two friers of the order of preachers were sent vnto Wil|liam Waleis, and to the other Scotishmen lieng be|yond the hill aboue the monasterie of Scambeskin, to mooue them to the kings peace. But their answer was, that they were not come to haue peace, but to trie the matter by battell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The pride of Hugh Cres|singham.The English armie without good aduise, thorough the presumptuous pride of the lord Hugh Cressing|ham, preased to the bridge, and hasting to passe the same, the Scotishmen came vpon them yer the one halfe could get ouer, and so fiercelie assailed them, that the Englishmen were beaten backe and slaine downe.The Scots assaile the Englishmen. For the Scots, after they saw so manie of the Englishmen to haue passed the bridge, as they thought themselues able to distresse, they made downe to the bridge foot, Abington. and with a number of their spearemen on foot, closed it vp, that no more should come ouer to the aid of their fellowes, nor those that were alreadie passed, should returne againe: yet one sir Marmaduke Thweng a right valiant knight,The valiancie of sir Mar|maduke Thweng. which was one of the first among the men of armes that came ouer, after that he and his companie had driuen downe one wing of their aduersaries, & had followed them in chase a good waie, as purposing to haue gotten the conquest against them, at length per|ceiuing the companie behind distressed by the Scots, he returned with those few that were about him, and purposing to repasse the bridge, rushed in among the Scots that stood before him with such violence, that he passed thorough them, making waie for himselfe and his folks by great manhood, sauing one of his nephues also which was set on foot & wounded, after his horsse had béene killed vnder him.

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