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Compare 1577 edition: 1 Some saie there died of the Scots that daie (be|ing the two & twentith of Iulie, Nic. Triuet. and the feast of Ma|rie Magdalene) aboue twentie thousand. Other write that there were slaine at the least to the number of 15 thousand. Matth. West. saith fourtie thousand. Polydo [...]. N. Triuet. The Scotish writers alledge that this battell was lost by trea [...]on of the coming and other, as in the Scotish his [...]orie ye may more plainlie per|ceiue, with more [...]ter touching the same battell: after this was the towne of saint Andrews destroi|ed,The towns of S. Andrews. no man being within to make resistance. And from thence the English armie came through Sel|kirke forrest vnto the castell of Aire, which they found [...]:The castell of Aire. and after they came by the towne of Annan, and tooke the castell of Lochmaben, and so returned into England by the west marches, and came to Carleill.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Abington. Irish lords. The Ile of Araine.About the same time certeine Irish lords, and a|mongst other as chéefe, one Thomas Biset landed in the Ile of Araine, the inhabitants whereof yéelded themselues vnto the same Thomas, who (as was iud|ged) meant to haue aided the Scots: but now hea|ring of the victorie which king Edward had gotten in a pight field, he sent vnto him to giue him to vn|derstand that he was come in his aid, & had woon the said Ile of Araine,Thomas Bi|set requireth the Ile of Araine. and therfore besought him that it might please him to grant it vnto him and his heires for euer. Which request the king granted: whereof when the earles Marshall and Hereford were aduer|tised,The euill opi|nion of the earles Mar|shall & Here|ford towards the king. they thought this a rash part of the king, consi|dering that he had promised to doo nothing anew without their consents and counsell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Therefore the king being (as ye haue heard) retur|ned to Carleill, they got licence to depart home with their people, leauing the king still at Carleill, where he remained a time, and held a parlement there, in the which he granted vnto manie of his nobles, the lands and liuings of diuers noble men of the Scots, as to the earles earledomes,The kings liberalitie to|wards his nobles. to the barons baronies; but Gallowaie and Annandale, with certeine other counties, he assigned to none, reseruing the same (as was thought) vnto the foresaid two earles, least they should thinke themselues euill dealt with, if they had no part bestowed on them amongst the residue.

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