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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 This yeere Humfrey Bohun earle of Hereford departed out of this life,The deceasse of the earle of Hereford. after whome succeeded his sonne Humfrey, who afterwards maried the kings daughter, Elizabeth countesse of Holland, after that hir first husband was dead. Tournies, Re. Tur. Tournies prohibited. iustes, barri|ers, and other warlike exercises, which yoong lords and gentlemen had appointed to exercise for their pa|stime in diuerse parts of the realme, were forbidden by the kings proclamations sent downe to be pub|lished by the shirifs in euerie countie abroad in the realme: the teste of the writ was from Westmin|ster the sixteenth of Iulie. ¶ The citizens of Bur|deaux could not beare the yoke of the French bon|dage, and therefore this yéere about Christmasse ex|pelled them out of their citie. ¶ Shortlie after the French king doubting least the king of England, by the setting on of the pope, should make warres a|gainst him for wrongfull deteining of Gascoine, to purchase his fauor,Townes re|stored to the k. in Gascoine. restored to him all that which he held in Gascoine, and so then they of Burdeaux also submitted themselues to the king of England of their owne accord.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Now after that the truce with the Scots was expired, which tooke end at the feast of All saints last past, the king sent the lord Iohn Segraue, Polydor. The lord Se|graue sẽt with an armie into Scotland. a right valiant knight (but not so circumspect in his gouern|ment as was necessarie) with a great armie into Scotland, to haue the rule of the land as lord war|den of the same: with him was ioined also Rafe Confreie, treasurer of the armie. These two cap|teins comming to the borders, Abington. Polydor. and hearing that the Scotishmen alreadie were in armes, they entered into Scotland, and in order of battell passed foorth to Edenburgh, and hearing nothing of their eni|mies which kept them still in the mounteins, they de|uided their armie into three seuerall battels, two of the which came behind the fore ward vnder the lea|ding of the said Rafe Confreie, the third (that is to say) the fore ward, the lord Segraue led himselfe, in such order that there was the distance of foure miles betwixt their lodgings. This they did to be the more plentiouslie serued of vittels.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But the Scots vnderstanding this order of their enimies, became the more hardie, and therevpon ha|uing knowledge where the lord Segraue was lod|ged with his companie, a good way off from the other two parts of the armie, they hasted forwards in the night season, and came néere vnto the place where the same lord Segraue was incamped, a little before daie, making themselues readie to assaile the En|glishmen in their campe. But the lord Segraue hauing knowlege of their comming, though he was counselled by some of them that were about him, ei|ther to withdraw vnto the other battels, or else to send vnto them to come to his aid, he would follow neither of both the waies; but like a capteine more hardie than wise in this point, disposed his compa|nies which he had there in order to fight, and incoura|ging them to plaie the men, immediatlie vpon the rising of the sunne, and that his enimies approched, he caused the trumpets to sound to the battell, and gaue therewith the ouset.

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