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Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the beginning of September the earle of Warwike with an armie entred Scotland by Ber|wike, and the lord Thomas de Wake,The earle of Warwike inuadeth Scotland. and the lord Clifford, with the bishop of Carleill accompanied with the Westmerland and Cumberland men, en|tred by Carleill, and within two daies after met with the earle of Warwike, as before it was appointed, and so ioining togither, they passed forwards, spoi|ling and wasting Teuidale, Mofeteidale, and Nides|dale. The lord Anthonie Lucie with a part of the ar|mie entred into Galloway, and after he had wasted that countrie, he returned to the armie, which by rea|son of the exceeding great weat that fell in that sea|son, they could not kéepe on their iournie into Dou|glasdale, and to Aire, as they had appointed: but ha|uing remained in Scotland twelue daies, they re|turned altogither vnto Carleill. Edward Balioll was not with them in this iournie, but remained still in England.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The Scots in reuenge hereof made diuerse rodes into England, withdrawing still with their prey and booties, before the English power could assemble to giue them battell. About Alhallontide, the Scots be|sieged the castell of Edenburgh,The castell of Edenburgh besieged. but the bishop of Carleill, the lord Randoll Dacres of Gillesland, with the power of the counties of Cumberland and of Westmerland, and the king of Scots Edward Ba|lioll, with the lord Anthonie Lucie, and such compa|nie as they brought from Berwike, meeting at Roc|kesburgh, marched foorth vnto Edenburgh,The siege is raised. and cha|sing the Scots from the siege, tooke order for the safe keeping of the castell from thencefoorth, and returned into England. In this meane time things happened so well to the purpose of king Edward,The K. prac|tiseth with ye Flemings. that by prac|tise he alienated the hearts of the Flemings from the obedience of their earle, being altogither an ear|nest fréend to the French king. He therefore vnder|standing the minds of his people, sought to winne them by some gentle treatie, and so did euen at the first, concluding an agréement with them of Gaunt, which were fullie at a point to haue entred into league with the king of England, as with him whose fréendship by reason of the traffike of merchandize, (and namelie of the English wools) they knew to be more necessarie for their countrie than the French kings.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Although by the helpe of the bishop of Tournie the earle of Flanders caused them to staie from conclu|ding or ioining in anie such bonds of amitie with the king of England for that time,The bishop of Tournie. yet he doubted the ar|riuall of some power out of England, and therevp|on appointed his bastard brother Guie of Rij [...]ken|burgh, and certeine other noble men and capteins, Ia. M [...]ir. with a crue of men of warre to lie in the Ile of EEBO page image 354 Cadsant,The Ile of Cadsant. to defend the passage there, and to see that no English ships should come or go that waie by the seas: whereof the king of England being aduerti|sed, sent thither the earle of Derbie, the lord Lewes Beauchampe,An armie sent by sea into Flanders. the lord Reginald Cobham, also the lord William sonne to the earle of Warwike, the lord Walter de Mannie an Hanneuier, and other lords, knights, and capteins, with a power of fiue hundred men of armes,Foure thou|sand saith Ia. Meir. and two thousand archers, the which comming to the foresaid Ile of Cadsant, found the Flemings, about fiue thousand in num|ber, readie arranged on the towne dikes and sands, in purpose to defend the entrie, which they did a cer|teine space right valiantlie: Froissard. but in the end they were discomfited, and three thousand of them slaine in the stréets, hauen, and houses. Sir Guie the bastard of Flanders was taken with diuerse other knights and gentlemen, the towne was burnt, and the goods with the prisoners were carried into England. This chanced on a sundaie the daie before the feast of saint Martine in Nouember. Where the lord Walter de Mannie might haue had 11 thousand pounds ster|ling for the ransome of the said sir Guie, and other prisoners, the king bought them of him in the foure|téenth yeare of his reigne for eight thousand pounds sterling, as by records in the tower it appeareth.

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