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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Thus when the king had reuenged the displeasure afore receiued at the Scots and Frenchmens hands, (and remained in Edenburgh fiue daies) he retur|ned without proffer of battell, or anie notable in|counter.The French admerall per|suadeth the Scots to fight with the English host. The admerall of France was earnestlie in hand with the Scotish lords to persuade them to haue giuen battell to the English armie, till he and diuers other knights of France were brought to the top of a mounteine, from whence they might behold all the English armie, as the same passed vnderneath them by a passage that laie by the foot of that mounteine: for after that they had viewed the puissance of the Englishmen, and (as neere as they could) numbered them, they had no such eger minds to fight with them as before, for they esteemed them to be six thousand men of armes, and threescore thousand archers, and other men of warre; where the Scots and French|men were not past a thousand speares, and thirtie thousand of all other sorts, and the most part of those but euill armed. Therefore they determined vpon an other point, which was, to inuade England in an o|ther quarter, whilest the Englishmen burnt vp their countrie, and so they set forward towards the west borders, and passing ouer the mounteins that diuide Northumberland from Scotland, they entered into Cumberland, dooing much hurt in the lands that be|longed to the lord Mowbraie,Cumberland sore spoiled by the Scots. to the earles of No|tingham, and Stafford, to the baron of Graistocke, and to the Musgraues.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Lastlie, they came to Carleill,Carleill assal|ted by the Scots. and boldlie assal|ted the citie: but sir Lewes Clifford, and sir Thomas Musgraue, Dauie Holgraue, and diuerse other wor|thie capteins being within it, so defended the waues and gates, that their enimies got small aduantage: and finallie hearing that the English armie was re|turning homewards, the Scots and Frenchmen drew backe into Scotland, doubting to be inclosed by the Englishmen, as they had béene in deed, if the duke of Lancaster and his brethren (vncles to the king) might haue béene beleeued,Good counsell neglected. who counselled the king to pursue the enimies, and stop the passages through which they must needs passe in their com|ming backe. But the earle of Oxenford being most in fauour and credit with the king in those daies, as one that ruled all things at his pleasure, did aduise him to the contrarie, by putting him in beléefe (as was said) that his vncles went about to bring him in danger to be lost and surprised of his enimies, where|vpon he tooke the next way home, and so brake vp his iournie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 When the Scots and Frenchmen were returned into Scotland, Polydor. the Scotish king hauing conceiued a iust displeasure towards the French admerall, for that by his meanes the realme of Scotland had susteined such damage in that season, caused him and his Frenchmen to be despoiled of the most part of their goods, and sent them so awaie out of his coun|trie,A noble re|uenge. that the Scots might receiue some comfort by those warres. In this yeare was the battell of Al|geberota in Portingale, where king Iohn of Portin|gale EEBO page image 448 discomfited a great host of Spaniards and Frenchmen by the helpe and policie of certeine En|glishmen which he had there with him,There were 600 English|m [...] who with their bowes did great ser|uice as by one author it ap|peareth. vnder the lea|ding of two esquiers Norberie and Hartell. There were slaine diuers earls & great lords of Spaniards, but for that our writers do not rightlie note the Spa|nish names, but write them corruptlie as strangers vse to doo, we here omit them. The king of Portin|gale (after this victorie obteined against his enimies) sent six gallies vnto the king of England to aid him against his aduersaries,The king of Portingale sendeth six gallies to K. Richards aid. the which were well re|ceiued and highlie made of by the Londoners and o|ther, so that the Portingales had no cause to repent of their comming hither.

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