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You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 20 of 24:  Henrie the eight, sonne and successor to Henrie the seuenth.
Snippet: 513 of 1201 (1587, Volume 6, p. 875)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 They also brought a maruellous great bootie of goods out of the countrie, which they got at this rode,A great bootie woone by the Englishmen. as fouretéene thousand shéepe, a thousand foure hun|dred oxen and kine, and other great cattell, a thousand thrée hundred hogs, and eight hundred mares and horsses, besides prisoners. When the earle of Sur|rie had set things in order, and appointed foorth such as he would haue remaine in the garrisons,The earle of Surrie retur|neth with his armie into England. on that side the sea; he returned, and all the residue of the ar|mie (sauing those that were commanded to tarie) came ouer also with the nauie, and arriued in the Thames; and so euerie man into his countrie at his pleasure. There remained also behind a compa|nie of men of warre called aduenturers,Aduenturers which serued without wages, liuing onelie on that which they could catch & win of the enimies. There were foure hundred of them that went with the armie now this last time into France, and did much hurt vnto the Frenchmen: for they were by practise become ex|pert and skilfull in the points of warre, and dailie ex|ploited one enterprise or other, to their owne aduan|tage, and hinderance of the enimie.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 20 of 24:  Henrie the eight, sonne and successor to Henrie the seuenth.
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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The duke of Albanie being in this meane while e|stablished gouernour of Scotland,

The duke of Albanie leui|eth an armie of Scots to inuade Eng|land.

Polydor.

raised an armie of fourescore thousand men and aboue, with the which he approched to the English borders: but made no in|uasion. The mistrust that he had in the Scots caused him to staie, and therefore he sent to the French king for six thousand Almans, the which he dailie looking for (& that in vaine) droue off time till the end of sum|mer was now at hand, and then requiring a truce for certeine moneths, obteined it at the kings hand.

Truce be|twixt Eng|land & Scot|land.

Edw. Hall.

The earle of Shrewesburie had in a readinesse eight and twentie thousand men to haue resisted him, if he had entered vpon the English confines. After that an ab|stinence of warre was taken betwixt England and Scotland, then in October following there came into England three personages of small behauiour (as it séemed) ambassadors out of Scotland:A meane am|bassage out of Scotland. they were smallie regarded, and shortlie departed.

You are here: 1587 > Volume 6 > Body Text: Section 20 of 24:  Henrie the eight, sonne and successor to Henrie the seuenth.
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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Their commission was onelie to vnderstand, whe|ther the king had assented to the truce or not. Where|vpon it was thought that they were sent rather for a countenance onelie of fulfilling the promise made by the duke of Albanie at that present, when the truce was granted, than for anie true meaning to accom|plish that which was promised; that is to saie, to agrée vnto some vnfeined and perfect conclusion of peace. The king héere vpon doubting their old pranks, or|deined the earle of Northumberland Henrie Persie the fift of that name, warden of the whole marches,The earle of Northumber|land warden of the whole marches. who thankefullie receiued the honor thereof, and so he departed. But whatsoeuer matter it was that moo|ued him, shortlie after he began to make sute to the king, and ceassed not, till he was of that office dischar|ged: and then the earle of Surrie lord admerall of England was made generall warden, and the lord Marquesse Dorset was made warden of the east and middle marches, and the lord Dacres of the west marches.

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