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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Sir Robert Ierningham also with foure score horssemen issued foorth of Calis, to vnderstand the demeanor of the Frenchmen: but being not able to resist the great number of the Frenchmen, he was chased, and saued himselfe by flight. But this displeasure was shortlie after reuenged by the said Robert, the which comming to Marguison the twelfe of August with three hundred footmen, and thrée score horssemen, he skirmished with the Frenchmen that stood at defense, chased them into the church, and fired them out of the same, so that the Frenchmen leapt out of the church to their destruction, for of thrée hun|dred there were saued but thrée score aliue. On the one and twentith of Maie being Trinitie sundaie,The Scots [...] Eng|land rob the market| [...] going to Berwike [...]. fiue hundred Scotishmen in the morning verie ear|lie, entred by seuerall foords into England, and laie couertlie by the high waies, in purpose to haue sur|prised such market men as came to the faire that day kept at Berwike. They tooke diuerse, but finallie be|ing espied, the alarme rose, and they were fought with right sharplie, who defended themselues with such manhood in drawing backe to their aduantage, that if the yoong lord of Fulberie had not come to the succours of the Englishmen, the Scots had gone a|waie with their bootie. Notwithstanding in the end they were glad to séeke refuge by flight, loosing 200 of their number, which were taken in the chase.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the fift of Iulie next insuing, sir Iohn a Fen|wike, Leonard Musgraue, and bastard Heron, with diuerse other English capteins, hauing with them nine hundred men of war, entred the Mers, mind|ing to fetch out of the same some bootie, and encoun|tring with the Scots being in number two thousand, after sore and long fight, caused them to leaue their ground and to flie, so that in the chase were taken two hundred Scots,The Scots [...] to flight [...] slaine. and manie slaine, & amongst them were diuerse gentlemen. But sir Rafe a Fenwike, Leonard Musgraue, and the bastard Heron, with thirtie other Englishmen well horssed, followed so farre in the chase, that they were past rescues of their companie, whereof the Scots being aduised, sudden|lie returned, and set on the Englishmen, which oppres|sed with the multitude of their enimies, were soone ouercome, and there was taken sir Rafe a Fenwike, Leonard Musgraue, and six other: and bastard He|ron, with seauen other were slaine. The residue by chance escaped. The other Englishmen with their 200 prisoners returned safelie into England.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 On the seuenth of Iulie, the Englishmen fought with like fortune against the Scots that were ente|red England at the west marches. For in the begin|ning they put the Scots to the worse, and tooke thrée hundred of them prisoners: but afterwards, bicause the Englishmen that had taken those prisoners, withdrew out of the field with the same prisoners, the Scots perceiuing the number of the English|men to be diminished, gaue a new onset on the Eng|lishmen, and them distressed. After this, the Scots sued for a truce, and had it granted to indure till the feast of saint Andrew.The popes [...]bassadour presenteth the [...] with a [...]. This yeare the first of Sep|tember was doctor Thomas Haniball maister of the rolles receiued into London with earles, and bi|shops, and diuerse other nobles and gentlemen, as ambassadors from pope Clement, which brought with him a rose of gold for a token to the king. And on the daie of the natiuitie of our ladie, after a so|lemne masse song by the cardinall of Yorke, the said present was deliuered to the king: which was a trée forged of fine gold, & wrought with branches, leaues, and floures resembling roses. This tree was set in a pot of gold which had three feet of antike fashion. The pot was of measure halfe a pint, in the vppermost rose was a faire saphire loupe persed, the bignesse of an acorne, the trée was of heigth halfe an English yard, and a foot in bredth.

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