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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Now while the duke was at Farnton, the fourth daie after his comming into Scotland, there came to speake with him halfe a mile from the campe, the bishop of Orkeneie, and Iames Leirmouth sent from the king of Scots to intreat of peace, but they agréed not. Finallie, after the Englishmen had lien so long within Scotland as they might recouer vit|tles, at length for necessitie they returned to Ber|wike.The earle of Southamp|tons stan|dard. In all which iourneie the standard of the earle of Southampton, late lord priuie seale (which died at Newcastell before their entring into Scotland) was borne in the fore-ward, because he was appointed capteine of the same.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The king of Scots, hearing that the English ar|mie was returned, raised a power of fiftéene thou|sand men forth of all parts of his realme, vnder the guiding of the lord Maxwell (or rather of Oliuer Sincler, as the Scots affirme) boasting to tarrie as long in England,An armie of Scots inuade England. as the duke of Norffolke had tarried in Scotland. And so on fridaie being saint Katharins euen, they passed ouer the water of Eske, and burnt certeine houses of the Greues on the ve|rie border. Thomas bastard Dacres, with Iacke of Musgraue sent word to sir Thomas Wharton lord Warden for the king vpon the west marches, to come forward to succour them. But in the meane while the Scots entring verie fierclie, the aforesaid two valiant capteins, bastard Dacres and Mus|graue, manfullie set vpon the Scots with one hun|dred light horsses, and left a stale on the side of a hill, wherewith the Scots were woonderfullie dismaied, thinking that either the duke of Norffolke with his whole armie had béene come to those west marches,The error of the Scots. or that some other great power had beene comming against them, when they saw onelie sir Thomas Wharton with three hundred men marching forward toward them.The Scots flie. But so it fortuned at that time vn|doubtedlie, as God would haue it, that the Scots fled at the first brun [...], whome the Englishmen follo|wed, and tooke prisoners at their pleasure; for there was small resistance, or none at all shewed by the Scots.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Amongst others that were taken,Scotish lords taken at Solem Mosse. we find these men of name, the earle of Castill and Glencarne, the lord Maxwell admerall of Scotland, and warden of the west marches, the lord Flenung, the lord Su|merwell, the lord Oliphant, the lord Greie, sir Oli|uer Sincler the kings minson, Iohn Ro [...]o lord of Gragie, Robert Erskin son to the lord Erskin, Carre lard of Bredon, the lord Maxwelles two bre|thren, Iohn Lesl [...]ie bastard son to the earle of Ro|thus, George Hume lard of H [...]mitton, Iohn Maie|land lard of Wike castell, Iames Pringell, Iames Sincler brother to Oliuer Sincler, Iohn Carmell capteine of Craiforth, Patrike Hebborne esquire, Iohn Seton esquire son in law to the lord Erskin, William Seton esquire, Iohn Steward cousin to the king, Iohn Morrowe esquire, Henrie Drou|mont esquire, Iames Mitton esquire, Iohn Cor|murth esquire capteine of Gainsforth, Iames Mit|ton esquire, and other esquiers and gentlemen (be|side the earles and lords before mentioned) to the number of two hundred and aboue,The number of prisoners and [...] taken. and more than eight hundred other persons of meaner calling; so that some one Englishman, yea some women had thrée or foure prisoners. They tooke also foure and twentie peeces of ordinance, foure carts laden with speares, and ten pauilions, with other things of price; so that this might well be said to be the handie worke of God, and the verse of the psalme verified:

Contemplans dixi, Haec est mutatio dextrae
Numinis excelsi mortalia cuncta gubernans.

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