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Compare 1577 edition: 1 But after that the mist brake vp, which was about two of the clocke in the afternoone, the Englishmen came forward, and passed the same streict without a|nie resistance. For the Scotish lords perceiuing that they were not of power sufficient to incounter with the Englishmen, minded not to put their people in their danger, but wiselie retired, suffering the Eng|lishmen to passe at their pleasure, who that night lodged at Ranton, eight miles distant from our bor|ders, where hauing ouerthrowne a pile which stood there, they dislodged the next morrow, and the same daie being the eightéenth of Maie, they entered into Berwicke:The end of the voiage. so ending their voiage with great ioie and gladnesse, not hauing lost past fortie persons in all this iournie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The names of the chiefe townes, castels, and pla|ces burned in this voiage,Townes burnt in the same voiage. were these: the burow and towne of Edenburgh, with the abbeie called ho|lie Rood house, and the kings palace adioining to the same. The towne of Lith burnt, and the hauen and pire destroied, the castle and village of Cragmiller, the abbeie of Newbottle, part of Muskelburow towne, with the chappell of our ladie of Lauret, Pre|ston towne and the castell, Seton castell, Hading|ton towne, with the friers and nunrie, a castell of O|liuer Sinclers, the towne of Dunbar, Lanreston with the grange, Drilaw, Wester crag, Enderligh, the pile, and the towne, Broughton, Thester fields, Crawnend, Dudi [...]ton, Stan house, the Ficket, Be|uerton, Tranent, Shenston, Markle, Trapren, Kirk|land hill, Hatherwike, Belton, east Barnes, Bow|land, Butterden, Quickewood, Blackeburne, Ran|ton, Bildie and the Tower, Kinkorne, saint Mi|nees, the quéenes ferrie, part of Petin Waines, and the burnt Iland, were burned by the fleet on the sea.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 For during the continuance of the armie at Lith, the ships laie not idle, but scowring the riuer, burnt diuerse places, and left neither ship, craier, nor bote belonging to anie village, towne, créeke, or hauen, vpon either side of the foord, betwéene Sterling, and the mouth of the riuer, vnburned, or brought awaie,Sée more heereof in Scotland. which space conteineth fiftie miles in length. About the same time the earle of Lenox fled out of Scot|land into the rebne of England, where he was right gladlie receiued by king Henrie, and shortlie he ob|teined in marriage the ladie Marie Dowglas, néece to the king of England, and returned soone after in|to Scotland by sea, accompanied with a good compe|tent crue of English. But finding no such friend|ship among his countrie men as he looked to haue doone, he was constreined to returne, without atchi|uing the enterprise which he had taken in hand, in hope of such assistance by his friends, as now failed him at néed.

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