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Compare 1587 edition: 1 But for ſo muche as this couenant was not performed on king Stephens ſide,King Dauid inuadeth Nor|thumberland. king Dauid inuaded that part of the cuntrey which the En|gliſhmen helde, making greate ſlaughter of all them that he found there about to reſiſt him.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Stephan paſſeth vnto Roxbourgh.King Stephen moued herewith, leuied his people, and came in puiſſant aray vnto Roxbo|rough: but for that he had ſecrete knowledge that ſome of the nobles in his armie ſoughte hys de|ſtruction,King Stephan returneth. hee was conſtrayned to returne with|out atchieuing of any worthie enterpriſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The yeare next enſuyng, a peace was talked vpon, the Archbiſhops of Cantorbury & Yorke appointed commiſſioners in the treatie therof on the behalfe of king Stephen, and the biſhops of Glaſgewe, Aberden, and Saint Androws on the partie of king Dauid. But Maulde queene of Englande, the daughter of Euſtace Earle of Boloigne, and neece to king Dauid by his ſiſter Marie, was the chiefeſt doer in this matter, to bring them to agreement.

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