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Compare 1587 edition: 1 For if the domages and ſkathes cõmitted by theeues and robbers were equally pondered with the hurtes and hinderances whiche dayly growe by open warre againſt any forein nation,Scotlãde more endomaged by domeſticall theeues than by forain eni|mies. it may well appeare, that more harme ariſeth, and more heynous cruelties are exerciſed agaynſt the poore and miſerable commons and innocent people by ſuch as liue by reife and ſpoyling at home, than by any outward enimies, be they neuer ſo fearce and ſtrong in the field.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And therefore the prudente conſideration of this prince, was no leſſe to be commẽded, in that hee ſought to repreſſe the licentious outrage of ſuch errant theeues, and priuie murtherers, than if he had ſlayne many thouſandes of forraine e|nimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 When he hadde once clenſed the Realme of thoſe miſgouerned perſons,Ambaſſadours ſente to king Henry. he ſent eftſoones hys Ambaſſadours to King Henry, requiring as be|fore, to haue Northumberlãd reſtored vnto him, with notice giuen, that if he mighte not haue it with fauour, hee woulde aſſay to recouer it by force.

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