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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſhmen to the intente they mighte haue tyme and leyſure to aſſemble their power,The offer of the Engliſhmẽ ſente vnto kyng Willyam, offering vnto him, not only large ſummes of money, if he woulde returne back with his armie without further in|uaſion, but alſo redreſſe of all manner of iniu|ries and wrongs if any ſuche on theyr behalfe were to bee proued:The anſwer of king William. but king Willyam for an|ſwere herevnto declared, that hee had not begun the warre for any deſire he had to money, ney|ther had he fyrſt giuen the occaſion, as one that was euer willing to lyue vpon his own, ſo that if they could be contented to reſtore Northum|berlande being his rightfull heritage, he was not ſo deſyrous of bloud, but that he would gladly ceaſſe from all further attempts.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſhmen hauing receyued this aun|ſwere, to the ende they myght protract the tyme in ſendyng ſtyll to and fro, tyll they myghte eſpye ſome occaſyon to woorke ſuche feate as they had imagined, addreſſed foorth other am|baſſadours vnto king William, wyth dyuers fayre offers and golden promiſes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane tyme, to take the Scottiſhe men at ſome aduãtage, they c [...]o [...]y their whole power in the [...]ighte ſeaſon, neere vnto the place where the ſame Scottiſhemen laye in Ca [...]p [...],The Engliſhe|men ſeeke by policie to van|quiſhe the Scottes. and deuiding them ſelues into two partes, the one was appoynted to abide in the fields, tyl the ſunne were vp, and then to ſhew themſelues to the enimies to trayn them forth to battail: The other company [...] vnslayd cloſely in a valley not far off to [...] the aduauntage as they ſaw their tyme.

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