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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Diſſention be|twixt K. Iohn & his nobles.In this meane time great diſſention roſe be|twixt Iohn king of Englande, & his barons, by reaſõ wherof great warres enſued, as in the eng|liſh hyſtorie doth appeare. The Barons made ſute both to the french king, & to ye king of Scots for ayd, ſo that at length Lewes the french kings ſonne came ouer to ſupport them, whereof when king Alexander was aduertiſed,K. Alexander paſſeth to London. he likewiſe came with an army through England vnto London, cauſing his ſoldiers by the way to abſtaine from doing any kinde of domage to the people.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By his comming things were partly quieted for a time, and ſhortly after that he had cõmuned with Lewes touching ſundrie affayres pertey|ning to both the realmes, they paſſed the Seas with ten veſſels ouer into France, leauing theyr powers behind them to aſſiſt the Engliſh lords,

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Frenche king aduertiſed thereof, came down to Bulleigne, where finding his ſonne and king Alexander, he renued the auncient bonde of amitie betwixt France and Scotlande,The league be+twixt Fraunce and Scotlande renued. with the ſame Alexander, according to the couenantes of the olde league, with this addition, that neyther Prince ſhoulde receyue the enimies of the others realme, nor to marry with any ſtranger, the one not making the other priuie thereto.

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