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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In conſideration wherof, king Philip couenan|ted to content and pay vnto king Iohn in name of the mariage mony, the ſum of .lx.M. crowns,Hector Boe|tius. Abyndon. or (as other write) .xxv. thouſande pound Tur|noiſe. The charter conteyning the articles, coue|nants and agreementes of this mariage & league aboue mencioned, beareth date at Paris, the .23. day of October, in the yeare of our Lorde .1295.1295. And the letters procuratorie made by king Iohn vnto the ſaid biſhop of Saint Androws and the other his aſſociates, bare date at Striueling, the third Nonas of Iuly the ſame yeare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly herevpon, king Iohn was aduertiſed that king Edwarde purpoſed to come and be|ſiege Barwike:The gentle|men of Fyfe, and Louthian ſent to Bar|wike to defẽd it againſt the Engliſhmen. wherfore by aduiſe of his nobles he ſent the moſt parte of all the lordes and gen|tlemen of Fyfe and Louthian vnto Barwike, to defende the towne againſt the enimie, if he came to beſiege it.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſhmenne came not onely with a myghtie power by lande, but alſo wyth a greate nanye by ſea towardes the ſaide towne of Bar|wyke:Engliſhe ſhips taken at Bar|wike. Of whoſe commyng the Scottes being aduertiſed, came foorth againſte thoſe that ap|proched by ſea, tooke .xvij. of their ſhippes, and chaſed awaye the reſidue.

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