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Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edward his purpoſe to inuade Frãce.In the mean time king Edward hauing wel in remembrance the warres which he had inten|ded to make againſt Frãce, had he not bin ſtayed thorough the buſineſſe of Scotlande, purpoſed now to purſue the ſame with all diligence: and therefore firſt garniſhing all the ſtrengthes and ſorts in Scotland to withſtãd the Scots, if they attempted any rebellion againſt him in his ab|ſence,Hugh Creſsin+gham regente of Scotland. he appointed Hugh Creſſingham to be re|gent there, whileſt he ſhuld be occupied in Frãce, which Creſſingham before was Treaſourer.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then hauing prouided a great nauie of ſhips, hee paſſed ouer into Fraunce, truſtyng that the Scots would not ſwere, ſith they had of late ſu|ſteyned ſo many ouerthrows and ſore loſſes one after an other by the laſt warres: but tyrannie is of ſuch a nature, that by no kind of prouiſion it may any long tyme be ſurely defended.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 For thoſe people that be oppreſſed by any ty|rannicall ſeruitude,King Edward burdened by the Scottiſhe writers of ty|rannie. will not fayle to ſeeke to de|liuer themſelues from the yoke of that importa|ble burdeyne when ſoeuer oportunitie of tyme and occaſion ſerueth.

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