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Compare 1587 edition: 1 He commaunded therfore that all the Scots appointed to goe with him in that iourney,Diſobedience puniſhed. ſhuld be readie at a certaine day and place prefixed, but dyuers of the Northerne Scottes (as they of A|birden and other,) for that they diſobeyed his cõ|maundements ſette foorth by letters and procla|mations, were hanged as rebelles and traytours to theyr countrey.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By whoſe example, other being put in feare, his commaundementes were the better obeyed,Wallace in|uadeth Nor|thumberland. ſo that hauing got togither an huge hoſt of men, he entred with the ſame into Northumberlande, [figure appears here on page 304] waſting and ſpoyling the countreye euen vnto Newcaſtell.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus putting the enimies in great feare and terrour of his awfull name, he brought his army backe againe into Scotlande loden with ſpoyle and glorie of their proſperous atchieued iorney.

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