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Compare 1587 edition: 1 They entred into Englande (as Iohannes Maior writeth) about the feaſte of all Saintes, and remayned there till Candelmas after, liuing ſtill vpon the ſpoyle of the Engliſhmens goodes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edwards meſſage vnto Wallace.Edward king of Englande beeing enformed of the greate ſlaughter of his people, and what damage the Scottes had done in Northumber|lande, hee returned in greate diſpleaſure out of Fraunce into Englande, and ſent his ambaſſa|dors vnto Wallace, ſore menacing him, for that he had inuaded his realme in ſuche cruell wiſe in his abſẽce, which he durſt (as he ſent him word) ful little haue done, if he had bin at home himſelf.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The anſwere of Wallace to king Edwards meſſage as the Scots do writeWallace herevnto anſwered, that he had ta|ken the aduauntage for the atchieuing of his en|terpriſe, touching the inuaſion of Englande, in lyke ſort as king Edward had done for the con|queſt of Scotlande, at ſuche tyme as hee was choſen by the nobles of the realme as indifferent Iudge in deciſion of the right and lawfull title of the parties that ſtroue and were at contenti|on for the crowne.

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