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You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Compare 1587 edition: 1 But ſcarſely hadde they gathered the ſpoyle when an other part of the Engliſhmen came vp|on them with more fierceneſſe than the other be|fore: neuertheleſſe the Scottes encouraged with [figure appears here on page 307] theyr freſhe wonne victorie, [...]e ſeconde battayle ouer [...]. got themſelues ſpee|dyly into array, and receyued their enimies with ſuche incredible manhood, that they had quickely got the vpper hande of theſe alſo. But vneth had they made an ende with this ſeconde battayle, when the thirde parte was at hande readie to charge them, beeing nowe ſore enfeebled, what thoroughe wearyneſſe and woundes receyued in the two former encountres, beſydes the want of ſuche of theyr numbers as were ſlayne: yet by exhortation of theyr Capitaynes, and the valyaunt preſence of the officers of bandes be|ſyde, they ruſhed foorthe on their enimies wyth ſuche earneſt forewardeneſſe to receyue them, that after a ryghte ſharpe bickeryng, they put the whole number of them to flight.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Fewe of the Englyſhmen hadde eſcaped the Scottiſhmens hands, had they not ben ſo awea|ryed wyth continuall fyghte, that they were not able to followe anye greate waye in the chaſe.

You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
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The third ba|taile of the en|gliſhmen van|qu [...]hed at Roſlyn.

1302.

Thys victorie fell to the Scottes in manner as before is reherſed vppon Sainct Mathewes daye, in the yeare after the byrthe of oure Sa|uiour .1302. The glorye of thys victorie was greate, conſydering that thirtie thouſand En|gliſhemen well furnyſhed, and thoroughly ap|poynted for warre,The matter is amplified by the Scottes to the vttermoſt. ſhoulde be thus in one daye vanquiſhed wyth an handfull of Scottiſhmen. For as theyr Hyſtories make mention, they paſſed not eyghte thouſande at the moſte: and therefore all menne ſuppoſed, that it came to paſſe by the ſingular fauoure and grace of al|myghtie GOD. But yet the Scottes dydde not long enioye the benefytes of ſo notable a victorie.The gret pre|paration of K. Edward to reade the Scottes.

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