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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.
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1
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.
Snippet: 2484 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 307) Compare 1587 edition:
1 For kyng Edwarde hearyng of
thys diſ|comfiture of his people at Roſlyng, gathered a myghtie armye of
Engliſhemenne, Gaſcoy|nes, Iriſhemen, and ſuche Scottes as tooke hys parte, and
hauyng all hys furniture and purueyaunce readye bothe by ſea and lande, he ſet
forwarde with the ſame to inuade the Scots on eche ſide.
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