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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.

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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottes perceyuyng they were not of puiſſaunce able to reſiſt his inuaſion,The Scottes withdraw to their holdes. withdrew to their ſtrengthes: by meanes wherof the En|gliſhe armie paſſed through all Scotland,The engliſhe armie paſſed through Scot|land from the South parts to the North. euen from the South partes to the North, and found fewe or none to make reſiſtance, excepte Wal|lace and ſuche as followed his opinion, whyche were fledde to the mountaynes and wooddes to eſchewe the malice of the Engliſhmen.

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