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Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Robert offended with his brother.King Robert himſelfe alſo was ſore offended with his brother for his follie ſhewed in this be|halfe, but yet he would not goe aboute to breake the couenant accorded, for doubt to loſe his bro|ther, whoſe ayde he might not well want.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edwarde taketh vp ſol|diers.In the meane time king Edwarde ſent forth meſſengers with letters, not onely vnto all hys ſubiects, but alſo vnto all his confederates and allyes, to haue men of warre taken vp and retay|ned to ſerue him in his warres againſt the Scots which he intended to follow to the vtter deſtructi|on of the whole nation.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There came therefore in hope of ſpoyle, not onely ſuch as were appoynted by commiſſioners of the muſters, but alſo a greate number of other that offered themſelues of their owne accorde to go in that iourney, namely ſuch as had lyttle to liue vpon at home, and truſted to amend the mat|ter by ſome good fortune in the warres abrode.

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