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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Countreys out of the which it is repor|ted by the Scottiſh writers, that ſuch ayde came to the Engliſhe men,Out of what [...]treys K. Edwarde had ayde of men. were theſe, Hollande, Ze|land, Brabant, Flanders, Picardie, Boloignois, Gaſcoigne, Normandie, Guian, and Burdelois, for all theſe at that time were either ſubiect to the King of Englande, or elſe in confederate league with him.

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