Compare 1587 edition: 1 There were alſo many Scottes that were Engliſhe by deuotion, and ayded king Edward at this tyme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But the number of natural Engliſhmen ex|ceeded any one nation beſyde, inſomuch that the whole armie what of one and other conteyned (as the fame went) one hundred and fiftie thou|ſane footmen, and almoſt as many horſemen, be|ſide caryage men, coyſtrels, women, and lackies,Fame often|tymes excee|deth the ſooth but the ſame herein belike (as often happeneth) did farre exceed the ſooth.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 For it is not to bee thought (as Iohn Maior himſelfe wryteth) that he ſhould get ſuch a num|ber togither, not for that Englande it ſelfe is not able to ſet forth ſuche a power: For as the ſame Maior ſayth, as many men as are to be found in Englande of lawfull age, ſo many able perſona|ges may be found there to paſſe for able ſouldiers.