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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Neuertheleſſe the whole number of all like|lyhoode was great, for manye aſwell ſtraungers as Engliſhmen, brought their wiues, their chil|dren, and whole houſeholde meinie with them, in hope after the Countrey were ſubdued, to haue dwelling places appoynted them in the ſame,King Edwards promiſe. there to inhabite: For ſo had king Edward pro|miſed them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By reaſon whereof the diſorder was ſuch, that no warlike diſcipline might be obſerued amongſt them, for men, women, and children were all myxt togither, with ſuche clamour and noyſe through the huge number of people, and diuerſitie of languages, that it was a thing right ſtraunge to beholde a campe ſo confuſedly ordered.The confuſed order.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edward himſelfe moſt proude and in|ſolent of ſuch incredible number, tooke no heed at all to the gouerning of them, ſuppoſing victorie to be alreadie in his handes, inſomuch that at his comming to the borders, he tooke aduiſe with his counſell to what kinde of torment and death hee might put king Robert,Fiſhing before the net. for he put no doubtes of catching him at all.

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