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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The rich clothes of Silkes, Veluet, and gold, which were founde in the Engliſh campe, were diſtributed to the Abbayes and Monaſteries of the realme, to make therof veſtments, copes, and frountalles for aulters.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Carmelite Frier, of whom ye heard be|fore, brought thither by king Edward to deſcribe the victorie of the Engliſhmen, was taken priſo|ner amongeſt other, and commaunded by King Robert to write contrarily the victorie of the Scots, according as he had ſeene: who therevpon made certaine rude verſes begynning thus.Verſes made by Robert [...] on the Carmelite.

De planctu cudo, metrum cum carmine nudo,
Riſum retrudo, dum tali themate ludo.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Which may be engliſhed thus.

VVith barraine verſe this rime I make,
Bewayling whilſt ſuch theme I take.

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