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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There be ſome that haue iudged howe thys victory was attayned by the ſingular fauor of al|mightie God, by reaſon of myracles whiche they rehearſe to happen at the ſame time.

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