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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Edwarde King of Englande, hearing that K. Robert was paſſed ouer into Ireland, thought the time to ſerue well for his purpoſe, eftſoones to inuade Scotlande: and herevpon comming with a great power to the borders, he purpoſed to haue done ſome great feate: but ſir Iames Dowglas the gouernor hauing likewiſe gathered an army, gaue him battaile, and put both him and his peo|ple to flight.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this battail were ſlain three notable Cap|taynes on the Engliſh ſide: as ſir Edmond Ly|law a Gaſcoigne, Captaine of Berwike, with ſir Robert Neuill, and the thirde ſir Iames Dow|glas ſlue with his owne handes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edward perceyuing it was not like that he ſhould doe any good at that time agaynſt the Scottes by land, thought it beſt to aſſayle them by ſea, which way forth the Engliſh men com|monly were euer too good for the Scots.

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