Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after K. Robert entred with an army into Englãd, & waſted the country before him,King Robert with an army in Scotlande. til he came to the Recroſſe, whiche ſtandeth vpon Stanmoore.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 3 4 Howbeit it ſhould ſee [...] by that which R.Ri. Southwel. So writeth hereof, that K. Robert was not preſent himſelfe in perſon in this iourney,1321 but that he ap|poynt [...] the Erle of Murrey to be his Lieutenãt, who with an army after y^e feaſt of the Epiphanie entred into England, The Biſhop|rike of Dur|ham burnt by the Scottes. & comming to Da [...]ngton, ſtayed there for a ſeaſon, whileſt the Lord Iames Dowglas, and the Lord Steward of Scotlande went abrode to harie and ſpoyle the countrey on eche ſide, the one of them paſſing forth towardes Hartilpoole, & Cliueland, and the other towardes Richmond.Richmond|ſhire redemed from ſpoyle with a ſumme of money. The inhabitants of Richmondſhire hauing no captain amongſt them to defend their countrey from that grieuous inuaſion of the eni|mie, gaue a great ſumme of money in like maner as at other times they had don, to haue their coũ|try ſpared from fire & ſpoyle. The Scots taryed at this time about .xv. dayes within Englande & in the end returned without battaile. For when the Knightes of the north Countreys repayred to the Duke of Lancaſter then lying at Pomfret, and offred to goe into the field with him agaynſt the Scots,The Duke of Lancaſters diſloyaltie. he would not once ſtyrre his foote by reaſon of the diſcorde that was depending be|twixt him and king Edward: but howſoeuer the matter went, king Edward ſore grieued in hys minde with ſuch inuaſion made by his enimies the Scots, he gaue order to leuie an army of an hundred thouſand men, what on horſebacke and on foote, (as the report went) appoynting them to be readie to enter into Scotlande at Lanynas next: wherof king Robert being aduertiſed,King Robert inuadeth Eng|lande. ment to preuent him, and therevpon in the Octaues of the natiuitie of Saint Iohn Baptiſt, hee entred into Englande with an armie neare to Carleil, & burnt a manor place that ſometime belonged to him at Roſſe, & Allerdale,The Abbey of Holme burnt. & ſpoiled the monaſtery of Holme, notwithſtãding his fathers corps was there interred. Frõ thence he marched forward, de|ſtroying and ſpoyling the country of Copland, & ſo keeping vpon his iourney paſſed Doden ſandes towards the Abbay of Furneis:Fourneis Abbey. but y^e Abbot mee|ting him on the way, redeemed his landes from ſpoile, and brought king Robert to his houſe, and made to him great chere: but yet the Scots could not hold their hanors from burning and ſpoyling EEBO page image 324 dyuerſe places.Leuyn ſandes. And marching forwarde vnto Cartmele beyond Leuyn ſands, brent & ſpoyled all the countrey about, except a Priorie of blacke Chanons which ſtood there. Paſſing from thence they came to Lancaſter, which towne they alſo brent,The towne of Lancaſter brunt. ſaue onely the Priorie of blacke Monkes, and a houſe of preaching Friers. Here came to them the Erle of Murrey, and the Lorde Iames Dowglas with an other armie, wherevpon mar|ching further ſouthwards, they came to Preſton in Anderneis,Preſton in Anderneis burnt. & brent that towne alſo, the houſe of Friers minors only excepted. And thus being lxxx. miles within England frõ their owne bor|ders, they returned homewards w^t al their priſo|ners, cattel, & other booties which they had got in that iorney, cõming to Carleil in the vigill of S. Margaret, & lodging about that towne the ſpace of .v. dayes, they waſted & deſtroyed the corne & al other things y^t came within their reach. Which done, on S. Iames euen they entred into Scot|land again, hauing bene within England at this time three weekes and three dayes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Immediately herevpon, to wit about the feaſt of Lammas,King Edwarde rayſeth an armie. King Edwarde with his armie came to Newcaſtell, and deſirous to be reuenged of ſuche iniuries done to his ſubiects, entred into Scotlande,He entred Scotlande. and paſſing forth till he came to E|denbourgh, through want of vitayles and other neceſſarie prouiſion, he was conſtrayned to re|turne home within the ſpace of .xv. dayes. For king Robert aduertiſed of his cõming, had cau|ſed all the corne and cattell in the Countrey to be conueyed out of the way into certain ſtrengthes, where the Engliſh men might not come to get it into their handes, ſo to relieue themſelues there|with. But in their returning homewardes, ſome|what to reuenge their diſpleaſures, they ſpoyled & brunt the Abbayes of Melroſe, and Drybourgh,The Abbeyes of Mewroſe or Melroſe, and Drybourgh burned. with diuerſe other religious houſes & places, not ſparing any kinde of crueltie agaynſt all thoſe of the inhabitants that fell into their handes.