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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Agaynſt whom came king Edward with an army of an hundred thouſand men:

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King Edwarde the third com|meth with an army agaynſt them.

of the which number there were (as Froiſſart hath) an eight thouſande horſemen, and .xxiiij. thouſande Ar|chers. If their comming into Northumberland, they might wel perceyue by the ſmoke of the fiers which the Scottes made in burning of villages, houſes, and townes, where the enimies were but yet bycauſe they taryed not long in a place, but paſſed on withoute ſoiourning here or there, the Engliſh men might not come neare to fight wyth them.

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You are here: 1577 > Volume 2 > Body Text: Section 2 of 2: THE HISTORIE of Scotlande.
Snippet: 2693 of 4298 (1577, Volume 2, p. 326)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edwarde therefore, was councelled to draw towardes Scotlande, that lying betwixt them and home, he might haue them at ſome ad|uauntage as they ſhoulde returne, whiche was thought woulde bee ſhortly, as well for lacke of vitayles, as alſo to defende theyr owne borders, when they hearde once that the Engliſhe armye drew that wayes forth.

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