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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſh men in the ende, thought it beſt to chooſe forth a place to encampe in for ye night,The Engliſhe men ſent to the Scottes. and ſo doing ſent an Heralde at armes vnto the Scottes, requyring them to come downe vnto ſome euen grounde where battaile might bee gi|uen:The anſwer of the Scottes. but the Scottes refuſed ſo to doe, alledging that ſithe the Engliſhe men were three to one of them in number, it was no reaſon to wil them to forſake their grounde of aduauntage which they had taken and choſen forth for their own defence.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus were they encamped neare togither ey|ther in ſight of other for the ſpace of three nights, euery day ſhewing themſelues in order of battail, without breaking their array, except certain of ye horſmen which on either part now and thẽ came forth & fel in ſkirmiſh, ſo yt ſomtimes a mã might haue ſeene good emptying of ſaddles betwixt thẽ.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 On the fourth day in the morning, when the Engliſh men beheld the hill where the Scots had lyen the night before,The Scottes diſlodge. they perceyued howe they were gone, & therevpon ſending forth light horſ|men to trie out which way they were takẽ, word was brought howe they were but remoued to an other hil a litle of lying faſt by the ſame riuer, and there lay encamped more ſtrongly than before.

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