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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſh men warned hereby, tooke bet|ter heede after to their watch.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe armies lay thus one againſt an other for the ſpace of .xviij. dayes,The Scottes ſecretly re|turne home to their coun|trey. till at length the Scottes priuily in the night conueyed themſel|ues away, and returned home in moſte ſpeedye wiſe, ſuppoſing they had done ſufficiently inough for that tyme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It chaunced that in the Euening before the Scottes went thus their wayes, there was a Scot taken by the Engliſh watch, who beeyng brought before the king, confeſſed that there was cõmaũdement giuẽ through the Scottiſh camp, that euery man ſhould be ready with his armour and weapon to follow the ſtandart of the Dow|glas at a certaine houre the ſame night, but whi|ther they intended to go it was vnknowne, ſaue onely amongſt the Captaines.

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