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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the breake of the day, there were two Scot|tiſh Trumpetters taken by the Engliſh ſcoutes, the which being brought before the king, declared how the Scottiſh armie was broken vp and re|turned, & further ſhewed how they were appoyn|ted thus to declare vnto him, hauing ſuffred them ſelues to be taken for the ſame intent.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 As ſoone as the Engliſh men were aduertiſed that the Scots were thus departed, they haſted to the place where they had lyen encamped, in hope to haue founde ſome riches, which for haſt they had left behind them: but at their cõming thither, they found nothing, but, x.M. payre of Hielande ſhooes, which are made of greene hydes of beaſtes vntanned: Alſo they found three hundred by [...]es of ſauage beaſts ſet vpon ſtakes in ſtead of Caw|drons, therein to ſeeth their meate.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer, they had left behinde them fiue hundred dead carkaſſes of beaſtes & ſheepe, which for that they coulde not driue them away, they killed, to the ende the Engliſhe men ſhoulde haue no gaine by them.

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