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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Edwarde Kyng of Englande vnderſtan|dyng the Rebellyon of the Scottes,Ye may reade more of thys matter in the hiſtorie of En|glande. determy|ned to aſſayle them bothe by ſea and lande: and ſo prouydyng a Nauye of an hundreth and foureſcore ſhyppes, ſente the ſame well vic|tualled and manned to ſayle into the Forth,A nauie ſente into Scotland. the whyche beeyng there arryued, brente and ſpoyled the townes on bothe ſydes that ryuer, but returnyng backe into Englande,Shipwracke. they loſte many of their veſſels by a tempeſt.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Kyng Edwarde hymſelfe, together wyth Edwarde Ballyoll entred by lande,King Edwarde inuadeth the Scots by land. wyth an armye of fyftye thouſande menne, leadyng the ſame vnto the towne of Perth, otherwyſe cal|led Saynte Iohns towne, and there lodged in Campe, abydyng for the commyng of the Earle of Athole, who as then beeyng ſolicited thereto by the Kyng of Englandes agentes, was readye to tourne agayne incontinently to hys ſyde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame tyme whyleſt the kyng of En|glande laye thus at Perth, the Earle of Na|mure (whome the Scottiſhe wryters wrong|ly name the Duke of Gelderlande) came into Englande wyth an armye,Not the Duke of Gelderland, but the Erle of Namure, na|med Guy. and purpoſyng to paſſe thorough Scotland vnto the place where Kyng Edwarde laye in Campe, to come to hys ayde, was diſcomfyted on the Bourrowe Moore, beſyde Edynburghe, by the power of the Gouernoures, and others, whiche were there aſſembled agaynſt him.

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