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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alexander Ramſey ro|deth into Englande.About the ſame tyme, Alexander Ramſey of Dalthouſe, one of the moſte valiant Captaynes knowne in thoſe dayes, gathering a great power of men, entred into England and hauing know|ledge that the Engliſhemen were aſſembled,This Ramſey was ſo renow|med, that euery noble man was glad to haue his ſonne and kinſman to ſerue vnder him. in purpoſe to giue him battaile, layde an ambuſhe for them, and trayning them within daunger thereof, by ſuch a fierce and new vnſet as he gaue vpon them, he put them out of order, and thaſed them moſte egrely, kylling and ſleaping a greate number of them at his pleaſure:

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Amongeſt the pryſoners that were taken the Earle of Salyſburie (as the Scottiſhe Hy|ſtorie ſayeth) was one,The Earle of Saliſburie ta|ken afterwards in the borders of Picardie, & not here, as af|terwardes I haue noted. and the Captaine of Ro|keſbourgh another.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sir Alexander Ramſey perceyuing that the moſt part of the garriſon of Rokeſbourgh were eyther ſlain or taken in this laſt conflict, togither with their Captaine came haſtily thither, and gyuing a right fierce aſſault thereto,The Caſtell of Rokesbourgh wonne by A|lexander Ramſey. by fine force tooke it. Wherefore king Dauid in recompence [figure appears here on page 348] of his valiancie thus declared in his ſeruice, gaue vnto him the keeping of this Caſtell, togyther with the Shirifwike of Tinidall. Wherat Wil|liam Dowglas tooke ſuche diſpleaſure, that ſee|king to be reuenged,Alexander Ramſey taken by William Dowglas, and empriſoned. he founde meanes to appre|hend this Alexander Ramſey within the Church of Hawyke, and put him in priſon within the ca|ſtell of Hermitage, where be remayned in greate miſerie and lacke of foode till he dyed.

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