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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevpon King Dauid to the ende that his enterpriſe ſhoulde not ſeeme altogither to want effect, ouerthrewe ſundrie ſtrong houſes on the Engliſh borders, and ſo returned home without other domage eyther done or receyued.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Calice beſie|ged.About the ſame time did Edwarde King of England beſiege the towne of Calice: the French king therefore deuiſing all wayes poſſible wherby to ſaue that towne, and to cauſe his aduerſarie to reyſe hys ſiege, ſent Ambaſſadours into Scot|lande, to require king Dauid,Ambaſſadours frõ the French king into Scotlande. that with an army he would enter into Englande, and do what do|mage he might vnto the Engliſhe men, to trie if by that meanes king Edward could be conſtray|ned to leauie his ſiege, and to returne home for defence of his owne Countrey and ſubiects.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time alſo (as I finde in the Scottiſhe Chronicles) king Edwarde addreſſed his Orators into Scotland,Ambaſſadours from the king of England in|to Scotland. offring vnto K. Da|uid, vpõ cõdition that peace might be had, to deli|uer into his hands not only the town of Barwik,The king of Englands of|fers. but alſo Edwarde Ballyoll his olde aduerſarie, for whoſe cauſe the warre had ſo long continued betwixt them.

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