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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus was the houſe of the Dowglaſſes de|uided amongſt themſelues,1354 purſuing eche other many yeares togither with great vnkindneſſe, vnnaturall enmitie and ſlaughter.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare next following,1355 which was 1355 ſhortly after Eaſter, there arriued in Scotland a noble knight named ſir Eugenie de Garenteris,Sir Eugeny de Garenteris a French m [...]n arriued in Scotland. with a companie of Frenchmen, though fewe in number, yet valiant and right ſkilfull warriours, which were ſent thither by Iohn king of France, that ſucceeded his father king Philip of Valoys, lately before deceaſſed, and deliuered vnto the go|uernor and other Nobles of the realme of Scot|lande, fortie thouſand Crownes of the Sun [...]e,Forty thou|ſand crownes. to be employed aboute the leuying of an armye a|gaynſt the Engliſh men, that they might be con|ſtrayned the ſooner to withdrawe theyr powers out of France.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This money was receyued, though a ſmall part thereof came to the handes of the Souldiers or men of warre of Scotland, for the Lordes and nobles kept it ſafe ynough to their owne vſe.The Earle of March and William Dow+glas enter in|to Englande with an army. Yet neuertheleſſe, the Earle of March, and William Dowglas gather their people, & paſſe forth with the ſame to the borders, and entring into Eng|lande, appoynt William Ramſey of the Dale|houſy, to ride afore with a number of light horſ|men,William Ram+ſey of the Dale+houſy. to the ende, that if the Engliſh men did aſ|ſemble and come forth too ſtrong agaynſt him, hee might retyre backe to the mayne battayle, where they lay in couert at a place called Nyſ|bet Moore.

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