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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Caſtell of Barwike notwithſtanding that the towne was thus wonne, helde forth the Scots and French men, by reaſon whereof when an armye of Engliſhe men came to the ſuccours thereof,Barwik walles razed. they razed the walles, and burnt the hou|ſes of the towne, and ſo departed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edwarde himſelfe comming to the re|ſcue, when he ſawe the towne thus defaced, hee tooke order for the repayring thereof againe,Barwike is re|paired againe [...] king Ed|warde. The Ballyoll reſigneth his right. went to Roxbourgh, and there receyued of the Ballyol a full reſignation of all his pretenced right to the crowne of Scotlande, and after paſſing forth to Hadington, ſpoyled and waſted the Countrey by the waye on eche hande as hee marched for|warde: and for diſpleaſure that his Nauie on the Sea (after the ſouldiers and mariners had beene a lande and burnt a Church of our Ladie in thoſe parties called Whitekyrke)Whitekyrke burnt. had with force of a rygorous tempeſt beene ſore ſhaken, and manys of the Shippes loſt and drowned togyther with men and all he fell into ſuch a rage, that he cau|ſed all the buyldings in thoſe partyes to be burnt and ſpoyled, as well Abbeys as all other Chur|ches and Religious houſes, as though hee myn|ded (ſay the Scottiſhe wryters to make warre both agaynſt God and all his Saints.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe things chaunced in the yeare .1355.1355 after our common account, about the feaſt of the Purification of our Ladie, and by reaſon that the Engliſh men did ſo muche hurt at that tyme in thoſe parties by fyre,The burnt Candlemaſſe. it was cleped euer after the burnt Candlemaſſe.

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