Compare 1587 edition: 1 About this time,The borderers deſirous of warre. the borderers which are men euer deſirous of warres and trouble, to the ende they may apply their Market, wherby they moſt chiefely liue, that is to witte, reife and ſpoyle of EEBO page image 357 their neighbours goodes, through enuie of long peace and quietneſſe, vpon a quarell pyked, ſlue certaine of the houſeholde ſeruauntes of George Earle of Dunbar at the Fayre of Roxbourgh,Roxbourgh Fayre. which as then the Engliſh men helde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Earle George ſore offended herewith, ſent an Heralde vnto the Earle of Northumberlande Warden of the Engliſhe Marches, requyring that ſuche as had committed the ſlaughter might bee deliuered to receyue according to that they had deſerued: But when hee coulde get nought but dilatorie anſweres, full of deriſion rather than importing any true meaning, he paſſed o|uer his diſpleaſure tyll more oportunitie of tyme might ſerue.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The truce vio|lated.In the yeare following agaynſte the nexte Fayre to be holden at Roxbourgh aforeſayde, the ſayd Erle of March, with his brother the Erle of Murrey gathered a power of men ſecretely togi|ther,Roxbourgh ſurpriſed by the Earle of March. and cõming to the ſayd towne tooke it, ſlue all the Engliſh men founde within it, put theyr goodes to the ſack, and after ſet the towne on fire, and ſo departed.