Compare 1587 edition: 1 Iames Earle of Dowglas.After his deceaſſe, his ſonne Iames ſucceeded in the Erledome of Dowglas, a right fierce and hardie knight, the which ſhortly after appoynted by the king to haue the guyding of an armie,The Scots in|uade Nor|thumberland. he paſſed with the ſame into Englande, and burnt the Countrey ſo farre as Newcaſtell. But being countermaũded home, he returned and came vn|to Perth,Iohn de Vian Admirall of France. where hee founde the Lorde Iohn de Vian, Admirall of Fraunce and Earle of Va|lentinois, who about the ſame time was arriued in Scotlande with two hundred and .xl. ſhippes well and perfitely furniſhed for the warres, and in them two thouſand and fiue hundred armed mẽ,26 Barons, 800 men of armies or knights. [...]Fo [...] I doubt whe [...] the [...]re were any Hagbuttes vſed in thoſe dayes, though gonnes were ſomewhat before that time inuẽted. diuerſe of them beeing Lordes and Barons, be|ſides Gentlemen and others. Alſo there was a|mongſt them 400. Hagbutters, (as Balentine ſayth) and two hundred with Croſbowes: the re|ſidue bare pykes, halberts, & ſuch like weapons.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 They were payde theyr wages for one whole yeare aforehande, and had brought vitayles with them to ſerue them as long. They had brought alſo with them .400. hundred payre of white Cu|rets, foure hundred halfe lang ſwordes, and fiftie thouſande Frankes to to bee giuen among the Nobles of Scotlande, accordingly as king Ro|bert ſhould appoynt and thinke expedient.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Admirall and other the nobles of France, being thus come into Scotlande to make warres on the Engliſhe men, were highly feaſted by the king and Lordes of the Realme, as then preſent with him, and when the Erle of Dowglas was once come, by common conſent of them all there aſſembled togither in Counſell, it was ordey|ned that an army ſhould be rayſed with al ſpeed, that ioyning with theſe French men they might paſſe immediately into Englande.