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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe two armies parting in ſunder at Ied|worth, the Earle of Fyfe with his people entred into Cumberlande by the weſt marches,Cumberland inuaded. and the Eales of Dowglas and March with theirs, en|tred on the other ſide into Northumberland,Northumber|land inuaded. paſ|ſing through the countrey ſpoyling and waſting the ſame, till as farre as Durham, and on the o|ther part, the Earle of Fife ſpared neyther fire nor [figure appears here on page 362] ſword, all the way as he paſſed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length both theſe armies met togither a|bout a tenne miles from Newcaſtle.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Tenne thou|ſand of the choyſeſt men with the Earle of Dowglas.Heere the Earle of Dowglas choſe foorth ten thouſande of the moſt able men that coulde bee found amongſt all the numbers, with the whiche he went to Newcaſtle, to trie if by any meanes he might take the towne.

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