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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whileſt things paſſed thus in Englande, William Halyburtoun wanne the Caſtell of Warke,The Caſtell of Warke wonne. and ſlew all ſuch as he found within it, howbeit, ſmall while endured the ioy of thys for|tunate ſucceſſe to the Scottes: for ſundry Eng|liſhmen that knewe all the ſecretes of the houſe, found meanes to enter through a gutter, that ſer|ued in manner of a Sinke, to auoyde al the filthe of the Kitchin into the Riuer of Tweede, brea|king downe a pane of an olde wall, and ſo made entrie for the reſidue of their fellowes, by reaſon whereof,It is againe recouered. they eaſily recouered the Caſtell, and in reuenge of them that were ſlayne there when the Scottes wanne it, they likewiſe ſlew al thoſe whiche were as then within it, withoute any re|ſpect of one or other.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After this, in the yeere .1419. the thirde daye of September,1419 Robert Duke of Albany, that hadde bin gouernour of Scotlande for the ſpace of .xv. yeeres, after the death of King Robert the thirde, departed out of this life,The deceaſſe of Roberte Duke of Al|bany. hauing borne hymſelfe in all his time, as a righte valiaunte and noble Prince.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A little before his deceaſſe, there came from Charles the Frenche King,Ambaſſadors from the French King. the Earle of Van|doſme, and chauncelor of France, both to renewe the auncient league betwixt the two Realmes of Scotland and Fraunce, and alſo to get ſome po|wer of Scottes to paſſe into Fraunce, to ſupport the ſayd Charles againſt the Engliſhmen, whi|che as then ſore inuaded his Realme.

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