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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Wherevpon ſhortly after by decree of councell it was ordeyned,An army of Scottes ſent into Fraunce. that Iohn Stewarde Earle of Buchquhane, ſecond ſonne to Duke Robert, and Archimbald Dowglas Earle of Wigton, ſhould paſſe into Fraunce with .vij. thouſande ar|med men.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The King of Englande enformed heereof to cauſe the Scottes to keepe their menne at home,The King of England me|naceth the Scottes. menaced to inuade Scotland with a puiſſant ar|my, and that in all haſt. Whiche rumor beeyng ſpred ouer all the boundes of his Realme, cauſed the Scottes for doubt thereof, to lie all the nexte ſommer on the bordures: but in the meane tyme, King Henry paſſed ouer into Normandy, to purſue his Warres agaynſte Fraunce with all diligence.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length, through procurement of the Duke of Burgoine, vnder certayne conditions and co|uenauntes of agreemente,The King of Englande marieth the daughter of Fraunce. King Henry tooke to Wife the Lady Katherine daughter to the French King.

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