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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after,

The battell of Bauge.

The Duke of Clarẽce ſlaine.

they were employed in ſeruice at the battell of Bauge, ſoughte on Eaſter euen, where ye Duke of Clarence brother to the King of Englãde, the Earle of Riddiſdale, otherwiſe cal|led the Earle of Angus, the Lord Roſſe, ye Lorde Gray, & diuers other great Barons were ſlayne, beſide other of the meaner ſort, in all to the num|ber EEBO page image 375 of ſixteene hundred.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Priſoners ta|ken.There wer alſo a great company of priſoners taken at the ſame iourney, amongſt whome as principall were theſe, the Earle of Huntington, and the Earle of Sommerſet, with his brother, both of them being breethren to the Lady Iane that was after married to King Iames the firſt, Kyng of Scotlande. For the high valiauncie of the Scottiſhmen ſhewed in this battel, the Dol|phin created the Earle of Buchquhan high Cõ|neſtable of Fraunce,The Earle of Buchquhane is created Conneſtable of Fraunce. & gaue him ſundry townes, Caſtels, and Lands, therwith the better to main|tayne his eſtate.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The King of Englande ſore moued for the death of his brother, came ouer with all ſpeede in|to France with a mighty hoſt, and had with him Iames the Scottiſhe King,The King of England ta|keth the Prince of Scotland ouer with him into Fraunce. or rather Prince of Scotland, for all this while the Scottes reputed him not as King, for yt he was not as yet crow|ned, nor ſet at libertie out of the Engliſhmens hands, into the which as before ye haue hearde, he chaunced to fall by his fathers life time.

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