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Compare 1587 edition: 1 [...].He had in this armie (as the report went) the number of two hundred thouſande men, accoun|ting caryage men and all other ſuch as followed the campe: yet notwithſtanding all this huge multitude, hauing waſted his powder and other munition before he coulde doe any great hurt to his enimies, hee was conſtreyned to rayſe hys fielde, and leaue the Caſtell in the Engliſh mens handes as he found it.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Men of occu|patiõ brought into Scotland to inſtruct the Scottiſhmen therein.After this, King Iames perceyuing how the knowledge of handicraftes and manuall occupa|tions was decayed in Scotlande, through conti|nuall exerciſe of warres, ſithe the dayes of Alex|ander the thirde, to the further aduauncement of the common wealth, and that his ſubiects might haue occaſion to auoyde ſlouth and ydleneſſe (the roote of all miſchiefe) he brought a great number of cunning crafteſmen out of Germanie, [...]eneſſe the roote of all miſchiefe. France, and other parties, to inſtruct his people in theyr artes and faculties.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Paule Craw burnt.Not long after, one Paule Craw a Bohe|mian borne, was burnt at Saint Androwes, for preaching and ſetting forth the doctrine of Iohn Hus, and Iohn Wikclife.

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