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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Many great Lordes of Scotlande were ap|poynted to haue the conueyaunce of hir into Fraunce, and great prouiſion of ſhippes made for that voyage,Engliſh men [...] in awayte for the Scot|tiſh fleete. bycauſe the king was aduertiſed that the Engliſh men had a fleete abrode on the ſeas, to take hir if they might meete with hir by the way. But as the hap fel, it chaunced the ſame time, as the Scottiſh ſhippes ſhoulde paſſe, there appeared on the coaſt of England, a great fleete of Spaniardes,The Engliſh men encoun|ter a fleet of Spaniardes. which the Engliſh men ſuppo|ſing to be the Scots, they came vpon them with lxxx. veſſels of one and other, thinking verely to haue had theyr wiſhed pray, euen according to theyr expectation: but beeing receyued with as hote a ſtorme as they brought, they quickly vn|derſtoode how they were in a wrong boxe, and ſo ſhrewdly amazed (as Hector Boetius hath) they ſuſteyned great loſſe both in men and ſhips, and in the meane time the Scottiſhe nauie paſſed by quietly without domage,The arriual of the Lady Mar|garet of Scot|land in France encountring not one ſhippe by the way that ſought to impeache theyr paſſage.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There went .Cxl. Ladies and Gentlewomen forth of Scotland to attende this Ladie Marga|ret into France, amongeſt which number there were fiue of hir owne ſiſters.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time,Henry Percie inuadeth Scot|lande. whileſt ſuch things were a doing, Henry Percy of Northumberland inua|ded Scotland with foure thouſande men, not be|ing knowne whether he had commiſſion ſo to do from the king of Englande, or that he made that enterpriſe of himſelfe.

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