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Compare 1587 edition: 1 And ſo hauing his people laden and peſtered wyth ſpoyle and pryſoners, he drewe backe into Scotlande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The king of England aduertiſed hereof, made preparation for the rayſing of an armie, meaning to ſend the ſame againſt the Scottes:A rebellion in Cornwale. but the re|bellion of the Corniſh men which chaunced the ſame tyme about a taxe leuied then of the people, conſtrayned him to imploye that armye to re|preſſe the enterpriſe of thoſe rebelles.The Earle of Surrey ſent in to the north. Yet neuer|theleſſe he ſent the Erle of Surrey to the borders, that with the power of the Countrey adioyning, he might defende the ſame from the inuaſions of the Scottes, if they attempted to breake in. And ſo the Earle lay on the borders all that yeare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Iames then perceyuing that no maine armie came agaynſt him,

1498

The Scots in|uade the bor|ders of Eng|lande.

inuaded eftſoones the borders of England, and layde ſiege to the Ca|ſtell of Norham, ſending hys lyght Horſemen abroade into Northumberlande, and the By|ſhopryke of Durham, where they burned and ſpoyled all aboute in the Countrey: But hea|ring that the Earle of Surrey had rayſed an armye, and was comming towardes them,The Earle of Surrey rayſed an army. they returned to the Hoſte lying before Nor|ham, where King Iames perceyuing he coulde not wynne the Caſtell, notwythſtanding hee had done greate hurte and domage thereto,The Scottes rayſe their ſiege. hee rayſed hys ſiege, retyred into hys Countrey, and left greate companyes on the borders for de|fence thereof. And ſo before the comming of the Engliſhe armye, King Iames was re|turned.

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