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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earle of Surrey yet (as the Engliſhe wryters affyrme) followed into Scotlande,The Earle of Surrey went into Scotland. and tooke diuerſe Caſtels & towers remayning with|in the Countrey, the ſpace of ſixe or ſeuen dayes, and then came backe without battaile or any no|table ſkirmiſh offered.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 411Aboute the ſame time was one Peter Hialas ſent Ambaſſador from Ferdinando K. of Spaine to treate as a Mediator for the concluding of peace betwixt the kings of Englande and Scot|lande,Peter Hialas an Ambaſſa|dor from the K. of Spaine. which Hialas trauayled ſo earneſtly in the matter, that at length it was agreed, that certain Commiſſioners of both the realmes ſhould meete at Melroſſe,Commiſsio|ners met at Melroſe. or Iedworth (as ſome ſay.) where for the king of England, doc|tor Foxe, then Biſhop of Durham, with this Hi|alas, and other graue perſonages met the Scot|tiſh Commiſſioners.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 A truce con|cluded for yeares.After long conference and much talke had, for the concluſion of a generall peace, finally nothing but a truce might be accorded for certaine yeares, though Hialas did what hee poſſible might, to haue agreed them for all maner of matters, qua|rels, demaundes and cauſes, whatſoeuer the ſame had beene,The cauſe why Hialas was ſent. that a perpetual peace might haue bene concluded, bycauſe he was cheifely ſent for that intent.

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