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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earle of Lennox heerewith aunſwered in a great rage, that hee woulde not ſtay, till hee came to Edenburgh, or elſe dye for it by the way.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Earle of Arrane therefore not ſtaying for the Earle of Angus hys comming from E|denburgh, iſſued forthe of Linlithgewe at the Weſte ende of the Towne, and encountred the Earle of Lennox and his companie where there was a cruell onſette gyuen on bothe EEBO page image 439 ſides, but ſuddaynely the Earle of [...] hys company fledde,The Earle of Cli [...] ſlaine and he himſelfe with the Lorde of Hariſton and diuers other G [...]lemen, wide ſlayne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time, the Erle of Angus brin|ging the King with him arriued, and haue [...] to the battell but that the King was not willing to come forthe of Edenbourgh in that quadrell (as ſome haue written) and therefore made excuſes, as he did alſo by the way, fayning himſelfe [...], but George Dowglas droue and called vppon his horſe very ſharpely, and conſtreyned hym to ride forth with faſter pace than hee woulde haue done giuing him many [...]ious words, which hee remembred afterwards, and would not for|get them. They went that night to Striueling, and ſhortly after, paſſed through Fife, ſearching for the Queene,The Queene ſought for. and the Biſhoppe of Saint An|drewes, and bycauſe they were kepte ſecretely in their friendes houſes, ſo that they could not bee heard of, they ſpoyled the Abbey of Dunfreme|ling, and the Caſtell of Saint Andrewes, taking away all the mouables which the Archbyſhoppe had within the ſame.

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