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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this meane time alſo there came from the Bordures by lande foure thouſande of Engliſh horſemenne, vnder the conduction of the Lorde William Evers, & his ſonne ſir Raufe Evers, who ioyning with the army at Leith, ſkoured the countrey on euery ſide the towne of Eden|burgh, finally after that the Engliſh army had layne in Leith a certayne ſpace,Leith brent. they brent that towne alſo, and ſent their ſhippes away fraught with pillage & ſpoyles (got aſwell in that towne as in Edenburgh, and abrode in the countrey) backe towardes England. And therewith the Erle of Hertford, the Lord Admirall and others returned by land through the coũtry vnto Bar|wike, as in the Engliſhe hiſtorie more at large appeareth. Whyleſt the Engliſhe army was thus occupied in that part of Scotlãd the Erle EEBO page image 462 of Lennox with an army of menne whiche he had rayſed was ready to come on the backes of the Gouernour and his adherentes,The Erle of Lennox. if they had aſſembled their forces and come forewarde to haue gyuen the Engliſh men battayle. For all this ſeaſon the ciuill contention ſtill conti|newed, and ſundry conflictes and ſkirmiſhes chanced betwixt the parties.

The Engliſh army hauing brente Eden|burgh and harried the countrey aboute, depar|ted from Leith (whiche towne they alſo brent) and drew homewardes, brenning and ſpoyling ſundry Caſtelles, Piles, Villages, & Townes in their way. Alſo where the Lorde Maxwell came in to the Erle of Hertforde, for his double dealyng hee was ſtayed and brought into En|glande. Shortly after the returne of the En|gliſh armie the Gouernour, and the Lord Boyd came with an army to beſiege the Caſtell of Glaſquo, which ye Erle of Lennox had lately a|gaine recouered. The Erle of Glencarne, and other of the Erle of Lennox his friendes, being at that preſent within Glaſquo, iſſued foorth, & vpon Glaſquo Moore gaue the Gouernour bat|tayle, in the whiche the Larde of Campſketh mayſter of the houſholde to the Gouernour, and vij.The battayle of Glaſquo wonne by the Gouernour. ſcore others, of the ſurname of the Hamiltõs loſte their lyues, but the victory yet remayned vpõ the Gouernours ſide, Andrew Coningham ſonne to the Erle of Glencarne, & Iames Co|ningham, with George Tullough Captaine of the Erle of Lennox his ſhotte, being ſlayne on that parte, beſides others of the meaner ſorte.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortely after this ouerthrow, the Erle of Lennox accompanied with Alexander the ma|ſter of Glencarne, otherwiſe called Lord of Kil|mawſe, Walter Graham brother to the Erle of Montroſe,The Erle of Lennox goeth into England. ſir Iohn Borthwike knight, and ſundry other Gentlemen tooke the ſea to paſſe into England, & arriued at Weſtcheſter aboute Midſomer: paſſing from thence to the Court, he was ioyfully receyued,He marrieth the Lady Mar|garet Dowglas and immediatly there|vpon was the mariage celebrated betwixt him and the Lady Margaret Dowglas daughter & heyre to the Erle of Angus, & to Margaret his wife queene of Scottes, ſiſter to king Henry the eight, at what time there was aſſured to him by way of inheritaunce, Landes to the valewe of xvij. hundreth markes of yearely rent of aſſiſe, in conſideration of this mariage with the Kings neece, & in recompence of landes loſte by him in Fraunce, to the whiche he was inheritour after the deceaſe of Robert Steward Lorde Obenie,Lord Obney. one of the foure Marſhals of Fraunce.

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