Compare 1587 edition: 1 Walter Mac| [...]lane.In theſe exploytes the Erle had with him Walter Macferlane of Tirbatt, and ſeuen ſcore men of the head of Lennox, that ſpake bothe Iriſhe and the Engliſh Scottiſh tongues, light footemen well armed in ſhirtes of mayle, with bowes, and two handed ſwordes, and beyng ioyned with the Engliſh Archers and ſhotte, did muche auayleable ſeruice in the ſtreyghts, mar|riſhes, and mountayne countreys.
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2 To conclude, after the Erle
of Lennox and his company had atchieued theſe enterpriers a|fore mencioned, he
returned towards England, and ſente ſir Peter Mewtas knight,Sir Peter Mewtas. and Tho|mas Biſhoppe a Scottiſh gentleman, to
aduer|tiſe the King of Englande of his proceedings, who found him at the ſiege
of Bulloigne, where they declared to him the whole circumſtance of euery thing
as the ſame had paſſed in the Erles iourney, which the king tooke in very good
part. And vpon his returne into England, after the cõqueſt of Bullongne, the
Erle of Lennox was alſo called home to the Courte by letters to him directed,
he beyng then at Bryſtow. About the middeſt of February,
1545. Sir Rau [...]e E|vers inuadeth Scotland.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Gouernour and the ſayde Erle ſort a|greeued to be thus foyled at the Engliſhmens handes, aſſembled togither all ſuche forces as they might recouer, ſo that they had quickly got vnto them aboue fiftene hundred menne, wher|of eight hundreth at the leaſt were Gentlemen, and hearyng that the Engliſh men were rety|ring towardes Iedworth, they mette them at a place called Pannyer Hugh, where bothe the parties alighting on foote, ment to trie the qua|rell by playne force of hande, but as they were ready to ioyne, the aſſured Scots to the num|ber of ſeuen or eight hundred reuolted vnto the parte of their countrey men, by reaſon whereof after a right ſharpe and fierce conflict the En|gliſhe menne in the ende were conſtreyned to fire, whome the Scottes right egrely purſewed,Sir Raufe E|vre and others ſlayne. ſlewe Sir Raufe Evre, the Lorde Ogle, Sir Bryan Layton, and other Gentlemenne and EEBO page image 464 Souldiers to the number of eight hũdreth, they tooke alſo about a two thouſand priſoners, with certayne pieces of Artillery and other munition. This victory fell to the Scottes the xvij. of Fe|bruary, the report whereof was right diſpleaſant to the Engliſh nation, but ſpecially the loſſe of that worthy Gentleman ſir Rauf Evre, was greatly bemoned, and that euen of the King him ſelfe, for the noble prowes and great loyaltie whiche at all times had bene founde in him. His ſeruice had ben ſuch in theſe warres againſt Scotland,His ſeruice a|gaynſt the Scottes. that he had brought the more parte of all the Scottes within xx. miles ſpace of the Engliſh borders, vnto the obeyſance of the king of England, although at length they holpe to worke his confuſion as before you haue hearde: and here I haue thought (good although out of place) to ſay ſomewhat further in the dew com|mendation of this noble Gentleman.