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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer the ſame time, the Earle of Ro|thons was acquit by an aſſiſe as they call it of Earles & Lords, of an accuſation wherewith he was charged as confederate and partie with thẽ that had murthered the Cardinall.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whileſt the Gouernoure was thus paſſed with his armye to the Weſt bordures, hee was aduertiſed that the Prior of Capoa was arri|ued, and entred into the Towne of Sainte An|drewes, wherevppon the Gouernoure, with all the Nobilitie that were then about him,The Caſtell of Saint Andrewes beſieged by the French. haſted thyther to aſſiſt the Prior, and ſo the ſiege was ſtrongly layd aboute the Caſtell there.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Prior cauſed certaine peeces of artille|rie to bee drawen vppe, and mounted on the toppe of a Churche, whiche was higher than the Caſtell, ſo that thoſe peeces ſhot plump into the Caſtell, that none durſt ſhewe themſelues on the walles, or abrode in the yarde within the Caſtell.

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