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Compare 1587 edition: 1 In thys meane whyle, the Gouernoure ha|uing helde ſiege before the Caſtell of Brough|tie Crag, by the ſpace of thirtie daies, and nowe retiring from thence (as before yee haue hearde) by the aduice of the principall Lordes aboute hym, hee cauſed Maiſter Iames Halibourton,Iames Hol [...]|burton. Captayne Lei [...]mouth. tutor of thoſe parties, to reyſe certaine compa|nies of Horſemen, and appoynted hym wyth Captaine Leiremouth (whome he left in Dun|dee with certayne footemenne) to defende the Countrey againſte the Engliſhmenne, if they iſſued forthe of Broughtie crag, to atchieue anye enterpriſe anye where neere therea|boutes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Duke of Somerſet by aduice of the reſidue of the counſell in England, mynding to bridle the Scottes that refuſed to come in and ſubmit themſelues to the King of Englande,Forts built. tooke order for the building of one Forte at Lawder, and an other at Hadington, as in the Engliſhe hiſtorie it may appeare.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And further it was appoynted alſo,1548 that a|bout the ende of February, the Earle of Len|nox and the Lorde Wharton with ſeauen hun|dred Engliſhe horſemenne, beſyde the aſſured Scottes Horſemenne, and aboute a foure or fyue thouſande Engliſhe footemenne, ſhoulde by the Weſt bordures inuade Scotlande:The Earle of Lennox and the L. What|ton inuade Scotland. they accordyng to theyr commiſſion ſette forward, and the fyrſte nyghte came to Lochmaben, and there lodged.

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