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Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Erle of Lennox beholding the manner of his aduerſaris, a [...]g [...]ed a [...]re from his horſe willing the Lorde Wharton to do the like: for this day (ſayd he) I will die a true Engliſhman. At length the Engliſh horſemen fetching a cõ|paſſe in retyring backe frõ Duſdere, came neare to the place where the Erle & the lord Wharton were ranged in order of battell, and thinking no leſſe but that theyr horſemen had bene ouer|throwen, were ready to marche backe towardes Dunfreis. But theyr horſemen thus commyng in, and perceyuing how the matter ſtoode, gaue a right valiant charge vpon the Scottes that ſtoode countenauncyng the footemen, and ready to take the aduantage if they might haue dry|uẽ them through ſhrinkyng backe into any diſ|order: but ſuch was the violence of the ſhocke giuen at that inſtant with great manhoode vn|doubtedly by the Engliſh horſemen, that the Scottes were therewith put out of array, ſcat|tered [figure appears here on page 473] & quyte put to flight: [...]e Scottes [...] flight. the Lairde of Drũ|lanrig beyng taken pryſoner corrupted his ta|ker and ſo gotte away. The maiſter of Max|well eſcaped in great daunger of life, for he had ſundry ſpeares broken on him in the chafe as he fledde away. There were yet taken that day of the Scots to the number of .400. beſide ſun|dry that were drowned in the water of Nyth. Amõgſt the priſoners were theſe men of name, the Abbot of new Abbey, Chriſty Irrewyng of Bonſhaw, a brother of the Laird of Hẽpſfield, and many other Gentlemen of name. Dunfreis EEBO page image 474 was rifled and ſpoyled:Dunfreys ſpoyled. as the Erle of Lennox and the Engliſhmenne returned thither, and a Marſhall courte appoynted there for execution of pledges, but yet ſuſpended and ſtayed, till the Counſels pleaſure might bee knowen in that behalfe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There were at the firſt euill newes ſpredde abrode, and certified to the court of England of this iourney, howe the Erle of Lennox and the Engliſh army was ouerthrowẽ, ſo that it was by order appoynted, that the Erle of Derby, the Lords Scroupe, & Coniers, with their powers ſhould repayre to the Weſt borders to garniſhe the ſame for defence agaynſt the enimies: but vpon the true reporte how the mater had paſſed, made by Maſter Henry Wharton, and one Bi|ſhop a Scottiſhman, ſent in poſt for that pur|poſe, that appoyntment was ſlayed, and maſter Wharton was at that time made Knight, and the ſayde Biſhop richely rewarded for bringing ſo good newes. Herewith were letters directed downe from the counſell to the Lorde Whar|ton,Pledges exe|cuted. for the executiõ of certaine pledges, to witte the maſter of Maxwels pledge beyng one of his neareſt kinſmen, of the houſe of the Herries, alſo the Warden of the Grey friers in Dunfreis, the Vicar of Earlauerock, and diuers other whiche were executed at Carlile.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In this meane time were the fortes at Law|der, and Hadyngton buylte, the caſtels of Yeſter and Daw [...]ith wonne, al the Milles brent with in foure myles of eche hande of Edenburgh, and other exploytes atchieued by the Engliſhmen, as in the Hiſtory of Englande is more at large expreſſed.

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