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Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The French [...]aleys com| [...]de about the [...]me of Scot+lande by Dun| [...]ie head.This iourney he fortunately atchieued, the ſame neuer afore that tyme to mans remem|brance beyng made or attempted with Galeys. At his arriuall at Dunbretayne, he founde all things ready prouided neceſſary for the enbar|quyng of the Queene, that he might conuey hir into Fraunce, for the accompliſhment whereof he had taken that iourney in hande. Herevpon ſhe beyng brought aborde into the Kings owne Galey,Monſieur de [...]zze. wherein Monſieur de Brezze was alſo appoynted to be abourde with hyr, as hee that had bene ſent with expreſſe commaundement to ſee hir conueyed into Fraunce, who togither with Villegaignon ſhewed ſuch diligẽce in at|chieuyng that enterpriſe,The yong [...]ne of [...] cõueyed to Fraunce that finally they arri|ued with proſperous winde and weather in the hauen of Breſt in Brytaine with that yong Queene, beyng as then betwixte fiue and ſixe yeares of age.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But now to the doyngs in Scotlande con|cerning ye warres there, after that ye ſiege of Ha|dington was reyſed by the Engliſhe armie as before ye haue hearde, the Frenchmenne there|vpon retyred themſelfes vnto Muſkelbourgh, and chooſing foorth a plot of grounde for theyr aduãtage,The Frẽchmẽ campe at Muskelburgh kept themſelfes within the ſame, and herewith there came to them a fiftene thouſande Scottiſhmen to aſſiſte them, ſo that when the Engliſhmen came forewardes to aſſayle them, they found them ſo ſtrongly embattayled, that whether their cõmiſſion did not ſo farre extend, or whether they had no likyng of the matche, [...]e more her| [...] England. they forbare to ſet vpon them in that ground of ſo great diſauantage for the aſſaylantes, & ſo re|turned back to Hadington, & after homewards, hauing furniſhed the towne with newe ſupplies of men, munition, and vitayles ſufficient.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Here is to be noted yt the engliſh fleete entring into the Fourth was ready to haue ayded ye ar|my by lande as occaſions might haue bene offe|red,The Lord ad|mirall of En|gland. but the Lord Admirall perceyuing no like|lyhood of battayle by lande, tooke vpon him to atchieue ſome other enterpriſes, and firſt com|ming to Brent Yland ſet certaine ſhippes a fire there, of the chiefeſt in the riuer, and ſaluting the towne of Leith as he paſſed by, with Canon ſhotte, he determined to lande ſome of his men on the North ſide of the Fourth, to make ſome ſpoyle within the countrey of Fife.The Laird of Dun. But Iohn Erſkin Land of Dun, as then ſomewhat diſea|ſed and returned home from the campe, cauſed ſuch dayly and nightly watche and warde to be kept, that this enterprice coulde not be ſo ſe|cretely cõueyed by the Engliſhmen, but that the ſame was perceyued, & ſo preuented,The Engliſh men repulſed at S. Meuettes. that vpon theyr landyng they were forced to retyre with loſſe, and happy was he that might firſt get a|gayne to ſhippeborde.

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