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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Within twoo dayes after, they goyng foorth to vew the ſorte, were in daunger to haue bene caught ere they coulde get backe againe, for the Engliſhmen and Lanſquenetz that were there with them (parte of Conrad Phennings hãdes) iſſued forth, & droue them to retyre, not without danger to haue bene diſtreſſed,The Reine+graue. if the Reingraue had not vſed the greater policie in retyring the troupe. To be ſhort, Monſieur de Deſſe to ſtop the Engliſhmen from entring any further into the countrey on that ſide, lefte .vij. enſeignes of Frenchmen,Dundee forti|fied by the Frenchmen. & two enſeignes of Scottes within Dundee, with artillerie & Pioners to fortifie the town, & to keepe it in ſafetie frõ the Engliſhmẽ.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This done be returned to Edenburgh, & ſent the reſidew of his people abrode into the coũtrey to lodge in townes and villages here and there as was thought moſte expedient, for the better refreſhyng of them after their long trauell.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 On S. Stephens day at night the caſtell of Hume was ſkaled & wonne out of the Engliſh|mens hãds.Hume caſte [...] recouered by the Scots. One of the ſurname of the Humes a man of .lx. yeares of age was the firſt that en|tred on the wall, ſleayng one of the watchemen that kept his walke on that ſide. About the ſame time the Reinſgraue returned into France,

1549.

The Rein|graue retur|neth into France.

Monſieur Etauges ta [...] pryſoner by the Engliſh [...]

lea|uing his fiue enſeignes of Almaynes behind him vnder the charge of Capitayne Retouze a good man of warre and of great experience.

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