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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Monſieur de Deſſe returnyng to Iedworth ayded by the furtherance & counſell of the Scots ceaſſed not in occaſions of aduantage to attẽpt newe enterpryſes agaynſt the Engliſhmen, as time and oportunitie ſerued,The caſtel of Cornewall wonne. and among other exploytes the caſtell of Cornewall an old houſe buylte after the auncient maner of fortifiyng was taken by the Frenchmen, and ſpoyled of al things worth the bearyng away.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Alſo Capitayne Cobios a Frenchman ha|uing a bande of fiftie light horſemen Scottes ſeruyng vnder him,Capitaine Co|bios. one night had a fayre hande againſt a number of Engliſh horſemen, whom he charged ſo on the ſudden, as he ſaw them out of order, that he eaſily diſcomfited them, & tooke mo pryſoners (whom he brought to Iedworth) than he had perſons in his company to aſſayle them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Monſieur de la Chapell de Biron,A roade made by Monſieur de la chapelle de Biron. was ſent foorth by Monſieur de Deſſe, with the company of horſemen that belonged to Monſieur de E|tauges then pryſoner, and fiue hundred footemẽ beſide Scottes, to make a roade into England, whiche enterpriſe hee atchieued in brennyng townes and villages, and returned without a|ny great loſſe ſuſtayned at that time.

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