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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Within twoo dayes after his returne to Ied|worth, Monſieur de Deſſe diſlodged frõ thence,An other made by Mõ|ſieur de Deſse. and taking with him foure fielde peeces and all his men of warre, entred into Englande, tooke the caſtell of Fourd,Fourd caſtell wonne. and brent it with ten ſmall villages in the coũtrey thereabout, ſituate with|in halfe a myle eche of other. There was one tower yet parcell of that caſtel of Fourd,Thomas Car. which was kepte by Thomas Car, ſo that the French men could not winne it, for they had no time to ſtay long about it, remouing that night ouer the water, and encamped there within the Scottiſh grounde.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 As the Scots and Frenchmen executed theſe enterpriſes, they were coaſted by certayne light horſemen, but neuertheleſſe the Frenchmen re|turned in ſafetie to Iedworth, hauyng ſore en|domaged the Engliſhe borderers by that roade, in ſo much as it was thought the Scots (which were with them at that roade) gayned at that time, by pillage and booties to the valew of .ix.Scottes gayne by ſpoyle. thouſand crownes.

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