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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Engliſhmenne ſore agreeued, that the Frenchmen liyng thus in Iedworth, ſhoulde in ſuch wiſe addreſſe one enterprice after an other againſt them, ſo greatly to theyr annoyance, aſ|ſembled a power togither at Roxburgh, purpo|ſing to haue aſſayled the Frenchmen in theyr campe at Iedworth:Monſieur de Deſse fleeth out of Ied|worth, for feare of the Engliſhmen. but Monſieur de Deſſe hauyng warning thereof, departed from thence firſt to Melroſe, and after further off within the countrey, fearing to be conſtreyned to giue bat|tayle, EEBO page image 494 whiche he coulde not haue done without manifeſt loſſe of his feeble army, hauyng not paſt xv. hundreth footemen, and fiue hundred horſemẽ able to haue done ſeruice: for ſuch was the miſerie whiche they had in maner continu|ally ſuſtayned through want of vitayles, and o|ther neceſſary helps duryng the time of their en|camping at Iedworth, that what through ſick|nes and hurtes receyued in aſſaultes and ſkir|miſhes,The miſerable ſtate of the Frenchmen in Scotland. no ſmall number of them were dead, and many other ſo feeble, that they were not able to ayde themſelues, in ſomuch that now being got out of daunger, they thought themſelues hap|pily eſcaped.

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