Compare 1587 edition: 1 But now to leaue this triumphant Mari|age, and the Scottiſhe Lordes Ambaſſadours there in Fraunce for a tyme, we will returne to ſhewe what happened betwixt the Scottes and Engliſhmen at home where the warres were purſued to the loſſe or litle gayne of both partes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 About Whitſontyde ſir Henry Percy with diuers bandes of the countrey garniſons, and ſir George Bowes then Marſhall of Berwike, with ſundry bandes of the garniſon of that towne paſſed forth into Scotland,A roade into Scotland: they beyng in all aboute a .vij. or .viij. hundred horſemen, & two thouſand footemen.Duns and Langton brẽ [...] They brent the townes of Duns and Langton, & hauing got togither a great number of cattell returned homewardes. EEBO page image 485 The Scots that lay in [...]elſ [...] and other places keeping their quarterrage on the bordures, (for the realme as ye haue heard was quartered, eue|ry parte keepyng theyr turne as the maner is) aſſembled togither to the number of two thou|ſande horſmen or fewe leſſe, and three bandes of footemen, haſting foorth to defende the coun|trey. And perceyuing where the Engliſhmen were, followed and coaſted them as they re|turned with theyr bootie, till they came to Swinton, where they ouertooke them, and ſkir|miſhed with them ſharpely as they were paſſing through the towne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Scottes [...]yle the Engliſhmen at [...]o [...].The Scottiſhe footemen beate backe parte of the Engliſhmens ſhotte into theyr battell, and preaſſed very forewarde in hope to de aſ|ſiſted by their horſemen, the whiche (as ye haue heard) ouermatched greatly, the Engliſh horſe|men in number, but the fight growyng ſome|what hote, and the more to the diſaduantage of the Engliſhmenne, for ſomuche as their ſhotte and powder beganne to ſayle them, by reaſon the miſtie mornyng had made muche of theyr powder dankiſhe, ſo that they coulde haue no vſe thereof. But herewith ſir Henry Lee, capi|taine Read and others, beyng in the battell, be|haued thẽſelues very ſtoutly, cauſing the foote|men to ſtay, and boldly to abide the enimy, and herewith procured the horſemẽ to giue a charge in ſuch conuenient time, as if the ſame had bene protracted, it might haue turned very euill to the Engliſh ſide: but now as well the horſemen, as footemen playing theyr partes, the Scottiſhe horſemen abidyng without the towne in troupe whileſt their footemen were in ſkirmiſhe fledde away,The Scottes horſemen flee. leauyng theyr footemen to be ſlayne and ſpoyled of the Engliſhmen, and yet thoſe foote men fought it out right manfully, ſo that if the Scottes horſemen had done their partes ſo well as the footemen, it was likely to haue gone har|der on the Engliſh ſide than it did. But now the Scottiſhe horſemen entring not the fight, theyr footemen were encloſed by the Engliſh|men, for thoſe that were in the fore warde and were paſſed by,The Scottes [...] ſlaine. returned, and commyng behind theyr enimies, holpe to beate them downe, ſo that fewe or none of the Scottes or Frenchmen (whereof there were ſome fewe amongſt them) eſcaped, but were eyther taken or ſlaine.