Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 3 But although the Scottes had good ſucceſſe in that parte, they ſuſteyned greate domage on the Weſt ſide of the realme, by a iourney which the Earle of Suſſex then Lorde deputie of Ire|lande attempted agaynſt them. For the bet|ter vnderſtãding whereof ye ſhal note, that after the Lord Clinton high Admirall of Englande had brent the towne of Cõqueſt in Brytaigne, there were ſeuen ſhippes of warre appoynted to paſſe into Irelande, as the Marie Wil|loughbie, the New barke, the Sacret, the Ger|faucon, EEBO page image 487 and three other that were Merchantes, and appointed that yeare to ſerue the Queene of Englande in hir warres. There were alſo beſide thoſe ſeuen ſhippes of warre, two vitay|lers appointed to attende vpon them: ſir Tho|mas Cotton was ordeined theyr Admirall, and one Southweke of Douer theyr vice Admirall. Vpon their arriuall in Yreland,The journey [...] the earle of Suſſex into the [...]es [...] partes of Scotlande. the Earle of Suſſex hauyng alſo prepared three other ſhips, with ſufficient and neceſſary prouiſion for his iourney, imbarqued with ſo many ſouldiers as conueniently might be beſtowed aborde in that fleete, contayning xij. ſayle in the whole: and departyng towarde the Weſt of Scotland, lan|ded in a parte of the countrey called Kentyre, [...]re. with as many Souldiers & Mariners as might be ſpared out of the ſhippes, leauyng them furni|ſhed with competent numbers for theyr ſaue|garde: and being got to land, he paſſed foorth in|to the countrey, [...] Macon|nel. and brent twoo houſes that be|longed to Iames Maconnel chiefe Gouernour of thoſe parties and greate enimie to the En|gliſhmẽ. He brent alſo diuers townes, villages; and hamlettes belongyng vnto the ſayde Ma|connell, with great ſtore of corne & other things which came in theyr way. The Scottes often|times ſkirmiſhed with the Engliſhmenne, but durſt not aduenture to ioyne with them in bat|tayle, they kepte ſo good order by the Earle of Suſſex his politike and valiant conduction.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 There were a ſorte of Scottes gotten into a boate meanyng to haue fled, but being apprehẽ|ded by y^e Engliſhmẽ, they were executed. Final|ly after the Earle had remayned there on lande in brennyng and ſpoylyng the countrey for the ſpace of three dayes, he returned to his ſhippes, & in ſafetie wente aborde agayne with his men, and making ſayle to the Iſle of Arrane,The earle of [...] brent [...]le of Ar| [...]. entred the hauen called Amalaſche, and lãdyng at that place, brente the countrey, and after wente to Cumber where he likewiſe brent & haried that Ile. This done, he meante to haue gone vnto twoo other Ilandes Ylay and Iurey, but the windes grewe ſo terrible with tempeſtes & foule weather, [...] wea| [...]. that they loſt one of theyr ſhippes, and ſome of the reſt were ſo rent and ſpoyled of their tagle and furniture, as they eſcaped in great ha|zarde of beyng caſte away alſo. There were xxvj. Mariners drowned, the which perceyuing the ſhippe to be in daunger of ſinkyng, fled into the boate and ſo periſſhed. The other that re|mayned in the ſhippe were ſaued, as Maiſter Fraunces Randoll and others. By reaſon ther|fore of ſuch foule weather the Earle of Suſſex was conſtrayned to returne into Yrelande, ar|riuing at Cragfergus,The earle of Suſſex retour|ned into Ire|lande. where he landed with his Souldiers, and appoynting the ſhips to returne into Englande, he paſſed by land vnto Dublyn, ſpoyling the enimies countreys by the way, and takyng from them a greate pray and bootie of cattell; notwithſtanding the paynefull paſſage whiche he had to make through the combreſome wayes, bowgges, and wooddes, without reliefe of all neceſſarie things in that ſo troubleſome a iourney.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus farre for thoſe two yeares warre in the dayes of Marie Queene of Englande, be|twixt the Engliſhmen and Scots, whereof ſith I finde none that hath written any thing at all, I haue yet ſette downe theſe odde notes, as I haue learned the ſame of ſuch as had good cauſe to knowe the truth thereof, beyng eye witneſſes themſelues of ſuche enterpryſes and exploytes as chanced in the ſame warres, namely capi|tayne Read, capitayne Wood, capitayne E|rington, and captaine Gurley, capitaine, Mark|ham, with others, whiche of their courteſie haue willingly imparted to me the reporte of diuers ſuch things, as I wiſhed to be reſolued in, which accordingly ſo farre as my remembrance hath ſerued, I haue here deliuered, to the end the ſame may giue occaſion to others (that may happely light vpon more full inſtructions) to imparte to poſteritie a more perfect diſcourſe, where other|wiſe the mater might peraduenture wholy paſſe in forgetfulneſſe.