Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 EEBO page image 428Whilest the Englishmen were thus occupied in warres against the Frenchmen (as before ye haue heard) the Scots could not rest in quiet, but in re|uenge for a ship, which the townesmen of Newca|stell and Hull had taken on the sea, knowing them to be pirates, determined to doo what mischéefe they could vnto the English borders: for the losse of that ship grieued them, bicause it was esteemed to be ve|rie rich, the goods that were in it being valued at se|uen thousand marks. Herevpon the Scots entring by the west borders, inuaded & spoiled the countries of Westmerland and Cumberland, and comming into the forrest of Inglewood, they tooke awaie with them such a number of beasts and cattell, that they were reckoned at fourtie thousand heads of one and other.The Scots inuade the English bor|ders and spoile whole countries car|rieng awaie great booties. Besides this, they cruellie slue all such as they could laie hands vpon, and burnt vp all the townes, villages, and houses as they passed: and not content herewith, they stale vpon the towne of Penreth, when the faire was kept there, slaieng, taking, and chasing awaie the people, and after gathering togi|ther all the goods and riches there found, tooke it a|waie with them, whereof there was such plentie as might haue satisfied the couetous desire of a most greedie armie. They returned by Carleil, but hearing that there were gotten into it a great number of men out of the countries adioining, they durst not staie to make any attempt against that towne, but compassed their waie to escape with their booties home into their countrie, which they did, although they lost some of their companie as they passed by an ambushment of certeine archers of Westmerland and Cumberland, that were laid for them of purpose. When the earle of Northumberland would haue gone foorth to reuenge those iniuries doone to the countrie by the Scots, he was written to from the king and his councell, to forbeare till the daie of truce, at what time it might be knowen what was further to be doone in the matter.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 An armie lin|gering in the north parts greatlie impo|uerisheth the countrie.About Michaelmasse the duke of Lancaster, the earles of Warwike, and Stafford, with other lords and men of honor, hauing with them a great power of souldiers and men of warre, went into the north parts, and comming to the borders, they laie there till they had consumed no small summes of monie, and indamaged the countrie as much as if the Sco|tish armie had inuaded the same. The good they did, was, that after long treatie with the Scotish com|missioners, a truce was agreed vpon till Easter fol|lowing, which being concluded, they returned home without any more adoo.Additions to Adam Meri|muth. For the space of halfe a score yeares togither now last past, the Englishmen eue|rie yeare had one or two such treaties with the Scots about the incursions and rodes which they yearelie made into the English borders, sore indamaging the inhabitants of those north parts of the realme, not|withstanding any truce or abstinence of warre that might be concluded.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Whilest the armie (as ye haue heard) laie idle in the north parts, there were certeine letters found by a poore man about London,Treason in letters writ|tẽ by sir Rafe Ferrers to certeine French lords. who deliuered them vn|to the worthie citizen Iohn Philpot, who calling vnto him certeine other worshipfull citizens, opened one of them, in which was conteined matter of high trea|son: and perceiuing by the scale that it belonged vn|to sir Rafe Ferrers knight, one of the kings priuie councell, deliuered that letter with foure other let|ters closed with the same seale, first to the lord chan|cellor, and after to the king, the which being read and the seale knowne to be the said sir Rafe Ferrers his seale, manie greatlie maruelled that so ancient a knight, and one in whom so great trust was put, should go about any such treasons.