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Compare 1577 edition: 1 The duke of Glocester entered into the towne, and at the especiall desire of the duke of Albanie saued the towne, and the inhabitants from fire, bloud, and spoile, taking onelie of the merchants, such presents as they gentlie offered to him and his capteins, cau|sing Gartier principall king at armes to make a publike proclamation at the high crosse in the mar|ket place of Edenburgh; by the which he warned and admonished king Iames, to kéepe, obserue, and per|forme, all such promises, compacts, couenants, and agreements, as he had concluded and sealed with the king of England, and also to make suffi|cient recompense vnto his subiects, for the tyran|nie, spoile, and crueltie which he and his people had committed and doone, contrarie to the league, within the marches of his realme of England, before the first daie of August next insuing: and further with|out delaie to restore his brother the duke of Albanie to his estate, & all his possessions, offices, and authori|ties, in as large maner as he occupied & inioied the same before. Or else the duke of Glocester, lieute|nant generall for the king of England, was readie at hand to destroie him, his people, and countries, with slaughter, flame, and famine.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 King Iames would make no answer, neither by word nor writing, but kept himselfe close within the castell. But the lords of Scotland lieng at Hading|ton with a great puissance, determined first to prac|tise with the duke of Glocester for a peace, and after by some meanes to allure the duke of Albanie from the English amitie. And vpon this motion, the se|cond daie of August they wrote to the duke of Glo|cester, requiring that the mariage betwéene the prince of Scotland, and king Edwards daughter might be accomplished, according to the couenants: and further, that a peace from thencefoorth might be louinglie concluded betwéene both the realmes. The duke of Glocester answered againe vnto these de|mands; that for the article of the mariage, he knew not the king his brothers determinate pleasure, ei|ther for the affirmance or deniall of the same; but ne|uerthelesse he desired full restitution of all the sums of monie pressed out in lone vpon the same mariage. And as for peace, he assured them that he wold agrée to none, except the castell of Berwike might be to him deliuered; or at the least wise, that he should vn|dertake that the siege lieng afore the same should not be troubled by the king of Scots, nor by anie of his subiects, nor by his or their procurement or meanes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The bishop elect of Mur|reie sent to the duke of Glocester.The Scotish lords, vpon this answer and demands of the duke of Glocester, sent to him the elect of Mur|reie, and the lord Dernleie, which excused the matter touching the repaiment of the monie: for that the time of the lawfull contract of the said mariage was not yet come, and no daie appointed for the monie to be paied before the contract begun. But for further assurance either for the contract to be made, or for the paiment of the monie, they promised therevnto accordinglie (as reason should require) to agree. Se|condarilie, as touching the castell of Berwike, they alledged that it apperteined to the realme of Scot|land, as the old inheritance of the same.

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