Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Héerewith calling his people togither, he made vnto them a bréefe oration, declaring vnto them both what necessitie there was for them to shew their manhood, and what iust causes they had also to fight against those enimies, that against both the lawes of God and man had most cruellie inuaded the relme of England, in the quarrell of a schismatike, and one that was accurssed and excommunicated by the cen|sures of the church. The Englishmen kindled with desire to fight, the more thorough those words of the earle, required incontinentlie to be led foorth against the Scots, that they might shew what earnest wils they had to be reuenged; not onelie of new receiued wrongs, but also of ancient iniuries; for there should neither heigth of hill, nor anie other obstacle hinder them, but they would either returne with victorie, or else lose their liues in the paine.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The earle of Surrie conceiued no small hope of victorie in this chearefull readinesse of his souldi|ors,The ordering of the Eng|lish armie. and therevpon with all spéed (as the occasion then mooued him at that instant) diuided his armie into thrée battels, or rather foure: vnto the vant-gard whereof, the lord Howard was capteine, his brother sir Edmund Howard was ioined as a wing; the earle himselfe led the midle-ward, and the rere-ward was guided by sir Edward Stanleie, afterwards created lord Mounteagle. The lord Dacres with a number of horssemen was set apart by himselfe to succor where need should séeme to appeare. The ordi|nance was placed in the front of these battels, & in places betwéene, as was thought expedient. In this order, forward they made with manlie courages to|wards the Scots a good marching pase.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the meane time, king Iames beholding all the demeanor of the Englishmen, from the heigth of the hill,The Scotish kings thought at the view of the English armie. thought with himselfe, that there was offered him that daie a goodlie occasion of victorie, if he might come to fight with the enimies at such aduan|tage of place and number. And therfore, being hast|ned forward through the strenable force of destinie, or rather Gods ordinance, he commanded his stand|ards to be raised and spred, and euerie man to resort to his appointed place, that they might foorthwith in|counter the enimies, that presumed thus to séeke bat|tell. And héerewith turning him to the lords and cap|teins that stood about him, he spake vnto them ma|nie comfortable words touching the occasion offered them at that present, to gaine both a famous victo|rie, and to reuenge so manifold iniuries and displea|sures, as they had susteined diuerse waies foorth at the Englishmens hands.