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Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane time, grudges and displeasures still grew and increased betwixt the king of Eng|land and the French king,The king of England and the [...]ing of France at va| [...]iance. so that their gréefs rank|led dailie more and more, till at length the duke of Albanie returned into Scotland, contrarie to that which was couenanted by the league. The French king in déed alleaged, that he was not priuie to his going thither; and wrote to the king, that the said duke was entered Scotland without his assent: but it was otherwise iudged & knowne, that he had com|mission of the French king to go thither. Herevpon, the king was sore offended, and prepared for wars. Musters were made of able men, and a note taken of what substance men were. The king also sent six ships to the sea, well trimmed, manned, and vit|telled.Christopher Coo admerall. The admerall was one Christopher Coo, an ex|pert sea man. His commission was, to safe gard the merchants, and other the kings subiects, that were greeuouslie spoiled and robbed on the sea, by French|men, Scots, and other rouers.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The eight of Februarie, the lord Dacres, warden of the marches fore aneinst Scotland, entered into Scotland with fiue hundred men, by the kings com|mandement, & there proclamed, that the Scots should come in to the kings peace, by the first of March fol|lowing, or else to stand at their perils; the duke of Al|banie being then within fiue miles with a mightie power of Scots. The eleuenth of Februarie, the lord of Aburgauennie was brought from the Tower to Westminster,The [...] of Aburg [...]ue [...]nie arreign [...]d at Westmin|ster. and there in the kings bench confessed his indictment of mispris [...]on. The lord Montacute was about the same time restored vnto the kings fa|uour. ¶ On the second of March, certeine noble men of the empire, arriued in England, to passe into Spaine, who were honourablie receiued; and in ho|nour of them, great iusts and triumphs were made, which being finished and doone, they tooke their leaue and departed on their iournie.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Duncan Campbell, a Scotish rouer, after long fight,A Scotish r [...]|uer taken on the sea by Iohn Arun|dell. was taken on the sea by Iohn Arundell an es|quier of Cornewall, who presented him to the king. He was committed to the Tower, & there remained prisoner a long season. All the kings ships were put in a readinesse, so that by the beginning of Aprill, they were rigged and trimmed readie to make saile. ¶ This yeare died the lord Brooke, sir Edward Poi|nings, knight of the garter, sir Iohn Pechie, and sir Edward Belknap, valiant capteins, which were su|spected to be poisoned at a banket made at Ard, when the two kings met last. Wheat was sold this yeare in the citie of London, for twentie shillings a quarter,Great [...] of corne. & in other places for twentie six shillings eight pence.

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