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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In this meane while the lord Sands was come to the court, and informed the king of the state of the armie. The king had before his comming heard that his people in the said armie were in great miserie, both by reason of the intemperat weather, & vnsea|sonable time of the yeare, the lacke of vittels, & such other discommodities: wherefore he caused a new power of six thousand men to be prepared and sent vnto the duke of Suffolke for a reléefe, vnder the lea|ding of the lord Montioie.The duke of Suffolke [...] vp [...] armie and c [...]mmeth to Calis. But yer this power could be put in order to passe the sea, and before the duke could haue knowledge againe from the king of his further pleasure, he was constreined to breake vp his armie, and returned by Ualencennes, and so through Flanders vnto Calis. He left at Ualencennes all the great artillerie. The king was somewhat displea|sed with the breaking vp of the armie thus contrarie to his mind, but hearing the resonable excuses which the duke & the capteins had to alleage, he was shortlie after pacified. And so after they had remained in Ca|lis a certeine time, vntill their fréends had asswaged the kings displeasure, they returned, and all things were well taken, and they receiued into as much fa|uour as before.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now to returne to the dooings in other parts, as betwixt the Englishmen and Scots, which chan|ced in this meane while that the duke of Suffolke was thus in France. Ye shall vnderstand, that the Scots hearing that the warre was thus turned into France, thought that nothing should be attempted against them, and therefore waxed more bold, and be|gan to rob and spoile on the marches of England.The Scots soule the English [...]rches. The earle of S [...]rrie inua| [...] Scot|land. Wherefore the king sent againe thither the earle of Surrie treasuror and high admerall of England, the which with all speed comming to the west borders, sent for an armie of six thousand men, with the which entering Scotland by the drie marishes, he ouer|threw certeine castels, piles, and small holds, till he came through the dales to Iedworth, wherein laie a great garrison of Scots,Iedworth [...]. which skirmished with the Englishmen right sharpelie at their first comming, but yet at length the towne, abbeie, and castell were woone, spoiled, and burned.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After this the earle incamped within the Scotish ground from the two and twentith of September till the fiue and twentith of the same moneth, & then returned backe againe into England. During which time the lord Dacres wan the castell of Ferniherst.The castell of Ferniherst woon by the lord Dacres. The French king perceiuing that the Scots did not worke anie notable trouble to the Englishmen to staie them from the inuading of France (& the cause was (as he tooke it) for that they lacked the duke of Albanie, whome they named their gouernour) he therefore prouided a nauie of ships to haue transpor|ted him ouer into Scotland; so that all things were redie for his iournie. But the Englishmen were re|die on the sea vnder the conduct of sir William Fitz Williams to stop his passage if he had set forward, wherefore he caused his ships to be brought into Brest hauen, and bruted it abroad, that he would not go into Scotland that yeare.

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