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Compare 1577 edition: 1 In the mean time,The lord E|uers brought a power of horssemen from the bor|ders. foure thousand light horsse|men, vnder the leading of the lord Euers, came from our borders, as order was taken afore, and ioi|ned themselues with the armie thus lieng in Lith, where after their comming, they did such exploits, in riding and wasting the countrie, that within se|uen miles euerie waie of Edenburgh, they left few places, either pile, village, or house vnburnt. And be|side this, they brought great numbers of cattell dai|lie into the armie, and met with much good stuffe, which the inhabitants of Edenburgh had for the safetie of the same conueied out of the towne.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The names of the knights made at Lith after the burning of Edenburgh by the earle of Hertford,Knights crea|ted at Lith by the earle of Hertford. ge|nerall of the kings armie there, on sundaie the ele|uenth of Maie, in the six & thirtith yeare of the reigne of king Henrie the eight, in the yeare 1544, as they were deliuered to me by sir Gilbert Dethike knight, aliâs Garter, king of armes, are as followeth: The lord Clinton, the lord Coniers, sir William Wroughton, sir Thomas Holcroft, sir Edward Dorrell, sir Iohn Luttrell, sir Iohn Ienins, sir Tho|mas Waterton, sir Charles Howard, sir George Blunt, sir Peter Mewtas, sir Edward Warner, sir Rafe Bulmer, sir Hugh Cholmeleie, sir Tho|mas Leigh, aliàs doctor Leigh, sir Richard Leigh, sir Peter Leigh, sir Iohn Leigh of Booth, sir Lau|rence Smith, sir William Uauasour, sir Richard Shirburne, sir Robert Stapleton, sir Thomas Holt, sir William Dauenport, sir Rafe Leicester, sir Humfrie Bradborne, sir Thomas Maliuereie, sir Francis Hothome, sir Iohn Massie, sir Leonard Beckwith, sir Thomas Cokaine, sir Peter Fresh|well, sir Richard Egerton, sir Anthonie Neuill, sir Iohn Neuill, sir William Ratcliffe, sir George Bowes, sir Brian Brereton, sir William Brere|ton, sir Roger Brereton, sir Edward Waren, sir Brian Leiton, sir Robert Wurseleie, sir Thomas Talbot, sir Hugh Caluerleie, sir Iohn Clere, sir Ri|chard Holland, sir Thomas Uenables, sir Iohn Constable, sir Edmund Trafford, sir Iohn Ather|ton, sir Richard Cholmeleie, sir Philip Egerton, sir Hugh Willoughbie, sir Thomas Constable, sir William Woodhouse, sir Edmund Sauage, and sir Thomas Gerard.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 On the fourtéenth daie the Englishmen brake EEBO page image 963 downe the [...]ir [...] of the hauen of Lith, and burnt eue|rie sticke of it. This doone, and hauing shipped their great artillerie, and taken foorth all such Scotish ships as were méet to serue, appointing them to at|tend on their ships, they tooke vpon them to returne home by land Amongst other ships which the Eng|lishmen had in Lith h [...]uen; there were two of nota|ble fairenesse, the one called the Salamander, giuen by the French king at the marriage of his daughter into Scotland, the other called the Unicorne, made by the late Scotish king [...]punc; The balast of these two ships was cannon [...], which they found in the towne, to the number of foure score thousand. The rest of the Scotish ships being taken awaie togither with their owne ships, which they brought with them, were for the more part pestered with the spoile and boot [...]es of the souldiors & mariners. On the fiftéenth of Maie; their armie and their fleet departed from Lith both in one houre, the towne being set on fire and burned to the gro [...]nd.Lith burnt.

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