Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Shortlie after the earle of Hertford lieng on the borders, as lieutenant of the north parts of Eng|land,The earle of Hertford in|uadeth Scot|land. calling to him an armie of twelue thousand men, or thereabouts, what of Englishmen and stran|gers, entred Scotland with the same, and burnt a great part of the Mers, and Teuidale, as Kelsaie ab|beie and the towne; Melrosse abbeie & Driborne ab|beie, also Iedworth abbeie, and diuerse other places, townes, and villages, to the number of fiue score. Kelsaie abbeie was defended a while by thrée hun|dred Scots, but in the end the most part of them were slaine, & taken by the strangers and others that gaue the assault. Thus the earle of Hertford sore in|damaged the Scots by this inuasion, and yet neither they, nor the Frenchmen their assistants, dur [...] come foorth into the field once to incounter with him.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the sixtéenth of September a number of EEBO page image 970 Scots and Frenchmen attempted to enter into England on the east borders. But the Englishmen perceiuing them about to passe by a certeine streict, set vpon them, and slue and tooke of them to the num|ber of seuen score. Among the prisoners that were taken, the lord of Humes sonne, and a French cap|teine were accompted chiefest. Also in another rode made into the west borders, the lord Maxwels sonne, and diuerse others were taken.Ouerthrowes on both sides, betwixt the English and Scots. But at an other time about the same season also, certeine Englishmen to the number of fiue hundred, making their entrie by the west borders into Scotland, were discomfited by the Scots, and the more part of them either taken or slaine. Thus were they occupied as well on the bor|ders betwixt England and Scotland, in this season, as also in the marches of Calis, Guisnes, and Bul|lognois, where the garrisons lieng in those places, made continuall rodes & forraies into the marches of the enimies countrie, and oftentimes chanced to incounter with some of their troops.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The capteine of Ard, monsieur de Dampiere, ha|uing got for a supplie from the French campe at Bul|logne, the companie of the men of armes that be|longed to the duke of Orleance, led by his lieute|nant monsieur de Tauannes, chanced on a daie to incounter with the Englishmen guided by that va|liant baron the lord Greie of Wilton, capteine of the towne of Guisnes, who being accompanied with a number of valiant gentlemen & soldiers, distressed their enimies, & slue the capteine of Ard the foresaid lord de Dampiere there in field. Diuerse other skir|mishes and incounters chanced in that summer, on the further side the seas. And moreouer, now after that the French nauie was withdrawen (as ye haue heard) from the coasts about Portesmouth, that mar|tiall chiefteine, sir Iohn Dudleie, lord Lisle, and high admerall of England, hauing all his ships, men, mu|nition, & furniture readie, set forward from Portes|mouth hauen, to haue fought with the Frenchmen, if they had still kept the seas, but they were with|draw [...]e home into harborough.