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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The armie hauing marched that same daie nine miles,Lang Nud|dreie. incamped at night by a towne standing on the Frith called Lang Nuddreie. The next morning being thursdaie the eight of September, in time of the dislodging of the English campe, signe was made to some of the ships (whereof the most part and chiefest laie a ten or twelue miles in the Forth, be|yond vs, ouer against Lieth & Edenborough) that the lord admerall should come a shore, to speake with the lord protector. In the meane time, somewhat earlie as our gallie was comming toward vs, about a mile and more beyond our campe, the Scots were verie busie, wasting here on shore toward them with a banner of saint George that they had, so to traine them to come on land there: but the earle of War|wike soone disappointed the policie, for making to|ward that place where the lord admerall should come on shore, the Englishmen on the water by the sight of his presence, did soone discerne their friends from their foes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The lord admerall herevpon came to land, and ri|ding backe with the earle vnto the lord protector,Order taken for the placing of the ships. or|der was taken, that the great ships should remoue from before Lieth, and come to lie before Muskel|borough; and the Scotish campe which laie there in field alreadie assembled, to resist the English power that marched thus towards them. The smaller ves|sels that were vittelers were appointed to lie néerer to the armie. The lord admerall herevpon, being re|turned to the water, & the armie marching onward a mile or two, there appéered aloft on a hill, that laie longwise east and west, and on the south side of them, vpon a six hundred of their horssemen prickers, wher|of some within a flight shoot,The Scotish prickers shew themselues. directlie against the En|glishmen, shewed themselues vpon the same hill, & more further off.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Toward these, ouer a small bridge that laie ouer a little riuer there, verie hardlie did ride about a do|zen haquebutters on horssebacke, and held them at baie so nie to their noses, that whether it were by the goodnesse of the same haquebutters, or the bad|nesse of them, the Scots did not onelie not come downe to them, but also verie courteouslie gaue place, and fled to their fellowes. The armie went on, but so much the slowlier, bicause the waie was some|what narrow, by meanes of the Forth on the one side, and certeine marishes on the other. The Scots kept alwaies pase with them, till there were shot off two field peeces twise, wherewith there was a man killed, and the leg of one of their horsses striken off, which caused them to withdraw, so that the English|men saw no more of the [...], till they came to the place where they meant to incampe, for there they shewed themselues againe aloft on the fore remembred hill, EEBO page image 983 standing as it were to view and take muster of the armie: but when the lord Greie made towards them, minding to know their commission, they wiselie ment their waie, and would not once abide the rea|soning.

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