Compare 1577 edition: 1 In this meane time the French king was appoin|ted to haue made a viage against the Saracens, eni|mies of our faith, and had sent to the king of Eng|land, requiring him of his companie in that iournie. But the king of England being otherwise occupied with the affaires of Scotland, made no direct answer therevnto,Ambassad [...] from the French [...] so that the French king perceiuing that the king of England was not in all things well pleased with him, thought good before he set forward on that iournie to vnderstand his meaning, and ther|vpon sent eftsoones vnto him other ambassadours. These ambassadours arriued here in England and had audience, but nothing they concluded in effect, saue that the king promised to send his ambassadors ouer into France, to haue further communication EEBO page image 351 in the matter touching such points of variance as de|pended betwixt them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 Although Edward Balioll by the puissance of the king of Englands assistance had got the most part of the realme of Scotland into his hands, yet diuerse castels were holden against him, and the Scots dai|lie slipped from him, and by open rebellion molested him diuerse waies. The king of England aduertised thereof called a parlement at London, Rich. South. A parlement at London. wherein he tooke order for his iournie into Scotland, had a tenth and a fiftéenth granted him, and so about Alhallon|tide he came to Newcastell vpon Tine, with his ar|mie, and remained there till the feast of saint Katha|rine,The king en|treth into Scotland with an armie and then entring into Scotland, came to Roc|kesburgh, where he repared the castell which had beene aforetime destroied. After the third daie of Christ|masse was past, the king of England entred into E|thrike forrest, beating it vp and downe, but the Scots would not come within his reach: wherevpon he sent the king of Scots that was there present with him, and the earles of Warwike and Oxenford, and cer|teine other barons and knights with their retinues vnto Carleill, to keepe and defend those west parts of the realme from the Scots.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In their iournie thitherwards, they went by Pe|plis to apprehend certeine Scots, whome they heard to be lodged and abiding thereabouts, but when they found them not, they wasted the countrie, and turned streight to Carleill, where after the Epiphanie there assembled an armie foorth of the counties of Lanca|ster, Westmerland, and Cumberland, by the kings appointment, which armie togither with the king of Scots and the other lords there found, entred Scot|land, and did much hurt in the countrie of Galloway, destroieng towns and all that they found abroad, Hen. Marle. but the people were fled and withdrawne out of their waie. And when they had taken their pleasure, the king of Scots returned backe to Carleill. This yere there fell great abundance of raine, [...] dearth and [...]eth of cattell. and therevpon insued morren of beasts: also corne so failed this yeare, that a quarter of wheat was sold at fortie shillings.