[1] About this time,The borderers deſirous of warre. the borderers which are men euer deſirous of warres and trouble, to the ende they may apply their Market, wherby they moſt chiefely liue, that is to witte, reife and ſpoyle of [page 357] their neighbours goodes, through enuie of long peace and quietneſſe, vpon a quarell pyked, ſlue certaine of the houſeholde ſeruauntes of George Earle of Dunbar at the Fayre of Roxbourgh,Roxbourgh Fayre. which as then the Engliſh men helde.