Snippet: 3105 of 4297 (1577, Volume 2, p. 359)
[1] The king of England being informed alſo of this miſhap, appoynted two armies,
one by ſea,
An army by ſea and an o|ther by lande prepared a|gainſt the Scottes.
The Duke of Lancaſter com|meth with an army to Eden|bourgh.
& another by land, to inuade the Scots, ye Duke of Lancaſter
hauing the general charge & conduit of thẽ both, who giuing order to
thẽ that ſhuld paſſe by ſea what they ſhuld do, entred himſelf by land, and
waſting the coũtryes of March & Louthian, came to Edenbourgh,
& toke ye town, but wheras [page 360] his ſouldiours
woulde haue ſpoyled and burned it, he compounded with the inhabitantes for a
ſumme of money, and ſo returned without doing any more domage.