[1] Doctor Irelande, with a knight, and another religious man, came againe to king Iames from the French king, to perſwade him to make warre againſt England: and at length, King Iames & his nobles cõdiſcended to breake the peace, where|with Thomas Spens Biſhop of Abirdene that was full tenderly beloued of king Edwarde, [...] Spen| [...]ed. and had bin euer a mediator for peace betwixte the kings of England, France, and Scotlãd, and the Duke of Burgongne, when he heard that warre would folow, he dyed through griefe of mind and melancoly at Edenburgh, in the moneth of A|prill.

1481

[...] Iames a ambaſ| [...]o king [...].

The king ſente two Heraldes vnto King Edwarde, requeſting him not to ayde the Duke of Burgongne, nor any other againſt ye King of France: for if he did, hee muſt needes ſupporte the Frenchmen by reaſon of ye league betwixt France & Scotland, but king Edward would not admit thoſe Heraldes to his preſence, [...]ing Edward [...] nauie [...] Scotland. but kept them ſtill without anſwer, till he had ſent foorth a nauie of Ships into ye Forth before Lieth, Kingorne, and Pettenwenne, & thẽ were the Heralds licenſed to returne. [...] taken [...]. The Engliſhe fleete entring the Forth, tooke eight great ſhippes which they found in that riuer, and landing at Blackneſſe, brent ye towne, and a great Barge that lay there at rode, and ſo returned. [...]he of king [...]and pre| [...]d an army The king aſſembled an army from all partes of the Realme, and amongſt other, ye Lord of the Iles came with a great cõpany: and nowe the king being ready to enter into England, there came to him a meſſenger of king Edward, ſente from a Cardinall Legate that was reſidente as then in England,Legate in| [...] him. commanding king Iames by authoritie apoſtolike, not to proceede any further in his purpoſed iourney, to the ende that peace be|ing obſerued, all Chriſtian Princes might bende their powers againſte the Turke and Infidels. This commaundemente did king Iames obey, and ſo diſcharged his army, notwithſtandyng, that king Edwarde ſent foorth his nauie agayne into the Forth, [...] na| [...] into [...]and. vnto the Ile of Ins Keith, but they did no hurt, for the countreymen kept them off. The Scottiſh borderers inuaded ye Engliſhe marches, deſtroyed townes, and led many priſo|ners away with them into Scotland. [...]ke aſſie| [...] an ar| [...] of Eng|land [...]en. The king of Englande cauſed Berwike to be aſſieged both by ſea and lande all the winter ſeaſon, and ouer|threw a wall that was newly made about it for defence thereof: but the Scottes within it defen|ded the towne for that time ſo ſtoutly, that the e|nimies might not winne it from them.