[1] About Whitſontyde ſir Henry Percy with diuers bandes of the countrey garniſons, and ſir George Bowes then Marſhall of Berwike, with ſundry bandes of the garniſon of that towne paſſed forth into Scotland,A roade into Scotland: they beyng in all aboute a .vij. or .viij. hundred horſemen, & two thouſand footemen.Duns and Langton brẽ [...] They brent the townes of Duns and Langton, & hauing got togither a great number of cattell returned homewardes. [page 485] The Scots that lay in [...]elſ [...] and other places keeping their quarterrage on the bordures, (for the realme as ye haue heard was quartered, eue|ry parte keepyng theyr turne as the maner is) aſſembled togither to the number of two thou|ſande horſmen or fewe leſſe, and three bandes of footemen, haſting foorth to defende the coun|trey. And perceyuing where the Engliſhmen were, followed and coaſted them as they re|turned with theyr bootie, till they came to Swinton, where they ouertooke them, and ſkir|miſhed with them ſharpely as they were paſſing through the towne.