[1] It was not inough that K.
Henrie was thus trou|bled now in the first yere of his reigne, with ciuill
sedition, and the couert practises of Frenchmen; but that the Scots also
tooke vpon them to make open warre against him:George
earle of March fleeth into England. it chanced (as in the Scotish
chronicles more at large appeareth) that George of Dunbar, earle of the
marches of Scotland, being in displeasure
with Robert king of Scots, fled into England, to Henrie earle of
Northumberland, wher|vpon the Scotish king depriued him of all his
digni|ties and possessions, and caused his goods to be confis|cate, and
after wrote to the king of England, requi|ring him if he would haue the
truce anie longer to continue, either to deliuer into his possession the
earle of March and other traitors to his person, or else to banish them out
of his realmes and dominions. King Henrie discréetly answerd the herald of
Scot|land, that the words of a prince ought to be kept:The answer of king Hen|rie to the Scotish am|bassadors. and his
writings and seale to be inuiolate: and conside|ring that he had granted a
safe conduct to the earle and his companie, he should neither without cause
reasonable breake his promise, nor yet deface his ho|nor. Which answer
declared to the king of Scots,
Open warre proclamed by the king of Scots a|gainst Eng|land.
Thom. Wal [...].