Compare 1587 edition: 1 Immediatly herevpon were there ſente am|baſſadours from Eugenius to demaund reſtitu|tion:Ambaſſadours ſent by Euge|nius vnto Eg|fred for reſti|tution. but they not without muche ado, after cer|taine dayes attendaunce, got audience, and bold|ly declaring vnto Egfred theyr meſſage, recey|ued for anſweare a playne publication of warre. For he alledging how the Scottes, ſithence the truce was graunted, had ſundrie tymes fetched booties out of the confines of his dominions, and therefore had well deſerued farre more domage than as yet they had receyued, wherevppon hee minded not to continue frendſhippe with them that knewe not how to keepe theyr hands from robbing and ſtealyng from theyr neighbours: So that he commaunded them to declare vnto theyr king, that within eight dayes after, hee EEBO page image 151 ſhould looke for open warre at the handes of him and other his alies.Egfreds aun|ſwere.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Eugenius receyuing this anſwere from Eg|fred, beſought of God, ſith the other onely ſought to violate the peace, that the vengeance mighte light vpon his owne head, that had thus giuen the occaſion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Eugenius ga|thereth an ar|mie.Herewith gathering his power togither, hee repayred into Galloway, into the whiche he had knowledge that his enimies would firſte enter. But before hee could get thyther, a great armie of Engliſhe men, were come already into that countrey,The caſtell of Downſke be|ſieged. and had aſſieged a ſtrong caſtell called Downſke, the chiefeſt fortreſſe in thoſe dayes of all Galloway. And ere Egfred might winne the ſame, hee was conſtrayned to rayſe his ſiege, and to marche foorth to encounter with Euge|nius who haſted faſt towards him. They mette neare to the bankes of the water of Lewyſe, as then beyng very deepe, by reaſon it was rayſed with abundaunce of rayne whiche lately before had fallen, where they fought a right ſore and bloudie battayle: for the Scottes had vowed neuer to gyue grounde to the enimies, ſo long as any life remayned in theyr breſtes.