Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus did the kings depart in ſunder, without any agreement concluded: and being returned to theyr armies, they make ready to trie the ma|ter by dinte of ſwoorde.

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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The order of the battaile.Wyth theſe and many other effectual words when he hadde encouraged his folkes to the bat|tayle, hee deuided them into three wardes, as two wings and a mayne battayle. In euery of them he ſet fyrſt archers & arkbaleſters, and next vnto them pykes or ſpeares, then bill men and other with ſuche ſhorte weapons, laſt of all, an other multitude with all kynde of weapons as was thought moſte expedient.