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within the said marche dyke unto a place in Warkes felde 

 called Warke Whytelawe. And the said drye dyke called the 

 ni'che dyke ys the very true bounder unto a place called 

 Cawdron burne in Pressen felde, and from yt to the heighte 

 of Horserigge. Albeyt the Scottes occupie within the saide 

 m'che dyke unto a place called the West forde of Pressen, 

 which grounde is nere half a myle of lengthe and a myle nere 

 in bredth ; and hath plowed and sowen within the same two 

 p'celles of the indermost p'te towards England of intent they 

 may intytle themselfes the better to that that is without, and 

 this plowinge was within this two or iij yeres and nev' before. 



And from the heighte of Hoi'serigge endelonge the said marche 

 dyke betwene the felde of Myndrome and Scotland unto a place 

 ealled Chapman-deane, beinge the bounder betwene Myndrome 

 and Shotton, within which bounder the Scottes have plowed 

 and sowen a lyttle flatte of lande and occupye nuich pasture 

 with their cattail within the same touneshippe of JMyndroine. 



And from the said Shotton-deane endlonge the said marche 

 dyke betwene the feldes of Shotton and Scotland by the Weset 

 ende of Shotton-lawe in the water of Bowebent Abbey (sic) 

 the said marche dyke hath bene by the Scottes of late tyme 

 in dyverse places plowed down to putt the very marche 

 out of knowledge. And thwartynge the water of Bowbent up 

 Elterburne to the Overstawe-forde, within which bounder the 

 Scottes occupie allmost all the touneshippe of Shotton, and 

 have plowed and sowen dyverse flatts endlonge all the marches 

 of the said toune. 



And from the said Oxerstawe-forde the bounder goetli up 

 Eltei'bui-ne betwene the touneshipe of Elter and Scotbiud to 

 the heighte of the Whyteswyre, within which bounder the 

 Scottes plowe and so we all endlonge the Elterburne by the 

 space of two myles lengthe as the grounde will here any corne, 

 and the most of this hath been plowed within this two yeres. 



And from the Whyteswyre the bounder and marche goeth 

 up Sterrygge [Stey-rigg = Sterroch *?] unto Stanemoresheyle in 

 Chevyott, and so up the edge as the water falleth to Arobeswyre. 

 And so to the hanginge stone which is the bounder between 

 the Est and Myde marcihes of England. Remember that nere 

 the fote of Elterburne the Scottes had dem'ed the water of 



