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 could keep no order, because of the irregularity of the ground. King Edward himself escaped with much difficulty, being closely pursed, for above forty miles, by Sir James Douglas, with a party of light horse: He was upon the paint of being taken prisoner, when he was received into the Castle of Dunbar by the Earl of March, who conveyed him to England, by sea, in a fisher's boat; his immense army being entirely discomfited. The Scots lost only four thousand men, while the loss of the English amounted to above 30,000.