Compare 1587 edition: 1 After theſe newes were ſpred abrode in Scot|land,The nobles of Scotland de|uided. the nobles drew into two ſeuerall factions, the one taking part with Makbeth, and the other with Malcolme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hereupon enſued oftentymes ſundrie bicke|rings, and diuerſe light ſkirmiſhes, for thoſe that were of Malcolmes ſide, woulde not ieoparde to ioyne with their enimies in a pight field, tyll his comming out of England to their ſupport. But after that Makbeth perceiued his enimies power to encreaſe,Makbeth re|culeth. by ſuch ayde as came to them forth of England with his aduerſarie Malcolme, he reculed backe into Fife, there purpoſing to abide in campe fortified, at the Caſtell of Dunſinane, and to fight with his enimies, if they ment to purſue him, howbeit ſome of his friends aduyſed him, that it ſhould be beſt for him, eyther to make ſome agreement with Malcolme,Makbeth is counſailed to flee into the Iles. or elſe to flee with all ſpeed into the Iles, and to take his trea|ſure with him, to the ende he might wage ſun|drie great Princes of the realme to take his part, and retayne ſtraungers, in whom he might bet|ter truſt than in his owne ſubiectes, which ſtale dayly from him: but he had ſuche confidence in his prophecies, that he beleeued he ſhoulde neuer be vanquiſhed,Makbethes truſt in pro|pheſies. till Byrnane wood were brought to Dunſinnane, nor yet to be ſlaine with anye man, that ſhould be or was borne of any womã.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Malcolme folowing haſtily after Makbeth, came the night before the battaile vnto Byrnan wood, and when his armie had reſted a while there to refreſhe them,Braunches of trees. hee commaunded euerye man to get a bough of ſome tree or other of that wood in his hand, as bigge as he might beare, and to march forth therwith in ſuch wiſe, that on the next morow they might come cloſely and with|out ſight in thys manner within viewe of hys enimies.