Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Bruce ſtoutely denyed that he was pri|uie EEBO page image 310 to any ſuche deuyſe or writyng,He denieth his writing. and there|fore deſyred of kyng Edwarde to haue the ſame for one nyghte to peruſe and ſcanne ouer at ley|ſure, and then if he were not able to proue that it was forged and maliciouſly deuiſed vpon an enuious purpoſe to put him in daunger of lyfe, he would forfait all his landes and lyuings that he helde eyther within the realme of Englande or elſe where.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Edwarde bicauſe he coniectured at the fyrſte howe thys accuſation of Cumyn was, nothing lyke to bee true, graunted his requeſt, wherein many iudged he dydde vnwyſely: but ſuche was the ordinaunce of almightie GOD, that Bruce ſhould eſcape that danger to accom|pliſhe that wherevnto he was appointed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Erle of Gloceſter immediatly after that Robert Bruce was departed frõ the kings pre|ſence, ſent vnto him .xij. ſterling pennies, wyth two ſharpe ſpurres, whereby he coniectured his meaning to be, that the beſt ſhift for him was to auoyde out of the waye in moſte ſpeedy wyſe, whervpon he cauſyng a ſmyth to ſhoe .iij. hor|ſes for him, contrarily with y^e calkyns forward, that it ſhould not bee perceyued whiche way hr had taken by the tracte of the horſes for that the ground at that time (being in the winter ſeaſon) was couered with ſnowe: hee departed oute of London aboute midnighte,Robert Bruce doth flee. accompanyed onely with two truſtie ſeruantes.