Compare 1587 edition: 1 Aboute the ſame tyme was William Wal|lace taken at Glaſkow by the means of ſir Iohn Menteth and other, in whome he had euer put a moſte ſpeciall truſte:Wallace is taken. but they beeing corrupted with the offers of large rewardes promyſed by king Edwarde to ſuche as coulde helpe to take him,Wallace is brought to London. wrought ſuche fetches that he was appre|hended at length by Odomare de Valance Erle of Penbroke, who with a greate power of men brought him to London,He is put to death. where hee was put to death, and his quarters ſent into Scotlande and ſet vp in ſundry great townes there for a ſpecta|cle, as it were, to giue enſample to other. Thys was the ende of that puiſſant champion Williã Wallace, prayſed amongeſt the Scotiſhemen aboue all other in that age, for ſo muche as hee woulde neuer yelde or conſent to acknowledge any ſuperioritie in the Engliſhemen ouer hys EEBO page image 311 countrey, no not when all other had ſubmitted themſelues to king Edward as his liege ſubiects and moſt obedient vaſſals.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 It is ſayde, that when hee was young and went to ſchole, he learned by hearte two verſes of his ſchoolemaiſter, which euer after hee bare in mynde, and vſually woulde reherſe them, which were as followe.Io. Fourdon. Iohn Maior.

Dico tibi verum, libertas optima rerum,

Nunquam ſeruili, ſub nexu viuito fili.

My ſonne, I ſay, freedome is beſt,

Then neuer yelde to thralles arreſt.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 311] BVt now touchyng the Bruce: af|ter hee hadde ſlayne the Cu|myn (as before is mencioned) he purchaſed an abſolutiõ from Rome for that acte,Abſolution from Rome. & to y^e end he might then through authoritie obtaine ſome ayde to reſiſt y^e puiſſance of his aduerſarie K. Ed|ward,Robert Bruce is crowned king of Scot|land, the firſte of that name. [figure appears here on page 311] he went by ſupport of frends vnto Scone, & there cauſed himſelf to be crowned king, on the 27. day of Marche, though he had no great nũber that tooke his parte in the beginning, as ſhortely after well appered. For when he ſhould aſſemble an armie againſt a power of Engliſhmen that were ſent againſt him by K. Edward, immedi|atly vpon knowledge had of his attemptes, hee was not able to get togither any ſufficiẽt num|ber to reſiſte his aduerſaries, though with thoſe few which came vnto him, he thought to try the chaunce of batayle, and ſo encountryng wyth Odomare de Valence lieutenant of the engliſh armye at Meffene the .xix. daye of Iune,Io. Maior. King Roberte is diſcomfited at Meffene. in the yeare .1306. he was ther put to flight: and though the ſlaughter was not great, yet for that it was iudged to be an euill ſigne to haue ſuche infortu|nate lucke vpon his entring into the aſtate, the peoples fauour ſhranke greatly from him.