Compare 1587 edition: 1 Secondarily, hee aduiſed them neuer to ap|poynt any ſette battayle with the Engliſhmen, nor to ieoparde the realme vpon the chaunce of one fielde, but rather to reſiſt and keepe them off from endomaging their countrey, by often ſkir|miſhing and cutting them off at ſtraits and pla|ces of aduauntage, to the intent that if Scottes be diſcomfited, they maye yet haue ſome power reſerued to make new reſiſtance.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thirdly, he forbad them in any wiſe to make any long peace with Englande, for naturally men ware dull and ſlouthfull by long reſte and quietneſſe, ſo that after long peace, through lack of vſe and exerciſe of armes, men are not able to ſuſtaine any great paines or trauaile.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Moreouer, he alledged, how the Engliſhmen woulde continue in peace no longer than there wanted oportunitie and conuenient occaſion for them to attempt the warres, and therfore he iud|ged it beſt, that the Scottes ſhoulde neuer con|clude any perpetuall peace with them, nor take any truce longer than for three or foure yeares at the moſte.