Compare 1587 edition: 1 Kyng Edwarde hymſelfe, together wyth Edwarde Ballyoll entred by lande,King Edwarde inuadeth the Scots by land. wyth an armye of fyftye thouſande menne, leadyng the ſame vnto the towne of Perth, otherwyſe cal|led Saynte Iohns towne, and there lodged in Campe, abydyng for the commyng of the Earle of Athole, who as then beeyng ſolicited thereto by the Kyng of Englandes agentes, was readye to tourne agayne incontinently to hys ſyde.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 The ſame tyme whyleſt the kyng of En|glande laye thus at Perth, the Earle of Na|mure (whome the Scottiſhe wryters wrong|ly name the Duke of Gelderlande) came into Englande wyth an armye,Not the Duke of Gelderland, but the Erle of Namure, na|med Guy. and purpoſyng to paſſe thorough Scotland vnto the place where Kyng Edwarde laye in Campe, to come to hys ayde, was diſcomfyted on the Bourrowe Moore, beſyde Edynburghe, by the power of the Gouernoures, and others, whiche were there aſſembled agaynſt him.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 There died many on bothe partes in the fight (as Iohn Fourdon writeth) for the ſtrangers fought right valiantly in ſo muche,Iohn Fourdon that if Wil|liam Douglas with diuers other, had not come EEBO page image 342 downe from Pictlande hilles to the ayde of the Scottes,Williã Dou|glas commeth to the ſuccour of the Scots. whyleſt they were thus fightyng, the ſtrangers that day had wonne the victorie. But now diſcouraged with the ſodayne comming of this freſhe ayde to theyr aduerſaries, they began to giue place, and drewe towardes Edenburgh, neuertheleſſe kepyng themſelues in order of bat|tayle, they fought ſtill: and at length comming to Edenburgh, they were driuen vp thoroughe the Fryers ſtreete, and ſo by an other ſtreete, cal|led Saint Marie Wynde,Dauid de A|nand, a Scot|tiſhe knight. where one ſir Dauid de Anand a right valiant knight chaunced to be wounded by one of the enimies, by reaſon wher|of he was ſo kindled in wrathfull deſire to be re|uenged, that with an axe whiche he had in his hande, he raughte his aduerſarie (that had hurt him) ſuche a blow on the ſhoulder, that he clone hym downe togither with his horſe, that the axe ſtayed not till it light vpon the verie harde paue|ment, ſo as the print of that violẽt ſtroke remai|ned to be ſene a long tyme after in one of the ſto|nes of the ſame pauement. The Strangers ſtill retiring, and manfully defending themſelues, at lengthe got to the hill where Edenburgh caſtell ſtandeth, and there ſlew their horſes, made as it were a rampier of their carcaſſes, ſo to defend thẽ ſelues from the force of their enemies: but being enuironed by the Scots on eche ſide all ye night, and hauing neither meate nor drinke wherwith to ſuſtain their languiſhing bodies, the which be|ſide hunger and thirſt were ſore tormented with cold alſo and wante of conuenient lodging, they yelded themſelues the next day, with cõdition to haue their lyues ſaued. When the ſpoyl of ye field (where they firſt) ioyned was gathered, amongſt the dead bodies, there was found a woman of an huge ſtature,A woman of manlyke force and ſtature. who in the begynning of the bat|tayle, ſtept foorth before hir companie, & encoun|tring in ſingular fight with an eſquire of Scot|land named Richard Shaw, ſhe ouerthrew him & afterwards beating down hir enimes oneche ſide, long it was ere ſhe might be ouerthrowne, which chanced not before ſhe was enuironed a|bout on eche ſide with hir enimies.