Compare 1587 edition: 1 Both theſe Clannes right ioyfull of this ap|pointmente, came to Perth with their number, where in a place cleped the North Inche, a little beſide the Towne in preſence of the King and o|ther iudges aſſigned thereto, they foughte accor|ding as it was agreed, and that with ſuch rage and deſperate furie, that all thoſe of Clankayes part were ſlayne (one onely excepted) who to ſaue his life after he ſawe all his fellowes ſlayne,A deſperate fighte. kepte into the water of Tay, and ſwamme ouer, and ſo eſcaped.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was a .xi. of Elanquhattanes ſyde that eſcaped with life, but not one of them vnwoun|ded, and that very ſore.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At their entring into the fielde or liſtes where they ſhould darraigne y^e battell, one of y^e Clannes wanted one of hys number, by reaſon that hee which ſhould haue ſupplyed it, was priuily ſtol|len away, not willing to be partaker of ſo deere a bargaine, but there was a Countrey felowe a|mõgſt the beholders, being ſory that ſo notables fighte ſhoulde be paſſed ouer, offered himſelfe for a ſmall ſumme of money to fyll vp the number, though the matter apperteyned nothing to him, nor to any of his friends.