The Holinshed Texts (1587, Volume 6, p. 316)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After Easter their brother Robert Bruce, calling himselfe king of Scotland, and hauing now aug|mented his armie with manie souldiers of the out-Iles,The earle of Penbroke put to f [...]ight. fought with the earle of Penbroke and put him to flight, and slue some of his men though no [...] manie. Within a few daies after, he chased also the earle of Glocester, into the castell of Aire, and besieged him within the same,Bruce besie|geth the earle of Glocester. till an armie was sent from king Edward to the rescue: for then the said Robert was constreined to flée, and the Englishmen followed, till he got into the woods and marishes,He is chased frõ that siege. where they might come néere him without manifest danger, to cast themselues awaie. ¶ The king of England, min|ding to make a full conquest of the Scots, and not to leaue off vntill he had wholie subdued them, sent his commissions into England, commanding all those that owght him seruice, to be redie at Careleill with|in three wéekes after Midsummer. He sent his sonne Edward into England, that vpon knowledge had what the French king did touching the agreement, he might accordinglie procéed in the marriage to be made with his daughter.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After the prince was departed from the campe, his father king Edward was taken with sore sicke|nesse, yet he remooued from Carleill, where the same sicknesse first tooke him, vnto Burrough vpon Sand, and there the daie after being the seuenth daie of Iu|lie,

The death of K. Edward the first.

He is buried at Westmin|ster.

he ended his life, after he had reigned 34 yeares, six moneths and one and twentie daies. He liued 68 yeares and twentie daies. His bodie was conueied to London, and in the church of Westminster lieth buried.His issue. He had issue by his first wife queene Elianor, foure sons, Iohn, Henrie, Alfonse, & Edward which succeeded him, the other died long before their father. Also fiue daughters; Elianor, Ione, Margaret, and Elizabeth, were bestowed in marriage as before in this booke is expressed: the fift named Marie became a nunne. By his second wife quéene Margaret, he had two sonnes, Thomas of Brotherton, and Ed|mund of Woodstoke, with one daughter named Margaret after hir mother.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 He was tall of stature, some what blacke of colour, strong of bodie, and leane, auoiding grosenesse,His stature and forme [...] bodie. with continuall exercise, of comelie fauour, and iettie eies, the which when he waxed angrie, would suddenlie be|come reddish, and seeme as though they sparkled with fire. The haire of his head was blacke and curled,His qualitie of mind. he continued for the most part in good health of bo|die, and was of a stout stomach, which neuer failed him in time of aduersitie. Moreouer, he had an ex|cellent good wit, for to whatsoeuer he applied his stu|die, he easilie atteined to the vnderstanding thereof: wise he was and vertuous, an earnest enimie of the high and presumptuous insolencie of préests, the which he iudged to procéed chéeflie of too much wealth and riches: and therefore,He misliked the pride of prelats. he deuised to establish the statute of Mortmaine, to be a bridle to their inordi|nate lusts and riotous excesse. He built the abbeie of the vale roiall in Cheshire, he was a constant fréend, but if he once tooke displeasure or hatred against any person, he would not easilie receiue him into fauour againe: whilest he had any vacant time from weigh|tie affaires, he spent lightlie the same in hunting.