Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The earle of Namure about the same time com|ming into England, to serue the king in his warres,The earle of Namure. tooke vpon him to passe into Scotland with a band of an hundred men of armes, beside seauen or eight knights which he brought ouer with him, and certeine Englishmen to be his guides from Berwike, Fourdon. but he was assailed before he could get to Edenburgh, by the earles of Murrey and Dunbarre, and the lord William Dowglas: so that notwithstanding the strangers bare themselues verie manfullie, yet op|pressed with multitude, they were forced to giue place, but yet still fighting and defending themselues till they came to Edenburgh, and there taking the hill where the ruines of the castell stood, kept the same all the night folowing. But the next day they despai|ring of all succours, and hauing neither meat nor drinke, at length yéelded themselues, whom the earle of Murrey receiuing right courteouslie,The earle of Murrey takẽ. Rich. Southw. shewed them such fauour, that without ransome he was con|tented they should returne into their countries: and for more suertie, he conueied the said earle of Na|mure (whome the Scotish books call earle of Gelder|land) and his companie backe to the borders; but in his returne, or shortlie after, Fourdon. the same earle of Mur|rey that tooke himselfe for gouernour of Scotland, was encountred by the Englishmen that laie in gar|rison within Rockesburgh, and by them taken priso|ner. The lord William Dowglas being there also with him escaped, but Iames Dowglas brother to the said lord William Dowglas, was at that bicke|ring slaine with diuerse other.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 About the feast of the Assumption of our ladie,Scots submit them to the king of Eng|land. di|uerse of the Scotish nobilitie came and submitted themselues to the king, namelie the earle of Atholl and others, but earle Patrike of Dunbarre, and the earle of Rosse, the lord Andrew de Murrey, the lord William Dowglas, and the lord William de Keth, and manie other would not come in, but assembling themselues togither, did all the mischéefe they could vnto those that had receiued the kings peace.The castell of Kildrummie. The earle of Atholl in the winter season, besieging the ca|stell of Kildrummie beyond the Scotish sea was set vpon by the earles of Dunbarre and Rosse,The earle of Atholl slaine. so that they slue him there in field, for his men fled from him (through some traitorous practise as was thought) and left him and a few other in all the danger. ¶The king of England being returned foorth of Scotland, remained for the most part of the winter in the north parts, and held his Christmasse at Newcastell vpon EEBO page image 352 Tine, and after the Epiphanie hauing assembled an armie readie to passe into Scotland, to reuenge the earle of Athols death, which he tooke verie displeasant|lie, there came in the meane time ambassadors both from the pope and the French king, and found the king of England at Berwike, readie with his armie to set forwards into Scotland. Anno Reg. 10. But these ambassa|dors did so much by intreatie with the two kings of England and Scotland, that about the feast of the Purification,A truce gran|ted to the Scots. a truce was agréed vpon to indure till midlent.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Then was a parlement to be holden at London, and herewith articles were drawne, and certeine pe|titions put foorth, vpon the which if the parties in the meane time could agrée, the peace accordinglie might be established, if not, then the warre to be pro|secuted as before. The chiefest article and petition which the Scots proponed, as desirous to be therein resolued, was to vnderstand which of the two that claimed the crowne of Scotland, to wit, Edward Balioll, and Dauid Bruce, had most right thereto. But when in the parlement time the lord Maurice de Murrey slue sir Geffrey de Rosse a Scotish knight, that was shiriffe of Aire and Lenarke, being of the Baliols side, for that in time of open warre the same sir Geffrey had slaine his brother,The stoutnes of Scots hin|dered the con|clusion of the peace. vpon respect of this presumptuous part, and by reason of such stoutnesse as the Scots otherwise shewed, no conclusion of peace could be brought to effect.