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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Then the buſhment lyuing in the valey, brake foorthe vppon hym, according to the order be|fore appoynted, and in the meane tyme, the other that fledde, caſte themſelues aboute, and manly abode their enimyes, for earneſtly laying it to their charge, that in fine they droue them backe, and conſtrayned them to flee in good ear|neſt, whyche they themſelues had but only coũ|terfaited to do before.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King William perceyuing his people thus diſcomfited, and himſelfe encloſed on eche ſyde,The Scots con+ſtrained to flee amongeſt his enimies, after he had aſſayed to breake foorth on ſome ſyde from amongſt them when he ſawe his endeuour coulde by no meanes preuayle,King Williã yeldeth him|ſelf priſoner. and that the enimyes made onely at him, he yelded himſelfe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was not muche bloud ſpilled on ey|ther ſyde at this bickering, for the one parte in the beginning of the f [...]aye (as ye haue hearde) fleing of ſette purpoſe vnto the place where theyr ambuſhe laye, eſcaped without much hurt, and the other feared by the breaking forth of the am|buſhe aboade the brunt but a ſmall whyle, re|turning immediatly towards the king, and then perceyuing they coulde doe no good, they made the beſt ſhift they coulde eche man for himſelf to eſcape the enimies handes.

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