The Holinshed Texts (1577, Volume 2, p. 278)

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 When king William had thus receyued hys lands and caſtels by ſurrender,Erle of Hun|tington. Scottes with king Richard in the holye lande. he made his bro|ther Dauid Erle of Huntington, who thervpon doing his homage vnto king Richard, acording to the olde ordinance deuiſed by king Malcolme the firſt, wẽt with him alſo in that voyage with fiue hundred Scottiſhemen, or rather fiue thou|ſande (as the tranſlator of Hector Boetius hath) if no fault be in the printer.

The ſiege of Acres.

Oliuer a ſcot|tiſhmen.

As the chriſtian ar|mye laye at ſiege before the citie of Acres, other|wiſe called Acon, if chaunced that one Oliuer, a Scottiſhman born, was within y^e town retei|ned in ſeruice amõgſt y^e Saraſins, for being con|uict of felonic in his natiue coũtrey he was bani|ſhed out of the ſame, & fled to the Saraſins, re|maining ſo long amongſt them, y^t he had lerned their toung very perfectly, ſo that as then fewe knewe what countreyman he was. It fortuned that this Oliuer had one of the gates in keping, on y^e ſide the towne where was but a ſingle wall without trenches or any other fortification.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He hapned by ſome good aduenture to eſpy a|mongſt y^e watch of thoſe y^t were of the retinue of Dauid Erle of Huntingtõ, one of his own kinſ|mẽ named Iohn Durward,Iohn Dur|warde. with whom of long time before he had bin moſt familiarly acquain|ted: and incõtinẽtly he called vnto y^e ſame Dur|ward, deſiring vnder aſſurãce to talke with him. After certain cõmunicatiõ, for y^t this Oliuer had not as yet vtterly in his hart renoũced y^e chriſti|an faith, he appointed with Durwarde to giue entrie at a certaine houre vnto Erle Dauid,Erle Dauid en+tred the citie Acon. & to al y^e chriſtian army, vpon condition y^t Erle Da|uid wold ſee him reſtored again vnto his land & heritage in Scotlãd. The houre ſet, Erle Dauid came with a great power of [...] to y^e gate before reherſed, where he was ſuffred to enter acording to apointmẽt, and incontinẽtly with great noiſe and elamour brake into the middeſt of the citie,

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the morning betimes king Richard per|ceiuing the citie thus wonne, entred the ſame, & ſhortly after alſo wan a towre, which the Sara|ſins for a while mãfully defended: and thus was the citie of Acres won from the Saraſins, chiefly by meanes of the Scottiſhemen. But now tou|ching their returne from this voyage (for ſith in other places more large mencion is made of ſuch exploites as were atchieued therin, I paſſe ouer to make any lõger diſcourſe therof in this place) ye ſhall vnderſtand, y^t in that ſtreynable tempeſt, in y^e whiche king Richards nauie was diſperſed in his cõming homewardes (as in the hiſtorie of England is more at large expreſſed) y^e ſhip alſo that Erle Dauid was in, chaunced to be thrown a lande on the coaſtes of Egypt, where being ta|ken priſoner, & led into Alexandria,Erle Dauid ta|ken priſoner. He is redemed at length he was redemed by certain merchants of Venice, & firſt conueyed vnto Conſtantinople, & after vn|to Venice, where he was bought out, & redeemed by the Engliſh marchants, & in the end ſuffred to depart home. At his cõming into Flanders, he hyred a veſſell at Sluyce,He wente to Scotlande. therwith to returne in|to Scotland, but beieng lewſed a little off from the ſhore, ſuch a behement tempeſt ſodenly aroſe that droue him, not without great dãger of life, neere to the coaſtes of Norway and Shetland.