Compare 1587 edition: 1 The beſt ap|proued wry|ters affyrme that Lewes wẽt not ouer into France, til after the death of king Iohn.Theſe things being ratified, king Alexander and Lewes returned into Englande: ſhortly wherevpon, king Iohn died, more through an|guiſh of minde and melancholy, that by force of any other naturall diſeaſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 His ſonne Henrie the thirde of that name, ſuc|ceeded him, and in the meane time had the Pope accurſed both Lewes,Lewes & king Alexander curſed. & king Alexander, with all thoſe that fauored their cauſe againſt king Iohn, which curſe was pronounced in a generall coun|ſell, which was holden at Rome by Pope In|nocent,A counſell at Rome. there being preſent foure hundred and .xij Biſhops and .viij. C. Abbots.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Alexander after the deceaſe of king Iohn, returning homewardes with his armie, thought he might haue paſſed quietly without any annoi|ance by the way,King Alexan|der returneth into his coun|trey. through meanes whereof, hee loſt a certaine number of his men, being ſodenly inuaded by ſuch Engliſh men, as watched theyr time to take the Scottes at ſome aduauntage, in ſtraying abrode out of order: with which iniurie king Alexander was ſo moued, that hee ſpoyled and harried all the Countreyes by the which hee paſſed, till he was entred within the confines of his owne dominion.