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Compare 1587 edition: 1 1262.In the yeare following, whiche was the yeare after the byrth of oure Sauiour 1263. there fell a great dearth through both the realmes of Englande and Scotlande,A great dearth by reaſon of the weate Harueſt preceeding, ſo that the corne and graine was quite marred and corrupted before it could be got beſide the ground.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Acho king of Norway.Acho King of Norway, being informed how the Scottes were thus oppreſſed with ſamine and other miſeryes, by report of them that made the ſame more than it was in deede, ſuppoſed to fynde tyme and occaſion fytte for hys pur|poſe, to ſubdue them wholy to his dominion.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herevpon, preparing an armie and fleete of Shippes, conuenient for ſuch an enterpriſe, hee landed with the ſame in the Weſterne Iles, on Lammas daye otherwyſe called Petri Ad|uincula.

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