Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe wyth other the lyke wordes King A|lexander vttered wyth bolde ſpirite, to encourage hys people.Achos exhor|tation to his people. And on the other part King Acho likewyſe thought it expedient to vſe ſome ex|hortation vnto hys armye, that they ſhould not bee afrayde of the great number and huge mul|titude of the Scottes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Hope of ſpoile encourageth [...] of warre.The chiefeſt poynt to encourage them to do valyauntly, he ſuppoſed was the hope of ſpoyle, and therefore he put them in remembrance, howe by victorie not onely all ſuch ryches as the Scots had brought thyther wyth them (whiche coulde not bee ſmall) but alſo all the whole ſubſtaunce and treaſure of the Realme to be at theyr com|maundement, yea and the Realme it ſelfe, if they mynded to enioye it: ſo that this was the day whiche they had ſo muche deſired, wherein ſufficient oportunitie was offered to ſhewe what rewarde ſhoulde followe to eche man for hys good and valiaunt ſeruice. But for that highe enterpryces and famous exploytes might neuer bee atchieued without extreeme ieopardie,High enter|priſes atchieued with extreeme peri [...]l. it be|houed them to attaine to theſe ſo greate commo|dities by pierſing through, and operthrowing by dynt of ſworde, the arrayed battayles of theyr enimyes, whiche howe eaſie a matter it ſhoulde be for them to bring to paſſe, ſuche as well con|ſidered the circumſtances, might ſoone coniecture: for through dearth and famine whiche ſo long hath raigned amongſt the Scottiſh people, their Bodies and forces (ſayth he) are ſo wonderfully enfeebled, that they appeare to repreſent rather ſhadowes than full perſonages of men able to make [...]ance.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Again, in conſideration how neceſſarie it was for euery man to fight without ſaynting, ſithe they were enuironed on ech part without meane to eſcape, he deſyred them, that if it ſo fel out, that they ſhould chaunce to be ouercome, (which as he truſted ſhould not come to paſſe) that in ſuch miſ|aduenture they woulde yet ſell there lyues dear|ly and not to die vnreuenged.