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Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Mariners alſo, beeing conſtrayned to come a lande for ſafegarde of their lyues,The [...] of the [...]. were ſlaine by the people of the countrey, ſo that few of them or none at all eſcaped.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Acho being thus abaſhed with theſe two in|fortunate miſchaunces,Acho fleeth in|to Orkney. aſwell for the loſſe and diſcomfiture of his armie by lande, as for the pe|riſhing of his Nauie on the Seas, got him vnto thoſe foure ſhippes that were ſaued, and ſayled with them aboute the coaſt, till he arryued in Orknay.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In thys battayle whiche was foughten at Largis, the thirde daye of Auguſt in the yeare 1263.1263. there were ſlaine of Danes and Nor|wegians .xxiiij. thouſande, and of Scottes about fiue thouſand.

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