Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 301But when they came nere vnto the Engliſh|men, they perceyued both by their language and habite what they were: but this was not before the Engliſhmen were harde at the gates ſo that when the Scottiſhmen would haue fledde backe to haue got into the towne agayne, the Engliſh men purſued them ſo faſte at the heeles, that they entred the gates with them,The crueltie of the Engliſh+men. & ſo tooke the towne with great ſlaughter, as well of the ſouldiours and men of warre, as alſo of women, children, & aged perſons,Barwike is [...]. without all ruth or compaſſion, ſo that they lefte not one creature alyue of the Scottiſhe bloud within all that towne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 30. of Marche being good Friday. Anno 1295. H. B.Thus was Barwike wonne the .xxx. day of Marche in the yere .1296.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Suche abundance of bloud was ſpilled tho|rough all partes of the towne (as the Scottiſhe Chronicles teſtifie) that where at a falling tyde the water was not able to dryue aboute the mil|nes,The abundãce of bloud ſpilled. ſome of the ſame mylnes yet,Streames aug|mented with bloud. were nowe at a lowe water ſet on gate, by reaſon the ſtreames were ſo hugely augmented with bloud.