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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There were ſlayne aboue .vij. thouſand per|ſons that day with the greateſt parte of all the nobles and gentlemen of Fyfe and Louthian.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Kyng Iohn hearing of this ſlaughter of his people at Barwyk, in great deſire to be auenged, gathered his power,The Scots diſ|comfited at Dunbar. and ſent the ſame foorth a|gaynſte king Edwarde, with whome they met not farre from Dunbar, and there encountring [figure appears here on page 301] with hym in battayle, the Scottiſhe hoſte was diſcomfited, the moſte part of the Scottes being eyther ſlayne or taken.