Compare 1587 edition: 1 When the fame therefore of his worthie actes was notified thorough the realme, manye were put in good hope that by his meanes the realme ſhoulde bee deliuered from the ſeruitude of the EEBO page image 303 Engliſhemen within ſhorte tyme after: And herevpon a great number of the Scottiſhe nati|on as well of the nobilitie as other, were readye to aſſiſte him in all his enterpriſes. By reaſon wherof he myght not bee eaſily entrapped nor taken of the Engliſhmen, that went aboute to haue got him into their handes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length, when occaſion ſerued to vſe the helpe of ſuche a notable chieftayne, he was cho|ſen by generall conſente of the Scottiſhmen as gouernour vnder Iohn Ballyoll, to deliuer his countrey from bondage of the Engliſh nation.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Abbeyes of Scotlande in Engliſhmens handes.At the ſame tyme many Abbeyes and ſpiri|tuall benefices in Scotlande were in Engliſhe mẽs hands. Neuertheleſſe this William Wal|lace by commiſſion hadde of Willyam Fraſer Biſhop of Saint Androws, auoyded and put them foorth of all partes of Scotlande, leauing neyther temporall nor ſpirituall perſon of theyr bloud within that realme.