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Compare 1587 edition: 1 There were many of the Scottiſhe nobilitie the ſame tyme, that ſente vnto hym, offeryng EEBO page image 304 to leaue the king of Englands part, and to ayde him with money and victuals, if he would on|lye receyue them into fauoure, wherevnto hee graunted.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By which meanes ſundry other caſtels were yelded vnto him, the whiche after he had garni|niſhed with men, munition, and victuals (accor|dingly as was thought requiſite) he brake vp his campe, and went with ſundrie of his moſt faith|full frendes vnto the caſtell of Striueling.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Dearth in Scotlande.Afterwardes perceyuing that through ſcar|citie of corne, great dearth roſe on eche ſide with|in the realme of Scotland,The policie of Wallace to relieue the peoples lacke in tyme of dearth. he deuiſed which way he might beſt relieue the peoples neceſſitie & lack in that behalfe, and herevppon he determined to paſſe with a mightie armie into Englande, and to ſoiorne there the moſte parte of the winter in ſuſteyning the whole number of his men of war on ſuche prouiſion as they mighte fynde within the boundes of their enimies countrey.

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