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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He commaunded therfore that all the Scots appointed to goe with him in that iourney,Diſobedience puniſhed. ſhuld be readie at a certaine day and place prefixed, but dyuers of the Northerne Scottes (as they of A|birden and other,) for that they diſobeyed his cõ|maundements ſette foorth by letters and procla|mations, were hanged as rebelles and traytours to theyr countrey.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By whoſe example, other being put in feare, his commaundementes were the better obeyed,Wallace in|uadeth Nor|thumberland. ſo that hauing got togither an huge hoſt of men, he entred with the ſame into Northumberlande, [figure appears here on page 304] waſting and ſpoyling the countreye euen vnto Newcaſtell.