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Compare 1587 edition: 1 And amongſt other, Stewarde and Cumyn thought ſkorne, that Wallace, a man of ſo low beginning, ſhoulde bee preferred before them in that honour: But on the other parte, Wallace conſyderyng that the charge of the whole was giuen vnto hym by agreemente and conſente of the three eſtates, thoughte it no reaſon that hee ſhould giue place to any of them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane tyme came the Engliſhemen vpon thẽ right fiercely, before the Scottiſh chief|tains (hauing their breſtes filled with more ma|lice one againſt an other, than with deſire to de|fend theyr countrey againſt their enimies) could bryng their men into any perfecte araye.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Herewith at the cõming to the poynt of ioy|ning,The Cumyns fledde. [figure appears here on page 305] the Cumyns wyth theyr retinues fled out of the fielde, and lefte the reſidue of the Scots in all the daunger.

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