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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Robert Bruce ſeruing that day amongſt the Engliſhmen, fetched a compaſſe about an hill, & came on the backes of the Scottes, ſo that they were in maner compaſſed in, & beaten downe on eche ſide: Yet Wallace left nothing vndon that might pertaine to the dutie of a valiant captain. But at length all his endeuors notwithſtãding, the Scots (ouerſet with multitude of enimies) (as the Scottiſh writers affirme) were ſlayne in ſuch huge numbers, that he was conſtrayned to draw out of the field with ſuche ſmall remnant, as were left alyue.

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