Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottes perceyuyng they were not of puiſſaunce able to reſiſt his inuaſion,The Scottes withdraw to their holdes. withdrew to their ſtrengthes: by meanes wherof the En|gliſhe armie paſſed through all Scotland,The engliſhe armie paſſed through Scot|land from the South parts to the North. euen from the South partes to the North, and found fewe or none to make reſiſtance, excepte Wal|lace and ſuche as followed his opinion, whyche were fledde to the mountaynes and wooddes to eſchewe the malice of the Engliſhmen.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It is ſayde, that king Edwarde requyred by a meſſenger ſente vnto thys Wallace,King Edward ſendeth vnto Wallace. that if he woulde come in and be ſworne his liege man and true ſubiecte, he ſhoulde haue at his handes greate Lordſhippes and poſſeſſions within En|glande to mayntayne his porte as was requi|ſite to a manne of righte honourable eſtate.Wallace refu|ſeth the offers of K. Edward. But Wallace refuſed theſe offers, ſaying that he pre|ferred libertie wyth ſmall reuenues in Scot|lande, before any poſſeſſion of landes in Eng|lande, were the ſame neuer ſo greate, conſide|ryng he myght not enioye them, but vnder the yoke of bondage.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Caſtell of Sterlyng at the ſame tyme was in the kepyng of one ſir William Vthred knighte, who woulde not render it to king Ed|warde by any ſummonaunce or other meanes, tyll after three moneths ſiege he was conſtray|ned to gyue it ouer vnder theſe conditions,The caſtell of Sterling ren|dred. that all perſons being within the caſtell, ſhoulde de|parte by ſafe conduyt with bagge and baggage at their pleaſure.