Compare 1587 edition: 1 His brother hearing the matter, conſented to goe wyth him, and to be partaker of all hap|pes that mighte fortune to fall out in his flighte: and by the way they chaunced to light vpon one of Cumyns ſeruantes,A ſeruaunt of Cumyns taken with letters on him. that was going with let|ters vnto king Edwarde from hys mayſter, the ſaid Cumyn, ſignifying by y^e ſame, that if Bruce were not the ſooner put to death, there would en|ſue ſhortely ſuche trouble and ruffling in Scot|lande agaynſte kyng Edwarde, that it woulde bee muche adoe to appeaſe it.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe letters beyng founde vppon Cumyns ſeruaunt, thorough meanes of yong Flemeyn, the Bruce after he had appoſed the bearer tho|roughly in eche behalfe, and learned of him that his maiſter the ſayde Cumyn was in the Fryers at Domfryſe, he firſt ſlewe this fellow that was thus ſente with the letters,Cumyn was at the Fryers in Dunfreis. and after in all haſte poſſible came to Dounfryſe by the guyding of the ſame Flemeyn, where in the Quyer of the the Fryers churche there, he found the Cumyn: and reaſoning the matter with hym, for that he had vſed him ſo euill, and withall ſhewing hym the indenture whiche king Edwarde had deliue|red to him, as before is mencioned, in the ende after ſome multiplying of words together, Ro|bert Bruce plucked foorth his ſworde, and ſtroke the foreſayde Cumyn a ſore blowe in the belly, and thervpon fleeing out of the Churche, mette with two of his deareſt frendes, Iames Lynd|ſey, and Roger Kyrkpatryke, who beholding his countenance altered, and comming foorth of the churche in ſuche haſte, demaunded of hym what was the matter: I trowe (ſaid he) that Cumyn is ſlayne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Why (ſayd they againe) haſt thou attempted ſo hyghe an enterpryſe, and lefte it doubtefull? And immediatly herewith they went to the place where Cumyn lay wounded (as before is men|cioned) and aſked of hym whether he thoughte he had any deathes wounde or, hoped to reco|uer if he myght haue a good Surgion, and for that he anſwered howe he truſted to doe well y|nough if he might haue a good ſurgion in tyme:Cumyne is ſlayne. 1305. they gaue him three or foure other woundes ſo greuous and deadly, that foorthwith vppon the ſame, he yelded vp the ghoſt.