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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This chanced in the yeare of our Lord .1305. the fourth Ides of Februarie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Aboute the ſame tyme was William Wal|lace taken at Glaſkow by the means of ſir Iohn Menteth and other, in whome he had euer put a moſte ſpeciall truſte:Wallace is taken. but they beeing corrupted with the offers of large rewardes promyſed by king Edwarde to ſuche as coulde helpe to take him,Wallace is brought to London. wrought ſuche fetches that he was appre|hended at length by Odomare de Valance Erle of Penbroke, who with a greate power of men brought him to London,He is put to death. where hee was put to death, and his quarters ſent into Scotlande and ſet vp in ſundry great townes there for a ſpecta|cle, as it were, to giue enſample to other. Thys was the ende of that puiſſant champion Williã Wallace, prayſed amongeſt the Scotiſhemen aboue all other in that age, for ſo muche as hee woulde neuer yelde or conſent to acknowledge any ſuperioritie in the Engliſhemen ouer hys EEBO page image 311 countrey, no not when all other had ſubmitted themſelues to king Edward as his liege ſubiects and moſt obedient vaſſals.

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