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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 It is ſayde, that when hee was young and went to ſchole, he learned by hearte two verſes of his ſchoolemaiſter, which euer after hee bare in mynde, and vſually woulde reherſe them, which were as followe.Io. Fourdon. Iohn Maior.

Dico tibi verum, libertas optima rerum,

Nunquam ſeruili, ſub nexu viuito fili.

My ſonne, I ſay, freedome is beſt,

Then neuer yelde to thralles arreſt.