Compare 1587 edition: 1 His frendes that laye hidde in couerte and ſecrete corners, hearyng of theſe his dooings, beganne from eche ſyde to reſorte vnto hym,His power in|creaceth. by whoſe aſſiſtance ſhortely after he wan the ca|ſtell of Innerneſſe,Innerneſſe caſtell taken. and ſlew all them that were within there in garryſon.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 With the lyke felicitie he got the moſt part of all the Caſtels in the north,King Roberte commeth to Glenneske. raſing and bren|ning vp the ſame tyll hee came to Glenneſke, wher being aduertiſed that Iohn Cumyn with ſundry Engliſhemen and Scots were gathered againſte him, bicauſe hee was vppon a ſtrong groũd, he determined there to abide thẽ: but they being thereof infourmed, and wondryng at his manly courage, durſt not approche to giue him battaile, but ſent Ambaſſadors vnto him to haue truce for a time, vnder colour of ſome communi|cation EEBO page image 313 for a peace, till they might increaſe theyr power more ſtrongly agaynſt him: whiche be|ing done, they purſued him more fiercely than before.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Neuertheleſſe King Robert receyued them at all tymes in ſuche warrelike order, that they might neuer take him at any aduauntage, but were ſtill dryuen backe with ſlaughter and loſſe, though the ſame was of no great importance to make account of, but ſuche like as happeneth of|tentymes in ſkirmiſhes and lyght encounters, where the battayles come not to ioyne puiſſance agaynſt puiſſance. The fame whereof yet pro|cured him the fauour of ſundrie great Barons in Scotland.