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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Trenches made by Scots to ouerthrow the Engliſhe men.Moreouer the Scottes by appoyntment of their king to the furtherance of his hardie enter|priſe, had caſte deepe pyttes and dytches in the place where it was iudged the battayles ſhoulde ioyne, and pitched ſharpe ſtakes within the ſame, and after couered them ouer ſlightly with greene turfes or ſoddes, in ſuch wiſe that a few footemen might paſſe ouer well ynough, but if any great number ſhoulde come preaſſing togither, or that any horſemen came therevpon, the ſoddes would ſhrinke and fall to the bottome of the trenches, with extreeme perill of the men and horſes, that were ſure to fall vpon the ſtakes ſet there for that purpoſe, or elſe to be ſo encloſed, that they ſhould not be well able to get out of thoſe pitfalles.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 By the place where king Robert was thus en|camped there runneth a greate Brooke or water called Bannockeſborne,Bannockſ|borne. ſo named of Ote cakes called Bannockes, which were vſed to be made commonly at the Mylnes ſtanding on the banks of the ſame water.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It falleth into the Forth right famous after|wardes by reaſon of this battaile foughten neare to the ſame.

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