Compare 1587 edition: 1 As for ten thouſande, he knew to be amongſt them of ſuch approued ſouldiers, and olde men of warre, as he durſt ſafely vndertake for them that they would flea two of the enimies a peece at the leaſt. Such maner of perſwaſions king Robert vſed to encourage his people.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 On the other part king Edwarde cauſed the Coronels of eche Nation within his campe to exhort their retinues to remember,The exhorta|tion of king Edwarde. that if they fought valiantly for one houre or two, they ſhuld purchaſe infinite ryches with the whole Realme of Scotlande in reward of their labor: for he de|ſired nothing for himſelfe, but the ſuperioritie.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Againe, hee willed they ſhoulde haue in re|membrance what irrecouerable ſhame would fo|low (ſith they had departed out of their countreys in hope of gaine) to returne home with emptye handes, and voyde of victorie, not without ſome reproche and note of cowardice. But yet when they ſhould marche forwarde in array of battaile EEBO page image 318 towardes the Scottes they might v [...]th be ſeue|uered from their wiues and children which they had there in campe with them:Incombrance in an armie. Neuertheleſſe at length by the ſharpe calling vpon of theyr Cap|taines, they were brought into order of battaile, not without much a doe, by reaſon of the vnruly multitude.The order of the Engliſh battayles. The Archers were placed in wings, mingled amongeſt the horſemen on the ſides of the wardes and battayles, which ſtoode encloſed in the middeſt of the ſame wings.The appoyn|ting of the Scottiſh bat|tayles. King Robert appoynting all his battayles on foote, deuided the ſame into three partes, the forewarde he commit|ted to Thomas Randulf, and Iames Dowglas captayns of right approued valiancie:The firſt bat|taile. vnder whõ went ſeuen thouſande of the borderers, and three thouſande of the Iriſhe Scots, otherwiſe called Kateranes or Redſhanks: Theſe no leſſe fierce & forward, than the other practiſed and ſkilfull.