Compare 1587 edition: 1 But when they ſawe them riſe againe, and to come forward, they began to be ſomwhat doubt|full.The firſt ioy|ning. And herevpon ruſhing togither, at the firſte ioyning, a great number of people on eyther ſyde were beaten downe and ſlaine. The Archers whiche were arrayed on the vtter ſkirtes of the Engliſh wings, ſore annoyed the Scottes, till fi|nally Edwarde Bruce came on theyr backes with a thouſande Speares, and brake them a|ſunder, in ſuche wiſe that they did but little more hurt that day.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thirtie thou|ſand Engliſh horſemen o|uerthrowne in trenches.Albeit incontinently herewith a battaile of horſemen to the number of .xxx. thouſande, came ruſhing togither all at once in ſhocke, to haue borne downe and ouerridden the Scots, but be|ing ſo in their ful race gallopping with moſt vio|lence towards thẽ, they tumbled into the foſſes & pittes before mentioned, in ſuch wiſe one vpon an other, that the moſt part of thẽ were ſlain, with|out all recouerie. Neuertheleſſe the Scots in ma|ner oppreſſed through the huge multitude of the enimies, were neare at the point to haue bin van|quiſhed.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But herevpon thoſe that were appointed to at|tend the cariage, as carters, wainmen, lackeys, & the women, beholding in what daũger their mai|ſters, friends, & countrymen ſtood, put an ſhirtes, ſmockes, and other white lynens aloft vpon their vſuall garments, and herewith binding towels & napkins to their ſpeares, and to other ſuch ſlaues as they got in theyr handes, placed themſelues as wel as they might in array of battail, and ſo ma|king a great muſter & ſhew of new, came downe the hill ſyde in the face of their enimies, with ſuch a terrible noyſe & hideous clamor, that the Eng|liſh men fighting as then with moſt fury againſt the Scots with vncertaine victorie, and behol|ding this new reenforce comming down the hill on their faces, ſuppoſing verily it had bene ſome new armie, their hearts began to faint,The Engliſh mens hearts begin to faint. the more in deede, for that they ſaw themſelues vneth able to ſuſtain the violent encounter of the Scots thẽ preſent.The Engliſh men put to flight. And herevpon they began to turne their backs, and fell to running away as people clearly vanquiſhed: on whom the Scottes folowed with inſatiable yre, & ſlue thẽ downe on all ſides where they might ouertake thẽ. Sir Iames Dowglas with .iiij.C. choſen horſmen, was cõmaunded by king Robert to purſue the king of England with all ſpeede, to trie if he might ouertake him.