Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the latter ende of his dayes, he was grie|uouſly vexed with a leproſie, which thus finally made an ende of him, in the .xxiiij. yeare of hys raign. being one of the moſt valiant princes kno|wen in any part of the whole worlde in thoſe his dayes,King Robert taſted both proſperous & a duer [...]e for|tune. hauing felt in his time the force of eyther fortune: for in the beginning of his raigne, ſuche ſtormes of aduerſitie ſurrounded him on ech ſide, that if his conſtant manhoode had not beene the greater, it might haue brought him in diſpayre of all recouerie: for beſides ſundrye diſcomfitures, which he receyued at the handes of the enimies, with loſſe of all his brethren (his brother Edward only excepted) the moſte part of all the Lordes of Scotlande were againſt him, and ayded his ad|uerſaries to the vttermoſt of their powers: yet he nothing diſcouraged herewith, ceaſſed not to em|ploy all induſtruous meanes to deliuer his coun|trey from the yoke of ſeruile bondage (which hee beleeued would ſucceed by the gouernment of the Engliſh kings) til at length (as it were in deſpite of all former chances) he atteyned the effect of his whole indeuours, ſo much the more to his praiſe, as he had found the hinderance & difficultie great in bringing the ſame fully to paſſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 His fame therfore did ſpread hugely,The fame of king Robert. not onely amõgſt his own people, but alſo amongſt ſtran|gers, inſomuch as his due praiſe was not wan|ting, no not euen amongſt and in the middeſt of his verie enimies.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 For (as it is ſayde) on a tyme it chaunced that king Edward the thirde,His prayſe a|mongſt the enimies. ſitting at a banket amongeſt his Nobles, fell in talke with them of warlike enterpriſes, and of ſuche notable Cap|taynes, as had excelled in knowledge in y^e behalf.