Compare 1587 edition: 1 Here at the firſt was the Earle himſelf ſlayne lying faſt a ſleepe in his bed,The Earle of Mar is ſlayn in his bedde. and after with huge noiſe they ſet vpon the whole camp, murthering the Scottes as then buried in ſleepe without al defence. And thervpon folowed ſo cruel ſlaugh|ter,See more here of in Scotland. that nothing was hearde but grunting and groning of people, as they lay on heapes redie to dye, weltring togither in their owne bloud.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And if it had not bin that Edward Ballyol had cauſed eche of his men to wrappe a whyte cloth aboute his arme, no man might haue kno|wen (by reaſon of the myrkneſſe of the night) his frende from his foe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Engliſhemen were ſo earneſtly bente to the ſlaughter of Scottes, that they myghte not bee ſatiate with the bloud and murder of them, EEBO page image 334 ſo that they ſaued none whom they myght ouer|take.The greate ſlaughter of Scottes. Sixtene thou|ſand ſayth R. Southwell. The Earle of Mar was not ſlayne in the night as before ye haue heard, but now in the morowe folo|wing as hath Southwel. Noble men ſlayne at Du|pline. There were ſlain of nobles & gentlemen, to the number of .iij. thouſand, beſides innumerable of the commons. A certain number of the Scots that eſcaped out of the place, cloſed themſelues together, and in purpoſe to bee reuenged on the Engliſhemen for the death of their fellowes, re|turned vpon them againe, and were ſlaine them ſelues euery mothers ſonne.