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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The chiefeſt nobles that wer ſlayn at this ba|tayle, were theſe the erle of Mar generall of y^e ar|mie, Roberte Bruce erle of Carryke, Alexander Fraſeyr knight, William Hay cõſtable of Scot|lande, with al his lygnage ſo wholly, y^t had not his wyfe as then being great bellyed, bin after|wardes deliuered of a ſonne, all his ſurname had bin vtterly extinguiſhed.