Compare 1587 edition: 1 After that Edwarde Ballyoll had atchieued this victorie thus at Duplyn, he wente ſtraigh|wayes vnto Perth, (otherwyſe called Saynct Iohns town) and giuing aſſault therto,Perth wonne by the Balliol. quickly entred it by force, without any great reſiſtance.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Erle of March that lodged (as is ſayd) the ſame night that the battaile was fought, not paſt fiue myles off, hearyng what had chaunced bothe of the battayle and towne, came wyth his people arayed in good and perfecte order vnto Perth aforeſayde, to beſiege the Engliſhmen with Ewarde Ballyoll and other as then with|in it.Perth beſeged by the Earle of March.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 But hauyng layne there a certayn ſpace and [figure appears here on page 334] filled the diches in the meane tyme to ſuch aduã|uantage, that it was thought if he had giuen the aſſault, he muſt nedes haue entred, he ſodenly rei|ſed frõ thẽce,He rayſeth his ſeege. & departed, to y^e vnſpekable domage (as was thought) of the whole Scottiſh nation. The ſiege being thus reiſed, ther came dayly gret nũbers of nobles & cõmons vnto y^e Ballyol, offe|ring him their ayd & ſeruice as his loyal ſubiects, towards y^e atteyning of his right to y^e crowne.