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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 ye vnſpekable domage (as was thought) of the whole Scottiſh nation. The ſiege being thus reiſed, ther came dayly gret nũbers of nobles & cõmons vnto ye Ballyol, offe|ring him their ayd & ſeruice as his loyal ſubiects, towards ye atteyning of his right to ye crowne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 [figure appears here on page 334] HErevpon perceuing his power ſuf|ficientlye in|creaſed, and receyuyng the Othes of the Erle of Fyfe, and William de Saint clare Byſhoppe of Dunkelde,Edward Bal|liol crowned King of Scot|land, not the 24. of Septẽ|ber, but the fourth of Oc|tober as R. Southwell hath. hee wente accompanyed with them and a greate number of other, vnto Scone, where he was crowned the .xxiiij. daye of Sep|tember, in the yeare laſte before remembred, and receyued there the ſame tyme the homages and fealties of a greate companye of nobles and Gentlemenne, at that ſolemne feaſte there aſ|ſembled.

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