Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scots perceyuing themſelues thus o|uerſet with enimies on ech ſide,The Erle of Murray is ſent into Fraunce. ſent Iohn Ran|doll Erle of Murray into Fraunce vnto kyng Dauid, that by his meanes they might purchaſe ſome ayd of the French kyng to defend ye realme from the force of the enimies.
Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane tyme the king of England be|ſiegeth Barwike both by ſea and land,Barwike is be|ſieged. notwith|ſtandyng ſuche as were within it, defended the towne ſo manfully that he got but ſmall gaynes [figure appears here on page 336] by aſſaultes, by reaſon whereof, the ſiege conty|nued for the ſpace of four months: during which tyme many iſſues and ſkirmiſhes were made be|twixt the Scots and Engliſhmen, whereat ma|nye propre feates of armes were atchieued with varyable fortune.