Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the yeare next after, he fought fiue times in one day with ſir Laurence Abernethy, princi|pall Captayne vnder the Ballyoll, and beeing put to the worſe at foure of thoſe tymes, at the fifth he vanquiſhed his enimyes,Sir Laurence Abernethy ta|ken priſoner. and tooke priſo|ner theyr Captaine the ſayde ſir Laurence, who was ſent to the Caſtell of Dunbryton, there to remaine in ſafe keeping for a time.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 For theſe and ſuch worthie enterpryſes harde|ly atchieued, thys William Dowglas was much commended, and within a fewe dayes af|ter the taking of the ſayde ſir Laurence Aberne|thy,Sir William Dowglas ſent into France. hee was ſente by the Gouernour the ſayde Robert Stewarde into Fraunce, as Ambaſſa|dour to King Dauid, for the diſpatche of cer|taine weightie matters touching the ſtate of the Realme.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane time,1339 Robert Stewarde the gouernor raiſed a mightie armie, and came with the ſame vnto y^e towne of Perth,The towne of Perth beſieged planting a ſtrõg ſiege rounde aboute it: for deuiding his hoſt into four partes, he lodged them with their Captaines in foure ſeuerall places.