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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Theſe two diſcomfitures notwithſtanding, the Scots ruſhed fiercely vpon their enimies, and fought with great manhoode a long ſeaſon, but in the ende, Robert Stewarde and the Earle of March perceyuing their people partly to ſhrinke backe, cauſed the retreate to be ſounded, in hope to ſaue their men by withdrawing into ſome ſicker place:The cauſe of the ouerthrow but this fleeing barke of the Earle of Marche and Robert Stewarde, brought the diſ|comfiture vpon all the reſidue of the Scots, for that battaile of Engliſh men that was firſt mar|ched with thẽ, came now with ſuch violence vp|pon the maine battail where king Dauid ſought, that within a ſhort while after, the ſame was vt|terly diſcomfited and put to flight.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The Scottes diſcomfited.In this buſineſſe king Dauid himſelfe did in euery poynt play the part of a moſt valiant chief|taine, encouraging hys people as well wyth woordes as notable examples to doe theyr de|uoires.

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