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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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 King Dauid his valiancie.Neyther woulde he flee after he ſawe him|ſelfe deſtitute of all conuenable ayde, but ſtil con|tinued in earneſt fight, deſiring nothing ſo much (as ſhoulde appeare) as death, for that he thought nothing more diſpleaſaunt than lyfe, after the ſlaughter of ſo manye of his Nobles and liege people.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length hauing his weapons ſtricken oute of his handes, one Iohn Coplande came vnto him, and wylled him to yeelde, but he with one of his fiſtes gaue this Coplande ſuche a blowe on the mouth,King Dauid taken by Iohn Coplande. that by force of the Gauntlet he ſtrake out two of his teeth before hee did yeelde vnto him. Which Coplande is myſnamed by Iohn Maior, and not onely called Couptaunt, but al|ſo reported by him to be a Gaſcoigne, whereas it is euident by our Hyſtories, that hee was named Coplande and a mere Engliſh men.

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