Compare 1587 edition: 1 Williã Dow|glas honored for his high prowes.In this laſt iourney againſt the Engliſhmen, William Dowglas ſon to Archimbalde Dow|glas Lord of Galloway, wanne greate fame and honor for this high prowes and noble valiancie, ſhewed as well in certayne approches made vnto Carlile, as in diuers other ſkirmiſhes elſe where.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The King alſo herevpon began to fauour him in ſuch wiſe, that he thought him worthy of ſome high aduancement: and therevpon gaue hym hys daughter in marriage named Giles, a Ladye of ſuch excellent beautie, as hir match in thoſe dayes was not to be found.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 He begote on hir a daughter, whiche was after maried to the Erle of Orkeney. This William Dowglas, as Iohn Furdon noteth, was of a blackiſh or ſwart couloure, not ouercharged with fleſh, but bigge of bone, a mightie perſonage, vp|right and tall, valiant, curteous, amiable, full of liberalitie, mery, faithfull, and pleaſaunt in com|pany, but herewith he was of ſuche ſtrength, that whome ſouer he ſtroke eyther with mace, ſword, or ſpeare, downe he wente were hee neuer ſo well armed. At one time, as the ſame Furdon ſayeth, he hauing with him but eight hundreth, foughte againſt three thouſand Engliſhmen, of whome, two hundred he ſlewe in the fielde, and broughte fiue hundred priſoners with him into Scotland.