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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 1388.In the yeere 1388. Roberte Earle of Fife, and Archembald Dowglas Lorde of Galloway, en|tred with a proude army into Englande, and in the meane time, came ſundry Iriſhmen by Sea, to the coaſtes of Galloway,Iriſhmen fetch prayes in Gal|loway. and landing in dy|uers places, fetched away great booties of Cattel, and other goodes of the inhabitauntes, whereof William Dowglas,Williã Dow|glas inuadeth Ireland with fiue hundred men, as Iohn Fourdon hath. ſonne of the ſaide Archem|bald being enformed, gote a conuenable power of men togither, by ſupporte of his brother in lawe, Robert Earle of Fife, and by licence of the King paſſed ouer with the ſame, ſhipped in certayne veſſels into Ireland, where being gote a lande,Carelingforde beſeeged. he layd ſiege to the towne of Carlingford.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The towneſmen doubting to be taken by aſ|ſalt, purchaſed a truce for certayne dayes, promi|ſing to giue a greate ſumme of money to haue their towne ſaued: but in the meane time,The craftie dealing of the towneſmen. they aſ|ſembled the number of an eight hundred menne, through help of an other towne not farre off, cal|led Doundalke, and ioyning with them, they de|uided them ſelues into two partes,The Iriſhmen aſſayle the Scottes in two ſeueral places. one parte ſet|teth vpon Robert of Duryſdeir, who hauing the conduit of the Earle of Fifes men, was gone a|broade into the Countrey to fetch in ſome pray, and the other part aſſayleth William Dowglas, that lay ſtill afore the towne.