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.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Neuertheleſſe, the ſayd Robert and William receyued the enimies with ſuche manhoode, that they put them in both places to flight,The Iriſhmen put to flighte. and imme|diately after, gaue aſſaulte to the towne, and en|tring the ſame perforce, put all the goodes founde therein to the ſacke, and then ſet it on fire,Carelingforde won by aſſalt. and brenned it to aſhes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This done, they tooke threeſcore ſhippes whi|che they found in diuers hauens and creekes there on that coaſt, and fraughting .xv. of them with ſuch ſpoyle as they had gote, they brenned the re|ſidue, and then returning homewards, ſpoyled the Ile of Man by the way as they paſſed.The Ile of Man ſpoyled.