Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 There were a ſorte of Scottes gotten into a boate meanyng to haue fled, but being apprehẽ|ded by y^e Engliſhmẽ, they were executed. Final|ly after the Earle had remayned there on lande in brennyng and ſpoylyng the countrey for the ſpace of three dayes, he returned to his ſhippes, & in ſafetie wente aborde agayne with his men, and making ſayle to the Iſle of Arrane,The earle of [...] brent [...]le of Ar| [...]. entred the hauen called Amalaſche, and lãdyng at that place, brente the countrey, and after wente to Cumber where he likewiſe brent & haried that Ile. This done, he meante to haue gone vnto twoo other Ilandes Ylay and Iurey, but the windes grewe ſo terrible with tempeſtes & foule weather, [...] wea| [...]. that they loſt one of theyr ſhippes, and ſome of the reſt were ſo rent and ſpoyled of their tagle and furniture, as they eſcaped in great ha|zarde of beyng caſte away alſo. There were xxvj. Mariners drowned, the which perceyuing the ſhippe to be in daunger of ſinkyng, fled into the boate and ſo periſſhed. The other that re|mayned in the ſhippe were ſaued, as Maiſter Fraunces Randoll and others. By reaſon ther|fore of ſuch foule weather the Earle of Suſſex was conſtrayned to returne into Yrelande, ar|riuing at Cragfergus,The earle of Suſſex retour|ned into Ire|lande. where he landed with his Souldiers, and appoynting the ſhips to returne into Englande, he paſſed by land vnto Dublyn, ſpoyling the enimies countreys by the way, and takyng from them a greate pray and bootie of cattell; notwithſtanding the paynefull paſſage whiche he had to make through the combreſome wayes, bowgges, and wooddes, without reliefe of all neceſſarie things in that ſo troubleſome a iourney.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Thus farre for thoſe two yeares warre in the dayes of Marie Queene of Englande, be|twixt the Engliſhmen and Scots, whereof ſith I finde none that hath written any thing at all, I haue yet ſette downe theſe odde notes, as I haue learned the ſame of ſuch as had good cauſe to knowe the truth thereof, beyng eye witneſſes themſelues of ſuche enterpryſes and exploytes as chanced in the ſame warres, namely capi|tayne Read, capitayne Wood, capitayne E|rington, and captaine Gurley, capitaine, Mark|ham, with others, whiche of their courteſie haue willingly imparted to me the reporte of diuers ſuch things, as I wiſhed to be reſolued in, which accordingly ſo farre as my remembrance hath ſerued, I haue here deliuered, to the end the ſame may giue occaſion to others (that may happely light vpon more full inſtructions) to imparte to poſteritie a more perfect diſcourſe, where other|wiſe the mater might peraduenture wholy paſſe in forgetfulneſſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 And now to returne vnto the Scottiſh Am|baſſadours that were ſent into Fraunce, for the cõcluſiõ of the mariage betwixte their Queene & the Dolphin: after that y^e ſame mariage was cõſummate, & euery thing ordered & brought to paſſe accordyng to the effect of theyr commiſ|ſion, in the moneth of Auguſt they tooke their leaue of the Frenche King, the Queene,The Embaſ|ſadours died almoſt all. and Nobilitie there, to retourne homewardes into Scotland, albeit fewe of thẽ came home, for the Biſhop of Orkeney departed this life in Diepe, the .xv. of September: the Earle of Rothes de|ceaſſed there the .ix. of Nouember: the Erle of Caſſiles departed in the ſame place the .xiiij. of Nouember:Three came home agayne. and the Lorde Flemming deceaſ|ſed in Paris the .xviij. of December. And ſo onely the Archebiſhoppe of Glaſquo,Lorde of Dun. the Prior of ſainct Andrews, and the Lorde of Dun re|tourned into Scotland in October.A Parliament. After whoſe commyng, there was a Parliament ſommoned by the Queene, to be holdẽ in December next.