[1] Malcolme being aduertiſed hereof, thought not good to match in battaile agaynſt his fierce e|nimies with his people thus aſtonied through dread and terror,Malcolme ly|cenceth the moſt parte of his armie to depart home. and therefore gaue licence to the moſt part of his hoſt to depart for that time, and abode onely with certain bandes of his moſt faith|full friends neare vnto the water of Forth,Malcolme in|tẽdeth to ſtop his enimie frõ paſsing ouer the Forth. to ſtop his enimies from paſſing ouer that ryuer.