[1] When the fame therefore of his worthie actes was notified thorough the realme, manye were put in good hope that by his meanes the realme ſhoulde bee deliuered from the ſeruitude of the [page 303] Engliſhemen within ſhorte tyme after: And herevpon a great number of the Scottiſhe nati|on as well of the nobilitie as other, were readye to aſſiſte him in all his enterpriſes. By reaſon wherof he myght not bee eaſily entrapped nor taken of the Engliſhmen, that went aboute to haue got him into their handes.