[1] Wallace in the meane tyme had layde ſiege vnto the caſtell of Couper, but nowe being ad|uertiſed of the comming of this armie againſte hym, he reyſed his ſiege, and wente to Striue|ling to defend the bridge there, that Hugh Creſ|ſingham with his armye ſhoulde not paſſe the ſame, according (as the reporte wente) his in|tent [figure appears here on page 303] was to doe.