Compare 1587 edition: 1 Within this Caſtell, as Captaine thereof, was a right valiant Knight named ſir Philip Mowbray,Sir Philip Mowbray. a Scottiſhe man borne, but taking part with the Engliſh men, who feared nothing the ſiege, for he had ſufficient ſtore of mẽ, vitails, munition, & all maner of purueyance ſufficient to defend the holde for a long ſeaſon: ſo that finally Edward Bruce perceiuing no means wherby to atchieue y^e enterprice which he had raſhly takẽ in hand, was abaſhed therof: [...] for by force he ſaw wel EEBO page image 315 ynough it coulde not be brought to paſſe, and by large offers made to the Captaine if hee woulde render the place and become ſeruant to the King his brother, he coulde not once moue him to giue any care therto, inſomuch as at ẽgth he ſought to trie him another way forth, which in y^e ende tooke better effect than was likely it would haue done, conſidering the lacke of circumſpection vſed in the bargain making: as thus.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 After long ſiege, and (as before is ſayde) no good done, there was a motiõ made betwixt him and the Captaine within for a truce, which was accorded on this wiſe: that if the fortreſſe were not ſuccoured within .xij. monthes next enſuing, it ſhould then be rendred to king Robert, and in the meane time no force ſhould be vſed againſt it.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 An vnwiſe cõ|poſition.This compoſition was vnwiſely made, as moſte men iudged: for euery man of any wiſe|dome might eaſily coniecture, that king Edward hauing ſo long day to make his prouiſion, would come in ſupport of them within the Caſtell, and that ſo ſtrongly, as would be hard for the Scots to reſiſt him.