Compare 1587 edition: 1 It chaunced at the ſame tyme, that ſir Iohn Striuelyng capitayne of the ſiege, with a great parte of the armie, went vnto Donfermling for deuotion ſake, to viſite the ſhrine of Saint Mar|garet, ſometyme Queene of Scotlande.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Whereof Alane Vepount then capitayne of the Caſtell, hauyng vnderſtanding, about mid|night prepared three boates, and takyng certayn ſouldiours with hym, rowed foorth to the heade of the damme or water, and there with ſuch en|gines as he had deuyſed for the purpoſe, aſſayed to boate thorough and make a hole in the banke or rampier that kepte vp the water, which when they had brought to paſſe, they returned quickely agayne to the caſtell.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 The water hauing once gotten an iſſue, with|in a whyle ware the hole ſo large, that entryng with more violence, it finally brake downe the banke, & ruſhed foorth with ſuch an huge ſtream, that it bare downe all afore it, drowning vp the baſtils and tentes of them that lay at ſiege there,The baſtiles and tentes of them that laye at ſiege drow|ned. and carryed the ſame with men and all downe into the deepe ſea, they were ſo ſodenly taken, ere they could make any ſhift to eſcape.