The Holinshed Texts (1587, Volume 6, p. 297)

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Furthermore, N. Triuet. whilest king Edward kept his ca|stell at Warke, seauen earles of Scotland, as Bou|chan, Menteth, Stratherne, Lennox, Ros, Atholl, and Mar, with Iohn Comin the maister of Badenaw, hauing assembled an armie togither of fiue hundred men of armes on horssebacke, Abington. The Scots inuade Eng|land. and ten thousand foot|men in Annandale, vpon monday in Easter wéeke entred England, and putting all to fire and sword, approched to Carleill, and laid siege therevnto on each side, passing the water of Eden by a foord vnder Ri|chardston, and did so much preuaile, Nic. Triuet. that they burned EEBO page image 298 the suburbes, and assaulted the gates, at which enter|prise, a gentleman of Galloway as he ventured somewhat neere to the gate, was drawne vp by an iron hooke, of those that stood aloft vpon the gates to defend the same, and there slaine, and thrust through with speares. In the meane time, a spie, the which had béene taken and committed to prison, set fire on the house wherein he was inclosed, and so the flames cat|ching hold vpon the other buildings, a great part of the citie was thereby burned. Yet the men and the women getting themselues to the wals, droue their enimies backe, and so defended the citie from ta|king. Whervpon, the Scotish lords perceiuing they could not preuaile,The Scots raise their siege from Caricil. left their siege on the thursdaie in Easter weeke, and returned againe into Scotland.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 On the same thursdaie, king Edward with his armie passed the riuer of Tweed, and so entring in|to Scotland,Berwike summoned. sent to the burgesses of Berwike, offe|ring them peace vpon certeine conditions, and staied a whole day for an answer: but when he could haue none that liked him, nor that sounded in anie thing to peace, he approched the towne, and lodged in the monasterie of Caldestreime. Abington. His armie consisted as some write of foure thousand men of armes on hors|backe, and thirtie thousand footmen, besides fiue hun|dred men of armes on horssebacke, and a thousand footmen of the bishoprike of Durham.The English fléet. At the same time, there came foure and twentie English ships, the mariners whereof, beholding where the English armie was placed in battell raie, vpon a plaine, the king making there certeine knights, they thought his meaning was to haue giuen forthwith an assalt, and so entring the hauen, and approching to the land, began to fight with the townesmen, where they lost foure of their ships, and were constreined to with|draw with the residue,Foure Eng|lish ships lost. with helpe of the falling wa|ter. Some haue written, that they lost but three ships which were consumed with fire, Abington. and that the mari|ners and souldiers of one of those ships, after they had defended themselues by great manhood from the first houre of the daie, till eleuen of the clocke, esca|ped awaie, some by the bote of that ship, and some lea|ping into the water, were saued by the botes of other ships that made in to succour them.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The rumor of the mariners attempt being bru|ted through the armie, the king passing forward to|wards the towne, got ouer a ditch, which the Scots had cast to impeach his passage,

Berwike woone.

This sir Ri|chard Corne|wall was bro|ther to the erle of Cornewall. Abington.

and so comming to the towne, wan it, not losing any man of renowme, sauing sir Richard Cornewall, the which was slaine by a quarell which a Flemming shot out of a crosse|bowe, being in the red hall, which the merchants of Flanders held in that towne, and had fortified it in manner of a tower: but when they would not yéeld, and could not easilie otherwise be woone, the house towards euening was set on fire, and so they being thirtie in number, were burned to death within it. Upon the same night, the king lodged in the castell, which was yéelded vnto him by them that kept it, their liues and limmes saued, and receiuing an oth, that they should not from thencefoorth beare armour against the king of England, they were permitted to depart whither they thought good, their capteine sir William Dowglas excepted, whom the king still kept with him, Caxton. till the end of the warres. Some write that there should be slaine of Scotishmen at this winning of Berwike, aboue the number of twentie thousand men, Abington saith 8000, but Richard Southwell saith 15000 at the least one with an other, with small losse of Englishmen, not past eight and twentie of all sorts. Yée may read more hereof in the Scotish historie.

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