Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The lord marshall notwithstanding, whome no danger detracted from dooing his enterprise, with the companie and order afore appointed, came full in their faces from the hill side towards them. Here|with waxed it verie hot on both sides,The incoun|ter is verie hot betwéene both sides. with pitifull cries, horrible rore, and terrible thundering of guns, beside the daie darkened aboue head with smoke of the artillerie, the sight and appeerance of the enimie euen at hand before, the danger of death on euerie side else, the bullets, pellets and arrowes flieng each where so thicke, and so vncerteinelie lighting, that no where was there anie suretie of safetie, euerie man striken with a dreadfull feare, not so much per|chance of death, as of hurt, which things though they were but certeine to some, yet doubted of all, assu|red crueltie at the enimies hands, without hope of mercie, death to flie, and danger to fight.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The whole face of the field on both sides vpon this point of ioining,The face of the field at the point of ioi|ning. both to the eie and to the eare so hea|uie, so deadlie, lamentable, furious, outragious, ter|rible, confuse, and so quite against the quiet nature of man, as if to the nobilitie the regard of their ho|nor and fame, to the knights and capteines the esti|mation of their worship and honestie, and general|lie to them all the naturall motion of bounden du|tie, their owne safetie, hope of victorie, and the fauour of God, that they trusted vpon for the equitie of their quarrell, had not béene a more vehement cause of courage, than the danger of death was cause of feare, the verie horrour of the thing had beene able to haue made anie man to forget both prowesse and policie. But the lord marshall and the others, with present mind and courage warilie and quicklie continued their course towards them. The enimies were in a EEBO page image 986 fallow field, whereof the furrowes laie sidelong to|ward the Englishmen, next to whome by the side of the same furrowes, & a stones cast from the Scots, was there a crosse ditch or slough, which the English|men must needs passe to come to them, wherein ma|nie that could not leape ouer stucke fast, to no small danger of themselues, and some disorder of their fel|lowes.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 The order of the Scotish battels.The enimie perceiuing the Englishmen fast to approch, disposed themselues to abide the brunt, and in this order stood still to receiue them. The earle of Angus next to the Englishmen in the Scotish fore|ward as capteine of the same, with an eight thou|sand men, and foure or fiue péeces of ordinance on his right hand, and a foure hundred horssemen on his left. Behind him westward, the gouernour with ten thousand Inland men (as they call them) the choi|sest soldiers counted of their countrie. And the earle of Huntleie in the rere-ward, welnie euen with the battell on the left side with eight thousand.The Irish archers on a wing. The foure thousand Irish archers as a wing to them both, last indéed in order, & first (as they said) that ran awaie. The battell and also the rere-ward were garded like|wise with their ordinance according.