Compare 1577 edition: 1 But now to the armie. On mondaie the nine|teenth of September, they marched ten miles, and incamped a little on this side a market towne called Lawder. Here as they were setled in their lodging, the herald Norrie returned from the Scotish coun|cell,Lawder. with the lard of Brimston, and Rose their he|rald, who vpon their sute to the lord protector, obtein|ed that fiue of their councell should haue his graces safe conduct, that at anie time and place within fif|téene daies, during his abode in their countrie, or at Berwike, the same fiue might come and commune with fiue of the English councell, touching matters in controuersie betwéene them. Rose the herald de|parted earlie with his safe conduct, the campe raised, and that daie they went seauen miles till as far as Hume castell,Hume caste [...]. where they camped on the west side of a rockie hill that they call Hare crag, standing about a mile westward from the castell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Here they did so much by shewing that they ment indeed to win the castell by force, if otherwise they might not haue it, causing a certeine number of harquebutters vpon appointment before to beset the castell, and to watch that none should passe in or out, that in the end, the ladie of the house,Hume castell besieged and yéelded vp to the lord pro|tector. and other that were within in charge with it, yéelded it vp to the lord protectors hands: for the ladie doubting the losse of hir son that was prisoner with the Englishmen, hauing the first daie béene with the lord protector, and got respit till the next daie at noone, in the meane time consulted with hir sonne, and other hir friends the kéepers of the castell, returned at the time appointed the next daie, being the one and twen|tith of that moneth, and made sute for a longer respit till eight of the clocke at night, and therewith safe conduct for Andrew Hume hir second son, and Iohn Hume lard of Coldan Knows, a kinsman of hir husbands, capteins of this castell, to come and speake with his grace in the meane while. It was granted hir. Wherevpon these capteins about thrée of the clocke came to the lord protector, and after other co|uenants (with long debating on both parts) agréed vpon, she and these capteins concluded to giue their assent to render the castell, so far foorth as the rest of the keepers would therewith be contented, for two or thrée within (said they) were also in charge with kéep|ing it as well as they, for knowledge of whose minds the duke sent Summerset his herald with this ladie to the castell vnto them;Summerset the dukes herald. who as the herald had made them priuie to the articles, would faine haue had lei|sure for foure and twentie hours longer, to send to their lord to Edenburgh, where he laie hurt (as be|fore you haue heard) and in danger of death, which followed of the fall that he caught at the fridaies skirmish before the battell, to know his will and ple|sure in this point of rendering vp the castell: but be|ing wiselie and sharplie called vpon by the herald, they agréed to the couenants afore by their ladie and capteins concluded on:The conditi|ons of the sur|rendring of Hume castell. whereof part (as the sequele shewed) were these. That they should depart thense the next daie in the morning by ten of the clocke with bag and baggage, as much as they could carie, leauing all munition and vittels behind them in the castell. Howbeit, to be assured of them, the lord pro|tector prouiding ech waie to be readie for them, cau|sed eight péeces of ordinance fensed with baskets of earth to be planted on the southside toward the cas|tell within power of batterie, and the harquebutters to continue their watch and ward.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 On thursdaie morning being the two and twen|tith of September, the lord Greie was appointed to receiue the rendring of the castell into his hands, and sir Edward Dudleie now lord Dudleie after to be capteine there. They both departed to it, and at the time set Andrew Hume,The lord Greie recei|ueth the pos|session of Hume castell. and foure other of the chie|fest there with him came out, and yéelding the castell, deliuered the keies to the said lord Greie: his lord|ship causing the residue to come out then, sauing six or seuen to keepe their baggage within, who all were in number seuentie and eight, entred the same with maister Dudleie, and diuerse other gentlemen with him. He found there indifferent good store of vittels and wine, & of ordinance two bastard culuerings, EEBO page image 991 one sacre, also thrée falconets of brasse, and of iron eight péeces beside. The keeping of this castell the lord Greie betaking vnto sir Edward Dudleie ac|cordinglie returned to the campe. This doone, the next daie being fridaie, and the thrée and twentith of September, they dislodged, and went that morning to Rockesburgh, incamping in a great fallow field, betwixt Rockesburgh and Kelseie, standing east|ward a quarter of a mile off.The situation of Rockes|burgh. Here at Rockesburgh they began to build a fort within the compasse of an old ruinous castell, the plot and site whereof standeth naturallie verie strong, vpon a hill east and west of an eight score in length, and three score in breadth, drawing to a narrownesse at the east end, the whole ground whereof the old walles did yet inuiron. Be|side the heigth and hardnesse to come to, it is strong|lie fensed on either side with the course of two great riuers, Tiuet on the north, and Twéed on the south, both which ioining somwhat nigh togither at the west end of it. Tiuet by a large compasse about the fields (in which the campe laie) at Kelseie, dooth fall into this Twéed, which with great depth and swiftnesse runneth from thense eastward into the sea at Ber|wike. Ouer this betwixt Kelseie and Rockesburgh there hath béene a great stone bridge with arches, the which the Scots in times past haue all to broken, be|cause the Englishmen should not that waie come to them.