Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The next daie the Frenchmen and Scots with their whole power came before Hadington,The French armie com|meth before Hadington. where they were welcomed with a right sharpe and hot skirmish, in which was slaine with an harquebuse shot, one of the French capteins called Uilleneufue. In the meane time whilest this skirmish continued,The Reins|graue. the Reinsgraue with his Almans incamped him|selfe on the one side of the towne, where the maister of the ordinance in the French armie, named mon|sieur Duno, caused trenches to be cast for the safe placing of the artillerie:They plant their artillerie the Englishmen still kept them occupied on each side the towne with skirmi|shing, to the annoiance of the aduersaries. To con|clude, they incamped before the towne, cast trenches, lodged their ordinance, & laid their siege to the most aduantage, so far as they might be suffered. Shortlie after that this siege was planted,The earle of Argile. Monsieur de la Chapelle. there came to the aid of the French, the earle of Argile, with a great number of Irish Scots, and monsieur de la Cha|pelle brought an eight or nine hundred Scotish pio|ners, which began a trench on the left hand of the ab|beie gate, and likewise a trauerse to couer their soul|diors that should watch and ward, from danger of the shot out of the towne on that side.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Englishmen with often issues gaue their aduersaries small rest, procuring manie hot skirmi|shes, as occasion serued. At one of the which skirmi|shes Piero Strozzi,Piero Stroz|zi hurt. coronell of three ensigns of Ita|lians, was striken with a musket shot. Yet monsieur de Desse inforcing the siege to the vttermost of his power, caused one night with helpe of baskets filled with earth,Hadington battered. six peeces of artillerie to be planted in batterie fast at the towne side, which at the breake EEBO page image 994 of daie began to shoot off, and discharged that present daie thrée hundred and fortie shots. But after they perceiued that they did litle hurt to the fortifications of the towne in that place where this batterie was laid: the next night, the baskets & peeces of artillerie were remooued lower, and not past three score pases from the ditches of the towne, where the next daie two hundred shots were discharged against the ram|pire. To conclude, they made such breaches in sun|drie places for easie entrie into the towne, that it was greatlie maruelled whie they durst not assaie to giue a generall assault.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 They lodged so neare within the verie ditches, that there were deuised certeine plummets of lead, tied with cords to a truncheon of a staffe, like to an handstaffe of a flaile, wherewith the souldiors that watched and warded within the towne on the ram|pire, slue diuerse of the Frenchmen being their lod|ged within their ditches. Thus notwithstanding that the Frenchmen with their artillerie had broken downe the fortifications, so as the breaches were made verie reasonable and easie for them to enter; yet durst they not presume once to giue the assault: for the Englishmen although their powder was sore spent,The valiancie of the Eng|lishmen. and that for want of matches they were con|streined to teare their shirts, and vse the same in sted of matches; yet they shewed themselues so valiant in defending the towne thus beaten & made weake on each hand, that there was no hope left to their aduersaries to win it of them by force. Although the French power on the one side, and eight thousand Scots on an other had so inuironed it, that the Eng|lishmen within were driuen to most hard shifts, for want of things necessarie & requisite for their main|tenance and defense of that towne.