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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 But yet whilest they remained thus in such di|stresse and necessitie of things, two hundred Eng|lishmen vnder the conduct of capteine Windham, Warham Seintleger, and Iohn Car of Warke, found meanes one night to passe through all the watches on that side where the Scots laie,Succours entring the towne. and ente|ring the towne, and bringing with them great plen|tie of powder, and other necessaries, greatlie relie|ued them within, & so incouraged them, that they sée|med to make small account of their enimies forces. Herevpon within few daies after, the Scots (fiue or six hundred light horssemen onelie excepted) brake vp their campe and returned home. After this, my lord Greie remaining at Berwike, ment to make a voiage himselfe in person for the reliefe of them that were thus besieged in Hadington. Now when all things were so farre in a readinesse as the next daie he ment to haue set forward, letters were brought that night from the court, willing him to performe that seruice by a deputie, and to staie himselfe till the comming of the earle of Shrewesburie, who was appointed with an armie to come verie shortlie as generall into those parties.