Compare 1587 edition: 1 In the meane tyme the king of England be|ſiegeth Barwike both by ſea and land,Barwike is be|ſieged. notwith|ſtandyng ſuche as were within it, defended the towne ſo manfully that he got but ſmall gaynes [figure appears here on page 336] by aſſaultes, by reaſon whereof, the ſiege conty|nued for the ſpace of four months: during which tyme many iſſues and ſkirmiſhes were made be|twixt the Scots and Engliſhmen, whereat ma|nye propre feates of armes were atchieued with varyable fortune.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 William Seyton ſonne to the captaine of the towne was taken priſoner, and his baſterde bro|ther, as he aſſayled the engliſh ſhippes one night ouerfiercely, was drowned by miſchaunce in the ſea.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length when they within the towne began to want victuals,Sir Alexander Selton captain of Barwike. the captain ſir Alexander Sei|ton ſent vnto king Edward; promiſing that if he would graunt a truce for the ſpace of .vj. dayes, if no ſuccour came in the meane tyme, to reyſe his ſiege, the towne ſhould be delyuered into hys handes at the ende of that terme, and for the aſ|ſurance EEBO page image 337 thereof, he was contented that his eldeſt ſonne and heire Thomas Seiton ſhould remain with the fayt [...] king in hoſtage.