Compare 1587 edition: 1 But king Edwarde aduertiſed hereof, deui|ſed an other ſhift, for immediatly ſending a meſ|ſenger vnto ſir Alexander Seiton captain of the towne, he certified him playnly, that onleſſe hee rendred the town forthwith into his hands, both his ſonnes whiche hee had with him, the one as hoſtage, and the other as pryſoner, ſhoulde bee without further delay hanged vpõ a gybet there in ſight afore his owne face.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sir Alexander Seiton herevnto aunſwered, that as yet the terme of the truce was not expi|red, and therfore deſyred the King eyther to ob|ſerue the couenauntes, or elſe to deliuer the pled|ges, that he mighte be at his aduauntage: But King Edward (as ſaith the Scottiſh chronicle) immediately cauſed a payre of gallows to bee reyſed afore the towne, and bothe the ſonnes of the ſayde ſyr Alexander to be led thyther, to ſuf|fer on the ſame without further reſpite.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Sir Alexander Seiton beholdyng that pity|full ſighte, and weying with himſelfe, that hee myght ſaue the lyues of thoſe innocent creatu|res, if he woulde, was broughte into great per|plexitie of mynde, the naturall affection & com|paſſion which he bare towardes his ſonnes, mo|uing him to haue rendred the towne on the one ſide,Sir Alexander Seiton in dout that to do. and the duetie with faithe promyſed to his king and countrey, reſtrayning him from all ſuche reſolution on the other: but in the end the tender regard he had to ſaue the lyues of his ſon|nes, had ouercome him, and cauſed him to haue rendred the town into his enimies hand,The manlye [...]acke of Alexander Sei|ton wife. had not his wyfe and mother to his ſayd ſonnes, exhor|ted him moſt earneſtly to the contrary, alledging that ſuche reproch and diſhonour ſhuld redounde vnto them, and their poſteritie, if through their fault the towne were trayterouſly deliuered in|to the enimies hande, that from thenceforth they ſhoulde be infamed for euer: and as for the death of their ſonnes, it was not to bee accompted a loſſe, for by this kynde of death, they ſhuld win immortall name, and leaue to their parentes the high honoure and renoume of faythfull and loy|all ſubiectes.