Compare 1587 edition: 1 The enimies aſſayd al the means that might be deuiſed to haue wonne this caſtel, but al was in vayne.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 At length they deuiſed a ſubtill ſleight, wher|by to compaſſe their intent on this wyſe:

Compare 1587 edition: 1 EEBO page image 340They wente aboute to damme vp the mouth of the ryuer where it iſſueth out of the Loche, wyth earth,A deuyſe to drowne the caſtell. trees, and ſtones, that the water beyng ſo kepte in, might ryſe to ſuch an heighte, that it ſhoulde ouerflowe the Caſtell, and ſo drowne all the people wythin it: and to cauſe the Loche to ſwell more ſpeedyly, they tourned the courſe of dyuers ryuers and brookes in the countrey thereaboutes, and broughte them into the ſame loche.