Compare 1587 edition: 1 Blacke Agnes of Dunbar.Within the whiche Caſtell was the Coun|teſſe hir ſelfe, ſurnamed black Agnes of Dunbar, who ſhewed ſuch manly defence, that no gayne was to be got any wayes forth at hir handes, ſo that in the ende they were conſtrayned to rayſe theyr ſiege, and to depart without ſpeede of their purpoſe.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 It is ſayde, that this Counteſſe vſed manye pleaſant wordes in ieaſting and taunting at the enimies doings, thereby the more to encourage hir ſouldiers.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 One day it chaunced that the Engliſhe men had deuiſed an engine called a Sow,An engine cal|led a Sowe. vnder the pentiſe or couer wherof they might approch ſafe|ly to the walles: ſhe beholding this engine, mery|ly ſayde, that oneleſſe the Engliſh men kept their Sow the better, ſhe woulde make hir to caſt hir pigges.