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Compare 1587 edition: 1 Not long after,The Caſtell of Edenbourgh wonne. the Caſtell of Edenbourgh was wonne by policie on this wiſe William Dowglas hauing acquaintance with one Wal|ter Towers, cauſed him to prouide a ſhip, and to arriue therewith in the Forth, f [...]yning as though he were a Mar [...]hall, and to [...] to ſell vnto the garriſon that kept Edenbourgh Caſtell.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 This [...] according to inſtructions thus giuen h [...]m,A policie. prouided him of all things [...]rie for his purpoſe, and ſo c [...]ng into the Forth with his ſhip, came a lande himſelfe, and brought with him vnto Edenbourgh two punch [...] of wine, which he [...] to fell vnto the ſtew [...] of houſeholde to the Captaine of the Caſtell, who falling at a price with him, appoynted that hee ſhoulde being them earely in the morning [...] to the Caſtel, that they might be receyued in.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Towers hyring a Cart ouer night, came with the punchlons vp to the Caſtell gate earely vpon the break of the day in the next morning, and ha|uing the gates opened, entred with his Cart, and being come within the gates with it, hee plucked forth a wedge or pynne deuiſed of purpoſe, and immediately therewith the Cart with the hun|chious fell downe, ſtopping ſo the entrie of the gates that in no wiſe they might bee ſhut or clo|ſed againe.

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