Compare 1587 edition: 1 As the Scots and Frenchmen executed theſe enterpriſes, they were coaſted by certayne light horſemen, but neuertheleſſe the Frenchmen re|turned in ſafetie to Iedworth, hauyng ſore en|domaged the Engliſhe borderers by that roade, in ſo much as it was thought the Scots (which were with them at that roade) gayned at that time, by pillage and booties to the valew of .ix.Scottes gayne by ſpoyle. thouſand crownes.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 The Engliſhmenne ſore agreeued, that the Frenchmen liyng thus in Iedworth, ſhoulde in ſuch wiſe addreſſe one enterprice after an other againſt them, ſo greatly to theyr annoyance, aſ|ſembled a power togither at Roxburgh, purpo|ſing to haue aſſayled the Frenchmen in theyr campe at Iedworth:Monſieur de Deſse fleeth out of Ied|worth, for feare of the Engliſhmen. but Monſieur de Deſſe hauyng warning thereof, departed from thence firſt to Melroſe, and after further off within the countrey, fearing to be conſtreyned to giue bat|tayle, EEBO page image 494 whiche he coulde not haue done without manifeſt loſſe of his feeble army, hauyng not paſt xv. hundreth footemen, and fiue hundred horſemẽ able to haue done ſeruice: for ſuch was the miſerie whiche they had in maner continu|ally ſuſtayned through want of vitayles, and o|ther neceſſary helps duryng the time of their en|camping at Iedworth, that what through ſick|nes and hurtes receyued in aſſaultes and ſkir|miſhes,The miſerable ſtate of the Frenchmen in Scotland. no ſmall number of them were dead, and many other ſo feeble, that they were not able to ayde themſelues, in ſomuch that now being got out of daunger, they thought themſelues hap|pily eſcaped.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 Shortly after, in the beginning of the ſõmer, the Engliſhmen armed a .xxv. ſayle of men of warre, the which arriuing at the Baſſe, neare to the mouth of the Fourth, aſſayed by fayre and pleaſant wordes to haue perſwaded the keepers of the caſtell there ſtanding on the height of a great rocke to haue yeelded the place into theyr hands, but perceyuing their perſwaſions would not be regarded, they tooke their courſe vp into the Fourth, & finding in their way .iiij. ſhippes of Frenchmen & Scottes, ſeaſed vpon them as a wiſhed pray, & the morrow nexte enſewyng at the very breake of day they came before Leith, & ſaluting the towne with Canõ ſhot, remayned there at ancre .x. or .xij. dayes, in which meane while they landed their people at Inſkith, and beganne to fortifie with all diligence,Inskith forti|fied by the en|gliſhmen. but before the place coulde be put in any ſtrength, the ſhips departed frõ thence backe towards the ſea, & left in the yland iiij. enſeignes of Engliſhmẽ, & one enſeigne of Italians to defende the pioners and the Iland againſt the Scots and Frenchmen, if they ſhould attempt to aſſayle them.