Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 La chapelle de Biron.Herevpõ Monſieur de la Chapelle de Biron enharqued in the Galley of Monſieur de Ville|gaignon, rowed foorth to view the maner of the Engliſhmens dealing within the Iſle, whiche he did in ſuch effectuous wiſe, that approchyng within Harquebuſe ſhot, he brought knowledge with him not only of the ſtate & whole circum|ſtances of their buyldings, but alſo of the perfect number of their enſignes, & the qualitie of the mẽ of warre that ſerued vnder the ſame. At that preſent alſo Mõſieur de Thermes lately before arriued at Dunbrytane with an hundred men of armes, & ij. hundred light horſemen after the maner of Fraunce, & one thouſand footemẽ was come to the Queene, buſie nowe to further this enterpriſe. She had got togither within Leith hauẽ all the boates that belõged to al the creekes and hauens of the Fourth,The diligẽce of the Scottiſh Queene. ſo that on thurſday after Trinitie ſonday euery thing beyng prepa|red ready for the purpoſe, in the mornyng by the breake of day the Queene was come to Leith to ſee the enbarquing of the men of warre appoyn|ted that day to trie what ſucceſſe fortune would ſende them.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 There was no diligence wanting,The forward|neſſe of the ſouldiers. neither a|mong the Scottes nor Frenchmen to beſtowe themſelfes aborde, & the cõfortable wordes of y^e Queene greatly encouraged thẽ thereto behol|ding them, & deuiſing with Mõſieur de Deſſe & the other capitaynes til they were al ſet forward.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 Villegaignon with his galleys paſſed on be|fore to keepe the Engliſhmẽ occupied, ſo as they ſhould not perceyue the Frenchmens meaning:Inskith aſsal|led by the Frenchmen. but they diſcouering the veſſels at their ſettyng foorth, conceyued ſtreightwayes what was in|tended, & thervpon prepared to keepe the enimies off from landing, ſo that vpon the Frenchmens approche, they ſaluted them with arrowes and Harquebuzeſhot very hotely: at lẽgth yet by fine force the Scots and Frenchmen got a land, and droue the Engliſhmen and Italians backe frõ the ſea ſtronde vp to the higher grounde, where they ſtoode at defenſe on a plompe togither, do|yng their beſt to defende the place agaynſt the aſſaylantes:Capitayne Cotton gene|rall of Inſ|kith and o|thers ſlayne. but finally their generall named Cotton, being ſlaine with George Applebie E|ſquyer a Capitayne of an enſeigne of footemen ſent forth of Derbyſhire, & one Gaſpar Pizoni, that was capitaine of the Italians beſide diuers other gentlemen and the moſt principall men of warre and ſouldiers among them: the reſidue were cõſtreyned to retyre vnto a corner or point of the Ilande, where they were taken without further reſiſtãce although before they had made right ſtoute defenſe, hurte & ſlayne diuers Scots & Frenchmen, both at their landyng, & alſo after they were entred on lande.Monſieur la Chappelle hurte. Among other Mõ|ſieur de la chapelle de Biron was ſtrikẽ through the hand with an harquebuzeſhot, and his bur|guenet beaten ſo into his head, that his frendes that were about him, were fayne to conuey him into one of the Galleys to be dreſſed of his hurtes by a Chirurgian. Alſo a Gentleman named Deſbories, whiche bare the ſayde Monſieur de la Chapelle, his Coronell enſeigne was ſlayne with a pike by the hands of the forenamed Cot|ton the Engliſh generall.