Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The Frenchmen notwithstanding this siege, va|liantlie defended their wals, and sometimes made issues foorth, but small to their gaine: and still the Englishmen with their guns and great ordinance made batterie to the wals and bulworks. The win|ter season was verie cold, with sharpe frosts, & hard weather; but the Englishmen made such shift for prouision of all things necessarie to serue their turns, that they were sufficientlie prouided, both against hunger and cold: so that in the end, Thom. Wals. Sir Iohn Oldcastell taken. the Frenchmen perceiuing they could not long indure against them, offered to talke, and agreed to giue ouer the towne, if no rescue came by a certeine daie appointed. A|bout the same season was sir Iohn Oldcastell, lord Cobham taken, in the countrie of Powes land, in the borders of Wales, within a lordship belonging to the lord Powes, not without danger and hurts of some that were at the taking of him: for they could not take him, till he was wounded himselfe.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 At the same time, the states of the realme were assembled at London, for the leuieng of monie, to furnish the kings great charges, which he was at a|bout the maintenance of his wars in France: it was therefore determined, that the said sir Iohn Oldcastell should be brought, and put to his triall, yer the assemblie brake vp. The lord Powes there|fore was sent to fetch him, who brought him to Lon|don in a litter, wounded as he was: herewith, being first laid fast in the Tower, shortlie after he was brought before the duke of Bedford, regent of the realme, and the other estates, where in the end he was condemned; and finallie was drawen from the Tower vnto saint Giles field,Sir Iohn Oldcastell executed. and there hanged in a chaine by the middle, and after consumed with fire, the gallowes and all.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 When the daie was come, on the which it was co|uenanted that the towne of Faleis should be deliue|red, to wit, the second of Ianuarie, Faleis rende|red vp to king Henrie. because no suc|cours appeared, the towne was yéelded to the king: but the castell held out still, into the which the cap|teine and gouernour both of the towne and castell had withdrawne themselues, with all the souldiers; and being streictlie besieged, the capteine defended himselfe and the place right stoutlie, although he was sore laid to, vntill at length, perceiuing his people wearied with continuall assaults, and such approches as were made to and within the verie wals, he was driuen to compound with the king, that if he were not succoured by the sixt of Februarie, then should he yeeld himselfe prisoner, and deliuer the castell; so that the souldiers should haue licence to depart, with their liues onelie saued. When the daie came, the coue|nants were performed, and the castell rendered to the kings hands, for no aid came to the rescue of them within. The capteine named Oliuer de Mannie was kept as prisoner, till the castell was repared at his costs and charges, because the same, through his obstinat wilfulnesse, was sore beaten and defaced, with vnderminings and batterie. Capteine there, by the king, was appointed sir Henrie Fitz Hugh.