Compare 1577 edition: 1 But the king, though he had a great desire to fight, yet vpon diuerse considerations, by aduise of his councell he still kept his ground, and meant not to remooue at all out of his strength. Wherevpon the earle of Surrie not able long to continue in such grounds of disaduantage, by reason of mires, and marishes, amongst the which he lodged with his ar|mie that was almost famished for lacke of sufficient vittels, which could not be recouered in such a barren countrie, determined to séeke all waies possible, if he might constreine the Scotish king to come downe beside the hill. He therefore raised his campe, and leauing his enimies on the left hand,The earle of Surrie re|mooueth his campe ouer the water of Till. and passing o|uer the water of Till, he drew into a more commo|dious ground, at the end of Barmore wood; to the end he might refresh his souldiers some what hereby after they had beene toiled for the space of thrée daies togither in cloggie mires, and foule filthie waies, to their disease and wearinesse.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The earle of Surrie being thus lodged, the wa|ter of Till ran betwixt the two campes of Scots and Englishmen, diuiding them in sunder: and still by reason the one was within the shot of a culuering of the other, they ceassed not to bestow shot and pon|der either at other, though without dooing anie great hurt at all. For the English campe on that part which laie toward the Scots, was couered with an hill rising from the hither banke of Till water, with an easie steepenesse to the height of a miles space or thereabouts. Thomas lord Howard sonne and heire to the earle of Surrie,The lord Ho|ward taketh view of the Scotish ar|mie. from the top of this hill beholding all the countrie on euerie side about him, declared to his father, that if he did eftsoons remooue his campe, and passe the water of Till againe in some place a little aboue, and by fetching a small com|passe come & shew himselfe on the backe halfe of his enimies, the Scotish king should either be inforced to come downe foorth of his strength and giue battell, or else be stopped from receiuing vittels or anie other thing out of Scotland.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The earle of Surrie desirous of nothing so much as to ioine with the Scots in battell;The earle of Surrie retur|neth againe ouer the wa|ter of Till. after he vnder|stood that his sonne had informed him nothing but truth, he raised his field: and marching a thrée miles vpward by the riuer side, passed ouer his armie in two parts at two seuerall bridges, all at one time. King Iames when he saw this manner of his eni|mies, and perceiuing what their meaning was, by coniecture of their dooings, thought it stood not with his honor to sit still, and suffer himselfe to be forestal|led foorth of his owne realme: and againe, that it might sore diminish the opinion of his princelie pow|er, if he seemed to remaine as it were besieged with|in a fortresse, hauing more confidence in strength of the place, than in the manhood of his people: where|vpon immediatlie he raised his campe, and got an hill, which he doubted least the enimie should haue ta|ken before him.