Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Shortlie after, hauing got their great artillerie on land, and taken aduise with the lord gouernour & other of the Scotish nobilitie, whome they found at Edenburgh, how to proceed in prosecuting the war against the Englishmen, it was resolued that with|out delaie they shuld trie their forces about the reco|uerie of Hadington, and go to besiege that towne,The French men resolue to besiege Ha|dington. before they attempted anie further exploit. The go|uernour and other of the Scotish lords, hauing with them seuen or eight hundred light horssemen, offred to go with them, to the better aduancing forward of that enterprise. Herevpon setting forward, and com|ming to Muskelburgh, the capteins with a cer|teine number of horssemen and footmen, as well of Scots as Frenchmen, were appointed to go before to view the said towne of Hadington. Upon their approch neere to the towne, there issued foorth certeine Englishmen and Italians, that were of Tiberios band, which skirmished with them right stoutlie, till at length the Frenchmen and Scots retired backe to Lauret a little from Muskelburgh (where their armie incamped for that night) and the Englishmen and Italians returned backe to their fortresse.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The next daie the Frenchmen and Scots with their whole power came before Hadington,The French armie com|meth before Hadington. where they were welcomed with a right sharpe and hot skirmish, in which was slaine with an harquebuse shot, one of the French capteins called Uilleneufue. In the meane time whilest this skirmish continued,The Reins|graue. the Reinsgraue with his Almans incamped him|selfe on the one side of the towne, where the maister of the ordinance in the French armie, named mon|sieur Duno, caused trenches to be cast for the safe placing of the artillerie:They plant their artillerie the Englishmen still kept them occupied on each side the towne with skirmi|shing, to the annoiance of the aduersaries. To con|clude, they incamped before the towne, cast trenches, lodged their ordinance, & laid their siege to the most aduantage, so far as they might be suffered. Shortlie after that this siege was planted,The earle of Argile. Monsieur de la Chapelle. there came to the aid of the French, the earle of Argile, with a great number of Irish Scots, and monsieur de la Cha|pelle brought an eight or nine hundred Scotish pio|ners, which began a trench on the left hand of the ab|beie gate, and likewise a trauerse to couer their soul|diors that should watch and ward, from danger of the shot out of the towne on that side.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 The Englishmen with often issues gaue their aduersaries small rest, procuring manie hot skirmi|shes, as occasion serued. At one of the which skirmi|shes Piero Strozzi,Piero Stroz|zi hurt. coronell of three ensigns of Ita|lians, was striken with a musket shot. Yet monsieur de Desse inforcing the siege to the vttermost of his power, caused one night with helpe of baskets filled with earth,Hadington battered. six peeces of artillerie to be planted in batterie fast at the towne side, which at the breake EEBO page image 994 of daie began to shoot off, and discharged that present daie thrée hundred and fortie shots. But after they perceiued that they did litle hurt to the fortifications of the towne in that place where this batterie was laid: the next night, the baskets & peeces of artillerie were remooued lower, and not past three score pases from the ditches of the towne, where the next daie two hundred shots were discharged against the ram|pire. To conclude, they made such breaches in sun|drie places for easie entrie into the towne, that it was greatlie maruelled whie they durst not assaie to giue a generall assault.