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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 This was doone with great manhood shewed by the said Uaughan and others, who entring the trench,The French|men repelled, and some of them slaine repelled the enimies, and slue sixteene of them that were in the trench. Capteine Summerset and cap|teine EEBO page image 1189 Read with their bands followed them also, as they retired, and maister Arthur Greie, with certeine of his demilances, of whome he had the conduction, suddenlie came vpon them, and charging them with great courage, draue them into the towne, and made no small slaughter of them.Maister Ar|thur Greie hurt in the shoulder. In which charge master Arthur Greie was shot through the shoulder. The great artillerie in Leith was not idle, during this skirmish, discharging to the number of an hundred shot, greatlie to the annoiance of the English, and hinderance of the seruice, which else might by them haue beene atchiued. This night the Englishmen drew backe their ordinance, which the Frenchmen had cloied with nailes and wiers in the touch-holes, but the same were planted againe before daie. More|ouer, our pioners cast a new trench along by the old chappell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 A new supplie commeth to the armie, the capteines names.Tuesdaie the sixtéenth of Aprill, a supplie of two thousand & two hundred footmen came to the campe, ouer whome were capteins, sir Andrew Corbet, sir Rowland Stanleie, sir Thomas Hesketh, sir Arthur Manwering, sir Laurence Smith, master Francis Tunstall, maister Edward Littleton, capteine Caruell, Philip Sturleie, and Dauid Morris. They were garded with fiue hundred horssemen: sir Rafe Sadler, sir Francis Leake, sir Iohn Forster, and sir Nicholas Strange hauing charge to sée them safelie conducted: who after they had brought them past all danger of enimies, left them in safetie by the waie, & were come a daie or two before them to the campe. Wednesdaie the seuentéenth of Aprill,An hot alarum of an houres continuance. it rained sore the more part of the daie; but yet the same night ma|ster Winter caused diuerse of the shipbotes, being verie well manned, to giue a great alarum at the side of the towne towards the water, discharging manie basses and harquebusiers of Croke into the towne: the alarum was verie hot for the space of an houre. During this businesse there was a right pi|tifull crie made by the women and children within the towne.Ordinance planted in trenches. The pioners being applied in worke to make trenches, on fridaie all daie at night they pla|ced certeine péeces of the ordinance in the trenches beside the chappell.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 6 Saturdaie the twentith of Aprill, manie péeces were shot off out of the trenches into the towne. There issued notwithstanding out at the gates an hundred shot, which placed themselues in the holes of the bankes, to hailse such of the Englishmen as came foorth to offer the skirmish. All this daie also the pioners, both Scots and English were occupied in making of a new trench néere to the towne. Sir Geruis Clifton & capteine Read with their bands garded them, and two hundred lances. The same daie the residue of the great ordinance with armour was brought on land. Sundaie the one and twentith of Aprill,The bishop of Ualence and his companie. the bishop of Ualence named Monluc, ac|companied with sir Henrie Persie, and thrée hundred light horssemen came to Lesterike: the lord lieute|nant, sir Iames Croft, the lord Scroope, and sir Rafe Sadler met him at the further end of the ward that was set of purpose for his entring into the campe. After they had receiued him with salutations accor|ding vnto the manner, he was conducted by Rouge Crosse the officer of armes from the campe into E|denburgh, and so went vp to the castell to conferre with the quéene Dowager.A skirmish of two houres continuance. He was no sooner entred into the castell, but that there issued [...]oorth of Leith the number of two hundred Frenchmen about twelue of the clocke, and began a hot skirmish, which conti|nued two houres, at the which diuerse were slaine on both parts.

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