Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Tuesdaie the thrée and twentith of Aprill,A sort raise [...]. being saint Georges daie, the pioners Scotish and Eng|lish were busilie applied in worke, about the casting of trenches to make a fort; and still the artillerie went off against the towne.A skirmish Wednesdaie the foure and twentith of Aprill about three of the clocke in the after noone, there issued out of Leith seauentéene horssemen, who offered the skirmish: and vnder the place called little London, where they were busie in fortifieng all that daie, thrée or foure hundred of their shot were placed readie to breake out, if occasion ser|ued. At length certeine of the English lances gaue a charge vpon their horssemen, who therewith reti|ring, drew the Englishmen within danger of their shot. But although the Frenchmen that daie shewed themselues verie valiant in skirmishing euen in the face of the English artillerie: yet being now egerlie pursued by those lances,The French repelled they were forced to retire without anie great hurt doone to the Englishmen, although the skirmish continued néere hand two houres. In this last charge yoong maister Browne was hurt.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 Thursdaie the fiue and twentith of Aprill,The new [...] called Mont|pelham. the pio|ners laboured sore for the most part of the daie in fi|nishing the new fort named Montpelham: to the gard whereof capteine Uaughan was appointed go|uernor, with twelue hundred soldiors. This fort was raised on the south side of the towne, the plot whereof was cast square, with foure bulworks at euerie cor|ner, and tw [...]e battering peeces planted in places conuenient within the same. This thursdaie also,Another skirmish. a|bout fiue of the clocke in the after noone, there issued out of Leith on the east side seauentie or eightie horssemen, and two hundred harquebusiers, offering the skirmish, towards whome certeine of the Eng|lish light horssemen roundlie made, and charging them, droue them backe to their footmen, who with their shot receiued the light horssemen so sharplie, that they were forced to retire. In which retire Iames Hamilton a Scotishman was taken priso|ner,Iames Ha|milton taken prisoner for the rescue of whome the horssemen made for|ward againe: but the enimies shot was so hot, that they were not able to recouer him; but yet they slue two of the French horssemen in sight.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 During the time of this skirmish, there was great shooting off with the great ordinance on both sides, & much hurt doone as well to the English as French. This daie capteine Perith, and capteine Haies, ha|uing charge of a troope of light horssemen vnder sir Henrie Persie,Prisoners taken and slaine. and the lord of Grange were taken prisoners before Dunbar; and to the number of twentie or thirtie others were likewise taken or slaine the same time. The same night also, two thousand footmen with the pioners were sent to the other side of the towne, beyond the canon milles, where the pioners cast a trench for the safe lodging of EEBO page image 1191 the armie, which remooued the next day being fridaie, and the six and twentith of Aprill from Lesterike downe into the vallie by the said canon milles cal|led the red Braies,The armie r [...]mooueth from Leste|r [...]ke to the red Braies. néere to the riuer side on the south part of the towne of Leith. As the armie was thus remoouing from Lesterike towards the said place called the red Braies, the Frenchmen within Leith shot off manie of their great péeces of artillerie, but without dooing anie great hurt. As the armie was incamping,A skirmish, and what was doone in the same. certeine of the enimies horssemen and footmen skirmished with the English lances and light horssemen a long time; there were two French|men slaine and their horsses also. In the time of this skirmish two canons were conueied and planted in the new trench, which discharged diuerse shots at the enimies.