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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Saturdaie the seauen and twentith of Aprill, the great artillerie was planted aloft on the hill aboue the campe,The planting [...] the great artillerie. within lesse than a curriers shot of the towne walles, and the pioners were set a worke to cast new trenches from the place where the same or|dinance was lodged vnto Montpelham, drawing so néere vnto Leith, as the harquebus might reach them that watched and warded within the gréene bul|worke. There issued out of Leith vnder the west bul|worke certeine of the Frenchmen, the which were chased into the towne by the lard of Grange and o|thers.A trench [...] from the [...]. The French kept the same daie a trench which they had made without the towne, continuallie shoo|ting at the Englishmen in the campe: but the same night the Englishmen wan that trench from them, slue diuerse of them therein, togither with their scout. And this doone, they gaue a great alarum to the towne both by land and water, the shipbotes shooting off against the towne verie hotlie, and they within the towne likewise at the Englishmen. The same night was the great ordinance planted,Great ordi|nance planted [...] dischar| [...]. and maister Markham hurt. On sundaie the eight and twentith of Aprill the said great ordinance went off, and shot continuallie the more part of that daie. The bishop of Ualence departed the same daie towards Berwike: and this night sir George Howard that had béene sent backe to Berwike, to signifie to the duke of Norffolke the state of the siege, returned with sir Richard Lee, being conducted with fiue hun|dred horssemen.

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