Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 Wednesdaie the first of Maie,Maie poles set vp in Leith on Maie daie. the Frenchmen set vp verie earlie in the morning their Maie poles in certeine bulworks, and fouretéene ensignes: the which being discouered of them in the campe, they sa|luted them with a peale of great ordinance, and like|wise the Frenchmen answered them againe, and so continued the most part of that daie.A trench woon from the French. The same daie Iohn Brian lieutenant to capteine Capell, wan a trench frõ the French at the west side of the towne, and in despite of them kept it all that daie with the losse onelie of one man. Thursdaie the second of Maie, the pioners made the trenches for the artille|rie to be planted in batterie. The night following they remooued and placed the same artillerie in the new trench: and the next morning being fridaie and the third of Maie, about foure of the clocke, the same batterie went off, and continued all that daie. In the after noone of the same daie certeine Frenchmen is|sued out of the west bulworke, and skirmishing with the Englishmen on that side the water, returned without anie great hurt.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The night insuing the pioners made a new trench by the citadell wherein they might lodge some shot, and capteine Uaughan with diuerse of the bands in Montpelham gaue two false assaults to the towne, entred the ditches, and viewed the flankers: where|vpon the French shot off the same flankers,Capteine Uaughan vieweth the enimies flan|kers. and manning their walles, shot off two or thrée volees of their small artillerie, slaieng and hurting to the num|ber of twentie of the Englishmen. Among other, little Norton lost his life that night, and so at length the residue returned. Saturdaie the fourth of Maie, there were thrée ensigns appointed to gard the new trenches, and towards night, when the ward should be reléeued, and the watch set, the Frenchmen that were in the trench vnder the citadell, made a sallie vpon the sudden. Wherevpon the Englishmen that garded the said trench were constreined to abandon a great part thereof for a time:The French repelled by the English. but yet the English|men eftsoons taking courage, laid to them afresh, repelled them againe, & draue them backe into their owne trenches, slue foure of them in sight, and hurt manie others. This was the lot of warre to be o|uerthrowne by force of the enimie, as the poet saith:

Qui Martem experti, per vim subiguntur ab hoste.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 5 Whilest this was in dooing, the French had stuf|fed their bulworks and rampiers with curriers and harquebusiers of Croke, as thicke as was possible, which went off without ceassing at the Englishmen, for the space of an houre and more. The English ar|tillerie planted in the trenches did answer them a|gaine continuallie, and the great péeces did much hurt among them, in sight of them that watched in the same trenches. The same night the Englishmen conueied two culuerings ouer the water to scowre the mils: and before the breake of the daie they had burnt one of the same mils. Sundaie the fift of Maie earlie in the morning at the reléeuing of the watch,The mils burnt by the English and the French driuen from thense. and entring of the ward, foure souldiors that belon|ged to the great ordinance issued out, and set fier on the other mill, which burnt verie outragiouslie with|out ceassing, for the space of an houre or more. The French began to assemble towards the mill, in hope to haue quenched the fire, but they were deceiued: for suddenlie the Englishmen cut two holes through their trenches, & placing in the same the two dem [...]|culuerings, shot them off at the Frenchmen, so that they were driuen to forsake the mill, and in their re|tire some of them were slaine.