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Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The six and twentith of Aprill, the earle of Sussex lord lieutenant, accompanied with the foresaid lord of Hunnesdon, master Drurie, and diuers other cap|teins and souldiours, to the number of thrée thousand or thereabouts, set from Barwike about fiue of the EEBO page image 1215 clocke in the afternoone towards Warke, where they arriued about nine of the clocke in the night: and continuing there till the next morning, in the meane time he put things in order necessarie for the assieg|ging of Hume castell, the winning whereof his lord|ship seemed to haue vowed.The marshall sent before to Hume castell. About the breake of the daie he sent foorth master Drurie, with certeine hors|men and shot before, to inuiron that castell, and to choose there such a plot of ground, where he might in|campe best in safetie frõ the shot of the same. Which the said master Drurie accordinglie performed, and there remained till the comming of the said lord lieutenant with the armie; who setting forward the footbands, cariage, and ordinance, made hast to fol|low. But yet yer he could passe the riuer of Twéed, and set ouer all the men, ordinance and carriage, it was almost ten of the clocke. Héere at this riuer, the lord lieutenant caused all the horssemen to staie and to take ouer the footmen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The order ta|ken by the earle of Sus|sex for the safe [...]ie of the armie.This doone, with good circumspection he appointed the demilances and other horssemen to remaine be|hind in the rereward, and put the footmen in the bat|tell, for the more safegard of themselues, the ordi|nance and cariages. Then his lordship himselfe with his owne standard, and the lord of Hunnesdons gui|don, marched forward towards Hume castell, com|manding the rest of the armie with the ordinance to follow after, and so about one of the clocke in the af|ternoone, he came before the castell: out of the which the enimies shot at his standard verie hotlie; but (God be praised) without dooing hurt either to man or horsse, and incamped vnder a rocke or crag (which the marshall had possessed) with his band of horsse|men and certeine footmen, as in a place most apt from danger of shot out of the castell. Héerewith a companie of curriours and caliuers were put for|ward,Hume castell besieged. and appointed to take an other rocke néerer to the castell, which shot at them in the said castell; and the defendants within it answered them againe ve|rie roundlie, although without anie great hurt on either part.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In the meane time the lord lieutenant himselfe, accompanied onelie with the marshall master Dru|rie,The earle of Sussex view|eth the castell of Hume. rode sundrie times round about the castell to view and surueie the same: at whome they within shot verie sore, both with their great artillerie and small shot; yet missing them, as God would, though verie narrowlie. About six of the clocke in the eue|ning came the whole battell, ordinance and cariages, with ensignes spread, shewing themselues verie brauelie; at whome also the castell shot lustilie: but as God would haue it, without hurting either man or boie. They lodged vnder another rocke neere adioin|ing vnto the lord lieutenant vpon the west side, where there were appointed more small shot to go to the trench, which shadowed themselues vnder the old wals of the houses, which the Scots had burnt before the comming of the Englishmen, and occupied them so within the said castell, that one of them could not so soone looke out at a loope, but three or foure were readie to salute him: and kéeping them in such sort, that they durst not well shew their heads; the cap|teine of the pioners the same night by commande|ment of the lord lieutenant,A Mount raised at the lord lieute|nants com|mandement. raised a mount vpon the northeast side of the castell, wherevpon the péeces of artillerie might be planted in batterie.

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