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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.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 This worke was so well applied, and with so great diligence aduanced,Batterie made against Hume castell. that by fiue of the clocke in the next morning it was finished. The eight and twen|tith of Aprill, the marshall maister Drurie verie earlie rode about the castell, to surueie and view eue|rie thing: which doone, the great ordinance was brought to the appointed place, and bent against the castell, to wit, thrée canons, and two falcons. Héere|with also the lord lieutenant caused summons to be giuen vnto them within to yéeld. And about sea|uen of the clocke the same morning, the whole tire began to go off, and a great showt was made by the armie, to the great terrour of the defendants, and of all the countrie neere adioining. The foresaid péeces continued shooting till two of the clocke in the after|noone, discharging within that space a thrée score shots. During the time of this batterie, there was no great store of shot discharged by the great peeces within the castell, bicause their master gunner with|in, after he had first shot off a péece, and doone no hurt therewith, as he was about to shoot againe, the ma|ster gunner of the two English falcons hauing espied him, tooke his leuell so right, that discharging therewith one of the falcons,The master gunner with|in the castell hurt. he displaced the eni|mies péece, and stroke the gunners leg off, whereby their great ordinance within ceassed, which was an happie turne for the Englishmen.

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