Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 4 Héere also they vnderstood that the duke of Cha|tellerault and his partakers were departed from Lithquo, whither they were retired backe againe from Edenburgh, on knowledge had that the Eng|lishmen were comming forwards towards them. The fouretéenth and fiftéenth day they laie still in E|denburgh, and the morrow after being the sixtéenth of that moneth, they marched forwards to Lithquo, and lodged in that towne that night, where they re|ceiued aduertisements that the said duke of Chatel|lerault had broken vp his campe,The duke of Chatellerault breaketh vp his campe. after he had vpon his departure from the said towne of Lithquo at|tempted the winning of the castell of Glasco, & mis|sing his purpose there, was driuen to retire with dis|honour. The next morning being wednesdaie, the armie marched forwards, and the footmen laie that night at a place called Faukirke, a six miles from Lithquo: but the generall with the horssemen rode six miles further vnto Sterling, where they saw the yoong king.The yoong king at Sterling. The next daie being the eightéenth of Maie, sir Robert Constable, Sargent Maior, with the rest of the capteins of the twelue hundred Eng|lish footmen, & two hundred Scots footmen, the which were most part shot, marched a long iourneie, and came to lodge that night at Glasco, and the generall sir William Drurie came to them with the horsse|men, and the most part of the noble men of Scotland that were on the kings side, which entred the towne and lodged in the same, with manie horssemen and footmen.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 The duke of Chatellerault (as ye haue heard) had beene there, and besieged the castell that belonged to the king, but hearing of the Englishmens comming two daies before their approching thither, he raised his siege, and departed thence, with the losse of nine and twentie of his men. The nineteenth of Maie, sir William Drurie generall of the English power, being determined aforehand on a iourneie towards Dunbreton, sent foorth that morning before certeine vantcurrours on horssebacke, to staie all such as they found vpon the waie. This doone, he tooke with him certeine gentlemen,The generall goeth to view Dunbreton. and some shot, and rode foorth to|wards Dunbreton, to view the straits and situation of that castell, within the which were at that present the lord Fleming, that tooke vpon him as capteine thereof, the archbishop of saint Andrewes, and other their adherents, fréends to the duke of Chatellerault, and enimies to the lords that were about the king.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 After sir William Drurie had viewed the castell,The generall sendeth to know who was within the castell, &c. and taken the plot of the situation thereof, he sent his trumpettor to know who were within it, and to whose vse they kept it. They within the castell requi|red to know what he was that sent to know the same. It was answered that it was the quéene of Englands generall of hir forces there in Scotland that made the demand. Wherevnto answer was re|turned, that they knew well he was not so ignorant as he séemed (as in deed he was not) but that he did well know that this castell was, and of long time had béene kept by the lord Fleming: and that accor|dinglie by him, his fréends and seruants it was now mainteined. Which answer being reported to the ge|nerall, he sent againe his trumpettor, to know if the lord Fleming would come foorth and parlée vpon assurance of honour to returne safelie.Lord Fle|ming is re|quired to come to parlee with the generall. Wherevnto the lord Fleming consented, although not mea|ning so to doo: but by a subtill practise (as was thought) intended to wind him within danger. For there were some harquebusiers secretlie couched in couert, within whose reach when the generall was come himselfe alone on horssebacke, most dishonest|lie (his trumpettor not yet being returned) they shot at him with great despite, meaning to haue killed him, without anie regard to the law of armes, or feare of God.The dishono|rable dealing of the lord Fleming. But through the goodnes of the Lord almightie, that wicked practise missed the pretensed effect: for that worthie English knight receiued no bodilie hurt, but perceiuing their dealings, with a bold courage he bestowed his pistols as fréelie at them as they did their harquebuse shot at him, and so returned to his companie backe againe in safetie, yéelding to God due honour and thanks for his mer|cifull deliuerance from such a murtherous practise of his deadlie foes.