Walter Car also ioining vnto him and to his Walter Car ioineth with William Ruthwine. complices the townes men (readie to defend their tiles, their goods, their wiues, and their children) tooke the direct waie towards his enimies, to the end the better to suppresse them and their vnited force. Which when the aduerse part perceiued; foorthwith they reti|red to places of more defense, lest they shuld incoun|ter their enimies with doubtfull battell; and least be|ing set vpon before and behind, they might be sud|denlie inclosed, before they could be able to turne themselues, either to escape, or to preuent the approch|ing enimie. At what time such as sought after spoile, and were allured to that warre with hope of gaine, being now by that means defrauded of their preie, when they saw the towne manfullie defended, and The quéenes faction flie a|waie. the kings part readilie and stronglie come foorth to battell, left the field, and departed euerie man to his owne house, as it was néerest to the place where they then remained. Whose sudden flight, without any oc|casion of danger, being vnderstood of the chiefe of the rest of such as were of the queenes faction (supposing at the first nothing lesse than that the enimie would make vpon them) they also followed after the others, raised their campe, and departed to Hawike with the rest of their followers and companie of footmen, hoping thereby to escape all danger, by reason of the sharpenesse of the winter and late fall of the snow, which would staie the following of the enimie.

But Ruthwine, iudging it best to vse the opportu|nitie Ruthwine with his ar|mie commeth to Hawike. of time, did before daie so spéedilie lead his ar|mie to Hawike, that he was within a mile of his enimies, before they could by anie means be certi|fied of his comming. Whose spéedie and vnlooked for approch did strike such extreame feare into the hearts of those which possessed Hawike; that there was no place left for anie consultation; but presentlie that e|uerie one should shift for himselfe as well as hée might. Wherevpon suddenlie bringing foorth their horsses and footmen, and following the course of the next riuer, they attempted to withdraw into places The quéens faction ouer|throwne and dispersed at Hawike. of more safetie for themselues, and further from their enimies. But the horssemen of Ruthwine spée|dilie following at their héeles, so preuented their de|uise, that forsaking their footmen, they fled ouer all the countrie to the places best knowne vnto them.

Upon which the footmen being thus left to the spoile and preie of their enimies, did (for their more safegard) hide themselues in a little wood adioining to the said riuer. In which, being on euerie side be [...] with the force of their aduersaries (fullie determined to preie vpon them) they did in the end wholie yéeld themselues with submission to their courtesie. Wher|vpon (sith they were not able like prisoners, for their number was ouer great to be caried about from place to place in that sharpe winter) they were (vpon their oth to returne and become true prisoners) suf|fered harmelesse of bodie, and losselesse of furniture to depart, some few being still reteined in that place as pledges for the others departed companie. But Kircawdie causeth the prisoners not to returne at their daie ap|pointed. when the time of their returne approched, Kircaw|die, deceiuing their faith with his light promises, for|bad them to returne at their daie appointed, and made them incurre the note of periurie. The rest of the winter, and all the next spring was passed foorth with light skirmishes on both parties of the kings and quéenes factions, in which few lost their liues, and of that few more on the quéens than kings part. For the quéenes fauourers, remaining in the moun|teins next adioining to the citie, whilest they would take occasion and aduantage to performe anie thing well, would (scarse entring into the danger of the conflict) for the most part retire and flie into the citie for more defense.