[1] Whereof Alane Vepount then capitayne of the Caſtell, hauyng vnderſtanding, about mid|night prepared three boates, and takyng certayn ſouldiours with hym, rowed foorth to the heade of the damme or water, and there with ſuch en|gines as he had deuyſed for the purpoſe, aſſayed to boate thorough and make a hole in the banke or rampier that kepte vp the water, which when they had brought to paſſe, they returned quickely agayne to the caſtell.