[1] In the morning they passed foorth towards Lin|colne, vnder the conduct of the said earle of Pen|broke as generall of the whole armie, who being come thither, compassed about the citie with his ar|mie. And to cause the enimie the sooner to leaue the siege of the castell, he assaulted the gates of the citie, inforcing his power to beare downe and breake them open. The Frenchmen perceiuing all the dan|ger to be about the gates, withdrew a little from the assailing of the castell, and resorting to the walles of the citie, did their best with shooting and casting of stones and other things, to driue their aduersaries from the gates.