[1] [2] The Scots were diuided in foure schiltrons, as they termed them, or as we may saie, round battels, Abington. The order of the Scotish battels. in forme of a circle, in the which stood their people that carried long staues or speares, which they crossed iointlie togither one within another, betwixt which schiltrons or round batels were certeine spaces left, the which were filled with their archers and bowmen, and behind all these were their horssemen placed. They had chosen a strong ground, somewhat sideling on the side of a hill. The earles Marshall, Hereford,The earles Marshall, He|reford, and Lincolne led the fore ward. & Lincolne, which led the fore ward of the English|men, at the first made directlie towards the Scots, but they were staied, by reason they found a marish, or an euill fauoured mosse betwixt their enimies and them, so that they were constreined to fetch a compasse towards the west side of the field. The bi|shop of Durham ruling in the second battell of the Englishmen,The bishop of Durham led the second ward. consisting of six and thirtie standards or banners, knowing the let of that mosse or marish to|ward the east side, hasted foorth to be the first that should giue the onset: but yet when they approched néere to the enimies, the bishop commanded his peo|ple to staie till the third battell, which the king led, might approach. But that valiant knight the lord Rafe Basset of Draiton said to him: My lord bishop,The lord Basset of Draitons words to the bishop of Durham. you may go and say masse, which better becommeth you, than to teach vs what we haue to doo, for we will doo that which belongeth to the order and custome of warre.