[1] Herewith they hasted foorth on that side to charge the first schiltron of the Scots, and the earles with their battell on the otherside, and euen vpon the first brunt the Scotish horssemen fled,The Scotish horssemen flée. a few onelie excep|ted, which staied to kéepe the footmen in order. And a|mongst other was the brother of the lord steward of Scotland, who as he was about to set in order the bowmen of Selkirke, by chance was vnhorssed, and slaine there amongst the same bowmen, and manie a tall mans bodie with him.Their ar|chers slaine. The Scotish archers thus being slaine, the Englishmen assailed the spearemen;These Sco|tish spearemen were of Gal|lowai [...] as Eueriden saith. but keeping themselues close togither, and standing at defense with their speares like a thicke wood, they kept out the English horssemen for a while, & fought manfullie, though they were sore beaten with shot of [page 308] arrowes by the English archers on [...] & so at length galled with shot; and assailed by the horssemen on ech side, they begun to disorder and [...] from one side to another, and herewi [...]h the horssem [...] br [...]ke in amongst them, and so they were slaine and beaten downe in maner all the whole number of them.