[1] Abington. William Wa|leis.But Will. Waleis with certeine other, kéeping themselues in places where no armie could come to pursue them, would neuer giue eare to any conditi|ons of agreement: Polydor. Hect. Boetius. Ia. Meir. so that neither with feare, neither with offer of rewards could this Waleis be induced to follow or behold the English K. ruling the realme of Scotland. King Edward returning backe, came to the castell of Striueling (which the Scotishmen held against him) and besieged it.

Anno Reg. 32. Striueling castell besie|ged.

Abington.

The king himselfe laie at Dunfersing the most part of the winter: and whilest he laie there, the queene which had lien a long time at Tinmouth came to him, and when the win|ter was once past,1 [...]04 the king himselfe came to the siege,Engins to cast stones. and caused certeine engins of wood to be raised vp against the castell, which shot off stones of two or thrée hundred weight: but yet would not they with|in once talke of any surrender. And where the En|glishmen filled the ditches with wood and boughs of trées, they set the same on fire, and burnt them to ashes: at length the ditches were filled with stones and earth, so that then the Scots within perceiuing themselues in euident perill to loose the castell, on saint Margarets daie they yéelded themselues sim|plie into the kings hands, as the English writers af|firme, though the Scotish writers record the con|trarie.