[1] [2] [3] [4] On thursdaie morning being the two and twen|tith of September, the lord Greie was appointed to receiue the rendring of the castell into his hands, and sir Edward Dudleie now lord Dudleie after to be capteine there. They both departed to it, and at the time set Andrew Hume,The lord Greie recei|ueth the pos|session of Hume castell. and foure other of the chie|fest there with him came out, and yéelding the castell, deliuered the keies to the said lord Greie: his lord|ship causing the residue to come out then, sauing six or seuen to keepe their baggage within, who all were in number seuentie and eight, entred the same with maister Dudleie, and diuerse other gentlemen with him. He found there indifferent good store of vittels and wine, & of ordinance two bastard culuerings, [page 991] one sacre, also thrée falconets of brasse, and of iron eight péeces beside. The keeping of this castell the lord Greie betaking vnto sir Edward Dudleie ac|cordinglie returned to the campe. This doone, the next daie being fridaie, and the thrée and twentith of September, they dislodged, and went that morning to Rockesburgh, incamping in a great fallow field, betwixt Rockesburgh and Kelseie, standing east|ward a quarter of a mile off.The situation of Rockes|burgh. Here at Rockesburgh they began to build a fort within the compasse of an old ruinous castell, the plot and site whereof standeth naturallie verie strong, vpon a hill east and west of an eight score in length, and three score in breadth, drawing to a narrownesse at the east end, the whole ground whereof the old walles did yet inuiron. Be|side the heigth and hardnesse to come to, it is strong|lie fensed on either side with the course of two great riuers, Tiuet on the north, and Twéed on the south, both which ioining somwhat nigh togither at the west end of it. Tiuet by a large compasse about the fields (in which the campe laie) at Kelseie, dooth fall into this Twéed, which with great depth and swiftnesse runneth from thense eastward into the sea at Ber|wike. Ouer this betwixt Kelseie and Rockesburgh there hath béene a great stone bridge with arches, the which the Scots in times past haue all to broken, be|cause the Englishmen should not that waie come to them.