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PosTCRipT. After the ende of this letter cam there good newcs 

 of haddington, y' y= fridaie afore y= date hereof or els y' 

 thurfdaie, y" Scottes for lacke of p°uifion determined to go 

 there waie whome y" frenfhmen did pcrfuade to tarie untill 

 tuefdaie after, p^mifinge in the mean feafon to give thaflault, 

 thej have yet made no breche, but batterd a bulwarke, and 

 approched y' ditche with trenches fo y' y" have fomthinge 

 underminded y" bulwarke but our men hath countermined 

 them, fo y' there mine is to fmall purpofe. The frenflimen 

 entended alfo, to make a platforme on y" chirchc hi, fo to 

 have beten y' wal within, y' our men fhold not have ben 

 able to have defended y' bulwarke for y' ftiot of y" ordinans, 

 but our men hath fo beten y ftones about theer eares, y' 

 thej have difmounted ij of theer peces, and theer platforme 

 ferveth them to no purpofe. Our men within for the defence 

 of y' bulwarke have made a counter trenchc and a mounte 

 within y', y' dothe governe y" bulwarke, which the frenfh- 

 men y™felves doth fe to be hier then y" wal, fo y' this parte 

 of haddington whiche thej entende to afTaulte, is as ftrong 

 or ftronger y" y' refidue. The forfaid thurfdaie our men 

 made a falee out, and killed 30 of theer pioners, the fame 



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delivering the fcepter, &c. if fuch z one took place, it muft have been on fome 

 other occafion. With refpcft to the three noblemen mentioned, Douglas Earl of 

 Angus was one of the molt zealous oppofers of the French intereft, and the Earl of 

 Argyle who was chief juftice in 1550 had not then diftinguifhed himfclf. Worth is 

 a title which bears little or no refemblance to any in Scotland at that time, nor 

 can I conceive who was meant except it were the Earl of Morton, father-in-law of 

 the Regent. 



