Churches were burned, women were forced without respect of order, condition or qualitie, as well the maids, widowes and wiues, as nunnes that were reputed in those daies consecrated to God, and when they had béene so abused, manie of them were after also murthered, and cruellie dispatched out of life. At length, they came to the nunrie of Lamelaie, & burned all the buildings there, sauing the church, and then returned backe into Scotland with all their pillage and booties by Lauercost, an house of moonks, which they likewise spoiled. So that the cruell & bloudie desolation whereof Lucan speaketh in his second booke of ciuill warres, may aptlie be inferred here, as fitlie describing the mercilesse murther of all states and sexes without parcialitie vnder the hand of the enimie: for saith he, [Sidenote: _Luc. lib. 2._] Nobilitas cum plebe perit, latéque vagatur Ensis, & à nullo reuocatum est pectore ferrum, Stat cruor in templis, multáque rubentia cæde Lubrica saxa madent, nulli sua profuit ætas, Non senis extremum piguit vergentibus annis Præcipitasse diem, non primo in limine vitæ Infantis miseri nascentia rumpere fata. [Sidenote: The castel of Dunbar rendred to the Scots.] [Sidenote: Beside 2000 barded horsses they had in that armie 10000 footmen.] [Sidenote: _N. Trivet._] [Sidenote: _Matth. Westm._] [Sidenote: _Abington._] [Sidenote: A sore battell fought at Dunbar. The number slaine.] [Sidenote: _Matth. Westm._] [Sidenote: _Abington._] Patrike earle of Dunbar came to the king of England, and submitted himselfe, with all that he had into his hands; but the castell of Dunbar vpon saint Markes day, being assieged of the Scots was rendered vnto them, by treason of some that were within it, of whome, the countesse (wife to the same erle) was the chéefest; for recouerie whereof king Edward sent Iohn earle of Warren, Surrey and Sussex, & William earle of Warwike with a great power, the which laieng siege to that castell, a great host of Scotishmen came vpon them to the rescue of them within, so that there was foughten a verie sore and terrible battell. At length, the victorie abode with the Englishmen, and the Scotishmen were put to flight, the Englishmen following them in chase eight mile of that countrie, almost to the forrest of Selkirke: the slaughter was great, so that (as was estéemed) there died of the Scotishmen that day, to the number of ten thousand. [Sidenote: Rockesborough yéelded.]