v. 38. _For Sir William Lyle, &c._] “And the seid mondaye at iij a clok at aftir none, the water of Twede being soo high that it could not be riden, the Duke sente ouer ij mˡ Frenchemen in bootis [boats] to gif assaulte to the place, who with force entred the bas courte, and by Sir William Lizle captain of the castell with c with hym were right manfully defended by the space of one houre and an half withoute suffring theym tentre the inner warde; but fynally the seid Frenchemen entred the inner warde, whiche perceiued by the seid Sir William and his company frely set vpon theym, and not onely drove theym oute of the inner warde, but alsoo oute of the vttir warde, and slewe of the seid Frenchemen x personys. And so the seid Frenchemen wente ouer the water,” &c. Letter from Surrey to Henry the Eighth,—_MS. Cott. Calig. B._ vi. fol. 304. Mr. Tytler says that the assaulting party left “three hundred slain, of which the greater number were Frenchmen.” _Hist. of Scot._, v. 169. v. 45. _lacke_] i. e. blame, reproach. Page 69. v. 52. _reculed_] i. e. recoiled, retreated. v. 55. _That my lorde amrell, &c._]—_amrell_, i. e. admiral,—Surrey. Page 70. v. 63. _With sainct Cutberdes banner_] An earlier passage of the letter just cited is as follows. “At whiche tyme I being at Holy Island, vij myles from Berwike, was aduertised of the same [Albany’s attack on Wark Castle] at v a clok at night the seid sondaye; and incontynente sente lettres to my lord cardynallis company, my lord of Northumbreland, my lord of Westmereland at Sainte Cutbertes baner lying at Anwike and thereaboutes, and in likewise to my lord Dacre and other lordes and gentilmen lying abrode in the contre too mete me at Barmer woode v myles from Werk on mondaye, whoo soo dede.” v. 68. _crake_] i. e. vaunt. v. 73. _ascry_] i. e. call out against, raise a shout against—assail; see notes, p. 145. v. 903. p. 152. v. 1358, &c. v. 78. _stoutty_] i. e. stout. v. 91. _But ye meane a thyng, &c._] That Albany aimed at the destruction of James v. was a popular rumour, but, according to Mr. Tytler, entirely without foundation. Page 71. v. 101. _cast_] i. e. contrivance, stratagem. v. 110. _beyght_] i. e., perhaps, (not bait, but) noose. _Beight, bight_, or _bought_, is any thing bent, folded: in Markham’s _Masterpiece_ (as Stevenson observes, Additions to Boucher’s _Gloss._ in v.) it is used both to express a noose formed of a rope, and the bent or arched part of a horse’s neck. In Hormanni _Vulgaria_ we find “_Boughtes_.... Chartæ complicatæ.” Sig. Q iii. ed. 1530. v. 115. _recrayd_] i. e. recreant. v. 120. _puaunt_] i. e. stinking. v. 126. _Vnhaply vred_] See note, p. 232. v. 95. v. 128. _discured_] i. e. discovered. Page 72. v. 132. _echone_] i. e. each one. v. 135. _flery_] i. e. fleer. v. 146. _Mell nat_] i. e. Meddle not. v. 152. _byrne_] i. e. burn. v. 155. _at ylke mannes hecke_] i. e. at each man’s hatch, door. v. 156. _fynde_] i. e. fiend.