Throughout 1571 and 1572 Stirling was the scene of repeated small-scale skirmishes as Marian raiders probed the King's party position in the town and the garrison made sorties to maintain control of the surrounding countryside. The town itself was taken and retaken multiple times during the civil war, with no permanent garrison able to hold it against determined attack. English observers noted the chaos — Stirling changed hands more often than Edinburgh in this period, despite the castle remaining firmly King's property throughout.
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