The chronicle of Iohn Hardyng. Containing an account of public transactions from the earliest period of English history to the beginning of the reign of King Edward the Fourth. Together with the continuation by Richard Grafton, to the thirty fourth year of King Henry the Eighth. The former part collated with two manuscripts of the author's own time; the last, with Grafton's duplicate edition. To which are added a biographical and literary preface, and an index, by Henry Ellis.

The. CC.xviii. Chapiter.

¶ Howe the duke of Albany besieged Barwike, and therle Douglas Rokesburgh in herueste, in the seuenth yere of the kyng; and howe Henry Percy erle of Northumberland, rescowed Barwike and Rokesburgh with. vii. score. M. mē; for trust it true there is no lorde in Englande that may defende you agayn Scotlande so well as he, for they haue the hertes of the people by North, and euer had: and doute it not, the North parte bee your trewe legemen.

THey shot their gonnes, and with their ladders scaled, But nought auailed, thei wer so wel of bet, When they our hoste sawe anone they vnscaled [it unscaled.] , [That stale] [They stolle.] awaye by night without [withoutyn.] let, For feare our hoste vpon theim shulde set [haue set.] , At Baremore then with. vii. score thousande men, For which the Scottes fled fro y^e duke home then

¶ Vpon the night, and let hym there alone With his owne men and no mo of weike power: Yet rode he to Norham nere theim anone, And brent the towne, our hoste and he then wer But two myle of and durst not come no nere: Wherfore he rode home then into Scotlande, Our hoste [more sone] [soner turned.] retourned to England.

¶ Then syr Robert Vmfreuile with [the] garyson Of Barwike with his countremen, Folowed after the Scottes with his penoun, On the hynde[r] ryders, and many of theim then He toke homewarde, and slewe squyers ten Within Scotlande, besyde Cherneside towne, And to Berwike came with his garyson.

¶ Therle Douglas then hight [syr] Archebalde, Whiche his one eye had lost at Hamyldon [Homyldon.] , That semed hym well ay after manyfolde, At Shrowysbury for his correccyon [Fol. CC.xiiii.] He loste one of his stones for his raunson; His [At.] syege then lefte at Rokesburgh where he laye, And with the duke of Albany rode awaye.

¶ The earles two of Douglas and Dunbarre For trewce sent to Roberte Vmfreuyle, Wardeine of the Este marche full wyse and warre, He wolde none take with them [then] for no while, Syth they the trewce had broken and did fyle, He shuld [wolde.] them holde the [pleyn.] warre to they were faine To seke peace [their peas.] then at the kyng agayne.

¶ The kyng was then in Fraunce hole regent, And Parys had and all the lande aboute, Troies in Champaine, & Mews in Bry had hent, With all citees, townes, and castelles stoute, In all that lande and countree there throughout; Of Mewis he made sir Iohn Graye capitayne [than capeteyne.] That was lorde Powes by [••o be.] his wyfe certayne.

¶ That tyme syr Raufe Crōwel [Cromewell.] was gouernour Of kyng Charles and [and of.] Isabell the quene, By kyng Henry ordeyned theyr protectoure, Who kept them at Boys Vincent as was sene, In royall wyse as to them dyd parteigne; The kyng [busy that tyme] [that tyme wase besy.] in his conqueste, For to set rule in Fraunce [coulde haue no reste.] [so to haue reste.]

¶ In this meane whyle sir Robert Vmfreuyle, Wardeine of the March, thought then [full] great shame The king in Fraūce doing so well y^t while, He made the warre on Scottes to haue a name. Two yere complete he wrought thē mekell [grete.] shame; Thest marche hole of [and.] Scotlande then he brent, And market townes echeone or that he stente.

¶ Howyk, Selkirke, Iedworth, & all [als.] Dunbarre, Laudre also [als.] , with all Laudre dale, The forestes also [als.] fro Berwyk that were farre, Of Eteryke, Iedworth, and eke all Teuidale, [And all the villages in them both great & small,] [He stroied and brente, and boldely in bale.] And none helpe had but of his countre men, Of the bishopryke & of Northumberlande then.

[¶ In this mean time y^e Scottes had great paine; Wherfore therles of Douglas and Dunbarre To London came, and toke a trewce full fayne, As Vmfreuyle them hight afore the warre, That to the kyng they shulde it seke of farre, Of whiche he kept his hoste then full two yere, For with his warre he waste the marche full clere.]