The firste [laste] volume of the chronicles of England, Scotlande, and Irelande conteyning the description and chronicles of England, from the first inhabiting vnto the conquest : the description and chronicles of Scotland, from the first original of the Scottes nation till the yeare of our Lorde 1571 : the description and chronicles of Yrelande, likewise from the first originall of that nation untill the yeare 1571 / faithfully gathered and set forth by Raphaell Holinshed.

The Byshops and Doctors sate on the one side of the queere at a table of them prepared, and the other learned men sate at an other table on the other side the same queere.

And at y^e vpper ende thereof at an other table, sate the Queenes Maiesties Counsell, desirous to haue seene some good conclusion of the sayde conference, although as ye may perceyue by that whiche is aboue recited, it came to small effect.

* 1.1In his meane time, a treatie of peace, which [ 10] had bin in hande the last yeare, first at Lisle, and after at the Abbey of Cercamp, a three leagues from Dorlens, betwixt y^e two kings of Spaine and France, was nowe renued againe, and the Deputies were appoynted to meete at Chasteau Cambresi, a sixe leagues distant from Cambray.

For the K. of Spayne, the Duke of Alua, the Prince of Orange, the Byshop of Arras. Ri∣gomes de Silua Earle of Mellito, Monsieur Viglius Zwichem, Knight & presidente of the [ 20] priuie Counsell in the low Countreys, who ne∣uerthelesse came not, bycause hee was letted by sicknesse.

* 1.2For the French King there came the Cardi∣nall of Lorayne, the Connestable, the Marshall of Saint Andrew, the Byshop of Orleans, and Claude de Aubespine, y^e said kings Secretarie.

For the Queene of England, the Byshop of Elie, the Lorde William Howard Baron of Effingham, Lorde Chamberlayne to the sayde [ 30] Queene, Doctor Nicholas Wutton, Deane of Caunterbury and Yorke.

For the Duke of Sauoy, there were the Erle of Stropiana, and the president of Asti. And as a meane or mediatrix betwene the parties, there was Christierna Duches of Loraine, with hir sonne the yong Duke, whiche Duches, as well heere, as before at Cercamp, trauelled most ear∣nestly to doe good betwixte the parties, and to bring them to a small accord, whose endeuoure [ 40] therein was, to the greate good liking and con∣tentation of all the said parties.

After that this treatie had continued a long time, and nowe rested nothing to stay them frō concluding a generall peace, but only the article touching Calais,* 1.3 at length that matter was al∣so accorded by a speciall treatie, betwixte the Queenes Maiestie of England, and the French King, Guido Caualcanti a Gentleman of Flo∣rence beeing the meane to bring the same to ef∣fect. [ 50] The substaunce of whiche article was, that Calais should rest in the Frenche mens handes, for the tearme of eyght yeares, and at the end of that tearme, they couenaunted to render y^e same, or else for defaulte, to forfeite to the Queenes highnesse the summe of fiue hundred thousande Crownes, and for Puretie heereof, to deliuer four hostages, such as hir Maiestie should thinke suf∣ficient: and in case the towne were not deliuered at the ende of the sayde eyghte yeares, although the money were payde according to the coue∣nauntes, yet notwithstanding the right and title to the saide Towne and Countrey adioyning, shoulde alwayes remayne and be reserued vnto the Crowne and Realme of England.

It was further concluded also, that a peace should be firmed and had betwixt the Realmes of England and Scotland, such fortresses to be rased as had bin built and made by the Scottes and French on the bordures towards Englād, as Hay mouth and others.

Sir Iohn Mason Knighte,* 1.4 Secretarie for the Frenche tong, was sente ouer in post wyth instructions vnto the Englishe commissioners, after whose comming,* 1.5 within two or three dayes, a generall peace was concluded betwixte all the parties, the articles whereof not touching England, we haue of purpose omitted.

But nowe after the conclusion of this peace, the sayde Sir Iohn Mason returned in post with the same: and so therevpon, the seauenth of Aprill, the sayde peace was proclaymed, to wit,* 1.6 betwixt the Queenes Maiestie on the one part, and the French K. on the other, their Realmes, dominions, and subiects, and likewise betwixte hir sayde Maiestie and the King Dolphin and Queene of Scottes his wife, their Realmes, dominions, and subiects.

This Proclamation was made by Garter and Norrey Kinges at armes, accompanyed with three other Herraultes, and fyue Trum∣pettors, the Lorde Maior of London and the Aldermed in their scarlet gownes beeing also present, and riding in company of the said Her∣raultes.

The same time also,* 1.7 was another Procla∣mation made vnder the Queenes hand in wri∣ting, inhabiting, that from thenceforth no playes nor enterludes shuld be exercised, til Alhallowen ride next ensuing.

Vppon Saterday the two and twentith of Aprill, the Lorde Wentworth,* 1.8 late Deputie of Calais, was araigned at Westminster, vppon an enditemente of treason found agaynst him, in the late Queene Maries dayes, for the losse of Calais, but hee was acquit by his peeres, the Lorde Marques of Northampton sitting that day as chiefe Steward of Englande, vnder the cloth of estate.

The eyghth of May, the Parliamente brake vp, in whiche Parliamente, beside other thyngs before recited, concluded, and passed in the same, a subsedie was graunted to the Queenes high∣nes,* 1.9 of two shillings eyght pence the pounde of mouable goodes, and foure shillings of lands, to bee paide at two seuerall paymentes, of euerye

person Spirituall and temporall, towardes the better furnishing of hir Maiestie with money, for the necessary charges which she was presētly occasioned to susteyne, finding the treasure of the Realme greatly consumed, and the reuenewes of the Crowne sore diminished, and the same Crowne muche endebted, by taking vp of no∣table summes of money by way of loane vppon interest, as well in the dayes of hir brother king Edward, as of hir sister Queene Mary. [ 10]

The fourtenth of May beeing Whitsonday, the seruice in Churches began according to the Booke of common prayer, set forthe and establi∣shed in this last Parliamente, correspondent to that which was vsed in the dayes of hir brother King Edward.

* 1.10Vpon Sonday the seconde of Iuly, the Citi∣zens of London sette forthe a muster before the Quenes Maiestie at Greenewich in the Parke there, of the number of fourteene hundred men, [ 20] whereof eyghte hundred were pykes, armed in fiue corselettes, foure .C. shot in shirtes of male, with Morians, and two hundred halbarders, armed in almayne riuets. These were furnished forth by the craftes and companies of the Citie.

To euery hundred, two wifflers were assig∣ned, richely appoynted and apparelled for the purpose.

There were also twelue wardens of the best companyes mounted on horsebacke in coates of [ 30] blacke veluet, to conduct them, with drummes and Pfiffes, and sixe ensignes, all in Ierkins of white Satten of Bridges, cutte and lined with blacke sercenet, and cappes, hosen, and skarfes according. The Sergeant Maiors, Captayne Connestable, and Captayne Sanders, brought them in order before the Queenes presence, pla∣cing them in battaile aray, euen as they should haue fought, so as the shew was very faire, the Emperours and the Frenche Kings Ambassa∣dors [ 40] being present.

In this moneth also, y^e Archbishop of Yorke, the Bishops of Elie, London, and others, to the number of thirtene or fouretene, being called be∣fore the Queenes Counsayle,* 1.11 and refusing to receiue the othe touching hir Maiesties supre∣macie, and other articles, were depriued from their Byshoprickes.

And in like manner, were dyuers Deanes, Archdeacons, persons, and Vicars, remoued [ 50] from their benefices, and some of them commit∣ted to prison in the Tower, Fleete, Marshalsea, and Kings benche.

* 1.12Moreouer, about the same time, were com∣missioners appoynted to visit in euerye diocese within the Realme, for the establishmente of Religion, according to the order appoynted by acte and Statute, passed and confirmed in the last Parliament.

For London were appointed Sir Richarde Sackuille Knighte, Roberte Horne Doctor of Diuinitie, Doctor Huic a Ciuilian, and mai∣ster Sauage, who calling before them dyuers persons of euery parish, sware them to enquire and make presentment accordingly, vppon cer∣taine iniunctions drawen and deuised, for the better accomplishmente and execution of that which they had in charge.

Furthermore, about the same time, by vertue of an Acte established in Parliament,* 1.13 all such re∣ligious houses as were againe erected and sette vppe, were nowe suppressed, as the Abbeys of Westminster, the houses of the Nunnes, and breethren of the Sion and Sheene, the blacke Friers of Greenewiche. &c.

And on the twelfth of August being Sater∣day, the high Aulter in Poules Churche,* 1.14 with the Roode and the Images of Mary and Iohn, standing in the Roode loft, were taken downe, and the Prebendaries and petie Canons com∣maunded to weare no more their gray Amises, and to vse onely a surplice in the seruice tyme, and thys was done by commaundemente of Doctor Grindall, newly elect Byshop of Lon∣don, Doctor May, then also newly ordeyned Deane of Poules, and other the commissioners then appoynted.

Also, on the euen of Saint Bartholmew, the daye and morrowe after. &c. were burned in Poules Church yarde, Cheape side,* 1.15 and dyuers other places of the Citie of London, all the Roodes and other Images of Churches, and in some places, the coapes, vestmentes, and Alter clothes, Bookes, banners, Sepulchers, and roode loftes, were likewise committed to the fyre, and so consumed to ashes.

Vpon Friday the eight of September, was kepte in Poules Churche of London,* 1.16 a solemne obsequie, for Henrye, the seconde of that name, King of Fraunce, who departed this life, about the tenth of Iuly last past, of a wound receyued the nine and twentith of Iune, in running at Tilt in a solemne Iustes holden at Paris, in honor of the marriage celebrated betwixt his si∣ster the Lady Margaret of Fraunce, and Phili∣bert, Duke of Sauoy. Hee was striken on the viser with a lance, as he ran against the Counte de Montgomerie: the spilts entring by the sight of his head peece, and piercing through his eye into his head, so perished his drayne, that there was no meane to saue his life.

The obsequie for him was kept in verye so∣lemne wise, with a rich herfe, made like an impe∣riall Crowne, susteyned with eyght pillers, and couered with blacke veluet, with a valence frin∣ged with golde, and richly hanged with scutchi∣ons,

pardons, and banne 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the French Kings armes, without any lightes. And on the Beere was layde a riche palle of cloth of golde, with a cote armour of the armes of Fraunce, and a crest, with an imperiall Crowne, standing vppon the Beere.

Doctor Parker Archebyshop of Caunterbu∣ry elect, Doctor Barlow Byshop of Chichester elect, and Doctor Scory Byshoppe of Here∣ford elect, executing at y^e Dirge of thys euening [ 10] song in Englishe, they sitting in the Bishop of Londons seate, in the vpper queere, in surpli∣ces, with Doctors hoodes about their shoulders.

The chiefe mourner, was the Marques of Winchester, Lorde Treasorer, assisted with tenne other Lordes mourners, with all the Her∣raltes in blacke, and their coate armours vpper∣most.

On the morrow being Saterday, and ninth of Septēber, a Sermon was preached by Doc∣tor [ 20] Scory, in place of Doctor Grindall, By∣shop of London, who being appointed to preach that Sermon, was letted by sicknes.

After the Sermon, sixe of the Lords mour∣ners receyued the Communion with the By∣shops, whiche Byshops were in copes and sur∣plices, only at the ministration of the said Com∣munion. Whiche beeing finished, there was a greate dinner kepte in the Bishop of Londons Palace by Poules, where the mourners appar∣relled [ 30] them, and so ended the solemnitie of y^e said exequits.

The Byshoppes had blacke gownes gyuen them, and eyght blacke coates a peece, for theyr seruauntes, at the Queenes charges.

In thys meane time, through cōtrouersie rei∣sed betwixte the Scottishe nobilitie, and the Queene dowager of Scotland,* 1.17 which chanced, specially about matters of Religion, certayne of the Lordes there minding a reformation therin. [ 40] And the Queene resisting them to hir power, in purpose to mainteyne the olde Popishe Religi∣on, which some name Catholique, diuers com∣panies of Soldyers and men of war, were sente out of Fraunce into Scotland to ayde the sayde Queene,* 1.18 where they were placed in dyuers Townes and fortes, to the high displeasure of the more part of the Scottishe nobilitie, who lo∣thing to bee oppressed with straungers in that sorte,* 1.19 were forced to sue vnto the Queene of [ 50] Englande for ayde, to expell the Frenche, who soughte to subuerte the auntiente state of that Realme, and to annex the same vnto y^e Crowne of France.

Their sure was the better liked of, for that it was doubted least the Frenchmen vnder pre∣tence of bringing an armye into Scotlande to appease the Scottes, mighte attempt some in∣uasion heere in Englande; considering, that by procuremente as was thoughte of the Duke of Guise, Vncle to the Queene of Fraunce and Scotlande, a title should seeme to be pretended by his neece, the foresayd Queene, as might bee gathered by manifest coniectures, of the vsur∣ping of armes and so forth.* 1.20

The names of the Lords of Scotlande that made sute for ayde againste the Frenchmen at this season, were these.

• The Duke of Chateau le reault.
• The Earle of Arraine his sonne.
• The Lorde Iames, Prior of Sainte An∣drewe.
• The Earle of Arguile.
• The Earle of Glencarne.
• The Earle of Rothouse.
• The Earle of Southerland.
• The Earle of Mounseith.
• The Earle of Huntley.
• The Earle of Catnes.
• The Earle of Erxolle.
• The Earle of Marshall.
• The Earle of Morton.
• The Earle of Cassils.
• The Earle of Eglenton.
• The Earle of Montros.
• The Lord Ruithuen.
• The Lord Boyde.
• The Lord Ogletree.
• The Lord Erskin.
• The Lord Dromond.
• The Lord Hume.
• The Lord Roose.
• The Lord Chreighton.
• The Lord Leuingston.
• The Lord Somerwell.
• The maister of Lindsey.
• The maister of Maxwell.

The Queenes Maiestie with aduice of hyr graces Counsell, considering of thys weightie busines, and withall, foreseeing the malitious purpose of hir aduersaries, and how the Queene of Scottes was in Fraunce married, and go∣uerned, so as she was not able to vse the libertie of hir Crowne, dyd thinke it best to preuente such mischiefes as might ensue, if timely reme∣die were not vsed, to displace such daungerous neighbors the Frenchmen, that began to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 themselues thus strongly so neere at hande, for no good purpose, as easily might be gessed.* 1.21

Heerevppon was a power reysed and sente forth, both by Sea and land, the Duke of Norf∣folke beeing appoynted generall, and sente into the North, for the direction thereof.

And firste, maister William Winter,* 1.22 ap∣poynted Vice Admirall of the Queenes nauie Northwardes, made saile towards Scotlande,

and wasting alōgst the coast in Ianuary,* 1.23 came into the Forth, and so to the road of Lieth, and there cast ancre, as well to impeach the landing of suche Frenchmen, as might haply be sente forthe of Fraunce, to the ayde of the Frenche there, against the Scottish Lords, named of the congregation, as also to keepe them that lay in Inskeith from vittayles: and likewise to see, that none of the Frenchmen by water shoulde passe to or from Lieth, but to watch them so, as they [ 10] shoulde not enioy any commoditie that mighte come to eyther place by the same water.

Moreouer, after that the army by lande was come togither into the North partes,* 1.24 and hadde soiourned a time at Berwike and thereaboutes, the Lord Grey of Wilton being appoynted ge∣nerall of the said armye, departed with the same out of the boundes of Berwike, and marched to Coldingham, where they encamped that night.

* 1.25Saterday the thirtith of March, Sir Iames [ 20] Croft, and Sir George Howard departed Ber∣wike to the armye,* 1.26 with all the launces and light horsemen, conteyning y^e number of twelue hundred and fiftie horses.

The number of the footemen, amounted to aboue sixe thousand in all.

* 1.27The chiefe gouernoures of which army were these.

The Lord Grey of Wilton, Lieutenant ge∣nerall. [ 30]

Sir Iames Crofte, assistāt with him in that charge.

The Lord Scrope, Lord Marshall.

Sir George Howard, generall of the men at armes and demilances.

Maister Barnaby Fitz Patricke, hys Lieue∣tenant.

Sir Henry Percy, generall of the light horse∣men.

Thomas Hugghens Esquier, prouost Mar∣shall. [ 40]

Thomas Gower, maister of the ordinance.

Maister William Pelham, Captayne of the pioners.

Edward Randol Esquier, Sergeant maior.

Maister Thomas Bourrough.

Maister Cutbert Vaughan.

Maister Williams, and maister Cornewall Corporals.

* 1.28This Saterday night, the army encamped [ 50] at Dunglas, the Horsemen lodged in sundrye Villages neere about.

Sir Iames Croft lay that nighte at Co∣berspeth, in the Lard of Whitlayes house.

Sunday the last of March, the army remo∣ued from Dunglas,* 1.29 and marching by Dunbar, there issued out of the Towne certayne Horse∣men and footemen, offering a skirmish, towards whome, certayne of the English launces and pi∣stoliers, with certayne barquebusters, made for∣wardes, but they kepte themselues within theyr strength, but yet some of the English horsemen approched them so neere, that in skirmish, two of the enimies horsemen, and one footeman were slayne.

The Englishmen receyued little damage, sauing that Peter Miace, due of their horse∣men, was hurt there.

This done,* 1.30 the armye marched vnto Linton Brigges, where the footemen encamped that night.

The Horsemen lay at Hadington, and in di∣uers other small townes.

Sir Iames Croftes lay at Clarkington, West of Hadington, at the Lard of Cockburnes house.

Monday the firste of Aprill, the Camp re∣moued from Linton Brigges vnto Salt Pre∣ston,* 1.31 and there encamped.

This euening, Sir Iames Croft, with dy∣uers of the Captaynes in his companye, mette with the Earle of Arrayne, the Lorde Iames,* 1.32 Priour of S. Andrewes, the maister of Max∣well, sir William Kirkaudy, Lard of Grange, and dyuers other of the Scottish nobilitie, with three hundred horse in their trayne.

After they were mitte and had saluted eache other, they rode altogither vnto Salt Preston, where at the ende of the towne, my Lord Grey, Lorde Lieutenante mette them, and embraces them, and so they lighted from theyr horses, and entred into communication for the space of an houre, and after tooke leaue eache of other, and so departed for that night.

Tewsday the seconde of Aprill, my Lorde Grey, Sir Iames Croft, my Lord Scrope, sir George Howard, with diuers of the Captaines, rode to Muskelbourrough Church,* 1.33 & there tar∣ried the cōming of the D. of Chateau le reaulte, for the space of two houres, at length he came, accompanyed with his sonne, the Earle of Ar∣rayne, the Earles of Arguile, Glencarne, Sou∣therland, Monteith, and Rothus, the L. Iames Prior of Sainte Andrewes, the Lorde Ruyth∣nen, alias Riuen, the Lorde Ogiltree, the Lorde Boyd, the maister of Maxwel, the Lard of Or∣m•…•…ston, the maister of Lindsey, the Byshop of Galloway, the Abbot of Saint Colmes Inch, the Abbot of Cultos, the Lard of Pettirowe, the Lard of Cunnynghā head, the Lard of Grange, and diuers other. They were a two hundred horse in trayne.

Vpon the Dukes approche, they all lighted on foote, as well on the one part as the other, and after courteous embracings, and gentle saluta∣tions, they entred into the house of one Willi∣am

Atkinson, neere to Vndreske Church, & sate there in counsell the space of two houres, and then departed for that night.

The army lay still in Camp at Salt Pre∣ston, frō Monday, till Saterday, Palme Son∣day euen.

On Wednesday, the third of April, my Lord Grey, sir Iames Croft, and my Lorde Scrope, Sir George Howard, Sir Henrye Percy, and dyuers other Captaynes and Gentlemen, rode [ 10] vnto Pinkey, a house of y^e Abbot of Dunfernes, distant a mile & an half from y^e Campe, where y^e Earle of Arrayne, and the Lorde Iames Ste∣ward, with diuers other noble men of Scotland meeting them, did conduct them into the sayde house, where they had long conference togither, which ended, they went to dinner, and after din∣ner, they returned with my Lord Lieutenante vnto Salt Preston, and viewed the Englishe Camp. [ 20]

Thursdaye the fourth of Aprill, fyue yong Gentlemen,* 1.34 appoynted to passe into Englande for pledges, and bound thither by Sea, through contrary windes, were forced to come a land at Salt Pannes.

Theyr names were as followe.

The Lord Claude Hamilton, fourth sonne to the duke of Chateau le reault, Robert Dow∣glas, halfe brother to the Lorde Iames Ste∣warde, Archebalde Cambell, Lord of Loughen∣nell, [ 30] George Gream, seconde sonne to the Earle of Monteith, Iames Coningham, sonne to the Earle of Glencarne, they were broughte vp to Salt Preston, and remayned there that nyght.

Saterday the sixth of Aprill, beeyng Palme Sonday euē, the Camp reysed from Salt Pre∣ston, and marched forwards.

Halfe a myle frō Lesterike, beneath a cragge, called Arthurs seate,* 1.35 the Duke of Chateau le re∣ault, the Erle of Arrayne, the Earle of Arguile, [ 40] the Lorde Iames, Prior of Saint Andrewes, and the rest of the noble men of Scotlande, ac∣companyed with two hundred Horsemenne, or thereaboutes, and fiue hundred footemen, stayed for the comming of the English army. Where∣vpon the Lord Grey, Sir Iames Croft, the L. Scroupe, Sir George Howard, and Sir Henry Percye, repaired to them, and hadde conference there with the Duke, and other of the Scottishe Lords that were in hys company. [ 50]

In the meane while the army stayed, but yet at length, the Horsemen, the vantgard and bat∣tayle, were commaunded to march forthe, who accordingly passing forwarde alongst by the place where the Duke and Scottishe Lordes stoode, helde vpon their way, till they approched neere to Lestericke.

At their commyng thither, Trombull, the Queene regents Trumpet, came to my Lorde Lieutenant, and brought with him a safe con∣duit, giuen vnder hir hand and seale, for the safe repaire of Sir Iames Croft, Sir George Ho∣ward, and sixe other to accompany them.

Wherevpon, they preparing themselues to goe to hir (after they had talked with my Lorde Lieutenant,* 1.36 and the duke of Chateau le reault) they departed towardes Edenburgh, where the sayde Queene as then lay within the Castell.

There went with them maister Somersette, maister Pelham, and foure other Gentlemen.

Whilest they were in conference with the Queene, although an asistinence of all hostili∣tie by appoyntmente taken betwixte my Lorde Grey and the sayd Queene ought to haue reas∣son the Frenchmen, to the number of nine hun∣dred, of a thousande shot, backed with fiue hun∣dred corselettes and pikes, and about fiftie horse∣men, were come forth of Lieth, vnder the condu∣ction of Monsieur Doysell, and the Counte Mar•…•…igues, coronell of the French footemen.

My Lord Grey vnderstanding therof, came vp to the hille, appoynted an officer at armes called Rouge Crosse, to goe vnto them,* 1.37 wyth commandement from him, that they should re∣tire their forces forth of the fielde, into y^e Towne of Lieth: for if it were not for the promise which hee hadde made to the Queene Dowager, hee would cause them to departe, not much to their ease.

The Herrault doyng his message, receyued aunswer, that they were vpon their maister and mistresse ground, and therfore meante not to re∣moue from it.

Rouge Crosse returning with this aunswer, was sent agayne from my Lord Lieutenant, to commaunde them estsoones to goe theyr way backe to Lieth, for if they did not, hee woulde surely send them away with a mischiefe. But vnneth had the Herrault done this second mes∣sage, when the Frenchmen stepping forthe, dis∣charged a whole volee of their shot into the field against my Lord Grey and his company.

Heerevppon, the Englishmen and they fall in skirmishe,* 1.38 whiche continued for the space of foure houres and more, so hot•…•…, and earnestly maynteyned an both partes, that the like hadde not lightly bin seene manye a daye before. At length yet,* 1.39 the Englishmen droue the Frenche footemen ouer the hill, wonne the cragge from them, and put them from a Chappel, where they had stoode a greate while, vsing it for a couerte and safegard for them against the Englishmēs shotte.

Then the enimies that were in Lieth, shot off diuers peeces of their greate artillerie out of the Towne againste the Englishmen, who on the

other parte broughte forth two fielde peeces, and couered them with a troupe of Horsemen, and hauing planted them to some aduantage, dis∣charged the same among the enimies, who per∣ceiuing that, gaue place, and suddaynely, the Englishe demilaunces gaue a charge on them, brake in amongst them, and slewe dyuers of them.

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To conclude, they were putte from theyr grounde, and forced to retire backe into Lieth, beeing followed welneere to the very gates of that Towne.

There were slayne in thys skirmishe of the French,* 1.40 about a seauen score, and amongst thē [ 30] twelue men of name, beside some of them that remayned prisoners.

Of the Englishmen, there were also dyuers slayne, and many hurt, but if the grounde hadde bin knowen to the Englishmen, and what ad∣uantage was offered to them by that presump∣tuous comming of the enimies so farre from their hold, it was thoughte, their whole power mighte easily haue bin cutte off, and vtterly di∣stressed. [ 40]

* 1.41After that this skirmishe was ended, and the Frenchmen driuen into Lieth, the army encam∣ped at Lesterike.

The same day, the Scottish hostages were embarqued to passe into England.

Towardes euening, Sir Iames Croft, and Sir George Howard, returned from y^e Queene regent, after they had spente a long time in talke with hir.

Sunday the seuenth of Aprill a newe trenche [ 50] was cast beside the cragge, and thereon two pee∣ces of ordinance planted.

The same day, Sir Iames Croft, Sir Ge∣orge Howard, and Sir Henry Percy, wente a∣gayn vpon assurance, to talke with the Queene Dowager.

Monday the eyght of Aprill, the Frenchmen shot at the Englishe Camp very sore out of S. Nicholas Steeple,* 1.42 where there were two greate peeces placed for to anoy them, although they did no great hurt, but the same nighte, the En∣glishmen cast a trenche beyond the cragge, and placed in the same trench certaine small peeces of artillerie, which went off the next day against the enimies, and they likewise shotte off agayne at the Englishmenne, and so likewise on Wed∣nesday the tenth of Aprill, on which day,* 1.43 a great part of the carriages for the great ordinance, and dyuers bullets for the same, were landed, and muche thereof remoued, and brought to the in∣nermost trenche.

Thursday the eleuenth of Aprill, the greate ordinance was landed, and two peeces thereof mounted into their carriages.

The twelfth of Aprill, beeing good Friday,* 1.44 a bullet of a great peece of ordinance, being shotte out of Lieth earely in the morning, did light in the Camp, and slew three men.

The same night, they were answered againe with foure or fyue Canons, and demy Canons.

Saterday was spente in warding the tren∣ches, and mounting the great artillerie.

Sunday the fourtenth of April, being Easter day, the Englishmen shotte off in the morning all their great ordinance, and the Frenchmenne aunswered them agayne, and so they continu∣ed most parte of that daye, in shooting one at a∣nother.

The footemen also skirmished so, that dyuers were hurt on both partes.

The same daye,* 1.45 the pile of Blacknesse was surrendred to maister Winter, vpon sight of the

Canon.

There were within it eyghteene Frenchmē, who were broughte away prisoners, and the house deliuered to Maister Iames Hamelton.

The same day, nyne Frenchmen, apparelled like women,* 1.46 came forthe of Lieth, and counter∣f•…•…iting some like demeanor, to y^e apparel where∣in they were disguised, trayned one of the En∣glish skoutes within their daunger, whom they tooke, and chopped off his head, which they sent [ 10] vpon the toppe of one of their Church steeples.

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Monday the .15. of Aprill about noone. there issued out of Lieth a fiftie Horsemen,* 1.47 and about fiue hundred harquebusiers, who making to the [ 30] new trenches,* 1.48 were vpon the Englishmen, that warded in such wise vppon the suddayne, before they could be brought into any order, that so en∣tring the trenches, they slewe and wounded no small number, and possessing the trēches awhile, stopped and cloyed the touch holes of three pee∣ces of the artillerie,* 1.49 tooke master Maurice Bark∣lry prisoner, and his ensigne.

Brian Fitz Williams was fore wounded, and a foule fright there was. [ 40]

The alarme beeing brought to the Camp, sir Iames Croft and other repaired towardes the trench with all expedition, and perceiuing the Frēchmen to be masters of one of the trenches, he called to Captayne Vaughan, commaun∣ding hym with his band to enter the trench, and to relieue those that were hardly besette of the Frenchmen.

* 1.50This was done with great manhood shewed by the sayde Vaugham and others, who entring [ 50] the trench, repulsed the enimies, and slew •…•…tr•…•…ne of them there in the trench.

Captayne Somerset and Captaine Reade with their bands followed them also, as they re∣tired, and maister Arthur Grey, with certayne of his demilances, of whome he had the conduc∣tion, suddaynely came vpon them, and charging them with greate courage, droue them into the Towne, and made no small slaughter of them.

In whiche charge,* 1.51 maister Arthur Grey was shotte through the shoulder.

The greate artillerie in Lieth was not idle during this skirmish, discharging to the number of an hundred shotte, greately to the annoyance of the Englishe, and vnderstaunce of the seruice, which else myghte by them haue bin atchieued.

Thys nyghte, the Englishmen drewe darke their ordinaunce whiche the Frenchmen hadde cloyed with nayles and Wyers in the touche holes, but the same were planted agayne before day.

Moreouer, oure pioners cast a newe trenche alongst by the olde Chappell.

Tewsday the sixtenth of Aprill,* 1.52 a supplye of two thousand and two hundred footemen, came to the Campe, ouer whome were Captaynes, Sir Andrewe Corbet, Sir Rowland Stanley, Sir Thomas Hesketh, Sir Arthur Manwe∣ring, Sir Laurence Smith, maister Frauncis Tunstall, maister Edwarde Littleton, Cap∣tayne Caruell, Philippe Sturley, and Dauid Morris.

They were guarded with fyue hundred hors∣men, Sir Rause Sadler, Sir Franncis Looke, Sir Iohn Forster, and sir Nicholas Strange, hauing charge to set them safely conducted, who after they hadde brought them past all daunger of entities, left them in safetie by the way, and were come a daye or two before them to the Campe.

Wednesday the seuententh of Aprill, it ray∣ned sore the more parte of the day, but yet the same nighte, maister Winter caused dyuers of the shippe boates, beeing very well manned, to giue a greate alarme at the syde of the Towne towardes the water,* 1.53 discharging many basses & harquebuslers of croke into the Towne: the a∣larme was very hote for the space of an houre.

During this busines, there was a right piti∣full one made by the women and children with∣in the Towne.

The Pioners beeyng applyed in worke to make trenches, Friday all daye, at nyghte,* 1.54 they placed certayne peeces of the ordinaunce in the trenches beside the Chappell.

Saterday the twentith of Aprill, many pee∣ces were shotte off out of the trenches into the Towne.

There issued notwithstanding out of the gates an hundred shotte, whyche placed them∣selues into wholes of the bankes, to haylse suche of the Englishmenne, as came forthe to offer the skirmishe. All thys daye also, the Pio∣ners, both Scottes and English, were occupy∣ed in makyng of a newe trenche neere to the

Towne. Sir Gerneys Clifton, and Captaine Reade with their bands guarded them, and two hundred launces.

The same daye, the residue of the greate ordi∣nance with armour, was brought a land.

* 1.55Sunday the one and twentith of Aprill, the Bishop of Valence named Monluc, accompa∣nyed with Sir Henry Percy, and three hun∣dred light Horsemen, came to Lestericke, the Lord Lieutenant, Sir Iames Croft, the Lord [ 10] Scrape, and Sir Raufe Sadler met him at the further ende of the ward; that was set of purpose for his entring into the Camp.

After they had receyued him with salutati∣ons according to the manner, he was conducted by Rouge crosse the officer of armes, from the Camp vnto Edenburgh, and so went vp to the Castell to conferre with the Queene Dowa∣ger.

Hee was no sooner entred into the Castell, [ 20] but that there issued forthe of Lieth the number of two hundred Frenchmen, aboute twelue of the clocke,* 1.56 and beganne a hote skirmishe, whyche continued two houres, at the whyche, dyuers were slayne on both partes.

* 1.57The same night, the Lorde Lieutenant cau∣sed nine peeces of the great ordinance to be plan∣ted in the new trench, so that the next day being Monday, the same peeces were shotte off verye earely, directly towardes the Steeple of Sainte [ 30] Anthonies Churche, and although those peeces lay a quarter of a mile off, the peeces of ordināce that lay in the same steeple, were dismounted by them, and likewise those that lay in the Steeple of S. Nicholas Churche, at the whiche dyuers peeces were leuyed,* 1.58 and within sixe or seauen tire, the peeces that lay in that Steeple, were al∣so displaced, and a gunner slayne that stoode at one of them, the peece and the Gunner com∣myng tumblyng downe both togyther. [ 40]

In this Churche as was reported their store of vittayles and munition was layd, so that ba∣terie was made againste the same all that day, and a greate peece of the Churche wall beaten downe, and the Steeple defaced.

The Byshoppe of Valence after hee hadde talked with the Queene Dowager, returned to commune with the Lordes of the congrega∣tion.

Tewsday the three and twentith of Aprill,* 1.59 beeyng Saint Georges day, the pioners Scot∣tish and English, were busily applyed in worke, about the casting of trenches, to make a forte, and still the artillerie wente off agaynste the Towne.

Wednesday the foure and twentith of A∣prill, about three of the clocke in the after noone, there issued out of Lieth seuenteene horsemen,* 1.60 who offered the skirmishe, and vnder the place called little London, where they were busy in fortifying all that day, three or foure hundred of their shotte were placed, ready to breake out if occasion serued: at length, certayne of the En∣glish launces gaue a charge vppon their horse∣men, who therewith retiring, drewe the Eng∣lishmen within daunger of their shotte, but al∣though the Frenchmen that day shewed them∣selues very valiante in skirmishing euen in the face of the English artillerie,* 1.61 yet beeing nowe e∣grely pursued by those launces, they were forced to retire withoute anye greate hurte done to the Englishmen, although the skirmishe continued neere hand two houres.

In this last charge, yong maister Browne was hurt.

Thursdaye the fiue and twentith of Aprill, the Pioners laboured sore for the most parte of the day, in finishing the new fort, named Mont Pellham, to the guarde whereof, Captayne Vaughan was appoynted gouernoure, with twelue hundred souldyers.

This forte was reised on the South syde of the Towne, the plotte wherof was cast square, with foure bulwarkes at euery corner, & twelue battering peeces planted in places conuenient within the same.

This Thursday also, about fiue the clocke in the after noone, there issued out of Lieth on the East side seuentie or eyghtie horsemen, and two hundred harquebusiers, offering the skir∣mishe,* 1.62 towardes whome, certayne of the En∣glish lighte horsemen roundly made, and char∣ging them, droue them backe to their footemen, who with theyr shotte, receiued the light horse∣men

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so sharpely,* 1.63 that they were forced to retyret in which retyre Iames Hamilton a Scottish∣man was taken prisoner, for the reskue of whom the horsemen made forwarde agayne, but the enimies shotte was so hote, that they were not able to recouer him, but yet they slue two of the French horsemen in sight.

During the tyme of thys skyrmishe, there was great shooting off with the great ordinance on both sides, and much hurt done as well to the [ 10] English as French.

This day Captaine Perith, and Captaine Hayes, hauing charge of a troupe of lighte horsemen, vnder sir Henrie Percie, and the Lard of Grange, were taken prisoners before Dun∣barre, and to the number of twentie or thirtie o∣ther, were lykewise taken or slayne the same tyme.

The same night also, two thousande foote∣men with the Pioners, were sent to the other [ 20] side of the towne, beyonde the Canon Mylles, where the Pioners cast a trench for the safe lod∣ging of the armie,* 1.64 which remoued the next day being Fryday, and .xxvj. of Aprill, from Leste∣ricke downe into the valley by the sayde Ca∣non Milles, called the red brayes neare to the Riuer side on the South part of the towne of Lieth.

As the armie was thus remoouing from Lestericke towardes the sayde place called the [ 30] red Brayes, the Frenchmen within Lieth shotte off many of theyr great peeces of artillerie, but without doing any great hurte.

As the army was encamping, certaine of the enimies horsemen and footemen skirmished with the English Launces,* 1.65 and light horsemen a long tyme: there were two Frenchmen slain and their horses also. In tyme of this skyr∣mish, two Canons were conueyed and plan∣ted in the new trench, which discharged diuerse shottes at the enimies.

Saterday the .xxvij. of Aprill,* 1.66 the great Ar∣tillerie was planted aloft on the hill aboue the campe within lesse than a Curriers shot of the towne walles, and the Pioners were set a worke to cast newe trenches from the place where the same ordināce was lodged vnto Montpelham, drawing so neare vnto Lieth, as the Harquebuse might reache them that watched and warded within the greene Bulwarke.

There issued out of Lieth vnder the west Bulwark certaine of the Frenchmen, the which were chased into y^e town by the Lord of Grange and other.

The French kept the same day a Trenche, which they had made without the towne, conti∣nually shooting at the Englishmen in the camp,* 1.67 but the same night the Englishmen wanne that trench from them, slue diuerse of them therein, togither with their skoute. And this done, they gaue a great alarme to the towne both by lande and water, the shippe boates shooting off against the towne verie hotely, and they within the towne likewise at the English men. The same night was the great ordiance planted,* 1.68 and mai∣ster Markham hurt.

Sunday the .xxviij. of Aprill, the sayd great ordinance went off and shotte continually the more part of that day. The Bishop of Va∣lence departed the same day towards Berwike, and this night sir George Howarde, that had bene sent back to Barwik, to signifie to the duke of Norffolk the estate of the siege, returned with sir Richard Lee, being conducted with fiue hun∣dred horsmen.

Monday the .xxx. of Aprill, the peeces of the great artillerie were occupied in shooting off ve∣ry hotely, & the French likewise shot off theyrs,* 1.69

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and comming forth of the Towne, skirmished with the English men. This night the Pioners made new Trenches towarde the South Bul∣warke.

Tuisday the last of Aprill, was spent in shoo∣ting off the great Artillerie into the towne.

About fiue of the clocke in the after noone, a sodaine fire was raysed within the towne, which hugely increased and continued the most part of that night.* 1.70 At the beginning when it first ap∣peared, [ 10] the English Ordinaunce was shot off to the place where the fire was, whiche shotte togither with helpe of the winde, that was verie great at that present, did marueilously augment the same fire: yet neuerthelesse the French at that present time offered a skirmish, and continued the same neare hand for the space of two houres, manned theyr walles, and made the best proui∣sion they might for doubt of some assault. It was in deed appoynted, that certaine bandes [ 20] should make an alarme to the Towne,* 1.71 inso∣much that Captaine Vaughan with dyuerse of the souldiours of Montpelham entred the ditch, and approching the Walles, discouered the heigth of them and notwythstanding that the French did what they coulde to annoy them in the Ditches wyth Currier shotte, yet did Cap∣taine Vaughan stay in the ditch a pretie while, and retyred with his men without receyuing any great hurt. [ 30]

Wednesday the first of May, the Frenche menne sette vp verie early in the morning theyr Maye Polles in certaine Bulwarkes,* 1.72 and fourtene Ensignes, the whiche beeing discoue∣red of them in the Campe, they saluted them wyth a peale of great Ordinaunce, and lyke∣wyse the Frenchmen aunswered them againe, and so continued the moste parte of that daye.

* 1.73The same day Iohn Brian Lieutenant to [ 40] Captaine Capell, wanne a Trenche from the French at the west syde of the towne, and in de∣spite of them kept it all that day, with the losse onely of one man.

Thursday the seconde of May, the Pioners made the Trenches for the Artillerie to be plan∣ted in batterie.

The night following, they remoued and pla∣ced the same Artillerie in the new Trench, and the next morning being Fryday and thirde of [ 50] May, about foure of the clocke, the same bat∣terie went off, and continued all that day.

In the after Noone of the same day, cer∣taine French men issued out of the west Bul∣warke, and skyrmishing with the Englishmen on that syde the water, returned without anye great hurt.

The night ensuyng, the Pioners made a new Trenche by the Citadell, wherein they myghte lodge some shotte, and Captayne Vaughan wyth diuerse of the bandes in Mont∣pelham, gaue two false assaultes to the towne, entred the Ditches, and viewed the Flankers, wherevppon the Frenche shotte off the same Flankers, and manning theyr Walles,* 1.74 shotte off two or three Volecs of theyr small Ar∣tillerie, sleayng and hurting to the number of twentie of the Englishmen. Among other, little Norton lost hys lyfe that nyght, and so at length the residue returned.

Saterday the fourth of May, there were three Ensignes appoynted to garde the newe Trenches, and towardes night when the ward shoulde bee relieued, and the watche sette, the Frenche men that were in the Trenche vnder the Citadell, made a sally vppon the sodaine, wherevppon the Englishmen that garded the sayde Trenche, were constrayned to abandon a great parte thereof for a tyme, but yet the Englishe menne eftsoones takyng courage,* 1.75 layde to them agayne, repulsed them, and draue them backe into theyr owne Tren∣ches, slue foure of them in sight, and hurt many other.

Whylest this was in doing, the French had stuffed their Bulwarkes and Rampyres wyth Curriers and Harquebusiers of Croke, as thicke as was possible, which went off withoute ceas∣sing, at the Englishmen, for the space of an houre and more.

The Englishe Artillerie planted in the Trenches did answere them againe continual∣ly, and the great peeces did muche hurt among them, in sight of them that watched in the same Trenches.

The same nyght the Englishe men con∣ueyed two Culueringes ouer the water to skower the Mylles, and before the breake of the daye they hadde burnt one of the same Mylles.

Sunday the fifth of May, early in the mor∣ning at the relieuing of the watch,* 1.76 and entring of the ward, foure soldiours that belonged to the great Ordinaunce issued out, and set fyre on the other Mylle, whiche burnt verie outragious∣ly wythout ceassing, for the space of an houre or more.

The Frenche beganne to assemble towardes the Myll, in hope to haue quenched the fire, but they were deceyued, for sodaynly the Englishe menne cutte two holes through theyr Tren∣ches, and placing in the same the two demie Culuerings, shotte them off at the French∣men, so that they were dryuen to forsake the Myll, and in theyr retyre some of them were slaine.

This day also, as foure French Gentlemen came forth to discouer the English Trenches, Captaine Reade commaunded one of his soul∣diours to shoote at them, but through myshap his peece burst,* 1.77 and a shiuer thereof fiue oute, and brake the arme of his sayde captaine.

Monday the sixt of May, the armie lying quiet all the morning, in the after noone, the English Ordinance on the further side the wa∣ter, began to shoote off agaynst the enimies very [ 10] hotely, so continuing till night.

This day the Earle of Arguyle, and diuerse other noble men of Scotlande,* 1.78 came to Eden∣bourgh with two thousande horsemen and foot∣men, who shewed themselues in order of a mu∣ster, on the hill vnderneath the Castell, which be∣ing perceyued of the Frenche within Lieth, they shotte off three great peeces of Artillerie at them, but (as God woulde haue it) wythout hurt, for two of the bullets lighted short, and the thirde [ 20] did fall in a Garden within the towne of Eden∣bourgh.

The night ensuing, the great Ordinance in the Englishe mens Trenches and Bulwarkes continued shooting on euerie side: and herewith commaundement was giuen by the Lord lieu∣tenant, and the Counsaile, that the whole army should be readie armed with their weapon and furniture according, by midnight.

In the morning by two of the clock the .vij. of [ 30] May being Tuisday,* 1.79 diuerse hands passed forth towards the towne, & entring the ditches offred the skale: other captaines with their men appro∣ched the Bulwarkes, & other there were appoin∣ted to enter beside the Mylles.

Besyde, the English bandes commaunded thus to giue the assault, there were a thousande Scottes ioyned with them, whereof fiue C. with captaine Vaughan, & such other captaines as were commaunded to attempt the Bulwark [ 40] next to Montpelham, & other fiue C. went with such of the English captains as were commaun∣ded to assault the breach beyond the water.

Moreouer as well the Launces as lyght horsemen,* 1.80 were assigned to garde the fields. Sir George Howard with the Launces keeping be∣twixt the Forte of Montpelham and the Sea Westward, and sir Henrie Percie with the light horsmen, betwixt the campe and the Sea East∣ward. The rest of the footemen that went not [ 50] to the assault, were also appoynted to garde the trenches and fielde, in such wise as was thought expedient, so that perfite direction was giuen in euerie behalfe by the Lorde Lieutenant, and o∣ther of the Counsayle, and vpon warning gy∣uen by Captaine Rondall Sergeant Maior, suche as hadde beene commaunded to giue the assaulte in theyr seuerall appoynted places, preassed forwarde wyth courage ynough, and boldly aduentured to climbe the Walles, and enter at the breaches, but yet theyr attempte wanted the wyshed successe: for what through the Frenche mennes policie in stopping the currant of the Ryuer that nyght, and other deuyses for theyr owne safegarde, and the an∣noyance of the assaylantes, and what by rea∣son of the vnfitnesse of the Ladders, beeing too shorte by two yardes and more,* 1.81 the assaylantes were repulsed. For duryng the whole tyme of the assaulte, whiche continued for the spare of an houre and an halfe, the Frenche shotte off theyr Flankers, and mainteyned their shot from the walles so thicke, that it seemed a verie hell for the time.

They also hurled downe ouer the Walles vppon the assaylantes heades, greate plentie of stones, logges, and mightie peeces of tymber, which did muche hurt to the English men and Scottes, that forced themselues to climbe vp. But yet neuerthelesse, manye there were that entered the Towne in sundrye places, of the whyche some came backe agayne, al∣though others were beaten downe and slaine.

To conclude at length all that escaped with lyfe, were forced to retyre with the losse of seuen or eyght skore Englishmen, some haue sayde two hundred, which were slaine outryght,* 1.82 be∣syde those that were wounded, being in number at the least two or three hundred, and amongest other, there were dyuerse Capitaynes and Gen∣tlemen that were hurt, as Syr Thomas Hes∣keth, Maister Sutton, Maister Newporte, maister Conwey, Captaine Wood, Thomas Fitton, with others.

Vppon the repulse thus giuen to our men, by the French they aduaunced and set vp four∣tene Ensignes presentlye aboute the Towne, and continewed otherwyse quyet all that daye.

Wednesday the eyght of May in the after Noone, sir George Howarde, and sir Richarde Lee departed towardes Barwike wyth cer∣tayne Companies of Horsemen for their safe∣conduction.

Thursday the ninth of May, the French∣men wrought verie earnestly within the towne, to fortifie the necessarie places, and repayre the breaches, euen in the face of the English ordi∣nance, which went off dyuerse tymes, and dyd them much hurt.

The same daye also the Frenche hadde manned to the Sea wardes a Boate fraught wyth fyftie Harquebusiers, meaning to con∣uey them ouer to Insketh, but the Englishe Shippes discouering them, prepared certayne Boates to encounter them, whereof they beyng aware, returned.

Fryday the tenth of May, Maister Ingle∣bie, Captaine Pickman,* 1.83 and Captain Browne, came to the Campe from Berwike, with a sup∣plie of .450. souldiours.

The same day aboute tenne of the clocke at night, there chaunced a brawle to fall oute a∣mong the Scottes that watched in the tren∣ches nearest vnto the Towne of Lieth an the West side, insomuch that one of them fell to and killed an other: which disorder being perceyued [ 10] of the French within Lieth, they issued out and ment to haue vsed the aduantage, but the Eng∣lish men that watched neare vnto the Scottes stayed the fray, and did not onely bring them to quiet, but also put the French men to flight.

Sunday the .xij. of May, about midnight the Frenchmen to the number of two hundred sal∣lied forth of the towne, minding to giue a cami∣sado to the Englishe men that kept watche that night in the trenches at the West side of Mont∣pelham, [ 20] but they were discried, and certaine of them killed, and so had the repulse.

* 1.84Wednesday the .xv. of May, sir Frauncis Leake, came to the campe with a supplie of fiue hundred men from Barwike.

Thursday the .xvj. of May, towardes night the Frenchmen to the number of one hundred footmen, and .xxx. horsemen, came abroade & she∣wed themselues very braue, skirmishing with the English men at the west end of their towne. [ 30]

Tuisday the .xxj. of May, about .vij. of the clocke at night, there issued forth of Lieth sixe horsemen, and one hundred footmen Harquebu∣siers, marching towarde Montpelham to offer skirmish,* 1.85 wherevpon Captaine Vaughan went forth to them verie orderlye, and skyrmished with them a pretie while, and in the meane tyme, off went the greate Ordinance on both sides. In the end the French men were driuen to retyre into the towne, for the English men she∣wed [ 40] themselues verie egre, and valiantly char∣ged their enimies, put them to retyre, and cha∣sed them in at theyr gates,* 1.86 to the whiche they followed them right hardily.

The same night, maister Frauncis Somer∣set and other Captaines were appoynted to kepe a Fort buylt aboue the campe, and now finished, tooke name of him being Captaine thereof, and was after called Somersets Mount.* 1.87

The same day a souldiour of captain Dru∣ries [ 50] band was hāged for going to Edenbourgh, contrarie to a Proclamation, inhibiting any sol∣diour so to do without speciall licence.

* 1.88Wednesday the .xxij. of May, sir Peter Ca∣rew came to the Campe, beeing sent from the Court.

Thursday the .xxiiij. of May at seuen of the clocke at night, the French sallied forth to the number of two hundred footmen, and .xx. horse∣men, at the relief of the wardes when the watch shoulde be set, meaning as it appeared to haue woonne the Trenches from the Englishmen, wherevpon a sore skyrmishe followed, dyuerse slaine, and many hurt on both partes, yet in the ende the Frenche menne were dryuen home by plaine force. This was at the West syde of the towne, where they had fortified towards the Sea.

The same day the Frenchmen of Dunbarre tooke an English Hay laden with double beere,* 1.89 biefe, oxen, and flitches of bakon.

Saterday the .viij. of Iune, sir Iohn Neuill with .CCC. men, Captaine Bridges, and cap∣taine Drurie, with other three hundred, set from Barwike towards the campe, where they arry∣ued on Monday the .x. of Iune,* 1.90 on which day the Queene Dowager departed this life.

The .xiij. of Iune, sir William Cicill, prin∣cipal Secretarie to the Queenes Maiestie, now Lorde Burley and high Treasorer of England, and Doctor Wotton deane of Canterburie and Yorke came to Barwike, appoynted Commis∣sioners on hir sayde Maiesties behalfe, to treate of an accorde with the Conte de Randon, and the bishop of Valence, cōmissioners sent for that purpose from the French king, and his wife Ma∣rie Queene of Scotland.

The .xiiij. of Iune being Fryday, a certaine number of French men came forth of Lieth to gather Cockles on the Sands towards Mont∣pelham,* 1.91 whereof the Englishmen perceyuing, set vpon them, slue .lxx. and tooke xvj. of them pry∣soners.

On Sunday the .xvj. of Iune, the forere∣membred commissioners came to Edenbourgh,* 1.92 and as maister Secretarie and Doctor Wotton passed the English fortes and campe, they were saluted with a gallant peale of the harquebusters that shot off their harquebusses verse liuely.

Monday the .xvij. of Iune about eight of the clocke, an abstinence of warre was concluded, warning being giuen by the discharging of two peeces of the great artillerie out of the Castell, and then the Frenchmen shewed and aduaunced themselues vpon their rampiers.

Saterday the .xxij. of Iune, the abstinence was broken of, which till then had beene truely kept and obserued.

Thursday the fourth of Iuly, about three of the clock in the after noone, the French came out of Lieth, according to their accustomed maner to gather Cockles, whervpon the Lord Lieutenant being at that present in Montpelham, sent a Drumme vnto Monsieur Doysell to signifie to him that his soldiours had gone further without theyr boundes than they might do by the order

taken by the Cōmissioners of both parts. Doy∣sell answered, that they were no souldiours, but poore people which went to gather Cockles for their reliefe and sustenance. The Drumme said, that if they kept not themselues within their ap∣poynted limits, my Lorde Lieutenant ment to send them backe not greatly to their ease: wher∣vnto Doysell replied, that if he so did, he woulde do the best he could to ayd them.* 1.93 Herevpon the English horsmen and footmen out of Montpel∣ham [ 10] gaue a charge vpon them, and slue of them to the number of fiftie, and tooke certaine of the residue prisoners.

Friday the sixt of Iune, about six of the clock in the after noone, issued out of Lieth .xiiij. hors∣mē, & and C. footmē, which offred the skirmish, but vpon the shooting of the great artillery frō Mōt∣pelham, they retired home again into the towne.

* 1.94The night following about .xij. of the clocke, one Scattergood an Englishman that was a [ 20] Gunner, and had feyned himselfe to flee from the English campe for manslaughter into Lieth, and was receyued of the Frenchmen, beleeuing that he had ment no deceyt, came out of the towne, after he had remayned there about seuen dayes, in which meane while he had vnderstoode fully the state of the towne, and now vpon hys returne, made relation thereof as he knew.

Saterday the sixt of Iune, the Lord Gray L. Lieutenant, maister Secretarie Cicill, and sir [ 30] Raufe Sadler, betwixt three and foure of the clocke in the after noone, gaue order that there shoulde no peece be shotte, nor shew of hostilitie made till seuen of the clocke the same night: and herewith sent sir Gerueys Clifton vnto all the souldiours that warded in the Trenches & Bul∣warkes on the west syde of Lieth, to cōmaunde them to obserue the like order, and sir Iohn Ne∣uill was sent with like commaundement vnto the souldiours that lay in Somersets Mount. [ 40]

* 1.95The peace now in the meane time being con∣cluded, on the morrow being Sunday and .vij. of Iune, sir Francis Leake, & sir Gerueys Clif∣ton, accompanied with two French gentlemen, were sent to the towne of Lieth, to signifie vnto Monsieur Doysell, the Bishop of Amiens, La Brosse, Martigues, and other the French Lords and Captaines, that they were come thither by commaundement from the Commissioners to cause the peace alreadie concluded, to bee pro∣claymed, [ 50] which accordingly was done in maner as followeth.

* 1.96The most mightie princesse, Elizabeth by the grace of God, Queene of England, France, and Ireland, defender of the fayth. &c. and the most christian king, Francis, and Marie, by the same grace of God king and Queene of Fraunce and Scotland, haue accorded vpon a reconciliation of a peace and amitie to be inuiolably kept, be∣twixt them, their subiects, kingdomes & coūtries, and therefore in their names it is straitly com∣maunded to all maner of persons borne vnder their obeysances, or being in their seruice, to for∣beare all hostilitie either by sea or land, & to keepe good peace eche w^t other frō this time forwards, as they will answere thereto at their vttermost perils.

Immediatly after this proclamation was en∣ded,* 1.97 sir Francis Leake, and sir Gerueys Clifton were brought to Mon. Doysels lodging, where was prepared for them a great banket of .xxx. or xl. dishes, and yet not one either of flesh or fishe, sauing one of the flesh of a pouldred horse, as a certain person hath written that tasted thereof, as he himselfe auoucheth.

Thus haue I bin more large in this matter concerning the siege of Lieth, than maye bee thought peraduenture necessarie, sith the thing is yet fresh in memorie: but bycause there came to my handes certaine notes of one or two per∣sons that were there present, and for help of their own memories wrote the same, I haue thought it not impertinent to insert the effect of thē, that the same may serue to further those that hereaf∣ter shall write the Hystorie of this time more at large, sith my purpose is not to cōtinue the same otherwise than I finde things noted in the A∣bridgemēts of Iohn Stow and Richard Graf∣ton, except in some recitall of expeditions and iourneis made, as this, and other into Scotland, and that same of the right honourable the Earle of Warwike into Normandie, whiche I haue thought good to enlarge, according to such notes as haue come to my hande, beseeching the rea∣ders to accept the same in good part: and if any thing be omitted, eyther in this place or any o∣ther, y^t were as necessarie to be spoken of, as those poynts which I haue touched, or afterwardes may touch, to impute the fault to the want of good instructions, and not to anye negly∣gence or lacke of good will in me to aduaunce euerie mannes worthie doings according to his merites.

But nowe concerning the Articles of the peace, being about .xiij. in all,* 1.98 the chiefest maye seeme to rest herein, that the French souldiours and men of warre should depart out of the realm of Scotlande within a short time limitted .xx. dayes, as Ludouico Guiciardini hath noted, sixe score of them only excepted, as .lx. to abyde in Insketh, and .lx. in the Castell of Dunbarre, they to be answered theyr wages at the handes of the Estates of Scotlande, and to bee sub∣iectes vnto the lawes and ordinaunces of that realme. That the fortifications about Lieth shoulde bee razed and demolished, and likewyse

the Fort which had beene buylt and raysed be∣fore the Castell of Dunbarre by the French, for a strength thereto. That the Frenchmen should not conuey into Scotland any men of warre, or munitions without consent of the Parliament assembled of the three estates of that realm. That the King and Queene of Fraunce and Scot∣lande, shoulde not from thencefoorth beare the armes of Englande, sith the same apperteyned only to the Queenes Maiestie of England, and [ 10] to none other person.

These and other articles were comprised and established in the conclusion of thys peace, as well to the honour and suretie of the Queenes Maiestie of Englande, hir Realmes, Domi∣nions, and Subiectes, as also for the wealth and preseruation of the Realme of Scot∣lande,* 1.99 the Nobles and other Subiectes of that Realme.

After that this peace then was fully esta∣blished, [ 20] agreed, and concluded, the Frenchmen were embarked at Lieth in Englishe vesselles, those onely excepted (that were appoynted to remaine as pledges with the Englishmen tyll the Shippes came back againe) and a few other that were permitted to passe through Englande into their Countrey.

Thus were the French forces remooued out of Scotland, a matter so much importing to the confirmation of peace betwixte vs and that [ 30] Realme, and also to the auoyding of further perilles, that this iourney ended with so honou∣rable and profitable a peace, concluded by the highe industrie and prudente policie of oure Queenes Maiesties Commissioners afore mentioned, maye bee accompted one of the most necessarie expeditions, and most beneficiall seruices that had beene made and put in practise in many yeares before. For the Queenes Maie∣stie (as some haue truely written) had not one∣ly [ 40] hir chiefe desire,* 1.100 by remoouing the French, hir daungerous neighbours, that were about to nestle themselues so neare hir elbowe, but also a perfite peace with the Scottes was thereby procured, lyke to continue many yeares (if the sayd Scottes shall not seeke theyr owne woe,) beeing full vnable to aduauntage themsel∣ues by warres agaynst vs, as to the wyser and beste sorte of them I trust is not vn∣knowne. [ 50]

But to leaue the further consideration of the benefite that may growe hereof to this Realme, vnto theyr iudgements that haue ryper heades to vnderst and the same, I will proceede, & here∣wyth make an ende of this matter, concer∣ning the siege of Lieth. After that the French¦men were departed, and the Fortes about Lieth and Dunbarre razed and demolished, accor∣ding to the couenants of peace, the Queenes Maiestie called backe hir armie without retey∣ning any peece within Scotlande to hir owne vse. In whiche honourable and vpright dea∣ling, she wanne more fame and estimation, than if shee had seysed and kept in hir possession halfe the realme of Scotland.

The Queenes Maiestie by the aduice of hir most honourable Counsaile, meaning to a∣bolish all corrupt, base, and copper moneys then currant in this realme of Englande, coyned in the tymes and reignes of King Henrie the eight, and King Edwarde the sixt, to the great hynderaunce and decay of the common wealth of this Realme, and therewith to restore vnto all hir subiectes fine and pure Sterling moneys, both of Golde and Siluer, to the great honour and benefite of the whole Realme,* 1.101 published a Proclamation on Michaelmasse Euen before Noone, that the Teston coyned for twelue pens, and in the reigne of King Edwarde embased by Proclamation to sixe pens, shoulde nowe foorthwith (that of the best sort marked wyth the Portculeis) be currant for foure pens halfepenie: the second marked with the Greyhound for two pens farthing, the third and worst sort not mar∣ked as afore, not to be currant at all, nor recey∣ued for any value. The grote to be currant for two pens, the former peece of two pens for a pennie. &c.

It was not long after this,* 1.102 but that hir grace restoring to hir subiects fine sterling mo∣ney, called all the sayde base and corrupt coyne into hir Maiesties Mynt, allowyng to them therfore after the rate before mentioned, so much of the sayd fine moneys as they brought in of the sayde base moneys.

About the same tyme,* 1.103 hir grace also fyn∣ding this Realme greatlye vnfurnished of Ar∣mour, Munitions and Powder for the defence thereof in tyme of necessitie, did so largely and plentifully prepare and cause to bee brought in∣to the same, such sufficient furniture of armour and weapons, as Englande hath iust cause to prayse and giue thankes to God and hir Maie∣stie, for that it is certaine, that the realme was neuer so amply stored nor prouided of all maner of kindes of conuenient armor and weapons, as it is at this present.

The .xxj. of Marche a notable Grammer schoole was founded by the maister, wardens,* 1.104 and assystents of the right worshipfull compa∣nie of the marchant Taylors of London, in the Parish of S. Laurēce Pountney in the same ci∣tie, the right worshipfull Emanuell Lucar, Ro∣bert Rose, William Merick, Iohn Sparke, and Robert Duckington then beeing maister and wardens of that companie.

* 1.105The tenth of Aprill was one William Gef∣frey whipped, from the Marshalfey in South∣warke, to Bedlem without Bishops gate of London, for that hee professed one Iohn Moore to be Christ our sauior, on his heade was set a Paper, wherein was written as foloweth, Wil∣liam Geffrey a most blasphemous heretike, de∣nying Christ our sauiour in heauen. The sayd Geffrey being stayed at Bedlem gate,* 1.106 Iohn Moore was brought forth, before whom Williā [ 10] Geffrey was whipped, till he confessed Christ to be in heauen. Then the sayde Iohn Moore be∣ing examined, & answering ouerthwartly, was commaunded to put off his coate, dudlet, and shyrt. which he seemed to do very willingly, and after being tyed to the Cart, was whipped an Arrowes shot from Bedlem, where at the last he also cōfessed Christ to be in heauen, and him∣selfe to be a sinfull man: then was Iohn Moore sent again into Bedlem, and William Geffrey [ 20] to the Marshalsey, where they had layne priso∣ners nigh a yeare and a halfe, the one for pro∣fessing himselfe to be Christ, the other a disciple of the same Christ.

* 1.107On Wednesday the fourth of Iune, betwene foure and fiue of the clocke in the after noone, the steeple of Pauls in Lōdon being fiered by light∣ning, brast forth as it seemed to the beholders, two or three yardes beneath the foot of the crosse, and from thence burnt downe the sphere to the [ 30] none worke and belles, so terribly, that within the space of four houres the same steeple with the roofes of the Church so much as was tymber or otherwise combustible, were consumed, whiche was a lamentable sight and pitifull remem∣brance, to the beholders therof.

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After this mischaunce, the Queenes Ma∣iesty being much grieued for the losse of so beau∣tifull a monument, directed hir highnesse letters to the Maior of the Citie of London, wylling him to assemble the Citizens to take some order for speciall ayd and help for the repayring again of the sayd monument, and theof hir most gra∣cious disposition to giue a comfort vnto other for the furtherance thereof, did presently giue & deliuer in golde one M. markes, and a warrant for. M. load of tymber, to be taken out of hir ma∣iesties woods or elswhere, and the citizens of Lō∣don granted one beneuolence, and three fiftenes to be forthwith payed, and the Clergie of Eng∣lande vnder the Prouince of Canterburie, gran∣ted to giue the .xl. part of the value of their bene∣fices, beeing charged with first fruites, and not beeing charged with firste fruites, to paye the thirtith part. And the Clergie of the diocesse of London graunted to giue the .xxx. part of their benefices being in first fruites, and the .xx. part being out of first fruites. And immediately by the commandement of the Queenes highnesse, hir priuie counsaile, tooke order that six Citizens of London, and two of the Clergie of the church of Paules, had charge and commaundement to ouersee and set forwarde this worke, who made suche expedition, that within one moneth next following the burning thereof, the whole Church, that is to say, all the foure great rouses of the same were couered with bourdes and leade, after the maner of a false roufe. And the greatnesse of the worke dispatched in so short tyme coulde fearcely bee credited of any, but of such as saw and knewe the same. And the cause of this great hall was for feare of raine, whiche might haue perished the vawtes, to the destructi∣on of the whole Churche, and the people that were therein. And before the sayde yeare was fully ended, all the sayde Isles of the sayde Church were made and framed of newe and maine Tymber, and couered with lead and ful∣ly finished. And the same yeare also, the greate roufe of the West ende was framed, and made of new & great timber in Yorkshire, and brought to London by Sea, and set vp and couered with lead, and fully finished. And in like maner with∣in the sayd yeare, the whole roufe and frame of the East ende of the sayde Church was made in Yorkshyre, and brought by Sea to London, and there sayde readie to be raysed when the sea∣son of the yeare serued. This one thing resteth to be tolde, that by estimation of wise men, ten M. pound more than is yet granted vnto it, will not perfite and finishe the Church and Steple in such sore as it was before the burning thereof.

In this meane time also by reason of the Qeenes Maiesties letters directed to the Maior and his brethren of the Citie of London aboute the burning of Paules there were certain Alder∣men and Commoners of the said City named & called togither by the authoritie of the Maior, so denise some good order & •…•…erdie remedie for the reliefe and comfort of the sayd Citie whensoeuer

any chaunce of fire hereafter should happen (as God forbyd) wythin the sayde Citie or liber∣tyes thereof. And the persons so called after sundrie meetings, and with good aduisement and deliberation, agreed and penned a certaine order for the speedie remedie thereof, as well for the readie knowledge of the place, wheresoeuer the same fire should happen to be, and for the so∣dain extinguishing and suppressing of the same, as also for the safe keeping of the goodes of suche [ 10] persons in whose house any fire should chaunce. Which orders and rules vndoubtedly would be to the great comfort and safetie of the Citie and Citizens of the same, if they were published and made knowne in tyme, and executed accor∣dingly. But what should I say, I can but la∣ment: not onely for this, but also for manye such paynfull and profitable labours, whiche for good gouernment of this Citie had beene ta∣ken. And as soone as the talking thereof is [ 20] done and the Bookes framed and delyuered, so soone is it put in obliuion, and nothing at all thought vppon, vntill an houre after the mys∣chiefe be past: I cannot blame no bodie, but there is a fault in some bodie.

This yeare was chosen Lorde Maior of London a woorthie Citizen named William Harper, one of the companie of the marchant Taylers. This man wishing in his lyfe time to benefite his Countrey, founded a free schoole [ 30] in the Towne of Bedford where he was borne, and nowe lyeth buryed, prouiding a compe∣tent stipende and lyuing for a Schoole maister, there to traine vp and instruct children in vertue and learning for euer.

The fiftenth of Nouember, the Queenes Maiestie published a Proclamation,* 1.108 wherein she restored to the Realme diuerse small peeces of siluer money, as the peece of sixe Pens, foure pens, three pens, two pens, and a penny, [ 40] three halfe pens, and three farthings. And

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[ 50] also forbad all foreyne coynes to bee currant within the same Realme, as well golde as sil∣uer, calling them to hir Maiesties Myntes, ex∣cept two sortes of Crownes of Golde, the one the Frenche Crowne, the other the Flemishe Crowne.

This yeare in Englande were many mon∣strous byrthes:* 1.109 in Marche a Mare brought forth a foale with one bodie and two heads,* 1.110 and as it were a long taile growing out betwene the two heades. Also a Sow farrowed a pig with foure legges, like to the armes of a man childe with handes and fingers. &c.

In Aprill a Sow farrowed a Pigge with two bodies, eight feete, and but one head:* 1.111 many calues and lambes were monstrous, some with collers of skinne growing aboute their neckes, like to the double ruffes of shyrtes and necker∣cheffes then vsed.

The .xxiiij. of May, a man chylde was borne at Chichester in Sussex, the heade, ar∣mes, and legges whereof, were like a notamie, the breast and belly monstrous bigge from the Nauell as it were a long string hanging: a∣bout the necke a great coller of fleshe and skinne growing lyke the ruffe of a shyrt or necker∣chefe, comming vp aboue the eares pleyting and folding. &c.

The Realme of France being in great trou∣ble aboute this season, by the meanes of ciuill dissentiō and warres, that rose betwixt the house of Guise and other of that faction vpon the one side, and the Prince of Condee and other that tooke part with him on the contrary side. The Queenes Maiestie informed how that the duke of Guise and hys partakers hauing gotte into theyr possession the person of the yong King, vnder a pretext of his authoritie, sought the subuersion of many noble men and good sub∣iects of the Crowne of Fraunce, namely such as were knowne or suspected to be zealous for a re∣formation to bee had in matters of Religion. Hir Maiestie therevppon considering, that if theyr purpose myght bee brought to effect, it was to bee doubted, that they woulde not so rest, but seeke to sette things in broyle also within thys hir Realme of Englande, and o∣ther Countreys neare to them adioyning: first as one that had euer wyshed a quyetnesse ra∣ther than the troubles of warre,* 1.112 sent ouer Sir Henrie Sydney at that present Lorde Presi∣dent of Wales (a manne of suche estimation as his worde ought to haue deserued credite) to trye if hee myght doe any good to bryng the partyes to some attonement, but such wil∣full headynesse seemed to rest in some that were chyefe of the one faction, that theyr desyre seemed altogyther bente to enter in∣to

to warres.* 1.113 Hir Maiestie yet hoping the best, appointed to send another honorable ambassade, which by their wisedomes & good aduise, might perswade the parties vnto concord, whereby the due authoritie, honor, and dignitie might be re∣stored to the King, and euery other degree keepe their roomthes and places as to them appertey∣ned, but all in vayne: for this motion of a paci∣fication to be hadde, could take no place, neyther might the will of the yong King, or of his time∣rous [ 10] mother, as it then seemed, bee regarded, o∣therwise than as stoode with the pleasure and appoyntmente of those that were knowen to bee the chiefe authors and furtherers of all those troubles.

Whylest the Queenes Maiestie therfore did thus trauell in respect of the suretie whiche hyr grace bare to hir welbeloued brother the sayde King, and to the commoditie and quietnesse of both the factions, an open iniurie was offered to [ 20] hir maiestie, so as it might appeare, what minds they bare towards hir, that hadde thus excluded, and refused all offers and meanes to growe to some good and indifferente conclusion of peace.* 1.114 For whereas manye Merchauntes, as well of London as of Exeter, and other of the West partes of hir Realme were soiourning, for cause of traffique, in diuers portes and hauens of Bri∣taigne, and hauing dispatched their busines, and gote their lading aboorde, their Shippes were [ 30] readye to hoyst vp sayles, and to returne eache one towardes the place from whence he came, they were suddaynely arrested, their goodes sea∣sed vppon, and they themselues cast in prison: and some that in reuenge of such offered iniurie attēpted to make resistance, were cruelly slaine, their Shippes conueyd away, their goodes con∣fiscate, without other pretence, but only that it was sayd to them, that they were Huguenotes: neyther was thys done by priuate persons, but [ 40] by open violence of the gouernours and magi∣strates of those places where the same disorder was executed, so that it appeared from whence they had their commission to vse such wrongful dealing, and how farre the same would extende, if they might once haue time and occasion to ac∣complish their purposed intentions.

Moreouer, when complaynt of such iniuries was made vnto the lawfull magistrates there, they found no redresse at all. [ 50]

For what might the poore Merchaunts pro∣fite by their complayntes, when the packets of the Ambassadors letters, directed to hir, were ta∣ken from the bearer,* 1.115 and no punishmente had a∣gainst those that committed so vnciuill an vn•…•…∣rage: a thing that offended hir Maiestie so much the more, for that as shee tooke the matter, there wanted no good will, eyther in the King, or his mother, or in the King of Nauarre, the Kyngs generall Lieutenant, to see such a presumptuous and vnruly part punished of their people, but ra∣ther that there lacked in them authoritie to haue it redressed.

Furthermore, it greately greeued hir, that the yong frēch King, hir deere brother was brought to suche a streighte, that hee was neyther able to defend the libertie of his people, nor the authori∣tie of his lawes, nor to deale vprightly with o∣ther Princes and potentates accordingly, as by the boundes of leagues, and couenanted aliēces had bin requisite.* 1.116 Neyther did suche disorder in gouernemente of the Kingdome of Fraunce, touche anye so muche and particularly, as the Queenes Maiestie of England.

She therefore lamenting that the King and Queene mother shoulde be thus in the hands of them that procured all these troubles, and ledde vp and downe at their pleasures, and driuen to behold the spoyle and sacking of diuers hys Ci∣ties, and miserable slaughter of his subiects, and againe, hir grace thinking it expedient to pre∣uent that such as were knowen to beare no good will, eyther to hir or hir Realme,* 1.117 should not get into their possessions such Townes and hauens as lay against y^e Sea coastes of hir said Realm, whereby they stuffing the same with garrisons and numbers of men of warre, might easily vp∣pon occasions, seeke to make inuasions into this hir sayd Realme, to the great annoyance of hir, and hir louing subiectes, shee at the request of the French themselues, thought it expedient to put in armoure a certaine number of hir subiects, to passe ouer into Normandy, vnto suche Hauens as neere approched to thys hir Realme of En∣glande, as well for the safegarde of the same, as also for the reliefe and preseruation of the inha∣bitantes there, and other that professed the Gos∣pell, liuing in continuall daunger to be murthe∣red and oppressed, and therefore crauing hyr ayde, to saue and deliuer them out of the blou∣dy hands of their cruell aduersaries, that sought their hastie destruction.

For the conduction therefore of suche forces as she meante to sende ouer at that present, shee ordeyned the Lorde Ambrose Dudley Earle of Warwike, to be hir principal Lieutenant, Cap∣taine generall, chiefe leader and gouernoure of hir sayde subiects, that shoulde in such wise passe ouer into Normandy.

Herevpon, the sayd Earle,* 1.118 the seuententh of October, in this fourth yeare of hir Maiesties raigne, toke shipping at Portesmouth in the ha∣uen there at one of the clocke in the after noone, being aboorde himselfe in the Queenes Shippe, called the newe barke, and setting forward, say∣led all that after noone, and the night following

directly towards Newhauen, but in the mor∣ning about eyght of the clocke, when his Lord∣ship was within twentie myles of the Towne of Newhauen, the winde suddainely changed cleane contrary to hys course, so that being dri∣uen to returne about the next midnight, he arri∣ued in the downes, and there remayned at an∣ker, till about eyght of the clocke in y^e next mor∣ning being Monday, and then was set a sande by boate at Sandon Castell besides Deale, and [ 10] the same day at night came to Douer, and there lay till Friday three of the clocke in the after noone, and then taking Shippe agayne, sayled forth, but finding the winde nothing prosperous for his course, after he had layne all that nyghte and day following, tossing and tumbling on the Seas, he was cōstreyned to come backe againe, and arriued in the Hauen of Douer, about tenne of the clocke on Saterday at nyghte, and so re∣mayned there, till Tewsday next ensuing, three [ 20] of the clocke in the after noone, and then went to Shipbord againe in the sayd Shippe, called the new barke, and directing his course forward, on Thursdaye morning aboute eight of the clocke, his Lordshippe landed at Newhauen,* 1.119 where he was most ioyfully receyued with a greate peale of artillerie.

The nexteday, being Friday, and thirtith of October,* 1.120 ther came to Newhauē from Dieppe, fiftie light Horsemen Scottes, broughte by one [ 30] of maister Killigrues seruauntes.

On Saterday, the last of October, the Earle of Warwikes commission was proclaymed in Latine, English, and French, by Bleumantell, Purciuant at armes, whiche beeing ended, hys Lordship went into the Churche, and there Sir Adrian Poynings,* 1.121 Knight Marshall, gaue him his oth, and then my Lorde gaue the sayde Sir Adrian his othe, and after him were sworne Cutbert Vaughan Comptroller, Iohn Fisher [ 40] Knight porter, William Bromfield maister of the ordināce, William Robinson water Bai∣life, and Captayne Thomas Wood Clearke of the Counsell.

On Monday, the seconde of Nouember, the Earle of Warwike, with the Knight Marshall, and the Comptroller, rode out of Newhauen to Hauteuille, & so towards Moundeuille, accom∣panyed with all the Horsemen Englishe and Scottish, and a thousand footemen. [ 50]

The Scottishmen and Montgomeries band passed forth,* 1.122 and skirmished with them of Mon∣deuille, and the Scottes brought away with thē a booty of three hundred Sheepe, but in the morning, they were returned backe agayne by commaundement of the Earle of Warwike.

Maister Comptrollers Souldyers wente as farre as Harflew, and there skirmished with thē of that garrison, but without any hurt to eyther parte.

My Lorde Lieutenante riding all about the hilles, viewed the Countrey, and at nighte re∣turned.

On Wednesday the fourth of Nouember,* 1.123 a barke of Newhauen, belonging to Frauncis Clearke, broughte into the Hauen of the same Towne, foure Britons laden with wines, to the quantitie of two hundred tunnes of good Gascoigne wine, whiche they meante to haue brought to the enimies, but being thus taken as a good prise, it was discharged in Newhauen, & stoode the Englishmen and other of that towne in good steede.

On Friday the sixth of Nouember, aboute nine of the clock in the morning, a great alarme rose in the sayd Towne of Newhauen:* 1.124 for vpon the hilles on the North side of the Towne, the Reingraue, and the sonne of the Vice admirall of Fraunce, shewed themselues, accompanyed with two thousand footemen, and fiue hundred horsemen. And heerewith, the Reingraue sent a Trumpettor to the Towne, to aduertise the L. Lieutenaunte, that he was on the hilles there at hande, and that vnderstanding his Lordshippe was come into the Countrey, and entred into Newhauen, if it woulde please him to promise vppon his honor, and by the faith of a Gentle∣man, that he might come, and returne in safetie, he would be glad to come to see him, and talke with him. Wherevpon, the Lord Lieutenaunt, taking with hym certayne Captaynes and Gentlemen, rode forth of the Towne, and sente before him Sir Adrian Poinings the Marshall, with Stephen Medcalfe,* 1.125 hir Maiesties Trum∣pettor, vnto the Reingraue, who talking wyth him returned, and mette with the Lord Lieute∣nant, who therewith passed forward, and mee∣ting with the Reingraue,* 1.126 they embraced eache other, and conferred togither as they had occasi∣on, and the Reingraue tolde the Lorde Lieute∣nant among other talke) that he was come to he his neighbor, and so with such merrie speech, they communed togithers, and after taking leaue eyther of other, they returned to theyr homes.

The Countie Montgomerie, and Monsieur Beauvoys had some talke also with the Rein∣graue, casting out bitter and sharp wordes, in deprofe of the Duke of Guise, and other that were of his faction.

The Reingraue comming backe to his ar∣my the same after noone forraied all the Coun∣trey, and droue away the most parte of all the cattayle that they might meete with, and com∣ming to the Churche of Hauteuille, where an hundred and fiftie of Montgomeries band lay,

they skirmished wyth them, and in the ende, Montgomeries Souldiers were forced to re∣tire, and abandon the place, leauing it to the e∣nimies, and comming away, withdrewe the same night into Newhauen.

The Almaynes the same euening, deuidyng their army into two partes, the one halfe of thē went and lodged at Mondeuille, and the other halfe at Harflew.

* 1.127The morrow after, the Frenchmen that had [ 10] abandoned the Church of Hauteuille the nyghte before, went thither againe, tooke and kepte it a∣gainst the enimies, in like manner as they helde it before.

* 1.128The eleuenth of Nouember, a Proclama∣tion was made in name of the Lorde Lieute∣nant, by the officer at armes Bleumantell, as well for good orders to be kept by the Souldy∣ers aueynst the Frenche inhabitauntes of the Towne, and reforming of certayne greeuan∣ces, [ 20] whereof the Frenche had made complaynte, as also for theyr comming to Churche to heare common prayer and preaching at due times, for the auoyding of vnlawfull games, whoredome, wicked othes, and other blasphemies, and lyke∣wise concerning dyuers other good orders to bee obserued, and disorders to bee eschued, as was thought necessary to giue warning of, with cō∣digne paynes appoynted for punishemente of those that should transgresse in the same.

On Thursdaye the twelfth of Nouember, there wente out of the Towne of Newhauen towards Harflewe, three bands of Frenchmen, conteyning aboute sixe hundred footemen, and suddaynely they were besette by the Almaynes and Frenchmen of the garrison of Harflewe, so that the Frenchmen Protestantes, were driuen to take a Village called Grauille, where they maynteyned the skirmishe for the space of two houres,* 1.129 till the Lord Lieutenant hearing of the perill in whiche they stoode sent forth with the Comptroller, the number of a thousande foote∣men, and all the English and Scottishe Horse∣men, and Monsieur Beauvoys, with dyuers frenche Horsemen, who comming before Har∣flewe, fel in skirmish with the enimies, to whose succoure, there issued forthe of Harflew a greate number of the Almaynes, both Horsemen and footemen, but the Englishmen behaued them∣selues so valiantly, that they beate them out of the fielde, and dryue them in the ende to the very gates of theyr towne.

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Thys skirmishe was stoutely mainteyned, and cōtinued for the space of three long houres.

Their greate artillerie was shotte off freshly from the walles and bulwarkes.

At length, when the nighte drewe on, the re∣tire was sounded, and so the Englishmen came [ 50] their way backe to Newhauen with honor, ha∣uing lost not past eight of their Souldyers, that were slayne, and sixe other hurt, where as there was one of the enimies Captaynes slayne in sighte, with twenty Souldyers, and another of their Captaynes, with diuers other of theyr numbers, greeuously wounded.

Monsieur Beauvoys shewed hymselfe that day very forwarde and valiant,* 1.130 and so likewise did the Scottishmen.

The thirtenth of Nouember, a pinesse of the Frenchmen that belonged to Newhauen, being gone forth the night before, brought into the ha∣uen a Shippe laden with Rochell wines, fiue and twentie tunnes, that was bound to passe vp to the enimies, and so esteemed a good prise.

And the fourtenth of Nouember,* 1.131 another Shippe fraught with twentie tunnes of Gas∣coigne wine, was brought in as a prise, likewise taken by a barke of Newhauen, that belonged

to a Frenchman, called Iehan de Boys, an ear∣nest aduersarie to the Papistes.

* 1.132The seuententh of Nouember, a Proclama∣tion was made by Bleumantel, concerning or∣ders taken and passed by the Lorde Lieutenant, that no Englishman nor Frenchman shoulde shoote off any harquebuze within the Towne, nor that any Frenchmā, except Monsieur Be∣auvoys, or Monsieur Bricquemault, or theyr companyes shoulde be out of their lodgings af∣ter [ 10] nine of the clocke at nyght till the next mor∣ning, on payne of deathe, excepte in cases of a∣larmes.

The twentith of Nouember, aboute sixe of the clocke at nighte, one of the Milles without the gate was sette on fyre by some of the Pa∣pistes as was thought,* 1.133 whereof rose a greate a∣larme.

The thirtenth of Nouember, the Reingraue was seene on the North hilles of the Towne, [ 20] with fourescore Horsemenne, wherevppon the Scottishe Horsemen, and three bandes of foote∣men, issued out, marching vp towards the same hylles, in hope to meete with the enimies, but they were retired towardes Mondeuille, and so nothing was done.

It was reported for a certayne truth, that the Duke Daumale was there at that presente, with the Reingraue.

On Wednesday, the fiue and twentith of [ 30] Nouember, one of Captayne Cocksons Soul∣dyers,* 1.134 was hanged in the market place, and an other that was brought thither likewise to be ex∣ecuted hadde his pardon, at the sute of certayne Frenche Gentlemen, and heerewith was Pro∣clamation made,* 1.135 that where it had bin proclay∣med afore, that none should take any thing for∣cibly from the Frenche on payne of death, for breache whereof, suche execution was presently done, the Lorde Lieutenaunt did by this Pro∣clamation [ 40] eftsoones charge and commaunde, that none vppon like payne, shoulde breake or spoyle any house or Shippe, or take any timber wood or other thyng from the Frenche, without their good will, consent and agreement.

The same after noone, came into the Hauen Hoyes and boates,* 1.136 laden with wine, cider, perrie, wheate, beefe, bisquet, meale, and other prouision of vittailes.

Two French Shallops of Newhauen, had [ 50] taken them besides Humfleu, and beaten backe a Shallop of the enimies, sleying ten or twelue Frenchmen that came forth of Humfleu to haue succored the Hoyes.

* 1.137The fiue and twentith of Nouember, there landed at Newhauen sixe hundred Souldiers Essex mē, vnder the leadyng of Auerie Darcy, Reignald Hygate, and William Twedie, each of them hauing hys appoynted number of two hundred to his ensigne.

Moreouer, where as well diuers prentises, as other Englishmen, were come ouer, sith the pla∣cing of the garrison in that Towne of New∣hauen, not offering their seruice any way, other than by stragling abrode to seeke pillage, wher∣by they fell oftentimes into the handes of the e∣nimies, both to the dishonor of theyr Countrey, and losse of their owne lyues,* 1.138 for reformation whereof, Proclamation was made the last of Nouember, that all Englishmen within the sayde Towne, aboue the age of sixteene yeares, and vnder threescore, beeyng not reteyned in the Queenes Maiesties pay, shoulde at one of the clocke that presente daye, repaire to the Bul∣warke, called the Bulwarke Saint Addressez, there to presente hys name and person to the Comptroller, that order myghte bee taken howe to employ thē in some certayntie of ser∣uice, vppon payne to euery one fayling heereof, to suffer tenne dayes emprisonmente, and also to be banished the Towne.

The same day, the Queenes Shyppe called the Hare, comming from Portesmouth,* 1.139 arriued at Newhauen, and in hir came Sir Iohn Por∣tinarie, whose rype skill, deepe iudgemente, and great experience in matters of fortification, had bredde in hym suche knowledge, as hee maye worthely be accompted a perfect maister in that science.

They were by the way assayled by a frenche Shippe of fourescore and tenne tunnes, and better, but they that were aboorde in the Hare, so manfully acquitte themselues, that they van∣quished the enimies, tooke the same Shippe, and broughte hyr wyth them, beeyng laden wyth wynes, whyche they meante to haue conueyde to the aduersaries in some garri∣son.

The same daye,* 1.140 Sir Iohn More landed at Newhauen, brynging ouer wyth hym fiue hundred Souldyers out of Deuonshire, for a supply of the garrison there.

Hee hymselfe returned backe into England, but the Souldyers were appoynted to the leading of other Captaynes, so that Frauncis Somersette, brother to the Earle of Worcet∣ter, hadde three hundred of them, Oliuer Ma∣ners an hundred, and Edwarde Ormesby the other hundred.

On Tewsday the eyghte of December, Monsieur de Beauvoys, Captayne Frauncis Somersette, and Captayne Edward Horsey, with diuers other Captaines, officers and Gen∣tlemen, rode to the Reingraue, lying at a fayre house not farre from Mondeuille, where they dyned wyth hym, hadde greate and hartie

cheare, and after returned agayne to Newha∣uen.

* 1.141The same day, the Reingraue sent for a pre∣sent vnto my Lord of Warwike, a great horse, very fayre, with saddle and bridle, esteemed to be well worth an hundred poundes.

Moreouer, the same day at nighte, the double Rose, with certayne other b••••tes and Shallops Frenche,* 1.142 passed forthe of the H••••ra, Edwarde Dudley, and Captayne Iohn Ward, being a∣boorde [ 10] in the said double •…•…ose, with diuers other Englishmen and Frenchmen, to the number of an hūdred good Souldyers, who sayling downe the riuer, landed besydes Tankeruille, and lay close all that night in the woodde, and in y^e mor∣ning about nine of y^e clock, Monsieur B•…•…, ensigne bearer to the Counte Montgomeri•…•…, with sixe or seauen Frenchmen vnarmed, wente to the Castell gate, and there fell in talke with Monsieur 〈◊〉〈◊〉, that was Captayne of [ 20] that fortresse, hauing with him about ten Soul∣diers, that were appointed to remaine with him vpon the gard of the same Castell.

Whilest they were thus in talke, the En∣glishmen and other Frenchmen comming forth of the woodde that was there at hand, reared vp their ladders (whiche they had brought with thē for that purpose) at the breach, which was made the So•…•…er before by y^e Duke Daumale, and en∣tring by the same,* 1.143 came downe into the base [ 30] Court: which thing, when the Frenche Souldy∣ers that kept talke with them within at the Ca∣stell gate perceyued, they beganne to laugh, the Captayne of the Castell therewith turning hys face, and beholding as good as threescore armed men within the Castell at his back, he suddaine∣ly sayd, Ha, le suis vostre, I am yours Sirs, and so yeelded with his tenne souldyers, and in this sort was the Castell taken, and the Captayne brought prisoner to Newhauen. [ 40]

On the twelfth of December, at tenne of the clocke in the morning, the Earle of Warwike, Monsieur de Beauvoys, and Mōsieur de Bric∣quemault, with all the Horsemen, and three M. footemen, passed forth of Newhauen vnto Har∣flewe, out of which Towne, there issued seauen hundred Reisters, of the retinue of the Counte Reingraue,* 1.144 and three hundred footemen, who fell in skirmish with the french and Englishmen very hotely, but at length the Englishmē draue [ 50] them to the very gates of Harflew, and slew thē euen at the same gates, and vpon she walles of the Towne, in so muche, that they were con∣streyned to shutte theyr gates, and off went the ordinance from the gates and bulwarkes, dis∣charging bullets amongst the English Souldi∣ers freely, but yet there were not slayne past se∣uen of the English part, albeit diuers were hurte and wounded, and amongst other,* 1.145 was Mon∣siuer de Beauvoys shot into the side of the necke through hys gorget, and Captayne Antwisell through the arme.

Moreouer, whereas they carried forth wyth them foure ••••rrels of gunpouder to maynteine the skirmish, through negligence by setting fyre in the same, there were to the number of twenty greeuously brent. Of the enimies were slayne that day, aboue thirtie, and heart, aboue fiftie.

Many of their horses were also slayne in this skirmish, which continued aboue three hour••••.

As the Englishmen were returning backe, the Reingtane with two hundred horses, and a certaine number of footemen, was layd fast by in an a•…•…ushe, thinking to haue cut off parte of their menne, but he fayled of his purpose, for the Lord Lieutenant marching with his menne in battayle army, broughte them ho•…•…e in safetie, without other impeachment.

The seuententh of December, the Counte Montgomerie, and Sir Hugh Paule•…•…, arriued at Newhauen in one of the Queenes Shippes called the Ayde.

The ninetenth of December,* 1.146 a Proclamati∣on was made for orders to be obserued, concer∣ning the embarquing of such souldyers, as were •…•…ed to depart by passeport or otherwise, and likewise prohibiting the taking into anye vessell any drie fish, wine, •…•…ugre, or any houshold stuffe, without special licence of the Lord Lieutenant.

Whilest things passed thus in Normandye at Newhauen, and thereaboutes, where y^e noble Erle of Warwike, and other valiant Captaines were ready to make proofe of their high prowes in time and place as occasion might serue, these ended his life at home, that honorable Baron,* 1.147 and right famous Captayne in his dayes, Wil∣liam Lorde Grey of Winton, Knighte of the most noble order of the Garter, and at that pre∣sente, Gouernour of Berwike, and warden of the ••••st marches an••••ust Scotland. He deceas∣sed the fyue and twentith of December, this yere 1562. at Cheshnut in Hertfordshire, then the house of Henrye Deny Esquier, that had mar∣ried mistresse Honor Grey, the sayd Lord Greys only daughter.

The sixe and twentith of December, the Counte de Montgomerie tooke shypping at Newhauen roade, accompanyed with foure hundred harquebusiers Frenchmen, and sayled to Dieppe there to be gouernoure of that towne.

He wente in an English barke, belonging to Nicholas Musby. Secretary to the Earle of Warwike Lord Lieutenant.

The third of Ianuary,* 1.148 a Shallop that was sent the same morning from Newhauen, laden with beere and other vittailes to passe vnto

Tankeruille, was assayled aboute Harflewe, by a Shallop of Hunfleu, whiche droue the Hoy to the shore, so as the Englishmen forsooke theyr Hoy, and came running to Newhauen, to de∣clare what had happened.

Heerevpon, the Lord Lieutenant sente for the foure French Shallops by water, and the Hors∣men with sixe hundred footemen passed forth by land, and vsed such diligence, that they came e∣uen as the Frenchmen were haling vp the Hoy [ 10] towardes Harflewe, and skirmishing with the Frenchmen, beeing fourescore good Harquebu∣siers for the space of a long houre, at length, re∣couered the Hoy,* 1.149 and tooke three of their Shal∣lops, with their ordinance, which they broughte to Newhauen, with the losse of one onely man, an Harquebusier of Captayne Zouches bande.

The fourth of Ianuary in the morning, the Englishe skoute beeing thirtie good Harquebu∣siers, were sette vpon by the enimies, that droue [ 20] them vnto the very gates.

They shot also with their Harquebusies in∣to the Towne, and ouer the Mont Royall, a∣mong the English Souldyers.

They hurt at that present three of y^e scoutes, but when they perceyued that the Englishmen were in a readinesse to approche them, they de∣parted, beeing in number three hundred horse∣men, and a thousande footemen, Souldyers of Mondeuille, and Harfleu. [ 30]

The fifth of Ianuary, wer apprehēded Cap∣tayne Blondell. Captaine Moucombell, Mon∣sieur Demainie, and Vitanua with others, for some conspiracie or trayterous practise whyche they went about, and had malitiously contri∣•…•…ed.

The same day, Captayne Edward Horsey, with his two hūdred Souldyers, and Captaine Francis Blont, with his hundred, tooke ship∣ping at Newhauen road, and sayled to Dieppe, [ 40] there to remayne with the Conte Montgome∣rie, whose wyfe the Countesse Montgomerie wente also with them to hir husbande the same tyme.

On the Saterday following, the twelfth day after Christmas,* 1.150 being the ninth of Ianu∣ary, a greate tempest of winde and thunder hap∣pened in the Towne of Leicester, whiche vnco∣uered two and fortie bayes of houses, and ouer∣threwe many, renting and tearing them in pee∣ces, [ 50] in a strange and maruellous manner.

The people that were assembled that daye in the market place to buy and sell their vsuall cha∣fer, wares, and commodities, were fore amazed and astonyed with the hideousnesse of that most outragious and violent tempest.

On Thursday the fourtenth of Ianuary, at one of the clocke in the morning, there issued forth of Newhauen threescore Horsemen, and a thousande footemen, all Englishmen, and com∣ming to Mondeuille, where the Reingraue lay,* 1.151 gaue to them within an alarme, but neyther the Reisters, nor the Almayne footemen, nor french that were within that Towne, woulde come forth, and therefore after the Englishmen hadde tarried there the space of foure houres, they re∣turned backe againe to Newhauen.

The fiftenth of Ianuary, at one of the clocke in the after noone, there issued forth of Newha∣uen threescore Horsemen, and fifteene hundred footemen, whiche commyng to Harfle•…•…,* 1.152 gaue a like alarme to that towne, but none of the gar∣rison there woulde come forthe, where vpon, the Englishmen returned home agayne to New∣hauen.

The sixtenth of Ianuary,* 1.153 the Castell of Tā∣keruille was surrendred to the R•…•…ingraue, after he had layne about it an eyght dayes, with two thousand Horsemen and footemen.

It was nowe yeelded by composition (after it had bin kept by the space of thirtie eight days) that those within, should depart with bagge and baggages, the galley beeing sent from Newha∣uen to fetch them away.

There were no moe within it at that tyme when it was thus deliuered, but Captayne Iohn Warde, Captaine Edward Dudley, and Captayne Saule, hys Lieutenant Riley, with threescore and tenne Englishe Souldyers, and thirtie French.

The ninetenth of Ianuary, there landed at Newhauen Captayne Tremayne, with fiftie Horsemenne, very well appointed,* 1.154 to serue the Queenes Maiestie there.

The foure and twentith of Ianuary,* 1.155 Fran∣cis Clearke Frenchman, arriued at Newhauē, with two tall Shippes of his owne, right well appoynted for the warres, bringing with hym three rich prises,* 1.156 valued at aboue fiftie thousand Crownes, one of them was a mightie greate Hulke, laden with woade and allume.

The sixe and twentith of Ianuary, Captaine Tremayne with all his Horsemen, and Cap∣tayne Clearke with his Scottish Horsemen, and sixe hundred footemen, went forth of Newhauē towards Mondeuille, and by the way in a little Village, there was a Frenche Captayne come forthe of Mondeuille, named Monsieur E∣merie, hauing with hym thirtie Souldiers, where falling in hande to spoyle the same Vil∣lage, the paysants aboute gathered themselues togyther, and set vpon him and his Souldyers: and whilest they were thus in fighte, the Scot∣tish Horsemenne came suddaynely vpon them,* 1.157 tooke the sayde Captayne sore wounded, flewe twelue of hys Souldyers, and tooke foureteene

other of them prisoners, whome with their Cap∣tayne wounded as hee was, they broughte home the same night vnto Newhauen.

* 1.158The three and twentith of Ianuary, a Pro∣clamation was made for orders to bee obserued by the Souldyers, and other res•…•…ants within the Towne of Newhauen, concerning politike go∣uernement thereof, as well for the better defence againste the enimies without, as the quiet de∣meanor of the mē of war & inhabitants within. [ 10]

The fifth of February, two shippes of Bri∣tons,* 1.159 laden with Gascoigne wine, butter, ba∣kon, larde, salt, and other vittailes, were brought into Newhauen by a Shallop of Killebeuf, that was resia•••• with other Frenchmen in Newha∣uen, seruing against the Papistes, and had taken those two vessels, as they were going to vittaile the enimies.

The sixth of February, three fayre myghtie Shippes of war,* 1.160 belonging to Francis Clearke, [ 20] brought into Newhauen three rich prises, laden with sackes, basterdes, suger, Orenges, graines, and other merchandizes.

This Clearke hadde not bin forthe past sixe weekes at this time, and yet he hadde got aboue eightene prises, wel worth by iust valuation, the summe of fiftie thousand poundes.

On Saterday the sixth of February, a Soul∣dier of Captayne Appleyards band, was execu∣ted in the market place,* 1.161 for that contrary to or∣der [ 30] taken and published afore that time by Pro∣clamation, he had not only drawen his weapon againste another Souldiour, but also may∣med him, and played other lewde partes in con∣tempt of the Lord Lieutenants commaunde∣mentes.

There was another also condemned to dye, and two others adiudged to lose their hands,* 1.162 but the Lorde Lieutenant of his mercifull clemen∣cie, graunted to those three his pardon, for theyr [ 40] passed offences.

On Sonday the seuenth of February, was Humfleu sommoned by an Herrault, sente from the Frenche Admirall, Monsieur de Chatil∣lon.

* 1.163On Monday the eyght of that moneth, the sayd Admirall came before Hunflew, with sixe thousande Horsemen Reisters, and other of hys owne retinues, beside footemen, and a thousande horsemen of the Countreys thereabout. [ 50]

And about sixe of the clocke at nighte, there was a greate peale of ordinance shotte off at Newhauen, for a welcome to the sayde Admi∣rall.

The twelfth of February, the Frenche Gal∣leasse of Newhauen passing forth, and wafting about Hunflew to seeke aduentures, in hope of suretie, by reason the Lorde Admirall of France lay therby at Touque, road at an anker, whilest some of them that were aboorde in hir, wente a lande to gayne somewhat of the enimies, but they within Hunfleu perceyuing this, made one their greate Galeasse, with fiftie good Mariners and Souldiers, who comming vpon the Gale∣asse of Newhauen lying at anker, putte hir in great daunger of taking, for there were but fif∣teene men left aboorde in hir at y^e present, wherof three of them were Englishmen, who percey∣uing in what daunger they stoode, wayed anker with all speede, and drew towardes the shore, to take in the rest of their company, and getting thē aboorde vnto them, they manfully stoode to their defence, being in all but foure and twentie men. Neuerthelesse, they so behaued themselues,* 1.164 that continuing in fight aboue a long houre, at lēgth they ouercame their enimies, slew seuen of them outright, wonnded seuen and thirtie, tooke theyr Galeasse, and brought hir to Newhauen, wyth thirteene belles, diuers coapes, and Churche or∣namentes, Sheepe, and other spoyles, whyche they had gote abroade in the Countrey, togither with three and fortie good prisoners, and the ar∣tillerie whiche was found aboorde in the foresaid great Galeasse, wherewith shee was verye well appoynted and furnished.

Of the Frenche Protestants, there were but three slayne, and sixe hurt, and one of the three Englishmen was also hurt.

As it hath bin credibly reported, the Frenche Protestants might thanke those three English∣men that were with them in theyr Galeasse, for that their good happe, for if they had not man∣fully stoode to it at the first, and bestowed suche artillerie as they hadde aboorde with them fresh¦ly against the enimies, the Frenche hadde yeel∣ded, but by Gods good help, and theyr wor∣thy courage, the victory remayned on theyr side.

The fourtenth of February, there came from the Lorde Admirall of Fraunce,* 1.165 lying then at Touque, Monsieur de Rohen, and Monsieur de Grandemont, a Knighte of the order, Mun∣sieur Telegnie, the Admirals sonne in lawe, and dyuers other Frenche Gentlemen, to con∣ferre with the Lorde Lieutenant, who receyued them ryght gladly, and made them greate cheere.

They remayned in Newhauen till the eygh∣tenth of February, and then departed, and went to Caen, whither the sayde Lord Admirall was remoued, and had entred the Towne, and laye within it, preparyng with all speede to besiege the Castell.

The same day that the French Lords depar∣ted from Newhauē towardes Caen,* 1.166 Monsieur Briquemaulte, & sir Nicholas Throckmorton

knight arriued at Newe Hauen in one of the Queenes shippes called the Ayde.

* 1.167The Admirall Chatillion being got into the Towne of Caen, kepte the Castell besieged, within the which was enclosed the Marques Dalbeuf.

There were sent to him from Newhauen the xxv. of Februarie, seuen Canons, two denye Culuerines, and one minyon.

On the morrowe following, beeyng Friday, [ 10] and .xxvj. of February, Sir Nicholas Throck∣morton Knight, Monsieur Bricquemault, and Monsieur Beauvoys, with a thousand Soul∣dyers Frenche,* 1.168 and as many English, to witte, Captaine Zouch, Captayn Twedie, Captaine Hygate, each of them with two hundred: Cap∣tayne Iohn Warde, Captayne Parkinson, Captaine Saul, and maister Wheler, Captaine Fisher Lieutenant with his band, eache of them with his hundred, and Captayne Pelham with the laborers, were embarqued in the roade at Newhauen, and sayled forth towards Caen, to come to the siege, which the Admiral of France had layd to the Castell there.

The same day, as the Counte Montgome∣rie hadde embarqued at the Hauen of Dieppe in an English vessell, and was comming towards Newhauē, there came out from Festamp three Shallops, by the appoyntmente of the Rein∣graue (as was sayde) whiche made towards Montgomerie, whose meaning, when he percei∣ued, he set vpon the strongest of the same Shal∣lops,* 1.169 so that there followed a sharp conflict be∣twixte them, but in the ende, the victory fell to

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Montgomerie, the Shallop beeyng taken, the Captayne and maister flayne, and three En∣glish vittaylers reskued, whiche the sayde Shal∣lops had taken.

Montgomerie heerewith arriuing at New∣hauen, and bringing hys prise with hym, was [ 40] ioyfully receyued, and after he had talked awhile with the Lord Lieutenant and the Counsell,* 1.170 he went aboorde agayne, and sayled to Caen, there to conferre with the Admirall.

The first of March in the morning, they be∣ganne to batter the Castell of Caen, in suche wise, that aboute foure of the clocke in the after noone, they within beganne to parley, but it [ 50] tooke none effect, and then went off the artillerie agayne till night,* 1.171 and in the morning, the bat∣terie eftsoones beganne, and before that two tires of the sayde artillerie had gone off, they within offered to parley againe, and finally agreed by composition to yeelde, and so on that Tewsday by tenne of the clocke,* 1.172 the Castell was surren∣dred into the hands of the French Admirall, and the Marques Dalbeuf, and other that had the place in keeping, departed in safetie.

On Wednesday the thirde of Marche,* 1.173 the Towne of Bayeulx was also yeelded vnto the Lord Admirall of Fraunce, and on the morrow following, Faleise, and afterwards Saint Loe, with diuers other Townes and Castels, yeel∣ded likewise vnto him.

The tenth of March, the great galley and the Foystes were sent away from Newhauē, with a Canon and shotte & powder vnto Humfleu, where they mette with Monsieur de Mouy, that came thither with a faire company of hors∣men, and dyuers footemen French, and of En∣lishmen, Captayne Tutty with his two hun∣dred, and Captayne Fisher with his hundred.

The Canon which came from Newhauen,* 1.174 was immediately planted, and about tenne of the clocke in the forenoone it was shotte off, and after it had bin sixe times discharged, they with∣in began to parley, and in the ende,* 1.175 they agreed to yeelde vp y^e Castel vnto Monsieur de Mouy,

with condition, that their Souldiers and men of warre might depart only with their rapiers and daggers, leauing all the residue of their mo∣nables behinde them. And according to this ca∣pitulation, Captayne Lion with his hundred Souldiers, and Captayne Nicholas with hys hundred, and fiftie other Souldyers which were within departed, and left the Castel vnto Mon∣sieur de Mouy, whereby hys Souldyers, as wel Englishe as others, gayned greately by the [ 10] spoyle.

* 1.176The twelfth of March, a Proclamation was made in name of the Lord Lieutenant, that no Souldier shoulde drawe weapon to doe hurte therewith to anye of the Frenche within the Towne of Newhauen, or limits of the same, nor to molest them, nor to spoyle nor take anye thing violently away from any of them, nor to breake downe their houses, nor to carrie away their timber, on payne of death. [ 20]

* 1.177There was also a Proclamation made in name of the King and Admirall, that no Cap∣tayne, Burgesse, Souldier, Marriner, or other of the French nation within the towne or with∣out, shoulde drawe any weapon, nor pike anye quarrell, nor vse any iniurious words agaynste anye man, to moue them to wrath, specially, a∣gainst the Englishmen, on payne of deathe, nor that any burgesse or inhabitant, of what quali∣tie or condition soeuer, except Captaynes, Gen∣tlemen, [ 30] and Souldiers, receyuing pay, shoulde beare any weapon on the like paine.

* 1.178The fiue and twentith of Marche, Sir Adri∣an Poynings Knight, Marshall of Newhauen, departed from thence, and returning into En∣gland, remayned there still. Whereas Mon∣sieur de Beauvoys, had by the Admirall Chatil∣lions commaundemente, charged by publique Proclamation,* 1.179 all Straungers, forreyners, and Frenche Souldyers, to departe the Towne, by [ 40] the three and twentith of Marche last past: and that all other, hauing their wiues, and families, should depart with them, within four dayes af∣ter the same Proclamation, to giue ayde for the conseruation and keeping of the Townes of Hunflew, Caen, Bayeux, Falaize, Saint Lo, and other places, lately brought into the obedi∣ence of the King, vnder the authoritie of the Prince of Conde, vnder payne for making de∣fault, to be taken as good prisoners of warre to [ 50] those that shoulde apprehend them. Proclama∣tion was also therevpō made in the Lord Lieu∣tenants name, the sixe and twentith of Marche, beeing Friday, that it shoulde bee lawfull to the Queenes Maiesties subiects and friends, to ap∣prehende and take as their good and lawfull pri∣soners, all suche, as contrary to the former Pro∣clamation, shoulde remayne in the Towne of Newhauen after fiue of the clocke after noone of the day then nexte following beeing Saterday, (those persons only excepted) whose names had bin presented and enrolled in hilles, remayning with the Lord Lieutenants Secretary.

Prouided that no person, seasing vppon the body of anye suche offendor, should by vertue or colour thereof, spoile any of their houses, meddle with their goodes or monables, without order and meane of Iustice vpon payne of death.

On the Sonday yet beeing the eyght and twentith of March, another Proclamation was made, to giue respite to the saide Straungers, forreyners, and French Souldiers, vntill foure of the clocke in the after noone of the same daye.

And further, there was another Proclama∣tion published thys Sonday, that none shoulde seaze vppon anye of those Straungers, forrey∣ners, or Frenche Souldyers, by colour of the two former Proclamations, vntill the Lorde Lieutenauntes pleasure shoulde more fully bee knowen therein.

The thirtith of Marche beeyng Tewsday,* 1.180 Proclamation was eftsoones made, that where all forreyners, being not any of the Burgesses, or proper inhabitauntes of the sayd Towne of Newhauen, nor of the garrison or armye of the Englishmen in the same Towne, had bin war∣ned by seuerall Proclamations to departe the Towne, and yet the same Proclamations not∣withstanding, a greate number made their a∣bode still in the Towne, in contempte of those Proclamations. The Lord Lieutenant by this Proclamation, gaue full power and authoritie to the sayde Prouost Marshall of the garrison of the Englishmen in that Towne, to appre∣hende, and take as good and lawfull prisoners, all suche forreyners, as well Souldyers, and Marriners, as other without exception, whyche shoulde bee founde in the Towne at anye tyme after fyue of the clocke in the after noone on Sa∣terday then nexte commyng, Monsieur Bean∣voys and hys familie, and all Ministers then beeyng within the Towne, beeyng neuerthe∣lesse cleerely excepted, and dyuers prouisions also included in this selfesame Proclamation, for the mitigating of extremities, by wrong in∣terpreting thereof, in behalfe of them that were to departe, as also that the gayne that shoulde come by euery particular prisoner so arrested by the Prouost Marshall, shoulde returne to anye of the Queenes Maiesties subiectes, by whose meane and procuremente, y^e same prisoner was detected, and caused to be apprehended.

On Monday the fifth of Aprill, the Rein∣graue with foure hundred Horsemen, and about fiue hundred footemen, came downe the hill, be∣twixt Saint Addressez and Englefielde, where

Sir Hugh Paulet knight met with him, by ap∣pointment of the L. Lieutenant, accompanyed with .40. horsemē, and a M. English footmen, & after they had talked togither by the space of an houre, they departed the one from the other, mai∣ster Paulet returning to Newhauen, and the Reingraue to Mondeuille, the place where he v∣sually remained.* 1.181 On Easter euen, two soul∣dyers that had serued vnder Captayne Parkin∣son, were hanged in the market place of New∣hauen, [ 10] for running away to the Reingraue, and vnto Dieppe. Another also that serued vnder Captain Tourner, was condemned for the lyke offence, but pardoned, through the great clemen∣cy of the L. Lieutenant.* 1.182 The .28. of Aprill, Proclamation was made, y^e al the Papists, and the wiues and children of al them that were de∣parted forth of Newhauē, and made their abode at y^e present in Monstreuilliers, Harflen or else where abrode in the Countrey, and lykewise all [ 20] other, whome the last Proclamation for their a∣noiding out of the towne in any wise touched, shoulde depart on Saterday then next ensuing, on paine to haue their bodyes arrested as priso∣ners, and their goodes to be confiscate. Other Articles were conteined in the same Proclama∣tion, as well for Forreyners that shoulde come forth of the Countrey to the market, as for the behauiour and demeanor of the French inhabi∣tants of the Towne, with promise of reward to [ 30] such as should discouer and apprehende any es∣piall, either dwelling in the Towne, or cōming and going to or from it. The firste of May, Garter,* 1.183 principall Kyng of armes, arriued at Newhauen, bringing with him the Garter to y^e L. Lieutenant, chosen on S. Georges day last past, to be one of the confreres of that most noble and honorable order. The fourth of May, Proclamation was made, that all the Frenche burgesses and others, should bring and deliuer [ 40] all their armour and weapon into the Towne Hall of Newhauen, whiche commaundemente was incontinently obeyd and accomplished.

* 1.184The seauenth of May, Proclamation was made, for the auoiding of all such, to whome the former Proclamations hadde in anye wise tou∣ched, for their departure forthe of the Towne, that they should depart by Tewsday nexte (the ministers of the Church excepted) and that none should enter into the Towne, of what conditi∣on [ 50] or estate soeuer he shoulde be, without licence of the L. Lieutenant, except he were a Burgesse of y^e towne, & of the number of those y^t had their names enrolled, as by the rolles lastly made it myghte appeare, on payne to be apprehended as good and lawfull prisoners. The .xij. of May, it was prohibited by Proclamation to all Bur∣gesses, inhabitāts, & other, not to goe vnto Har∣slen, or Mōtreuisliers, or else where out of sight of y^e towne of Newhauen, on payne to be taken as lawful prisoners. The xv. of May, a Mar∣riner of y^e great Galley suffred in y^e market place of Newhauē, for robbing and pilfering of ships therein the Hauē,* 1.185 and three other that were cō∣demned for the like offence, had their pardons.

The sixtenth of May, Proclamation was made, that all Frenchmenne,* 1.186 beeing within the Towne of Newhauen, otherwise called Haure de Grace, as well mē, women, as childrē, should depart the Towne, betwixt that present time, & sixe of the clocke at night on the next day beeing Monday, except Chirurgiens, Apotecaries, Ba∣kers, Bouchers, Smithes, Masons, locksmiths, Carpenters, and other such artificers, vpō paine to be attached as good and lawful prisoners, and their goodes to bee confiscate. By the tenor of these seuerall Proclamations it maye appeare, that the Lorde Lieutenante proceeded nothyng rigorously against the French, in remouing thē forth of the Towne, although it maye be, that some whiche had to deale therein, dealte hardly ynough with them, but in such cases, there must of necessitie be some diligent heedefulnesse vsed, for otherwise in such packing away some might peraduencure carrie with them too muche, and others too little. But howsoeuer this matter was handled, true it is, that it was thought ex∣pedient to auoide the French out of the towne: for after the Duke of Guise was slayne be∣fore Orleans, and that the parties were agreed, as by the Edict of the pacification published in March last past, it may appeare, the whole deui∣ses as well of them of the one Religion as the o∣ther tended to this ende, how to recouer y^e towne of Newhauen out of the Englishmens handes,* 1.187 eyther by practise, or open force, and suche intel∣ligence was vsed betwixte the Frenche within that Towne, and the enimies without to bring this to passe, that the English could assure them selues no more of the one, than of the other, and so were driuen for their owne safeties, to rydde y^e Towne of so doubtfull partakers. The .xxvij. of May, Proclamatiō was made, y^e al mance of furniture & apparel, apperteining to ships within y^e garrison, hauen, or roade of y^e towne of New∣hauen, shuld be brought in, or a note to be giuen therof in writing, to the L. Lieutenant & Coū∣sel there, before .xij. of the clocke y^e next day. Sa∣terday the .22. of May, about one of the clocke in the morning, y^e Reingraue with fiue C. Horse∣men, and .22. ensignes of footemen, came downe to the village called Lheure, neere vnto the new fort, which by order of the L. Lieutenant, was lately before begun to be built, sir Iohn Porti∣nary being chief deuiser of y^e fortifications about the same. The enimies meaning was, to haue

taken the same forte by a suddayne assaulte, but the English skoutes looking wel to their charge, gaue intelligence to the Lorde Lieutenaunte thereof, who incontinently going to the Bul∣warke ryall, set out by the posterne Captayne Iohn Warde with his hundred Souldiers, and Captayne Parkinson with his hundred to passe to the forte, there to bee an ayde and defence to them that lay in the same.

Aboute three of the clocke in the morning [ 10] the Reingraue suddaynely with hys bandes of Horsemen and footemen,* 1.188 gaue them in the forte an hote alarme, and immediately, the Earle of Warwike gaue in charge to these Captaynes: Reade, Appliarde, Turry, Souche, Antwisell, Warde, Morton, and Parkinson, hauing with them a thousande footemen, and twenty Horse∣men, to sette vpon the enimies in the Village of Lheure, neere adioyning vnto the sayde newe forte, where the valiante Englishe Souldyers [ 20] shewed well the wonted valure of theyr worthy auncestors,* 1.189 gyuing suche an hardy onsette vpon their aduersaries, that greater manhoode had not lightly appeared in any encounter, than was v∣sed by those martiall Captaines, and their war∣like bandes at that presente, to the high honor of their Coūtrey, in somuch, that they beate backe their enimies, slewe and tooke of them to the number of foure hundred, besyde thirtie fayre Horses, and an ensigne, whiche one Eastwike, [ 30] Lieutenant to Captayne Antwisell got.

Amongst the numbers of them that were slayne, there were found aboue thirtie handsome Gentlemen, and very well appoynted. To con∣clude, the Englishmen behaued themselues so manfully on eache side, that by playne force of armes,* 1.190 they droue the enimies quite out of the Village, and after set it on fire, bycause the eni∣mies shoulde not come to encamp therein, as their purpose was to haue done at that pre∣sente. [ 40]

The sixe and twentith of May, the French∣men in number about three thousand Horsemē, and footemen, came downe towards the winde milles, neere to the Bulwarke called S. Ad∣dressez, against whome, the English Horsemen and footemen issued forth of the Towne, giuing them a right hote skirmish,* 1.191 which continued for the spare of two houres, in so muche, that there were slayne of the Frenchmen to the number of [ 50] two hundred, beside an hundred and aboue that were hurt.

On the Englishe syde that daye were lost, a∣bout a dozen or thirteene persons, and amongst other, was Captayne Tremayne slayne, and many hurt.

To conclude, the Englishmen like hardye and worthy Souldyers, wanne and kepte the helde, so as the Frenchmen in the ende were dri∣uen to retire,* 1.192 and beside other losses whiche they receyued, they hadde aboue fiftie of their horses killed and hurt.

In this skirmish, being one of the notablest y^t had bin lightly seene manye a day before,* 1.193 Cap∣tayne Horsey shewed worthy proofe of his most valiant courage, winning to himselfe such com∣mendation, as the same will not bee forgotten, whilest anye shall remayne aliue that behelde hys manfull healings, beeing suche at that pre∣sente, as deserue to bee registred in the Booke of Fame, to continue with posteritie for euer.

On Saterday the fifth of Iune, at seauen of the clocke at nyghte, the Reingraue hauyng layde in the Village of Lheure, an ambushe of sixe hundred Horsemenne, and fifteene hundred fotemen, there came downe also, betweene the Abbey and the Village called Englefield to∣wards the Towne,* 1.194 the number of a thousande footemen, whiche beganne a very hote skirmish, firste at the newe forte, comming euen harde to the ditches, where the Englishmen manfully encountred them.

Heerewith also, the Reingraue appoynted other to come downe, and approche the Bul∣warkes of Sainte Addressez, Sainte Francis, and Saint Michell, and to conclude rounde a∣bout the Towne, so that there were of them the number of sixe thousand that were employde in this skirmishe, whyche was mainteyned ryghte fiercely, for the space of two houres, with ryghte sharpe and cruell fight, in the ende,* 1.195 the enimies were forced to giue place, with the losse of fyue hundred of their men, Almaynes, Frenchmen, Gascoignes and Spanyards.

The Englishmen verily in thys seruice she∣wed, that they were nothing degenerated from the auntiente race of theyr noble progenitors.

Beside those that were slayne on the French parte, amongst whome, was one of their Cap∣taynes of good accompte amongst them, they tooke also Bassompeere an Almayne,* 1.196 coronell ouer tenne ensignes of footemen.

The presence of the Lorde Lieutenante was not wanting that daye, both to encourage hys worthy Souldyers, and also to see them apply∣ed with weapon and munition, so as they should not bee vnprouided of anye thyng that was needefull for seruice.

Of Englishmen there were hurte Captayne Ielbert, and Captayne Pelham,* 1.197 and about fif∣teene other hurt and slayne.

The seuenth of Iune,* 1.198 Captaine Edwarde Dudley arriued at Newhauē, with an C. soul∣diers.

The morrowe after, beeing the seauenth of Iune, the firste Canon shorte lighte within the

Towne of Newhauen, neere to the Bulwarke of Saint Addressez, striking into y^e house where Captayne Wheler was lodged, which shot be∣ing brought to my lord of Warwike by Blew∣mantell, Purseuant at armes, his honor behol∣ding it, reioysed thereat, and said, by Gods grace he would aunswere them againe.

* 1.199The ninth of Iune, arriued at Newhauen three Captaynes with their bandes, of an hun∣dred a peece, being of the garnison of Berwike, [ 10] to witte, Captayne Tremayne, Captayne Cornewall, and Captayne Carew.

* 1.200Edward Randoll also landed there the same bay, appoynted to be Knight Marshall.

For yee must vnderstande, that Sir Adrian Poynings, being Knight Marshal, vpon his re∣turne into Englande, was otherwise employd, and wente not backe agayne,* 1.201 and then was Sir Thomas Finche of Kent appoynted to goe ouer to supply the roointh of Knight Marshall, [ 20] who making hys prouision ready, sent ouer hys brother Erasmus Finche, to haue charge of hys bande, and his kinsman Thomas Finch, to bee his Prouost Marshall, whilest bee staying till he hadde euery thing in a readinesse to passe ouer himself: at lēgth embarqued in one of y^e Quenes Maiesties Shippes called the Greyhound, ha∣uing there aboorde with hym, besyde threscore & sixe of his own retinue, foureteene other Gen∣tlemen, two of them deeyng breethren to the [ 30] Lorde Wentworth, Iames Wentworth, and Iohn Wentworth, with diuers others, who in the whole (accompting the Marriners) amoun∣ted to the number of two hundred persons, and vpwarde: and as they were on the further coast towarde Newhauen, they were by contrarye wind and foule weather, driuen backe towarde the coast of Englande, and plying towardes Rie,* 1.202 they forced the Captayne of the Shippe, a very cunning Seamā named W. Maline, & al∣so [ 40] the maister and marriners, to thr•…•…st into the Hauen before the tide, and so they all perished,

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[ 50] seuen of the meaner sorte only excepted, wher∣of three dyed shortly after they came to land.

The dead body of Sir Thomas Finche a∣mongst other, was cast a shore, and being kno∣wen, was conueyd home to his house, and there buryed in his parish Churche.

After this mischance, & losse of that worthy Gentleman,* 1.203 the sayde Edwarde Randoll was appoynted Knight Marshall, who ordeyned a righte sufficiente personage, Captayne Iohn Shute, to be his prouost Marshall.

The fiftenth of Iune, Captayne Richarde Sanders,* 1.204 and Captayne William Saul wyth theyr bandes of an hundred Souldiers a peece, and Captayne Drury, with two hundred, arri∣ued at Newhauen, and the morrowe after, arri∣ued Captayne Robertes with another hundred of Souldiers.

And on the seuententh of Iune, being Thurs∣day, Sir Frauncis Knolles,* 1.205 Vicechamberlaine of the Queenes Maiesties house, landed there, being sente ouer by hir Maiestie and hir Coun∣sell, to viewe the state of the Towne.

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On Friday the eyghtenth of Iune, a Serge∣ant of Captayne Bluntes bande, and a Soul∣dyer of Captayne Darcies bande, were execu∣ted in the Market place of Newhauen, for dra∣wing their weapons agaynst their Captaynes, and forsaking their appoynted places of war∣ding, and suche other lewde partes whiche they had committed.

The fiue and twentith of Iune,* 1.206 Proclama∣tion was made, that no Souldier of the newe fort should resort to the Towne of Newhauen, without licence of his Captayne, or some of his principall officers, on payne of death, or that any man shoulde presume to passe the limits of the sayd new fort, except vpon occasion of seruice, in company of his Captayne or Lieutenaunt, on like payne, and thys order was taken, bycause dyuers stragling abroade, had bin taken priso∣ners, and slayne by the enimies, to their owne

reproch and hinderance of the Princes seruice.

The eyght and twentith of Iune, the French men came downe to the Village of Lheure, and there very neere to the forte, began to skirmishe with the Englishmen.

There were of them tenne ensignes of foote∣men,

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and two hundred horsemen.

* 1.207This skirmishe lasted three houres, and yet there were not past foure slayne.

The night following, they placed fiue Can∣nons betwixte the Towne, and the brickhilles, and likewise they placed other peeces of their ar∣tillerie [ 20] at the foresayd Village of Lheure, so that they shotte both into the Towne and fort.

The first of Iuly, about midnight, they issued forthe of their trenches, and skirmished with the Englishe skoutes, droue them vnder the Bul∣warke of Saint Addressez, and there perceyuing that the Englishmen had a priuie sallie out, af∣ter a long skirmish, they retired.

They had meante to haue set the Milles be∣longing to the Towne on fyre, but they hadde [ 30] suche play made them, that aboute three of the clocke in the morning, they became to be quiet, and left the Englishmen in rest, hauing done to them little or no hurt at all.

The greate ordinance on both sides was not idle, whilest thys skirmish was in hande.

* 1.208The seconde and third of Iuly, there landed nine hundred Souldyers that came forthe of Northfolke and Suffolke, yellowe clokes and blewe clokes, verye well appoynted, hauyng to [ 40] their Captaynes Ferdinando Liggens, Philip Sturley, Iohn Highfielde, and Edw. Driuer.

Also, there came the same time fiftie Carpen∣ters, sixteene Sawyers, and eyght Smithes, to serue the Queenes Maiestie in hir workes.

Moreouer, on the thirde daye of Iuly, aboute tenne of the clocke at night, the Frenche gaue a greate alarme to the towne, beat in the skoutes, but incontinently, issued forth fiue hundred soul∣diers out at the sallying place, vnder the greene [ 50] Bulwarke, and beat the Frenchmen backe into their trenches, and kepte them waking all that nighte.

* 1.209The same tyme, Captayne Sanders was hurt with a shotte in the legge, wherof he short∣ly after dyed: other losse at that time the Eng∣lishmen receyued not.

The fifth of Iuly, a Proclamatiō was made for Soldyers to resorte in time of alarmes, vn∣to that part and quarter, which was assigned to their Captaynes, and not to absente themselues from their ensignes, whether it were at alarmes, watch, warde, or any other seruice.

The sixth of Iuly,* 1.210 about three of the clocke in the morning, the enimies planted three Can∣nons, and three culuerings, discharging that morning, to the number of fourescore and tenne shottes, but perceiuing they did little hurt, they stayed their shooting, sauing that now and then they shot into the Bulwarke, and ouer it into y^e Towne: they also leuelled a peece, and shot it off towards the new galley, slewe therin two men, the hurt three or four other.

The same daye, a Cannon and a culuering were sent forth of the Towne to the new forte.

The .xij. of Iuly, about four of the clocke in the morning, the French layd batterie to y^e Bul∣warke of S. Addressez, continuing the same all that day. They also dismounted the same daye,* 1.211 the ordinance in the steeple of Newhauen, and beate downe the great Bell, cleane defacing the Steeple. They discharged that day agaynst the Towne (as was gathered by due estimatiō) the number of twelue hundred Cannon shotte.

The same euening,* 1.212 was William Robinson Esquier, water Bailife of the Towne of New∣hauen slayne with a shotte, & William Brom∣fielde, maister of the ordinance, hurte wyth the same, and being conueyd ouer into England, he shortly after dyed of that hurt.

The fourtenth of Iuly,* 1.213 Sir Hugh Paulet Knighte landed at Newhauen, bringing wyth him eyght hundred souldiers out of Wiltshire & Gloucestershire. The same day came y^e French men downe to the number of three M. euē hard to the gates of the Town, beating the English∣men out of their trenches, but yet in the ende, they were forced to retire, and of Englishmen there were not past twentie slayne, and aboute an hundred hurte, but the Frenchmenne as was esteemed, lost aboue four hundred Horse∣menne and footemenne, albeit they tooke from

the Englishmen at that presente a culueryng, whiche was sette forthe to anoy them: but theyr force at that time was suche, as they preuay∣led, and so retired with that peece, though they wel payde for it. The same day also in the after noone, y^e little Galeasse called the Fox, went out of the Hauen, fraught with fiftie men, to flanke alongst the shore, and to beate the Frenchmen wyth hir shotte,* 1.214 but as shee was shooting off at them, a linnestocke fell into a barrell of powder, [ 10] and set it on fyre togither with the vessel, so that she suddaynely sanke, and all that were aboorde in hir were lost, sauing fifteene that saued them∣selues by swimming.

* 1.215The one and twentith of Iuly, the Conne∣stable of Fraunce, accompanyed with the Mar∣shals Montmorancy, and Burdillon, and ma∣ny other Lords and knightes of the order, came to the Abbey of Grauille, where the Marshall Brissac was lodged, who hadde the generall [ 20] charge in the army, before the comming of the sayd Connestable.

They dyned togither there in the sayd Bris∣sacks lodging, and after dynner, they sate in counsell togither how to proceede in the siege.

Friday the three and twentith of Iuly, the Connestable came into the trench that was cast ouer against the Bulwarke of Saint Addresse,* 1.216 alongst by the sea side, and sent his Trumpet to sommone the Towne. [ 30]

* 1.217The Lord Lieutenant appoynted sir Hugh Paulet to goe forthe, and make the aunswer in his name, which was in effect, that y^e Queenes Maiestie of Englande had appoynted hym and others to keepe that Towne, and therefore they meante not to deliuer it to anye other person, withoute hir graces especiall commaunde∣mente.

In the meane time, there were diuers of the Englishe Captaynes and Gentlemen, whyche [ 40] accompanyed the sayde Sir Hugh, offered the wine whiche they had brought out of the towne with them in flagons of siluer and gilte, vnto suche Captaynes and Gentlemen as accompa∣nied the trumpet by commaundemente of the Connestable, to suruey the state of the trenches, and Palisade, as the French writers themselues confesse.

* 1.218Amongst other, there was Captaine Moni∣nes Lieutenāt, of one of the ensignes Coloneils [ 50] of Monsieur Dandelot, with whome Captaine Leighton, beeing of acquaintance, hadde some talke.

The Englishmen and Frenchmen were no sooner departed, they to their trenches, and the Englishmen into the Towne, but that the eni∣mies hauing planted that morning eyght can∣nons in batterie against the Castell, and y^e Bul∣warke of the hauen, caused the same to be shotte off, continuing the same till Wednesday noone,* 1.219 being the eyght and twentith of Iuly.

There were sixe other Canons also planted by them in y^e meane space, which likewise made batterie to the Castell, and to the Townegate.

In this meane tyme also,* 1.220 Cutbert Vaug∣han Comptroller, departed out of this life, a skil∣full man of warre, and no lesse circumspect than hardy, both to preserue those which he had vnder his conduction, and to encourage them to doe manfully, when tyme thereto serued.

Saterday, the foure and twentith of Iuly, the batterie still continuing as before, certayne pee∣ces were bent also to beate a trauerse the hauen. The Englishmen therefore setting fyre in two winde Milles, that stoode there, abandoned a trench which they kept, and the Palisade, Cap∣tayne Poyet, Lieutenante of an other of the en∣signes Colonels of the Frenche footemenne vn∣der Monsieur Dandelot, entred with his band, and tooke possession of a Tower that stoode at the ende of the saide Palisad.

The French yet had hote abiding there, not∣withstanding all the diligence and policie whi∣che they coulde vse to lodge there in safetie.* 1.221

Among other, Captayn Richelieu, maister of the Campe, was hurte in the shoulder with an harquebuse shotte.

The Marshall Montmorency, caused a platforme to be reysed, ioyning to the Pallisade, where about euening the same day, hee planted foure peeces of artillerie.

On Sonday the fiue and twentith of Iuly,* 1.222 Monsieur de Estree, great maister of the artille∣rie, accompanyed with the Seneshall of Age∣noys, vsed all diligence that mighte be, to place the artillerie for batterie,* 1.223 wherevnto also, Mon∣sieur de Caillac applyed himselfe by the Con∣nestables commaundement, who had compoū∣ded a matter in variance betwixt him, & Mon∣sieur de Estree.

Thys Sonday and Monday following, they were very busie to bring their purpose in that behalfe to passe, and likewise to aduaunce theyr trenche vnto the syde of the breache.

The Marshall de Burdelon abode in the trenche there all Sonday,* 1.224 and lost two of hys Gentlemen.

The Marshall Montmorency,* 1.225 accompany∣ed wyth dyuers Lordes and Knyghtes of the order, remayned all Monday in the trenches, to prepare things ready for the batterie, not with∣out some daunger of his person, for the stones that were beaten with the bullets comming out of the Towne, flew very fast about his eares, of the which, there was one that lent him a blowe on y^e shoulder, & other of them philipped him on

the fingers and lighting also in other partes of his bodye if his amount had not defended him the better, hee had not escaped withoute further beene.)

* 1.226The 〈◊〉〈◊〉 daye the Prince of Coude, and the Duke of Montpensier, came to the Campe, and alighting at the Counestables lodging, went from thence to the trenches, to 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Marshall Montmorency, and to supply 〈◊〉〈◊〉 worth, whylest hee myghte in the meane tyme [ 10] goe to sayde wyth hys father, and so take hys rest.

Monsieur Da•…•…tren, and the other that hande charge aboute the planting and ordering of the artillierie, vsed suche diligence, and were so ear∣nestly called vpō and encouraged by the Prince of Cuade continually remayning in the tren∣ches,* 1.227 that on Tewsday in the morning, the ar∣tillerie began to barter the Bulwarke of Saints Addresse, and other places. [ 20]

This was not done without greate daunger of the Pioners and men of warre that guarded them for as the Frenche desperately made those approches, they were made by the Englishe gunners, to cast the bitter sente that the Canon and culuerings yeeldeth, but such was the mul∣titude of the Frenchmen that were now assem∣bled togyther in hope to•…•… ouer that Towns (which being possessed by the Englishe, cutt•…•… off all traffique from Rouen and Paris, and so cō∣sequently, [ 30] from the chiefe partes of the whole Realme of Fraunce) that with theyr generall ayde, and drawing the water downe to the sea, the marishes were made passable, and firme ground, whiche to men of great experience, was thoughe a thing impossible. The Castell, the walles, and other defences of the Towne, were battered, breaches made, and the trenche whyche before the comming of the Cōnestable, was but broughte to the poynte ouer agaynste the Bul∣warke [ 40] of Saint Addresse, was now within four dayes aduanced neere hande the space of two myles, vpon the causey or breach which was all of stone, without anye earth to couer them, so that they were demen to make the best shift they could, with woollesackes, sandebagges, baskets & faggots. Yet all this had neuer come to passe, nor coulde haue bin wrought, withoute infinite slaughter and farre more losse of French bloud, that necessarily should haue bin spilt, if y^t greate [ 50] mortalitie of pestilence whiche entred the towne about the beginning of the Sommer,* 1.228 through a malitious infection had not so greately increa∣sed, that it slewe and tooke away dayly greate numbers of men, beside those that beeyng sicke thereof, escaped with lyfe, but were yet so feable and weake, that they were not able to help them∣selues, nor to doe any seruice auaylable at all.

There dyed so manye dayly through the ve∣hemency of the infection,* 1.229 that the streetes lay •…•…∣ne•…•…full of dead corpse•…•…, not able to be remoued, or buryed, by reason of the multitude that peri∣shed Heerewith they were greeuously annoyed for mans of fresh vittayles, but chiefly, of freshe waters, which the enimie by long siege, had cut off. And nowe the shotte of the Cannon, lying within sixe and twenty 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the Towne, was so terrible as the like had not lightly beene hearde of and sunday breaches there with yeere already made namely two very great and easie for the enimies to enter.

All those daungers and miseries notwithstā∣ding the worthy Earle of Warwike with his Captaynes and Souldiers in couragious,* 1.230 or∣der stande of those seuerall breaches, ready to de∣fende, the same if the enimies had presumed to haue giuen the assault, which when the Conne∣stable perceyued, he caused a Trumpet to sound the blast of emperley, that •…•…alke myght he hadde for the concluding of a composition betwixte both the parties.

This offer, considering that sore contagious mortalitie wherewith the Towne was most greeuously infested, hauing so greately 〈◊〉〈◊〉∣bled the Englishe forces within the same, was thought no•…•… owne to be cueyued.

Heere vppon, after a sally made by the Eng∣lishmen, and a faire skirmishe betwixt them and the Frenchmen that lay afore y^e sort 〈◊〉〈◊〉 on the Teusday the .xxvii. of Iuly, M. Wil∣liam Pelhā, Captayne of the fort, with and this Gentleman,* 1.231 and a Trumpette went forth by appoyntment, and was receyued fyrst by Mon∣sieur de Losses, who brought which to the Mar∣shall Montworeney, and after by his appoyn∣ment, went with him by the •…•…eingra•…•…es camp, to the Connestable, and till his returne, a t••••ce was accorded on that side of the fort.

After that maister P•••• haue had talked a space with the Connestable, the matter was put to ō∣uer till the nexte day, and so he returned.

The 〈◊〉〈◊〉 we after beeing Wednesday, and eyght and ••••••tith of Iuly, the Connestable a∣bout seauen of the clocke, came to the ende of the trenches nexte to the Towne▪ where Sir Maurice Deuys, treasurer of the Towne,* 1.232 Sir Hugh Paulet, Captayne Horsey, Captayne Pelham, Captaine Iohn Shute prouost Mar∣shall, and Nicholas Malby Secretary to •…•…y Lord Lieutenant, came forthe, and passed ouer the Hauen to commune with him, and during the parley betwixt there, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 was accorded, and assented to, by both partes, the which neuer∣thelesse way broken two 〈◊〉〈◊〉 tymes tho∣rough the vnruly insolence of certayne 〈◊〉〈◊〉 busiers, and although by the good diligēce of the

Captaynes, they wee incontinently quieted and stayed.

* 1.233Yet the valiaunte Earle of Warwike, stan∣ding at a breache in hys hosen and doublet in signe of hys enimies, was by a lewde souldi∣oure of the Frenche (contrary to the lawe of armes) shot through the thigh with an arque∣bus•…•…de.

The Connestable and the English & commis∣sioners appointed, hadde long conference togi∣ther, [ 10] and before they concluded, the Mar∣shals Montmorency and Burdellson (and at length, the Marshall Brissae also) came to the place where they were thus in parley,* 1.234 but the Connestable tooke vpon him to haue onely au∣thoritie to accepte or refuse suche conditions, as should be offered or agreed vnto by the English Commissioners in this treatie: and so at length they passed certayne Articles in forme as follo∣weth. [ 20]

* 1.235Firste, that the Earle of Warwike shoulde 〈◊〉〈◊〉 agayne the Towne of Newhauen, into the handes of the Connestable of Fraunce, with all the artillerie and munitions of warre, then beeyng in that Towne, and belonging to the French King and his subiects.

Item, that hee should leaue the Shippes that were in the sayde towne at that presente, belon∣ging eyther to the King or hys subiects, with all their furniture, and generally, all such merchan∣dise [ 30] and other things, being likewise at that pre∣sent within that Towne, as either belonged to the King or his subiects.

Item, for the more suretie of the premisses, the sayd Earle should presently deliuer into the hands of the sayde Connestable, the greate to∣wer of the sayde hauen, so that the Souldyers that were placed therin, enter not into y^e towne, and that the sayde Earle of Warwike shoulde cause the gates there towardes the Towne to [ 40] be warded, till it were in the possession of y^e sayd Connestable, without planting any ensignes on the sayde Tower, according vnto the sayde a∣greement, and also that the sayde Earle shoulde deliuer foure such hostages as the sayde Conne∣stable should name.

Item, that the next day, by eight of the clocke in the morning, the sayd Erle should withdraw his Souldyers whiche are in the forte, to deliuer it immediately into the hands of the sayd Con∣nestable, [ 50] or such as should be by hym appoynted to receyue the same at the sayd houre.

Item, that all prisoners that haue bin taken before the sayde Hauen, shoulde bee delyuered on eyther side, without paying any raunsome.

Item, that the Connestable shoulde for hys parte suffer the saide Earle of Warwike, and all those that are in garnison in the sayde New∣hauen, to departe with all thyngs 〈◊〉〈◊〉 that belonged to the Queene of Englande and hir subiects.

Item, that for the departure as well of the sayd Earle, as the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of hys Souldyers, and other things before rehearsed, y^e sayd Con∣nestable agreed to gyue them sixe whole dayes, beginning the morrow there nexte following, to 〈◊〉〈◊〉, the .xxix. of Iuly, during whiche sixe dayes, they mighte •…•…ly and fre•…•…ly take and 〈◊〉〈◊〉 away all the sayde things: 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wythe or foule weather shuld hinder, that their passage coulde not be made within the sayde 〈◊〉〈◊〉, in this case the sayde Connestable should graunte them suche further time of delay, as might bee though 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

Item, the sayde Connestable dyd likewise permite, that 〈…〉〈…〉 Shippes and English ves∣sels, and all other that shoulde be appoynted for the portage and conueying away of the sayde things, should safely and freely passe into and fro the sayde Hauen, without any stay or impeach∣ment, eyther by the Frenche army of anye o∣ther.

The sayde some hostages were appoynted to bee maister Oliuer Maners, brother to the Earle of Rutlande, Captayne Pelham, Cap∣tayne Horsey, and Captayne Leighton.

In witnesse whereof, the sayde Lordes, the Connestable of Fraunce, and Earle of War∣wike, signed these articles the eyght and twen∣tith of Iuly. Anno .1563.

Thus the Earle of Warwike,* 1.236 as he had du∣ring the whole tyme of hys abode there in that Towne of Newhauen, shewed himselfe a right hardy and valiaunt Captayne, so nowe in the ende hee proued himselfe to be both prudent and politike, for by accepting of these honorable cō∣ditions to goe with all armour, munition, Shippes, goodes, bagge and baggage, in anye wife apperteyning, or belonging eyther to the Queenes maiestie, or to any of hir graces sub∣iects, he saued the liues of a great number, which otherwise escaping the scourge of the infectiue plague, must needes haue fallen vnder the edge of the sword.

The Connestable during the tyme of the parley, sente hys yongest sonne Monsieur de Thorree, to the King and Queene mother, to aduertise them of the recasie of this peace, and after it was once concluded and signed by the Earle of Warwike, he sent his eldest sonne the Marshall Montmorencie, to presente the same vnto them at Criquelot, halfe way betweene Newhauen and Fefeanip,* 1.237 who were right ioy∣ful of the newes, and the nexte day they came to the Campe, shewing greate signes of theyr contryued gladnesse, for the recouering of

that Towne thus 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the Englishe mens handes.

The Saterday the most part of the Eng∣lish men tooke shippe and departed homewardes for glad might be thinke himselfe, that could get soonest out of that vnwholsome and most vnso∣uerie 〈◊〉〈◊〉. Many sicke persons yet were left behinde, impotent and not able to helpe them∣selues. The miserie where of Edward Randolfe Esquier high Marshall of the towne (who was [ 10] appoynted to carrie and see the vttermost of the composition accomplished) perceyuing, moued with naturall pitie of his Countreymen relin∣quished without comfort, caused the sayde sicke personnes to be caried aborde, not sparing hys shoulders, at that tyme feable and full of the plague, himselfe and his men still bearing and helping the poore creatures on shipboorde. Arane fact, worthie rewarde, and no doubt in remem∣braunce with God, the true recorder of merci∣full [ 20] deserts.

Thus was the Towne of Newhauen re∣duced againe into the hands of the French, more vndoubtedly through the extreeme mortalitie that so outragiously afflicted the souldiours and men of warre within the same, than by the eni∣myes enforcementes, although the same was great, and aduaunced to the vttermost of the ad∣uersaries power.

Beside the meaner sort of those that dyed of [ 30] the pestilence during the siege, these I find noted as chiefe. Cutbert Vaughan Comptroller of the towne, Frauncis Somerset cousin to the Earle of Worcester, Auerie Darcie brother to the Lorde Darcie, Iohn Zouch, brother to the Lorde Zouch, Edwarde Ormesby, Thomas Drurie, alias Poignard, Richard Croker, Iohn Cockson, Thomas Remishe, Iohn Prowde, William Saul, Wilfreid Antwisell. Besyde these being Captaynes in chiefe dying there in [ 40] that towne, or else sickning there and dying vp∣on theyr returne into Englande, there were dy∣uerse other gentlemen, and such as had charge, whiche likewise ended theyr lyues by force of that cruell and moste grieuous pestilent in∣fection.

There were diuerse also that were slaine, as well by Canon shotte, as otherwise in the fielde in skirmish, as both the Tremaynes brethren of one byrth, Nicholas and Andrew, Captayne [ 50] Richard Sanders, with maister Robynson, & maister Bromfield, of which two before ye haue heard, also one Leighton, a Gentleman and diuerse moe whose names I knowe not, wor∣thie neuerthelesse to be remembred and placed in ranke with such worthie men, as in their coun∣treys cause haue lost theyr liues, and are there∣fore by Wryters registred to liue by same for∣euer.

But now to passe to other matters at home. As ye haue heard,* 1.238 the plague of Pestilence being in the towne of Newhauen, through the num∣ber of souldiours that returned into Englande, the infection thereof spread into dyuerse partes of this realme, but especially the Citie of London was so infected, that in the same whole yeare, that is to say, from the first of Ianuarie .1562. vntill the lost of December, in .1563. there dyed in the Citie and liberties thereof, conteyning 108. Parishes of all diseases .xx. thousand,* 1.239 three hundred .lxxij. and of the plague being part of the number aforesayd, seuentene thousand foure hundred, and foure persons. And in the out Pa∣rishes adioining to the same Citie, being .xi. Pa∣rishes dyed of all diseases in the whole yere, three thousand two hundred .lxxx. and eight persons, and of them, of the plague two thousande feuen hundred .xxxij. so that the whole number of all that dyed of all diseases, as well within the Ci∣tie and liberties, as in the out parishes, was .xxiij thousand, sixe hundred and .ix. and of them, there died of the plague, twentie thousand one hundred thirtie and sixe.

The eyght of Iuly in the morning,* 1.240 happe∣ned a great tempest of lightning and thunder, where through a woman and three Kin•…•… were slaine, in the Couent Gardeyne neare to Cha∣ring Crosse. At the same tyme in Essex a man was torne all to peeces as he was carying hay, hys Barne was borne downe, and hys Hay burnt: both stones and trees were rent in ma∣ny places.

The Counsell of King Philip at Bruxels commaunded proclamation to be made in And∣warpe and other places, that no English shippe with any clothes, shoulde come into any places of theyr lowe Countreys: their colour was (as they sayd) the daunger of the plague, which was that time in London, & other places of England notwithstanding they woulde gladly haue got our woolles, but the Queenes Maiestie through suyt of our marchant aduenturers caused the wooll fleete to be discharged, and our cloth fleete was sent to Emden in East Friselande, aboue Easter next following, in Anno .1564.* 1.241 Forso∣much as the plague of Pestilence was so here in the Citie of London, there was no terme kept at Michaelmasse, to be short, the poore Citizens of London, were this yeare plagued with a three folde plague, pestilence, scarcitie of money, and dearth of vittayles, the miserie whereof were too long here to write, no doubt the poore remember it, the riche by flight into the Countreys, made shift for themselues. &c.

An Earthquake was in the Month of Sep∣tember in dyuerse places of this realme,* 1.242 specially

in Lincolne and Northampton shires.

After the election of the Maior of London by the counsailes letters, the Q. Maiesties pleasure was signified to sir Thomas Lodge then Ma∣ior, that forsomuch as the plague was so great in the Citie, the new Maior erected should kepe no feast at the Guildhall, for doubt that through bringing togyther such a multitude, the in∣fection might encrease: for that Weeke three died within the Citie and out Parishes, more [ 10] than two thousande: Wherefore Sir Iohn Whight the new Maior, tooke his othe at y^e vt∣termost gate of the Tower of London.

* 1.243From the first day of December, till the .xij. was such continuall lightning and thunder, e∣specially the same .xij. day at night, that the like had not beene seene nor heard by any than then lyuing.

In the Moneth of December, was dryuen on the shore at Grymsbie in Lyncolnshyre, a [ 20] monstrous fishe, in length .xix. yardes, his tayle fiftene foote brode, and sixe yardes betweene his tyes, twelue men stoode vpright in his mouth to get the Oyle.

* 1.244For that the plague was not fully ceassed in London, Hillarie terme was kept at Hertforde Castell beside Ware.

This yeare the .xiij. of Aprill, an honourable and ioyfull peare was concluded,* 1.245 betwixt the Queenes Maiestie, and the French King, theyr [ 30] Realmes, Dominions and Subiects, and the fame peace was proclaymed with sounde of Trumpet, before hir Maiestie in hir Castell of Windsore, then being present the French Am∣bassadors.

And shortly after, the Queenes grace sent the righte honourable Sir Henrie Carie Lord of Honnesdon, accompanied with the Lorde Strange, beside diuerse Knights & Gentlemen, vnto the French king, with the noble order of the [ 40] Garter, who finding him at the Citie of Lion, being in those parties in progresse, he there pre∣sented vnto him the sayde noble order, and Gar∣ter King at Armes inuested him therewith, ob∣seruing the Ceremonies in that behalfe due and requisite.

The plague (thanks be to God) being cleane ceassed in London, both Easter and Midsomer termes were kept at Westminster.

* 1.246There was on the vigile of S. Peter a watch [ 50] in the Citie of London, which did onely stande in the highest streetes of Cheape, Cornhill, and so forth to Algate, which watche was to the Commons of the same Citie, as chargiable as when in tymes past it had beene commendably done.

* 1.247The fift of Angust, the Queenes Maiestie in his progresse, came to the vniuersitie of Cam∣bridge,* 1.248 and was of all the Students (being in∣uested according to their degrees taken in the schooles) honourably and ioyfully receiued in the Kings Colledge, where shee 〈…〉〈…〉 daring hir continuance in Cambridge. The dayes of hir above were past in seholasticall exercises of Phi∣losophie, Phisicke, and Diuinitie, the nightes in Comedies, and Tragedies, set forth partly by the whole vniuersitie, and partly by the students of the kings Colledge. At the breaking vp of the Diuinitie act, being on Wednesday the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of August (on the which day she roade through the towile, and viewed the Colledges, those goodly and auncient monuments of Kings of Eng∣lande his noble pledecessors) she made within S. Maries Church a notable Oration in E•…•…lin, in the presence of the whole learned Vniuersitie, to the students greate comfort. The next day, shee went forward on hir progresse to Finch••••broke by Huntingdon.

The .xxx. day of August,* 1.249 was enacted by a common counsaile of the Citie of London, that all such Citizens as from thence forth should be constreyned to sell theyr housholde stuffe, lea∣fes of houses, or suche lyke, shoulde first cause the same to be cryed through the Citie by a man with a Bell, and then to be folde by the common out cryer appoynted for that purpose, and hee to reteyne one farthing vpon the shylling for his paynes.

The .xx.* 1.250 of September arose great flouds in the Riuer of Thames, where through the ma•…•…∣sties neare adioining were ouerflowed, and ma∣ny cattell drowned.

The seconde of October in the after noone,* 1.251 & on the morow in the forenoone, was a solemne obsequie at Paules church of London, for Fer∣dinando late Emperour, departed.

The seuenth day of October at night,* 1.252 from eight of the clocke till after nine of the clocke, all the North partes of the Element, seemed to bee couered with flames of fire, proceeding from the Northeast, and Northwest, toward the middest of the Firmament, where after it had stayed nighe one houre, it descended west: and all the same night (being the next after the chaunge of the Moone) seemed nigh as light as it had beene fayre day.

The .xx. of Nouember,* 1.253 in the morning through negligence of a mayden with a candell, the snuffe falling in an hundred pounde weight •…•…. Gunpowder, three houses in Bucklersburie were sore shaken, and the Mayde dyed two dayes after.

The .xxj. of December, began a frost,* 1.254 which continued so extreemly, that on Newyeares e∣uen people went ouer and along the Thames on the Ise from London bridge to Westmynster.

some played at the football, as holdly there, as if it had beene on the drie land: diuerse of the court being then at Westminster, shot dayly at pricks set vpon the Thames: and the people both men and women, went on the Thames in greater number, than in any streete of the Citie of Lon∣don. On the thirde day of Ianuarie at night it beganne to thaw, and on the fifth day was no Ise to bee seene betweene London bridge, and Lambeth, whiche sodaine thawe caused greate [ 10] floods and high waters, that bare downe bridges and houses,* 1.255 and drowned many people in Eng∣land: especially in Yorkshire, Owes bridge was borne away with other.

* 1.256The thirde day of Februarie, Henrie Stu∣art Lord Darley, about the age of .xix. yeare, el∣dest sonne to Mathew Earle of Lineux (who went into Scotlande at Whitsuntide before) hauing obteyned licence of the Queenes Ma∣iestie, tooke his iourney towarde Scotlande, ac∣companied [ 20] with fiue of his fathers men, where when he came, was honourably receyued, and lodged in the kings lodgings, and in the Som∣mer folowing, maried Marie Queene of Scot∣lande.

About this time, for the Queenes Maiestie were chosen and sent Commissioners to Bru∣ges, the Lorde Montacute knight of the honou∣rable order of the Garter, Doctor Wotton one of hir Maiesties honourable Counsaile, doctor [ 30] Haddon one of the Maisters of Requestes to hir highnesse, with other, Maister Doctor Au∣brey was for the marchant aduēturers of Eng∣land: they came to Bruges in Lent. Anno .1565. and continued there til Michaelmasse folowing, and then was the dyet prolonged till Marche in the yere .1566. and the Commissioners retur∣ned into England.

* 1.257The .xxij. of Aprill, the Ladie Margaret coū∣tesse of Lineux, was commaunded to keepe hir [ 40] chamber at the Whitehall, where she remayned till the .xxij. of Iune, and then conueyed by Sir Francis Knolles, and the garde to the Tower of London by water.

* 1.258On S. Peters euen at night, was the lyke standing watch in London, as had bene on the same night .xij. Monethes past.

* 1.259The .xvj. of Iuly, about .ix. of the clocke at night, began a tempest of lightning and thun∣der, with showers of hayle, which continued till [ 50] three of the clocke in the next morning, so ter∣rible, that at Chelmesforde in Essex fiue hun∣dred acres of corne was destroyed, the Glasse windowes on the East side of the towne, and of the West and South sides of the Church were beaten downe, with also the Tyles of their hou∣ses, beside diuerse Barnes, Chimneys, and the Battelments of the Church, which was ouer∣throwne. The like harme was done in many other places, as at Leedes, Cranebroke, Do∣uer. &c.

Christofor Prince and Margraue of Ba∣den,* 1.260 with Cicilie his wife, sister to the King of Swethlande, after a long and daungerous iour∣ney, wherein they had trauayled almost a .xj. Monethes sayling from Stockholme, crossing the Seas ouer into Lifelande, from whence by lande they came aboute by Pollande, Pruscie, Pomerland, Meckleburge, Friselande, and so to Andwerpe in Brabant, then to Calays, at the last in September landed at Douer, and the .xj. day of the same they came to London, and were lodged at the Earle of Bedfords place, neare vn∣to Iuie bridge, where within foure dayes after, that is to say, the .xv. of September, she trauay∣led in childbed, & was deliuered of a man child, which childe the last of September was christe∣ned in the Queenes Maiesties Chapell of white Hall at Westminster, the Queenes Maiestie in hir owne person being Godmother, the Archbi∣shop of Canterburie, and the Duke of Norf∣folke Godfathers: at the Christning the Queene gaue the childe to name Edwardus Fortunatus, for that God had so graciously assisted his mo∣ther, in so long and daungerous a iourney, and brought hir safe to land in that place, which she most desired, and that in so short time before hir deliuerance.

The .xj. of Nouember, the right honourable,* 1.261 Ambrose Earle of Warwike, maryed Anne el∣dest daughter to the Earle of Bedforde: for the honour and celebration of which noble mariage, a goodly chalenge was made, and obserued at Westmynster, at the Tylt, with eche one sixe courses: at the Tourney .xij. strokes, wyth the sword, three pushes with the punchion staffe: & xij. blowes with the sworde at Barriers, or .xx. if any were so disposed.

At ten of the clocke at night the same day, a valiant seruiceable man,* 1.262 called Robert Tho∣mas, maister Gunner of England, desirous al∣so to honour the feast and mariage day in con∣sideration the sayde Erle of Warwike was ge∣nerall of the Ordinaunce within hir Maiesties Realmes and Dominions, made three greate traines of chambers, which terribly yeelded forth the nature of theyr voyce, to the greate asto∣nishment of dyuerse, who at the fiering of the seconde was vnhappily slaine by a peece of one of the Chambers, to the great sorow and lamen∣tation of many.

The .xxiiij. of December, in the morning,* 1.263 there rose a great storme and tempest of winde, by whose rage the Thames and Seas ouer∣whelmed many persons,* 1.264 and the great gates at the West end of S. Paules Church in London,

(betweene the which standeth the brasen piller) were through the force of the winde, then in the westerne part of the world blowne open.

* 1.265In Ianuarie, Monsieur Rambulet a knight of the order in France, was sent ouer into Eng∣land, by the French king Charles the .ix. of that name, with the order, who at Windsore was stalled in the behalfe of the sayde French King, with the knighthoode of the most honourable or∣der of the Garter and the .xxiiij. of Ianuarie, in [ 10] the Chapell of hir Maiesties Palaice of White∣hall, the sayde Monsieur Rambulet inuested Thomas Duke of Norffolke, and Robert Earle of Leycester, with the sayde order of S. Michael.

The Marques of Baden, and the Ladie Ci∣cilie his wife,* 1.266 sister to the king of Swethen, who came into this lande in the Moneth of Septem∣ber last past (as before is declared) being then by the Queenes especiall appoyntment, at their ar∣riuall [ 20] honourably receyued by the Lorde Cob∣ham, an honourable Baron of this Realme, and the Lady his wife, one of the Queenes maiesties priuie Chamber, now in the Moneth of Aprill, 1566. departed the same againe, the Marques a few dayes before his wife, being both conducted by a lyke personage the Lord of Aburgueuenny to Douer.

Certayne houses in Cornehill, being fyrst purchased by the Citizens of London,* 1.267 were in [ 30] the Moneth of Februarie cryed by a Belman, and afterwarde solde to such persons as shoulde take them downe, and carie them from thence, which was so done in the Monethes of Aprill and May next following. And then the ground beeing made playne at the charges also of the Citie, possession thereof was by certayne Al∣dermen in the name of the whole Citizens, gy∣uen to the right worshipfull sir Thomas Gres∣ham knight, agent to the Queenes highnesse, [ 40] there to buylde a place for Marchantes to as∣semble in, at his owne proper charges, who on the seuenth day of Iune layde the first stone of the foundation (beeing Bricke) and forthwyth the woorkemenne followed vppon the same with such diligence, that by the Moneth of No∣uember, in Anno .1567. the same was couered with slate.

The Commissioners before named, appoyn∣ted for the matters of Flaunders, keeping theyr [ 50] diet at Bruges, agreed to referre the whole mat∣ter to the Princes on both sides, and if they could not agree, then the Marchants to haue .xl. dayes to repayre home with their marchandise, and in the meane tyme all things to stande as they were then. Our Commissioners departed from Bruges about the .xxvj. of Iune.

The .xxxj. of August, the Queenes maiestie in hir progresse came to the Vniuersitie of Ox∣forde,* 1.268 and was of all the studentes, which had looked for hir comming thither two yeares, so honourably and ioyfully receiued, as eyther their loyalnesse towardes the Queenes maiestie, or the expectation of their friends did require. Con∣cerning orders in disputation and other Acade∣micall exercises, they agreed much with those, which the Vniuersitie of Cambridge had vsed two yeares before. Comedies also and Tragi∣dies were played in Christs Church, where the Queenes highnesse lodged. Among the which the Comedie entituled Palemon & Arcit made by maister Edwardes of the Queenes Chapel, had such tragicall successe, as was lamentable.* 1.269 For at that time by the fal of a wall and a paire of staires, and great presse of the multitude, three men were slaine.

The fifth of September, after disputations, the Queene at the humble suyte of certaine hir Nobilitie, and the king of Spains Ambassador, made a briefe Oration in Latin to the Vniuer∣sitie, but so wise and pithie, as England may re∣ioyce, that it hath so learned a Prince, and the Vniuersitie may triumph that they haue so no∣ble a Patronesse.

The .vj. of September, after dinner, hir grace comming from Christs church ouer Car∣fox, and so to Saint Maries, the scholers stan∣ding in order according to theyr degrees euen to the East gate, certaine Doctours of the vni∣uersitie did ride before in their skarlet Gownes and hoodes, and masters of arte in black gownes and hoodes.

The Maior also wyth certaine of hys bre∣thren did ryde before hir in skarlet, to the ende of Magdalen Bridge, where their liberties ended: but the doctours and maisters went forwarde still to Shootouer, a mile and more out of Ox∣forde, bycause their liberties extended so farre, and there after Orations made, hir highnesse with thanks to the whole Vniuersitie, had them farewell, and rode to Ricote.

The valiaunt Captaine Edward Randolfe Esquire, Lieutenaunt of the Ordinaunce,* 1.270 and Colonell of a thousande footemen, in Septem∣ber last past, was wyth hys hande embarked at Bristow, and within fewe dayes after lan∣ded at Knockfergus in the North partes of Irelande, and from thence by water to a place called Derrie, by whiche passeth the Ryuer of Longfoyle, there the sayde Colonell in shorte space fortifyed, to the greate annoyaunce of Shane Oneyle, and by greate foresyght and ex∣perience, garded himselfe and his charge, till the sayde Oneyle (to hinder and disturbe his aboade there) the .xij. of Nouember arriued with a great army of Kerne Galawglasses & horsemen, with

whom the sayde Captaine Randall encounte∣red, and him there so discomfited, as after y^e con∣flict he durst neuer approch the Queens power: and to his perpetuall fame, the sayde Captaine by reason of his bolde and hardie onset, that day lost his life.

* 1.271Charles Iames, the sixt of that name, sonne to Henrie Stuart Lorde of Darnley, and Ma∣rie, King and Queene of Scottes was borne in Edenbourgh Castell,* 1.272 the .xix. of Iune last past, [ 10] and the .xviij. of December this yeare solemnly christened at Sterling, whose Godfathers at the Christning were, Charles king of Fraunce, and Philibert duke of Sauoy, and the Queenes Maiestie of England was the Godmother, who gaue a font of golde curiously wrought and en∣ameled, waying .333. ounces, amounting in va∣lue to the summe of .1043. pounde .xix. shillings.

* 1.273The tenth of Februarie in the morning, Henrie Stuart Lorde of Darneley before na∣med [ 20] King of Scottes, by Scottes in Scot∣lande was shamefully murthered, the reuenge whereof remayneth in the mightie hande of God.

The .xxij. of Februarie, the Ladie Marga∣ret Dowglas Countesse of Lineux, mother to the sayde King of Scottes, was discharged out of the Tower of London.

* 1.274Within the space of ten Monethes last past, dyed seuen Aldermen of London, the first Ed∣warde [ 30] Bankes deceassed the .ix. of Iuly. Anno 1566. Richarde Chamberlaine late sherife, sir Martin Bowes, sir Richard Mallorie, sir Wil∣liam Hewet, and sir Thomas White late Ma∣iors, then Richarde Lambert one of the She∣rifes for that yeare, the fourth of Aprill .1567.

* 1.275The .xxij. of Aprill, by great misfortune of fire in the towne of Ossestrie in Wales, twelue myles from Shrewsburie, to the number of two hundred houses, to say, seuen score within the [ 40] walles, and three score without in the suburbs, besides cloth, corne, cattell, &c. were consumed, which fire began at two of the clocke in the after noone, and ended at foure, to the great maruaile of many, that so great a spoyle in so short a time should happen. Two long streetes with great ryches of that Towne was burnt in Anno 1542. And lykewyse or worse in .1564.

* 1.276The .xxiiij. of Aprill, the Sergeants feast was kept at Grays Inne neare vnto Holborne, [ 50] and there were at that time made seuen newe Sergeants of the law.

* 1.277The .xvij. of May in the towne of Milnall in Suffolke .viij. miles from Newmarket .37. houses, besides Barnes, stables, and suche lyke were consumed with fire in the space of two houres.

Shane Oneyle, who had most trayterously rebelled agaynst the Queenes Maiestie in Ire∣lande, and had done many great outrages in the partes of Vlster, was this yeare with his great losse manfully repelied from the siege of Dun∣dalke by the garnison thereof, and afterwarde through the great valiance, and foresight of sir Henrie Sidney knight of the order,* 1.278and lord de∣putie of Irelande, he was so discomfited in sun∣drie cōflicts, with the losse of three thousand fiue hundred of his men, that now foreseeing his de∣clination to be imminent, he determined to put a coller about his necke, and disguising himselfe, to repayre to the Lorde Deputie, and penitent∣ly to requyre his pardon to haue his life. But Neyl Mackeuer his Secretarie, who had inci∣ted him to this rebellion, perswaded him fyrst to trie and treate the friendship of certaine wylde Scottes, that then lay encamped in Clan Iboy, vnder the conducting of Alexander Oge, and Mac Gilliam Buske, whose father and vncle Shane Oneyle had lately killed in an ouer∣throw giuen to the Scottes: neuerthelesse he wel lyking this perswasion, went to the sayde campe the seconde of Iune, where after a dissembled en∣terteynment, and quaffing of Wine, Gilliam Buske burning with desire of reuenge for his fa∣thers and vncles death, and ministring quarel∣ling talke, issued out of the tent, and made a fray vpon Oneyls men, and then gathering togither his Scottes in a throng, sodainly entred the tent againe, who there with their slaughter swordes,* 1.279 hewed in peeces Shane Oneyle, his Secretarie, and all his companie, except a verie fewe which escaped by flight.

On Saint Iohns euen at nyght,* 1.280 was the lyke standing watche in London, as had beene on Saint Peters euen in the yeare laste before passed.

This yeare the Emperour Maximilian the seconde of that name, being elected into the most honourable order of the Garter, the right honou∣rable Thomas Erle of Sussex .&c. knight of the same most noble order, was appoynted by the Queenes Maiestie to go vnto the sayde Empe∣rour, with the sayde order of the Garter, accor∣ding to his sayde election, who being honorably accompanied with the Lorde North, sir Tho∣mas Mildmay knight, Henrie Cobham esquier, one of the Pensioners, and others, departed from London the .xxv. of Iune .1567. vnto Douer, and there embarked, landed at Calays, and his trayne at Dunkerke, and so passed through the low countreys to Andwerpe in Brabant, where hee was honourably receyued by the Englishe Marchants and others, and being there went to visite Madame de Parma, Regent of the sayde Countreys, then resident within y^e same towne. And from thence passed vnto Coleyn, where as

his Lordship and traine mounted the Riuer of the Rhine, and by sundrie continual dayes iour∣neys, passed by the citie of Ments or Magunce, vnto Oppenham, and there taking his way by lande, passed through the Countrey by the Ci∣ties of Wormes and Spires til he came to Vl∣mes, standing on the riuer of Danow, where he arriued the .xxj. of Iuly, and the .xxiij. his Lord∣ship road in post to Anspurge, called in Latine Augustia Vindelicorum, nine Duche miles from [ 10] Vlmes. From thence hee departed the .xxv. of Iuly, and met with his traine at Donewert, be∣ing come thither vpon slottes downe by the sayd ryuer of Danow. From thence he kept vpon his iourney by Ingolstat, Reinspurg, in Latin Katisbena, by Passaw and other townes, till he came to Linz, where his Lordship stayed the first, seconde, and thirde of August, by reason of the high waters. And departing from thence the fourth of August, passed by Stoanne, and [ 20] Cremz, by the sayde Riuer of Danow, and so arriued at the Citie of Vienna the fift of Au∣gust in in this foresayde yeare .1567. where hee was receyued of the Lorde Smeckouites, ha∣uing twelue horses readie with theyr foote clo∣thes for his Lordship, and the most respected of his traine, and so brought him to the presence of the Emperour, at that present within his Ca∣stell there in that Citie, by whom hee was right honourabl•…•… receyued, and afterwarde conducted [ 30] to his assigned lodgings, where as all prouision was prepared and made at the Emperors char∣ges. Here his Lordship continued till the .xiiij. of Ianuarie.

In which meane time the Emperour very often as tyme serued had the sayde Earle forth with him, vnto such pastimes of hunting the Hart, Boare, and such lyke, as the plentifulnesse of that Countrey yeeldeth.

Moreouer, during the time of his Lordships [ 40] abode there at Vienna, Charles Archeduke of Austria & Carinth, arriued in that Citie, whom my Lorde went to salute.

After this, vppon the Queenes Maiesties letters brought out of Englande by maister Henrie Brooke, alias Cobham, one of hir Ma∣iesties Gentlemen Pencioners, the sayde Earle of Sussex vpon Sunday the fourth of Ianuarie in the after noone,* 1.281 presented and delyuered vnto the Emperors Maiestie, in his Chamber of pre∣sence, [ 50] the habiliments and ornamentes of the most noble order of the Garter, sir Gylbert De∣thicke knight, alias Garter, principall king of Armes, and officer for the sayde order, and Wil∣liam Dethick then Rouge Crosse, also officer of Armes, giuing their attendance in theyr coates of Armes. And the Emperor at his inuesture of the sayde habiliments, gaue vnto the sayd Gar∣ter his short Gowne, and vnder garment, fureed throughout with Luzerns, and then proceeded thence into a great Chamber, adorned in forme of a Chapell, where as all the other Ceremonies belonging to the sayd noble order were there ob∣serued and accomplished. And the same night the sayde Earle supped with the Emperours Maiestie, both being in theyr Robes of the sayd order.

And shortly after, his Lordship with certain of his cōpanie taking leaue of the Emperor, de∣parted from Vienna the .xiiij. of Ianuarie a∣foresayde vnto Newstat, and so through the Countrey of Styre vnto Gratz, the chiefe Citie of Carinthie, where hee tooke also leaue of the sayde Archeduke Charles, and from thence re∣turning passed those partes of the Alpes vnto Saltzburgh, where he met with the other part of his trayne, and so by continuing iourneys came againe into England vnto the Queenes Ma∣iestie towardes the latter ende of March.

After a drie Sommer,* 1.282 followed and extreeme sharpe Winter, namely the latter part thereof, with such great scarcitie of fodder and bay, that in diuerse places the same was solde by weight, as in Yorkshyre, and in the Peake of Darby∣shyre, where a stone of hay was solde for fiue pens. There followed also a great death of cat∣tell, namely of horse and sheepe.

This yeare in the Moneth of Ianuarie the Queenes Maiestie sent into the narrowe Seas three of hir shippes,* 1.283 and one barke named the Anthelop, the Swallow, the Ayde, and the Phenix, the which were manned with fiue hun∣dred men. And hir highnesse appoynted the charge of the sayde shippes and men, to hir tru∣stie seruant William Holstocke of London es∣quire, Comptroller of hir highnesse shippes, who had cōmaundement to stay the subiects of king Philip. And according to his dutie he vsed such diligence, as one hauing care to his charge, in garding as well the Frenche as the Englishe coastes, did the .xj. day of March next folowing meete with a .xj. sayle of Flemishe Hoyes open vpon Bollongne, which came from Roan, and had in them foure hundred and odde Tunnes of Gascoigne and French Wines, which they in∣tended to haue caryed into Flaunders: but the sayde Holstocke stayed all the sayde .xj. Hoyes, and sent them to Lōdon, where they made their discharge, and the Flemings disappoynted of those Wines.

Moreouer, the .xxviij. day of the foresayde Moneth of March, the sayde William Holstock seruing in the Anthelop (at that present Admi∣rall) & in his companie, being William Wynter the yonger (at that tyme his Viceadmirall) ser∣uing in the Ayde, and Iohn Basing Captaine

of the Swallow, and Thomas Gonarly Cap∣taine of the Phenix met in the narrow seas with xiiij. saile of great Hulkes, which were come out of Portugale, & bound to Flanders: their chiefe lading being Portugall salt, and yet had good store of Spanish Ryals of plate, & also of good spices: The which .xiiij. Hulkes did mainteyne their fight for the space of two houres. And after that they did perceyue that they coulde not pre∣uaile, hauing tasted of the ordinance of the Q. [ 10] ships, to their great hurt, as well in slaughter of their men, as also in spoile of their ships, the sayd Holstocke & his companie tooke .viij. of the sayd Hulkes, whereof .vj. were sent into the Riuer of Thames. And the Admirall, and Viceadmirall of the sayd Hulkes being two great ships (which Holstocke himselfe did take) were caried to Har∣wich, and there discharged.

* 1.284The .xxviij. of Marche, through vehement rage and tempest of windes, many vesselles on [ 20] the Thames, with two Tileboates before Gra∣uesende, were sunke and drowned.

* 1.285The .xxvj. of Iune, deceassed Thomas Yong Archbishop of Yorke, at the Manor of Shefield, and was honorably buried at Yorke.

* 1.286The .xj. of October were taken in Suffolke at Downam bridge, neare vnto Ipswich .xvij. monstrous fishes, some of thē conteyning .xxvij. foote in length, the other .xxiiij. or .xxj. foot a peece at the least. [ 30]

* 1.287At the costes and charges of the Citizens of London, a new Conduit was builded at Wal∣brooke corner, neare to Downgate, which was finished in the Moneth of October, the water whereof is conueyed out of the Thames.

* 1.288The .xxvij. of Ianuarie, Philip Mestrell a Frenchmā, and two Englishmen were drawne from Newgate to Tiburne, and there hanged, the Frenchman quartred, who had coyned golde counterfeyt, the Englishmen, the one had clipped [ 40] siluer, the other cast testons of Tinne.

* 1.289The .xxviij. of March, the Pencioners well appoynted in armour on horseback, mustred be∣fore the Queenes maiestie in Hide Parke beside Westminster.

* 1.290A great Lottery being holden at London in Paules Churchyard at the west dore, was be∣gun to be drawne the .xj. of Ianuarie, and conti∣nued day and night, till the sixt of May, wherin the sayd drawing was fully ended. [ 50]

* 1.291Sir Thomas Roe Lord Maior of London, caused to be enclosed with a wall of bricke, nigh one akre of ground, nere vnto Bethlem without Bishops gate to be a place of buriall for the dead of such Parishes in London as lacked conueni∣ent ground within their sayd Parishes.

A standing watch on Saint Iohns euen at Mydsommer, and sir Iohn White Alderman rode the circuyt, as the Lord Maior should haue done.

The .xxvij. of August, Andrew Gregorruiche Sauin, Ambassador from Moscouie,* 1.292 landed at the Tower Wharfe, and was there receyued by the Lorde Maior of London, the Aldermen and Sherifes in skarlet, with the Merchants aduen∣turers in coates of blacke Veluet, all on horse∣backe, who conueyed him riding through the ci∣tie to the Moscouie house in Seding lane, there to be lodged.

The plague of pestilence somwhat raigning in the Citie of London,* 1.293 Michaelmas terme was first adiourned vnto the third of Nouember, and after vnto Hillarie terme next following.

The .xj. of October,* 1.294 Thomas Howard duke of Norffolke, was brought from Burnam be∣side Windsore by lande to Westminster, & from thence by water to the Tower of London pri∣soner, sir Henrie Neuill being his keeper.

This yeare the Lord Maior of London went by water to Westminster, & there tooke his othe,* 1.295 as hath bin accustomed, but kept no feast at the Guildhall, least through comming togither of so great a multitude, infection of the pestilence might haue increased. That weke from the .xxj. vnto the .xxviij. of October, there died in the Ci∣tie & out parishes of all diseases .152. of the which 51. we accounted to die of the plague.

On Thursday the .ix. of Nouember,* 1.296 Tho∣mas Percey Earle of Northumberland, recey∣ued the Queenes Maiesties letters to repaire to the court, and the same night other conspirators perceyuing him to be wauering and vnconstant of promise made to them, caused a seruant of his, called Beckwith (after he was layd in his bed) to bustle in, and to knocke at his Chamber doore, willing him in hast to aryse, and shyft for him∣selfe, for that his enimies (whom hee termed to be sir Oswold Vlstrop, and maister Vanghan) were about the Parke, and had beset him wyth numbers of men, wherevpon he arose, and con∣ueyed himselfe away to his keepers house: in the same instant they caused the Belles of the towne to be rung backewarde, and so raysed as many as they coulde to theyr purpose. The next night the Earle departed thence to Branspithe, where hee mette with Charles Earle of Westmer∣lande, and the other confederates. Then by sun∣dry Proclamations, they abusing many of the Queenes subiectes, commaunded them in hir highnesse name, to repayre to them in warlyke maner, for the defence and suretie of hir Ma∣iesties person, sometymes affyrmyng theyr do∣ings to bee with the aduice and consent of the Nobilitie of this Realme, who in deede were wholy bent (as manifestly appeared) to spende theyr lyues in dutifull obedience, agaynst them

and all other traytors, somtymes pretending for conscience sake to seeke to refourme Religion: sometimes declaring that they were dryuen to take this matter in hande, least otherwise for∣raine Princes might take it vpon them, to the great perill of this Realme.

Vpon Monday the .xiij. of Nouember, they went to Durham with their Banners displayd, and to get the more credite among the fauou∣rers of the olde Romish Religion, they had a [ 10] Crosse with a Banner of the fiue wounds borne before them, sometime by olde Norton, some∣time by others.

* 1.297As soone as they entred Durham, they went to the Mynster, where they take the Byble, Cō∣munion Bookes, and other suche as there were. The same night they went againe to Brans∣pithe.

The .xiiij. day of the same Moneth, they went to Darington, and there had Masse, which [ 20] the Earles and the rest heard with such lewde deuotion as they had, then they sent their horse∣men, to gather togither such numbers of men as they could.

The .xv. day the Erles parted: of Northum∣berland to Richmond, then to Northallerton, and so to Borowbridge, of Westmerland to Ri∣pon, and after to Borowbridge, where they both met againe.

* 1.298On the .xviij. day they went to Wetherby, [ 30] and there taryed three or foure dayes, and vpon Clifford Moore,* 1.299 nigh vnto Bramham moore, they mustered themselues, at which time they were about two thousande horsmen, and fiue thousand footmen which was the greatest num∣ber that euer they were. From whence they in∣tended to haue marched towarde Yorke, but theyr myndes being sodainly altered, they re∣turned.

* 1.300The .xxiij. of Nouember, they besieged Ber∣nardes [ 40] Castell, which Castell was valiantly defended by sir George Bowes, and Robert Bowes his brother, the space of .xj. dayes, and then deliuered with composition to depart with armor, munition, bag and baggage. In which time the Queenes Maiestie caused the sayde Erles of Northumberland and Westmerland to be proclaymed traytors,* 1.301 with all their adhe∣rents and fauourers, the .xxiiij. of Nouember.

The Lorde Scrope warden of the West [ 50] Marches, calling vnto him the Earle of Cum∣berlande and other Gentlemen of the Countrey, kept the Citie of Carleil.

The Earle of Sussex the Queenes Lieute∣nant generall in the North,* 1.302 published there the like Proclamations (in effect) as had beene pub∣lished by hir Maiestie, agaynst the sayd rebels, and also sent out to all suche gentlemen as hee knewe to be hir Maiesties louing subiects vnder his rule, who came vnto him with such number, of theyr friends, as he was able in fiue dayes to make aboue fiue thousand horsemen and foote∣men, and so being accompanied with the Earle of Rutland his Lieutenant, the Lorde Hunsdon general of the horsmen, sir Raufe Sadler Trea∣sorer the Lord William Eures, that was after appoynted to lead the rerewarde, and dyuerse o∣ther, that with theyr tenants and seruants were come to him, remayning as then within the Ci∣tie of Yorke. He set forward from thence the fift of December being Sunday, and marched with his power which he had thus got togither to∣wards the enimies.

Sir George Bowes hauing surrēdred Ber∣nards Castell (as before ye haue heard) met the Erle of Sussex thus marching forward with his armie at Sisay, from whence they kept for∣ward to Northallerton, and resting two nights there, they marched on to Croftbridge, then to Akle, and so to Durham, and after to Newca∣stell, and the .xx. of December they came to Hexam, from whence the Rebels were gone the night before to Naworth, where they counsay∣led with Edwarde Dakers concerning theyr owne weaknesse, and also howe they were not onely pursued by the Erle of Sussex and other with him, hauing a power with them of seuen thousand men, being almost at theyr heeles, but also by the Earle of Warwike, and the Lorde Clynton, high Admyrall of Englande wyth a farre greater armie of .xij. thousande men, raysed by the Queenes Maiesties Commissions out of the South and middle parties of the realme. In which armie beside the Erle of Warwike,* 1.303 & Lorde Admirall, chiefe gouernours in the same, there was also Walter Deuereux Vicounte Hereforde high Marshall of the field, wyth the Lord Willoughbie of Parrham, Master Char∣les Howarde, nowe Lorde Howarde of Effing∣ham, generall of the horsmen vnder the Erle of Warwike, yong Henrie Knolles eldest sonne to sir Frauncis Knolles, his Lieutenant, Edw. Horsey Captaine of the Isle of Wight, wyth fiue hundred Harquebusiers out of the same Ile, and captaine Leighton with other fiue C. Har∣quebusiers Londoners, and many other worthie gentlemen and valiant captaines.

The comming forward of these forces, cau∣sed the rebels so much to quaile in courage, that they durst not abyde to trie the matter with dint of sworde. For whereas the Erle of Warwike, and the Lord Admyrall, being aduaunced for∣warde to Darington, ment the next day to haue sent Robert Glouer then Portculeys, and now Somerset Herault (who in this iourney atten∣ded on the Lorde Admyrall, as Norrey king of

Armes did vpon the Earle of Warwike) vnto the rebels, vpon such message as for the time & state of things was thought conuenient. The same night aduertisements came from the Erle of Suffer vnto the Erle of Warwik, and to y^e Lorde Admirall, that ther•…•…o Earles of Nor∣thumberlande, and Westmerlande, were sledde, as the truth was they were indeede, firste from Durham, whether the saide Glouer should haue bene sent vnto them, and now vpon the Erle of [ 10] Sussex his comming vnto Erham,* 1.304 they shrank quite awaye, and fled into Scotlande, without bidding their companie farewel.

The Earle of Warwike and hys power marched on to Durham. But the Earle of Sussex pursuyng those other Rebelles, that had not meane to flie out of the Realme, apprehen∣ded no small number of them at his pleasure, withoute finding anye resystance among [ 20] them at al.

The fourth and fifth of Ianuarie, did suffer at Durham to the number of .lxvj. Conestables and other,* 1.305 amongst whom the Alderman of the towne, and a Prieste called parson Plomtree, were the most notable. Thē Sir George Bowes bring made Marshall, finding many to be fau∣tors in the foresaid rebellion did set them execu∣ted in diuerse places of the Countrey.

The .xxi. of Ianuarie, a Prentise of Lon∣don [ 30] was hanged on a Gibbet at the north end of Finke lane in London, (to there sample of o∣ther) for that hee the .xiij. of December had stey∣ken his maister with a knife 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the dyed.

* 1.306About the latter ende of Ianuarie. Lenarde Dacres of Harle say began to rebel, in Cumber∣berland, and vpon a sodaine •…•…ased vpon diuerse houses belonging to his nephew the L. Dacres, then in possession of the D. of Norffolk, & raised a power of his pretended tenaunts and frends to the number of 2000.* 1.307 footemen and 1600. horse, [ 40] of whose attemptes the Queenes maiestie being aduertised, directed hir letters to the lord Hun∣nesdon Lord gouernour of Barwike, and Lord Wardē of the east Marches, fore aneinst Scot∣land, cōmanding him to apprehend y^e said Leo∣narde Dacres, where vppon he taking with him three hundred souldiers of Barwike, and Sir Iohn Forster Lord Wardē of the middle Mar∣ches, with sixe hundred horsemen of Northum∣berlande, and two hundred horse of Yorkshire [ 50] men set foreward, and comming to Hexam, the xvi •…•…. of February, rested there that night, and y^e daye following being Sunday, and the nexte night he marched forwarde towards Naworth Castel, where Leonarde Dacres being within toked to haue bin besieged, but perceiuing that y^e Lorde Honnesoon toke an other course in pas∣sing by the Castel towards Cartile, he sent pre∣sently xv. hundred footemen a sixe hundred horse∣men to stoppe his passage ouer a M•…•… whiche of necessitie he must passe, through the whiche a great Riuer called Ghelte runneth.

About him of the clocke in the morning the rebels were got togither in order of bat∣tel, before the Lord Honne soon coulde with his foote menent t•…•… the plaine, where vppon he com∣maunded the footemē to kepe thēselues in breath, and welled sir Iohn Forster with his Northū∣berlande horsemenne,* 1.308 as a rereward to back the footemen. This done, he himself with his three sonnes, and an hundred horsemen hauing got the hill, and perceiuing the enimies to come so fast forward, that with their arrowes they hurte his Horse vnder him, and diuerse other horses of his troupe, he gaue a sodain charge vppon them, and by the helpe of God within a shorte space ouerthrew al their footemen, of who were slaine betwixt foure & fiue hundred.

But Leonarde Dacres himselfe with his sixe hundred horsemen (many of mē being Scottes) escaped into Scotland,* 1.309 being chased foure miles of the way, by the Lord Honnesdon & his small company, and had bin taken, if the Scottes had not the better defended him.

The Captaines of Barwike, Reade, Yarley Caruisle, & Progel, shewed that day good proofe of their skilful valiancy, bringing their men for∣warde in such good order, that no smal feare en∣tred the hartes of the aduersaries to trie the bat∣taile with them. When they that kept Naworth Castel (being about foure hundred men wel ap∣pointed) vnderstoode of the ouerthrow, they abā∣doned the place and fledde away, wherof the L. Honnesdon being aduertised, sent certaine of his companie to take possession thereof, and wente himself to Cartile, where he remained til he had put al the houses which Leonarde Dacres hadde seased vppon, into safe keeping to the Queenes maiesties vse, and so returned to Barwike, and afterwardes by special and humble sute procu∣red pardon for those that escaped with life, in consideration that there were so many killed as the ouerthrow.

On good Friday the xxvij. of March Simō Digby of Askue, Iohn Fulthorpe of Iulbeck•…•… Esquires, Robert Peneman of Stokesly, Tho. Bishop of Poklinton the yonger, gentlemen, were executed at the place of execution without Yorke, and their foure heades set ouer the prin∣cipal gates of the Citie w^t iiij. of their quarters, the other of their quarters were set vp in diuerse places of the Countrey.

William Earle of Pembroke, baron of Car∣diffe, Knight of the Garter, one of the priuy coū∣saile, and lord steward of the Queenes maiesties housholde, disceased the .xviij. of April, and was

buried in S. Paules Church at London.

The Earle of Sussex in reuenge of the euill demeanor of the Scottes inhabiting neare to the English Marches, as well in receiuing and succouring diuerse of the Englishe Rebels, as other naughty practises, assembled such forces as be thought expedient in the night that followed the .xxvij. of April, and hauing with him the lord Honnesd on gouernour of Barwike, and Lorde Wardeyn of East Marches, sir William Dru∣rie [ 10] Marshall of the saide armie and Towne of Barwike,* 1.310 came to Warke, being twelue miles distant from the saide towne of Barwike, and then the nexte daye being the .xviij. of the same moneth, they entred into Tiuidale in Scotland, where marching in warlike order, they burnt, ouerthrew, wasted and spoyled all the Castels, Townes and Villages,* 1.311 as they passed, till they came to a Tower called the Mosse Tower, stā∣ding in a marish, and belonging to the Lard of [ 20] Buclewgh, whiche likewise was rased, ouer∣throwne and burnt, and so marching forward, wasted the whole country before them, till they came to a great towne called Crauling.

* 1.312The same day sir Iohn Forster warden of the middle Marches, with all the garnison and forces of the same, entred likewise into Tiuidale at Espesgate, distant .xvj. myles from Warke, where in like order they burnt and spoyled the Countrey before them, til they came to a Castel [ 30] in the possession of the mother of the Larde of Ferniherst, being percel of hir sonnes landes, whiche likewise was ouerthrowen, rased, and burnt, with all other Castels, Piles, Townes, and Villages, all alongst the saide Countrey, till they came to Crauling, ioyning there with the Lord Lieutenants power. This town was likewise burnt and spoyled. Thus they passed the riuer of Tiuet, rasing, burning and spoyling the Castels, Piles, stone houses, townes, & vil∣lages [ 40] alongst that Riuer, til they came to Ied∣worth, where they lodged for that nighte, and were of the Magistrates of that towne courte∣ously receiued, who had made indifferent good prouision for the armie both of vittayles for men, and of bay and prouāder for horses: where∣vppon Proclamation was publikelye made in name of the Lorde Lieutenant, that no Eng∣lishman vpon paine of death, shoulde disturbe or wrongfully take away any thing from anye of [ 50] the inhabitants of the same towne, without dis∣bursing readie money therfore: which thing did so much content the Scottes, that the next daye the Lard of Sesford,* 1.313 wardē of the middle mar∣ches of Scotland, with all the principall of hys alyes and kyndred, came in to the Lorde Lieu∣tenant, submitting themselues to him, and were receiued into assurance, for that neyther he nor any of them had at any time 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Eng∣lish Rebelles, neither ayded nor assysted them, neyther yet made any inuasion into Englande, and wheras some of their men, and tenauntes, without their knowledge had to spassed in such behalfe, they were contented to abide and stand vnto the Earle of Sussex his order, for theyr sayde men and Tenauntes. And herevppon nei∣ther they nor any of theirs receyued any hurte. But by his Lordships commaundement were preserued from sustayning any domage either in bodie or goodes.

The .xix. day, the armie was deuided into two seuerall pattes, whereof the one passing o∣uer the Riuer of Tiuet,* 1.314 burnte the Castell of Ferniherst, vtterly spoyling the same, and all o∣ther Castelles and townes that belonged to the Lards of Ferniherst, Hunthil, and Bedrall,* 1.315 and so passed to Myntoe, where both the armyes meeting, ioyned togither againe, being not paste a foure miles from Hawike, whether they marched directly, intending to lodge there that night, bycause the Baylifes of the Towne had offred to receiue the whole armie, and to make prouision for the Souldiers of all things ne∣cessarie, they paying readie money for the same, and the inhabitauntes to bee assured not to bee hurt in body or goodes, as was promised.* 1.316 But the Scottes breaking couenant before the com∣ming thither of the armie, had vncouered theyr houses, carried the Thaiche into the streetes, and there sette it on fire, and thys done, they sledde their wayes with muste parte of their goodes, so that when the armye approched, there was suche a thicke smoke, that no manne myghte vnneth enter the Towne: and so for that night the Souldiers suffred greate lacke of vyt∣tayles, lodging, and prouision, as well for themselues, as theyr Horses: but the fyre whych the Scottes hadde of a malicious purpose and subtiltye thus begoonne, was by the diligent industrie of the Englishmen so entreased, that both the Thatche and Tymber of the whole Towne was consumed to Ashes, a stone house pertayning to the Larde of Drumtanerig one∣ly excepted, wherein the Lorde Lieutenaunte laye that night: and bycause the sayde Drum∣lanerig was a friende assured, the sayde house was spared, wyth all the goodes and Corne therein, whereof there was greate plentie.

The .xx. of Aprill, the armie marched to∣warde a fayre proper house,* 1.317 belonging to the Lard of Burlewgh, which was blown vp with powder and vtterly ruynated. Here the army was againe deuided as before by the sayde Lorde Lieutenaunt his appointment, and mar∣ching by North the Riuer of Tiuet towardes

Englande, they burnt and spoyled all such Ca∣stels, Pyles, Townes and Villages, as were belonging to the sayde Lardes of Fernyhurst and Buclewgh their kinsmens, alies, and adhe∣rents, and came that night againe to Iedworth, and there lodged.

The .xxj. of Aprill, the armie deuiding it selfe againe, the one part vnder the leading of the Marshall sir William Drurie, passed to the Riuer of Bowbent, and there Tiuidale and [ 10] Riddesdale men meeting him, all on both sides that Ryuer was burnt and spoyled. The other part of the armie marching by the Riuer of Catle, wasted and burnt in like maner there, all that was founde on both sydes that Riuer, be∣longing wholy to the Larde of Buclewgh, hys kinsmen, alies and adherents.

This done, they returned againe neare to Kelsey, where the Lorde Lieutenant lodged for that night, meaning to haue besieged Hume ca∣stell, [ 20] for the accomplishment whereof, the same night the Lorde of Honnesdon, and his compa∣nie went to Warke, to bring from thence the day next following the great Artillerie, but by∣cause the caryage horses were returned to Bar∣wicke, this coulde not be brought to passe, and so the Lorde Lieutenant with the whole armie returned into England the .xxij. of Aprill, and came that night to Barwike.

In this iourney there were rased, ouerthrowne [ 30] and spoyled, aboue fiftie Castels and Pyles, and more than three hundred townes and vylla∣ges, so that there were verie fewe in Tiuidale and those parties there aboutes, which had ey∣ther receyued the English Rebelles, or by inua∣sion endomaged the Englishe borders, and good Subiectes inhabiting vpon the same, that had left to them eyther Castell, Pile or house, for themselues, theyr friendes, or tenaunts, be∣side the great losse of goodes which were wa∣sted, [ 40] taken away or consumed by this armie vn∣der the Lord Lieutenant.

And in the meane while that hee with hys power thus afflicted the aduersaryes on that syde, the Lorde Scrope Warden of the West Marches, the eyghtenth of Apryll entred Scot∣lande on that syde, wyth suche forces as hee had assembled, and the first nyght they encam∣ped at Eglesham, and in the morning at the dislodging of the campe, that towne was burnt, [ 50] and passing forwarde through the Countrey, they burnt and spoyled dyuerse other Townes, almost tyll they came to Dunfryse, and hadde dyuerse conflictes wyth the enimies, gaue them sundrie ouerthrowes, tooke many of them pri∣soners, and hauing accomplished hys purpose, to his highe prayse and commendation, hys Lordshippe returned in safetie wyth his people into Englande, Hauing burnt in that iour∣ney these places following, Hoddon: Traile∣brow: olde Cockpoole: Sherington: Black∣shawe: Banke ende: Rowell: Logher wood: Bride Kyrke, and others.

During these inuasions thus made into Scotlande in that season, the Marches of Englande were so strongly garded in all pla∣ces by the Lorde Eures, Sir George Bowes, and others, that the Scottes durst not so muche as once offer to make anye inuasion, so that in absence of the armies, there was not so much as an house burnt, or a Cow driuen out of the English borders.

The .xxvj. of Aprill, the Earle of Sussex Lord Lieutenant, accompanyed wyth the fore∣sayde Lorde of Honnesdon, maister Drurie, and dyuerse other Captaynes and Souldiours, to the number of three thousande or thereaboutes, set from Berwike aboute fiue of the clocke in the after noone towardes Warke, where they arriued aboute nine of the Clocke in the nyght: and continuing there till the next morning, in the meane tyme he put things in order necessa∣rie for the assieging of Hume Castell, the win∣ning whereof hys Lordshippe seemed to haue vowed.

Aboute the breake of the day hee sent forth maister Drurie, with certaine horsemen and shot before, to enuiron that Castell, and to choose there such a plot of grounde, where hee myght encampe best in safetie from the shotte of the same,* 1.318 which the sayd maister Drurie according∣ly perfourmed and there remayned till the com∣ming of the sayde Lorde Lieutenant with the armie, who setting forward the foote bandes, ca∣ryage, and Ordinaunce, made haste to fol∣lowe, but yet ere hee coulde passe the Ryuer of Tweede, and sette ouer all the men, Ordi∣naunce and caryage it was almost tenne of the clocke. Here at thys Ryuer, the Lorde Lieu∣tenaunt caused all the horsemen to stay and to take ouer the footmen.

This done,* 1.319 with good circumspection he ap∣poynted the Demilaunces and other horsemen to remayne behinde in the rerewarde, and putte the footemen in the battaile, for the more safe∣garde of themselues, the Ordinaunce and ca∣ryages. Then his Lordshippe himselfe wyth his owne Standard, and the Lorde of Honnes∣dons guydon, marched forwarde towardes Hume Castell, commaunding the rest of the armye wyth the Ordinaunce to followe af∣ter, and so aboute one of the Clocke in the af∣ter Noone, hee came before the Castell, out of the whiche the enimyes shotte at his Stan∣darde verye hottely, but (God be praysed) with∣oute doyng hurt eyther to manne or horse,

and encamped vnder a Rocke or cragge (which the Marshall had possessed) with his bande of horsemen and certaine footemen, as in a place most apt from daunger of shotte oute of the Castell.

* 1.320Herewith a companie of Curriours and Caliuers were putte forwarde, and appoyn∣ted to take an other rocke nearer to the Castell, which shotte at them in the sayde Castell, and the defendantes within it answered them again [ 10] verie roundly, although without any greate hurt on eyther part.

* 1.321In the meane tyme the Lorde Lieutenant himselfe, accompanied onely with the Marshall maister Drurie, roade sundrie tymes rounde about the Castell to view and suruey the same, at whome they within shotte verie sore, both with their great Artillerie and small shotte mis∣sing them yet, as God woulde, though verye narrowly. [ 20]

About sixe of the clock in the Euening came the whole battaile, ordinaunce, and caryages, with ensignes spred, shewing themselues verie brauely, at whome also the Castell shotte lustily but as God woulde haue it, withoute hurting either man or boy. They lodged vnder another Rocke neare adioyning vnto the Lorde Lieutenant vppon the West syde, where there were appoynted more small shotte to goe to the Trenche, which shadowed themselues vnder the [ 30] olde walles of the houses, which the Scots had burnt before the comming of the Englishmen, and occupyed them so within the sayde Castell, that one of them coulde not so soone looke out at a loupe, but three or foure were readie to salute him: and keeping them in suche sort, that they durst not well shew their heades, the captaine of the Pioners the same night by commaunde∣ment of the Lorde Lieutenant,* 1.322 raysed a mount vpon the Northeast side of the Castell, whervp∣on [ 40] the peeces of Artillerie might be planted in batterie.

This worke was so well applyed, and with so great diligence aduaunced, that by fiue of the clocke in the nexte morning it was fini∣shed.

The .xxviij. of Aprill, the Marshall maister Drurie verie early road about the Castell, to suruey and view euery thing:* 1.323 which done, the great Ordinaunce was brought to the appoyn∣ted [ 50] place, and bent agaynst the Castell, to witte, three Canons, and two Faucons. Herewith al∣so the Lord Lieutenant caused sommonance to be giuen vnto them within to yeelde. And a∣bout seuen of the clocke the same morning, the whole tyre beganne to goe off, and a greate showte was made by the armie, to the great terrour of the defendāts, and of al the Countrey neare adioyning. The foresayde peeces conti∣nued shooting till two of the clocke in the after noone, discharging within that space a three score shottes.

During the time of this batterie, there was no great store of shotte discharged by the greate peeces within the Castell, bycause their maister Gunner within, after he had first shot of a peece, and done no hurt therewith, as he was aboute to shoote againe, the maister Gunner of the two English Faucons hauing espied him, tooke hys leuell so right, that discharging therewith one of the Faucons, he displaced the enimies peece,* 1.324 and stroke the Gunners legge off, whereby their great ordinance within ceassed, which was an happie turne for the Englishmen.

About two of the clocke they within sente forth a Trumpet vnto the Lorde Lieutenant,* 1.325 requiring a respite, that they myght talke with the Marshall maister Drurie, and to sende a Messenger to the Lorde Hume theyr maister, to knowe hys further pleasure, for that beeing put in trust by him with the keeping of that for∣tresse, they could not giue it vp without his con∣sent. And then vpon the returne of the Messen∣ger, they trusted to giue his Lordship contented answere.

The Marshall maister Drurie talked with them twice, and the Lorde Lieutenaunt was contented to graunt vnto William Trotter,* 1.326 and Gylbert Gray the Lorde Humes wines brother (being principall Captaynes appoyn∣ted to the keeping of the sayde Castell) three houres respyte, wyth condition, that they should not vse therein any subtiltie, or for the delay∣ing of tyme, swearing by his honour,* 1.327 that if they so did, hee woulde not depart the fielde tyll hee had woonne it by force: and further, that there shoulde not one of them escape wyth lyfe.

They being brought in doubt of their owne safeties hereby, sent one in poste togyther with a seruant of maister Drurie the Marshall, vnto the Lorde Hume. And presently herevpon they shewed themselues vpon the Walles and ram∣pyres of the sayde Castell: But immediately the Lord Lieutenant sent to them a commaun∣dement, straightly inhibiting them, that not one of them shoulde once in paine of death looke ouer the Walles or Rampyres, to the ende to viewe the breache of the batterie, forsomuch as in the tyme of Parley, it was agaynst the lawe of ar∣mes so to doe.

But nowe the Messenger that was thus sent to the Lorde Hume, comming to him de∣clared in what case hys house and people stoode, who beeing (as was supposed) not so farre off, but that he might heare howe lustily the Eng∣lishe

Canons did ca•…•…as and butter his Hu∣mishe Castell Walles, did nowe agree to meete the Marshall maister Drurie two myles dis∣tant from the sayde Castell, and there to com∣mon further with him in that matter.

Vppon the comming backe of the Messenger with thys aunswere, the Lorde Lieutenaunt thought good to sende the sayde maister Dru∣rie vnto the place appoynted, who comming thither mette with the sayde Lorde Hume: and [ 10] after they hadde debated the matter togyther, at length the Lorde Hume was contented that the Castell shoulde bee surrendered into the handes of the Lorde Lieutenaunt, wyth con∣dition that his people therein might depart with lyfe, which the Lorde Lieutenaunt was con∣tented to graunt, so that there were no English¦men among them.

* 1.328Herevpon about ryght of the clocke in the Euening, the gates were opened, & the Keyes [ 20] delyuered to the Marshall, who presented them to the Lorde Lieutenant, and then the Lorde Honnesdon, the sayde Marshall, and dyuerse o∣ther Gentlemen entered into the Castell, and tooke possession thereof in the Queene of Eng∣lands name, pulled downe theyr Banner of de∣fiance, and in place thereof set vp the Englishe Banners, agaynst all those in Scotlande that would say the contrarie.

The Scottes that were within it being in [ 30] number an hundred three score and eyght per∣sons, were put out in theyr common wearing apparell, wythout armour, weapon, or anye baggage. They comming to the Lorde Lieu∣tenant that was then at the place of the batterie on horsebacke, presented themselues to him, who according to his worde and promise of honour, caused them to be safely conducted through the watch and scoutes, to suche place as they re∣quyred. [ 40]

* 1.329Amongest them there were two Englishe¦men, the one of them named Hilliarde, the Erle of Northumberlands man, the other was a vagarant person, or a rogue, (as wee maye call him) named William God saue hir, alias Lions, whiche both were caryed to Berwike, and there executed the thirtenth of May next ensuing.

In all this siege there were but foure per∣sons slaine on both partes, two Scottes, and [ 50] two English men but there were many hurt as well on the one part as the other.

The Castell of Hume being thus wo•…•…, the Lorde Lieutenant the Morow after placed therein to keepe the house to the Queenes Ma∣iesties vse,* 1.330 Captaine Wood, and Captain Pik∣man, with two hundred souldiours. This done, his Lordship returned towardes Englande and came backe to Barwike.

During this siege there were dyuerse townes and Villages situate within three or foure my∣les of the campe, set on fire by the Englishmen, and vtterly spoyled.

The Lorde Lieutenant vpon his returne to Berwike,* 1.331 stayed there for a tyme verie euill at rase, hauing in trauayle aboute the siege taken such colde, as therewith he was brought into an extr•…•…me Ague.

The fourth of May, his Lordshippe sente maister William Drurie the Marshall of Ber∣wike, accompanyed with dyuerse Gentlemen and Captaynes, hauing wyth them aboute two thousande Souldiours, to take fast Ca∣stell, the whiche vppon the fyrst commonance was delyuided into his handes, who receyuing the Keyes beeing presented to hym, entered the Holde, and tooke possession thereof, in the Queenes Maiesties name, and expelling the Scottes, beeing aboute the number of halfe a score (who according to couenaunt were suf∣fered to depart with theyr lyues saued) hee put terme,* 1.332 or as some haue fourtone Englishmen into that Castell, which were thought able and number sufficient ynough to keepe it agaynst al the power of Scotlande, the situation thereof is so strong.

In thys meane tyme the troubles increa∣sing among the Scottes, by reason of the mar∣sher committed in the person of the Earle of Murrey the l•…•… gouernour, the Duke of Cha∣stellerault, and other his partakers gathered a power of three thousande men, and comming to Lithgo, into way betwyxt Sterling and E∣denbourgh, remayned there for a tyme, and af∣terwardes came to Edenbourgh, in purpose 〈◊〉〈◊〉 make warre agaynst the Lordes of the Kings part, who hauing sent to the Earle of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 then remayning in Englande, earnes•…•…y re∣quested him to repayre into Scotland, where∣vppon hee by the Queenes Maiesties licence, •…•…ooke hys iourney thytherwardes, and came to Barwyke, wh•…•…e hee was also vi•…•…te•…•… wyth sickenesse, and so remayned certayne dayes in that Towne: and vnderstanding that the sayde Duke of Chast•…•…rau•…•…tes power was suche, that the Lordes of the Kings side were not able to come togyther, nor he to goe to them wythoute the Queene of Englandes ayde, hee humbly•…•… sued to hir Maiestye by letters to haue some power by hir appoynt∣ment to conducte hym into Scotlande, and there to ayde hym and the other Lordes of that side agaynst their aduersaries the Duke and his complices.

Herevpon by hir maiesties commaundement the Erle of Sussex, as yet not fully recouered of

his sicknesse, ordeined maister William Drurie y^e Marshall of Barwike, w^t such forces as were thought conuenient to go with the sayd Erle of of Lenox, for the execution of such exploytes in seruice as seemed most expedient. And about the same time, to wit the .vj. of May, the L. Scrope Lord warden of the west marches made a road into Scotland, encamping the first night on the hither side of the water of Annan, and the next day marched towards the water of Milke, bur∣ning [ 10] and spoyling all on that side of Annandale, namely the Land Iohnsons lands, finding smal resistaunce, sauing that the forrey was a little troubled with a fortie or fiftie Scots horsmen, & so hauing done his pleasure, he quietly returned, without receyuing other impeachmēt: notwith∣standing the Lorde Herryes was in Dunfrise, hauing gathered a gret power in purpose to hin∣der his enterprice.

But now to returne to the Earle of Sussex, [ 20] who hauing instituted sir Wil. Drurie generall of those hands that should passe with the Erle of Lenox into Scotland: bicause eche gentleman, souldior, and seueral bands should dutifully obey the sayd sir William their new ordeyned gene∣rall in all points of warlike order, the said Earle made an Oration in such pithie forme & maner, as throughly expressed the whole substāce of the seruice, the vnsuretie of the season, the straunge & malicious dealing of diuerse aduersaries, which [ 30] points be so cunningly handled, as the excellen∣cie of a perfit orator appeared fully in his speach. At whose eloquence the hearer rather seemed a∣stonied than vnsatisfied in any point or parcel of those matters: for he opened the very bowels of rebellion, the practises of enimies, and suborning of traytors, & therefore perswaded euery honest mind to haue a dutiful cōsideration of his prince & country, in the defence and libertie wherof, both life, lands; and goodes, are alwayes to bee offred. [ 40]

After which Oration, in respect of further ad∣uancement as the custom is (for seruice past, and encouragement to proceede in the like worthie doings) he made these knights. Sir Wil. Dru∣ry, sir Thomas Maners, sir George Carie, and sir Robert Conestable, and placing the sayde sir William Drurie the appoynted Generall in full authoritie, he committed them to God, and the good conduct of their chieftaine.

The same day being the .xj. of May, diuerse [ 50] foote bands with shot and armed pykes were set forward into Scotlande, with certaine peeces of artillerie, powder, & munition in good quantitie. First captaine Brickwell with his ensignes de∣parted the towne, and then the cōpanies of cap∣taine Read, captaine Caruell, captaine Game, captaine Lamberd, and captaine Erington. These old bands of Barwike conteyned fiue C. souldiors. After them followed the companie of sir Robert Conestable their sergeant Maior of three C shot, & the cōpanie of sir Tho. Maners of two C. shot▪ Lastly marched forth captaine Iohn Conestable, and captaine Barwike with two C. armed men. These .xij.C. footmen with fiue ensignes marched that night to Coldinghā.

Also for the better assurance of couenants and promises made on the behalfe of such Lordes of Scotland as had made suite for this ayde to bee sent into their coūtrey for their assistance against them of the contrarie faction,* 1.333 there were certaine hostages sent into England by the same Lords, as it was thought expedient, for doubt of double dealing.

The .xij. of May, they marched forward, and the same day sir William Drurie, the Earle of Lenox, and the other newe made knights, with the horsmen, departed from Barwike, and at the Peese neare to Dunglas they ouertooke the footmen,* 1.334 and the same night all the horsmen and footmen came and encamped togither at Dun∣bar, being in al not past .xvj.C. men. They had foure fielde peeces with them, and good store of powder.

The next day being the .xiij. of May, and Whitson euen, they made suche speed in theyr march, that they came vnto Edenburgh, where they found the Earles of Morton, Mar,* 1.335 Glen∣carne: the Lordes Rithwen, Lindsey, Symple, Glames, Methven, Ogiltre, and C•…•…tcart, with diuerse other Gentlemen. Here also they vnder∣stoode that the duke of Chastellerault and hys partakers were departed from Lithquo, whether they were retyred back againe from Edenburgh vpon knowledge had that the Englishmen were comming forwards towardes them.

The .xiiij. and .xv. day they lay stil in Eden∣bourgh and the morrow after being the .xvj. of that Moneth, they marched forwards to Lith∣go, and lodged in that towne that night,* 1.336 where they receyued aduertisementes that the sayde Duke of Chastellerault had broken vppe hys campe▪ after he had vpon his departure from the sayde Towne of Lithgo attempted the wyn∣ning of the Castell of Glasco, and myssing hys purpose there, was dryuen to retyre with dis∣honour.

The next morning being Wednesday, the armie marched forwarde, and the footemen lay that night at a place called Fa•…•…kyrke, a sixe myles from Lithgo, but the Generall with the horsemen road six myles further vnto Sterling,* 1.337 where they saw the yong King.

The next day the .xviij. of May, sir Robert Conestable Sergeant Maior with the rest of the Captaynes of the twelue hundred Englishe footemen, and two hundred Scottes footemen,

the which were most part sho••••e marched along iourney,* 1.338 and came to lodge that nyght at Glas∣co, and the Generall 〈◊〉〈◊〉 William Drurie came to them with the Horsemen, and the moste parte of the Noble men of Scotlande, that were on the Kings syde, which ••••••red the towne and lodged in the same, with many horsmen and footemen.

The Duke of Chastell 〈◊〉〈◊〉 (as y•••• haue heard) had •…•…erue •…•…spans besieg•••• the ••••¦stell that belonged to the king, but he 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the English mennes comming two dayes be∣fore theyr approching thither, 〈…〉〈…〉 siege, and departed thence, with the losse of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of his men.

The .xix. of May, Sir William Drurie Generall of the Englishe power, beyng de∣termined afore hande on a iourney towardes Dunbreton, sent foorth that morning before certaine vaunt•…•… 〈…〉〈…〉 on horsebacke to stay 〈◊〉〈◊〉 [ 20] such as they found vpon the way.

* 1.339This done, hee tooke with him certaine Gentlemen, and some shotte and roade foorth towardes Dunbreton, to view the straytes and situation of that Castell, within the whiche were at that present the Lorde Fleming▪ that tooke vpon him as Captaine thereof, the Arch∣bishop of Saint Andrewes, and other theyr ad∣herents, frendes to the duke of Chastellereault, and enimies to the Lords that were aboute the [ 30] King.

After Sir William Drury had viewed the Castell, and taken the plotte of the situation thereof, hee sent his Trumpet to knowe who were wythin it, and to whose vse they kept it▪ They within the Castell requyred to knowe, what he was that sent to knowe the same. It was aunswered that it was the Queene of Englandes Generall of hir forces there in Scotlande that made the demaunde: where∣vnto [ 40] aunswere was returned, that they knewe well hee was not so ignoraunt as hee seemed (as in deede hee was not) but that hee did well knowe that this Castell was, and of long time had beene kepte by the Lorde Fleming, and that accordinglye by hym, hys friendes and seruauntes it was nowe mainteyned, whiche aunswere beeyng reported to the Generall, hee sente agayne hys Trumpettour, to knowe if the Lorde Fleming woulde come forth and [ 50] parley vppon assuraunce of honour to returne safely.* 1.340 Wherevnto the Lorde Fleming con∣sented, although not meaning so to doe, but by a subtile practise (as was thought) intended to wynde him wythin daunger: for there were some Harquebusiers secretly couched in cone•…•…t, wythin whose reache when the Generall was come himselfe alone on horsebacke, moste dis∣honestly (hys Trump•…•… 〈…〉〈…〉 re∣turned) t•…•… 〈…〉〈…〉 meanyng 〈◊〉〈◊〉 haue kylled hym, wythoute any re•…•… 〈…〉〈…〉 of God,* 1.341 but th•…•… 〈…〉〈…〉 of the Lorde 〈…〉〈…〉 Knight receyued no ••••dily hurte, but pertey∣•…•…ing t•…•… 〈…〉〈…〉 courage hee bestowed 〈…〉〈…〉 at them as they did th•…•… 〈…〉〈…〉 him, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 so returned to hys companie ••••cke agayne 〈◊〉〈◊〉 safetie, yeelding to God d•…•… 〈…〉〈…〉 his mercifull deli••••••••nce from 〈…〉〈…〉

Vpon 〈…〉〈…〉 inc•…•…ling,* 1.342 the .xxj. of Ma•••• Sir William Drurie accom∣panyed wyth the sayde Gentlemen, and horse∣men, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 agayne towardes Dunbreton, 〈◊〉〈◊〉 parley 〈…〉〈…〉 the Lorde Fleming, vppon hys f•…•… 〈…〉〈…〉 that hee 〈◊〉〈◊〉 meete hym three myles from the sayd castell, whervpon the sayde Sir William Drurie 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Englishe man, and a Scottishm•••• to view the grounde whiche shoulde bee appoynted foorth for theyr meeting,* 1.343 which they founde to bee so neare to the Castell, as was subiect to all theyr shotte, both great and small, and cl••••••e contrarye to the promises and so they decla••••d to the Cap∣tayne named Iohn Fleming, that was sente foorth of the Castell to appoynt the same, howe it was neyther indifferent nor ••••ecte for ••••che a purpose. The captain answered, that his maister was a man of honour, and stoode vpon the same, and therefore woulde not 〈◊〉〈◊〉 himselfe a∣mong horsemen wholy without the daunger of the peece, wherevnto the messenger•…•… replied, that the Lorde Fleming for his 〈…〉〈…〉 was not to bee credited in this 〈◊〉〈◊〉, neyth•••• comparable to the generall of the English armie, for he was therefor the Queene of Englande▪ and further the••••••de▪ that forsomuch as they had of l•…•… 〈…〉〈…〉 the law of armes and thereby so greatly 〈◊〉〈◊〉 their credit•…•…, 〈…〉〈…〉 and honour, they could 〈◊〉〈◊〉 wish that their general ••••ould be well aduise•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 hee did hazarde himselfe any more within their daunger vpon their slipperie promises, except they would appoint ••••me other place of parley, as might be though•…•… indifferent, according to their former offers▪ which woulde not be graunted, and so they departed.

Immediatly wherevpon, to shew some peece of their double dealings and vnfaithfull prac∣tises towardes the Englishmen, the Scottes within the castell presently sent after the Mes∣sengers a C•…•…luering shot for a farewell.

Sir William Drurie then pe•…•…teyning that the meaning of the Lord Fleming was not to deale simplye in this matter •…•…ching a con∣ference to be had betwixt thē, returned to Glas∣co, where sir George Carie being •…•…uellously inflamed with that vnhonest dealing of the Lorde Fleming, made earnest suyte to the Ge∣nerall,* 1.344 that hee myght sende to him and offer him the Comba•…•…, in tryall of thys quarell, sith it was more requisite that a Gentleman soul∣diour [ 10] shoulde stande in those questions,* 1.345 than a Generall, considering his calling and office. The Generall thanked Sir George very cour∣teously, but yet sayde, that it stoode him vpon to searche out these matters to the vttermoste, (as hee woulde haue done in deede) were not hys Commission and charge (as was well knowne) to bee otherwyse employed: yet (quoth hee) sith your suyte is so reasonable (and the whole companie and lawe of Armes al∣loweth [ 20] of it) I graunt your request, and there∣in doe as best shall seeme to your byrth and esti∣mation.

Herevpon Sir George Carie streight wayes deuised a letter of chalenge, and deliuered it to an Heraulde to beare from him vnto the sayde Lorde Fleming, the tenour whereof here en∣sueth.

* 2.1LOrd Fleming, if eyther your byrth or brin∣ging vp, had wrought in you a noble mind [ 30] or estimation of credite, hardly woulde you haue so much forgotten and stayned your ho∣nour, as in a parle•…•… of late with our general you did. At whom vilely and vnhonourably shoo∣ting, you falsed that assurance of warre whiche souldiours submit themselues vnto: and tray∣ned him to your treason vnder trust, a thing heretofore not accustomed, nor presently to bee allowed of. He assuredly pretending your owne and your friends good, commoditie to your coū∣trey, [ 40] and quietnesse to the state, twice abased and submitted himselfe, comming to conferre wyth you thereof: but your pride ioined with a harm∣full meaning, to those that you professe best vn∣to, and selfe wilfull vainglorie, without cause why, refused that which reason and honor com∣maunded you to haue done? Therefore, bycause his calling is presently with his charge better than yours, and mine not inferior, I sommon you reasonably to excuse that fault supposed to [ 50] be yours, or else to mainteyne that trayterous acte, with your person agaynst mine in fight, when, where, or howe you dare. Otherwise I will baffull your good name, sounde wyth the Trumpet your dishonour, and paynt your pic∣ture with the heeles vpwarde, and beare it in despite of your selfe. In the meane tyme I at∣tende your aunswere. From Glasco, the xxij. of May. 1570.

Subscribed George Carie.

The Copie of the Lord Flemings answere.

GEorge Carie, I haue receyued your brain∣lesse letter, making mention of my false and treasonable dealing against your Generall, in sh•…•…ting vnder trust, so vilely agaynst my ho∣nor and truth, trayterously trayned him vnder my trust, which is altogither false and vntrue. And howbeit your Generall came by the house of Dunglas by my appoyntment, which I suf∣fered, and I appoynted one place of meeting, sixe men of either partie which he refused, and he de∣parted, and certaine of his companie came brag∣ging vp y^e riuer side towards the house, viewing the s•…•…me, and the ground thereaboutes, shooting your Harquebusses agaynst the same: I coulde doe no lesse, but present you with such as I had. Whereas you wryte of your Generalles cal∣ling to be presently better than mine, and yours not inferiour, when your Generall chalengeth me thereof, I shall giue answere: And as for you, I will not be inferiour to a better than you, or any Souldiour vnder your Generals charge. Whereas you sommon mee (as you call it) rea∣sonably to excuse that fault supposed to be mine owne, or else to mainteyne that trayterous acte with my person agaynst yours: you shall wyt, I haue Gentlemen of honour, seruant Souldi∣ours to me, as ye are to your Generall, whiche may be your fellowes, shall defende the same agaynst you and your false and vntrue inuen∣ted wryting: and were not the charge I present, or how soone I can bee relieued of the same, I should lowly my person to meet you sixe Eng∣lish miles from any other person. Howbeit ye be but one souldiour, assure your selfe from thys day foorth, I will not receyue no such inuented message, for I haue little to doe with Englishe men, ye may raile vpon my honorable name as ye please. You shall haue as honorable gentlemē as your selfe against you fighting. Take this for answere.

Iohn Lord Fleming.

LOrde Fleming, often the Flemings after noone aunsweres, smelleth more of Wine than witte. But as to that common cryme, the custome of theyr Countrey yeeldeth them part of pardon: so your common acquaintaunce with the same condition, knowne to bee verye great, shall to mee somewhat excuse your wit∣lesse wryting, wherin first you disalow my right recitall of your trayterous dealing, by tear∣ming it false and vntrue: for answere, knowe

this the truth my penne hath writtē, by the wit∣nesse of a number. And my hande I vowe shall maynteyne the same before the worlde at all tymes: but you in denying it, haue both fals∣ly and vniustly lyed in your throate, and dare neyther defend nor disproue, that in deeds, which in wordes you haue done. Wheras you write, that our generall passed Dunglasse, by your ap∣pointment whiche you suffred, therein you doe manifestly say vnhonourably and vntruly, for [ 10] that you had no knowledge of our firste com∣ming, but saluted vs with your shotte and wee lykewise skirmished with your mē euen at their owne strength, vntill we viewed the ground a∣boute at oure pleasure. And touchyng the ap∣pointment of sixe of eyther part, easily that may be knowen, to be a playnelye, seeing wee hadde neyther parley not conference with you before, to appoynt place or meeting. But whereas you say, you coulde doe no lesse but present vs wyth [ 20] such as you hadde, therein you confesse and ac∣knowledge y^e dishonor and treason that I char∣ged you withall, taking vppon youre selfe that fault, which I supposed to haue bin of your ser∣uaunts, for oure generall retired his company farre from him. And his Trumpet beeing wyth you, approched himselfe alone to haue parled, when vnder trust you discharged two hargue∣busses agaynste him: an acte rather seemely for a cowardly Traytor, than one that professeth [ 30] to be a Souldier. Finally, whereas you lette mee witte, that you haue Gentlemen of honor, ser∣uaunts, Souldiers to you, that may be my fel∣lowes, whiche shoulde defend the challenge that toucheth so neere your selfe, as with honor you should not haue refused it. First, I thinke skorne to bee any wayes inferiour to you, though but a Souldier, too honorable a name for you, beeyng better in birth, and vnsteined with reproche as you haue bin. Secondly, I haue more, and as [ 40] good Gentlemē vnder my conduct, as you haue vnder your charge, which shall aunswer as ma∣ny as you can bring▪ if with number ye meane to combate, and will put them to that whyche you dare not doe your selfe. But assure you, my quarrell shall remayne euerlasting, excepte the proofe of your owne person againste mine maye ende it: and when you shall dare come out of youre Crowes nest, I will be ready to ride an hundred Scottish myles, to meete with you in [ 50] any indifferente place, and vntill that tyme. I shall accompte you deuoyde of honestie and ho∣nor, vnworthy to marche vpon grounde, or to keepe company with men. From Hamilton, the 29. of May. 1570.

Subscribed George Carey.

Though many wayes were soughte by mes∣sage and otherwise t•…•… 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the Lorde •…•…le•…•…∣ming to defend with battaile the fault and folly committed, yet it wold not be, for he suffred 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the matter▪ so as it well appeared, it was but lost labour further to attempt him therin.

The .xxij.* 4.1 of May the Earle of Lenoux ac∣companyed with the Erle of Glen•…•…rn, the lord Symple, and other his frendes, •…•…aries, and alies, mustered on the Moore before the towne of Glasco, the number of .4000. horsemen and footmen that were there assembled to seeke him, in presence of Sir William Drury, and other of the English capitayns.

The .xxiij. of Maye Sir William Drurye, the Earle of Lenoux,* 4.2 and •…•…the•…•… the Scot•…•…she Lords, and the whole armie marched towards the Castell of Hamilton, and sending a Tr•…•…m∣pettor, and one with hym to parley with the Captaine named Andrew Hamilton, he agreed to come forth, and due other with him, to talke with Sir William Drury, and one other Gen∣tleman suche as he should thinke good to bryng with him to a place somewhat distance, as well from the Castell as the Camp.

Heerevpon, Sir William Drury wyth hys sword and tergate, and Sir George Carie, with a case of pistolles, wente forthe to the appoynted place, whither the Captayne of the Castell also with an halber•…•…, and one other with him,* 4.3 hauing likewise a case of pistolles, came according to appoyntment, but after they had talked togither, and that the Captayne would not in anye wyse consente to deliuer vp the Castell, hee with hys associate returned to their holde agayne, and the Englishe generall, with Sir George Carie, came backe to the Campe, and therevppon,* 4.4 the English ordinance was presently placed about the Castell, and shotte very sore all that nyghte, but did no greate hurte, by reason they were but field peeces, and not fitte for batterie.

They in the Castell likewyse shot verie sore at the Englishmen, but did no great harme, sa∣uing that there were three of the footmen hurte.

In the palaice which was a preatie house,* 4.5 the Duchesse of Chastellereault was at that tyme resident, to whom Sir William Drury did re∣paire, offring hir all the courteisy he might, with all that to hir appertayned, willyng hir not to feare any thing, and for hir more assurance, he cōmitted hir to the charge of sir Thomas Ma∣ners.

The .xxiiij. of May, the generall gaue som∣monance to the Castell, and bycause they with∣in stoode stiffely in deniall, to make surrender thereof vnto him,* 4.6 hee was driuen to sende vnto Striueling for some greate peeces of ordinance meete to make batterie.

In the meane tyme, the Earles of Lenox

and Morton with the Horsemē,* 4.7 and some shot, marched into the Countrey to a very faire house of the Abbot of Kilwinnings neere adioyning, whose name was Gawen Hamilton, whyche house they brent▪ and vtterly defa•…•…ed, spoiling it▪ and rasing it downe to the earth.

They brent and spoyled also seuenteene hou∣ses more, belonging to men of that surname, si∣tuate

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neere thereaboutes, whereof one belonged to a L•…•…rde that had married with the sister of Iames Hamilton of Bodwry Haugh, whyche •…•…lew the Regent.

There were also brent seuen other faire hou∣ses belongyng to others that were not of that surname, but yet were of their friendes and a∣lyes. [ 30]

Moreouer, there were diuers other of their kinred and alies that came in with humble sub∣mission, and assured themselues, firmely promi∣sing from thenceforthe their obedience to the King.

The .xxv. of Maye sir William Drury the generall, retired his people vppon a policie from the Castell, and left it without either watche or warde,* 4.8 for that nyght. The next daye he sente [ 40] sir George Carie to the Castel with a trumpet∣ter, to knowe if they within woulde deliuer it vp, before the greate ordinaunce shoulde come, which the capitayn vtterly refused to do: wher∣vpon the small shotte clapt sodeynly rounde a∣bout the house, and kept them within occupied, till that a whole culueryng, & a demy culuering came to them from Sterling, the whiche wyth foure of the English small field peeces, were in y^e night following planted againste the Castell, [ 50] and being shotte off,* 4.9 a bullet of one of the greate peeces passed throughe the walles into the Ca∣stell.

* 4.10The .xxvij. of May, about foure of the clocke in the morning, the generall sente a Trumpet∣ter to giue sommonance againe to y^e Castell, to whome the Captayne aunswered, that he cared not for them, and so bade them doe their worst, for he would not yeeld the place to them at anye hand•…•… wherevppon, immediately the whole fyre began to play in such forte, that within four vo∣lees, both sides of y^e house wer battered through, at the sight whereof, the Captayne was so dis∣maid, that forthwith hee cried for parlee,* 4.11 and so the shotte was stayde, and vppon humble sute, the Captaine was admitted to speake with the generall, and so comming to talke with him, at length he agreed to yeelde: wherevpon, the Pro∣uost Marshall was sente into the Castell to take possession thereof. The generall permitted them very courteously to depart with their furniture, and other suche stuffe as they coulde cary wyth them.

There came out of the house nine and thirtie persons one and other, four and thirtie mē, three boyes, and two women, and therewith was the Castell blowen vp and rased, and the army lay that night in the towne, and in places about it.

The next day, beeing the eyght and twentith of May, they departed from thence, the Earles of Lennox, Mar, and Glencarne, with other of the nobilitie of Scotland of the Kings parte, taking their leaues, with their company retur∣ned to Glascow, and sir George Carie with the Horsemen, came that nighte to Lithquo, where also the rest of the English forces met.

A Castell called Combernawd, belonging to the Lorde Fleming, was yeelded to the gene∣rals handes, who vppon bonde of assurance that the house shoulde remayne at the deuotion of the Queene of Englande, was contented to spare it from fire and spoyle. But this was not the firste nor laste courtesie whiche the generall

shewed in this iourney, vnto suche as in any re∣spect were thought worthy of his fauour. A∣mongst other, the Lady of Lidingtō being great with childe,* 4.12 mistrusting hirselfe (or hir husbands double dealings towards our Coūtrey) in great feare began to flie. But Sir William Drury hearing thereof, sente hir worde hee came not to make warres with women, but rather to shewe pitie to the weake and comfortlesse, and there∣vpon, she stayed, and had no further harme. [ 10]

The nine and twētith of May, when the ar∣my should dislodge from Lithquo, the generall called for the Prouost of the Towne, and com∣maunded him to prepare with all expedition, to receiue a iust punishmente and correction tho∣rough the whole towne for treason, and vnpar∣donable offences committed, and declaring that the inhabitantes therof had succoured and sup∣ported traytors to the realme of England,* 4.13 and lykewyse to their owne King, contrarye to the [ 20] leagues and quietnesse of bothe the Realmes of England and Scotlande (for whiche cause he was fully resolued to ouerthrow that town and receptacle of traytours) if therfore there were any women in chylde bedde or impotent people within y^e towne,* 4.14 he gaue warning thus afore∣hand to conuey them out of it: and herwith also cōmanding eche capitayne and souldiour vnder his charge to see due execution of that whiche he purposed in this behalfe to haue done; he wil∣led [ 30] the Prouost to appoynt a place conuenient, into the which the goodes of the towne mighte be broughte, to the ende that the same shoulde neither be spoyled by the English souldiors, nei∣ther yet consumed through vehemencie of fyre, but to be preserued al wholy to y^e Scottish mēs vse. Further, he granted, that euery noble mans lodging and capitaines house shoulde be saued from fire.

But nowe the tyme being come for this de∣termined [ 40] execution, the Earle of Morton, that still accompanied the Englishe generall, offred himselfe as an intercessor to intreate and sue for a pardon,* 4.15 bringing afore the generall, a multi∣tude of waylyng people, whose mournful and most piteous cries, was lamentable and verye importunate.

The generall hearyng theyr requests, made answere, that for many causes the town ought to bee destroyed, considering howe diuers eni∣mies [ 50] (whose insolent practises were not to be suffred) had always there a common resorte to conferre of their wicked deuyses: And further (quod he) the curteysye that is shewed to suche places of repaire, hathe emboldned the reste of Scotlande to vse open violence and secrete vil∣lanies, to the preiudice of Gods glorie, hinde∣rāce of y^e weale publique, & breach of good lawes and policies, & therefore it was 〈◊〉〈◊〉 & most meete for a warning to thousands in that case of ex∣tremitie, to rase out such monumēts of mischief.

But at length, notwithstanding these heauie words vttred by sir William Drury, the people of all sorts so preassed about him, & made such pitifull cries and sorowfull noyse, with children sucking of theyr mothers breasts, that he taking ruth of their miserable estates, at this their la∣mentable suite, & specially at the great instance of the Earle of Morton,* 4.16 who came bareheaded to speake for them, the generall was contented to saue the towne and people therin, taking good band and assurance of the Prouost and chiefest of the Towne that they shuld follow the camp, and at all tymes appeare when they were cal∣led for at Berwike, and there to submit them∣selues, their towne, and goodes, to the clemencie of the Queenes highnesse, and to suche order as the Earle of Sussex hir maiesties generall Lieutenant should by hir consent thinke neces∣sarie: to whiche bande and conditions they of Lithquo agreed. And for that their regent was slayne, and none since instituted (to whome they had giuen fayth of allegiance) they confes∣sed, that none myghte commaunde them anye way without licence of him, to whom they had made this bande, sith to him both their promise, and obligation was passed: And in this sorte they continued bounde to him for their good be∣hauiours.

The duke of Chastellereaults palace in Lith∣quo was yet brent and rased,* 4.17 and marching to another house belonging to the said Duke, called Ken•…•…le, distante from Lithquo about a myle or more, they likewise brent the same.

Thus hauing done their pleasures at Lith∣quo, and in the Countrey aboute that Towne, they marched from thence to a proper house and Castell, belonging to the Lorde Seton, called Neithery, whiche the enimies had fortifyed,* 4.18 but yet when the Lady of that house came to the ge∣nerall,* 4.19 and made humble petition on hir knees for his fauor, offering to him the keyes of that place in most humble wise, she found such cour∣tesie at his handes, that with condition that shee and a Baron with hir shoulde enter bandes for assurance that the Castell shoulde euer after∣wardes remaine at the Queene of Englandes pleasure, hee tooke hir the keyes againe, leauing hir in possession of hir house and goodes, without doing hir any further displeasure.

This nighte, the army came to Edenburgh,* 4.20 where certaine of the company that made host to get thither somewhat before the rest, receyued some discourtesie, for they were spoyled in the streetes of their furniture, and such other things as they had about them: but when the generall

with the rest of the army was come neere to the Towne, and had knowledge of suche foule dis∣order, he thought not good to enter the Towne, without standing so sure on his guard, that he should not neede to doubt any double dealing, or crooked measures: which sure handling of the matter,* 4.21 did not only shew the deuiser thereof to haue good conduit and experience, but in verye deede auoyded no smal inconuenience and mis∣chiefe, that by the enimies was finely contriued [ 10] (through a fray to be made in the suburbes) so that a greate slaughter had burst out suddayne∣ly, and no smal bloudshed followed, if God, and good guiding of the people hadde not stayed and tourned away that imminent daunger. To bee shorte,* 4.22 the generall sent Sir Thomas Maners with two bandes of Souldyers, vnder one en∣signe, to seise vppon the gates at their first arri∣uall, and so the pretensed conspiracie was happi∣ly preuented: for the residue of the power was [ 20] no sooner entred the Towne, but that keepyng themselues in order to cleere the streetes, and to commaund the inhabitāts the better, they spent that nighte standing on their guard, as the case required.

When the morning was come, Sir Willi∣am Drewry smelling out the couert practise, and naughty meaning of some, demaunded iustice and straight punishment of such offences and things as he woulde truely lay to the char∣ges [ 30] of some in that Towne: and told them flat∣ly, if remedie were not the sooner prouided, and satisfaction made for the follies and outrage committed, hee woulde bee quickly reuenged, to the displeasure and shame of al the contry∣uers of that madde and mischeuous presump∣tion.

* 4.23Heerevpon, not onely suche things as hadde bin taken from those few Souldiers which first entred the Towne ouer night, were not only re∣stored, [ 40] but diuers malefactors were also deli∣uered to the generall, to bee executed and orde∣red by hys discretion; who seeyng theyr sub∣mission, mercifully and frankely sente them a∣way vnto theyr Captaynes, and so these broyles were pacifyed and thyngs sette in quiet.

After they had rested in Edenburgh a two dayes, the fyrst of Iune they dislodged.

The generall comming to Seaton, the [ 50] chiefe Castell and house of the Lord Seatons,* 4.24 the Lady was ready there also to presente hym the keyes, with like humble submission as be∣fore, and therevpon receyued the like fauour for thys house, as was shewed to hir for the other. That night they lodged at Hadington.

* 4.25It was determined that the pyle of Ander∣weeke shoulde haue bin ouerthrowen, but vpon sute and bandes taken of diuers Gentlemen, the place was spared, and the offendors recey∣ued to mercy. And so the nexte day, the gene∣rall wyth the Horsemenne came through to Berwike, a iourney of two and thirtie long myles.

The footebandes lodged the same nighte at Coldingham with sir Robert Conestable, who the next day being the third of Iune, came w^t them to Berwike, and so ended this iourney▪ to the greate commendation of the generall, and Captains: and consequently to all the gentle∣men and souldiours that had beene foorth in the same, as well for the good successe whiche it pleased God the author of al prosperous euents to graunt to them, as also for their dutiful obe∣dience to all warlyke discipline, their paynefull trauayles susteyned, their manly forwardnesse, and skilfull practise in all martiall policies still shewed, as occasion of seruice was anye where offered.

But nowe to returne to the doings at home.

Whilest this iourney was made as y•…•… haue hearde into Scotlande,* 4.26 the .xxv. of May in the morning was found hanging at the Bishoppe of Londons palace gate in Paules Church∣yard, a Bull whiche lately had bin sente from Rome, conteyning diuers horrible treasons a∣gainst the Queenes Maiestie: for the whyche, one Iohn Felton was shortly after apprehen∣ded, and committed to the Tower of Lon∣don.

The .xxvij. of May, Tho. Nortō,* 4.27 & Christo∣pher Nortō of Yorkeshire, being both condēned of high treason, for y^e late rebellion in y^e North, were drawen from the Tower of London to Tiburne, and there hanged, headed, and quar∣tered.

A conspiracie was made by certaine Gentle∣men and other in the Countrey of Norffolke,* 4.28 whose purpose was on Midsomer daye, at Harlestone faire, with sounde of Trumpet and drumme, to haue raysed a number, and then to proclayme their diuelish pretence against stran∣gers and other.

Thys matter was vttered by Thomas Kete, one of the conspiracy, vnto Iohn Ken∣sey, who forthwith sente the same Kete wyth a Constable to the next Iustice, before whome, and other Iustices, he opened the whole matter, wherevpon, maister Drewghe Drewry imme∣diately apprehended Iohn Throckmorton, and after him many Gentlemē of the Citie of Nor∣wiche, and the Countye of Norffolke, who wer all committed to prison (and at the nexte sessiōs of gaile deliuery at the Castell of Norwich, the 17. of Iuly, before sir Roberte Catlin Knyghte,

Lord chief Iustice, Gilbert Gerard, y^e Queenes attourney generall, and other Iustices) tenne of them was indicted of high treason, and some o∣thers of contempt: diuers of them were condem∣ned, and had iudgement the one and twentith of August, and afterward, three of them were han∣ged, bowelled and quartred, whiche were Iohn Throckmorton of Norwiche Gentleman, who stoode mute at his arraignement: but at the gal∣lowes confessed him selfe to be the chiefe conspi∣ratour, [ 10] and that none had deserued to die but he, for that he had procured thē. With him was ex∣ecuted Thomas Brooke of Rolsby Gentleman the thirtith of August. And George Dedman of Cringeleford Gentleman, was likewise execu∣ted the second of September.

* 4.29The fourth of August, the Duke of North∣folke was remoued from the Tower of Lon∣don to the Charterhouse, nere vnto Smithfield.

* 4.30The same daye was araigned at the Guilde [ 20] hal of Londō, Iohn Felton, for hanging a Bull at the gate of the Bishop of Londons palace: And also two yong men, for coyning and clip∣ping of coyne, who all were found giltie of high treason, and had iudgement to be drawne, han∣ged, and quartered. The eyght of August,* 4.31 Iohn Felton was drawen frō Newgate into Paules Churchyarde, and there hanged on a gallowes new set vp that morning before the Byshoppes palace gate, and being cut downe aliue, he was bowelled and quartred. After this, y^e same mor∣ning, the Sheriffes returned to Newgate, and so to Tiburne, with two yong men, which were there executed for coyning and clipping, as is a∣foresayd.

The two and twentith of August,* 4.32 the Earle of Sussex, Lorde Lieutenante generall for the Queenes Maiestie in the North, and the Lord Scrope, warden of the West marches, with dy∣uers others, marched from Carlile with the Queenes army, and force of the North, as well of Horsemen as footemen into Scotlande, pas∣sing ouer the riuers of Eske, Leuin and Sarke, whiche riuer of Sarke parteth Englande and Scotland, and so to Dornocke woodde, belon∣ging to Edward Vrone, the Lord of Bonshow, and then to Annanne, a strong house of the lord Harris, whiche they rased and ouerthrewe wyth other thereaboutes, from thence to Hodham, which they brente and blewe vp, from thence to

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Kennell, a towne belonging to the Lord Cow∣hill, which they brent. From thēce to Domfrise, whiche they sacked and spoyled of such paltry as the fugitiues hadde left, and also rased and ouer∣threw a sumptuous house, belonging to the Q. of Scottes, in the keeping of the Lord Harris: then passing the riuer of Lōgher, they brent and [ 50] spoyled Cowhilles and Powtracke, and retur∣ned to Domfreys, and so to the towne of Ban∣kend, which they brent, with another house per∣teyning to William Maxwell of the Isles, and so to the Castell of Carlauoracke, standing in a marishe, iust to an arme of the Sea, whyche parteth Aunerdal and Galloway: which Castel they blew vp, and returned homewarde, trans∣porting their ordinance ouer quickesandes and bogs, where neuer the like was done before, and so came to Dornocke wood.

The eyght of August, they marched towards Carelile, where by the way, they brente and o∣uerthrewe two houses, the one beeing Arthur Greames, alias Carlil, the other Riche George, two not able Theenes. The same day at night,* 4.33 after the L. Lieutenāts comming to Carlile, he made Knightes, Sir Edwarde Hastings, Sir Francis Russell, Sir Valentine Browne, Sir William Hilton, Sir Robert Stapleton, Sir Henry Curwen, Sir Simon Musgraue.

This yeare the fifth of October, chaunced a terrible tempest of wind and rayne, both by Sea and lande, by meanes whereof, many Shyppes perished, and much hurt done in diuers partes of the Realme, as by a little Pamphlet sette forthe therof by Thomas Knel Minister may appear. The effect whereof ensueth.

Bedforde.

* 5.1Aboute midnighte, the water ouerflowed so [ 10] much, that mē were fayne to forsake theyr beds, and one woman drowned: where also were lost a great number of Sheepe, Oxen, Kine, Horse, and other Cattell.

Amōgst other there, one maister Cartwright Gentleman, hauing his house enclosed round a∣bout, the water came in so muche, that a Carte beeing laden with thornes, did swimme aboute the ground. Hee lost by the same floud, Sheepe, [ 20] and other Cattell, to the value of an hundred poundes.

The same Gentleman had a close gate by the high wayes side, where the water ranne ouer so extreamely, that at the fall thereof it made suche an hole, that it was fortie foote deepe, so that no mā could passe that way without great daunger.

To the filling vp of the saide hole or pitte, was cast in by the men of the sayd Towne, fiue [ 30] and twenty lodes of faggots, and twenty lodes of Horsedong, whiche saide faggots and Horse∣dong filled not the hole.

Also one maister Lee at the Friers in Bed∣forde, hauing a faire yarde, wherein was greate store of elme trees, wherof threscore wer blowē downe, with the rootes pulled cleane out of the grounde. Also, hee had a close of Connies, that were cleane destroyed.

In the County of Norffolke. [ 40]

The Sea brake in betweene Wisbiche and Walsockenne, and at the crosse keyes, drowning Tilney, and olde Linne, Sainct Mary Teding, Sainte Mary Tid, Sainte Iohns Wawple, Walton and Walsocken, Emney, Iarmans, and Stowe brigge, all beeing the space of tenne myles.

At the crosse keyes, the good man of the Inne [ 50] had builte an house, with a strong foundation ioyning vnto another house, being olde and not so strong, wherein were certaine guestes, and when the water came in so violently, the good man of the house, beeing in the stronger house, called the men out of the olde house, and they woulde haue gone downe the staires, but the water was so high, that they coulde not come downe, wherefore they went backe againe, and brake an hole into the other house, where they went thorough, and the last man was no sooner in, but the olde house fell downe.

The walles of y^e houses were broken downe, and the Horses that were tyed at the manger (which was made fast in y^e groūd) did swimme in the water, when the stable was cleane carried away, vntill the waters were asswaged, and were saued aliue, and the people were constrey∣ned to gette vppe to the hyghest partes of the house, and to be carried away in boates.

At Yarmouth, a great part of the bridge was caried away.

The house vpon the Hauen, called the Hauē house, wherein was one Nicholas Iossellin, the Hauen man, and his sonne, with all theyr tooles, was carried into the marishes, sixe myles from the Hauen, where it stoode vpright, where they continued long tyme, withoute meate or drinke.

Item, at Iermans Brigstreete, was verye muche hurte done by extreame flouds that were there.

Item, one Thomas Smith of Yarmouth, lost a Shyppe, and seauen menne, and a boy in it.

Item, at Newarke by Yarmouth, were lost twelue sayle.

Item, a great Houlke, laden with oyle and pitche, was lost at Worrey sande, and aboute twenty men lost therein, and thirtie saued by the Hulke boate.

In the Bishopricke of Elie.

These towns and villages were ouerflown, that is to saye, Wisbiche, Guyhorne, Parson Droue, and Hobshouse. This Hobshouse be∣yng an almes house, (and the water breakyng downe the walles of it) the wynde blewe the cloathes off from the bedde of a poore man and his wyfe, they being a colde, awaked, and so∣denly stepte out of hys bedde to reache vp hys cloathes, and stepte vppe to the bellie in water, and then hee thinking himselfe to be in daunger (as hee was indeede) and hee knowing the best way to escape the daunger of the water, tooke hys wife on hys necke, and carried hir away, and so were both saued.

Item, in Wisbiche was a gardē, a Tennice play, and a bowling alley walled aboute wyth bricke (whiche was worth twenty lb by yeare to the owner) was quite destroyed by the water.

Lincolneshire.

Mumby Chappell, the whole Towne was

lost, except three houses.

A Shippe was driuen vpon an house, the sai∣lers thinking they had bin vpon a Rocke, com∣mitted themselues to God▪ and three of the Marriners lept out of the Shippe, and chaunced to take holde on the house toppe, and so saued themselues: and the wife of the same lying in childbed, did climbe vppe into the toppe of the house, was also saued by the Marriners, hir husband and child being both drowned. [ 10]

Item, the Church was wholly ouerthrowen except the Steeple.

Betweene Boston and Newcastell, were threescore sea-vessels, as small Ships, Cranes, and suche like, lost vpon the coastes of Boston, Humerston, marshe Chappell, Tetney, Step∣ney, Nercots, Kelby, and Grimsby, where no Shippe can come in without a Pilote, whyche were all lost, with goodes, corne, and Cattell, with all the salte Cotes, where the chiefe and fi∣nest [ 20] salte was made, were vtterly destroyed, to the vtter vndoing of manye a man, and greate lamentation both of olde and yong.

Wentford bridge, being very strong, of eight arches in length, had three of the arches broken, and cleane carried away.

Maister Smith at the Swanne there, hadde his house (being three stories high) ouerflowed vnto the third storie, and the walles of the stable were broken downe, and the Horses tyed to the [ 30] manger, were all drowned.

Many mē had great losse, as wel of Sheepe, Kine, Oxen, great Mares, Coltes of the breede of the greate Horses, and other cattell innume∣rable, of which the names of many of them shall heere followe.

Maister Pellham lost eleuen hūdred Sheepe at Mumby Chappell.

In Sommercote were lost fiue. C. Sheepe, that were of the inhabitants there. [ 40]

Item, betweene Humerston and Grimsby, were lost eleuen C. Sheepe of one M. Spēcers, whose Shepherde aboute midday, comming to his wife, asked his dinner, and shee beeyng more bolde than mannerly, sayd, he should haue none of hir, then he chanced to looke toward the marshes where the Sheepe were, and sawe the water breake in so fiercely, that the Sheepe woulde bee lost, if they were not broughte from thence, sayd, that he was not a good Shepherde [ 50] that would not venture his life for his Sheepe, and so went straight to driue them from thēce, both hee and his Sheepe were drowned, and af∣ter the water being gone, hee was founde dead, standing vpright in a ditche.

M. Thimbleby lost two C. & twenty sheepe.

Maister Dymock lost four hundred sheepe.

Maister Marsh lost fiue hundred sheepe.

Maister Madison lost a Shippe.

Maister William Askugh of Kelsey, Sir Hugh Askugh, Maister Merin, Maister Fitz Williams of Maplethorp, lost by estimation twenty thousand of Cattell, one and other.

Boorne was ouerflowed to the midway of the heigth of the Churche.

Steeping was wholly carried away, where was a wayne loade of willow toppes, y^e body of the waine, with the willowes carried one way, and the axiltree and wheeles another way.

Huntingdonshire.

In the Towne of Sainte Edes, the water flowed into the towne in suche abundance, that it ranne through the Towne and Church, bee∣ing in the myddest thereof, hauing aboute the Churchyard a bricke wall of two yards hygh, was so ouerflowed, that boates were rowed o∣uer it, without touching of the same.

Item, a little from Huntingdon, were three men riding vpon the caulsey, being then ouer∣flowed (the water on the caulsey beeyng not deepe, and thinking no daunger therein) chan∣ced to come into a place where the water hadde galled away the earth, and the grauel, were car∣ried away with the water: and willowes gro∣wing on both sides the way, two of thē caughte holde on the willowes, and left their Horses, and s•…•…ued themselues, and the third chanced to catch a very little twigge of a willowe betweene hys fingers, hauing very little holde, and forsakyng his Horse, which was carried a great way from him, had muche paine to keepe his holde on the twigge, and hold his head aboue the water, and his Horse returning with force agaynste the streame, came againe vnto him, and vnder him, by which meanes he set his feete vpon him, and gate better hold of the willow, and so saued him selfe, and the Horse was immediately carried a∣way, that he neuer sawe him after.

Item, Holland, Leueringtō, Newton Chap∣pel in the Sea, lōg Stutton, and Holbich, were ouerflowen. And in thys Countrey also was great losse of Cattell.

Staffordshire.

In the lowe partes in Mooreland, in a little Towne called Cliffeeld, there was a man, hys wife, and a sucking childe in hir armes ouer∣whelmed and slayne by the violence of the wa∣ters, and of the boysterous windes.

VVarwickeshire.

The water called Auen, y^t passeth by y^e towne called Stratford vpon Auen, did run with such

violence, that meeting with the water called the Seuerne, droue it backe tenne miles against the course, ouerflowing much groūd, and drow∣ning much Cattell.

Buckinghamshire.

In Newport panell were two houses ouer∣throwen, and in one of them an olde man and an olde woman were ouerwhelmed and [ 10] slayne.

And in the same Towne, on the backe side of the Sarazens head, the water did spring out of the harde grauellie ground, and flowed so fast, that certaine Merchants (sitting there at din∣ner) were faine to rise and departe from thence to saue themselues.

Sir Henry Ley Knight (dwelling at Quar∣rington) lost by the flouds the number of three thousand sheepe, besides Horse and other Cat∣tell, [ 20] a great number.

Sussex.

In the Wishe at Rie (a place so called) the water came in so suddainely, and flowed so high about midnight, that it was eyght or nine foote high in mens houses, in somuch; that if one William White had not called them vp, some of them had like to haue bin drowned, and the [ 30] same William White hauing a boate, fette a greate companie of them out of their Win∣dowes, and carried them to drie land as fast as he could fetch them, which were in great daun∣ger & feare, and glad to escape with their liues.

Moreouer, the water came in so vehemently there, that it brake into the marishes, and made suche way, that where of late yeares, and nowe before this great floud came, a cockeboate could not passe in at a lowe water, nowe a fisherman [ 40] drawing sixe foote water and more, may come in at a lowe water, and at a full sea, the greatest Shippe the Queenes Maiestie hath, may come in, and haue good harbrough there. The conti∣nuance of the same will not only bee profitable to the most part of the inhabitants there, but al∣so commodious to all the Queenes subiectes trauellers by sea.

And whereas one of the owners of a greate parte of the same marshes hadde certaine polles [ 50] set vp therein (and beeing very meete and in conueniente place of the same Marshe) for the drying of their fishing nettes, and receyued money yearely of those that dryed their nettes there sufficiently ynough: yet he caused his ser∣uaunte to pull vp the poles, and lay them in an house standing in the same marshe: and also cō∣maunded his seruaunt to giue them warning, that they shuld no more hang their nettes there, except they woulde come and compound wyth him for it.

And the same night (by Gods prouidence) it came so to passe, that according to hys saying (though contrary to his good will and minde) they are not lyke to hang their nettes there any more, bycause of the depth of the water is so great, and like to continue.

In hope of continuance of the same newe opened Hauen, certaine men of the same towne haue begunne to builde faire barkes to trauell the Seas, the whiche in continuance of time, will bee a great furtherance to the maintenance of the Queenes nauy.

At the blacke shore ende, before the sayde floud, no boate could passe further than the shore ende, and nowe a boate that draweth sixe foote water, may come in at a low water.

Without the harre, the water is deeper than it was, by two foote and more in the Chan∣nell.

Kent.

At Prum hill marshe, four miles from Rie, the water came in so outragiously, that it brake downe the marsh walles, one maister Bury be∣ing owner thereof, who lost by the same a thou∣sande C. one threescore & two of his Sheepe, and it is thought that the marishe is neuer lyke to be gotten againe.

Item, at Erith breache, a Marriner riding by the marrishes, seeyng two maydens in the marshes, and perceyuing the waters breakyng in so fast, that the maydes were not like to es∣cape, rode vnto them, and one of them gate vp behynde hym, and the other tooke holde on the Horse taile, and by that were both saued from drowning.

In the same marshe were drowned a greate number of Sheepe.

Item, there in a marsh lād that was sowen, were two boyes keeping Crowes, in the after noone seeing y^e water breaking in so vehemētly, gat them into a Cart that was not farre from them, where they were fayne to tarrie vntill the next tyde, which came in so boysterously, that it had like to ouerthrowne both the Cart and the boyes, and the one of them beeing more stron∣ger than the other, kept the other in his armes, where he with colde, wet, and feare, dyed, so that hee was fayne to lette hym fall from him into the water, when he perceyued that hee was past recouerie.

A little from that place were also drowned a thousande of Sheepe, and manye other Cat∣tell.

Essex•…•…

From a Towne called Raynam; vnto the Towne named Mauldon; all along by the wa∣ter side were the marishes all ouerflowen▪ wher∣in were a great number of Cattell drowned.

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In Clay were twoo Shyppes laden wyth [ 10] Danske ware which came to shore, with no mā in thē, nor any man can tell o•…•… when•••• the 〈◊〉〈◊〉.

In Clay, the dwellers there lost a verye greate parcell of salte and he•…•…rings ha••••••lled, beeyng housed in an house walled with bricke▪ three foote thicke, and yet the wall was broken downe.

Also, there was lost much saffron grounde, with many other things moe, to the great hin∣derance of many a man. [ 20]

Item, in Walderswicke, Dunwich, & Blay∣brooke, was great losse of boorde, planke, timber, and salte.

Oxforde.

A greate parte of the bridge by Magdalen Colledge, was borne cleane away, and manye trees were turned vp by the roote.

* 5.2The three and twentith of Ianuary, the [ 30] Queenes Maiestie, accompanyed with hir no∣bilitie, came from hir house at the Strand, cal∣led Somerset place, and entred the Citie of Lō∣don by Temple Barre, Fleetestreete, Cheape, and so by the North syde of the Bursse, to Sir Thomas Greshams in Bishoppes gate streete, where she dyned.

After dynner, hir grace returning through Cornehill, entred the Bursse on the South side, and after hir hignesse hadde viewed euery parte [ 40] thereof, aboue grounde, especially the Pawne, whyche was richly furnished wyth all sortes of the fynest wares in the Citie, shee caused the same Bursse, by an Herrault and a Trumpet, to bee proclaymed the Royall exchange, so to bee called from thence forthe,* 5.3 and not other∣wise.

* 5.4The seuenteenth of February, at a place cal∣led Kynnaston, neere Marleche hyll, in the County of Hereforde, was seene the grounde [ 50] to open, and certayne rockes wyth a peece of ground remoued, and wente forward the space of foure dayes, makyng at the fyrste a terrible noyse as it went on the earth, it remoued it selfe betweene .vj. of the clocke in the euening, & .vij. the nexte morrow forty paces, carrying greate trees and sheepe coates, some sheepe coates wyth threescore sheepe in them, some trees fell into the chinkes, other that grewe on the same groun•••• growe nowe as firmely on a hill, and some that stoode East▪ stande West, and those that stoode West, stand East. The depth of the hole where it first brake out, is thirtie foote, the breadth of the breach is eyght score yards, and in length a∣boue twenty-score yardes. It ouerthrew Kin∣naston Chappell. Also two high wayes bee re∣moued nigh one hundred yardes, with the trees of the hedgerowes. The ground in all is sixe and twentie acres: and where tillage grounde was, there is pasture lefte in place▪ and where was pasture, there is tyllage grounde gone vp∣pon it.

The ground as it remoued, dr•…•…ue the earthe before it, and at the lower parte ouerwhelmed the ground, so that it is growen to a greate hyll of twelue faddome hyghe▪ It remoued from Saterday, tyll Monday at nighte following, and so stayed.

Moreouer this yeare, aboute Candlemas, Sir Thomas Sackuille, Baron of Buckhurst was sent in Ambassad•…•… frō the Queenes Ma∣iestie to Charles the ninth▪ Frenche King, as well to congratulate for his marriage with the daughter of the Emperoure Maximilian▪ as for other weightie affayres▪ And as his Ambas∣sage was greate, so was his charge no lesse in furnishing himselfe and trayne accordingly, be∣ing both in number and furniture, such in euerye poynte as dyd apperteyne, and hys receyuing and enterteynemente in Fraunce by the Kyng and others, was agreeable thereto, for hee was receyued vppon the coast by the gouernoures of the fortifyed Townes ryght honorably, by or∣der from the King.

Among other, the Baron of Bourn••••sell was one, who beeyng very well mounted and appoynted, lefte not hys Lordshippe before hee came to the Courte, and from thence accom∣panyed hym backe vntill hys embarquemente homewardes.

In the mayne Countreys, he was accom∣panyed with the gouernoures and Nobles of the places aboute. And in the good Townes where hee passed, hee was presented by the chiefe Magistrates, wherein theyr good wylles were to bee thankefully accepted, though hys Lordshippes rewardes, farre ouer valued theyr presents.

At his approche neere to Paris, hee was en∣countred on the way for courtesie sake▪ by two Marquesses of Trans and Salu•…•…es, this bee∣ing of the house of Sauoy, and the other of the worthy family of Foix. These wanted not suche as accompanyed them, and the ••••me 〈◊〉〈◊〉 of the best sorte.

At the L. Ambassadors first audience, which

was at the Castell of Madrill, otherwise called Boloigne neere Paris (where the King then lay) the Queenes Almayn Coches very braue∣ly furnished, were sente to Paris for him, in one of the whiche, his Lordship with the Marques of Trans, rode towardes the Courte, very nar∣rowly escaping from a shrewde turne and great mischance, by reason the same Coche was o∣uerthrowē by the Dutch Wagoners their neg∣ligence, who in a brauery gallopping the fielde, [ 10] made an ouer short turne, wherewith the Mar∣ques was sore bruised.

The Lord Ambassador at his arriuall at the place, was right honorably receyued, hee was banquetted by dyuers, and that very sumptu∣ously, whiche by him was not left vnrequited to the vttermost, and rather with the better, for his liberalitie among the Frenche was verye large, but hys rewarde at the Kyngs hands was only a chayne, waying a thousand french Crownes. [ 20]

At that present, there was a great dearth and scarcitie of vittailes in Fraunce.

The riuer of Sayne, that runneth through Paris, was not passable with vessels, by reason of the greate frostes, and thereby not onely all kinde of vittayles, but also hey and woodde, hard to come by, and not to be hadde, but at excessiue prises, the Countrey thereaboutes hauing be∣fore bin sore harried and spoyled by the ciuill tumultes, by reason whereof, not only the Lord of Buckhurst for the space hee remayned there, but also Sir Henrye Norrice (nowe Lorde Norrice) and maister Frauncis Walsingham, hir Maiesties Ambassadors, ligiers successiue∣ly, were driuen to an increase in expenses, pay∣ing for euerye thing they boughte an hygher price, than ordinarily hadde beene accusto∣med.

After that the Lord Buckhurst had bin fea∣sted and banquetted by the Kyng, and other of the Frenche nobilitie, and had accomplished the poyntes of hys Ambassage, hee tooke leaue of the Kyng, and departed homewardes, ar∣riuing heere in Englande a little before Ea∣ster.

The seconde of Aprill,* 5.5 a Parliament began at Westminster, wherein was graunted to the Queenes Maiestie (towarde hir great charges,* 5.6 in repressing the late Rebellion in the North, and pursuing the sayde Rebelles and theyr fau∣tors, whiche were fledde into Scotlande) by the Cleargy, a subsidie of sixe shillings in the poūd, and by the Temporaltie two fifteenes, with a subsedie of two Shillings and eyght pence in the pounde.

The first, second, and third of May, was hol∣den a•…•… Westminster before the Queenes Ma∣iestie, a solemne Iust at the Tilt,* 5.7 Tourney and

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Barriers. The challengers were Edward Erle of Oxforde, Charles Howard, Sir Henry Lee, and Christopher Hatton Esquier, who all dyd very valiantly, but the chiefe honor was giuen to the Earle of Oxford.

* 5.8The fyrst of Iune, Iohn Story, a Doctor of the Canon lawe, who before hadde bin con∣demned of hygh Treason, was drawen from the Tower of London to Tiborne, and there hanged, bowelled, and quartered, his head was sette on London bridge, and his quarters on the gates of the Citie.

The .xviij. of Iune, in Trinitie terme,* 5.9 there was a combat appointed to haue bin foughte for a certaine manour and d•…•…maine lands belō∣ging therevnto, in the Isle of Hartye, adioining to the Isle of Shepey in Kent, Simon Lowe, and Iohn Kime were plaintifes, & had brought

a writ of righte againste Thomas Paramore, who offered to defend his right by battail, wher∣vpon the plaintifes aforesayde, accepted to aun∣swer his challenge, offering lykewise to defende their right to the same mannor and landes, and to proue by battail, that Paramore had no right nor good title to haue the same mannor & lands. Herevpon y^e sayd Thomas Paramour brought before the Iudges of the commō pleas at West∣minster, one George Thorne, a bigge, broade, [ 10] strong set fellowe, and the playntifes broughte Henry Nayler, master of defence, and seruaunt to the right honorable the Erle of Leycester, a proper slender man, and not so taule as y^e other, Thorne cast downe a gauntlet, whych Nayler tooke vp. Vpon the Sunday before the battaile should be tryed on the next morrow, the matter was stayed, and the parties agreed, that Para∣mour being in possession, should haue the lande, and was bound in fiue hundred pounde, to con∣sider [ 20] the plaintifes, as vpon bearing the matter, the Iudges should awarde.* 5.10 The Queenes Ma∣iesty was the taker vp of y^e matter, in this wise. It was thought good, that for Paramores as∣suraunce, the order should be kept touching the combate, and that the plaintifes Lowe & Kime, shoulde make defaulte of appearaunce, but that yet suche as were sureties for Nayler theyr Champions appearaunce, should bryng him in, and likewise those that wer sureties for Thorne [ 30] shoulde bring in the same Thorne, in discharge of theyr band, and that the Courte shoulde sitte in Tuthill fieldes, where was prepared one plot of ground, one and twenty yards square, double rayled for the combate, withoute the West square, a stage beeyng set vp for the Iudges, re∣presenting the Court of the common pleas. All the compasse without the listes, was sette with scaffoldes one aboue another, for people to stand and beholde. There were behinde the square [ 40] where the Iudges sate, two tentes, the one for Naylor, the other for Thorne. Thorne was there in the morning tymely, Nayler aboute seauen of the clocke, came through London, ap∣pareled in a dublet, and galeygascoyne breeches all of Crimosyn satyn, cutte and rased, a hat of blacke veluet, with a red fether and bande, before him drums and fifes playing: the gauntlet cast downe by George Thorne, was borne before y^e sayd Nayler vpon a swords poynt, and hys ba∣ston (a staffe of an elle long, made taper wise, tipt with horne) with his shielde of hard leather, was borne after him, by Askam, a yeoman of y^e Queenes guarde▪ hee came into the palace at Westminster, and staying not long before the Hall dore, came backe into the Kinges streete, and so along thorough the Sāctuary and Tot∣hill streete into the field, where he stayed till past nine of the clocke, and then sir Ierome Bowes brought him to his Tent: Thorne being in the Tent with sir Henry Cheyney long before. A∣bout ten of the clock, the Court of commō pleas remoued, and came to the place prepared, when the Lorde chiefe Iustice, with two other hys associates were set, then Lowe was called so∣lemnely to come in, or else he to lose his writ of right. Then after a certayne time, the sureties of Henry Nailer were called to bring in the sayde Nayler Champion for Simon Lowe, & short∣ly therevppon, Sir Ierome Bowes, leadyng Nayler by the hand, entreth with him the lists, bringing hym downe that square by which hee entred, beeing on the lefte hande of the Iudges, and so about, till he came to the next square, iust againste the Iudges, and there makyng curte∣sie, first with one legge, and then with the other, passed forthe till hee came to the myddle of the place, and then made the lyke obeysaunce, and so passing tyll they came to the barre, there hee made the lyke curtesie, and hys shielde was helde vppe a lefte ouer hys head. Nayler put off hys nether stockes, and so bare foote and bare legged saue hys sylke scauilones to the ankles, and hys doublet sleeues tyed vp aboue the el∣bowe, and bare headed, came in as is aforesayd. Then were the sureties of George Thorne cal∣led to bring in the same Thorne, and immedi∣ately Sir Henry Cheyney entring at the vpper ende on the right hande of the Iudges, vsed the lyke order in comming aboute by his side as Nayler had before on that other side, and so commyng to the barre with lyke obeysaunce, helde vp hys shielde. Proclamation was made that none shoulde touche the barres, nor pre∣sume to come within the same, excepte suche as were appoynted. After all thys solemne order was fynished, the Lorde chiefe Iustice rehear∣sing the manner of bringing the writ of Ryght by Simon Lowe, of the aunswer made there∣vnto by Paramour, of the proceeding therein, and howe Paramour had challenged to defende hys righte to the land by battayle, by his cham∣pion Thomas Thorne, and of the accepting the triall that was by Lowe with hys Cham∣pion Henrye Nayler, and then for defaulte in appearaunce in Lowe, hee adiudged the lande to Paramoure, and dismissed the Champi∣ons, acquiting the sureties of their bandes.

Hee also willed Henrye Nayler to render agayne to George Thorne his gauntlet, wher∣vnto the sayd Nayler answered, that his Lord∣ship might commaund him any thing, but wil∣lingly he woulde not render the sayde gauntlet to Thorne excepte he coulde winne it: and fur∣ther hee chalenged the sayde Thorne to playe with hym halfe a score blowes, to shewe some

pastime to the Lorde chiefe Iustice, and the o∣ther there assembled, but Thorne aunswered, that he came to fight, and would not play. Thē the Lorde chiefe Iustice commending Naylor for his valiant courage, commanded them both quietly to depart the field. &c.

* 5.11The sixteenth of Iuly, Rebecca Chamber, late wife to Thomas Chamber of Heryette∣sham, was found culpable of poysoning the said Thomas Chamber hir husbande, at the assises [ 10] holden at Maidestone in the County of Kent. For the whyche fact, she (hauing well deserued) was there brent on the next morrowe.

* 5.12The seauenth of September, the Duke of Norffolke was remoued from y^e Charterhouse, to the Tower of London prisoner.

The two and twētith of September, deceas∣sed Iohn Iewell Bishop of Salisbury,* 5.13 in hys life a most eloquent and diligent Preacher, but a farre more paynefull and studious Writer, as [ 20] his workes remayning beareth witnesse, where∣by his fame shall neuer die.

* 5.14The ninth of Nouember, a Sermon was Preached in Paules Church at London, by M. William Foulkes of Cambridge, to giue thāks to almighty God for the victorie, whiche of hys mercifull clemencie it had pleased him to graūt to the Christians in the Leuant Seas, agaynst the common enimies of our faith, the Turkes, the seauenth of October last past. His Theame [ 30] was taken out of the sixtieth Psalme of Da∣uids Psalter, the fourth verse.

There were presente at this Sermon the L. Maior of London sir William Allin, with the Aldermen and craftes in their liueries, and in y^e euening, there were bonfiers made through the Citie, with banquetting and great reioycing, as good cause there was, for a victorie of so greate importance, to the whole state of the Christian common wealth:* 5.15 In the which were taken .130. [ 40] vessels, that is .117. Galeys, and .13. Galeots, be∣side other vessels that were bouged, abando∣ned, and let goe at large abroade in the Seas, as Galeys, Foistes, and Galeots, to the number of fourescore or thereaboutes. And of their Chiefetaynes slayne in that bloudy bat∣tayle, these we find by name as Principall Haly Bassa, high Admirall of the whole nauy, Amar Bey, Captayne of the Ianissaries, Assan Bey, the sonne of Barbarossa, with his sonne, Mehe∣met [ 50] Bey, gouernour of Mitilene, Gider Bey, gouernour of Chio, Capsan Bey, gouernour of the Rhodes, Peruis Aga, gouernour of Africa, otherwise Mahomeda, Mustafa Sceluby, high Treasorer, Affis Clueaga, Captayne of Gali∣poli, Tramontana chiefe Maister of the Tur∣kishe Emperours owne Galley, Caracoza, and many other, whose names were too long to re∣hearse: but the whole number that were slayne of the Turkes, could not be perfectly knowē, by reason that manye were drowned in the Sea, which came not to sight.

Some yet affirme, that there were slayne of them in all, to the number of one and twenty thousande,* 5.16 although other speake but of fifteene thousande: but Contareno writeth, that there were slayne and taken .29990. of whiche num∣ber, hee reconeth .3846. to haue remayned pri∣soners, and among them, were these persons of name, Mahemet Bey, Sainus Bey,* 5.17 and Si∣rocho Bey.

There escaped yet from thys discomfiture, Partau, generall of all the menne of warre and Souldyers by lande, Ochiali, Murate Ray, with hys sonne, and Ali Genouese, and wyth them aboute fortie Galeys, Foystes, and Fre∣gates.

Moreouer, there were found in the Turkish Galeys that came into the handes of the chri∣stians .116. double Canons, 265. demy Canons, and sixteene other great peeces of brasse: For it is to be remembred, that not only the Turkish galeys, but also the Christians were through∣ly armed, furnished and appoynted with men, munition, and ordinaunce in euery behalfe.

In Haly Bassa his galey there were aboorde iij.C. harquebusiers Ianissaires, and an hun∣dred archers. In the Galey of Don Giouan Daustria chief Admiral of the Christians wer 400. harquebusiers Spanyards, of the tierze of Sardigna, beside a great number of Lords and gentlemen, and also beside the rowers, and in euery other galey were .ij.C. fightyng men at the least, beside the rowers, and in some three hundred, and in other foure hundred, according to the moulde of the vesselles.

The number of the Christian Galeyes and Galiotes, were in all two C. & two, besyde sixe great Galeasses.

The Turkes had there Galeys, Galiots, and Foistes, to y^e number of two hundred and fiftie, as appereth by the accompt afore made, of those that were taken, abandoned, and escaped.

There wer deliuered and set at libertie, about twelue thousand, some say fourteene thousande Christian captiues, whom the Turkes kept for slaues, & had thē chained there aboord with thē in their Galeys. But this victory was not got without great losse of the Christians, for beside Augustine Barbarigo, the principal proueditore of the Venetians, there dyed seuenteene other Gentlemen of Venice, beeing men of good esti∣mation, Iohn Cardone, and Bernardine Car∣done Spanyardes, Virginio and Oratio Vrsi∣ni Romayns, Troilo, Sabello, Marco Moli∣no, beside diuers other nobles and Gentlemen of

name, as wel Italians, as Spanyards and Al∣maynes.

* 5.18In all, there dyed of the Christans, to the number of seauen thousande syxe hundred fiftie and sixe, beside those that were hurte, beeing in like number to them that were slayne,* 5.19 among the which was Don Iohn de Austria, generall of all the Christian army there, Sebastian Ve∣niero, the Venetians generall, and the Counte de Santa Fiore, with diuers other. [ 10]

Moreouer, there were Christian Galeys bouged, three of the Venetiās, one of the Popes, one belonging to the Duke of Sauoy, and an other to the Knights of Malta.* 5.20 There was one also taken and ledde away by Ochiali, and hys company. Suche was the successe of this bat∣tayle, which continued for y^e space of sixe houres, in the ende whereof, the victorye remaynyng with the Christians, caused no small reioysing through all parties of Christendome: for if thys [ 20] victory hadde bin followed, with hys gracious helpe and assistance that was the giuer thereof, the proude and loftie horne of the Ismaelite had bin so bruised, as peraduenture hys courage woulde haue quailed to putte forthe the same so speedily as he did, but suche is the malice of the time, that the Christians haue more pleasure to drawe theyr weapons one against another, than against that common enimie of vs all, who re∣gardeth neyther Protestante nor Catholique, [ 30] (they may be sure) those of the Greekish Church nor others, as if the merciful prouidence of the Lorde of Hostes doe not in tyme disappoynte hys proceedings, it will bee too soone perceyued though happily too late to stoppe the breache, when the floud hath gote head, and once wonne passage through the banke. It were therefore to bee wished of all those that tender the suretie of the Christian common wealth, that Princes woulde permitte their subiectes to liue in liber∣tie [ 40] of conscience, concerning matters of faithe: and that subiectes agayne woulde bee ready in duetifull wise, to obey their Princes in matters of ciuill gouernemente, so that compoundyng their controuersies among themselues, wyth tollerable conditions, they myght employ theyr forces against the common enimie, to the bene∣fite of the whole Christian worlde, whiche the more is the pitie, they haue so long exercised one against another, to each others destruction. And [ 50] as for matters in variance about Religion, ra∣ther to decide the same with the word, than with the sworde, an instrumente full vnfitte for that purpose, and not lightly vsed nor allowed of by the auntiente fathers in time of the primatiue Church. But sith this is rather to bee wished than hoped for, by anye apparant lykelyhoode, considering the strange contrarietie of humors nowe reigning among men in sundry partes of Christendome, lette vs leaue the successe of oure wishe to the pleasure of God, the author of all good happes, who ruleth the heartes of Princes, and frameth the peoples mindes as seemeth best to hys diuine prouidence. And withall, lette vs also humbly offer to him oure prayers, instantly besieching him to spare vs in mercy, and not to rewarde vs after oure ini∣quities, but rather by hys omnipotente po∣wer, to turne from vs the violence of oure e∣nimyes, in abridging theyr forces, as it maye seeme good to hys mercifull fauour and great clemencie.

The thirtith of December,* 5.21 Reynolde Grey was by the Queenes Maiestie restored Earle of Kente.

The thirteenth of Ianuary,* 5.22 deceassed Sir William Peeter Knyghte, who for hys iudge∣mente and pregnant witte, hadde bin Secreta∣rye, and of priuie Counsayle to foure Kynges and Queenes of thys Realm, and seauen times Lorde Embassadoure abroade in forraine lāds: hee greately augmented Excester Colledge in Oxforde, and also builded tenne Almes hou∣ses for the poore in the parishe of Iugar∣ston.

The sixteenth of Ianuary,* 5.23 the Lord Tho∣mas Howarde Duke of Northfolke, was ar∣raigned in Westminster Hall, before George Lorde Talbot, Earle of Shrewsburye, hyghe Stewarde of Englande for that daye, and there by hys Peeres founde giltie of hyghe Treason, and hadde iudgemente according∣lye.

The eleuenth of Februarye, Kenelme Bar∣ney, and Edmonde Mather,* 5.24 were drawen from the Tower of London, and Henry Rolfe from the Malshalsey in Southwarke, all three to Tiburne, and there hanged, bowelled, and quartered for Treason, Barney and Mather for conspiracye, and Rolfe for counterfayting of the Queenes Maiesties hande.

The tenthe of Marche deceassed Sir Wil∣liam Paulet Knyghte, Lorde Sainte Iohn,* 5.25 Earle of Wilshire, Marques of Winchester, Knyghte of the honorable order of the Gar∣ter, one of the Queenes Maiesties priuie Coū∣sell, and Lorde high Treasorer of Englande, at his mannour of Basing.

This worthy man was borne in the yeare of oure Lorde .1483. the fyrste yeare of Kyng Ri∣charde the thyrde, and lyued aboute the age of fourescore and seauen yeares, in syxe Kynges & Queenes dayes.

He serued fiue Kings and Queenes, Henrye the seuenth, Henry the eyght, Edwarde the sixt, Queene Mary, and Queene Elizabeth. All these he serued faithfully, and of thē was greatly fauoured. Himselfe did see the Children of hys Childrens Children, growing to the number of 103. A rare blessing giuen by God to men of his calling.

The fyue and twentith and sixe and twen∣tith of Marche, by the commaundement of the [ 10] Queenes Maiestie hir Counsell, the Citizens of London assembling at theyr seuerall Halles, the Maisters collected and chose out the most likely and actiue persons of euery theyr compa∣nies, to the number of three thousande, whome they appoynted to bee pikemen and shotte, the pikemen were forthwith armed in faire corslets and other furniture, according therevnto: the Gunners hadde euery of them hys Calliuer, with the furniture, and Morians on theyr [ 20] heads.

To these were appoynted dyuers valiaunte Captaynes, who to trayne them vppe in war∣like feates, mustered them thrice euery weeke, sometymes in the artillerie yarde, teachyng the Gunners to handle theyr peeces, sometimes at the Myles ende, and in Sainte Georges fielde, teaching them to skirmishe. In the whyche skirmishing on the Myles ende the tenth of April, one of the Gunners of the Gold∣smithes [ 30] company was shotte in the syde with a peece of a skouring sticke, left in one of the Ca∣liuers, whereof hee dyed, and was buryed the twelfth of Aprill in Sainte Paules Church∣yarde: all the Gunners marchyng from the Miles ende in battell ray, shot off theyr Caliuers at his graue.

On May day they mustred at Greenewiche before the Queenes Maiestie, where they she∣wed many warlike feates, but were muche hin∣dered [ 40] by the weather, whyche was all daye showring, they returned that nyght to Lon∣don, and were discharged on the nexte mor∣rowe.

* 5.26The fourth of May, Walter Deueroux, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, and Viscount of He∣reforde, was created Earle of Essex. And Ed∣warde Fines Lord Clinton and Say, high Ad∣mirall of Englande, was created Earle of Lin∣colne. [ 50]

The eyght of May, the Parliamente be∣ganne at Westminster, and that same daye in the Parliamente, by the Queenes Maiesties Writtes,* 5.27 Sir Henry Compton Knight, Lorde of Compton in the hole, Sir Henrye Cheyney Knyght, Lorde of Todington, Sir William Paulet Knyghte of Basing, and Sir Henrye Norres Knyght, Lorde of Ricote, were called Barons into the higher house.

In this Parliament,* 5.28 for somuch as y^e whole Realme of Englande was exceedingly peste∣red with Roges, Vagabonds, and sturdy Beg∣gers, by meanes whereof, dayly happened diuers horrible murthers, theftes, and other greate out∣rages, it was enacted, that all persons, aboue the age of fourteene yeares, beeyng taken begging, vagrant, and wandring misorderly, shoulde bee apprehended, whipped, and brente through the gristle of the right eare, with a hote yron of one ynch compas for the first time so taken.

The foure and twentith of May,* 5.29 Martin Bullocke was hanged on a Gibbet by the well with two buckets in Bishoppes gate streete of London, for robbing, and most shamefully mur∣thering of a Merchant named Arthur Hall, in the Personage of S. Martin by the saide well.

This Martin had procured the said Arthur Hall, to come to the saide Personage, to buy of hym certaine plate, but after the said Arthur had wel viewed the same, he said, this is none of your plate, it hathe Doctor Gardners marke, and I knowe it to be his: That is true saide Martin Bullocke, but he hath appointed me to sell it. &c. After this talke, whilest the saide Arthur was waying the plate, the same Martin set out of the Kitchen a thicke washing beetle, and comming behinde him, strake the said Arthur on the head, that he felled him with the first stroke, and then strake him againe, and after tooke the sayde Ar∣thurs dagger, and sticked him, & with his knife cutte his throte, and after woulde haue trussed him in a Danske chest, but the same was too shorte, wherevppon hee tumbled him downe a paire of staires, and after thinking to haue buri∣ed him in the seller, his legges being broken with the first fall, and stiffe, he coulde not drawe hym downe the seller staires being winding, where∣fore he cut off his legges with an hatchet, and in the ende, trussed him with strawe in a drye fat, and saying it was his apparell and Bookes, cau∣sed the same to be caried to the water side, and so shipped to Rie: but as God would haue it, there was suspition gathered against the murtherer, whereby hee was examined before Alderman Branche, then one of the Sheriffes of London, but so small likelihoode appeared that he shoulde be giltie, that there was an honest man dwel∣ling in Saint Laurence Pontney, named Ro∣berte Gee a Clothworker, supposing the offen∣dor to bee cleere in the matter, vndertooke for hys forthe commyng: wherevppon Bullocke beeyng suffered to goe at libertie, slipte a∣way, fyrste to Westminster, and there ta∣kyng boate, passed vppe the Riuer, and com∣myng a lande beyonde Kyngston, passed forthe, tyll hee came to Okingham, in the

forest of Windesore, an eyght myles beyond the Towne of Windesor: and from thence (what moued hym. I leaue to the secret iudgemente of God) hee came backe againe vnto London, lodging at the redde Lion in Holborne.

In the meane time, the foresayd Gee, vppon knowledge hadde that Bullocke was with∣drawen out of the way, was not only hadde in some suspition, but also committed to warde: albeit so as hee hadde libertie to take order to [ 10] sende abroade suche as shoulde make sute after Bullocke. And amongst other that went forth, one of hys seruauntes was sent to Rie, whither the drie fatte was conueyd, and comming thi∣ther, the same drye fat was opened, where the mangled corps of Hall was found, whereby the trouth of the matter came to lighte, and by the good prouidence of God, the reuealet of suche e∣uill factes, Bullocke was at the very same tyme discouered at the place in Holborne aforemen∣tioned, [ 20] and there apprehended, did receyue as ye haue hearde due punishmente for hys heynous and most wicked offence.

* 5.30The sixe and twentith of May, the right ho∣norable Earle of Lincolne departed from Lon∣don towards France Embassador, being accō∣panied with the L. Dacres, the Lord Riche, the Lord Talbot, the Lord Sands, and the Lorde Clinton, Sir Arthur Chambernowne, Sir Hierome Bowes, and Sir Edward Hastings [ 30] Knightes, with diuers other Gentlemen, who taking Shippe at Douer, cut ouer to Bulloine, where they were very honorably receyued, and from thence conueyed by iourneys to Paris, where they were lodged in a house of the kyngs, named Le chasteau de Louure, being attended on of the Kings officers. Fiue dayes after, they went to the King at a house called Madrill, where the King with hys two breethren, the Admirall, and the most parte of the nobles of [ 40] Fraunce mette them a distance from the place, and brought them into the house where they dy∣ned, and remayned tyl Sonday following, from whēce the King and his nobles, with the nobles of Englande came to Paris: the King, hys two breethren, and our Ambassadour, riding in one Couche togither, and the nobles of Englād and Fraunce beyng so placed also in Couches, came to the sayde Castell of Louure, and there dyned. [ 50]

After dynner, the Kyng, oure Ambassa∣doure, with the nobilitie of both Realmes, went to a Churche named Sainte Germaine, where the French Kyng, hys breethren, and nobilitie, heard Euensong, the noble men of Englande withdrawing them into a Chappell till Euen∣song was done, were then fetched thence by the nobles of Fraunce, to the King and hys bree∣thren that awayted theyr commyng,* 5.31 where was confirmed the league (which had bin con∣cluded at Blois the ninetenth of April, deputies being there for the French party, Francis M•…•…∣morēcy, Rainold Birago, Sebastian de Lau∣bespine, and Paule de Foix. And for the Queene of England, Sir Thomas Smyth, and Mai∣ster Walsingham Embassadors.)

This being done, they departed withoute the walles of Paris, to a gardeine of pleasure, where they supped. After supper, the King departed to his place of Madrill, and the Nobles of Eng∣land to the Castell of Loure. On Monday, the Admirall feasted the Nobles of Englande. On Tewsday, the Duke of Aniou the Kings bro∣ther, and on Wednesday, the Duke of Alanson, his yonger brother, and so passed in feasting and banquetting, with riche giftes on both partes.

On Friday, the Nobles of Englande tooke leaue of the King, and on Sonday came to S. Denis, and after to Boloine, where they tooke Shyppe, and returned into England the fourth of Iuly.

The seconde of Iune in the morning bee∣tweene the houres of seauen and eight,* 5.32 Thomas Howard Duke of Northfolke, was beheaded on a Scaffold new set vp on the Tower hill.

Aboute the ninth of Iune,* 5.33 Francis Duke of Mōtmorency, chiefe marshal of France, gouer∣nour and Lieutenant of the Isle of France, ge∣nerall to Charles the ninth K. of Fraunce, and Paule de Foix of the priuie Counsell to the sayd King, and Bertrand de Saligners, Lorde de la Mothefenelon, Knightes of the order of Sainte Michaell, Ambassadors for the same King, ar∣riued at Douer. The .xiiij. day they shot Lon∣don bridge towardes Somerset house at the Strand where they were lodged. The .xv. daye being Sonday, the saide Ambassadors repaired to the white hall, where they were honorably re∣ceiued of the Queenes Maiestie, with hir nobi∣litie, and there in hir graces Chappell, about one of the clocke in the after noone, y^e articles of trea∣ty, league or confederacy and sure friendshippe (concluded at Bloys the .xix. of Aprill as is a∣foreshewed) betwixt the Queenes Maiestie,* 5.34 and the French K. beeing read, the same was by hyr Maiestie and his Ambassadors confirmed to be obserued and kept, without innouation or vio∣lation. &c. The rest of that day, with great parte of the night following, was spente in greate tri∣umph, with sumptuous banquets.

The eyghtenth of Iune,* 5.35 the feast of Sainte George was holden at Windesore, where the Frenche Ambassadors were royally feasted, and Fraunces Duke of Mōtmorency, was s•…•…aulled Knight of the most honorable order of the Gar∣ter.

The eyghte and twentith daye of Iune, the forenamed Ambassadors departed from Lon∣don towards Fraunce.

The fourteenth of Iune, Thomas Lorde Wharton deceassed in his house of Chanō row at Westminster.

* 5.36The thirtēth day of Iuly, the Queenes Ma∣iestie at White Hall, made sir William Cicill Lorde of Burghley, Lord high Treasorer of England: Lorde William Howard, late Lorde [ 10] Chamberlaine, Lord priuie seale. The Earle of Sussex, L. Chamberlaine: sir Thomas Smith, principall Secretary, and Christopher Hatton Esquier, Captaine of the garde. &c.

The .xxij. of August, Thomas Percy,* 5.37 Erle of Northumberland, late of Topclife, who had bene before attainted by Parliamente of hyghe treason, as beeing one of the principall conspi∣ratoures in the late Rebellion, & nowe brought out of Scotland whether he had fledde, was be∣headed at Yorke, about two of the clocke in the afternooone, on a newe Scaffold set vp for that

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purpose in the market place.

* 5.38In thys moneth of August, Sir Thomas Smith, one of the Queenes Maiesties priuie Counsell, carefully tendering the reformation of Irelande, sente hys sonne Thomas Smith Esquier thither, with a certayne number of Englishmenne, to inhabite the Ardes in Vlster, after the manner of a Colonie vsed by the Ro∣maynes.

* 5.39The .xviij. of Nouember in the mornyng, [ 40] was seene a Starre Northward, very bright & cleere, in the constellation of Cassiopeia, at the backe of hir Chaire, which with three chiefe fix∣ed starres of the said constellation, made a Ge∣ometrical figure losengewise, of the learned men called Rombus. This starre in bignes at y^e first appearing, seemed bigger than Iupiter, and not much lesse than Venus, when she seemeth grea∣test: also the sayde Starre neuer changing hys place, was carried about with the dayly moti∣on [ 50] of Heauen, as all fixed Starres commonly are, and so continued (by little and little to the eye appearing lesse) for the space of almost six∣teene Monethes: at what time it was so small, that rather thought by exercises of oft viewing moughte imagine the place than any eye could iudge y^e presence of the same. And one thing is heerein chiefely to bee noted, that (by the skyll and consente of the best and most experte Ma∣thematicians, whyche obserued the state, pro∣pertie, and other circumstaunces belongyng to the same Starre) it was founde to haue bin in place Celestiall, farre aboue the Moone, o∣therwise than euer anye Comete hathe beene seene, or naturally can appeare. Therefore it is supposed, that the signification thereof is direc∣ted purposely and specially to some matter, not naturall, but celestiall, or rather supercelestiall, so strange, as from the beginning of the worlde neuer was the like.

The four and twentith of Nouember,* 5.40 Ed∣warde Earle of Derby, Lorde Stanley, and Strange, of Knocking, Lord and gouernour of the Isles of Man, Knyghte of the noble order of the Garter, and one of the Queenes Maie∣sties priuie Counsell, deceassed at hys house called Latham in Lancashire. Hys lyfe and deathe deseruing commendation, and crauyng memorie to bee imitated, was suche as follo∣weth. Hys fidelitie to two Kynges, and two Queenes in daungerous tymes and great Rebellions, in whyche tyme and alwayes as cause serued, hee was Lieutenaunt of Lan∣cashire and Cheshire, and lately offered tenne thousande menne to the Queenes Maie∣stie, of hys owne charge, for the suppression

of the last rebellion. His godly disposition to his tenants, neuer forcing anye seruice at theyr handes, but due payment of theyr rent. His li∣beralitie to strangers, and such as shewed them∣selues gratefull to him. His famous houskee∣ping, and .xj. score in checkrol, neuer discontinu∣ing the space of twelue yeare. His feeding espe∣cially of aged persons twice a day .lx. and odde, besides all commers thrice a weeke appoynted for his dealing dayes, and euery good Fryday [ 10] these .xxxv. yeares one with another two thou∣sande seuen hundred, with meate, drinke, money and money worth. There was neuer Gentle∣man or other, that wayted in his seruice, but had allowance from him, to haue as well wa∣ges as otherwise for horse and man. His yearely porcion for the dispences of his house foure thou∣sand pounde. His cunning in setting bones dis∣ioynted or broke, his chirurgerie and desire to helpe the poore. His deliuerie of his George and [ 20] Seale to the Lord Straunge, with exhortation that he might keepe it so vnspotted in fidelitie to his Prince as he had, and his ioy that he dyed in the Queenes fauour. Hys ioyfull partyng this worlde, his taking leaue of all his seruantes by shaking of handes, and his remembrance to the last day.

The .xxviij. of Nouember, Iohn Hall late of Battell in Sussex Gentleman,* 5.41 and Oswolde Wilkinson, late of Yorke, and Gallour of York [ 30] Castel, (being before arraigned and condemned of treason) were drawne from the Tower of London to Tiburne, and there hanged, bowelled and quartered.

* 5.42This yeare a greate and sharpe frost almost continually lasted, from before the feast of all Saintes, till after the feast of the Epiphanie of our lord, with somtime great and deepe snowes, and sometymes raines, which freesed as fast as the same fell to the grounde, wherethrough at [ 40] Wrotham in Kent, and many other places, the armes and boughes of Trees being ouercharged with Ice brake off, and fell from the stockes of the same Trees. Also the wynde contynued North, and East, till after the Ascention day, with sharpe frostes and snowes, whereby follo∣wed a late spring.

* 5.43The twelfth of Ianuarie, William Lorde Howarde, Baron of Effingham Lorde priuie seale, knight of the noble order of the Garter, and [ 50] one of the priuie Counsaile, deceassed at Hamp∣ton Court.

* 5.44The .xviij. of Ianuarie, William Lord So∣merset Earle of Worcester, began his iourney toward Fraunce, to the Christning of the kings daughter there, in stead of the Queenes Maie∣stie of Englande, who sent with him a Font of Golde for that purpose, weying .326. ounces. The sayde Earle with many of his companie were robbed vpon the sea by Pirates of muche of theyr baggage,* 5.45 and three or foure of theyr men slaine. In Fraunce he and his trayne were honourablye receyued. At the Christning hee gaue the childe to name Elizabeth. They retur∣ned into England the seuē and twentith of Fe∣bruarie.

In the Moneth of Februarie through sun∣drie heynous cōplaints brought to the Queenes Maiestie and hir Counsaile of Pirats that kept the narrow Seas, doing many robberies,* 5.46 as also the robbing of the Earle of Worcester (as is aforesayde) hir highnesse, by the aduise of hir honourable counsaile, tooke order with the Lord Admirall of England, that he should send to the seas shippes and men to scowre the narrow seas, and to apprehende so many Pyrates shippes as might be mette with. And for the better doing thereof, it pleased hir Maiestie to sende one of hir owne shippes, named the Swallowe to bee the Admirall, vnder the charge of William Hol∣stock of London Esquire, controller of hir high∣nesse shippes, who had with him the Gyllian, the Barke Garet, and the Barke of Yarmouth, and three hundred .lx. able Mariners, Gunners, and souldiours in the sayde three ships, and one bark which scoured the narrow sea, from the North forelande, as farre Westwarde as Falmouth in Cornwall, and tooke .xx. shippes and barkes of sundrie Nations, videlicet, Englishe, Frenche,* 5.47 and Flemings, (but all Pirates) and in fashion of warre. He apprehended in those shippes and barkes to the number of .ix. hundred men of all nations, and sent them to warde to Sandwich,* 5.48 Douer, Wight, and Portsmouth, (wherof three of them that robbed the Erle of Worcester, were shortly after executed at Wight.) Also the sayde William Holstocke did rescue and take from the abouesayd Pirates shippes, xv. other marchant ships laden with marchandises, that were theyr pryses, being of sundrie Nations, and set at li∣bertie the said .xv. Marchant shippes and goods: which done, he returned to Portesmouth, and there ended his voyage in March.

The fourth of March,* 5.49 a man was hanged in chaynes in S. Georges fielde beyonde South∣warke of London, for murthering the Gaylour of Horsham in the same field.

The .xvij. of March,* 5.50 deceased Reynald Gray of Ruthen, Erle of Kent at Hernesey, and was buryed at Saint Giles withoute Creplegate. Aboute the same tyme dyed Edmonde Lorde Chandos.

The .xxv. of Marche being Wednesday in Easter weke,* 5.51 and the feast of the Annunciation of our Ladie, George Browne cruelly murthe∣red two honest men neare to Shooters hill in

Kent, the one of them was a wealthie Mar∣chant of London named George Saunders, the other Iohn Beane of Woolwich, whiche murther was commytted in manner as fol∣loweth.

On Tuesday in Easter Weeke (the .xxiiij. of Marche) the sayde George Browne recey∣uing secrete intelligence by letter from Mistresse Anne Drurie, that Maister Saunders shoulde lodge the same night at the house of one Mai∣ster [ 10] Barnes in Woolwich, and from thence goe on foote to Saint Mary Cray. The next mor∣ning he lay in waite for him by the way, a little from Shooters hill, and there slue both him and Iohn Bean seruant to maister Barnes, but Iohn Bean hauing .x. or .xj. woundes, and be∣ing left for dead, by Gods prouidence did reuine againe, and creeping awaye on all foure, was founde by an olde man and his Maiden, and conueyed to Woolwich, where hee gaue euident [ 20] markes of the Murtherer.

Immediately vpon the deed doing, Browne sent Mystresse Drurie worde thereof by Roger Clement (among them called trustie Roger) hee himself repayred forthwith to y^e court at Green∣wich, & anon after him came thither the report of the murther also. Then departed he thence vn∣to London, and came to the house of Mystresse Drurie, where though hee spake not personallye with hir, after conference had with hir seruaunt [ 30] trustie Roger, she prouided him .xx. pounde that same day, for the which she layde certaine plate of hir owne, and of Mistresse Sanders to gage. On the next morning being Thursday (hauing intelligence that Browne was sought for) they sent him sixe poundes more by the same Roger, warning him to shift for himself by flight, which thing he for slowed not to doe, neuerthelesse, the Lordes of the Queenes Maiesties Counsaile, caused so speedie and narrow search to bee made [ 40] for him, that vpon the .xxviij. of the same Mo∣neth he was apprehended in a mans house of his owne name at Rochester, and beeing brought backe againe to the Court, was examined by the Counsaile, vnto whom he confessed the deed, as you haue heard, and that hee had oftentymes before pretended and sought to doe the same, by the instigation of the said mystresse Drurie, who had promised to make a maryage betweene him and mystresse Saunders (whome hee seemed to [ 50] loue excessiuely) neuertheles he protested (though vntruly) that mystresse Sanders was not priuy nor consenting therevnto. Vpon his confession he was arraigned at the kings Bench in West∣minster Hall the .xviij. of Aprill, where he ac∣knowledged himselfe guiltie, and was condem∣ned as principall of the murther, according to which sentence he was executed in Smithfielde, on Monday the .xx. of Aprill: at which time al∣so vntruly (as she hirselfe confessed afterward) he laboured by all meanes to cleare mistresse San∣ders of committing euill of hir bodie with him,* 5.52 and then flung himselfe besydes the ladder: Hee was after hanged vp in Chaynes neare vnto the place where he had done the fact.

In the meane time mistresse Drurie and hir man being examined, as well by their own con∣fessions, as by falling out of the matter, and al∣so by Brownes appeachment thought culpable, were committed to warde. And after mistresse Saunders being deliuered of childe, and chur∣ched, (for at the tyme of hir husbandes death she looked presently to he down) was vpon mistresse Druries mans confession, and other great likeli∣hoodes, likewise committed to the Tower, and on Wednesday the sixt of May, arraigned with mistresse Drurie at the Guildhall. The effect of whose inditement was, that they by a Letter written had beene procurers of the sayde mur∣ther, and knowing the murther done, had by mo∣ney and otherwyse relieued the murtherer, wher∣vnto they pleaded not giltie.* 5.53 Howbeit they were both condemned as accessaries to maister San∣ders death, and executed in Smithfield the .xiij. of May, beeing Wednesday in the Whitsun∣weeke, at which time they both confessed them∣selues guiltie of the fact. Trustie Roger, my∣stresse Druries man was arraigned on Fryday the .viij. of May, and being there condemned as accessarie, was executed with his mistresse, at the time and place aforesayd.

Not long after,* 5.54 Anthonie Browne brother to the forenamed George Browne, was for no∣table felonies conueyd from Newgate to York, and there hanged.

The .x. of Aprill seuen pyrates,* 5.55 which among other, had beene taken on the North seas, were led from Southwarke to Wapping, and fiue of them were there hanged, the other two had theyr pardon at the gallowes.

The .xvij. of Aprill,* 5.56 a Chandlers wife with∣out Aldredes gate of London, who had practi∣sed hir husbandes death by poysoning and o∣ther wayes, was set on the Pyllorie in Cheape, wyth three other women, who had beene of hir counsayle, two of them were wyth hir there whipped.

Our Queene at the request of hir cousin the yong King of Scottes, appoynted sir William Drurie knight marshal of Barwike, to passe in∣to Scotland with a thousande souldiours, and fiue hundred Pioners, and also certaine peeces of Artillerie, to helpe by siege and force of Canon to constrayne those that kepte the Castell of E∣denbourgh agaynst the sayde King to yeelde the same into his handes.

Herevpon the sayde sir William Dunrie ha∣uing with him sir Frauncis Russell, sir George Carie, sir Henrie Lee, maister Thomas Cecill, maister Michaell Carie, Captaine Brickwell, Captaine Read, Captaine Erington maister of the Ordinance and Prouost Marshall, captaine Pickman, captaine Yaxley, Captaine Game, Captaine Wood, Captaine Case, Captayne Strelley, maister Thomas Sutton, maister Cotton, maister Kelway, maister Dier, maister [ 10] Tilney, and others, with the number of the soul∣diours and Pioners afore mentioned, passed frō Barwik, and by conuenient iourneys came vn∣to Lieth, from whence the .xxv. of Aprill all the foote bandes marched to Edenbourgh, at whom were shot after they entred the towne, dyuerse and sundrie Canon shottes out of the Castell, which did little harme to any of them (thankes be to God) sauing that captaine Brickwell was hurt in the face and handes with stones raysed [ 20] by the sayde Canon shotte. The same day the Castell was sommoned by a Messenger in ma∣ner as followeth.

Sir William Kirkaudie, sometyme of Graunge, knight, for as muche as the Queenes Maiestie my soueraigne Ladie, vpon the earnest request of hir deare cousin the King of Scottes your soueraigne Lorde, made to hir highnesse by his Regent, Nobilitie, and states of this realme, after all good meanes vsed to haue reduced you to [ 30] dutifull obedience of his authoritie by treatie, which hitherto you haue not duly hearkned vn∣to, to the only hinderance of the vniuersall peace in this realme, by withholding that his highnesse Castell, meaning as it seemeth to reserue the same for a receptacle of forraine forces, to the manifest daungers both of this Realme, and of my soueraignes, and therefore necessarie to re∣moue so perillous a danger to both the realmes: for which consideration, hir maiestie hath sente [ 40] hir ayde and succours of men, Ordinaunce, and Munition, vnder my charge and leading, for the expugnation and recouerie of the sayde Castell, to the sayde Kings vse and behoofe: and there∣fore according to hir Maiesties commaunde∣ment and Commission, this shall be in due ma∣ner to warne, require, and sommon you, that you render and delyuer the sayde Castell, wyth the whole Ordinance, Artillerie, Munitions, Iewels, Householde stuffe, and suche other im∣plements [ 50] within the same to mee, to the vse and behoofe of the King your soueraigne, and his re∣gent in his name, immediately after this my let∣ter of sommons or knowledge of the same, shall come vnto you: which if you obey, as of duetie you ought, then will I in hir Maiesties name interpone my selfe to trauaile with the Regent, Counsaile, and Nobilitie here, for the safetie of your lyues, &c. Otherwise if you continue in your former obstinacie, abyding the Canon, then no further to looke for grace or fauour: but you and the rest within that Castell to be pur∣sued to the vttermost, and holden as enimies to hir maiestie, your owne soueraigne and Coun∣trey.

Yeuen at Edenburgh

by me sir William Drurie knight, generall of hir Maiesties forces nowe in Scotlande,

thys .xxv. of Aprill .1573.

The Lorde of Graunge Captaine of the Ca∣stell, notwithstanding this sommonance, refused vtterly to yeelde the fortresse, who therevpon re∣ceyued such aunswere from the Generall, as stoode not greatly to his contentation. Here vp∣on were the Pioners set in hande to cast Tren∣ches, and to rayse Mountes in places conueni∣ent to plant the Ordinaunce vpon, as by the draught of the plot therof, and herevnto annexed may appeare.

They, within spared not to bestow such shot as they had, both great and small, verie roundly, as well at the Pioners as souldiours that were appoynted to garde them: insomuch that dy∣uerse were hurt, and some slaine, before the same Trenches and Mountes might bee brought to any perfection, although no diligence was wan∣ting to hasten the same.

Amongst other, one Duberie Lieutenant to Captaine Strelley, was striken with a small shot, the first day that the siege thus began, and dyed of the hurt.

The last of Aprill also, one maister Mauns∣field a gentleman, seruing vnder captaine Read, was hurt, but yet without daunger of death.

The .viij. of May, maister Neuill a Penci∣oner was also hurt.

Thus diuerse were hurt, and some slaine, both Englishmen and Scottes without, and they within escaped not altogither free, espe∣cially after that the Trenches and Mountes were brought in state to defende the assaylantes, who watching and warding in the trenches, answered them within the Castell verie rough∣ly. At length the great Ordinance was placed on the Mountes, and in the Trenches, so that vpon the .xvij. of May there were .xxx. Canons, shotte off, agaynst the Castell, and so well be∣stowed in bat•…•…erle at Dauids tower,* 6.1 that by the ruynes thereof then and after the force of the English Canons was easie to consider.

The .xviij.xix. and xx. of May, the Canons and demir Canons, were not ydle, but the .xxj. the whole batterie beganne on eche side the Ca∣stell, from the Trenches and Mountes verie hotely,* 6.2 and still tury within ceassed not to make answere againe with their artillerie, killing and hurting diuerse, both Englishmen and Scottes, but such was the diligence of the English Gun∣ners

encouraged wyth the presence of the Ge∣nerall and others, that they displaced the Or∣dinaunce in the Castell, and stroke one of theyr chiefe Canons iust in the mouth, whereby the same was broken in peeces, and the shyuers flue aboute their eares that stoode neare it, by rea∣son whereof the Englishmen rested the more in quiet continually after, so long as the siege en∣dured: Albeit with theyr small shotte and some tyme wyth theyr great,* 6.3 they wythin slue and [ 10] hurt dyuerse as well Gunners as other of the Englishmen and Scottes in the Mountes and Trenches.

The .xxvj. of May, the Assault was giuen at seuen of the clocke in the morning to the Spurre,* 6.4 which by the hardie manhoode of the as∣saylants was woonne, and was no sooner entred by the Englishmen, but that the Generals en∣signe was shewed and spred vpon the front and toppe thereof, to the great discomfort of them [ 20] within the Castell.

In the meane tyme, whylest those were ap∣poynted to gyue the assault thus to the Spurre, there were certaine Englishe men and Scottes commaunded to make a countenaunce of an assault at the West syde of the Castell, where∣by those that assaulted the Spurre, myght the more easilye obteyne theyr purpose, but they rashlye aduenturing further than they had in commaundement, were beaten backe and re∣pulsed, [ 30] with twentie and eyght, or thirtie of their companie Scottes and English, slaine and hurte.

* 6.5Sir Frauncis Russell for disobeying the ge∣nerals commaundement, in going to the assault at the Spurre, contrarie to his generals will and pleasure (hauing an especiall care for the safetie of his person) vpon his returne from that seruice was by the Generals commaundement com∣mitted to warde. [ 40]

Moreouer the same day towardes night, they within the Castell by a drumme demaunded parley,* 6.6 which being graunted, with a surseance of all hostilitie from that houre (which was a∣bout fiue of the clocke in the after noone of that day, being the .xxvj. of May) vnto the .xxviij. day of the same Moneth, the Larde of Peterroe was let downe by a rope from the Castell: and af∣terwardes the Larde of Graunge himselfe, the Captaine of the Castell, and Robert Meluin [ 50] came likewise downe to talke with the generall, and such other as were appoynted to accompa∣nie him. Herevpon at length, to witte the sayd xxviij. of May, the Castell was surrendred into the handes of Sir William Drurie, Generall of the English forces there. And so it rested in his possession for the tyme, and his Ensigne was set vppe, and spredde during the same time in sundrie places of the Castell, and after∣wardes, to the greate honour of England,* 6.7 by him it was delyuered vnto the vse of the king of Scottes.

The .xvj. of Iune the prisoners were deliue∣red by the sayde sir William Drurie, in presence of sundrie Scottes and Englishmen vnto the handes of the Regent, and that done, the same day the sayde sir William Drurie wyth hys power departed homewardes to Barwike.

The names of the prisoners were these.

• Sir William Kirkaudie Larde of Graunge, and Capitayne of the Castell of Eden∣bourgh.
• The Lorde Hume.
• The Lord of Ledington, Secretarie.
• The Lard of Peterroe, Conestable of the ca∣stell.
• The Countesse of Arguile.
• The Ladie of Ledington.
• The Ladie of Graunge, with others.

But yet the priuate souldiours, and others of the meaner sort, were suffred to depart with bagge and baggage.

Thus by the valiant prowes, and worthie policie of sir William Drurie, our Queenes Maiesties Generall, and other the Captaines and souldiours vnder his charge, was that Ca∣stell of Edenbourgh woonne (as before yee haue heard) which by the common opinion of men, was esteemed impregnable, and not to bee ta∣ken by force: insomuche as many thought it tooke the name of the Mayden Castell, for that it had not beene woonne at any tyme before, except by famine or practise: but suche is the force of the Canon in this age, that no For∣tresse, be it neuer so strong, is able of it selfe to resyst the puyssaunce thereof, if the situation be of that nature, as the grounde aboute it will serue to conuey the great artillerie to bee planted in batterie agaynst it.

The seuenth of Iune,* 6.8 betwene the houres of one and two of the clocke in the after noone, a great tempest of haile and raine hapned at To∣cester in Northamto•…•…shire, wherethrough sixe houses in that towne were borne downe, and fourtene more sore perished with the waters which rose of that tempest: the hailstones were square, and sixe ynches about, one childe was there drowned, and many sheepe with other cat∣tell, which when the water was fallen, many of them were lying on the highe hedges, where the waters had left them.

The .xvj. of Iune, Thomas Woodhouse,* 6.9 a Priest of Lincolnshire, who had laine long pri∣soner in the Fleete, was arraigned in the Guild∣hall of London, and there condemned of highe treason, who had iudgement to bee hanged and

The names of such Gentlemen and Captaines as had charge at the siege and wynning of Edenburgh Castell. Anno. 1573.

• SIr VVilliam Drurie generall of hir maiesties forces there.
• Sir Frauncis Russel Knight.
• Maister Henrie Killigrew hir maiesties ambassadoure at that present in Scotland.
• Captaine Reade.
• Captaine Erington maister of the ordinance and prouost Marshal, by whose skilful in∣dustrie and knowledge got by diligent foremarking the state and manner of that fortresse, the enterprise was the more spedily atchieued.
• Captaine Pikeman.
• Captaine Gamme.
• Captaine VVood.
• Captaine Case.
• Captaine Sturley.
• Maister Thomas Barton.

The names of suche Gentlemen as went thyther to serue of their owne free vvilles.

• SIr George Carie Knight.
• Sir Henry Lee Knight.
• Maister Thomas Cecil.
• Maister Michael Carie.
• Maister Henry Carie.
• Maister VVilliam Knolles.
• Maister Thomas Sutton.
• Maister Cotton.
• Maister Kelway.
• Maister Dier.
• Maister Tilney.
• Maister VVilliam Killigrew
• Maister VVilliam Selby, and diuerse other.

Artillerie brought from Barwike by sea to Leith, and so to the siege of this Castel.

• SIxe double Cannons.
• Fourteene whole Culuerins.
• Two Sacres.
• Two Mortuys peeces.
• Two Bombardes.
• Beside these there were three or foure Pee∣ces of the Scottish Kings, and foure or fiue bands of Scottes Souldiers.
• The English power was a thousand souldiers and three hundred Pioners.

* 6.10

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[illustration] view of Edinburgh

EDINBVRG

LEETH

The Lough

The KINGS mont

The GENERALS two monts

Spur

370 Foot high

Arthurs Chaire

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quartered, and was executed at Tiburne the .xix of Iune.

The .xvj. of August, Walter Erle of Essex, accompanyed with the Lorde Riche,* 6.11 and diuerse other Gentlemen, embarked themselues in seue∣rall shippes at Leirpoole, and the winde sitting verie well, tooke theyr voyage towardes Ire∣lande.

The Earle after many and great daungers on the Sea, at length wan Copemans Ilande, [ 10] from whence in a Pinise of Captaine Perces, he was brought safe to Knockfergus. The Lorde Riche with the like daunger landed at Castell Killife, where being met by Captaine Malbie, maister Smith, and master Moore Pencioners, was conducted to Inche Abbay maister Malbis house, where he had in a readinesse on the mor∣row morning a hundred and fiftie horsemen for theyr safegarde to Knockfergus, beside fiftie Kernes which went a foote through the Woods: [ 20] there was among these a thirtie Bowes with a Bagpype, the rest had Dartes. Sir Bryan Makephelin had preyed the Countrey, and ta∣ken away what was to be caryed or dryuen, but on the sixt of September he came to Knockfer∣gus, to the Earle of Essex, and there made his submission: the number of kine were esteemed thirtie thousand, besides sheepe and swine.

After him Ferdorough Macgillasticke, the blinde Scots sonne, Roze, Oge, Macwilline did [ 30] the like, and diuerse other sent their Messengers to the erle, to signifie that they were at his lord∣ships disposition, as the Baron of Dongarrowe Condenell, Odonell, and the captaine of Kylul∣to.

The Erle of Essex hauing the Countrey of Clanyboy & other,* 6.12 the Q. Maiestie of England directed hir letters to the Lorde Deputie of Ire∣lande, willing him to make by Commission the Earle of Essex Captaine generall of the Irishe [ 40] Nation in the Prouince of Vlster, and to de∣uide the Countrey woonne, Clanyboy and else where. &c.

The .xj. of October, Peter Burchet Gentle∣man of the middle Temple, with his Dagger sodainly assayled, cruelly wounded, and ment to haue murdered a seruiceable Gentleman named Iohn Hawkins esquire,* 6.13 as he with sir William Winter, and an other gentlemen, rode towards Westminster, in the highe streete neare to the [ 50] Strand, beyond the Temple barre of London, for which fact the sayde Burchet beeing appre∣hended and committed to the Tower, was after examined concerning the fact, who aunswered that he tooke the sayde Maister Hawkins for an other Gentleman,* 6.14 and being further examined, he was founde to holde certaine erronious opini∣ons, for the which hee was sent to the Lollards Tower, from thence being called into the con∣sistorie of Poules Church, before the right reue∣rend father Edwin Bishop of London,* 6.15 and o∣ther, and by them examined, he stoode in his opi∣nions, till the sentence of death, as an heretike was readie to haue beene pronounced agaynste him on the fourth of Nouember: but through the earnest perswasions of dyuerse learned men, who tooke great paynes in that matter, hee re∣nounced, forswore, and abiured his opinions for erronious and damnable, promising neuer to re∣turne to them, and also willingly to do and per∣fourme all such penance as the Bishop his Or∣dinarie should enioyne him.

The .ix. of Nouember, the sayd Peter Bur∣chet was remoued from the Lollards Tower, to the Tower of London, where on the nexte morrow about noone, whilest one that had kept him companie was gone downe, and locked the doore after him, leauing an other with him called Hugh Longworth, who stoode at the Window reading in the Bible, the sayd Burchet walking vp and downe in the Chamber, tooke a Billets ende out of the fire,* 6.16 and knocked the sayd Long∣worth on the head, and left not till he had stry∣ken him starke deade, for the which on the next morrow he was arraigned and condemned at Westminster, and then returned to Somerset house, where he remayned that night, and on the next morrow being the twelfe of Nouember, he was brought to the Gybet, where after his right hande being striken off, and nayled to the Gibet,* 6.17 he was hanged nigh the place where he woun∣ded maister Hawkins.

This yeare aboute Lammas, wheate was solde at London for three shillings the Bushell,* 6.18 but shortly after it was raised to foure shillings, fiue shillings, sixe shillings, and before Christ∣masse to a Noble, and seuen shillings,* 6.19 whiche so continued long after: biefe was solde for twen∣tie pens, and two and twenty pens the stone, and all other flesh and white meates at an excessiue price, all kinde of saltfishe verie deare, as fiue hea∣rings two pence .&c. yet greate plentie of freshe fishe, and oft tymes the same verie cheape: pease at foure shillings the bushell, Otemeale at foure shillings eight pens. Bay salt at three shillings the Bushell .&c. All this dearth notwithstan∣ding, (thankes bee gyuen to God) there was no want of any thing to hym that wanted not money.

The fourth of Aprill being Palme Sunday there was taken saying of Masse in the Lorde Morleys house within Algate of London,* 6.20 one Albon Dolman Priest, and the Ladie Morley with hir children, and diuerse others were also taken hearing of the sayde Masse. There was also taken the same day and houre for saying

Masse at the Ladie Gilfordes in Trinitie lane, one Oliuer Heywood Priest: and for hearing of the sayde Masse, the sayde Ladie Gilforde with diuerse other Gentlewomen. There was also taken at the same instaunt in the Ladie Browns house in Cow lane for saying Masse, one Thomas Heywood Priest, and one Iohn Cowper Priest, with the Ladie Browne, and diuerse other were likewise taken being hearers of the sayde Masse. All which persons were for [ 10] the same offences, indicted, conuicted, and had the lawe according to the statute in that case prouided. There was also founde in their seue∣ral Chapels diuerse latin bookes, Beades, Ima∣ges, Palmes, Chalices, Crosses, vestmentes, Pixes, Paxes, and such like.

* 6.21The .ix. of Iuly at six of the clocke at night, in the Ile of Thauer besides Ramesgate, in the Parish of Saint Peter vnder the Cliffe, a mon∣strous fish or Whale of the Sea did shoote him∣selfe [ 20] on shore, where for want of water, beating himselfe on the sandes, hee dyed about sixe of the clocke on the next morning, before which tyme he roared, and was heard more than a myle on the lande.

The length of this fish was xxij. yardes, the nether iaw. xij. foote the opening, one of his eyes being taken out of his head, was more than sixe horse in a cart could draw, a man stoode vpright in the place from whence the eye was taken, the [ 30] thicknesse from the backe where on he lay, to the toppe of his bellie (which was vpwarde) was fourtene foote, his taile of the same breadth: be∣twene his eies. xij. foote, three men stood vpright in his mouth, some of the ribbes were sixe foote long, his tongue was. xv. foote long, his lyuer two Cart load, into his nostrels any man might haue crept: the oyle being boyled out of the head was Parmasite, the oyle of his bodie was why∣tish, and sweete of taste. [ 40]

* 6.22The seuenth of August, a solemne Obsequie was kept in Saint Paules Church at London for Charles the ninth King of Fraunce, who deceassed on the twentie day of May last before passed.

The .xv. of August being Sunday, Agnes Bridges,* 6.23 a Mayde about the age of .xx. yeares, and Rachell Pinder, a wenche about eleuen or twelue yeares olde, who both of them had coun∣terfeyted to be possessed by the Diuell (whereby [ 50] they had not onely marueylously deluded ma∣ny people, both men and women, but also dy∣uerse such persons, as otherwise seemed to bee of good witte and vnderstanding) stoode before the preacher at Paules Crosse, where they acknow∣ledged theyr hypocriticall counterfeyting, with penitent behauiours, requyring forgiuenesse of God and the worlde, and the people to praye for them. Also their seuerall examinations and confessions were there openly read by the Prea∣cher, and afterwardes published in prynt, for the further posteritie hereafter to beware of the lyke deceyuers.

The fourth of September in the afternoone,* 6.24 such a storme of raine happened at London, as the like of long time coulde not bee remembred, wherethrough the Chanels of the Citie sodain∣ly rysing, ranne with such a forceable course to∣wardes the common shores, that a lad about the age of. xviij. yeres, minding to haue lept ouer the Chanell neare vnto Downgate, was borne o∣uer with the streame, and by the same caryed frō the Conduyt there, towardes the Thames, with such a swiftnesse, that no man with slaues or o∣ther wayes coulde staye him, tyll hee came a∣gaynst a Cart wheele that stoode in the water gate, afore whiche time hee was drowned and starke dead.

This yeare the Maior of London went by water to Westmynster,* 6.25 and there tooke his othe as hath beene accustomed: he kept no feast at the Guildhall, although great prouision had beene made for that purpose, but dyned at his owne house with his brethren the Aldermen: the com∣panies dyned at their seuerall halles. This was done by appoyntment of the Queenes maiesties Counsaile, to auoyd infection of the plague, like to haue encreased by comming togither of such a multitude. This weeke, from the .xxij. vnto the .xxviij. of October, deceased in the Citie and liberties, conteyning .Cviij. Parishes, of all dis∣eases, one hundred three score and sixe, of the which number. lxxv. were accounted to die of the plague.

Michaelmasse terme,* 6.26 which had beene ad∣iourned by Proclamation, began at Westmin∣ster on the sixt of Nouember.

The same sixte day in the morning,* 6.27 there happened two great tydes at London, in the ry∣uer of Thames, the first by course, the other within one houre after, which ouerflowes the Marshes with many vaultes and sellers neare adioyning.

The .xiiij. of Nouember being Sunday,* 6.28 a∣bout midnight following, diuerse straunge im∣pressions of fire and smoke were seene in the ayre to proceede forth of a blacke clowde in the north towardes the South, which so continued till the next morning that it was day light.

The next night following, the heauens from all parts did seeme to burne marueylous raging∣ly, and ouer our heades, the flames from the ho∣rizon rounde about rysing did meete, and there double, and roll one in another, as if it had beene in a cleare furnesse.

The .xviij. day at night,* 6.29 was very stormie and

tempestuous of winds out of the South, I haue not knowne the like out of that quarter) especi∣ally after mydnight till the next morning that it was day light. These are to bee receyued as tokens of Gods wrath readie bent agaynst the worlde for sinne now abounding, and also of his great mercie, who doth onely thus but to shewe the rod wherwith we dayly deserue to be beaten.

This yeare at London after Haruest, the price of wheate began by little and little to fall, [ 10] from seuen shillings to three shillings the bushel, at which price it stayed (little or nothing rysing or falling) all the yeare after: but bay salt was raysed from three shillings to foure shillings,* 6.30 fiue shillings, and sixe shillings the bushell, the lyke whereof had neuer bene seene or heard wythin this Realme.

* 6.31The .xxiiij. of Februarie, the feast of Saint Mathie, on which day the fayre was kept at Teukesburie, a straunge thing happened there, [ 20] for after a floud, which was not great, but such as thereby the Medowes neare adioyning were couered with water, in the after noone ther came downe the Ryuer of Seuerne, great numbers of Flies and Betles, such as in Sommer Eue∣nings vse to stryke men in the face, in great hea∣pes, a foote thicke aboue the water, so that to cre∣dible mens iudgement there were seene wythin a payre of But lengthes of those Flies aboue a hundred quarters. The Milles there aboutes [ 30] were damned vp with them for the space of foure dayes after, and then were cleansed by dygging them out with shouels: from whence they came is yet vnknowne, for the day was colde and a harde frost.

* 6.32The .xxvj. of Februarie, betwene foure and sixe of the clocke in the after noone, great Earth∣quakes hapned in the Cities of Yorke, Worce∣ster, Gloucester, Bristowe, Hereforde, and in the Countreys aboute, which caused the people to [ 40] runne out of their houses, for feare they shoulde haue fallen on theyr heades. In Teukesburie, Bredon and other places, the dishes fell from the Cupbourdes, and the bookes in mens studies from the shelues. In Norton Chapell the peo∣ple being on their knees at Euening prayer, the ground mouing, caused them to runne away, in great feare that the dead bodies would haue ry∣sen, or the Chapell to haue fallen: part of Rithen Castell fell downe with certaine bricke Chym∣neys [ 50] in gentlemens houses. The Bell in the shire hall at Denbigh, was caused to toll twice by shaking of the hall. &c.

On Easter day, which was the thirde of A∣prill, about nine of the clocke in the forenoone, was disclosed a congregation of Anabaptysts, Dutchmen, in a house without the Barres of Aldegate at London, whereof .xxvij. were taken and sent to prison, and foure of them bearing fa∣gots,* 6.33 recanted at Pauls crosse on the .xv. of May in forme as followeth.

WHereas I. I. T. R. H. beeing seduced by the Diuell the spirite of errour, and by false teachers his Ministers, haue fallen into cer∣tayne moste detestable, and damnable heresles, namely:

• 1 That Christ tooke not flesh of the substance of the blessed virgin Marie.
• 2 That infants of the faithfull ought not to bee baptized.
• 3 That a christian man may not be a Magistrate or beare the sworde or office of aucthoritie.
• 4 That it is not lawfull for a Christian to take an othe.

Now by the grace of God, and through con∣ference with good and learned Ministers of Christ his Church: I doe vnderstande and ac∣knowledge the same to be most damnable, and detestable heresies, and doe aske God here before his Church mercie for my sayde former errors, and do forsake them, recant, and renounce them, and abiure them from the bottom of my heart, professing that I certainly beleeue.

• 1 That Christ tooke flesh of the substance of the blessed virgin Marie.
• 2 That infants of the faithful ought to be bap∣tized.
• 3 That a christian man may be a Magistrate, or beare the sworde and office of aucthoritie.
• 4 That it is lawfull for a christian man to take an othe.

And further I confesse, that the whole doc∣trine, and religion established and published in this Realme of Englande, as also that which is receyued and preached in the Dutche Churche here in this Citie, is sounde, true and according to the worde of God, wherevnto in all things I submit my selfe, and wil most gladly be a mem∣ber of the sayd Dutch Church, from henceforth vtterly abandoning and forsaking all and euery Anabaptisticall error.

This is my fayth nowe, in the which I doe purpose and trust to stande firme and stedfast vnto the ende, and that I may so doe, I beseech you all to pray with me, and for me, to God the heauenly Father, in the name of his sonne our Sauiour Iesus Christ.

The like recantation was made by them afterwardes in the Dutche Church.

The .xvij. of May,* 7.1 about mydnight follo∣wing, the right reuerend father in God Mathew

Parker, Doctour of Diuinitie, Archbyshop of Caunterburie deceased at Lambeth, and was there honourably buried, on whose Tombe be∣ing of blacke Marble, is written this Epitaphe following.

Mathew Parker liued soberly and wise, Learned by studie and continuall practise. Louing, true, of life vncontrolde, The court did foster him both yong and olde. Orderly he delt, the right he did defend, [ 10] He liued vnto God, to God he made his ende.

* 7.2The .xxj. of May being Whitsuneuen, one man and ten women Anabaptists Dutch, were in the Consistorie of Paules, condemned to bee burnt in Smithfield, but after great paynes ta∣king with them, onely one woman was con∣uerted, the other were banished the lande.

On the first of Iune the nine women being led by the Sherifes officers, the man was tyed to a Cart and whipped, and so all conueyed from [ 20] Newgate to the waters side, where they were shipped away, neuer to returne againe.

* 7.3The .xij. of Iune, stoode at Paules Crosse, fiue persons Englishmen, of the sect tearmed the family of loue, who there confessed themselues vtterly to detest as well the Authour of that sect. H. N. as all his damnable errours and he∣resies.

The .xxij. of Iuly, two Dutchmen Ana∣baptists were burnt in Smithfield,* 7.4 who dyed in [ 30] great horror with roaring and crying.

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* 7.5The .xxx. of Iuly in the after noone, was a great tempest of lightning and thunder, where∣through both men and beastes in dyuerse places were stryken dead. Also at that tyme fell greate [ 50] abundance of hayle, whereof the stones in many places were founde to be sixe or seuen ynches a∣boute.

* 7.6The fourth of September being Sunday, a∣bout seuen of the clock in the morning, a certain Glassehouse, which sometyme had bene the cros∣sed Friers hall, neare to the Tower of London, brast out on a terrible fire, where vnto the Lorde Maior, Aldermen and Sherifes, with all expe∣dition repayred, and practised there all meanes possible, by water buckets, hookes, and otherwise to haue quenched it: all which notwithstanding, whereas the same house in a small tyme before had consumed great quantitie of woodde by ma∣king of fine drinking glasses, now it self hauing within it neare .xl. thousand billets of wood, was all consumed to the stone walles, which walles greatly defended the fire from spreading further, and doing any more harme.

The .xxvj. of September, a Pulters wife in the Parish of Christes Church within New∣gate of London, was deliuered and brought to bed of foure children at one burthen, all females, or mayden children, which were Christened by the names of Elizabeth, Marie, Margaret, and Dorothie, and the same day Moneth the mother was buryed, but all the foure Children liuing & in good liking were borne to Church after hir.

On Michaelmasse euen at night, the like im∣pressions of fire and smoke were seene in the aire, to flash out the North East, North & North∣west, as had beene on the .xxv. of Nouember, last before passed.

The tenth of October many French and some English men, but all Pirates of the Seas, were arraigned at y^e admiraltie court in South∣warke, where to the number of .xxij. were con∣demned, and had sentence of death pronounced agaynst them.

The Maior of London went by water to Westminster, and there tooke his othe as hath beene accustomed, he kept no feast at the Guild∣hall, but dined at his owne house with his bre∣thren the Aldermen and other. The compa∣nies dyned at theyr seuerall Halles. &c. This was done as in the yeare last before passed, to auoyde the infection of the plague, which might haue encreased by comming togyther of greater numbers of people.

That weeke from the .xxij. vnto the .xxviij. of October, deceassed in the Citie and libertyes, of all diseases one hundred thirtie and two, of the which number .xxxvj. were accounted to die of the plague.

The next weeke following ending the thirde of Nouember (thankes be giuen to God there∣fore) there deceased of all diseases, but .Cx. and of them of the plague but .xxvj.

This yeare by reason of the troubles in the low Countreys,* 7.7 the English Marchants su∣steyned great losses dyuerse wayes, for the men of warre that kept the Seas, aduowing them∣selues to bee reteyned with the Prince of O∣range, vnder colour to searche for theyr aduersa∣ries goodes, oftentymes bourded the Englishe shippes as they mette with them on the Seas,

finally to the profite of them to whome the same shippes & goodes appertayned. Some they stayed and tooke away with them, and at length there was a generall restraynt made by the Prince of Orange, that no English shippes should passe to or fro the towne of Andwerpe by the riuer of Scheld, such being arrested and deteyned at Fli∣shing as were comming downe that riuer, and other likewise that were bound vp the same time towardes Andwerpe. The English merchants [ 10] feeling themselues thus molested and damnified at sundry seasons, exhibited their complaintes to the Queenes Maiesties coūsell, who according∣ly dealt frō time to time with the Prince of O∣range and his deputies for redresse, but specially now vpō this general restraint: & (although gret difficultie appeared in the mater, aswell for con∣tenting of the aduenturers of Flishyng,* 7.8 as for y^t there had bene foure shippes belonging to the Prince arrested & stayed at Falmouth) at length [ 20] yet such English shippes as were kept & holden at Flishing were releassed and sent home. But not till two of the English marchantes aduenturers men of good calling and estimation (hauing first as hath bene saide made a certaine maner of pro∣teste) were faine to enter into bande for the loane of a summe of money,* 7.9 and were therewith kepte at Flishyng till the contract in that behalf might be performed, wherevpon the Queenes Maiestie misliking that hir subiectes should be thus hard∣ly [ 30] dealt with, armed and set forth certayne of hir shippes, whiche going to the seas to see that hir subiectes might trauerse the same in safetie, tooke diuers of the Flishingers vessels and brought thē into the English streames. The Flishingers herewith on the other parte, tooke and arrested o∣ther of the English ships, so that the troubles see∣med rather to increase than to be in any wise ap∣peased. Although afterwardes by sending two and fro, the mater was taken vp, and suche order [ 40] had as was thought to stande very well for the suertie, commoditie, and good liking of the En∣glish Merchantes.

But in the meane time and before this could be brought to passe through a disordered mutinie whiche chaunced among the Spanishe Souldi∣ers, it so fell out, that the States of those lowe countreys agreed with the Prince of Orange, & set themselues wholy agaynst the Spaniardes, wherevpon the yong Counte de Egmont, the [ 50] Marques de Hauery entred the towne of And∣werpe with a power of Souldiers for y^e States, & ment to haue kept that towne against the Spa∣niardes that helde the Castell but they doubting to be enclosed and shut vp by some siege,* 7.10 got moe of their fellowes to them, entred the towne by force, and pitifully killing no small number of people, sacked the towne, & put aswel the townes∣men as others that were Merchantes resident there to their ransomes. Amongst other our En∣glishmen escaped not altogither free, so as diuers were spoyled of that they had, and the whole nū∣ber put to their ransome, although vpon the sen∣ding ouer of Doctor Wilson hir Maiesties Am∣bassadour, so much of the raunsom as remayned vnpayde was promised to be remitted.

Thus were our Merchants euill intreated on ech hand, by reason of those ciuill tumultes in the lowe countreys aswell this yeare as in the for∣mer yeares past, and small hope would be of bet∣ter successe there, if some ende shoulde not be had of that ciuill dissention, whiche hath so long con∣tinued betwixt the King of Spayne & his sub∣iectes in those countreys, not onely to the hinde∣rance of themselues, but also of others that haue to trade among them, specially for traffique sake and entercourse of Merchandise. But at length they haue compounded their controuersies, and are growen to a full agreement and perfect con∣clusion of peace, whiche God graunt may take place so effectually, as may turne to the quietnesse and publique cōmoditie, not onely of those coun∣treys, but of their neighbours, whereby Mer∣chants and passengers may in suertie passe to and fro without disturbance, so as no occasion be giuē of breach of leagues and amities betwixt Princes and Countreys, but that the same may be mainteyned to Gods glorie, and the suretie of the Christian common wealth.

Walter Deueroux Earle of Essex, and Eu Earle Marshall of Ireland, Knight of the moste noble order of the Garter, fell sicke of a loosenesse of his body the .xxj. of August being Fryday, and for the space of .xxij. dayes togither, hee was so greeuously tormented therewith,* 7.11 that finally on Saturday the .xxij. of September hee departed out of this transitorie life, passing from hence to the ioyes of heauen, as by his godly ende all that were aboute him haue giuen testimonie.

The losse of this noble man was greatly bemo∣ned, aswell by the English, as Irish, for the no∣ble courage, vertuous qualities, and tender zeale to the aduauncement of the common wealth whiche appeared in him.

The .x. of Nouember a proclamation was published for the free traffike of Merchants to be restored as had bene accustomed in times paste betwixte the Kingdomes and Countreys of the Queenes Maiestie of England and the King of Portingall, whiche traffique had bene disconti∣nued by reason of certayne stayes and arrestes, made of diuers subiectes on bothe partes, with their goodes and shippes. But now it was accor∣ded in name of both their Maiesties, that all ma∣ner of bothe their subiectes of what kingdome or countrey so euer they be, from the .xv. day of the

sayde moneth might vse the like mutuall traffi∣que for marchādices, and in the same places: that is to say, hir Maiesties subiects in the kingdomes of Portingale, and Algarbia, and in the Isles of Medera, and Azore: and likewise the subiectes of the King of Portingale in Englande and Ire∣lande, as they were lawfully accustomed before the sayde arrestes. This restitution of the sayde traffique to remayne from the sayde .xv. day of Nouēber in this yeare .1576. during the space [ 10] of three yeares next ensuing. At the end of which terme, if by the sayde Princes in the meane time it be not otherwise prouided for continuance of the sayd traffique to endure perpetually, no new arrestes shal be made of any things brought into the kingdomes and Isles aforesayde, of either of the sayd Princes during the time of the sayd .iij. yeares. It was further agreed by the said Prin∣ces for the more sure preseruation of the ami∣tie & frēdship betwixt them, their sayd realmes & [ 20] subiectes, that neither of them shall receyue any Pirate or rouer into any of the portes or creekes of either of the Realmes, Dominiōs, and Coun∣treys, whiche may or shall haue committed any Piracie or robberie vpon eyther of their subiects, nor shall shewe any fauour, giue any ayde or succour, or suffer any to be giuen directly or indi∣rectly to the sayde Rouers or Pirates. Neither shall they during the time of the sayde amitie, in either of their kingdomes or any place of their [ 30] dominiōs, fauour, entertaine, receiue or reteyne, nor suffer to be fauoured, entertayned, receyued, or retained by any of their subiects, and rebelles, traytours or fugitiues, subiects to either of them.

Thus farce haue I continued this collection of the English Histories, noting briefly in these later yeares, suche things as I finde in the a∣bridgement of Richarde Grafton, and in the Summarie of Iohn Stow, increased somwhat (as may appeare) in places with such helpes as [ 40] haue come to my hande, humbly beseeching the Reader to accept the same in good parte, and to pardon me where I haue not satisfied his expe∣ctation, sithe herein I must confesse, I haue no∣thing contented my selfe, but yet at the request of others haue done what I could and not what I would, for wante of conference with suche as might haue furnished mee with more large in∣structions, such as had bene necessarie for the pur∣pose. [ 50]

But now to obserue the order which hither∣to I haue followed, in mencionyng of such wri∣ters of our nation, as liued in the dayes of other Princes, I haue thought good to write also the names of some of those that haue flourished in the time of the peaceable reigne of our soue∣raigne Lady Queene Elizabeth, whose happie state with long life the Lorde maynteyne. Of whiche wryters as there are many some depar∣ted and others yet liuing, so the greate number of workes, Treatises, Poesies, Translations, and Pamphlets by them published to the world, may fully witnesse the flourishing state of the Muses in these dayes of peace, in the which lear∣ning is bothe cherished, and the studious enioye their wisshed quietnesse, the better to encourage them to vtter their talentes. Suche therefore as I finde eyther rehearsed by Maister Bale, or els otherwise shall come to my memorie, I meane thus to recorde their names as followeth.

• REginald Poole Cardinall.
• Mathew Parkar late Archbishop of Can∣torbury, doctor of Deuinitie, & a great searcher of antiquities, deseruing well of all those that are studious therein, for the furtherance of whose knowledge he restored many auncient Monumentes to good perfection, and caused some to bee published in Prince, to his highe prayse and commendation.
• Edmond Grindall now Archbishop of Cant.
• Iames Pilkinton late bishop of Duresme.
• Myles Couerdale sometime bishop of Excester.
• Iohn White once bishop of Winchester.
• Edmond Bonner once bishop of London, who for his wilfull obstinacie was emprysoned in the Marshalse, where he died.
• Raphe Bane once byshop of Couentrie and Lichfielde.
• Iohn Iewell late bishop of Sarum.
• William Barlow late bishop of Chichester.
• Robert Horne bishop of Winchester.
• Iohn Scory bishop of Hereford.
• Edmonde Freake bishop of Norwiche.
• Iohn Aelmer bishop of London.
• Thomas Cooper bishop of Lincolne.
• Iohn Parkhurst late bishop of Norwiche.
• Alley late bishop of Execster.
• Sir William Cecill Lord Thresourer.
• Lorde Wentworth.
• Lord Buckhurst.
• Sir Thomas Smith knight.
• Sir Anthony Cooke knight.
• Sir Thomas Chalenor knight.
• Sir Iohn Price knight.
• Sir Iohn Conwey Knight.
• Sir Humfrey Gilbert knight.
• Thomas Hobbey.
• William Stanford.
• Edmond Ploydon.
• Robert Brooke.
• Iohn Rastell.
• William Fleetewood.
• Walter Haddon.
• Thomas Wilson, now Embassadour for the Queene in the lowe Countreys, who had sometimes charge of the bringyng vp of those two worthy impes, Henry Duke of South∣folke,

• and Charles his brother, both sonnes to Charles Brandon somtime Duke of South∣folke, whose towardnesse was suche as was well worthy of their calling: but it pleased God to call them by the sweate, Anno. 1551. the elder firste, and the yonger after: so that they bothe died Dukes, whiche I forgote to note in the place where I made mention of the same sicknesse.
• Iohn Man.
• Iohn Hales. [ 10]
• Thomas Norton.
• William Lambert.
• Iohn Foxe.
• Alexander Nowell.
• Iohn Whiteguiste.
• Thomas Becon.
• William Turner.
• Laurence Humfrey.
• Dauid Whitehead.
• Iohn Bale.
• Iohn Dee. [ 20]
• Anthony Gylbie.
• Chrystopher Goodman.
• William Whittingham.
• Roger Askam.
• Iohn Martine.
• Barthelmew Clarke.
• George Ackworth.
• Iohn Caius, an excellent Phisition, who foun∣ded Caius colledge in Cambridge, or rather by augmenting a hall called Gunhill hall, by [ 30] a seconde foundation, named it Gunhill and Caius colledge.
• Thomas North.
• Iohn Marbecke.
• Edmond Becke.
• Iohn Pullen.
• Thomas Phaer.
• Roger Hutchinson.
• Thomas Gibson.
• George Constantine. [ 40]
• Richarde Cockes.
• Iames Calfhill.
• Iohn Willocke.
• Thomas Cartwright.
• Abraham Hartwell.
• Robert Crowley.
• Iohn Gough.
• Fecknam.
• Laurence Tomson.
• Andrew Kingsmill. [ 50]
• Iohn Barthlet.
• Iohn Harding.
• Edward Craddocke.
• Thomas Sampson.
• Saunders.
• Thomas Leuer.
• William Fulke.
• Thomas Hill.
• Edward Deering.
• Iohn Brydges.
• Iohn Veron.
• Iohn More.
• Daniell Rogers.
• Michaell Rineger.
• Peter Morwing.
• Iohn Northbrooke.
• Anthony Anderson.
• Chrystopher Carlill.
• Thomas Palfryman.
• Steuen Bateman.
• Thomas Doleman.
• Iohn Wolton.
• William Whitaker.
• Robert Watson.
• Humfrey Llhuid.
• Lewes Euans.
• Iohn Yong.
• Iohn Mardley.
• Iohn Plough.
• Philip Nicols.
• Iohn Iosselin.
• Arthur Golding.
• Edmond Campion.
• William Harison.
• Richard Stanihurst.
• Richard Grafton.
• Iohn Stowe.
• Alexander Neuill.
• Barnabe Googe.
• William Pattin.
• William Baldwin.
• George Ferrers.
• Arthur Brooke.
• William Barker.
• Leonard Digges.
• Thomas Digges.
• Williā Cunningham.
• William Painter.
• Lodowike Llhuid.
• Richard Raynolds.
• Iohn Raynolds.
• Nicholas Whitalke.
• Iohn Vowell alias Hooket.
• Thomas Harman.
• Vlpian Fulwell.
• Iames Sandford.
• Geffrey Fēton.
• Thomas Twine.
• Thomas Hedley.
• William Salisbury.
• Iohn Barret.
• Iohn Procter.
• Richard Candish.
• Thomas Nicols.
• Robert Greene.
• Raphe Leuer.
• Edward Grant.
• Iohn Heywood.
• Thomas Drant.
• Nicholas Allen Essentian.
• Thomas Tim.
• ...

• Thomas Lusser.
• Thomas Hill.
• William Borne.
• Leonarde Maskall.
• Thomas Blondeuill.
• Richarde Eden.
• Edwarde Hake.
• Otuell Holinshed.
• Iohn Barston.
• Iohn Harte alias Chester Heralde. [ 10]
• Iohn Shute Captaine.
• Richarde Willies.
• George Gascon.
• George Turberuill.
• Thomas Churchyarde.
• Thomas Brice.
• George Whetstone.
• Nicholas Carre.
• Iohn Higgins.
• Edmund Bunny. [ 20]
• Iohn Barnarde.
• Thomas Newton.
• Meridith Hanmer.
• Iohn Dauys.
• Thomas Vnderdowne.
• Richard Robinson.
• William Wolley.
• Barnabe Garter.
• Abraham Flemming.
• Reginalde Scot. [ 30]
• Thomas Stockir.
• Henry Dethike.
• Iohn Boswell.
• William Beuerley.
• Humfrey Baker.
• Dionyse Graye.
• Thomas Bishop.
• George Pettie.
• Thomas Gale.
• Iohn Hall.
• Iohn Studley.
• Edmund Tilney.

I Haue here (Gentle Reader) disorderedly set downe these names, for want of due know∣ledge how to place them according to their de∣grees, callings, or worthinesse, euē as they came to memory. Although I allowe not of the wry∣tings of euery of them, yet bicause I haue vnder∣taken in the former order of my Booke, to Enre∣gister the writers in eche age indifferently, I must of force so ende, and leaue the iudgement of their writings to the discrete Readers. I know there are others that haue written very well, but haue suppressed their names, and therfore cannot blame me, though they be not here enregistred: I wishe suche to go forewarde in well doing, and to remember that vertue cannot alwayes be hid∣den, but in time their names wilbe remembred among the best: that those that are vertuously gi∣uen, may by their worthy prayse be encouraged to follow their steppes, and indeuour themselues according to duety to aduaunce learning, and necessary knowledge in their countrey.

Notes

• * 1.1

  A treatie for peace.
• * 1.2

  The Deputies recommissio∣ners appoint∣ted for the Princes.
• * 1.3

  Ca••••nico Sa•…•… ardini. The articles of the peace betwixt the Queenes Ma∣iestie and the French kyng.
• * 1.4

  Sir Iohn Mason.
• * 1.5

  A generall peace betwixt the Kings of Fraunce and Spayne.
• * 1.6

  The peace proclaymed.
• * 1.7

  Playes and enterludes forbidden for a time.
• * 1.8

  The Lords Wentworth arraigned and acquited.
• * 1.9

  A subsedie,
• * 1.10

  Stow.

  A Muster at Greenewiche.
• * 1.11

  Byshops de∣priued.
• * 1.12

  Commissio∣ners sent a∣brode for e∣stablishing of Religion.
• * 1.13

  Religious houses sup∣pressed.
• * 1.14

  Images taken downe.
• * 1.15

  Images brea•…•….
• * 1.16

  An obsequie for the French Kyng.
• * 1.17

  •…•…able in ••••••lande.
• * 1.18

  Frenchmen 〈◊〉〈◊〉 into Scot∣lande.
• * 1.19

  The Scottes 〈◊〉〈◊〉 to the Queenes ma∣ster of Eng∣land for ayde against the French.
• * 1.20

  The Lords of Scotland that were confede∣rate togyther agaynst the French.
• * 1.21

  The Queenes Maiestie de∣termineth to aid the Scottes
• * 1.22

  Sir William Winter.
• * 1.23

  1560
• * 1.24

  The Lorde Grey, generall of the army.
• * 1.25

  Sir Iames Croft.
• * 1.26

  The numbers of horsemen and footemen in the army.
• * 1.27

  The chiefest in charge in this army.
• * 1.28

  Dunglas.
• * 1.29

  A skirmish at Dunbar.
• * 1.30

  Linton bridg
• * 1.31

  Salt Preston.
• * 1.32

  The Earle of Arraine.
• * 1.33

  The Duke of Chateau le reault.
• * 1.34

  The Scottishe •…•…edges.
• * 1.35

  Arthurs seate.
• * 1.36

  Sir Iames Croft, and fit George Ho∣ward, went to talke with the Queene.
• * 1.37

  My Lorde Greys message sent to the Frenchmen.
• * 1.38

  A sharp and a long skirmish
• * 1.39

  The French∣men repulsed.
• * 1.40

  Churchyard.
• * 1.41

  The French∣men driuen into Lieth.
• * 1.42

  Saint Nicho∣las Steeple.
• * 1.43

  Ordinance landed.
• * 1.44

  Good Friday
• * 1.45

  The pile of Blacknesse.
• * 1.46

  •…•…he French∣•…•…n womēs •…•…parell.
• * 1.47

  •…•…e Mon∣•…•…y.
• * 1.48

  The French∣men winne the trenche.
• * 1.49

  Maurice Bark∣ley taken pri∣soner.
• * 1.50

  The French∣men repulsed.
• * 1.51

  Maister Ar∣thur Grey hurt.
• * 1.52

  A new supply commeth to the army.
• * 1.53

  An alarme.
• * 1.54

  Ordinance planteo•…•….
• * 1.55

  The Byshop of Valence.
• * 1.56

  A skirmish.
• * 1.57

  More ordi∣nance planted.
• * 1.58

  The enimies ordinance displaced.
• * 1.59

  A fort reysed
• * 1.60

  A skirmish.
• * 1.61

  The French repulsed.
• * 1.62

  Another skir∣mishe.
• * 1.63

  Iames Hamil∣ton taken pri∣soner.
• * 1.64

  The armie re∣moueth from Lestericke to the red Brays.
• * 1.65

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 skirmish.
• * 1.66

  The planting of the great artillerie.
• * 1.67

  A trench won from the enimies.
• * 1.68

  Great ordi∣nance planted
• * 1.69

  A skirmishe.
• * 1.70

  A fire in Lieth
• * 1.71

  Captaine Vaughan.
• * 1.72

  Maypolles set vp in Lieth.
• * 1.73

  A trench won from the French.
• * 1.74

  Captaine Vaughan vieweth the enimies flan∣kers.
• * 1.75

  The French repulsed.
• * 1.76

  The Mylles burnt.
• * 1.77

  Captain Rea∣••••e arme ••••••ken.
• * 1.78

  ••••e Earle of Arguyle.
• * 1.79

  The assault gi∣uen to Lieth 〈◊〉〈◊〉 ••••nth of •…•…y.
• * 1.80

  The horsemen ioyned to •…•…ed the field.
• * 1.81

  The English men repulsed.
• * 1.82

  The number slaine and hurt at the assault.
• * 1.83

  A supply from Barwike.
• * 1.84

  Sir Fraunces Leake brin∣geth a supply to the campe.
• * 1.85

  A skirmish.
• * 1.86

  The French men chased.
• * 1.87

  Somersets Mount.
• * 1.88

  Sir Peter Carew.
• * 1.89

  An English hoy taken.
• * 1.90

  The Queene Dowager de∣parteth this life.
• * 1.91

  The French gather cockles to their hin•…•…∣derance
• * 1.92

  Sir William Cicil, and doctor Wotton came to E∣denbourgh.
• * 1.93

  •…•…chmen •…•…oones bea∣•…•…s they ga∣•…•…d cockles
• * 1.94

  Scattergood Gunner.
• * 1.95

  The peace concluded.
• * 1.96

  The peace pro∣•…•…ed.
• * 1.97

  Sir Francis Leake, and sir Gerueys Clif∣ton banketted by M. Doysel.
• * 1.98

  The articles of the peace at the siege of Lieth.
• * 1.99

  See more here of in Scotland.
• * 1.100

  Churchyard.
• * 1.101

  Stow.
• * 1.102

  An. reg. 3.
• * 1.103

  1591

  Additions to Lanquet.
• * 1.104

  The Merchan•…•… Taylors f•…•…ee Schoole.
• * 1.105

  1461

  William Gef∣•…•…y whipped.
• * 1.106

  •…•… to Christ •…•…pped.
• * 1.107

  •…•…les steeple •…•… fire.
• * 1.108

  New coynes.
• * 1.109

  An. reg. 4.
• * 1.110

  Monstrous byrthes.
• * 1.111

  1562
• * 1.112

  Sir Henrie Sydney sent Ambassador into France.
• * 1.113

  •…•…other Am∣•…•…sade in Iuly.
• * 1.114

  •…•…hippes of London, Exe∣ter, and Fal∣•…•…outh, spoiled by the French 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Britayne, the thirtith of Iuly, and nine∣tenth of Au∣gust.
• * 1.115

  Letters taken from the Queenes Am∣bassadors ser∣uantes.
• * 1.116

  The French troubles touch most the Q of Englande.
• * 1.117

  The chiefe causes that moued the Queenes Ma∣iestie to send a power into Fraunce.
• * 1.118

  The Earle of Warwike sent into Norman∣dy with an armye.
• * 1.119

  The Earle of Warwike landeth at Newhauen.
• * 1.120

  Light horse∣men Scottes.
• * 1.121

  An oth recey∣ued by the Lord Lieute∣nant, and other officers.
• * 1.122

  A skirmishe.
• * 1.123

  A prise.
• * 1.124

  An alarme.
• * 1.125

  Stephen Med∣calfe.
• * 1.126

  The Earle of Warwike and the Reingraue talke togither
• * 1.127

  The Church 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Haulteuille ••••nered.
• * 1.128

  •…•… Proclama∣tion.
• * 1.129

  A skirmish before Har∣flewe.
• * 1.130

  Monsieur Beauvoys.
• * 1.131

  Prises taken and brought to Newhauen.
• * 1.132

  An. Reg. 5. A Proclama∣tion.
• * 1.133

  An alarme.
• * 1.134

  Execution.
• * 1.135

  A Proclama∣tion.
• * 1.136

  Prises brought to Newhauen.
• * 1.137

  A supplie of souldiers out of Essex, ar∣riue at New∣hauen.
• * 1.138

  A Proclama∣tion.
• * 1.139

  Sir Iohn Por∣tinatie a Flo∣rentine, and an excellent In∣geniare.
• * 1.140

  Sir Iohn More bringeth a supplie of souldiours to Newhauen out of Deuon∣shire.
• * 1.141

  •…•…resent sent the Rein∣•…•… to the •…•…e of War∣wike.
• * 1.142

  Edwarde Dudley.
• * 1.143

  The Castell 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Tanker∣•…•… wonne 〈◊〉〈◊〉 the En∣glishmen.
• * 1.144

  A skirmish •…•…o•…•…e Har∣••••we. The French∣men beatē in∣to Harflewe.
• * 1.145

  Monsieur Beauvoys, and Captayne Antwisell hurt.
• * 1.146

  A Proclama∣tion.
• * 1.147

  The deathe of the Lorde Grey of Wil∣ton.
• * 1.148

  1563
• * 1.149

  A Hoy reco∣uered, which the Frenche had taken.
• * 1.150

  A great tem∣pest in Lei∣cester.
• * 1.151

  An alarme giuen to Mondeuill•…•…▪
• * 1.152

  An alarme giuen to H•…•…flewe.
• * 1.153

  The Castell Tankeruille deliuered to the Rein∣graue.
• * 1.154

  Tremayne.
• * 1.155

  Frauncis Clearke.
• * 1.156

  Prises taken by him.
• * 1.157

  Captayne Emerle taken by the Scot∣tish horsemen.
• * 1.158

  •…•…clama∣•…•…
• * 1.159

  •…•…ere brou∣•…•… into New∣•…•…en.
• * 1.160

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 other 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.161

  •…•… Souldiour •…•…cuted, for •…•…g•…•…ting con∣•…•…ry to the •…•…ers in that •…•…e giuen.
• * 1.162

  •…•…re other 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.163

  The Admirall 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Fraunce sommoneth Hunflew.
• * 1.164

  The greate Galeasse of Hunflewe taken.
• * 1.165

  Noble men sent from the Admirall of France to the Earle o•…•… War∣wike.
• * 1.166

  Sir Nicholas Throckmor∣ton.
• * 1.167

  Caen Castell besieged. The Marques Dalbeul, bro∣ther to the D. of Guise.
• * 1.168

  Ayde sent to the siege of Caen.
• * 1.169

  The Count•…•… Montgom•…•… taketh a •…•…re•…•… Shallop.
• * 1.170

  Montgomerie goeth to Caen to speake with the Admirall.
• * 1.171

  The Castell of Caen battered.
• * 1.172

  It is rēdred to the Admirall.
• * 1.173

  Bayeulx, Fa∣leyse, and S. Lo. yeelded to the Admirall.
• * 1.174

  The Canon layd to the Castell of Hunfleu.
• * 1.175

  It is yeelded.
• * 1.176

  A proclama∣tion.
• * 1.177

  A proclamatiō •…•…n the Frenche dogs name.
• * 1.178

  sir Adrian Poynings.
• * 1.179

  The Frenche appointed to depart out of Newhauen.
• * 1.180

  An other pro∣clamation.
• * 1.181

  Execution.
• * 1.182

  A Proclama∣tion.
• * 1.183

  Garter King of armes.
• * 1.184

  A Proclama∣tion.
• * 1.185

  Execution.
• * 1.186

  A Proclama∣tion for the auoyding of the Frenche out of New∣hauen.
• * 1.187

  The English∣men for theyr owne suretie were forced to double theyr watche nightly.
• * 1.188

  •…•… alarme •…•…en to the •…•…er lort by •…•…e Rein∣•…•…r.
• * 1.189

  The hardy •…•…efer of the Englishmen, rude vpon •…•… yr aduer∣•…•…ies.
• * 1.190

  The Almaines put to flight.
• * 1.191

  Another skir∣mishe.
• * 1.192

  The French∣men driuen to retire.
• * 1.193

  Captayne Horseys va∣liancy.
• * 1.194

  Another •…•…kir∣mishe.
• * 1.195

  The number which the French lost in this skirmish.
• * 1.196

  Bassompeere.
• * 1.197

  Captayne Ielbert, and Captayne Pelham hurt.
• * 1.198

  Edward Dud∣ley.
• * 1.199

  A new supply of Berwike Souldyers.
• * 1.200

  Captayn Ran∣doll.
• * 1.201

  Sir Thomas Finche.
• * 1.202

  Sir Thomas Finch drow∣ned.
• * 1.203

  Edward Ran∣doll.
• * 1.204

  A supply of Soldyers.
• * 1.205

  Sir Francis Knolles.
• * 1.206

  A Proclama∣tion.
• * 1.207

  A long skir∣mish without •…•…ay greate hurt.

  ••••mo•…•…s placed •••• beate the Towne.
• * 1.208

  Six hundred out of North∣folke, and three hundred out of Suf∣folke.
• * 1.209

  Captayne •…•…anders hurt
• * 1.210

  Ordinance planted.
• * 1.211

  The ordināce in the steeple dismounted.
• * 1.212

  William Ro∣binson killed. William Bromfield hurt.
• * 1.213

  A new supply of Wilshire and Glouce∣stershire men.
• * 1.214

  The Galeasse brent.
• * 1.215

  The Conne∣stable of Fraunce com∣meth to the siege.
• * 1.216

  The Conne∣stable som∣moneth the Towne.
• * 1.217

  Sir Hugh Paulet.
• * 1.218

  Captayne Monnes. Captayne Leighton.
• * 1.219

  The Castell battered.
• * 1.220

  Cutbert Vaughan departeth this life. His worthy prayse.
• * 1.221

  Richelieu maister of the Camp hurt.
• * 1.222

  Monsieur de Estree.
• * 1.223

  Monsieur de Caillac.
• * 1.224

  The Marshall de Burdellon.
• * 1.225

  The Marshall Monmorency
• * 1.226

  The Prince of •…•…ade, and •…•…e Duke of •…•…etpencier.
• * 1.227

  The Bulwarke •••• Saint Ad∣••••nesse bat∣••••ed.
• * 1.228

  The great in∣•…•…ection of pestilence in M••••hauen.
• * 1.229

  Stow. Additions to Eanquet.
• * 1.230

  The high va∣liancie of the Earle of War∣wike
• * 1.231

  Captayne Pel∣ham went forth to talke with the Cō∣missioners.
• * 1.232

  The Commis∣sioners ap∣pointed to talke with the Connestable.
• * 1.233

  Additions to Lanquet. The Earle of Warwike hurt.
• * 1.234

  The Conne∣stable tooke vpon him to be chiefe in authoritie on the French part.
• * 1.235

  The Articles of the agree∣mēt touching surrender of Newhauen.
• * 1.236

  Additions to Lanquer.
• * 1.237

  The French King cōmeth to the Camp before New∣hauen.
• * 1.238

  Stow. Pestilence.
• * 1.239

  108 Parishes in London, be∣sides .xi. in the Suburbs.
• * 1.240

  Tempest at London.
• * 1.241

  Threefolde plague to the poore Citizens of London.
• * 1.242

  Earthquake.
• * 1.243

  An. Reg. 6. Lightning and thunder.
• * 1.244

  1564

  Terme kept at Hertfort.
• * 1.245

  Grafton. A peace with Fraunce.
• * 1.246

  Wat•…•…h on S. Peters night.
• * 1.247

  ••••b. Hartw.
• * 1.248

  The Queene a progresse tho∣row Cābridge
• * 1.249

  Outer•…•…er and Belman for the day.
• * 1.250

  Great flouds in the Thames.
• * 1.251

  Obsequie for Ferdinando the Emperor.
• * 1.252

  Fierie impres∣sions.
• * 1.253

  An. reg. 7. Houses shat∣tered with Gunpowder.
• * 1.254

  The Thames frozen ouer.
• * 1.255

  Owes bridge •…•…ne downe.
• * 1.256

  Henrie Stuart •…•…ed the Q •…•… Scottes.
• * 1.257

  1565

  Ladie Lineux •…•…et to the Tower.
• * 1.258

  Watch at mid s•…•…mmer.
• * 1.259

  Tempest at Chelmesford.
• * 1.260

  The Margraue or Marques of Baden.
• * 1.261

  Mariage of the Earle of Warwike.
• * 1.262

  Robert Tho∣mas slaine.
• * 1.263

  Anno. reg. 8.
• * 1.264

  Poules gate blowen open.
• * 1.265

  Order of saint Michaell.

  1566
• * 1.266

  The Marques of Baden re∣turneth.
• * 1.267

  The Burse in Cornhill.
• * 1.268

  The Queenes progresse to Oxforde.
• * 1.269

  Misfortune Oxforde.
• * 1.270

  Souldiours transported in∣to Irelande.
• * 1.271

  •…•…ng prince Scottes •…•…ened.
• * 1.272

  An. Reg. 9.
• * 1.273

  •…•…g of Scots •…•…thered.

  1567
• * 1.274

  •…•…een Alder∣•…•…en deceassed 〈◊〉〈◊〉 London.
• * 1.275

  The towne of •…•…nistry burnt wife in thirty •…•…es.
• * 1.276

  Sergeants feast
• * 1.277

  Milnal in Suf∣rike burnt.
• * 1.278

  Shane Oneyle discomsited. Statuta regni Hibernie. Campion.
• * 1.279

  Shane Oneyle slaine.
• * 1.280

  Watch at mid sommer.
• * 1.281

  1568
• * 1.282

  Stowe. An. reg. 10.
• * 1.283

  Grafton.
• * 1.284

  •…•…re •…•…kuwin les
• * 1.285

  •…•…bishop of •…•…r deceased
• * 1.286

  •…•…onstrous •…•…hes.
• * 1.287

  •…•…ew conduyt •…•…e Walbroke.
• * 1.288

  An. reg. 11.

  1569

  •…•… Frenchman executed.
• * 1.289

  Master of Pencioners.
• * 1.290

  A Lotterie at •…•…los.
• * 1.291

  •…•…erial for dead prepared.
• * 1.292

  Ambassadours frōo Micouie.
• * 1.293

  Terme ad∣iourned.
• * 1.294

  Duke of Norf∣folke sent to the Tower.
• * 1.295

  No Maiors feast.
• * 1.296

  The Earles of Northumber∣land & West∣merlande re∣belled.
• * 1.297

  Rebels rent the Byble.
• * 1.298

  An. Reg .12.
• * 1.299

  The number of Rebels.
• * 1.300

  Bernard•…•… Ca∣stel besieged.
• * 1.301

  The Earles proclaymed traytours.
• * 1.302

  The Earle of Suslex went agaynst the Rebels.
• * 1.303

  The Earle of Warwike and the Lord Ad∣mirall Clintō, sent agaynst the rebels.
• * 1.304

  The Barles of the chumber •…•…i & Weit husband she •…•…n Scotland.
• * 1.305

  1569.

  •…•…ls execu∣•…•… Durhā.
• * 1.306

  1570.

  •…•…nard Da∣•…•…retelleth.
• * 1.307

  The L. Hon∣•…•…sto•…•… a poin∣•…•… to take him
• * 1.308

  George Hen∣ry and Ma∣cha•…•…l.
• * 1.309

  Leonard Da∣cres chased in∣to Scotland.
• * 1.310

  The Barle of Sussex inua∣deth Scotland.
• * 1.311

  The Moses Tower.
• * 1.312

  Sir Iohn For∣ster.
• * 1.313

  The Larde of Sesford.
• * 1.314

  The Castel •…•… Ferniherst burnt.
• * 1.315

  Mintoe.
• * 1.316

  The Scottes Hawike they breach of co∣uenaunt.
• * 1.317

  An house of the Larde of Bur∣lewes blowes vp with powder called Beaux∣ton.
• * 1.318

  The Marshall sent before to Hume castell.
• * 1.319

  The order ta∣ken by the Earle of Sus∣sex for the safetie of the armie.
• * 1.320

  Hume Castell besieged.
• * 1.321

  The Earle of Sussex vieweth the Castell of Hume.
• * 1.322

  A Mount raysed.
• * 1.323

  Batterie made agaynst Hume Castell.
• * 1.324

  The maister Gunner with∣in the Castell hurt.
• * 1.325

  The Scots su•…•… for a respite 〈◊〉〈◊〉 warre.
• * 1.326

  The Captaine within Hume Castell.
• * 1.327

  The Lorde Lieutenant.
• * 1.328

  The Castell of •…•…e deli∣•…•…red.
• * 1.329

  Two English¦men stayed.
• * 1.330

  Captain Wod and captaine Pickman.
• * 1.331

  The Lorde Lieutenant sicke of an Ague.
• * 1.332

  Stowe.
• * 1.333

  Hostages d••••••¦uered by th•…•… Scottish lo•••• on the king•…•… syde.
• * 1.334

  The horsm•••• and footme•…•… encampe at Dunbar.
• * 1.335

  Scottish lor•…•… of the kings syde.
• * 1.336

  Lithgo.
• * 1.337

  Sterlin•…•…
• * 1.338

  ••••ey come to 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 1.339

  The Generall ••••••eth to view ••••nbreton.
• * 1.340

  The Lord Fle∣ming is requi∣red to come to parley with the generall.
• * 1.341

  The dishono∣rable dealing of the Lorde Fleming.
• * 1.342

  Sir William Drurie goeth again towards Dunbreton.
• * 1.343

  He sendeth to view the groūd wher he shuld meet with the L. Fleming.
• * 1.344

  Sir George Caries suyte.
• * 1.345

  Churchyard.
• * 2.1

  Sir George Caries letter to the Lorde Fleming.
• * 4.1

  A master of Scottishmen.
• * 4.2

  The army goeth towards Hamilton.
• * 4.3

  Sir William Drury talketh with the Cap∣tayne of Ha∣milton Castel.
• * 4.4

  The Englishe ordinance shooteth at the Castell.
• * 4.5

  The Duchesse of Chastelle∣reault.
• * 4.6

  Great ordi∣nance sent for.
• * 4.7

  The Earles of Lenox and Morton. The Abbey of Kilwin∣nings brent.
• * 4.8

  The Castell sommoned.
• * 4.9

  The Castell of Hamilton battered.
• * 4.10

  The Castell eftsoones sommoned.
• * 4.11

  The Captaine of the Castell demandeth parlee.
• * 4.12

  The Lady of Lidington.
• * 4.13

  Churchyard.
• * 4.14

  The Towne of Lieth thret∣ned to bee brent.
• * 4.15

  The Earle of Morton, an intercessor for the Towne of Lithquo.
• * 4.16

  Lithquo spa∣red from de∣serued de∣struction. The Prouost and other en∣ter •…•…ands.
• * 4.17

  The Duke of Chastelle∣reaultes pa∣laces brent.
• * 4.18

  Neithery.
• * 4.19

  The Lady Seton.
• * 4.20

  Some of the English army spoyled in Edenburgh.
• * 4.21

  Churchyarde.
• * 4.22

  Sir Thomas Maners.
• * 4.23

  Restitution made of things taken away from the souldiers.
• * 4.24

  Seton Castell spared at the sute of the Lady.
• * 4.25

  Anderweeke.
• * 4.26

  Stowe. A Bull from Rome, hanged on the Byshop of Londons gate.
• * 4.27

  The Nortons executed.
• * 4.28

  Conspiracy in Norffolke.
• * 4.29

  The Duke of Norffolke remoued.
• * 4.30

  Felton araig∣ned.
• * 4.31

  Felton and others execu∣ted.
• * 4.32

  A iourney in∣to Scotland by the Earle of Sussex.
• * 4.33

  Knightes made by the Erle of Sussex.
• * 5.1

  Tho. Knel.
• * 5.2

  Stowe. An. reg. 13.
• * 5.3

  Royal ex∣change.
• * 5.4

  strange kind of earth mo∣uing.
• * 5.5

  Parliament.
• * 5.6

  Stow.
• * 5.7

  Iusts at West∣minster.
• * 5.8

  Doctor Story executed.
• * 5.9

  A combat ap∣poynted at Tuthil.
• * 5.10

  The quarel of combat stayed
• * 5.11

  A woman brēt at Mayd∣ston.
• * 5.12

  Duke of Norf∣folke sent to the Tower.
• * 5.13

  Bishop of Sa∣lisbury de∣ceased.
• * 5.14

  A Sermon in Paules Church for victory a∣gainst the Turkes.
• * 5.15

  Contareno.
• * 5.16

  Bizari. Contareno.
• * 5.17

  Bizari.
• * 5.18

  •…•…taren.
• * 5.19

  〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 5.20

  Contareno.
• * 5.21

  Earle of Kent.
• * 5.22

  Sir William Peter deceased
• * 5.23

  1572

  Duke of Norf∣folke araig∣ned.
• * 5.24

  Mather, Bar∣ney, and Rolfe executed.
• * 5.25

  Sir William Paulet Lorde, Treasorer de∣ceased.
• * 5.26

  Earles of Essex and Lincolne created.
• * 5.27

  Barons made.
• * 5.28

  Roages brent through the eare.
• * 5.29

  Martin Bul∣locke hanged at the well with two buckettes.
• * 5.30

  Earle of Lin∣•…•…olne and o∣ther Ambas∣sadors into France.
• * 5.31

  League with Fraunce con∣firmed in Fraunce.
• * 5.32

  Duke of Norf∣folke beheaded
• * 5.33

  French Am∣bassadors.
• * 5.34

  League with France confir∣med at West∣minster.
• * 5.35

  Saint Georges feast at Win∣desore.
• * 5.36

  Lord Trea∣sorer, Lorde priuie seale, Lord Cham∣b•…•…rl•…•…yne, with other officers.
• * 5.37

  Earle of Nor∣thumberlande beheaded.
• * 5.38

  Englishmen sent to Vlstar in Irelande.
• * 5.39

  An. reg. 51. A strange Starre appea∣red.
• * 5.40

  Earle of Der∣by deceassed.
• * 5.41

  Hall and Wil∣kinson exe∣cuted.
• * 5.42

  Great frost & a sharpe winter.
• * 5.43

  1573

  L. priuie seale deceassed.
• * 5.44

  Erle of Wor∣cester sent in∣to Fraunce.
• * 5.45

  Erle of Wor∣cester robbed on the sea.
• * 5.46

  The narrow seas scoured.
• * 5.47

  Pirates on the west seas.
• * 5.48

  Pirates execu∣ted.
• * 5.49

  A man hanged in S. Georges fielde.
• * 5.50

  Erle of Kent deceased.
• * 5.51

  George Saun∣ders murthe∣red at Shoo∣ters hill.
• * 5.52

  George Brow hanged in Smithfield.
• * 5.53

  Anne Sanders Anne Drurie, & trustie Ro∣ger hanged.
• * 5.54

  Anthonye Browne han∣ged at Yorke
• * 5.55

  Pirate hanged at Wapping.
• * 5.56

  Foure women on the Pillory
• * 6.1

  Dauids tower.
• * 6.2

  The batterie begon on eche side the castel.
• * 6.3

  Peter Burford and Clement Wood gun∣ners slaine.
• * 6.4

  The Spurre woonne.
• * 6.5

  A noble cou∣rage forgit∣ting his dutie.
• * 6.6

  They within the castell de∣maund parley.
• * 6.7

  Queene Eliza∣beth a fayth-holder.
• * 6.8

  Haile in Nor∣thamto•…•…shire.
• * 6.9

  Thomas Woodhouse.
• * 6.10

  Place this in the Historie of England Page, 1868.
• * 6.11

  •…•…le of Essex and the Lorde •…•…che with o∣•…•…er sayled in∣•…•… Irelande.
• * 6.12

  Erle of Essex captaine gene∣rall of Vlster 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Ireland.
• * 6.13

  •…•…ter Burchet •…•…ounded M. Hawkins.
• * 6.14

  Peter Burchet •…•…nd to be an heretike.
• * 6.15

  Peter Burchet abiured his he∣resie, and sub∣mitted him∣selfe to doe penance.
• * 6.16

  Peter Burchet killeth his keeper.
• * 6.17

  Peter Buchet hanged.
• * 6.18

  An. reg. 16.
• * 6.19

  Dearth with∣out searcitie.
• * 6.20

  1574

  Priests saying Masse appre∣hended.
• * 6.21

  A moon stru•…•… fish (but not so monstrous as some repor∣ted) for his cies being great, were in his heade and not in his backe.
• * 6.22

  Obsequie at Paules for the French king.
• * 6.23

  Agnes Bridges and Rachell Pinder at Pau∣les crosse for counterfeiting to be possessed
• * 6.24

  A lad of .xvii. yeares olde drowned in a chanell in London.
• * 6.25

  No Maiors least at the Guildhall.
• * 6.26

  Terme adio•…•…∣ned.
• * 6.27

  Two tides in one houre.
• * 6.28

  Fierie impres∣sions maruey∣lous.
• * 6.29

  An. Reg. 17.
• * 6.30

  Bay salt deare.
• * 6.31

  1575

  Fies in Fe∣•…•…uarie the ••••her strange.
• * 6.32

  Earthquake.
• * 6.33

  Anabaptists bare fagots at Paules crosse.
• * 7.1

  Archbishop of Canterburie deceased.
• * 7.2

  Annabaptists banished.
• * 7.3

  Fiue persons of the family loue stood at Paules crosse.
• * 7.4

  Anaba•…•…insts burns.
• * 7.5

  Thunder and haile.
• * 7.6

  The Glasse house burnt.
• * 7.7

  An. Reg. 18. 1576
• * 7.8

  •…•…ese foure •…•…ppes were •…•…ed for sa∣tisfaction of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 Simons •…•…ppe, out of 〈◊〉〈◊〉 whiche a 〈◊〉〈◊〉 •…•…hynger 〈◊〉〈◊〉 taken cer∣•…•…yne times of •…•…arie wine.
• * 7.9

  •…•…tire Cal∣•…•…y, & Wil∣liam Godard.
• * 7.10

  This was the ••••eth of No∣•…•…ber.

  〈◊〉〈◊〉 one and •…•…er slayne, •…•…ewned and 〈◊〉〈◊〉.
• * 7.11

  The Earle of Essex depar∣teth this lyfe.