The second part of the booke of battailes, fought in our age taken out of the best authors and writers in sundrie languages. Published for the profit of those that practise armes, and for the pleasure of such as loue to be harmlesse hearers of bloudie broiles.

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The second part of the booke of battailes, fought in our age taken out of the best authors and writers in sundrie languages. Published for the profit of those that practise armes, and for the pleasure of such as loue to be harmlesse hearers of bloudie broiles.

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At London :: Printed [by Thomas East] for Gabriell Cavvood,

1587.

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Battles -- Early works to 1800.

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Contents

• title page
• A PREFACE TO the Reader.
• Faultes escaped.
• Battailes.
• THE SECOND Booke of Battailes.
  • The battaile at Dreux in France, fought betweene Lewes of Burbon, Prince of Condee, Generall of the Protestants their forces, and An∣na Montmorencie, high Constable of France, and Generall of the Catholike armie, in the yeere of our Lord 1562. and the 19. of December, taken out of Popelliniere.
  • ¶ The Battaile of Sainct Gemme in Poitou, fought in Anno. 1570. betweene la Noue a Protestant, and Puygaillard a Catholick. Out of Popelliniere.
  • The battaile at Chieuraine in Henault, fought betweene Don Federike, sonne to the Duke of Alua, and the Lord Ienlis, a Frenchman, in Anno. 1572. out of Popelliniere.
  • ¶ The Battaile of Barrow, fought betweene Moun∣sieur de Boisot the admiral of flissinghen, & Iulian de Romero, Campe maister of the Tierce of Sici∣cile, the second day of Ianuarie, An. 1574. Out of Cornelio.
  • The battaile of Mockerheid fought in Gelderland, between Lewes Earle of Nassau, and Sanchio Dauila, in the Easter weeke, Anno. 1574. Out of Stratius.
  • ¶ The Battaile of Giblou in Brabant, fought be∣twene Don Iohn de Austria, and Mounsieur de Gugny, Generall of the armie of the States in the absence of the Comte de Lalaing. In An. Do. 1578. the last of Ianuarie.
  • The battaile of Couwenstein dike neere Antwerpe, fought betweene Alexander Prince of Parma, and Monsieur de Haultan the Admirall of Flissing, and Monsieur Saint Aldegonde, the 26. of May, in Anno. 1581.
  • ¶ The Battaile of Pescherias, fought by sea, vpon the coast of Grece, betweene the Nauie of the Chri∣stian league, vnder the conduct of Don Iohn de Austria, and the Turkish fleete, gouerned be Ha∣ly Bassa, the viii. of Octobar, 1572. Out of Peter Contarini.
  • In the Battaile that went before the rest of the fleete to descrye, were these Galleies, and their Captaines.
  • The Battaile of Alcazar, fought in Barbarie, betwene Sebastian King of Portugall, and Abdelmelec the King of Marocco, the fourth of August 1578. Taken out of a namelesse Portugall auctor, trans∣lated into Latine by Thomas Freigins.
  • The Battaile of Lisbon, fought in Portugall, betwene Antonio king of Portugal, and Ferdinando, Duke of Alua, Generall of the Spanish forces, the 24. of August. An. 1581.
  • The Battaile of Saint Michaell, fought at the Iles of the Aslores, betwene Phillip Lord Strozzi, Ad∣mirall of the nauie of Antonio, king of Portugal, and Aluares de Basan, Marques de Santa Cruz, Admirall of the fleete of Philip king of Spaine, the 25. day of Iuly. In An. 1582. Taken out of a letter sent by the Marquesse vnto the Kinge of Spaine his maister: Wherevnto is adioyned the enarration of the same Battaile, out of the booke intituled: The explanation of the true and law∣full right of Antony king of Portugall. &c.
  • The Battaile of Langside in Scotland, fought betwen Iames Stuard Erle of Murray General of the for∣ces of Iames the sixt, and Gilespick Cambell Erle of Argile, Generall of the armie of Marie the late deposed Queene, the 13. of May. An. 1563.