pes enter Sotland I eithe and Edenborowe ransacked The Scottes placed their ordinauâ—… full agâ—… their gâ—… The Scottes forsake their Ordinaunce Preparation of wars against Fraunce The king of Fraunce his league with the Turke The Dukes of Northfolkâ—… and Suffolkâ—… the Earle of Arundeil Lord Paulet Lord Russell appointed chiefe in this warfarâ—… Sir Anthonie browne master of the horse Or Titaâ—… set that is or when the Sunne is set The discription of king Henry thâ—… 8. â—…ulcanus The descripâ—…ion of the workeman â—…hip of kyng Henries harâ—…ish King Henry landeth at Callice Bullen besiged The English giue assault The gallâ—… resist The vse of the great gunne Iohn Dadley beâ—… checâ—… the king that bee with his marriners might first scale the was Corona murâ—… lis in old time he that first entred the Enemies fort wanne great honour and therefore crowned with a garland in the triumphe The oration of Iohn Dudâ—… ley to his mâ—… riners The King considering the daunger that Dudley with his men wear like to runne into commaundes them to desist Bullen rendred Iohn Dudley Lieuetenant of Bullen Preparation of the Frank against England The Frenchmen with a great nauy it uade the I le of wight â—…enry 8. afâ—…er 3â—… yeares â—…yeth â—…dward the sixt begunne â—…o â—…aigne â—… 546. The Earle of 〈◊〉 created Duke of Sommerset Iohn Dudley made Earle of VVarwicke Expedition of souldiours into Scotland The Duke of Sommerset Ealre of VVarwicke and Lord Dacies assigned chiefe in this warfare Lord Graiâ—… captaine of the horsemen A light skirmage of the horsemen of both partes the day before the battaile VVhori it was neare sunne set The Farle Arreine gouernour of Scotland sen. deth an Herault vnto the the Duke of Somerset and the Harle of Huntley prouoketh him had to hand Huntley challenged The Duke of Somersets reply The aunswere of the Earle of VVarwick to the messenger The Earle of VVarwicke chalengeth Huntley to single cumbat The Engliâ—… army is set order The on set â—…uskelborow â—…lde The Scots send into Frauncc to intreate a league betweene the heires of Scâ—… land and Fraunce Hymen God of wedlâ—…k To Dusson dale The Rebels â—…nclosed themselues with their cariages on euery side â—…o keep of the assaults of the Barle of war wickes horsemen The Harle of VVarwicke subdueth the rebels in Northsolke The Giants in old tiâ—…e rebelled against the Gods and would haue pulled â—…ubiter out of heaueÌ„ The Earle of VVarwicke created Dukâ—… of Northumberland The death of king Edward King Edwards praise Mary beginneth to raign 1553. Queene Mary marrieth to king Phyllip Sâ—…itium â—…ernum is 〈◊〉 the eight Calendes of Ianuary Christmas he meaneth Henry of Fraunce inuadeth Flaunders Preparation of warres against the Frenchmen Diuers nations in phillips 〈◊〉 Saint Quintinnes besieged Saint Quintines â—…ted Henry Dudley slayne Saint Quintinnes taken The Castell 〈◊〉 Houne taken ransackt The Admiral of England with too shipps sayleth into Frauncâ—… and burneth Conque Sir VVilliam VVinter with many of the Queenes shipps taketh â—…gayne Alderne I le â—…oÌ„ he handes of â—…e Frenchmen The words of Sir VVilliam VVinter to his souldiours Sir VVillim VVinter meeting with the Frenche Captaine slaieth him valiantly The Frenchmen subdued Câ—…lice lost Thirlby Bishoppe of Elye Queene Mary dyeth Aegis the shield of Pallas The Censures of the Vniuersities of Italy and Fraunce against the Pope The toune Princes of Europe more or leâ—…se are ment to be as ten hornes vnto this beast Hymeneus or Hymen God of mariage A solempne pompe at the mariage of Henry and Anno. Anne great by King Henry Anne crowned which hapneth to none but to the heires of the kingdom Nestor liâ—…ed three hudred yeares The conduiâ—… ran with wine at the coronation of Queene Anne VVhitâ—…hall Sainct Peters at VVestminster Thomas Duke of Northfolke made chiefe Steward of England â—…rle of Arundeil Tâ—…ster Phoebe two sillables vsed for the Moone Elizabeth borne on tht seuenth day of December being the sabboth day Elizabeth baptised and confirmed in the true faith Her sureties were the Archbishop of Cannterbury the duthesse of Norfolke and the Lady Mâ—…ques of Exeter Elisabeth poâ—…laimed heite vnto the Crowne by â—…n Herault The surties giue gifts of pâ—…e gold The Englisâ—… people by oâ—… vowe their loyaltie and obedience vnto Queen Elizabeth The toward nes of Elizabeth in her childhood Description of the spring tyme. â—…orpheus â—…od of dreaâ—…es â—…he dreame 〈◊〉 Queene 〈◊〉 whereâ—… she was â—…ed of 〈◊〉 death at 〈◊〉 and of â—…ny other â—…ble câ—…es A foreshew â—…ng of the exterminating and ioâ—… ting out of Idols Restâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by kâ—…g â—…dward Acheron oâ—… of tâ—…e â—…ue 〈◊〉 uers of hell where 〈◊〉 are â—…mented Maries gouâ—… nement Anne declareth her dreame vnto a noble matrone Anne dyeth Annes prayse for almes giuing Henry marieth Queene Iane. Edward borne Prince Edward and Elizabeth skilfull in the Greeke and Latin tong Henry 8. dyeth Edward 6. crowned Hatfield Periphrasis sixe yeare for the Sunne once a yeare ouerg es the xâ—… signes so that be meaneth by ouertaking the signes vi times vi yeare Edward the. 6 dieth Queene Mary ruleth The Bishoppe of VVinchester Holie sort Ironia cuius contrarium veâ—… est licolas Baâ—…ns Lord priuy seale Thomas Brockley Lord chauncolour VVilliam Paulet Marques of VVin chester Lord Cicill high treasurer of England Ae lus God the windes Baron of Burghley The Earles o Arundell an Penbroke Stewardes o the Queenes house Clinton Lord Admirall Earle of Lin colne Villiam hoâ—…ard â—…he Earle of â—…ssex high â—…hamberlaine â—…f England â—…e also was â—…esetenant in â—…eland Robart Dudly Castor Polâ—…ux hatched â—…fan agge by â—…eda whom â—…upiter rauish â—…ed in forme of 〈◊〉 swanne Master of the horse Achates companion of Aeneas in all his toiles trauailes Farle of Lecester Hospitall built by the Earle Lecester Earle of Huntington liefe tenaunt of Yorke Scoolefellow and plaimare with king Edward the 6 Earle of warwicke Earle of Bedford Iord Hunsdon liesecenant of Barwicke Queene Anne aunt to the Lord Hunsden Syr Henry Sidney Lord President of wales Thomas Pary The Duke of Northsolke Syr Thomas Smith Syr Frauncis Knolls Syr Frauncis Knolls in Q. Maries dayes fled into Germanie Syr Ambrose Caue Syr Christopher Hatton master of the Garde Sir Raph Sadler Syr Gwaltor Mildmay Syr Iames a Crostes Secretary VValsinghaâ—… D. VVilson 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉
THE VALIANT ACTES And victorious BatTAILES OF THE ENGlish nation from the yeere of our Lord one thousand three hundred twentie and seuen being the first yeare of the raigne of the most mightie Prince EDVVARD the third to the yeere 1558. ALSO OF THE PEACEABLE AND quiet state of ENGLAND vnder the blessed gouernement of the most excellent and vertuous Princesse Elizabeth A compendious declaration written by C. O. And newly translated out of Latine verse into English meeter By I. S. Nobâ—… so la â—…statque vinica virtus AT LONDON Printed by Robert Walde-graue ¶ The names of the kinges of England in whose dayes these warres and great aduentures haue bene made Edward 3 Richard 2 Henry 4 Henry 5 Henry 6 Edward 4 Richard 3 Henry 7 Henry 8 Edward 6 Phillip and Mary ¶ TO THE RIGHT WORshipfull Sir William Mohun Knight longlyfe and heauenly felicitie IF Maroes Muse if Homers sacred vaine VVhich auncient Poets intombed lye in molde Parnassus Nimphes had bett into my braine If that their skill my slender quill did hold Then worthy sir your prayses manifold VVith Troian Dukes should lifted be to skie Or Thetis Impes whose fame shall neuer die But bitter Fate and cruell destinies doome Such cunning rare denide haue to bestowe On me poore lad to Homers lofty roome I may not clime but cowching lye full lowe VVith Cherilus and Virgills vaine forgoe They of their store did spred and blase their skill I of my want do testifie my will VVherefore in worth accept my willing hart VVhich what I could not what I would haue brought Of Artaxerxes play the princely part Of fountayne flouds who drunke a harty drought VVhich to his mouth with handes Synaetes rought Let Macedonian Phyllips courteous minde Right worshipfull within your brest be shrinde The Persian king in bosome shrouded close A silie bird which shund the hawke by flight And did her selfe for safetie there repose Till that her foe were soared out of sight So these my toyles accept with countenaunce bright VVhich I present here humbly to your hand Your like or loth may cause them fall or stand Here Martiall feates by valiant Brutes atchiu'de Here hard exploites here battailes fiercely fought then the valew of the gift Howbeiti the toyle and labour in trnaslatyng was myne tâ—…â—…ectation and pleasure in reading shall be yours if any be which I would it were as much as I could wishe to your contentation and good like and to my great coÌ„fort and hartes desire Both incouragements to incense me hereafter to atteÌ„pt some other thing which shall be peraduenture more pleasant I will not say more profitable vnto you for besides the notable gestes and high exploites of our Britaine kings and other particular personages deciphered in this small volume here also are liuely expressed blased forth the haut stomackes famous actes of our English natioÌ„ in generall their coÌ„quests in Fraunce their victorious baâ—…les in Scotland their memorable adueÌ„tures in Spaine their valure in Iustes combates at home their order of battaile their kinde of munition Artillery whereby they haue atchieued so many coÌ„quests and haue bene most redoubted and terrible to their enemies I meane Archery which laudable and martiall exercise how greatly it is now in these our dayes falne into decay we shall I feare me if constrained to indure those bruntes and atteÌ„pt those aduentures and perills which our forefathers haue done to soone for our selues though it to late repent I haue not presented it here as a thing exquisitely done but as a worke rudely ouerranne rather then curiously absolued and perfited If any one hereafter to the better explication of the Poets meaning to the liuelier bewtifiyng of his Countries exploytes and famous attempts and to the greater delight and vtilitie of the reader shall in a more loftie vaine and heroicall stile polishe and publish this Authour a new who I confesse deserueth a traÌ„slatour farre better then I am then let these my toyses be brent and coÌ„sumed to ashes deuoide of farther name memory In the meane space if you vouchsafe to turne them ouer for your solace at vacant times I hope you shall reape some vtility be the matter though not by the meeter in which though you here and there finde a scape I beseech you passe it ouer with patience and perswade your selues that if God send me lyfe and health vpoÌ„ information thereof it shall be in the next AeditioÌ„ reformed As for you my Maisters and Teachers which read this Author in sâ—…koles you must not be offended though euery verse auÌ„swere not your expectation according vnto the Latin for as the worshipfull Tho. Phaer in his Preface to his Aeneads affirmeth beside the differeÌ„ce of a construction a traÌ„slatioÌ„ there are many things which seeme delectable and pleasaunt in the Latine tong which coÌ„uerted into English would either be so intricate that none could vnderstaÌ„d them or so vnpleasaunt that none would vouchsase the reading of them Wherfore I haue Imitated the counsaile of Horace in his booke intituled De Arte Poetica where he commendes and allowes him as a good interpretour amongst other pointes Qui quae non sperat nitescere posse relinquit and haue somewhat in some places omitted though iâ—… but little and somewhat altered though not much altogether for the ease of the reader and the better vnderstanding of the whole worke The Authors meaning as neare as I could I haue kept perfect and inuiolate And so fare ye well most frendly Gentlemen Yours to vse IOHN SHARROCK ¶ William Bluett studient in the Vniuersitie Colledge in Oxenford in praise of the work and Author CEASE cease hence forth you worthy Englishe wightes at straungers deedes to take such admiration Since far they come behinde the noble Knights VVhich fostred haue bin in our Englishe nation Cease cease henceforth to wonder at the actes Of martiall Caesar and renowmed Pompâ—… Cease cease to talke of Alexanders factes Of Scipio Hanniball or the warlike Fabie Cease cease a while to turne the books of Liuius Plutarch Tacitus Appian and Curtius Of Homers tales or Virgill very fables Of Thucidid or Herodotus bables Behold a wight from Parnasse lately prest Hath Phoebus sent whose penne of auncient name Our noble Henries Edwardes and the rest Enrolled haâ—…h in bookeof lasting same VVhere you may see the virtues manifolde Of this your countrie done in former yeeres Patternes to followe where â—…keyou may behold If you will imitate such noble Peeres Nowe if his voice you do not vnderstand Or lâ—…iffer had in speache of this our land This Autor read harke what the Muses haue Of that decreed and done which you do â—…aue They praied Syr Phoebe in humble wise of late From out his sacred mount to send some on That might this worke into our tongue translate VVho looking round about his Helicon Sharrocke espied amongest his learned bâ—…nd VVhoâ—… straight as apt and able both hee bindes This worthy worke
worke of high 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thou 〈◊〉 â—…ll 〈◊〉 the same Thy warlike nâ—… vnto thee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 straight to battaile frame Thy selfe and dreadfull foes to come by maâ—…y courage tame And through thy great exploites in warre deseru'de laud beare away Without delay the Arthets stout are sett in battaile ray Of which the greatest part in sondry winges deuided weare The martiall rankes which tronthesn piâ—…es claspt in their hands did beare The ensigne of the king in armour thick did compasse round The Earle then which by the name of Suffolke was renownde The right wing did conduct the Warwicke Earle the left hand rout Both armde with souldiours old which twangd there bowes with courage A troupe of horsemen light the pikâ—…en rankes did firmely garde stout The reregarde such as browne billâ—… date and 〈◊〉 keene did warde Like Giantes strong with hugie limbes and campe behinde did close Here was the Britaynes power this hinde of battaile ray they chose The army ordred thus the king demandes what time a day About the time in which our Priestes accustom'd are to pray The nobles aunswere make throughout the townes of Albion hie Be of good cheare ye Britaynes â—…ut the king doth straight reply For in this 〈◊〉 the sacred clarkes do pray for our successe Goe to my lads your valure so by great exploites expresse That like to your forefathers old this day you may depart Whose handes in fight not onely haue the Frenchmen made to start But manly lookes haue stoinde and forst to flie with broken hart All feare expell death dreadfull is to none of gentle kind If to be ouercomne by destinies lott we be assignde The last gasp of my vitall breath shall be blowne out this day For me as captiue to redeeme no man shall tribute pay Nor for my raunsome Brittish land shall any charge defray He sayd Like minde was to them all the army showting hie Redoubleth loude the noyce and promise plightes that all would die On paint of goarie blade if Fortune victory should denie Meane time towardes the Celtanes hoast began to wend away The army all and broad in sight their bankers to display Behold of dreadfull Mars the trompet gastly noyce out blue Prouokementes dire of blouddy slaughters fell then to insue The armies both bloudthirstie neare and neare their footestepps drue The share vprooting reares and brings to light in steede of stones Doe curse and banne with dolefull playnts those ciuill battailes fell In which an hundred thousand wights the blooddy blade did quell Todcastle eke through battaile strange a noble name doth gayne In which full thirtie thousand men in dolefull sort were slaine The last broyle of this ciuill war did Teuxburie contayne Which townes yet standing of those warres are testimonies good How then that flowing riuers ranue conuerted into blood So many dreadfull foughten fieldes the faction of two kings Did cause which mightie Ioue at last vnto conclusion brings Here Bosworth blooddy warres and others moe I will omit By which king Henry seuenth eternall fame which will not flit From age to age continned still in memorie attaynd UUho first but Earle of Richmond then king Edwards daughter gaynd In wedlocke linked fast and with her Britaine crowne possest That did the lawes require and English Primates chiefe request This God th' almightie guide as authour chiefe did bring to passe And thus at length the rage of ciuill hatred ended was He rayngd vnto his subiects all a noble prince most deare All externe enemies far and neare his puyssance great did feare He worshipt chiefly God and godlines and iustice lou'de And craftie wicked men he hating sharpely still reprou'de Full twentie yeeres and three belou'de of all he ware the crowne Of forrayne princes high esteemde and had in great renowne A king of iustice rare of prudence manners courage bolde who dying left the dyademe to Henry stout to holde His heyre with wondrous welth huge heapes of siluer pure and golde The ende of the first Booke HE from him tender yeares the workes of mighty Mars esteemd That other giftes most singular which well a Prince beseemd As well of body as of minde I do not here declare How puissant courteous eke how he his shoulders loftie bare Aboue the rest with comely face adornd and vertue rare The fourth time haruest yellowish waxt since first he ruld this soyle And hott Autumnus scorching flames the earth did chapping broile UUhen Henry valiant Britayne king did fearefull wars vp rere And cruell Frankes to blouddy campes of dreadfull Mars did stere The Romane bishop him incenst these warres to take in hand UUherfore the surging floudes he cuts and doth at Callice land The Citie filling full with thirtie thousand souldiours stout Foure noble Captaines onely tane out of the warlike rout Lord Talbot martiall Peere and eger Poynings fierce in fight Rice ap Thomas floure of Wales and Somerset a doughtie knight UUhich Henry had foresent to fragrant fieldes where Turwyn standes Turwyn a walled fortresse strong yfenest with warlike bandes In tune of pleasant spring as boystrous windes with whirling blastes On ground all sweeping sheere and slubble light and dust vp castes Or as the earth with croked teeth of sickle sharpe is shorne So downe the heardes of deare with th' English horsemen thick are borne They troupes of prisoners take and droues of beastes subdue by might The king insues and thirtie thousand men in harnish dight Of hard brasse beaten forgd in siege gainst Turwyn walls he pight Under the Britaine king the mightie Emperour serues for pay And blouddy Germaines fierce in bruntes of warre renownd alway Nothing to souldiours is disburst for hyer but fyned gold Of which ech tent throughout the campe such wondrous store did hold That money for to coine the king of siluer was constrainde Rewardes stout courage brought and hier in armes haut hartes maintaind The Celtane horsemen troupes with valiaunt Brutes do battaile make To rescue theirs but all in vayne they weaker armour take The palme of conquest wonne away the puissant Britayne beares The enemies all thrust through with sharpned pointes of thirling speares The walls with roring Cannon shot all groueling battred downe Doe easie passage giue and entraunce large into the towne And Frenchmen fild with shiuering dread Now Turwyn Britaines hold And conquered spoyles of ransackt towne the king decks manifold UUhose mighty puissance great in feates of Mars with flickring winges Swift sliding through the ayre Report to bordring Cities bringes In Tornay famous Citie strong when that these newes were told For very grief she grones and grauntes for tribute sommes of gold And gates wide open fetts permitting Britaines entrance bold UUithin her walls and subiect now vnto new Lordes becomne Extincting former lawes of Henry king takes new in romne Meane time kyng Iames which then of Scottes the regall mace did beare And to confirme the league till warres of Britaines ended
Valloyâ—… The Bridge a Paris built bâ—… the English campe in twâ—… dayes Phaeton thâ—… sonne of Phâ—… bus by misgouernyng his fathers chariotâ—… had almost burn the whole world The Britaine proceedingâ—… to Callice pitch their tentes neare the forrest of Crâ—…sse or Crâ—…ssey Valoys Insuâ—… eth the English army with a greaâ—… boost King Edwardes exhortation tâ—… his souldiouâ—… before thâ—… battaile 〈◊〉 English battailes placed The first battaile was led by the Prince of VValles beyng but xviii yeares of age The king causeth his army to retire neare the woode to auoyde backe ossâ—… The Frenchâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…king the 〈◊〉 to hauâ—… fled insues and assailes them The horses of the Frenchmen hurt with arrowes throw their riders and breake the rayes The noblest of the French army 〈◊〉 slayne The Duke of â—…orreine The Duke of Alanson or Dalanson The king and 〈◊〉 Eddward his sonne fight valiantly Thirtie thousand Prench men sâ—…yne Valois seeing such slaughter of his men flyeth The Britaine victor Mutabilis alea Martis The next daâ—… after the battaile the Frenchmen gathered them selues againe who by these threâ—… Baâ—…les of VVarwike Huntington and Northampton were cleanâ—… subuerted distroyed Callice besieged Dauid king of Scottes 〈◊〉 instigation 〈◊〉 the French king inuadâ—… England Prince Edward and the â—…ench kyng oyne battaile â—…care 〈◊〉 King Iohn â—…aken There were â—…ken in this â—…attade at Poytiers â—…500 of the â—…iefest of all â—…aunce The two â—…inges Dauid of Scotland â—…nd Iohn of â—…aunce 〈◊〉 with â—…he rest of the â—…aptiues Edward the 〈◊〉 dyeth â—…efore the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 one â—…f the three â—…adies of 〈◊〉 whiche â—…tts the â—…ed of mans 〈◊〉 â—…ward the â—…ther dyeth â—…ichard the â—…cond began 〈◊〉 raigne â—…377 〈◊〉 Goâ—… desse of Battaile Iustes 〈◊〉 nyng at the Tilt between Englimen foâ—…reyners Foure and twenty Britayne Peeâ—… prouoke as many as will come Southfield Most in 〈◊〉 ber â—…oth the Englishmen and â—…einers beâ—…aues themâ—…elues stoutly Iohn of Gaâ—… Duke of Lancaster desired aide of king Riâ—…o inuado spaigne Gaunt The aunsweeâ—… of king Ri. Spaigne inuaded by the Duke of Lancaster The Spâ—…nvard â—…teth For peace Peace graunted ConstaÌ„ce the Dukes eldest daughter maâ—…ed to the kyng of Spayne Anne the second daughter to the kyng of 〈◊〉 An insolent challenge of 〈◊〉 Scoâ—… 〈◊〉 the Englishmen The 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 in the Torney Ireland subâ—… by kyâ—…g Richard Henry the fourth began to raigne 1â—…99 Henry 〈◊〉 fiâ—…t succedeth his father 1412. Henry banisheth from the Court all his leude coÌ„panions left they should corrupt him by their euill counsell Legates sent into Fraunce to require the king of Englandes right The Oration or speech of thâ—… English Legate The reply of the king of Fraunce Henry sayleth into Fraunce Seine a mightie â—…uer 〈◊〉 from a 〈◊〉 floweth by Roan â—…nd through a great part of Fraunce at length falleth in at Caâ—… or Kâ—…d Caâ—… where are two strong townes Henry goeth agayne into Fraunce Henry offreth the Dolphin battaile which he refuseth Henry taken with a feuer The speach of Henry before his death Henry in his death bed committeâ—… his hâ—…yre Hâ—…ry with hiâ—… wife Queenâ—… Catherine to his brothers and exhoâ—…teth theâ—… to loue and 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Henry the sixt his 〈◊〉 was crowned at Paris 1422. For the. Duke of yorke claimed the crown whose sonne and heire Edward Earle of â—…h afterward ' obtained it by name of Edâ—…ward the fourth VVilliam coÌ„querour first Duke of Normandie At S. Albons was foght the first battaile betweene kyng Henry and the Duke of Yorke Blore heath field 2. The onseâ—… giuen valiand by the Ascâ—… Duke of Bâ—…â—…layne Some of 〈◊〉 nobles of Fraunce sâ—…yne 〈◊〉 God oâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…l these citâ—…tances exâ—…ressed in son â—…y places â—…ane noâ—…ing els but â—…e dyed as â—…ndyng to â—…utoes kingâ—…es to 〈◊〉 the riuers 〈◊〉 c. The Citizens â—…f London â—…eaue home â—…e kyng â—…th great solempnitie â—…o in like maâ—…er doe the 〈◊〉 â—…vgismunds â—…he Empeâ—…our coÌ„meth â—…o England â—…o treat a â—…ce beâ—…weene kyng 〈◊〉 and â—…he French â—…yng â—…he speach of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…halfe of 〈◊〉 Frankes The Frenchmen violaâ—… their 〈◊〉 Sygismond 〈◊〉 Henry strike a league during their 〈◊〉 Sygismond departeth The kyng of England reneweth his warres in Fraunce Many townes in Normandie subdued Roane besieged Eight dayes truce â—…ded Englishmen goe to inhabite Harflu their owne country left Bridges 〈◊〉 Some Henry was aduertise 〈◊〉 a great 〈◊〉 of Frenchâ—… approching Sol the sunne Henry a little before night calleth his Lordes to Counsaile as concernyng their daunger through the multitude of their enemies Thetis Goddesse of the sea vsed for the Sea A stratageme oâ—… sleight to intrapt the the enemy by fraude The English army set in order Henry rising out of his bed prayeth God to ayde him The Duke of Yorke beseecheth the king that he might lead the forefront of the battâ—…e The kyng graunted the Duke of Yorke the con lucting of the forefront The Earle of Suffolke The Earle of VVarwicke The kyng of England exhorteth his souldiours to fight At Northaâ—…ton was foughten the third battaile where the kyng was taken prisoner in the field The fourth famous battaile was at VVakefield where the Queenes pow et slue the Duke of York with his sonne the Earle of Rutland and destroyed his hoast The fift battaile fought at S. Albons againe where in the Queene discomfited her enemies and deliuered her husband The battaile at Exam fought betweene Eddward the fourth and the Lord Moâ—… tague lieuetenaunt of the North to recouer the crowne for kyng Henry the sixt The battailes at Banbury Barnet Todeastell and Teuxbury were fought in Edward the fourthes dayes Henry Earle of Richmond at Bosworth slue Richard the third beyng third brother of Edward the fourth and then maried the Lady Elizabeth daughter to kyng Edward and obtaineth the crowne he first ioyned the houses of Lancaster and Yorke beyng long tyme at variaunce â—…try 〈◊〉 509. A great expedition into Franticâ—… â—…ir Rice ap Thomas Turwyn 〈◊〉 Maximilian the Emperour seâ—…ues kyng Henry for pay Turwyn wonne Tornay rendred payes the king ten thousand duckets for yearely rent VVhilst kinge Henry is busie in Fraunce Iames King of Scottes inuadeth England Lord Haward admirall and his brother in blacke harnish The Scott had pitcht then tents on flodden hill Iames king of Scots slain and all his armie discomfited A Scottish legate comes into England The Scots â—…reaking into â—…ngland â—…ore Carlile VVharton with two M. â—…uldiours â—…bdues the â—…cots and â—…uts them to â—…ght â—…ames King of â—…cots swimâ—…ing ouer a â—…uer as some â—…y was drow â—…ed The Chiefest 〈◊〉 Scotland â—…aken prisoâ—…ers sent to â—…he Towre The clemen of King Hery The oration of the Scottish Captiuâ—… to King Heâ—… rie King Henryes â—…cence The Scots set â—…t freedome and pardoned without any â—…aunsome on them The Sâ—…ts dâ—… hâ—…t the Queene 〈◊〉 mâ—…ying hâ—… daughter to the Englishe Prince Edward 〈◊〉 of Heâ—…forde and Iohn Dudley Lord admiâ—…all with a nauy of ship
which Celtanes brainepans battring rende And bodies brusing teare and hatches sprinke with braynes and bloud The sharpe side swourd th' assault likewise doth make more fierce woode The French defend themselues with poles and stoutly breake the blowes Both nauyes fierce amayne with sanguine streames of red bloud flowes But th' English eger presse their foes with much more force to sting Alas what stony riuer rough from stickle Alpes whose spring With winter showers augmented is with greater force doth fall Into the broode seas gaping gulfe no semblance now at all Of greenish colour cleare dame Thetis wallowing waues retaine But purple hue do beare So deepe woundes poure bloudstreames amaine As liquid water droppes through broken pipes and conduites straine Besprinkling all the grounde No man by flight lookes life to gaine Nor ouglye shape of death doth any strike in staggring stound And now eight long houres fled Syr Titans lamp had compast round The ayrie region vast and bending beake to deepes downe stelt Then midst of sommer was in Cancers house Don Phoebus dwelt The skirmish hotter growes and more and more doth anger swell Haut courage kindleth ech mans mynde The gastly bickering fell Not night as blacke as pich nor direfull darknes stintes and stopps This barke salt water leakes and surges high through thinkes in hopps Her ribbes by force out torne There might you see huge hulkes half burnde Their men on scriking drowne we drowne into the channell turnde Theirage yet restles rampes and Britaines force with hardier might As though euen then they entred had into that fatall fight So feruent waxt their moodes as though some sad vnlucky starre Did threat destruction dire to fall on th' one part of from farre But th' aspect of God Mars agaynst the Gaules more cruell was The timber bourdes and beames do not them shrine from death alas Which those behinde in darke night shade themselues thought for to hide And now almost deathes drierie dart the enemies all had stryde For thirtie thousand in that fight their swift ghostes did conuay To Limbo low end of the night and dawning of the day Was finall end of warres also The famous conquest light On Edward mightie Peere the aduerse nauy most in fight Tane either captiue or destroyde few saude themselues by flight To thundring Ioue Plantagenet the chief laude doth betake And biddes ech man to him prostrate his humble duetie make And honour iust ascribe Thinges finisht thus backe home againe Prince Edward hies through the flouds with brasen keele doth traine Who landes at London tower which mighty Thāmes with waters cleare Soft slidyng passeth by Then Windsor noble castell neare He goes to see and royall banquetts makes with costlie cheare To be preparde for foure dayes space and there to him both call The English primates chief with their espoused Ladies all Ech peere in his degree deuout to sacred temple hies The Priest his rites performes and tributes laude to Ioue in skies God seru'de downe sits cch one at Tables large with naprie spred In parlonrs richlie houg with Aras wrought with silken thred Where fountaine waters bright were brought to wash of custome old Then Ceres daintie dishes come and massie boules of gold With Bacchus filde which auncient shapes of Britaine kinges did hold By skilfull art ingr◅u'de The king and Queene in loftie seates Both ioyntlie sit And lower downe the nobles at their meates In seemely sort are placde Whose pretious clokes ou shoulders hinge Three hundred Seruitours eke successiuely arow did bring Forth daintie cates chargde to attend and cupps with wine to fill When euery slate sufficed was and satisfied at will The tables voyded were and from the siluer Ewers still Sweet smelling streames agayne to wash Then takes the king in hand A mightie gobblett full of wine which on the bourde did stand And drinkes Carouse to all his guestes they pledge him in like sort Thus passing time with sondry iestes and meekle pleasant sport This king this motion makes Let ts now my Lordes some maistries trie UUhich may be gratefull shewes to all my people standing by Quoth he what aunswere make ye Sirs They willing yea reply Straight trappers golden golden bitts and sadles guilt with gold Prouided are and ech man horsd on trampling courser bold The king in armour bright ingrauen on foming sleede is sett And now ech knight a bunchie speare of ashe in hand doth gett The stoure begins and rushing swift with peise they presse to skies The splinters shiucring small and fragmentes broaken ratling flies But he in midst of foreheard which with sturdie troncheon strake His foe and course redoubling swift his stafe most often brake He bore the palme away and of those iustes the honour wanne And now the bye heauens light the night with shades had oueranne The Turney cudes the Prince and Peeres to banquet home them hast UUhich Gods thēselues you would haue sayd might haue vouchsaude to tast At foure dayes end the king for all contendours prises fitts And garters studded thicke with pearle about their leggs he knitts UUith pretious gemmes ybrought from Easterne regions farre permixt The Carbuncle which glittering rayes out yeldes among infixt Moreouer chaines of fined gold from vtmost Indies brought UUith glittering Iasper stones beset to ech most costlie wrought A double leaffed tablet fayre of gold depending downe And of this orvet knightes of noble ◅ocke and high renowne In number xx foute he made whose frates in warre should gaine Eternall fame and bids this rite their progenie to retaine A noble deede no dout which retchles time with restles winges Shall not deuour nor tract of yeares commite to Lethe springes Meane time the French king ◅nteth not iniuriouslie to spite The Britayne nation stout and eke to warres them to incite The English Monarch discontent hereat and mou'de in mynde Forthwith his mates to be in warres foure noble Earles assignde And wastes with fiery flames and dint of smourd both townes and towers Along the UUesterne coastes of Fraunce downe fortes by force he scoures UUith eight score shippes of warre strong fenst the enemy to sustaine At length returnes not hauing lost his least and ◅plest swaine Declaring straight vnto his Lordes what requi◅ he thought First how and what reprochfull factes against vs haue bene wrought By the vnfaithfull Frankes then how his vncle Charles voyde Of issue died whose Crowne by right he ought to haue inioyde Heresn a counsell generall was ca◅ throughout the land In which these pointes aboue the rest were borne the king in hand First that by taskes and subsidies great store of gold in come And that ech subiect was a◅rste to pay a greater somme By Parliament decree More that much golden vessell large Should coyned be of these new warres for to defrait the charge And though that burdens more then meet on manyes neckes were layde ◅t with◅ut grudging to the king ech man
his mercement payde All other thinges establisht were for common weales behoue And herewithall the Senate endes and Counsailours home remoue Staight armour is prepaide by strait commaundement from the king The valiant Britayne youth in sturdie steele coates glittering spring Great plumpes of horsemen stout cluttering troupes of footemen thrungde And now with good lucke on through mounting surges swift they plundge The â—…endly Northarne gales their hoisted sayles driue â—…orth amaine Till Normandie at last a fertile soyle of fruite and graine The Britayne fleet in harbour safe from Aeol did containe Their wery corps here well refresht their tentes they farther moue And houses riâ—…ling spoyle their formers owners quite out droue Come hourded vp in â—…ort in broade barne bayes by country swaine And otes the warlike praunser fatts the straw lest to remaine For needefull vse Vulcanus brandes the roofes downe ratling teare Yong children reft of home their wofull mothers wandring beare Their fathers lately sent by fawchon dint to shadowes dombe These but preambles are to greater warres in time to come And in what place through râ—…unging wide in broode fieldes cause of stay Is offred there the army huge doe pitch their tentes that day At length they came to Caen. Of craggie rocke a bridge whose side Doth garde through passage strait which weltring streames rough vnder Th'assaut begins more and more the fierce fight kindleth wrath slide The Chieftaine of the towne with souldiours stopps the strait bridge path To barre the enemy out The French downe groueling headlong throwes The whirling shaft vntill at length they came to handy blowes Then stayne with gastly wounde the Celtane spurling kickes the ground One Earle captiue tane an other eke no lesse renownd Through Tancaruilla of which place he title beares and name The remnaunt armour cast â—…st de all captiue thralls became The king the walles downe beates and fort consumes with fierie flame This towne thus sackt proceedes with wings on both sides strongly armde with bows which would w e pearcing steÌ„me the FreÌ„chmaÌ„s pride haue charmde The army and with sloughter dire and sword all thinges decayes Much like a noysome pestilence which when he roming strayes Creepes in by stealth and mortall men with deadly venome slayes Or as rough roaring Easterne pufes when through their caues they rush Downe woodes mighty trees with boystrous blastes they threatning push And okes vp mounted huge in hight their rootes torne battring crush On th' other part an army great with faynt hart halfe afright King Valoys gathered had into the next fieldes broode in sight Yet durst he not incounter with our bandes in open warres Or battaile ioyne and so â—…ntright disside and end the iarres But rought with feare in wooddy mountaines wandring farre vs froe He watcheth what we doe and whether we intend to goe With wary mynde respecting well his owne estate and realme And more commaundes his campe the bridges all to ouerwhelme That by that meanes the enemies force they might barre of and stay Their iourneys eke But when to valiant Britaynes ech hard way He easie saw and that no stopp could hinder their intent With all his troupe of armed men he straight to Paris went And gardes the Citie walles which shiuering feare had shakt before Commâ—…nding peecemeale downe the Sequane bridges to be tore Now safe the Frenchmen thinke themselues with gurtie riuer deepe Incompast rouâ—…e howbeit they watch and ward doe dayly keepe Suspecting both the fierce assault of mighty Brutus race As also least the light fire flames their fayre towne should deface Their iourney hasting fast the English campe is comne at hand But after downe the Bridges broke the king did vnderstand Ech place of entrance eke with great endeuouring fenced sure He fretts disple asâ—…e in mynde and thoughtes turmoiling more his fure Augments till he at last â—…pon this finall sentence stayes To builde the bridge agayne and loftie arches vp to rayse Ouer those floudes which by the walles of auncient Paris glide Which lesse then two dayes space doth finish quite that fayre and wide Ech souldiour passage hath In battaile ray and now they stand Beyond the riuer bankes prouâ—…oking Frenchmen hand to hand For to incounter fayre in martiall fieldes But when agayne No equall offer made of fight they see in great disdaine The Britaynes moue their tentes and passing forth from place to place No towne vnburned leaue that Phaetons flames agayne to trace That land throughout of that way one had lookt he would haue thought Untill at length the army stout the broad playne fieldes had rought Neare Cressy â—…des there their tentes dâ—…ne pitcht to make some stay A valley 〈◊〉 there lyes with springing medowes fresh and gay Through midst of which a brooke with siluery streames cuts forth his way One side of which a hill with fertile soyle for tillage fitt Besetts to Paris wardes which rustick swaine with plough doth slitt In ioyfull time of peace On th' other side adiacent lye Some pleasaunt hillockes eke but chiefly stickle mountaines hye Whose topps do Cresseis groues of oke trees thicke besett containe And darksome dennes where brousie beastes of sauage kinde remaine UUithin this vale the English campe of former toyles of shooke Their werinesse with dulcet sleepe and gratefull viandes tooke UUhen sodainly a spie from mountaines topps in post hast runnes And warning giues that Valoys king of Galls in armour comes UUith thousand thousandes garded thicke A sound the trompet shrill Giues forth and with Tantara thrise ech souldiours eares doth fill The valiant English hartes armes armes redoubling loude out cald Forthwith king Edward adds Take tooles in hand no white apalde Ye ladds of martiall Brutus bloud high thundring Ioue this day Hath hard my voyce and hath betooke into your handes a pray The king himselfe not onely comne with this huge hoost I heere But eke throughout the Realme of Fraunce of auncient stocketh Peere Wherefore so ost a Nation tamde by forâ—… in blouddie 〈◊〉 Shall victors dreaâ—…of stely Doues shall Lions feare the sight Now God forbid and turne that lot to bettâ—… lucke I pray If that among the heardes a fearefull captaine lead the way The followers neuer will be fierce in fight but backward sway And you I vouch with faint and fearefull men shall warre this day They come with spoyles and booties rich the Britaine home to lade You all with robes of silke and glittering gold shall rich be made You precious ringes shall weare and purses make with â—…gent strout If that you will stand to 't like valiant lads and fight it out And sley with gaâ—…ly gaping wound the Frenchmens trembling rout Thus sayd the hoast in culâ—…ed sort is set and ordred right The winges stout archers garde with whitling 〈◊〉 and armour light His sonne and heyre the beardles Prince the king in forefront plast Which had not yet of eightione yeares
the â—…act out fully 〈◊〉 Nor on his cheekes the soft and 〈◊〉 lockes you might discerne By reason of his youth the weightie workes of Mars to learne The maine battaile he himselfe in gliâ—…ering armour brodered takes And backward to retyre the 〈◊〉 all 〈◊〉 neere he makes To Cresseis baulky boothes all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thereby to voyde And more that by that meanes the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 be 〈◊〉 By marching vp against the hill and disaduantage by The vnegall soyle in the assault But when the Galles did spie The Britaine backe to draw more rash then wise forth fast they hie And spurde their coursâ—… fierce supposing Britaines for to flie The trompets sound 〈◊〉 â—…mies shout the noyse hie heauen doth pearce The English raâ—…es 〈◊〉 their enemies troupes assayling 〈◊〉 With yew bowes bended stife which flickring flights forth whistling sends The warriour praunser hurt with stripe his rider flinging trendes Out of his sadle and with hard horne hoofe his maister kickes An other horse within whose paunch a long stamne staggering stickes His countrimen downe driues and raies disturbing backward runnes Outragious springing fast and stables seekes from which he comes Then other after others raungt their sitters all outwrencht And here and there crosecoursing fease nor hedge nor dike deepe trench Can stop their furious swinge but bye pathes scattered seuerall trace The goorie blacke bloud drops the ground besprinkling in the race And now the footmen forth are comne and fierce with weapons fell The battaile doe restaure the English stripe with stripe repell The theiftaines of the Frenchmen strecht along with gaping wound Digd in by dint of drierie blade lie struggâ—… on the ground He first which cruell borderers on bankâ—…s of Aibis floud Acknowledgd for their Prince then noble Lorein fierce and wood Then of Dalanson Duke then Harcourt Earle and many more Who from their auncient peâ—…egree their worthie titles bore Or els from castels fayre or warlike countries drew their name A number of the common sort then also had their bane The king with gastly gleiue like thunderbolt driues forth away So doth the Prince his sonne whose Britaine virtue bright that day Did shew it selfe and of what force it was and puissaunce good In which were thirty thousand slaine and fieldes moyst made with bloud UUhith when aloofe from hie hill top king Valois did behold Forthwith backsliding fast through swift course borne of horses bolâ—… His countrie bâ—… attainde A foule reproch to Fraunce no dout And blot most blacke to him for at his heeles a greater rout He slying after drew then Britaines were which causbe him flee So much it is at first assault of courage fierce to bee In blouddy martiall fieldes The campe throughout then ioyes at will Ech hart and â—…kes sweet consent ech care with tâ—…es doth fill Of Frenchmen thus the pillage sweet and precious gold possest Our men vâ—…to their tentes in shadowy euening them addrest Next morne â—…s soone as glittering globe of Phoebe vpstart the Frankes Together floâ—…t and once againe in order set their rankes UUith armes to trie if that perhaps Mars chaunce would wauering bee UUhich first the king intreated hard by earnest suite that he UUould giue them leaue in open field once more with Galles to fight These three Earles stout of Warwike first a haunt and egar knight Then Huntington and after him Northamptons chiefe renowne All vnawares in skirmish hot the Frenchmen batter downe Then lawfully king Edward might the large fieldes raunge at will Resistance none is made against his bandes but all is still The Frenchmen dare nomore the brunt of Britaines force abyde Nor them against in open campes their quarrell to disside Three dayes here spent the king his tentes remoues backward goes To Caleys shoares and towne with trench and bulwarke round doth close UUhen wonne by fraud and fauning flatterings smooth of Valois king The Scottish scepter bearer vades our 〈◊〉 and downe doth fling All thinges to frying flames The prudent â—…ene her husband lacke For to suppresse these falâ—…e periude irruptions doth not slacke But bandes of armed souldiours vp collectes nor need she had Th' inhabitantes it Poytiers call neare which withouten bound An open plaine there lyes in which no tree with shadowy limbe Nor braky bush doth grow a place most fic for skirmage grim Here both the armyes meet on ground out blacke bloud gushing powres The horsemen topsie tayle are turnde death conquered Frankes deuouâ—… The rayes are broke and remnant yet aliue the battaile shunnes Through swift pursute thevictor pantes and starting lightly runnes His footestepps thick thick fetching fast as in a champion plaine When as the watchfull grayhound hath a wattkin spied full faine He springeth on his pray to get he life for to maintaine The greyhound gaping wide with greedy iawes threats still to catch The hare herselfe from byting chapps away doth scudding snatch So is in hope of pray the Britayne swift and dreading bane The Frenchmen flie but in the flight most are subdued and tane The king himselfe into the tentes was captiue brought and chose More rather for toyeld then life by dint of swourd to lose Forthwith in slidyng hull through flashing floudes to Britaine shore He was conueyed where prisoner like the seruile yoke he bore To teach him of the Britaine king his Lord to obey the lore Now noble Prince Plantagenet two kinges did captiue hold And gentle prison many Peers of both landes did infold Of auncient stockes esprong which Britaines tooke in blouddy fight But clemencie of Edward king resplendent shinde so bright Such vertue rooted in his brest and mercy did remaine That on conditions and for raunsome he â—…mist agayne Ech one vnto his country soyle and kinsfolkes linkt in loue Those kinges high glory followeth fast which battaile so do moue So to contend in dreadfull warres immortall prayse atchiues Good shepheardes vse to sheere their sheepe and not to skiâ—…e with kniues He noble Monarch sparde the suppliant downe the proude supprest Thrise happy sure if Atrapos fell Goddesse had not wrest To vnripe death his noble sonnes Prince Edwardes fatall thredd But hauing first begott a tender babe in wedlocke bedd UUhich Richard had to name whom as his heyre he left behind And whom his 〈◊〉 dying to beare the regall mace assignde According as this nations lawes and auncient rites did binde The child the slender age of eleuen winters did not passe UUhen that with Princely 〈◊〉 his head adorned was But when he neare to mans estate through riper yeares was start No man can well declare how for from 〈◊〉 â—…awtie hart And maners eke he swaru'de in mynde vnlike how he became Contrarily disposde to mighty Sier and noble dame But antike vertue still in breastes of Britaine Peers was shrinde And manlie courage bold which in the auncient primates shinde By natures force ingraft that in God Mars aduentures hard The
ours to mightie Henries lore By poures celestialls sound decree That we to death be bore If thundring Ioue do thinke it good and Henry puissant Prince Command we must obey it were in vayne gainst pricke to wince Than how much nobler ist a high exploit with willing minde To vndertake then by constraint thereto to be assignde Us victors euerlasting fame and glory shall endure Howbeit but hard aduentures can true laude in deede procure And now attentiue marke I pray whereto this speach is made The king counsaile haue decreed that we shall first inuade And ransact enemies walls with ladders fierce assaulting clime This gratefull prouince after long request to me and mine Permitted was if euery one to take his chaunce be bent Than dout not but your Captaine I do promise good euent He whusted here with shoutes extold to starrs bring ladders calls Ech mariner starse Captaines threates can hold them from the walls With such desire of prayse and ardent loue of glory rought But godly Henry pondring much in minde him vnbethought Not so much waying warlike townes with rampier walls inclosde That with his men to certaine bale and drierie death reposde He would nor fortresd Cities rich nor kingdomes vast subdue UUherfore by strait edict from his pretence he Dudley drue Few dayes expired were when Bulloine of her owne accord All armour layd aside to Henry yeldes as lawfull Lord. The Frenchmen all themselues withdrue and gates wide open set UUith streaming murrtons glimmering bright adornd in Britaines let Sixe thousand Galls their antike seates all pensiue did forsake The walls with stately buildinges fayre and turretts Britaines take The warlike Castells strong with Captaines new yfenced were And certaine garrisons of men in stations settled there Lieutenant of the conquered towne the king that worthy Peere Assignd which of his mighty fleet did the protection beare Forthwith with primates garded swift he salt seas doth deuide And through the walloing wrastling waues to natiue land doth slide Lord Dudley his committed charge respectes with wondrous care Reuoluing much in thought in great foresight and all thinges bare And doth by secret pollicie the wielie Frankes preuent Sometime by fraude diminishing and weakning their entent Sometime in open fight prouoking them to bickering blowes Subduing Captiue some but more the goarie blade downe throwes No day past one in which no hard exploit he did atchiue UUhereby stout Dudleys name through th' world so wide swift Fame did And glory greater waxt renowned more in Celtane landes And higher he accepted was imbrast at Henryes handes driue Thrise golden Phoebe to her brothers lampe conioyned was When from the puissant Britaine guide a Legate forth did passe The Admirall to recall on weighty causes of this land The noble Order welcome him fast clasping hand in hand The Britaine springoldes fresh at his returne do shipp for glad Few monthes expirde swift fleeting Fame throughout this land did blab That Frenchmen had prepard of warlike shipps a nauy vast For to inuade the Britaine coastes and land with ruine wast Ech to defend prepares hye beacons built of fagotts light UUeare on the copped cliffes that kindled they giue warning might If on our shore the enemies fleet should steale in duskie night And landing downe with reaking flames our country hamletts cast Sols chariot bright with swift course had the head of Leo past UUhen Celtane nauy huge with boistrous blastes along are blowne The sea now shewd no sea if from a craggie steepe rocke one By chaunce vpon the floudes far vnderneath had cast his eyes Or like a shadowy groue or woode with okes which loftie rise It rather seemd to be or field with tall trees thicke ypight UUith salt sea waters compast round there lyes the I le of Wight where shearing Southwind glome with rough waues bounce the Britaine The enemies army vast in hollow hull is thither bore shore The grappling anker strong is cast out of the sterne before And with his whistle sounding hoarse a signe by master ginne And prudent with immortall prayse had Britaines haut contaynd Since he the mightie scepter of their happie kingdome bore UUhen that th' almightie Ioue by fatall sicknesse waring more Did warne him leaue this mortall life alak and waile a day How manie Brutes with blubbering teares their soft cheekes did beray How bitterly the Britaine states him-sick bewayling rued All England droupes bereft of ioy with trickling teares bedewd Phisition nought can vayle nor holsome herbes found in the field UUhich health accustomde wear tofore to mortall members yeeld No compound drugs could life prolong nor pleasaunt potions brought Alas to cure deaths drierie sting in vaine is phisicke sought Howbeit before his finall gasp because his tender heire Prince Edward yet was young he states assignde the rule to beare For a prescribed time of which Lord Dudley high renownd In royall tombe inclosde hys worthie corps did lay in ground With brinish teares Of funerall now sacred rightes right done By all the troupe of mightie Pieres on Edward prince his sonne In solempne pompe a pretious crowne of gold adorning round His temples faire was sett The Britaines all in duetie bound UUith one assent him lawfull king with reuerence great adore And heir legitimate to his sier The Earle of Hertford bore The title of Protector chiefe and by his nephewes grace The Duchie tooke of Somerset to him and ofsprong race His other vncle Seimer made Lord Admirall of his fleet But Dudley by the title he of Warwicke Earle dyd greet From whence his ancient progenie by long discent he drue The greatest mirrour of his stock and kindreds glorie true As euerie man in great reuenues floev with honor dewe So was he high extold and deckt with glorious title newe A wondrous troupe of royall Pieres the kinges court stately found And lookers on applauding loud with shoutes vp reard a sound All thinges haue limits true presirt Now pleasant pasâ—…imes past The counsaile causes of great waight reuoluing deepe did cast Of common weales affaires of ancient forts falne in decay They councell take aduisde of planting garrisons in a stay In certaine places weake and what auaild for common state But chiefly they respect'd the Scottish realme which bordering sate Eche in remembraunce had the plighted troth of Scottish Peeres which they had firmly vowd to bring to passe in former yeares Concerning linking fast their mayden prince in wâ—…dlocke bandes And wisht that so might be procurd the vnitie of two landes UUith euerlasting peace and endles truce thereon to spring wherfore when glittering Phoebe declinyng downe his beames did bring Into fayre Virgos faâ—…e straight armed troupes of warriours sent They gree to Scottish soyle to be to know the Scotts intent Chief Captaines were assignd the Prince his eldest vncle deare And to him ioynt as mate the Warwicke Earle a puissant Peer Whom warlike glory hye of dreadfull Mars had made renownd And
and to our power hath subiecte made your mightes Of mighty armies God is one alone the very same which huge Go◅ath by the hand of Dauid small subdued UUhose brainepanne rent by stripe of sung the ground with gore imbrued He author of this quarrell iust on iust cause tane in hand By such as reuerence due his name will alway firmely stand But this that other thinges I passe I cannot but admire How Huntley or such confidence depending durst aspire And on him take lawes to lay downe to his superiour farre Himselfe inferiour in degree and honour eke why darre He proudly should to combat and prouoke so noble a Peere As Duke Protectour eke of Edward Prince and kinsman neare But swolne with glorious natiue pride he vaunteth so by kinde UUherfore if such desire to fight such louging haue his minde These wordes to Huntley shew and message doe from me declare I in my country am an Earle and iustly may compare In honour with an Earle of Scotts our title Warwicke hight UUhose Fame through Europe coastes along renownd hath tane her flight Though Castells fayre at roote of mountaines set his name addorne And he from noble auncestours the ofspring true be borne If honour be respect'd one order doth vs both containd To morrow morne when Phoebe vpstart shall lift his lampe agayne And ouerspred the earth with light I le Huntley glorious stout Expect we two will trie both armour lesse and fight it out If this he doth deny though better armde he do proceed On horse backe or on foote to meet him sure I haue decreed I nakt him naked will assayle vnlesse our shirtes do close Perchaunce our corps from shame as nature seemelines doth chose Ten Britaine Peers to single combatt els do ten prouoke Or twentie twentie Scotts if ye will graunt and strike the stroke Or I alone will ready be with him alone to fight If that I conquerour him subdue our part shall haue the right If Fortune at vs spurne our armed troupes shall backward stright Unto their borders wend my finall gaspe or his shall cease These iarring braules and twixt both landes establish future peace How noble ist by dint of sword this frayle life to forsake Now profered opportunitie of combat let him take If that he list to morrow morne say I will ready bee These speaches vttering forth a mighty masse of red gold he Upon condition gaue that he declare that message would To Huntley Earle and more these wordes he him departing told If that the Earle assent and will with me contending fight To morrow next as soone as day on earth shall cast her light Doe thou forthwith as messenger thereof returne this night And for the paines of gold receau'd I double will the wight Unto these wordes most willingly the counsaile sage assent Forthwith throughout the tentes with flickering winges swift rumor How mighty Dudley had an earle of Scotland challengd stout went Ech souldier skips for ioy and loud resounding liftes a shout And manly stomack takes and hautie harted Dudleys prayse To starry region hye and heauenly powers extolde doth rayse The euening now in westerne coastes with raies all fierie shinde When fires bright burning the tentes throughout of hard wood you might Scoutes sent to spie a hugy rout of Scots brim to appeare finde Returning shew in steelecotes dight our army setled neere With carefull mindes and waking eies the watch their charges keepe And now our men with gratefull cates refresht and dulcet sleepe Looke when Aurora goddesse bright from roseall bed shall rise And with beelight coruscant shew the world vnto their eies Till Huntley comes in vaine his christaine lightes still rolling casts The mightie Dudley here and there no messenger at last Returnd an aunswere backe though pure golde offered for his pay At length the better halfe expirde and midpart of the day In valleies low appeare the Scottish rankes in battayle ray Prepared for to fight and banners broad displayd did beare Approching fast But Brutes a hill which hie himselfe did reare Then interiect betwixt ascended vp that place more apt Might be for skirmage grim The horsemens guide the left wing lapt The right where Nauy lay at rode a marrish moore did close The vaward after Warwicke Peere in long ranckes marching goes Meane battaile to be led◅y thee O Sommerset remaind The rearegard all behinde in order Dacres stout containd And now approching neere the enemie armies bustled ferce UUith dreadfull ratling noice the clanging brasse tromp aire doth perce And clattering classing armour ringes mens clamours loud abound Not so with dashing waues th'weltring mayne sea flouds resound UUhen they the craggie cliffes and rough rockes bellowing loud do scoure Soone after Aeol puissant God of windes the brethren foure With endlesse discord rapt from dongeon caues permits to stoure On th' other side the Scottes with panting pac◅ against the hill Up clammering mount and thick in plumpes themselues do gather still The harnisht horsemen troupes with shiuering speares then furious rusht Whose first ranke downe is borne their huge corpes through with weapons But forth the other rayes with sharp spur◅ prick their trāpling ◅eeds pusht And fellowes deathes reuenging wrack which Gray ◅ut captayne heedes UUho euen at first assault in mouth recea◅e a gastly stroke The Britayne army all couragious fightes Mars doth prouoke Mens mindes incensing wood and gaping woundes doth vigou◅ bring More neere those shores in harbour rode the nauy of the king From whence through powlders furious force composde of brimstone blue Both bullets forgd of stecle and iron chaines red glowing flue Full foureteene thousand Scottes their g◅stes to glommy Stigie lake Downe sent in deepe disdaine the rest to flight them did betake Our men with toyling labours sore the cheerefull trompet shrill Doth backe againe retire who gladly wend their tentes vntill O what reioysing then what wondrous mirth that night did last The tentes throughout eche takes delight to talke of trauels past Of dreadfull perils dire escapte it is a pleasaunt thing UUith minde secure to thinke but chiefly power of heauenly king Did their attemptes support Iust Ioue a false cause down will bring The next day light appears through vncoth coasts and by pathes blinde Of th'chiefest Scottish primates fled report remaind behinde Some desart mountains stickle tops did shrine some castell wall Did firmely garde that th' enimies campe appeard no where at all The winter now approchte and space of daies doth shorter grow And blacke Orion cloudie starre himselfe in heauens doth showe UUherefore our campe their warlike tentes remou'de to natiue land Determining a fitter time to take those warres in hand The mightie Duke of Sommerset and Warwicke Earle also Are welcomd home the nobler sort of youth which then did go UUith them to blouddy wars all safe returnde with them againe The noble king right handes to ioyne most royally did daine And all the Princes friendes in armes did willing
them infold Commending high their haughtie heartes and manly courage bold Meane time the Scottish Peeres with â—…ckle lightnesse puft in minde And Enuies rage vp swolne that frustrate hope might Britaines blinde UUith generall consent in moneth which December hight Unto the Celtane nation send that their young princesse bright Right heire vnto king Iames be knit in bandes of wedlocke might To the heire of Fraunce If Henry king this profer would not take That so an euerlasting truce two nations one might make Yet that the mightie guide of Frankes this would vouthsafe to yeeld That for the loue which loyall league twixt nations both did build As Scottish and the Celtane eke he would not once permit One of them torne by dreadfull warres whereby the league might flit Or spoyld by dint of th' enemies sword to forreine empire bend The Brutes by force of conquering hand that onely to intend And in the sequent spring the surging flouds with nauy vast Quite couered for to be and troupes of horsemen flocking fast To enter scottish landes proposing this their onely stay The Scottish heire from mothers lap by force to take away which pray if they attayne by aduerse lucke and spurning fate O woefull realme of Scottes O blacke and lamentable state Nothing but mourning sobs and blubbering salt teares left behind UUherefore by Gods by sacred rites they prayd that cald in mind Their auncient league establisht erst he would the virgin take Before for long delay doth often greater daunger make which tender Impe if with the king of Fraunce she be vp traind with princely education eke within his court containd That then they had a certayne hope of great good to succeede which might the perfit happinesse of both their kingdomes breede And after that through yeares mature she may in Himens Iace Be â—…nked fast to whome he please let king of Galls her place Forthwith by princes hest the Celtane Fleet launch'd from the shore Is finely furnisht neet and Galâ—…ies swift with saile and ore which after from the callmy harbour close wih Southwindes shrill Swift sliding through the deepes the Scottish realme they come vntill The Princesse Mary now to painted Pull with pomp was led where for her princely Grace was set a stately purple bed Soft cushions vnderneath with soft Downe stuft as white as milke And costly Arras Cabbins decks ywoucn of gold and silke Great heapes of siluer plate was brought with shapes of gold inwrought And whatsoeuer els for virgin Princesse meete was thought Forthwith the comely damesell thus a shipbord portlike plac'd withall her virgine troupe and men of armes which after trac'd Shee steâ—…ting fast is borne the aire the spred sayles driuing on And merry gales of winde them through the rough seas course anon The flecte in order saild as Swannes twixt fishie riuers bankes whil'st middle and the third insues the first and in long rankes The third day comes and Phoebe the worlde with cleere light ouer goes Stout Dudley with his warlike mates them selues in tents do close So do the doughtie bandes which London mightie Citie yeelds Neere auncient Norwich walled towne downe pitcht in open fieldes Which when the country crautus tought with pale feare had espied In briery brakes and lucking holes in shadowy groues they hide In no place daring peepe but after boldnes fiercer growne In time that all those soddaine panges of feare away were flowne They rushing thicke out brake and to a valley bordring hye No man remembring calde to minde the daunger preasing nye But armed stoode with carres and waynes their winges incompast round On thother side the princes hoast with cheerefull trumpets sound Proceedes and first the blowes begins and egar fight vp reares But Warwicke furious wroth with blouddy blade his foes downe beares At length when beastlike backes to turne on this side shame forbad On that side certayne death the rebels 〈◊〉 outragious mad One part resisting fierce downe falles the other groueling flat Is battered but stout Warwicke Peere respected chiefly that Least all at once were ouerthrowne those men of peruerse wit Hawbeit of courage such as daungers done should force to flit He causeth through the Martiall field an Herault loud to cry If anie armour would abiect which he most traiterously Had tane in hand and for his fault would pardon humbly craue He should vnpunisht life and goods and former freedome haue Which when the commons heard they tooles and armour laid aside On bended knees with mourning teares and Pardon Pardon cride The mercy then of Warwicke Earle did so resplendent shine That penaunce of their haynous fact he pardoned free that time No Britaine now remainde whom Giaunt like rebellious rage Did rechlesse beare away none did from loyall duetie gage But to their true annoynted king remainde and country staâ—…e The Princes court from this lugubrious war did Dudley take With solempne pompe and ioy with flitting wings whom Fame did make Renowmed through the warlike townes of Britaine kingdomes stout How in king Henries dayes he hard aduentures brought about Whil'st that his thundring gleiue he rold amongst the enimies rout Not of deathes drierie launce or dreadfull edge of sword agast He neuer doubtfull stoode himselfe to daungers all to cast If great affaires or countries cause required him to goe Or hest of sacred king incenst his minde for to do so Howe manie times with boties rich and laud immortall wonne Did he to natiue soyle againe from externe Regions come His enimies battered downe or els in fearefull flight back driu'de Whereby he royall dignitie and endlesse Fame atchiu'de God prospering the euent which he begonne in luckie houre Wherefore as yet he higher was extolde in Fortunes bowre The King him Duke creating whom with ioy and mickle cheere Northumberland did title giue and honouring loue full deere Him Lord chiefe Stuard eke the Princes Court imbraced fayne Till Atrapos the fatall threed of Edward cut in twayne Renowned Edward from the paps framde of his noble Dame Instructed in all Sciences by learned men became Who Greekish phrase with Latine speech conioyning in short space Did reape such ample fruite that vnto none of princely race He was inferior found which Britaine nation fostring reares Nor Peere hee anie had if flexile age and tender yeares Ye do respect which three times fiue and two had scarse expirde Or redy sharpnesse of his wit or iudgement ye requirde In anie point to learning which or morall vertues bright Did appertaine the Phoenix rare of Europe and the light UUhom death vntimely like the flowre from tender stalke of rapt From Britaines tooke away and youthfull corps in coffin lapt Death enuies on the earth who sacred lawes obserue and keepe So boyes and springoldes fresh he with his dart away doth sweepe which Ioue th' almightie king vouchsafes to heauen to haue extold The king thus dead him after doth a woman scepter hold UUhich Mary hight one
Arithmetricians Art both cunning Clarkes whome vertue gaind By long vse hath extold and wisedome in most thinges attainde They both in Senate house perswade and Counsaile graue downe lay Chroftes in his royall mistresse house controller now doth slay And with his valiant burly corps adornes the Princes hall UUhich erst in campes of dreadfull Mars did force the foe to fall In Englandes chief affaires one Secretarie to the Queene Is Walsingham who Legate then of Britayne Prince was seene At Paris when the slaughter great and dire destruction was And such effusion vast was made of Christian bloud alas A godly man of courage high with bribe not to be bought Nor by corrupting chraft from path of Iustice to be brought Most happy sure which suppliant doth talke with the heauenly king But secreatly as soone as clad 〈◊〉 srâ—… his bed doth spring And of ech day by vowes deuout â—…oth good abodements take O would that many such great kings would of their Counsaile make Then should no doubt ech common weale in blessed state remaine And old Saturnus golden age would be renewde againe Commended eke with sondry vertues rare the other was Willson whose flickering ghost of late to aierie coastes did passe These doth the Princesse vse these Counsailours hath she vsde of yore For what to happy end with good successe may well be bore If that with wauering minde you holesome counsaile do despise Ech state into subuersion runnes deuoyde of good aduise And shall I hope triumph as long as Debora did raigne Whose tracte of life whose thoughts whose crowne almighty Ioue main For many yeares blessâ—…nd preserue in calme peace to remaine taine And after mortall life these worldly thoughtes and crowne forlorne UUith endlesse life diuine affectes and heauenly crowne adorne FINIS Virgil 〈◊〉 neth the 〈◊〉 deeds of Aeâ—…â—…s â—…er blaâ—… seth the acâ—… of Achilles 〈◊〉 sonn to Thâ—… tia Cherâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…y kiâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Synâ—…tes 〈◊〉 poore 〈◊〉 Phillippâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…oble 〈◊〉 of 〈◊〉 Mars God of battaile Iul us Caesar. Caesars Commentaâ—…s Gradiuus one of the names of Mars from whom Romulus first kyng of the Romaines disâ—…ded Britaines paid tribute and did homage to the Emperours of Rome Ciuilâ—… diffention present destruction of a câ—…ntry or coÌ„mon weale Erinnis a fury breeding dissention I atines of Latini people in Italiâ—… Galles of thâ—… the people Galls in Frauâ—… Semyramis wife to kyng Ninus of Pertia gouerned the first Monarchie Nylus a great riuer in Aegipt by whose inundation with the heat of the sunne is the country adiacoÌ„t made frutefull Alexander Magnus king of Macedonia the second Monarch The Romains vnder Romulus had the third Monarchy but rather vnder Iulius Caesar. The prayse of all the natioÌ„s in Europa The Scithian and those coâ—…tryes whiche lye neare the North Pole at the people Getae and Saâ—…uromatae and others The Authorâ—…â—…uocation Bdâ—…rd the third began to â—…gne Au. 1520. in the xv yeare of his age Edward a godly Prince VVherof this was one Longbeardes haâ—…â—…eile paus ted houdes â—…else Gay coates gâ—…celesse ma nes England thâ—…stleus The Scottes entring into â—…ngland as faire as Stanhop parke were compast rosd by kyng Edward who thought to subdue there but by â—…eason of sâ—…e of his host they 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the king by â—…n self of Sir Edward Mortimer who the bare great sway in England deliuered vp those Charters and Patentes But more scillict to spite the kyng of England Edward Baliol kyng of Scotts dâ—…uen out of his coâ—… trie comes into England The Oration of Baliol to kyng Edward od present at faythfull prayers The aunswere of kyng Eid ward 〈◊〉 one sillable take for the Suâ—… two sillables for the Moâ—… Preparation for warre agaynst Scotland Gold and â—…luer borne on carres to pay the souldiours Twede a mighty riuer runnyng by Barwicke Barwicke bâ—…sieged DescriptioÌ„ of Barwicke Flora the Goddesse of flowers and greene 〈◊〉 â—…tan the unne The assaulting of Barwicke Vulcanus God â—…ers Iubâ—…s smith The Britaines gaue so hot assault that the Scottes drew all 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 walles and piâ—…es drye to quench the fired places of their towne The Scottes like to sa 〈◊〉 hâ—… The Oratiâ—… of the liuetenaunt of Barwicke to his souldiours Eight dayâ—… truce Pledges taken â—…he Scottâ—… 〈◊〉 their â—…ce 〈◊〉 Dacâ—…tt with a fewe other enters Barwicke in the â—…ight The Scottes truce breakers The pledges hanged Famine oppresâ—…eth the Barwicke souldiâ—…urs inhabitantes One sorrow and calamitie mittigateth an other Truce the second tyme. An army of Scottes sent to remoue the fiâ—…ge The of Scottish Nobles The Scottes deuide their army into three battailes The English army By reason of the reflexe of the sunne The exhortation of the king of England to his souldiours The prayer of the kyng of England A pollicie to animate his souldiours Vulcane as Poetes sayne had his smithey in mount Lemnos in Cicilie where he with his mates wrought A great scath by the Eng. Archers done to the Scotts Lethe a riuer in â—…al The Scottes slaine and puâ—… to flight The Retraiâ—… soâ—…nded Bacchus God of wine Ceres Goddesse of corne and such like prouision Edward the next morning after the battaile fought with all his army doe prayse the Lord. The number of the Scottes slayne in the battaile was xxxv thousand fiue huÌ„dred Thirten Englishmen onely lost Barwicke â—…elded Baliol restored to his kingdome King Edward returnes to London Edward Baliol comes to Newcastell â—…e doth homage to king Edward He scillicâ—… the king of England speaketh comfortable wourdâ—… to Baliol. Edward say led into 〈◊〉 Pillip de Valloys kyng of Fraunce threatneth England Edward summoneth the French kyng and beareth the armes of France intermixt with th' English Claimyng Fraunce to be his by inheritaunce Preparation foâ—… warres Gold at that tyâ—…e made in England by art Edward sayleth into FlauÌ„ ders A great battaile on the sea neare â—…ude Thetis goddeâ—…se of the sea The fight induced from XII a clocke at noone till day breake neâ—… morning Thirtis thousand slayne of the Frenchmen Edward victor Edward returning into England goes to VVindles Castell 〈◊〉 George is feast Bacchus God of wine vsed for wine it selfe The first institution of the golden Garter King Edwâ—…â—…yning to him the â—…ar of VVarwicâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…arl more wasteâ—… the VVesterâ—…â—…stes of Fraunce The kyng 〈◊〉 turned noâ—… calleth a Pa liâ—…t whâ—… in he sheâ—… 〈◊〉 Crownâ—… of Fraunce be his by 〈◊〉 heritance Vessell coiâ—… to make mâ—… ney Preparatioâ—… for warre The Britaâ—… 〈◊〉 arriâ—… at 〈◊〉 die Aâ—…ol Goâ—… the windâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 them theâ—… selues 〈◊〉 â—…ranne â—…he assauling and subâ—…uyng of â—…ane â—…rchery doth â—…uch preâ—…ayle Celtane of Celtaea peoâ—…le in Fraunce The Hâ—…rle of Tancaâ—… 〈◊〉 â—…rom Cane the army proceedes further into Nor â—…die and 〈◊〉 breaâ—…th ray â—…alloys gaâ—…hereth an arâ—…y â—…ridges of â—…ome broken â—…owne to â—…eepe backe 〈◊〉 English â—…my â—…ridges of â—…ome broken â—…owne neare Paris by the 〈◊〉 â—…f