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A09164 The expedicion into Scotla[n]de of the most woorthely fortunate prince Edward, Duke of Soomerset, vncle vnto our most noble souereign lord ye ki[n]ges Maiestie Edvvard the. VI. goouernour of hys hyghnes persone, and protectour of hys graces realmes, dominions [and] subiectes made in the first yere of his Maiesties most prosperous reign, and set out by way of diarie, by W. Patten Londoner. Patten, William, fl. 1548-1580. 1548 (1548) STC 19476.5; ESTC S114184 77,214 314

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Bryan was met a .vi. mile on thys syde Newecastell by my lorde Lieuetenaunt and Master Treasurer who for the more spedie dispatch of thinges were comen to toune there .iij. or .iiij days before and all the nobles Knightes Capitaynes of the armye on horsebacke attendīg vpō them And commyng thus to toune my lordes grace was honorably for the dignitie of the place with gonshot presence of the Mayer Aldermen and commoners there aboute iij. of the clocke in the afternone receyued and welcommed lay at the house of one Peeter Ryddell Thys daye mornyng in the feldes of the Northeast syde of the towne Sundaye the the .xxviii. of August moūster was made of suche dimie launces lighte horsemen as were comen wher at my lordes grace was hymself my lorde Lieuetenaūt other of the coūsail of the army In the after none came the lord of Mangiertō with a .xl. Scottish gentelmen of the east borders and presented them selfes to my lorde at hys lodgynge whome hys grace did gentlye accept It would not be forgotten it were but for ensamples sake how a newe paire of gallowes were set vp in the market place and a souldior hāged for quarellyng and fightyng All Capitaynes with theyr bandes that had ben moūstred Mondaye the xxix of August were commaunded forwarde My lordes grace himself dyd early also thē depart the toune dyned at Morpeth .xij. mile on the waye and lay that night in Anwyke Castell with syr Robert bowes knight lord Warden of the middle marches beyng .xii. mile further Where there neyther lact anye store of geastes or of good chere to welcumme them with In the prouision wherof a mā myght note great cost and diligence and in the spending a liberal hart Tuisdaye the xxx of August This day his grace hauing iourneyed in the mornyng a .x. mile dyned at Bamborow Castell wherof one syr Ihon horsley knighte is Capitayne Bamborowe Castell The plot of this Castell standeth so naturally strong that hardly can any where in my opinion be founde the lyke inaccessible on all sydes aswell for the great heighte of the crag whereon it standeth as also for the outward foorm of the stone whereof the crag is which not much amis perchaunce I maye lyken to the shape of long bauens stōdynge an ende with their sharper and smaller endes vpward Thus is it fenced round about and hath hereto on the eastsyde the sea at flud cummyng vp to the harde walles This Castell is very auncient and called in Artures days as I haue hard Ioyous garde hither came my lorde Clyntō from ▪ shipboorde to my lorde In the afternone hys grace rode too Berwycke xiiii mile further and thear receyued with the Captains garrisons and with the officers of the toun lay in the Castel with syr Nicholas Strelley knight the Capitayn thear Muche part of this day his grace occupied in cōsultacion Wednisdaye the last of August about ordres and matters touchyng this voyage and armie This day to th entent we moughte saue the stoore of the vitaile we caryed with vs in the armie by carte to besure rather amonge vs to haue somwhat to much then ony whit to litle as also that we should not nede to trouble oure ships for vitaile till we came to the place by my lordes grace appointed euery mā of the armye vpō generall cōmaundement made priuate prouision for himselfe for .iiii. dayes vitayle Thursday the first of September Hys grace not with many mo then his awn bande of horsmen roade too a towne in the Scottishe borders standynge vpon the sea coaste a .vi. mile frome Berwycke and is called Aymouth Aymouth whereat there runneth a riuer into the sea the whiche he caused to bee sounded perceyuyng then thesame well to be able to serue for a hauen hath caused since their buyldīg to be made whereof both Master and Capitayn is Thomas Gower Marshal of Berwyke Upon commaundement generally geuen by sound of trūpet Fryday the .ii of Septēber all sauing the counsayl departed the toune and encāped a .ii. flightshottes of vpon the sea syde and towarde Scotlande This day my lorde Clynton with his flete toke the seas frō Berwyke towarde Scotlande and herefore the rather that thoughe they mighte not haue alwayes wynde at will to kepe their course still with vs yet it wear but with the driuynge of tydes they might vpon any our nede of municiō or vitaile not long be from vs. My lorde Lieuetenaūt and master Treasurer who remayned at Newcastell after my lordes grace for the full dispatch of the rest of the armie came this daye to Berwyke Saterday the iii. of September My lorde Lieuetenaunt frō out of the toune did campe in felde with the armie To th entēt the excuse of ignoraunce eyther of the cause of my lordes graces cumming or of his goodnes to suche of the Scottes as shoulde shewe thē selfes to fauour thesame cummynge might quite bee taken from them his graces Proclamacion wherof they could not but here was openly pronoūced by Heraulde after sounde of trumpet in .iii. seuerall places of our Campe. Beside the mere matter of this iorney I haue here to touche a thing whiche seme it neuer so light to other yet of more weight to me then to be lette passe vnspoken of In the morning of this day my lordes grace walking vpō the Rampere of the tounewalles on the syde towarde Scotlande did tel I remembre My lordes graces dream that not many nightes before he dreamt he was comen backe agayn to the Courte whear the kynges Maiestie did hartely welcume hym home and euery estate els But yet him thought he had done nothinge at all in this voyage Whiche when he cōsidered with the kynges highnes great costes and the great trauaile of the great men and souldiours and al to haue ben done in vayne the very care shamefaste abashement of the thinge dyd waken hym out of hys dream What opinion might we conceiue of his thoughtes wakyng that euen dreaming was moued with so pensyfe a regarde of his charge towarde his prince and with so humain a thought toward all men els Howbeit my mynde is rather to note the Pronosticacion and former aduertence of his future successe in this hys enterprise the which I take it was hereby then moste certaynly shewed him althoughe of righte fewe or rather of none thesame so taken That if for ensample like to this I should reherse to you out of the olde Testament Gene. xli how the seuen plentifull yeres and the seuen yeres of famyn in Egipt were plainly signified afore to Pharao by hys dreams of seuen fat oxen and seuē full eares of corne and by vii leane Oxen that deuoured the fat and .vii. withered eares consuming the full eares Iustini li. i. And hereto oute of prophane aucthors how Astyages kynge of Medians was many a day before admonished that he shoulde be ouercommen by
thing as most hartely for my part I dayly wysh for so haue I good hope shortly to see and herewith betake you to God But now to retourne out of my disgressiō for though I haue bene long a talkynge to my cuntrymē abrode in the North yet wear I loth to seme to forget my frendes at home in the South And fare lyke the diligent seruaunte that walkes so earnestly on hys masters erraund that in the myddes of his wey forgets whither he goeth Howebeit I might well perchaunce thinke it euen here hye tyme to leaue wear it not that since I am in hande to vtter in this case what I know nooseld of my nurce neuer too be spare of spech though I be but a bad euāgelist yet wil I leaue as few vnwrittē verites as I cā As my lordes grace my lord of Warwyke thother estates of the coūsail thear with the rest of the dignite of th armie did at our settīg outward tarry a few daies at Barwike the wel appointing of the noble mē for their bōdes of the knyghtes gentilmē for thē selues seruaūtes I meane specially of the horsmē which though but at moustres was neuer shewed of purpose yet coolde it not at that tyme be hyd but be bright apparāt in euery mās eye was if I can ought iudge I assure you for the goodly nūber of the likely men redy horses for their perfit appointmēt of sure armour weapō apparail their sūptuous sutes of liuerers beside wherof I must of dutie if I muste of dutie sai truthe most woorthely prefer and geue the chefest pryce and prayle too my lorde Protectours graces trayne to my lord of Warwykes was I say so generally such and so well furnished that both theyr dutie toward their prince their looue toward their countrey to the rulers wear thear hereto thaūciēt English courage and prowes might haue easly in this assemble bene viewed Men goyng out neuer better at any tyme in all poyntes appoynted neuer better besene wyth more courage and gladder wyll whearof wyth spede for no doubt our enemies had factours at thys marte among vs though as wisedome was they dyd not openly occupye the Scottes had soone knowledge And as they are mery men and feat iesters hardely they sayde as we hard that we weare very gay and came by lyke a wooynge the whyche though they spake drylie more too tant the sumpte of oure show then to seme to know the cause of oure cummynge yet sayde they thearin more truly then they woolde kyndely consyder for in dede euen as they wear acertayned by my lordes graces Proclamacion aswell at and before oure entrie into their coūtrey that the cause of our cummynge then was nothynge els but touchynge the perfourmaunce of coouenauntes on bothe sydes about thys mariage that had bene before tyme on both sides agreed vppon whiche should be greatly for the wealthes of vs bothe not to make war sure nor ones to be enemie but onely to such as should appere to be the hinderars of so Godly and honorable a purpose euen so accordynge too the promes of the Proclamacion neyther force nor fyer was vsed wyttyngly agaynste ony oother durynge all oure tyme of abode in the countrey howebeit the truthe was soo that hauynge doubt of the warste it was wysely consulted so to go to commune wyth theim as frendes as neuerthelesse if nedes they woolde we myght be able too mete them as foes the which thinge proued after not the wurst point of pollecye But what a maruaylous vnkynd people wear they that whear we came as wooers cumme not ootherwyse but for good looue and quyet they to rceyue vs wyth hatred and war It was too muche vngentlenes and inhumanitee sure in such a case too be shewed Yet since that we so quyt theym their kindnes and departed so litle in their det let vs bear sumwhat wyth them Mary I wotte they wear not all soo well content wyth the paymēt For the Erle Huntley a gentlemā of a great sobriete and very good wit as by hys very presence is halfe vttred beynge askt of a man of estate wyth vs by wey of communicacion as I hard how he bare hys affeccion toward the ioyninge of the two Princes In gude fayth quod he I wade it sud gea furth and hand well wyth the mariage but I lyke not thys wooynge But now least I may worthely be doubted by the plot of my Prologe to haue made the foorme of my booke * Thear is a tale indede beside the Bible that sainct Peter hauinge gottē leaue of our Lord too make a man made one first wyth a very great hed thē with an exceding litle neck and so forthe with such inequalitee of proportion lyke the proportion of sainct Peters man I will here leaue of further proces of Preface and fall to the matter FINIS CERtayn noble men and other beynge speciall officers in thys expedicion THe duke of Somerset my lord Protectors grace general of the armie And Capitayn of the battaile hauing in it iiii M. fotemen The erle of Warwyke lord Lieuetenaūt of the armie and hauyng the foreward of .iii. M footemen The lorde Dacres the rerewarde of .iii. M. footemen The lorde Gray of Wylton lorde lieuetenaunt of Bolleyn hygh Marshall of the armie and Capitayn general of al the horsmen there Syr Raufe Sadleyr knight Treasaurer of the armye Syr Fraunces Bryan knight Capitayn of the light horsemen beynge in number .ii. M. Syr Raufe Uane knight Lieuetenaūt of all the men of armes and dimilaūces beyng in number .iiii. M. Syr Thomas Darcy knight Capitayn of all the kynges Maiestie pēcioners mē of armes Syr Rycharde Lee knighte deuisour of the fortifications to be made Syr Peter Mewtus knight Capitayne of all the hakbutters a foote beyng in number .vi. C. Syr Peter Gamboa knight Spaniarde Capitayne of .ii. C. hakebutters on horsebacke Syr Fraunces Flēmynge knight master of the ordinaunce Syr Iames Wilforde knighte Prouost Marshall Syr George Blaag and Syr Thomas Holcroft Commissioners of the mousters Edwarde Shelley my lord Grays Lieuetenannt of the men of armes of Bulleyn Ihon Bren Capitayne of the Pioners beynge .xiiii. C. Officers vpon the sea ¶ The lorde Clynton lorde Admirall of the flete whiche was of .lxv. vessels whereof the Galley and .xxxiiii. mo good shippes wear perfitly appoynted for warre ▪ and the residue for cariage of municion and vitaile Syr William Woodhouse knight hys Uiceadmirall Thear were in the th armie of great ordinaunce drawen foorth wyth vs by horse .xv. peces And of Cariages .ix. C. cartes besyde many waggens THE Story and proces of the iourney MY lorde Protectours grace Saterday the xxvii of August whome neyther the length nor werines of the way did any whit let spedely to further that he had deliberately taken in hande riding all the way frō Londō his own person in post accompanied wyth my lorde Marshall and syr Fraunces
with swoordes and so hurt vppon the weddyng fynger of hys righte hande also as it was counted for the fyrst parte of medecine too haue it quite cut awaye About the same time certein of the Scottes ran out hastely to the kynges Maiesties standerde of the horsmen the whiche syr Androwe Flammak bare and laiyng fast holde vpon the staf thearof cryed a kyng a kynge That if both his strength hys hart and hys horse had not ben good and hereto sumwhat ayded at this pinch by sir Raulph Coppinger a pencioner bothe he had bene slain and the standerd lost whiche the Scottes neuertheles hilde so fast that they brake and bare away the nether ende of the staff to the burrel intended so much to the gayne of the stāderd that syr Androw as hap was skaped home all safe and els without hurt At this bysines also was my lord Fitzwaters Captain of a number of dimilaunces vnhorste but soone mounted againe skaped yet in great daunger and hys horse al he wē Hereat further wear Cauarley the standard bearer of the men of armes and Clemēt Paston a pēcioner thrust eche of them into the leg with pykes and Don Philip a Spaniard in the knee diuers other mayned and hurt and many horses sore woūded besyde ¶ By this tyme had our forewarde accordingly gotten the full vaūtage of the hilles side and in respect of their march stood sydeling toward the enemie Who neuertheles wear not able in all partes to stonde full square in array by reason that at the West ende of theim vpon their right hand and toward the enemie thear was a square plot enclosed with turfe as their maner of fencynge in thoose partes is one corner whearof did let the square of the same arraye Our battaile in good order next theim but so as in continaunce of array the former parte thearof stood vpon the hilles syde the tayle vpon the playn And the rerewarde hoolly vppon the playn So that by the placing and countenaunce of oure armye in this wyse wee shewed ourselues in a maner to cumpas them in that they shoolde no way skape vs the whiche by our poure and number we wear as well able to doo as a spynners webbe to catche a swarme of bees Howebeit for hart and courage we ment too mete wyth them had they bene as many mo These vndiscrete gadlinges that so fondly brake array from the horsmen in the retyre as I sayde ran so hastely thrughe the orders and rankes of our forewarde as it stood that it did both ther disorder many feared many was great encouraging to the enemie My lorde Lieutenaūt who had the gyding of our forewarde right valiauntly had conducted the same to their stōdynge and thear did very nobly encourage comfort thē Bidding them plucke vp their hartes shew thēselfes mē for thear was no cause of fear asfor victorie it was in their oun handes if they did abyde by it he himself euen thear woold lyue and dye amōg them And surely as hys wurthines allwayes right well deserueth so was hys honour at that tyme accordingly furnished with wurthy Captains First syr Ihon Lutterel who had the leading of a .iii. C. of hys lordships mē that wear the formost of thys forewarde all with harneys weapon and in all pointes els so well trimmed for war that lyke as at that tyme I coulde well note my lordes great cost and honour for that their choyse and perfect appointment and furniture so did I then also cōsider syr Ihon Luttrels proowes and wisedom for their valiaunt conductiō and exact obseruaunce of order whom knowynge as I knowe for his witmanhod good qualitees aptnes to all gentle feates besyde I haue good cause to counte both a good Captaī a warfare in feld and a wurthy courtyar in peace at home I mean suche a one as Cōte Balthazar the Italian in his boke of Courtyar doth frame Then in the same forwarde Syr Morrice Dēnis another Captain who wysely first exhortyng his men to play the mē shewing thearby the assuraunce of victorie then to the entent they shoolde be sure he woold neuer shrīke from theim he did with no les wurship then valiaunce in the hottest of this bysines alight amōg them and put hys horse from hym But if I shoold as cause I confesse thear wear inough make here ony stay in hys commendacion thearfore or of the forwarde courage of Syr George Hawarde whoo bere the Kynges Maiesties standarde in the battaile or of the circumspect diligence of syr William Pykering and Syr Rychard Wingfeld Sargeaūtes of the band to the foreward or of the prōpt forwardnes of Syr Charles Brādō another Captain ther or of the peinful industrie of syr Iames Wilford Prouost Marshal who placed himselfe with the formost of thys forewarde or of the good order in march of syr Hugh Willoughby and William Dēnis esquyer captaīs both or of the present hart of Ihon Chaloner a Captain also in the battail or of honest respect of Edward Chāberlayn gētlemā harbynger of the armie who willingly as then came in order with the same foreward Or of right many other in both these battailes for I was not nie the rereward whose behauours wurthynes wear at the tyme notable in myne eye although I neither knue then al of thē I saw nor coold not since remēber of thē I knue I mought wel be in dout it shold be to much an intricaciō to the matter to great a tediousnes to the reder And therfore to say on The Scottes wear sūwhat disordred with their cūminge out about the slaughter of our men the which thei did so earnestly then entēd thei toke not one to mercie but more thei wear amased at this aduētorous hardy onset My lordes grace hauing before this for the causes aforesayde placed himselfe on thys Fauxsyde Bray and thearby quikly perceyuynge the great disorder of these stragling horsmen hemd them in frō further straiyng whom syr Rafe Uane soon after with great dexterite brought in good order and array agayn And thearwith the rest of our strengths by the pollecie of my lordes grace and diligence of euery Captain and officer bysyde wear so oportunely and aptly applyed in their feat that whear this repulse of the enemie retyre of vs was douted of many to turne to the daunger of our los the same was wrought and aduaunced accordynge as it was deuysed to our certeinte of gayn and victorie For first at this sloughe whear most of our horsmē had stond syr Peter Mewtus Captain of all the hakbutters a foot did very valiauntly conduct place a good number of hys men in a maner harde at the faces of the enemies Wherunto Syr Peter Gamboa a Spanyard Captain of a .ii. C. hakbutters on horsback did redily bring his mē also whoo with the hot cōtinuaūce of their shot on both partes did so stoutly stay the enemies that thei could not well cum forther forward then our