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A08452	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.; Anglorum prælia, ab anno Domini. 1327. anno nimirùm primo inclytiss. principis Eduardi eius nominis tertii, usque ad annum Do. 1558. carmine summatim perstricta. English	Ocland, Christopher, d. 1590?; Ocland, Christopher, d. 1590? Eirēnarchia. English. aut; Sharrock, John.	1585 (1585)	STC 18777; ESTC S110231	101,841	114

to dolefull plaintes and cries For of deceipt and trecherie they all with shame conuicted Forthwith which iustly they deseru'de with penaunce weare afflicted Fame of this thing so speedely with flickering fe●…hers fled That tydinges to the king was brought as he lay in his bed Day light appeares when fayre in sight was to a Iybet trust One of the pledges whom forthwith succeede an other must By straite commaundement from the Prince who had decreed ech day Them two and two to hang till all weare dead and made away Then then at length that nation faithlesse rued their traiterous mindes When he farre of of faithfull frend the breathlesse body findes Hye tottring in the ayre tost to and froe with whurling windes He by infamous death complaines stocke diffamde to bee Whiles in prospect of all his sonne is tied to fatall tree The wretched mothers onely hope and solace in distresse The women eke with hayres vnfold their dolours doe expresse And howlinges loude doe make and naked brestes with bouncing beat But for bicause that hunger dire and scarsitie of meat A deadly plague through all the towne doth headlong range about And foode from hungrie iawes of men by little plucketh out Deuouring victualls all those dolefull sorrowes were the lesse But here behold an other guile their famine to redresse That to the English campe vnwares of men 〈◊〉 selie bande Might range abrode and victualls bring from out the Scottish land And other ayde procure eight dayes truce more they pray the king But he their fraude foreseing smiles yet grauntes to them that thing True glory he and high renowne not golden booties sought For well he did perceaue by chraft the matter to be wrought The Tenttes in peace doe rest and Barwicke souldiours careles s●…rt And weried limbes through tossing toyles with pleasaunt sleepe comfort For meate was none whereby their hungrie stomakes fill they might And now through midst of heauen hye sir Phoebe had tane his flight And ouerra●… the hugie shoulders broode of Leo fierce All headlong prone descending downe where Vesper first doth perce The duskie cloude●… An army great in glittering harnish dight When from the mountaynes toppes in rankes appeares wide ope in sight As sheepe in brode fieldes floct goe greene grasse nibbing here and there Or as on pleasaunt hills where young lam●…es skipp with sporting chere The number is confusde so thicke on troupes they bleating goe The Ramme amongest the milke white ewes himselfe doth loftie showe Excelling both in courage haue and strength of body great And fenced with his hooked hornes reuengement fell doth threat None otherwis●… the Scottish armed bandes on tops of hills From farre do shew them selues and fieldes with thousandes thick vp fi●…s Whence downe in good aray they march into a valley plaine And euery one within his bandes his footesteps doth containe Ech standard bearer doth his streaming banners broade display And taller by the heades the valiaunt Captaines leade the way Twede at that time her bankes with swelling floudes had ouerflowne By reason of the salt sea spring That way to flie was none Left for the English armed bandes that hope was quite bere●… UUherfore the bragging Scotte to humane f●…rre which onely cleft The mighty power of high Iehoue respecting nought at all Presumptuo●…lie with swelling hart himselfe doth victor call And vauntes that Britaynes all at once shall slo●…p to di●…t of launce And shall of sharpe two ●…ed bl●… abide the greisly glaunce Thus they before the battaile foug●… the triumph blasde and spred Puft by with hope and natiue pride which full their fancies fed Moreouer hope of rescues neare the cow●…e besieged had UUhen farre on p●…ning plaines the Scottish armyes thick to gad They had espied and euery one hi●… natiue armour knew And eke their nobles standerdes all when first they them did vew The Frasiers brethren twaine and chiefest of the martiall rout The forefront of the battaile led with Gwalter Stuard stout Then Greham Card●… Parkeys Gordon Gramat next and Bride And Gilbert Douglas fierce and Morreys Abbhyn by side All dect in pretious purple 〈◊〉 the common 〈◊〉 ●…ours beare The pearcing laun●… and some in hand do wiel●… the ●…die speare All clad in stealed Iackes with glittering 〈◊〉 gorgeous gay UUhose gastlie threatning ●…okes their inward anger did bewray These Peeres the second army guides and last whose force exceedes In martiall actes and to the first are not vnlike in deedes First Moyses Morys then and Valam with that mighty 〈◊〉 Gordein and Alen Stuard then whom Sotherland ●…th cheere UUith honour due and Ruffy shyning all in armour bright Then comely Alexander Brus then Ceton doughtie ●…ight Last Lyndesey Gros and many more whose fame and glory hye Through all Europa costes so vast to their renowne doth flie All sprong of royall bloud from auncient stockes descending all But of the conunon sort whose names to minde I cannot call Full sixtye thousand fighting men did stand in battaile ray On th' other part the ofspring stout of Brute did not delay But ready makes their swourdes and drierie dartes with ●…nted endes Their sinowye bowes and trustie strings the shaft which whu●…ling sendes Their filed steeleheades strong the sturdy stemme which stedie beares UUith plumes of fethers deckt which crested hellmett loftie reares Most godly to behold thus standes ech bande which Tytaus rayes Doe more set out ech order placde the king thus boldly sayes Ye Britaynes comne of aunciedt race I doe reioyse to see Your manly lookes which plaine foreshewes your hartes from terrour free All trembling feare of death expeld So doth it men beseeme And such as worthy me their king and Captaine I doe deeme That Prince which garded is with doughtie ●…ddes in battaile 〈◊〉 And tendes by force of blouddy Mars to striue in quarell go●… He shall more holdly enterprise in fight his foe to quell And mates for strength and valure good I thinke of you so well As of his warlike Macedons great Alexander thought UUhen he against the Persians and king Da●…los fought The Monarch proude of Asia all Dur cause most good and sure Now who doth dout for what a Princes fame can more procure Or greater honour wynne theu to restore a banisht hing And him vnto his fathers seat and regall scepter bring UUhat open iniuries of late this people false haue showne I neede not now to ripp agayne they all to you are 〈◊〉 I le teach them if I liue Gods honour due not impayer Nor sacred Iustice to infringe nor Prince from royall chayet His right by birth by force to plucke Now long wilt thou O Lorde Behold and suffer to remaine these sinnes so much abhorde Be thou from starrie region hye reuenger of this wrong Let vigour from aboue discende vs suppliant soules among And bashfull feare let feeble make out foes which vs 〈◊〉 Dout nothing valiant hartes Gods puissant might will be

Iustice dayly tilde And statutes made and lawes consirmde the common state to ease But chiefly he imployde his care the Lord of Lordes to please Foure times the glittering Sunne ech signe in heauen wandred had The fift the when through Cancers armes he stealing gan to gad A chosen true of Martiall knightes king Edward hauing got Cntented battaile for to wage agaynst the busie Scot. The greatest part of all his Realme with wordes do more increase His Princely ire for that the Scottes had brake their league and peace Hereto a Caunte full of reproth against this noble land UUith an old grudge was ioynde since they on Stanhop were in band Moreouer at Northampton vy the kinges chief Casketts torne UUherein they left their bandes of league the seales tane of beforne These causes iust incenst the valiaunt English hartes to fight And cleane expelde all faintyng seare which might their myndes afright But yet by speaches fayre repent if that perchaunce they would And eke amend their traitrous myndes if that which Iustice should Atrribute due vnto the Crowne of England they would pay To winne the Scottes the courteous Prince first frendly did assay But they no white at all relent but more intende to bring Some meanes whereby to worke the death of Baliol their king UUhich spying out their treasons false all perilles to refrayne Attaines the English coast by stealth and so auoydes their trayne And setts abroch vnto the king what fraude they did pretend Ungratefull Scottes their soueraigne leyge to bring to fatall end And then requestes in himib●… sort his grace his case to ayde For thus permitted for to speake in dolefull sort he sayd He which made heauen and earth and men and beastes of brutish hinde In guidyng thinges most prouident assuredly did mynde That kinges of kinges should neede the helpe should their succour craue And he which had receaued most commoditie should haue A gratefull hart to beare for aye the giuers actes in my●…e And sure I thinke it Gods behes●… that some are here assignde Under some lucklesse Planet borne in some vnhappy houre UUhich in this world most griping grief and sorrow shall deuoure And to what end for that the Lord most perfit good and kinde In ample sort to good men giues good giftes with willing minde And will his like haue for to ayde men plunged in distresse But what auayles by circumstance my minde for to expresse Wherfore in brief vnto the cause it selfe I le me addresse Of late a kingdome I possest my fathers onely heire And did that stifueckt people well with rayne restricted beare I liu'de deuoyde of feare in pleasaunt peace and ●…de my lande UUhen sodainely a tumulte made of rebels false 〈◊〉 ●…de Me vnwares besiegeth round suspecting nought at all And hauing chosen captaines fit besets my pllace wall UUhat should I doe vnhappy wight such daungers prest at hand And at that pinch when not a frend was by my side to stand Helpe from the Gods with voyce submisse and lowly minde I crau'de God heard my plaint and in my hart this was forthwith ingrau'de To flie the watch by scaping through a window in the night From whence I here am come O king vnto thy land by flight And vnder this that nation vile their vile offence haue closde That I not in their Peers nor in their people trust reposde But to to much your grace esteemde and Britaines lou'de to neare My natiue country now I want my wife and children deare 〈◊〉 ●…oore and needy wretch here wander in a forraine land ●…thing but hope remaines a sorie comfort still at hand Unto distressed wightes which neuer sure their mindes forsakes Till gasping breath begonne my broken hart which somewhat makes For to reuiue and will in time more frendly Fortune bring Some pitie take I pray vpon my trauailes past O king But if you will vouchsafe to take the tu●…ele of my state While I am here tormented with the scourge of bitter fate And me into your fauour high by good lucke shall receaue You Ba●…ial shall his state ychangde of thousand thrals bereaue And eke your Fame throughout the world shall blased be therfore This is the summe of my request then this I aske no more He hauing ended his discourse forthwith to make reply King Edward him address of Britaine land the glory hye All thinges within this wauering world to fickle chaunce are thrall The turrettes 〈◊〉 huge in hight sustaine the greater fall He that is nothing mou'de at all with beggars state most base Nor yet is daunted with the lookes of frowning Fortunes face But with a minde vnmoued beares all losse no whit apalde He ought by right a prudent man and stout in deede be calde A vertue patience is which other witnes doth surmount Therfore this aduerse lucke despise and therof make no count For God himselfe hath limittes put vnto thy cares no dout Which at his pleasure he will end when times are turnde about Expect a while till ripe corne eares Autumnus heat shall bring And greene grasse by the blasing beames of Phoebe aloft shall spring That for the barbed courser braue the earth may prouend yeld Meane time against this nation false to fight fit for the field I armour strong will get and souldiours stout through all my land I will collect and what thinges els for warres in steede may stand The fautors shall be quite destroyed which that vile cau●…e sustaine And ouer that vnbrideled nation fierce I le make thee raigne If God shall graunt and set will in thy fathers seat againe Thus said the English puissant Prince the Court with murmour cract On euery side resounding shrill a foule and filthy fact Ech one cries for cankred nation proud their lawfull king Of royall-scepter to bereaue and worke his bale to bring Few dayes expired weare and stealing time not farre had start When doughtie knightes and souldiours braue the king from euery part Selected had and Captaines stout had chosen stoare at hand The troupes of horsemen set in ray and many a mightie band Of footemen floct in heapes before being all disposed the masse Of coyned gold for so great wars and siluer taken was Out of the chestes wherein all goodes confiscate hourded are And to be borne on carres was layd no dout most gratfull ware Forthwith the warlike Princes both the Britaine first in sight And after him the Scot before the towne that Barwicke hight UUith walles aloofe erected strong yfenct their tentes they place UUhich bordreth neare the 〈◊〉 fieldes where Twede doth run his race A fortresse Barwicke is with ample walles succincted round Cut out from craggie rocke and bulwarkt vp with baulkie bund That from the dreadfull dint of sword it can hit souldiours shield And will not to the bouncing blowes of warlike ingine yeld Fast vnto which conioynde of hollowed rockes 〈◊〉 lyes A turret mounted vp aloft vnto the Starrie 〈◊〉 And

worke of high 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thou 〈◊〉 ●…ll 〈◊〉 the same Thy warlike n●… vnto thee 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 straight to battaile frame Thy selfe and dreadfull foes to come by ma●…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 pi●…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 pik●…en rankes did firmely garde stout The reregarde such as browne bill●… 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 ●…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

vertue rare with ardent loue in souldiours hartes had bound The third companion to them knit bold Dacres Lordling went whom doughtie ladds of Cumberland to blouddy skirmage bent Their Captaine would elect and after him in warfare trace To Dacres faythfull Cumberland the nurse of gentle race The vulgar sort their natiue Lordes most arden●… do imbrace A number of the Britaine Peers to these warres put their name And martiall knightes of auncient rite of golden Garter came Amongst the which Lord Gray of mighty l●…ynes and stomacke bold Of th'armed horsemen troupes did for his skill chief guidance hold A wondrous 〈◊〉 rout of common souldiours flockt beside Howbeit before within the bankes of Scotts they once did stride By Legates letters were foresent their cause expressing plaine That to their former plighted troth they stedfast would remaine By fayre meanes they were prayd that Britaines cāp●… no force should showe If promise vowed to Henry king they would not now forgoe In vayne are admonitions gin if no man them regard In vayne the deafe are counceled right when councell is not hard The Scot doth wars require he will contend and end by blowes He desperate nought respectes where well or ill his quarrell goes The Britaines equall cause committed to Ioues power almight Their stomackes boldned on all trembling terrour put to flight Therfore the Duke of Somerset his mates and warlike bandes Insuing pitcht their tentes and armde remainde on Scottish landes Howbeit nor sparkling brands they slong nor with iniurious deedes Did hurt or damage any wight fresh pasturing for their steedes They onely tooke all other thing from scath preserued sure Lest troublous causes more to wars the fierce Scotts should procure Meane time the Earle of Arreine with furious anger stong Which of the kingdome rul●…de the raines til that the Princesse yong Were comne to riper yeares chose thirtie thousand warlike wightes UUith weapons armed strong gainst Britaines power to bend their mights By chaunce the day which shulde before the fatall battaile fought The puissant Warwicke Earle on trampling palfray milke white broughe Into an ●…nple plaine the foe to bickering calleth out Here scoures the Scott here Britaine rides the Carreer round about And staggering tronch of poysoned launce doth gird with courage stout He bloud out belking lyes with goary blade through th'bowells pusht His flickering ghost out flies with point of sharpe speare greisly crusht The courser furious sterce his sitter cast doth by pathes tracke An other topsey turnde a while stickes dead on palfrays backe At length downe tūbling gaiust the groud his skull doth battring knack But chiefly and aboue the rest of auncient Brutus race With mighty puissance Dudley Peere did Scotts downe hurling chase The trampling feete a misty fog and duskie cloud vp read Much like as when a glomy ●…ure from aierie region teard At length our horsemen●…ging on the Scotts to flie constraine And to the campe with spoyles addrn'd returnes backe agayne Now scarfe the fourth part of the day remaind and Phoebus lampe In chariot swift conueyde did hast to th'westerne Ocean campe Behold from Scottish marlike cences an ●…erause comne doth pray That vncouorolde vnto the Dulie a message he might say Wherfore vnto his royall cent with frequence great conuapde He was permitted for to speake who thus distincklie sayd what is the cause that thus you stri●…e one realme to wast by might Irruption making fierce vnto our land what is your right Is this the part of nation ioynt vp vicine borders knit The sielie people batcring downe with drierie blade to hit But armour layd aside forthwith depart and leaue our land Or of your bold inuasion looke reuengement out of hand For of the valiant Scotts collected is a mighty band A blouddy sckirmage on to morrow nert for to succeede I do denounce if to your coastes you hast not backe with speede Alacke that without losse of bloud us battaile may be fought With what abondant purple streames shall conquest chief be sought How many mestiue wiues their husbandes fall shall wailing mone Destroyde by cruell death constraind to lye in bed alone How many parentes of their sonnes and ofspring deare berest All comfortlesse in grief to lead their old age shall be left I tremble to expresse nor you vnpunisht shall depart wherfore the Scottish guide with wondrous pitie mou'de in hart Towardes his countrey soyle me bids this message to declare Unto the Duke of Somerset since both haue cane the care And guidance great of kyngdomes large let both the common cause Of kingdomes safetie moue of legall truce he offreth lawes Of that the Britaines will their tooles and armour layd aside All glorylesse forthwith retire in cause inferiour tride Unlesse you doe theu slaughter dire in wars without remorse Expect the Scottish weapons fell fall with such weightie force Moreouer puissant Huntley Earle these wordes me vtter had To th'mighty Duke of Somerset lest Christian bloud be shad And great effusion made that the contention may be tride Betweene them two and armies both disseuered stand beside So losse of little bloud of all these sarres and end may make And headlong prone dissensions rage a souder may be brake By one mans death and warres vpsturde a finall end may take These wordes he vttered when the Duke replyde thus backe agayne Determinate into your coastes this army I did traine Conditions not take but graunt of peace that aunswere tell When Scotts had time these daungers prest they might haue voyded well Now to to I●…e to deale by vayne colluding craft they tend That Huntley Earle with natiue pride puft vp doth to me send with him in combat for to loyne through glory vayne extold According to his nations guise he prou'de aduencreth bold He as a priuate souldiour serues nor beareth impery If I were so I would him make his challenge dearely bye Here warlike Dudley with this speach the Dukes Oration takes And faithles Scotts with wordes more sharpe be reprehending shakes Your slipperie faith and fickle troth your periude glauncing tong Us Britaines though vnwilling eggs to scoure your coastes along Ioues anger iust prouokes vs to reuenge such haynous sinne He our attemptes shall prop and force maintaine to striue therein Howbeit if promise plightd you keepe then foes vs not esteeme we nothing will commit but faithfull frendes it shall beseeme But is with armes prepard you meane in martiall campes to trie Your selues with weights of puissance stout to warre you shall espie UUho will not laugh to scorne such boastings vayne such Scottish crakes Thinke you that bugges or prochant wordes vs Brutes afrighted makes You erre the scope of heauen and raunging rouine beside the way Let boyes and girles of tender age such vayne illusions fray That here your minde aboadment giues great slaughters to insue And dire destruction of your men you prophesying tue The holy ghost offended with such false periured wightes Doth it foreshew