were comming forwarde in arraye of battell Whervpon some counselled the King to take downe his tentes but the King said I wil this day that my fielde be made and sette in as royall wise as may bee and all my riche tentes sette vppe whyche was done Then the King called the Lorde Darcie and commaunded him to keepe his fielde treasure ordinaunce and other stuffe who was loath to goe from his maister but by straight commaundement Then euery man prepared hymselfe to battell resorting vnto the standard the horsemen marched before the footemen by the space of a mile still came Curriours bearing tidings that the French armye approched The King bad set forward in the name of God and S. George The Almaines that serued the King séeyng this to what purpose it was not knowen suddaynely embattayled theÌ„selues on the left hand of the King and left the front or brest of the Kings battayle bare As the King was thus marching forward towards the battaile to him came the Emperoure Maximilian with thirtie me of armes he and all his company armed in one sute with redde Crosses then by the counsayle of the Emperoure the King caused certaine fielde pieces to be layde on the toppe of a long hyll or banke for the out-scourers Thus the Kings Horsemen and a few archers on Horsebacke marched forward The Kyng woulde fayne haue bin afore with the Horsemen but his Counsayle perswaded him the contrarie and so he tarried with the footemenne accompanyed with the Emperoure The Frenchmen came on in thrée rankes sixe and thirtie mens thicknesse and well they perceyued the Kings battaile of footemen marching forward the Earle of Essex Captayne of the Horsemen and Sir Iohn Peche with the Kings Horsemen and the Burgonions to the number of eleuen hundreth stoode with banners displayde in a valley The Lorde Wallon and the Lord Ligny with bastarde Emery Burgonions and their bands to the number of foure hundred Horsemen seuered themselues and stoode asyde from the Englishmen so then the Englishmen were but seuen hundreth yet they with banner displaied remoued vp to the toppe of the hil and there they mette with Sir Henrye Guilforde with an hundreth tall Archers on Horsebacke whiche had askryed the Frenchmen Nowe on the toppe of the hill was a faire playne of good grounde on the left hand a lowe wodde and on the right hand a fallow fielde The Lord Wallon and the Burgonions kept them aloofe then appeared in sighte the Frenchmen with banners and standerdes displayed Then came to the Captaines of the Englishmen of armes an English officer of armes called Clarenseux and sayd in Gods name set forward for the victorie is youres for I sée by them that they wyll not abyde and I will goe with you in my coate of armes Then the Horsemen did set forward and the archers alighted and were et in order by an hedge all along a village called Bomy the FreÌ„chmen came on with thrée and thirtie standerdes displayed and the Archers shotte apace and galled their Horses and the Englishe Speares set on freshly crying Saint George and fought valiantly with the Frenchmen and threw downe their Standerdes the dust was great and the crie more but suddaynely the Frenchmen shocked to their Standerdes and fledde and threwe away theyr Speares Swords and Maces and cutte off the bardes of theyr Horses to runne the lighter When the hinder part saw the former part flie they fledde also but the sooner for one cause whiche was this As the Englishmen mounted vp the hyll the Horsemenne of Albany commonly called Stradiotes were commyng downewardes on the syde of the hill before the Frenche host whych suddaynely sawe the banners of the English Horsemen and the kings battayle following vpwarde thinking to them that all hadde bin Horsemen then they cast themselues about and fledde the Frenchmen were so fast in aray that the Stradiotes coulde haue no entrie and so they ranne still by the endes of the raunges of the freÌ„ch army and when they behinde sawe the fall of the Standerdes and theyr Stradiotes in whome they had greate confidence returne they whiche were farthest off fledde fyrste then vppe praunced the Burgonions and followeth the chase whyche was pursued thrée myles Thys battell was of Horsemen to Horsemen but not in equall number for the Frenchmen were tenne to one whiche had not bin séene before tâ—me that the Englishe Horsemen got the victorie of the men of armes of Fraunce The Frenchmen call thys battell The Battell of Spurres bycause they ranne away so fast on Horsebacke This Battell was fought the sixtenth of August in the whyche was taken the Duke of Longuile the Lord Cleremonde and manye other noble men to the number of twelue score and also all the standerdes and banners which with the prisoners were broughte to the Kings presence The Burgonions kepte their prisoners and brought them not to sight The same wente that Monsieur de la Palice was by them taken and let goe But the other syue thousand Horsemen that had bin appoynted to inuade the Earle of Sherewsbury came not downe but only skirmished with Sir Rice ap Thomas But the Citizens sallied and were valiauntly beaten backe by the Lorde Herbert After this victorie the Citie yéelded as also not long after dyd the famous Citie of Tournay ¶ Flodden fielde fought betweene Iames the fourth King of the Scottes and Thomas Earle of Surrey Generall for Henry the eyghte Kyng of Englande in Anno. 1513. out of Paulus Iouius WHilest Henrye the eyghte Kyng of England thus molested the Frenche Kyng in Fraunce Iames the Scottish King incited by the Frenche King and also egged on by hys owne naturall hate towarde England which he well hoped now in the absence of the Kyng greately to annoy proclaymed warres against the King of Englande and withall entred hys lande with a great armye besieged Norrham Castell tooke it and made it leuell with the grounde and from thence marched wasting wyth fire and sworde to besiege the strong towne of Berwike In the meane time the Earle of Surrey whome King Henry for his approued fidelitie and prowesse had left behinde him in Englande hys Lieutenaunt with a power to kéepe the borders towards Scotland leuying an army went against the Scotte who miserably wasted all the Countrey There were with him the Lord Dacres warden of the West marches a renowmed man for all martiall prayse Edward Stanley and Bastard Heron which Heron brought with him a strong troupe of Horsemen which he being of late banished both from England and Scotland had cunningly trained in robberies and other with aides whiche were leuyed in all partes by the Quéene for at the bruite of the newe warres not only the countreys néere vnto the Scots as lying opeÌ„ to the daunger but also the shires farre off of their owne frée willes rather for hatred than feare hasted to the Earle all men taking very vnpatiently the iniurie of violating the league lately concluded betwéene the two Kyngs Iames
battell nor to pursue any that flieth stoode still a great part of the day fearing lest the French horsmen incited either through the policie of their Captaines or theyr owne shame would come backe againe and appresse them while they were busied in spoilyng the deade But their enimies ranne awaye wyth suche feare and pertinacie that Trivulzi galloping to fro all dustie and hoarse with crying vnto them was not able eyther by faire or foule speache or the aucthoritie of Generall to stay the ensignes or to retaine the horsemen that casting awaye their launces gallopped awaye foremost It is well knowen that Grittie the Venetian Prouiditor who being a companion of this vnluckye iourney ran awaye with them oftentimes sayde among this company of hasting horsmen Yee olde horsemen that flyng awaye so faste vppon the spurre to day bee not the men of armes of the Venetians but those noble Gentlemen of France that vsed to cal them women runaways Certes it neuer happened before that Captains at all other times inuincible and fortunate being furnished wyth so great an army were defeated by a fewe footemen fortune nowe listing to sporte a little It is reported that the French horsemen might haue bin all wholy destroyed in their flighte if Maximilian Sforza had had but two hundreth men of armes for not one of the French horsemen caried launce beyonde Sesithes so greate was their heate to escape yet a while after Siluio Sabello and Corradino Cribelly with certaine light horsmen pursued them euen to the towne of Trecato But the Contadmes or Pesantes running out of the fieldes and â—ainlets vnto the spoile cruelly slue where they sawe any bootie the dispersed and fearefull Frenchemenne wearyed and quite spente at ditches hedges and all other places that didde lette their course The same daye the Switzers gathering togither the slaine bodies of their countrymen caried them on their shoulders into the Citie that the laste honoures myght iustly be done vnto them that had singularly wel deserued of the common wealth There were slaine of them in this victory aboute a thousande three hundreth of whome they broughte into the Towne aboue seuen hundreth torne into péeces with the great ordinaunce and almoste as many were wounded But on the Frenche part were slaine to the number of eight thousande of all sortes Among the Captaines of the Switzers the almoste monstrous valor of Jordin of Vnderwalde was specially noted who by the credible report of many slewe twenty of his ennimies with his halberde carying away the iuste rewardes of assured praise But Maximilian being very ioyfull for so happy successe called the Souldiours togither and the teares trickling downe his chéeks scarfe able to speake for ioy he gaue them all harty thankes and that whych might be a gift of present pleasure hée gaue them in rewarde of their prowesse all the victualles that was taken to be deuided among them besides the ordinaunce and all the spoyle and praye that was gotten But the trenche that was taken from the enimie hee sette vppe in a publique place as a monumente of the victorye And forasmuche as wée haue seene the maner of the making thereof wee doe thinke it good to describe the same that it may be both a paterne and also profitable vnto the posteritie A square plotte of fifty paces euerye waye like vnto a small Campe being measured out foure strong postes sharped at the ende were driuen into the grounde at euery angle one standyng aboue the grounde nauell highe the sides were defenced with lesser posts or stakes a certaine space being lefte betweene post and post betweene the postes went rayles which they might take off and on they being fastened togither with yron bookes or claspes The Almaines stoode within this munition which was defenced rounde about wyth almoste an hundreth Harquebuzers a crocke Through the defence thereof Sedan had thought verily that the force of his assayling enimies woulde not only haue bene susteined but cleane dashed broken and defeated for he was of the belefe that the Switzers before they could come to vse their pikes and to hande strokes shoulde be paide for their inconsiderate inuasion It being likely that the esquadron terrible for their pikes and safe and inuincible for their strength wold defend the trench and at length opening the munition breake out vpon the disordered enimies and so obteyne an vndoubted victory But this engine inuented by a warlike witte and brought ouer the Alpes with so greate labour and charges as it did greatly delight the eyes of the beholders both for the noueltie of the fashion and the hope of victory so Fortune after hir wonted guise scorning such subtill inuentions tooke successe quite away from reason and the woorke when it shoulde haue taken moste effecte But thys deceyued the Almaines that they thought it not nedefull that day to set vppe their trenche which lay in the Wagons seeing the camp did then go backe from the enimie When wee conferred wyth Tremouille at Bolongne about these matters he did not fondly laye the faulte in Trivulzi as thoughe that hee woulde not encampe as Tremouille hadde perswaded hym on hys owne landes for destroying of the grasse that then was ready to be mowen But Trivulzi as he that had neuer bene vanquyshed before when hee declared muche of the euente of this battell did referre it wholly vnto the iniurie that was fatall vnto hys renowne for hee sayde that the skilfullest Captayne in the worlde coulde not by any me anes redresse rashe men and Souldiours made starke staring madde by degenerate feare The Battel of Ginghat fought in Picardie betvveene Henry the eight King of England and Monsieur de Piennes generall for Lewes the French king in Anno Domin 1513. WHen that HENRY the eight king of Englande besieged the Citie of Tyrwin with three camps of whom himself coÌ„ducted one the Earle of Shrewsbury an other and the Lord Herbert the third he had intelligence that Lewes the Frenche king had leuied an armie vnder the conduct of the Lord Piennes for to victual the Citie whiche was sore oppressed wyth penurie Whervpon king HENRY passed ouer the riuer with all the retinue of his owne camp his ordinance for to impeach the Frenche passage in that parte In the meane season a French man beeing taken in skirmishe in hope of pardon of his raunsome declared that the Frenche armie with their full power and strength were comming from Blangie to the number of fifteene thousande horsemen to ayde Terwyn on that side of the water And to the intent that the armie of the Earle of Shrewsbury and she Lord Herbert should not ayde the King there were appointed fiue thousand of the fifteene thousand on the other side of the water to inuade them on the other side of the water The Kyng had no sooner pitched his field and sette in order his ordinance but that he was aduertised by the Northern prickers that the Frenchemen to the number of twelue thousande
susteyned their enimies violence â—lsâ— Caâ—oglâ—â— the sonne of a Tartare king encouraging his troupes vâ— Tâ—raâ—es to take the ouer with their horsses came to the farther banke of the â—â—uer to the adâ—â—â—rasion of all men léesyng but a fewe of his menâ— for the Tartares had â—carned to swimme ouer on their horses accustomed thervnto the verie violente and mightie riuers of Tanall and Volga Also at the same instant Tomumbey for séeing haâ— speâ—â—â— victorie consisted therin endeuored to pierce with thicke troupes vnto the head of the bridge and to â—ntimâ—â—tâ— that then for to interclude his enimies he might pull â—â—â—ay the formost boate and cut in sunder the cables with which that rowe of boates were tied vnto the banke Which being cut off the whole bridge being of necessitie resolued and vndon wold through the violence of the nightie stream be caried away with the Turkes that were vpon it This caused a verie dangerous conflict for the chosen and best armed Mamaluches that vrged at the front fought with singular valour and on the other side Mustaphas perceyuing the daunger brought the ensignes and all the valiauntest felowes vnto that place So that they bothe contended with suche surpassyng prowesse as the waightinesse of the case required the Mamaluches manifestly seing that if they could win the place that then they shuld with short work afterward ouerthrow the former victories of the enimies the Turkes vnderstanding the vnlesse they kept and saued the bridge the safetie of themselues and the rest of the armie yen and of their Emperor was brought to vtter dispaire But Mustaphas preuailed through the Harquebusters and the troupes of Gréeke horsemen of whome nowe many had passed ouer and the enimies were repulsed and being fiercâ—ly vrged forced to giue a great way back Tomumbey that he might giue some space vnto the Mamaluches to breath them who were not able to fight fiercely bicause their horses were tyred and that he might againe trie by them after they had repaired their strengthe the extreme and last chaunes and fortune of the battell adhorted the Arabians and Moores to susteine the fight vntil the Mamaluches had a little breathed themselues The which when they had valiantly performed and anone after the Mamaluches hauing somewhat recreated their horses and bodies hadde come in their place the battell was again renued with so greaâ—e valour that Selym distrusting the victorie doubted not to ascend the bridge and runne to succour his men although that his frendes earnestly besoughte him in no wise so to doe His commyng which brought hope into the hearts of the souldiors who desired to â—â—inne rewardes and prayse by dooing some notable feate of prowesse in their Emperours sight repressed the endeuors of the enimies who were straightway all forced to flye through the valiance of the Ianizars They were pursued ouer all the fields by those horsmen that had not bene at the fight and also by the Tartares who galled them with their arrows But afterwarde Mustaphas Cayerbey and Gazelles were sente wyth a company of freshe and swift horses to follow the foote of the fleing and not to suffer Tomumbey to escape away whome the thirde certaine â—esauntes founde standing in a marish vppe to the waste in water among bulrushes and réeds who for feare of death deliuered him to the Capitaynes who brought them vnto Selym. But he would not vouchsafe to sée him But after he had caused him to be along tyme tormented in vaine for to disclose the treasures of â—â—pson at laste hée commaunded hym to be caryed aboute all the famous streats of the Citie on a vile Carmell in an olde ragged garment with his hands bounde behinde hym and then 〈◊〉 he hanged vppe wyth an halter for the murtheryng as be pretended of his Ambassadours although the noble Prince were altogether guiltlesse therof The like fate also befell vnto al the Miâ—â—â—â—hos and horsemen that were in prison or coulde he taken After the shamefull death of Tomumbey who was executed the thirteâ—th day of Aprill in Anno. 1517. all the whole Empire of the Sultan yéelded as also did all the Princes that had béene Tribucartes vnto the Sultan euea vnto the domintons of Prestra Iohn ¶ The Battell of Bicona foughte in the Dutchy of Milan betvvene Prospero de Colonna and Ferdinande Marques of Pescara Generals for Charles the Emperour and the Lorde Lantrech Chieftâ—ine for Francis the French King in Anno. 1522 taken out of Ioâ—â—â— in the life of the Marques of Pescara ANno 1521. Charles the fift Emperour of Rome and Leo the tenth Bishop of that citie coÌ„spired togyther for displeasure conceiued to expell Francis the Frenche king out of the Duchy of Milan and to place therin Francis Forza brother vnto Maximilian late duke of Milan but then prisoner in Franâ—â—e The which erploite Praspero de Colonna and Ferdinande Marquesse of Pescara the one being Generall of the horsmen the other of the too teâ—â—en did in â—â—râ—e perâ—â—â—â— that same yeare hauing wonne Placontia Paiula Nâ—â—ara Alexandria Como Puniâ— the Citie of Milan and dyuers other places of the dutchy which caused the French King to sende downe the nexte yeare Renee the bastarde of Sauoy and greate maister of his horse and Seignour de la Palice and other wyth a newe supplye of souldiors vnto the Lord 〈◊〉 his liesteâ—aÌ„t general in Milan With this power and the old that he had before also being aided with an army of the Veâ—â—ans he laid â—â—ege vnto the citie of Pâ—nia the which yet he brake vp when the Emperialls who had lately receyued a new supply out of Germany of 〈◊〉 thousande Lansâ—â—â—â—â— vnder the conduct of George Trâ—ndesâ—erg were come from Milan is â—etor Pania and marched towardes Landrâ—â—o that hée might come to the Citie of Milan as voide of garrison before the Emperials coulde returne or if he could not so doe he hoped some good oportunitie of battell in place of aduantage woulde be gotten by often disâ—edgings and sundry iorueys But Prospers and Pescara incontinently going bathe againe the same directe way that they came 〈◊〉 at Milan many hourex before that Lautrech who marched somwhat about coulde come thither although he vsed passing celeritie The Lautrech hauing thus missed Milan marched to Monze for many regardes and namely counselled therevnto by Gutti the Legate or Prouiditors of the Vinetian armye that he might he victualled with more eâ—â—â—ment of wayes from the Regions beyond the riuer of Adda and also the Switzers requested it beyng desirous to goe home as they that beyng wearied wyth the vnlucky warres in whom fortune would fauour none of their enterprises had languished both in body and hearte and therefore wyth proud and leade tongues requested to be dismissed But the Bastarde of Sauoy Palice and Galeazo Sanseuerino Grande Esquier or maister of the horse vnto the King going vnto the Switzers earnestlye desired them that they woulde not haste to forsake them and by their infamous departure quite ouerthrow the
incontinently quailed but the courage of the Emperialls encreased Lescune windeth himselfe out of the fight and wyth singular constancie although he had loste many of his horsemen recouereth his brother Lautrech who when he sawe the slaughter flight of the Switzers constaÌ„tly stoode still with his whole battell But when Pescara saw the foremoste rankes disordered and the footmeÌ„ turned into flight entreated and besought Frondesberg as earnestly as he coulde for his life and adhorted the Almaines that they woulde pursue the fleing and beate the backes of the discomfited take reuenge of the nation that was the moste deadly enimye of the Almaines and finally without any danger winne an entier victory But when he coulde not obteine this of them who of insolent contumacie woulde not obey and with terrible muttering requested to haue treble pay he for to enkindle them by example sent foorth thrée bandes of Spanishe footemen But bycause they ran foorth scattered neyther wolde the Almains folow them they léesing Guinea a valiant pety Captaine were almoste enclosed partly by the Switzers that drew backe the ordinaunce and partly by Iohn de Medici who running trauerse the field guarded the backes of the departing Switzers wyth a strong troupe of footemen and horsemen yet the Emperiall horsmen when Prospero commaunded them and Pescara requested them with angry countenance to make hast pursued them and then Medici boldly turning his troupes vpon them the horsemen shirmished togyther aboue two houres for both the French and Venetian light horsmeÌ„ repaired from al parts vnto Medices standeres But at the beginning of the battell when the Switzers were ouerthrown almost all the Venetian power went away with Theodoro de Trivulzi their Captain neuer once attempting to fight There perished of the Switzers what in the fight and afterwarde of their woundes about thrée thousande among whom nexte to Albert Petra Arnolde of Vnderwalden did moste excell for authoritie and valiaunt courage But there were slaine of the Frenchmen Mounsieurs de Molans and Ghisci and two noble yong gentlemen Mounsieur de Montfort and de Turnon But of the Emperialls Peter Earle of Colisa of the house of Cardona Pescara his mothers brother being shotte into the eye as he plucked vp hys beuer with the quarel of a crosbow wherof there was but one in the whole field The nexte day after when the Emperials pursued the frenchmen they dissolued al their army the Switzers weÌ„t home the Venetians repaired vnto Bressa Lescune Medici to Cremona Bozzolo with the rest of the horsmen to Lodi and Lautrech the bastard and Palice into France Then the Emperials folowing the victorye wan Lodi Cremona finally all the dutchy except the Castells of Milan Cremona and Nuâ—ara and then also sacked the rich Citie of Genea ¶ The battell fought at Pauia in Lumbardy betvveene Frauncis the French King and Charles Duke of Burbon Charles de Lanoy viceroy of Naples the Marquesse of Pescara captains for Charles the fift Emperour on Saint Mathies day in anno .1525 written by Iouius in the life of the Marques of Pescara IN the yeare of oure Lorde .1524 the Emperiall power hauing vtterly expelled the Frenchmen out of all the duchy of Milan inuaded France besieged the strong Citie of Marsiles in Prouente but when they heard of the approch of Frances the freÌ„ch king with a puissaunt power they spéedilye brake vp the siege and hasted into Italy whome the king pursued so fast that the Emperials were no sooner entred the Citie of Milan but that he was also at the gate and tooke the citie the Emperialls for saking it and fleing with al their army vnto the Citie of Lody but that they had before placed Antony de Leua in the citie of Pauia with all their Lansquenetz being fiue thousand and fiue hundreth Spaniardes footmen two cornets of horsemen The king not staying at al at Milan but only leauing the L. Tremouille with a power to besiege the castel marched incoÌ„tineÌ„tly to Pauia came thither the 28. of Octob. which he besieged so loÌ„g that Charles the duke of Burbon who had reuolted lately vnto the Emperor and had then the gouernment of the Emperial armie in the duchie of Milan went into Germanie brought from thence George Frondesberg with twentie bands of Lansquenetz and Nicholas the erle of Salme with two thousand horsmen and Ferdinande the Archduke of Austrich sent v. C. horsemen and sixe thousand Lansquenetz As soone as all these Almayus were arriued at Lodi the Emperiall power did set foorth agaynst the French king at the earnest persuasion of the Marques of Pescara who wan both Lanoy the viceroy of Naples who being fearefull of léesyng his proper prouince would haue gone vnto Naples with the horsemen and namely the Neapolioans and all the light armed footemen of the Almayns and Spaniardes to defende the kingdome of Naples against the Duke of Albanie whome the French king had sent with ten thousand men to inuade Naples in the whiche enterprise he also shoulde be ayded by the Pope to turne and to bend al their force against the French king also had gotteÌ„ the Spanyards to go foorth to fight which they at the first refused for long lacke of pay So theyr armie being mustered wherin were founde sayth Francis Guicciardine seuen hundred men of armes and so many light horsemen and one thousand Italian horsemen and aboue sixtene thousande footemen parte Spaniardes and part Almayns but Iouius séemeth to insinuate a greater number they departed from Lodi the fiue and twentith day of Ianuary and marched towards the French king taking the town of saint Angelo by the way that they might forrage and be victualled fréely without interception The King vnderstanding of the winning of saint Angelo remoued from the west part of the town into the camp of Seigneur de la Palice who lay on the east side close vnto the wal of Pauy park He also made strong munitioÌ„s from the wal of the Parke euen vnto the riuer of Tesino and beating down a part of the Park wall in thrée places he made thrée wayes as it were thrée mightie gates that his horsmen who did almost al of them lodge in the parke on the left hande close vnto the wood side might spéedily at all times helpe the footmen and also the station that the King had lefte on the west side of the Towne But after that the Emperiall power was encamped neare vnto the Frenche there was many a sharpe shirmishe attached and also Leâ—â— incessantly sallyed out of the citie in one of these skirmishes or more truely after one of them when that he shewed vnto the lord Bonâ—uer the Admiral of France the place and maner of his fortunate skirmish Iohn de Medici was shotte into the leg out of a lowe cottage and to gréeuously hurt that as despaiâ—ing of life he obtained of the king to be caried down the riuer vnto Placenza with the incomparable incommoditie no doubt of the
turning on one side did cast him into a Marishe where he was drowned Then the Turke prosecuting the victorie tooke Ofen the chiefe Citie of Hungarie where he didde no more harme but only tooke out of the castell thrée goodlye statues of brasse set vp by the samous King Marthie and then returned to Constantinople leauing Hungarie to be almost quite destroyed by ciuill dissention ¶ A Battell foughte on the sea in Anno domini 1528. at the Cape of Orso in the kingdome of Naples betvvene Vgo de Moncada and other Imperialles and Philippine Doria for the French King Frauncu the strf◠THen the Lorde Lautrech Generall for the French King had driuen the acmie of the Emperials out of the citie of Rome whiche they had sacked into the Citie of Naples he sent for Philippine Doria Viceadmiral vnto Andrew Doria the French Kings high Admiral in Italie to besiege the citie by sea By whose cōming with viij galle is he thought al hope of victuals by water would be cut away so much the rather bicause the newes was that the Venetian fléete their confederates of twentie galleys woulde shortly passe the Faro of Messina to annoy and kéepe the sea coast of the kingdome of Naples The Emperiall Captaines being moued with the report of these newes thought it for their safetie to fight with the Genowayes before that the Venetians were passed the Faro The Emperials had onely sixe galeyes and two foystes but trusting to the valoor of their souldiours and to foure long boates of great shippes whome they had fraught with Harquehusiers and other small vessels whome they call Fragates they nothing doubted to fight with the Genouese for the floure of al the Spanish souldiors was embarked with the marques of Guasto the generall of all the Italian Spanish footemē who had gone aborde the Admiral galley with Vgode Moncada the viceroy of Naples For Dorbine the master of the campe had diligently chosen man by man the most valiant souldiours and those that had bene accustomed vnto the Spanishe seas and among them the most forwarde petie Captaines and Ensigne bearers whome he knewe coulde brooke the lothsomnesse and tossing of the sea There also went aboorde Ascanirde Colonna the Lorde high Constable of the kingdome of Naples and many other noblemen of their owne frée will as doubting nothing of the victorie And least that the Almaynes shoulde giue place in prowes vnto the Spaniardes about two hundreth of them vnder the conduct of Conradine Glorne had filled two galleys and with great cherefulnes rowed vnto the Isle of Crapy and there at a pleasant spring long and sumptuously banketted yea and heard Barecta a Portugall who had built him a Cottage or Cell in those solitarie rocks preach vnto thē he vehemētly adhorted thē to vse their ancient valor being mindeful of the pietie that they ought to beare towards their countrie to reuenge those cruel Geneuoyes and by valiant victorie to deliuer out of miserable and infamous bondage so many valiant Spaniardes whome the mercilesse Genoueyes kept tied with chaines for galley slaues afflicting them with continuall stripes and reproches While that Barecta preached in this maner both long and hotely Biardo Agnesi a Neapolitan not so much addicted vnto the French faction as offended with the arrogancie of the Spaniardes tooke a small swifte Boate and flewe vnto Doria giuing him intelligence of the number furniture and Captaynes of the Emperiall fléete Nor long after the Emperial nauie departing from the Isle with manye flagges hanged cut came into sight of Doria who was then about a small furlong called by the Mariners the Cape of the Beare or Orso not farre from the famous promontorie nowe called Campanella and in ancient time Atheneus This braue shew of the enimies their fléete séemed not a little to haue moued the Geneuoyes at the first sight but anon after the skilfull sea men did centemne them and not fondly bicause they had not according to the discipline of the sea places on the tops of their Mastes for men to stande in and fight But then Philippino assembling togither all the Captaines and Maisters in the Admirall galley spake almost these words vnto them shewing with his finger the fléete of his enimies comming towards them Valiant fellowes sayd he and good countrymen of inuincible prowes a great honor is set before vs as I sée by almost a certaine victorie sithe that we doe surpasse in number of galleyes and all Martiall furniture yea and courage of hearte and skill in sea fight Let our enimies in Gods name be as they doe boaste of themselues noble warriours by lande doubtlesse they will not be able in conflicte by sea eyther readily to trauerse their grounde or yet to caste themselues into rings séeing that they shall fight among the benches of the rowe slaues and on the streight hatches and must receyue the pellets of the Gunnes as chaunce shall bring them no place being left eyther to retire or to leape aside namely the great number of the rowers empeaching them So that they lying open vnto strokes and being terrified with their daunger will not be in any wise able eyther to stande stoutly or to chaunge their place politikely Therefore séeing that we must not once thinke of retiring backe and least we doe incurre dishonor must néedes fight with our offered enimies persuade your selues that the glorie of our auncestors gotten by so many prosperous conflictes by sea is reposed in your valiant handes and skill This glorie as I thinke ought euerye good Citizen not only to conserue but also to augment least that otherwise we may be thought both of our fellowes and also of our enimies to be degenerates and men forgetfull of our discipline But thinke that Andrew Doria our Admirall is present will be a witnesse of prowes cowardise for to giue rewards vnto the valiant or by equal right ignomie vnto the cowardes The Captaynes and Maisters gaue such a shoute as the cherefull and gréedy of fight doe vse and in fewe wordes setting order howe to receyue and inuade the enimie returned vnto their galleyes that they might aptly make readye all things whiche shoulde be néedefull for the instant fight The summe of their spéedie decrée was this that Philippino should directly go against the enimie with his fiue galleyes but Nicolas Lomellino rowing into the mayne sea with his thrée galleys shoulde fetch a compasse about and after the conflicte was begon in commodious time couragiously runne vpon the deckes and sides of the enimies their gallyes and chiefly of the Admirall Philippino launching forth from the forelande into the open sea offered himself vnto the conflict neyther did Vgo refuse it and the rather for that he beléeued that these thrée galleys of Lomellino whom we spake of had fled away for feare and did thinke that the fiue of Philippino should fight with him much ouermatched When they drewe neare and bothe the Admirall galleyes directed their stemmes for
The true and entier historie of the troubles and things memorable which haue happened as well in France as in Flaunders and the countrie about since Anno. 1â—62 supposed to be made by the Lorde ANno 1576. Lewes of Burbon Prince of Conde the Admirall Iaspar Lorde Chastilion and other their confederates doubting their safetie and sodenly leuying a power sought to famishe Paris whither the King was fled from Meaulx but Montmorencie the Constable as soone as he had receyued power from all partes issued out of the Citie of Paris to fight with the Confederates or Protestants who were encamped at the towne of S. Denys the which is a place renoumed for the Coronation of the French Kings and the rich and excellent tombes of many Kings that doe lie buried in the Abbey of that towne A little from it on the right side is Saint Ouin as on the left the village of Auberuilliers The Prince lodged at S. Denys making the forme of a battell the Admirall at S. Ouin and Ienlis at Auberuilliers with their retinues to be vnto the Prince as it were two auantgardes More vpon the right hande towardes Paris standeth a house of religion called Montmortre on an hill Betwéene Paris and Saint Denis which are two small leages one from the other there lyeth a great and large playne so euen and vncumbred that one may sée from the one ende of it vnto the other This playne is as it were deuided into two parts by a long and large causey which leadeth streyght from Paris to S. Denys Close vnto Saint Denys on the side of the Causey as one goeth towardes Saint Ouin there is a great quarter assigned for to kéepe a great fayre in it is called Landit where there standeth a Chappell which serued the Protestantes to place the Corps du garde of Saint Denys as the Catholikes had theirs at a place called la Chappelle as one goeth out of Paris The Catholikes had in their armie of horses of fight I doe not account them that serued but only for a number and shewe thrée thousand and foure score ensignes of footemen which might amount vnto eyghtene thousand men Two thirdes of the Catholike horsemen were companies of men of armes and the ordinances of his maiestie Fewe light horses and no harquebusiers on horsebacke at all The men of armes which were the two thirdes of all the horsemen were mounted and armed to the aduantage the men in complete harnesse and their horses all barded and caparaconned with chansraines and the horsemen in steade of little Pistolets many bare with their Launce a Pistole and some a masse of armes but most were onely Launces The light horsemen were well horsed and wore on their heade a Sallet Bourguignomie or other suche habilliment with a Cairasse hause colbracates long tassettes Gantlets and a case of Pistolets at the Pummell of his Saddle with a tocke or Coutelas hanging at his side The enfignes and guidons of the men of armes were charged with crosses as also were the ensignes of the footemen to make a diuersitie betwéene them and those of the Protestants The footemen were deuided into thrée grosse battallions except those harquebusiers which rested at the Chappell and those that flanked certayne companies which made the left of the Constable who mighte amount vnto fiftene or sixtene thousande men One battallion was of sixe thousande Switzers Pykemen whose thicke and close hedge doth well dare to abyde the shocke of the strongest horsemen of the worlde except the furie of the men of armes of Fraunce armed and barded as aforesayde who haue often times broken and defeated them They were armed with a bourguignoune a Cuirassâ— furnished with a gorget tassets long bracats and gantlets and manye had sléeues of mayle also the thrée regiments of French footemen were no otherwise armed vnlesse it were the harquebusiers who had nothing but a Morion for the most part of them but the chiefest had Cuirasses on their backs for to be the more nimble light for to skirmishe Their white crosse distinguished them from the Protestants and they namely those that were light armed as harquebusiers wore a mandile or such another habite marked with a number of white crosses that they might not be taken for the Confederates But the Protestants had not aboue halfe their armie at Saint Denys for Dandelot and Montgommerie were sent to take Poissy and Ponthoise la Nouè to take Orleans and the Conte de la Rochfoucault and Mouye were gone againste the troupes that were leuied for them in Guien and Poitou to safe conducte them to the Campe all which things being knowne vnto the Constable made him to haste that he myghte take the profite of this aduauntage But of the fouretene or sixtene hundreth horsemen of the Protestantes not one was armed with all péeces both bicause they dislodged hastilye at the commaundement of the Prince as also for the weakenesse of their horses who were almost all Curtalles and suche like base horses so that there was not one harded or caparaconned but they were armed like light horsemen the two thirdes of them hauing only a helmet or bourguignonne a gorget a euirasse bracats tassets gantlets a couple of Pistolets and after they had shot off them they woulde set their hande vnto their tocke and Coutelas The Cassockes of the Protestantes were white begarded with such colours as the deuise of the Captaine did demaund All their footemen were harquebusiers well inough furnished the third part of whom had a Morion for all their defence with a white scarfe for to discerne them from the Catholikes they also had their Ensignes of diuers colours beguarded with the deuise of the Captaine in lieu of a crosse which the Catholikes bore Now I come to declare the intents and purposes of the two Chieftaines of the armies The Constable seeing the small nuÌ„ber and the yll assured lodging of the Protestantes resolued to fight with them And bicause he sawe that Saint Ouin and Auberuilliers were the defences of Saint Denys not once thinking that the confederates woulde be so bolde as to come into the fielde considering their small number and to make heade vnto so great an army as followed him and specially séeing that they had not one Canon bicause that since they tooke the fielde they had not anye towne that coulde furnishe them determined to driue the Protestantes out of those two villages into Saint Denys and there to besiege them and make them yéelde at hys pleasure In verye déede the Protestantes woulde rather haue refused if they had bene assured of their comming than haue accepted the battell but bicause they had intelligence but in the morning that the footemenne were issued out of Paris and that the Constable was resolued to dislodge necessitie to saye the truth more than good will broughte them to the fighte the which they woulde haue presented if that Dandelot and Montgommerie had bene there with their bandes who then laye before Poissy