fortrest Castels braue Abondes ybuilt with hugie stones out of the hard rocke claue And euery side with Cities fayre is garnisht wondrous gay where towardes Spanish coastes she lookes or clouddy Alpes alway UUith slakes of snow bespred or rising of the Sunne beholdes Fraunce rightly may be proude of mighty townes which walls infoldes Here is a famous Citie that of Quintines name doth beare which doth in fruitefull plot of ground her buildings stately reare Most plentifull of corne and wine within that ample field King Phillip pitcht his tentes when thus the towne besiegd beheild Herselfe with th' enemies tankes about she stoinde with terrour stayes And to to late the French kinges ayde she craues the siege to rayse For some the earth deepe trenching downe to teare indeuored fast Some for defence of rubble vp a bulwarke bancke did tast Some scaling ladders framde and firebrandes flang to turretts tops The strong stone walls with ingines fell some other shogging pepps But see here none this secret guile and subtile sleight espide For when the glomy darke night shades mens eyes with soft sleepe tyed A Celtane Captaine with a band of Frenchmen close did slide Into the towne with poulder stuft great baggs ech souldiour brought These things did luckly fay whilst entraunce he by stealth had cought But like successe to thee did not O Memorancy fall whilst eighteene thousand souldiours stout he after him 〈◊〉 call Through wouddy bypathes blind 〈◊〉 hiâ—… mountaines neare to stray Till that the duskie night into the towne might fourd a way Amongst thy hardie borsemen troupes Renowmed Duke he light The best part of his army slayne the remnant put to flight But Brunsweik Duke the Captiues safe in prison strong vp closde Forthwith before king Phillip was the Captaine taâ—…e reposde Then hurly burly sturre and wondrous ioy through euery tent was spred abroad the noyse vpreard the aierie region rent This good beginning all of like successe aboadment takes The souldiours fierce with cannon shat the hard walls battring shakes The diches are with rubble filde and now the plaistring pusht And losened with the vehement shot three hugie partes downe rusht And seuerall places three into the towne gaue entraunce new Then out of euery band the king did take a chosen crue In plated harnish white them arming all and bad inuade The enemies towne where passage free the walls downe ransact made The clamoring Ioude of warriours then the hye heauens coastes doth fill The dubling dromme resoundes the rattling trompetts clanging shrill Confused mixt with noyse of men makes deafe the souldiours eares Here egar Almaines fight the Italian there him doughtie beares On this side Spaniardes presse by force through gaping wall to pearce On that side garded strong in steele thrung thicke the Britaines fierce But first before the rest did hardie Henry Dudley tend With course vnbrideled swift the walles downe shogde for to transcend So do his Brethren twaine of puissance like and courage found Howbeit of Henry whilst he stoopt declining to the ground I know not what to reare or rip anyron bullet brust His scalp broad scattering brused braines and corps dead layd in dust He gentle spirite out gaspt euen in his fresh and bloming yeares Whom backe vnto the tentes his mates conuayd with blubbring teares His body clad in lincloth shroude as Christian rite requeres His brethren furious woode burne in desire of deepe reuenge As euery foe them meetes with sharpe sword pusht his necke he bendes Dissolu'd in quaking death with raging ire and bitter sting The Britaine stout in armes like thunder dint his foes doth ding On euery side th'assant gainst wretched Citizens wareth grim A thousand grudging ghost are sent to gastlie shadowes dimme Pale death their hartes afrightes whom ransackt walls in compassd round He of the Celtanes happy is whom goarie gaping wound Hath groueling layâ—… along â—…o be reâ—…de by 〈◊〉 skill with shriking plaintes vp liftâ—… their ruthfull houses weomen fil And trembling in their armes their tendâ—… sucklings do imbrace Distract of minde through feare and wandring stray from place to place Yong boyes do wailings make of armes such gastly horrour growes And suppliant both their hauds with plaintâ—… to heauens extending throwes with humble voyce beseeching Ioue some mercy downe to cast But they whose naturall moisture of their braine vpdried was past And could not weepe whom crooked age from death had shrowded free Their countries fatall fall and ruine of their towne to see They from the bottome of their hartes do greeuous grones out powre Till midst of day more fiercer still and vehement duâ—…s the stoute Through courage haut and mightie force of Phillips souldiours stout But not without great streames of bloud of the enemy powred out The Citizens inclosd suppose at hand the finall day Of the subuersion of their towne and houre of their decay And now the army through the gates wide doopt had passage wonne The Frenchmen strâ—…ke with chillie feare in plumpes do backward runne Some shroud themselues in cellars blind some beames in houses cops clime A combrous rout to temples fled themselues from death to shrine And wretched wightes in armes the alters clasping fast infoldes The victor with his armed bandes the walls and strong fort holdes The martiall troupes in stately buildings fayre do beate the sway Which thee Redoubted Phillip seru'd 〈◊〉 Lordes driuen away The Celtane pompe is ouerthrowne both pretious robes and gold And massie bolls by goldsmithes act 〈◊〉 of siluer mold The Spanyard souldiour sckipping takes the 〈◊〉 sides vp torne And precious Arras curious wrought by Germaines out was borne Bed tikes the feathers powred forth along the wayes were sprad Set out to sayle to byers such as ready money had Fine linnen Garmentes wollen eke in 〈◊〉 did scattred lye And pannes and caldrons huge which were preseru'd neede to supplie In seething meat and instruments which kitchin ought to hold A brasen pot with platters large of pewtet fine was sold For two grotes prise the cryer loude proclaiming first the same what pretious houshold stuffe in all the town remaind that came UUith Iewels rich attire and Orient gemmes in coffers found Unto the victors pray King Phillips laude hye heauens resound Which to his mightie Sier in warlike honour they compare Meane time the common people floct to sacred temples ware And to the Sanctuaries of the Gods themselues in heapes had bare Expecting all with trembling hart their finall gasp to breath No sparke of hope to them remaines them to preserue from death which trying brunces of warres in open broyles are ouerthrone But God the affectes of hartes doth moue and in his handes alone Are dispositions eke of earthly Princes euery one What way his mightie hest directeth forth that way they take He softneth he their brestes and prone to good workes harts doth make As mollified waxe to euery forme is subiect brought And stamps or tipes impression takes â—…o formers
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
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 feâ—…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 sâ—…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 ouerraâ—… the hugie shoulders broode of Leo fierce All headlong prone descending downe where Vesper first doth perce The duskie cloudeâ—… 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 lamâ—…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 otherwisâ—… the Scottish armed bandes on tops of hills From farre do shew them selues and fieldes with thousandes thick vp fiâ—…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 bereâ—… UUherfore the bragging Scotte to humane fâ—…rre which onely cleft The mighty power of high Iehoue respecting nought at all Presumptuoâ—…lie with swelling hart himselfe doth victor call And vauntes that Britaynes all at once shall sloâ—…p to diâ—…t of launce And shall of sharpe two â—…ed blâ—… abide the greisly glaunce Thus they before the battaile fougâ—… the triumph blasde and spred Puft by with hope and natiue pride which full their fancies fed Moreouer hope of rescues neare the cowâ—…e besieged had UUhen farre on pâ—…ning plaines the Scottish armyes thick to gad They had espied and euery one hiâ—… 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 Cardâ—… Parkeys Gordon Gramat next and Bride And Gilbert Douglas fierce and Morreys Abbhyn by side All dect in pretious purple 〈◊〉 the common 〈◊〉 â—…ours beare The pearcing launâ—… and some in hand do wielâ—… the â—…die speare All clad in stealed Iackes with glittering 〈◊〉 gorgeous gay UUhose gastlie threatning â—…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 â—…th cheere UUith honour due and Ruffy shyning all in armour bright Then comely Alexander Brus then Ceton doughtie â—…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 â—…nted endes Their sinowye bowes and trustie strings the shaft which whuâ—…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 â—…ddes in battaile 〈◊〉 And tendes by force of blouddy Mars to striue in quarell goâ—… 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 Daâ—…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
his wayes As victor chief subduing landes to beare his seruile yoke I st not vnto the conquered if courage they reuoke A greater glory of their legs the fettring boltes to shake And neckes from yooke to pluck and force by force recuile to make Some howre to some more happie chaunce then other doth portend And ficle Fate will not remaine to one firme to the end The Frenchman now doth rule towre the Britaine bare the sway UUe florisht haue in time and haue beene Troians doe you say Ten yeeres wars first expirde by Greekes the Troians were subdued Fraunce after many Sommers hath her antike force renued And me her captaine now againe begins to looke aloft Her iniuries reuenging bold and setting foes at nought Yong boyes do terrifie with threats with bugges make Girles auaunt No vaine colluding shadowes can the manly courage vaunt Nor boasting brags nor florisht blade with threatning trakes forth showne UUhat that your king to manly yeeres is nothing neere yet growne Inexpert quite of dolefull wars Let it suffice that he For his disport doe tosse the ball at home and shunning flee The glittering tankes of mighty Mars let riper age those guide Therfore this aunsweer take and thus declare it was replied That Frenchmen will their countrie coastes and natiue cities shryne With armes in spite of all their foes that thereat do repine The Legates aunswered thus to natiue soyle in hast they hie And wourd by wourd declare the manner of the Frankes replie The scofe the king not taking well all other thinges derides Meane time his royall nauie huge at Hampton he prouides And forth through wandring salt sea floudes with friendly gales he slides For Ioue almight the Southwindes coucht in caues did close containe That both the King and captaines stout with all their warlike traine Unlooked for on th'ennimies shore their ankers fastned faine And ships forsaking far and wide did all thinges wracke and wast And houses brued with bloud and roofes with reaking flames down cast Now puissant Henry in his tentes one night away had past When Phoebus rising cloudes consumde and brought againe the day And with his radiant light ech place in broad sight did bewray Which way that mighty floud which flowing forth from Roan doth fall Into the sea and with his rage the rocky shoores doth ball And with his sprinkling maketh moyst the bordring campes annext Neare to the tentes whereas his mouth with gaping iawes wide strecht UUithin the compasse of sixe howres still salt sea floudes doth sup And out againe gainst customde time doth belking perbrake vp Two warlike townes with mighty walles ycompast round they spied On this banke one that other built vpon the farther side Forthwith the king commaundes them both with bandes besiegd to bee Against them both the whirling crosbow shot to be let flee And walls with ingine forgd of yron hard to batter downe This vnaccustomde kinde of torment fell put in a stounde The Celtaines closd within their walles boyes mothers â—…ed siers But to his great affaires as he was wise doth fit the time If that perchaunce his fathers Law which then in yeares did clime Him absens should desire to see the coast of Fraunce agayne He goes vntill where comne the Duke of Burgoine sheweth plaine How that the Dolphin tumultes made and reared vprores newe Pretending faithles fraude Against his foe a warlike crue The king doth therfore send his false attemptes for to withstand But causes of more weight he needed than to take in hand And not for to respect at all the Dolphins sielie band Which valiant Britaines prest at hand dares manly nought to done But two dayes iourney of aloof doth warie still them shunne This did he at the first that corne and victualls might abound Throughout his campe and needefull foode might not be wanting found Who hauing all thinges bought at last the Britaine proffer makes Of battaile in an equall soyle which trembling he forsakes In number and in puissance not with Brutes to be comparde That place moreouer vnto which the warlike English garde Approching drawes the yong man shunnes worse then a dogg or snake That he refusing flies and course contrary swift doth take When that the doughtie Britaines campe Northparts of Fraunce attainde He thence his power remouâ—… and with his bandes to Narbone ttainde And hit inuading doth vesâ—…ege which from the Celtanes might The Duke of Bedford straight acquites and Dolphin puts to flight Meane time the king with broilyng heat and toyling labours brake Him languishing effâ—…ebled sore a feuer sharpe doth take The heauens intemperate ayre and scorching dog star sweltring hott Was cause that neare vnto his hart the deadly poyson gott How be it he iourneyed still with wondrous grief tormented fore Till that his hart and limbes still faultring fainting more and more He will perceau'd the struggling panges of ghaâ—…ly death draw neare His brother Humffrey posting comes and Bedford Duke so deare And doe with trickling teares this sodaine thaunce lamenting rue Most dolefull wightes The king at last these wordes with grief out drew With both his handes extended bye to heauen I much do owe O God almighty guide but worthy thankes therfore bestow I cannot that in bloming youth so fresh I hence depart Unto this day not hauing felt dame Fortunes bitter dart That in this life all my attemptes with good successe haue gone That to thy heauenly power O God referred be alone And to his brother turning sayes why thus with mestiue hart Doe you this mourning make and deepe sobs let with grief depart I do reioyse my fatall houre and death to be at hand That must with equal minde be borne which no man can withstand By sacred league of brotherhoode I do beseech you all That Henry you my tender sonne regard loue foster shall And honour as your king and specially with heauenly feare You will informe his minde so shall he worthy be to beare The scepter of so noble a Realme and purchase endlesse fame My louing spouse which of the race of mightie Princes came Which is aboue all other left a pensiue wretched dame With godly duetie her sustaine so doth it Brutes beseeme And concord greatest gift of God that fauour and esteeme The Bedford and the Burgoine Dukes let them the Frenchmen guide And to Duke Humfreys gouernance let Britaines stout be tide This carefully to be fulfilde I bid commaund require More Normandie a fertile land which vnder their empire Our auncient graundsiers did in elder age by right retaine Which lost by dint of sword and conquering arme I got agayne That do you keepe by force with iust warre that do you defend Now death approching neare did Henry bring to fatall end The onely honour of his land dame vertues shining light From age to age to come of stomacke hie vnconquered might Whose gentle hart his loyall frends alone not onely lou'de But enemies did embrace also of faith
and Iustice proude Of euerlasting memory the king now layd in grounde The Iunior Henry chearefull babe with diademe was crownde At Paris and about the streetes as custome was did ride But â—…icle Fortune wauering dame will not still firme abide UUhich with her turning wheele is alwayes tost in compas wise The Frenchmen here the tender Prince rebelling do despise A periur'de nation false and violate their faithes yplight In sacred Sinode late beforne But Bedford Duke by might Doth tame their rage great slaughter made and Dolphin puts to flight The king peace thiefly lou'de when that to ripe yeares he attainde And gastly bickering sâ—…kirmages of dreadfull Mars disdainde And neuer busied was in ciuill hatredes restlesse race But voyde of care with settled minde did gratefull rest imbrace To prayer much addict and oft on God in secret cried But wicked people fell such godly kinges cannot abide But loothes them and detestes with vertue vice cannot agree And glimmering light darke duskish cloudes eschewing swift do flee The gentle disposition therfore of Britaines guide When that the Dolphinne and the rest of Celtaine peeres had spide They blouddie battaile moue and some by fraud betraying take Some townes by conquering might vnto their force to yeelde they make The Britaines hope retired backe and hearts to faint began Since Henry fift of that name kinge a stout and valiant man UUas laide in graue Hereon a cause insude of greater griefe For suddaine strife at home concerning rule and title cheife Perdition threatning dire increasing kindled more the iarres Muse silence keepe or muttring soft the Britaines ciuill warres In dolefull verse declare because that gastly woundes againe By touching blede afreshe and doe renew the former paine Old Henry now forgotte none Normand nation stout regards UUhich barren and bereft all destitute of auncient wardes In vain doth denth of William monarch haunt bewailing rue Faire citties wresting out by force from their possessours true The Dolphin through the region vast of Fraunce doth roming strake Prohibited of none and townes assaulting first doth take A willing people to subdue it is an easie thing And freely offering vp their handes Howbeit small glorie bring It came vnto the conquerour th'out bloudshed landes to winne Such hurlie burlie ciuill broyles the Britaine land within How could they force of forraine foe oppose them selues to bend The Britaine is the Britaines foe the hand the wombe doth rend What that the foote with rechles anger mou'd the head doth crushe And Citizens do Citizens in furious rage through pushe UUith drierie blade his Lord the slaue his man the master slaies Fell slaughter beares the swaye and blouddie Mars wide raâ—…ging straies Alacke for little breach the Brother workes his brothers end One neighbour thrustes an other out no place could safetie lend From sauage enemies rage the holy sanctuarie vailed naught Which euer safety heretofore to wightes distressed brought These places were most famous made through griesly slaughters vast Saint Albones Blore Northampton Banbury fields and Barnet plast Neer copped hils Wakefielde Saint Albones than the second time And Northerne Exam which with Scottishe borders doth confine So that the husbandmen that habite neer those blouddie soiles Out wayling to this day as often as the plough turmoyles Those fieldes where casting furrowes large of men halfeburied bones The chawâ—…g souldiour wâ—…th with â—…uglte showtes the sâ—…es doth rend And now they diâ—… wearâ—… as farre 〈◊〉 â—…urdie 〈◊〉 toâ—… 〈◊〉 The whistling shaft with strength pulâ—… vp Shoâ—…te Shoote the Captaine Ye Britains stout your pâ—…rsing â—…ems steâ—…nt â—…kering flights â—…reights Applie your bending bowes applie your hatrd enemies scoure Like hailstâ—…nes thick when â—…ttling downe doth fall a winter shoure The arrowes girt forth flie and light of Sunne obscure do make In shoulder wounded deepe with beating pawes the â—…ier doth rake All endlong reeâ—…d aâ—…ooft the â—…ourser flerce his master cast The Celtaine horsemen galled thus more sauffer thincke at last Upon our footemen for to ruime with point of charged speare Forthwith our 〈◊〉 â—…ronglie sensâ—… with bowes to ground to beare They fiersly presse with launce the sight than bloudie wareth more Stabd in with sharpened stakes euen as the Prince had shewed before The horses foundred lie vpon the ground their sitters slaine By drierie blade And when no shaftes their quiuers did retaine The bowmen take their gleiues and downe their enemies tombling fell The King endeuoring fierce with sword in hand beâ—…res him well Ech noble Captaine did the same and with them all the rout The bouncing Helmet knockes did shrill resound the woudes throughout With clattering clashing loud of harnish ringes the waters cleere And morning grones the bordring hils and hollow valeis neere Of dying soules receiue The goorie bloud streames so abound As doth the earth with standing pooles when Saturne old is founde And Ioue inferiour in degree Mars Sol and Venus neate Hermes and Lune in Cancers house Pisces or Scorpion weat Iust through the brainpanne with a shaft the Duke of Barre yshot Comes tumbling of his steed his fainting spirite and hart bloud hott Out through the deadly wound disperst in thinne ayer vanisht quite The noble Duke of Alanson with fatall arrow smitte The timber pulleth out but steelehead leaues in scull remaine Dire death insâ—…es the deadly wound wherefore in deeps disdaine His steed hee falleth fro and hard earth rending with his seeth His aierie ghost out startes and thinne in starie region fleeth Like bane thy Duke O Brabant bringes vnto his fatall end These Peeres the first ranke did conduct the seconds guiders send Like wise their dying spirites to Plutoes kingdomes large to flie As th' Earle of Nauarre with whome O Sans thy Byshoppe â—…te Eight Earles more beside their flickering ghostes did send to sâ—…e With grieslie wound yâ—… And of those Peeres which Barons hight Aboue an hundred lost their liues Of Knightes and Squiers in â—…ght â—…ue times full sixtene score their breaths out gaspt the common sort Unto ten thousande soules and morâ—… did Stigie varge transportt Of Celtans army huge Three hundred Britaines onely slaine And in the handes of Henry king the victorie did remaine Alack the Duke of Yorke with staggering launce his death wound gott Where first agaynst our men the bickering skirmage waxed hott And Suffolke Earle ' huge heapes of ghostes first sent to Limbo lake Of Frenchmen Peers his vitall breath with hart bloud did forsake The Captiue Celtane Lordes were safely kept in trustie hold These thinges thus done his men inricht with th' enemies spoyles and gold The noble Victor with his fleet hastes backe to Callice shore And cutting ore the strait sea gulfe of auncient kinges of yore To royall pallaces he wendes triumphantlike a trayne And after him he drawes the Maior of pompous London fayne UUith all his troupe of Aldermen in roobes of Ermines clad Three miles agaynst his royall grace for honours sake gan
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
pleasure wrought wherfore the Princes minde more lenisted through quenched heat Offeruent ire through Ioues behest all iniuries doth forgeat And souldiours straight commandes for to desist from shedding bloud Of male and female sere now wondrous troupes of captiues stood The impotent and tender youth with such as wages hierd Dismissed were but the wealthier sort as martiall lawes requi'rd UUere kept in band mong'st many Peers esprong of worthy race Shattillion which of the towne the kinges liuetenant was As Captiue was subdued agayne to be redeemd for gold A garrison of warriours then here left the fort to hold The king his tentes remou'de Castell strong of Haune besetts which Conquerd ransackt downe he manye forts despoyâ—…ing getts while that this blouddy scourge did range in th' Easterne parts of Fraunce The Admirall of th' English Fleet his title to aduaunce Lord Clynton warlike Peere of noble grandsiers old esprong Unto the westerne Celtane coastes was caried swift along Three hundred Carickes vast you might haue seen the surges hye with brasen keele to shere whose tall tops rought the starrie skie The fierie belking brasen peece with tearing chaine shot hard Both pup and side and beaked sterne of euery ship did gard Distruction threatning dire vnto the aduerse Celtane true There is a Citie hight Conque which Thetis waters blue with raging stoure doe wash that takes our shipps in wished road Forthwith Alarme the trompet foundes the souldiours fresh abroad Out sckipping fierce along the salt sea banckes were scattered thick Of all the Captaines haue first Winter doth on drie land stick Red flaking brandes of fire to rampier topps forth hurling fast which ragged walls with smoldring flames incroching lickt at last Not onely hugie ioistes and beames vnweldie matter yeld But Tunnes of oyle increasd the fire then dwellers life to shield From dint of wrathfull blade flie backe the walls with rattling noyce Are ouerthrowne the women sckrich and boyes with dolefull voyce And when no force for to resist preuayld the stronger sort Of solide yeares and hardy Ioines all desart left their fort And vncoth by wayes straunge withouten path did pensiue stray Not pillage noble Clinton sought or spoyles to beare away But glory great of warrs both towne and treasure fire deuoures To ashes eke consumde are turnd both bordring townes and towres High blasing sparkles belching vp in circles to the skies A while bolde Clinton tentes downe pitcht and in the playne fields lyes At last with honour great adornd to painted deck he hies Meane time the FrenchmaÌ„ cloking fraude vnder fayre frendships name Two thousand souldiours led and Alderne yland ouercame Where with a nauy small yfrought with ladds of courage stout Syr William Winter sayld by force the Francons to driue out The I le as soone as of the Brutes it far aloof was spied In wallowyng surges rough to anker cast the ship was tied Sixe hundred warlike souldiours then of doughtie Britaines bold Scelected were in all which cockboates swift with ores do hold And on the craggie rough sea shore on foote all safely setts Here Winter prudent guide for long experience wisedome getts That beastly hope of dreadfull flight he cleane might ouerthrow And greater courage kindled more in ech mans minde might grow As soone as on the dry land set his armed rankes did wend The emptie botes vnto his fleet he backe agayne did send With speedy course to goe Then thus he spake with countenance sage The puissance of our Englishmen renownd in elder age Me warning giues that like mine auncestours I nought at all Deaths drierie dart regard which crooked age in time doth call Or is by sicknes fell with torments dire and vexings brought Death is of men to be contemn'd that endlesse fame be sought Behold with frothing floudes and stormy waues vs compast round Our enemies neare approch perchaunce in number far more found Howbeit vs Brutes in martiall feates and courage fierce behinde Fraunce mightie is these bandes you slow and feebled faint shall finde But graunt our enemies strong with might and puissance stout indued We through them with our corps and valure passage must reclued Thinges of great waight are not atchiu'de without aduentures hard And victorie oft in dolefull fight bold courage doth awarde Which by how much more vehement and fierce it s in you growne By so much surer valiant harts wee all will downe be throwne To Stigyan lake this day lesse foes by sword or flight we quell We conquest will atchiue or famous death vs all shall fell Stout heartes a noble death by mightie woundes seeke to obtayne And mates let Fame of worthie death as prise of life remayne If anie man for feare shall turne his backe which God forfeud UUith shame in midst of weltring streames there let him take his â—…nt No cockbote shall him shrine from death nor plancke from drowning saue Unspeakable reproch no not if I the same would haue If anie man me disobey he life shall lose therefore And to the maine mast trust aloft with cottering windes be bore Into the bickerings hard of Mars I first will lead the way UUith stomacke bold and first in armes I force of foes will say The heart of him that first shall come this hand shall riue in twaine He sayd they life and labour cke t'aduenture presse forth faine And clamours loude vp lift the trompe Alarme resounding blowes The onset bidding blacke in order Winter stoutly goes Before the rest and in his fist a sharpned tronch he claspt His bodie couered all with glistering armour buckled fast Two thousand Frankes against our ranckes themselues forth fiercely bare UUhose Captayne marched first and thought with ours for to compare Uncertaine where with pride conceaued or mightie valure mou'de Or onely but to make a shew and backward would haue shou'de If him his heeles to sticke vnto for warnde had perils dire But egar Winter let not backe this glorious Franke retire Much like Ioues mightie bird with grasping talents fenced strong UUhen with swift course he chasing flies the sholes of foule among The smaller sort lets slip the mightiest birdes with clawes downe pluckes And fethers plumes with nooked beake and braines and bloud out suckes Euen so the Brute couragious doth the Celtane captaine vrge And for because with bunchy pike the enimie did insurge with armour fenced like and weapned like on him fierce flies Stout VVinter groueling dead on ground now Frankes conductor Iyes The other pillage of his foe and rich spoyles doth obtayne Meane time both parties mingling bloud their courage stout did And gastly wound is recompenst with greistie stroke againe straine The Frankes retire with flickering shaft stabd through in hastie flight The Iland is subdued and conquered yeeldes to Britaines might These thinges atchiu'de and â—…nisht thus By Captayne Winters hesâ—… The Mariners their helmes towardes the ragged shores do wrest Then great reportes were made of 〈◊〉 skirmage fought that day
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 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉