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enemy_n	foot_n	right_a	wing_n	1,217	5	9.3077	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A02858	The life, and raigne of King Edward the Sixt Written by Sr. Iohn Hayward Kt. Dr. of Lawe.	Hayward, John, Sir, 1564?-1627.; Vaughan, Robert, engraver.	1630 (1630)	STC 12998; STC 12997a.5; ESTC S122951	125,151	202

expecting vntill the enemy should more neerely approach The generall after he had ordered his Battaile parte vpon the hill and parte vpon the plaine somewhat distant from the Avantguard on the right side mounted the hill to the great artillerie to take a view of both the Armies and to giue directions as occasions should change The Arrier stood wide of the battaile vpon the same side but altogether vpon the plaine The L. Gray Captaine of the men at Armes was appointed to stand somewhat distant from the Avantguard on the left side in such sort as he might take the flanke of the enimie but was forbidden to charge vntill the foot of the Avantguard were buckled with them in front and vntill the battaile should be neere enough for his reliefe Now after that the Scots were well advaunced in the field marching more then an ordinary pace the great shot from the English ships and especially from the galley began furiously to scoure among them whereby the M●… of Grime and diuers others about were torne in peices especially the wing of the Irish was so grievously either galled or fearred there with that being strangers and in a manner neutralls they had neither good heart to goe forward nor good likeing to stand still nor good assurance to run away The Lord Gray perceiued this amazement and conceiued thereby occasion to be ripe wherevpon when the enimy was not about two slight shot from the English avantguard suddainly and against direction with his men at armes he charged them on head The Scots were then in a fallow field whereinto the English could not enter but ouer a crosse ditch and a slough in passing whereof many of the English horse were plunged and some mired when with some difficulty and much disorder they had passed this ditch the ridges of the fallow field lay trauerse so as the English must crosse them in presenting the charge Two other disadvantages they had the enimies pikes were longer then their staues and their horses were naked without any barbs For albeit many brought barbes out of England yet because they expected not in the morning to fight that day few regarded to put them on The Scots confident both in their number order and good appointment did not only abide the English but with some biteing termes provoked them to charge They cloased and in a manner locked themselues together shoulder to shoulder so neere as possibly they could their pikes they strained in both hands and therewith their buckler in the left the one end of the pike against the right foote the other breast high against the enimy The fore ranke stooped so low as they seemed to kneele the second ranke close at their backs crossed their pikes ouer their shoulders and so did the third and the rest in their order so as they appeared like the thornie skinne of a hedghogge and it might be thought impossible to breake them Notwithstanding the charge was giuen with so well gouerned fury that the left corner of the Scots battaillon was enforced to giue in But the Scots did so brauely recouer and acquit themselues that diverse of the English horsemen were overthrowne and the residue so disordered as they could not conueniently fight or fly and not only iustled bare downe one another but in their confused tumbling backe brake a part of the Avantguard on foote In this encounter 26 of the English were slaine most part Gentlemen of the best esteem Divers others lost their horses and carried away markes that they had beene there The L. Gray was dangerously hurt with a pike in the mouth which strucke two inches into his necke The L. Edward Seymer sonne to the L. Generall lost his horse and the English Standard was almost lost Assuredly albeit encounters betweene horsemen on the one side and foot on the other are seildome with the extremity of danger because as horsemen can hardly breake a battaile on foot so mē on foot cannot possibly chase horsemen Yet hearevpon so great was the tumult and feare a mong the English that had not the commanders bin men both of approued courag and skill or happely had the Scots bine well fonrnished with men at Armas the army had that day beene vtterly vndone For an army is commonly like a flocke of fowles when some begine to flie all will follow But the Lord Gray to repaire his error endevoured with all industrie to vallye his horse The Lord Generall also mounted on horsebacke and came amongst them both by his presence aduice to reduce thē into order Sr. Ralph Vane Sr Ralph Sadler did memorable service But espcially the Earle of Warwicke who was in greatest danger declared his resolution and judgment to bee most present in reteyning his men both in order and in heart And hauing cleered his foot from disturbance by the horsemen hee sent forth before the front of his Avantgard S r Peter Mewcas Captaine of all the Hackbutters on foot and S r Peter Gamboa a Spaniard Captaine of 200 Hackbutters Spanish and Italians on horse These brought their men to the slough mentioned before who discharging liuely almost close to the face of the enimy did much amaze them being also disordered by the late pursuit of the English horsemen and by spoiling such as they had ouerthrowne At the backes of these the Archers were placed who before had marched on the right wing of the Avantguard and then sent such showers of shot ouer the Hackbutters heads that many bodies of their enimies being but halfe armed were beaten downe and buried therewith And besides the Master of the Artillery did visit them sharply with murthering haile-shot from the peeces mounted towards the top of the hill also the Artillery which slanked the Arriere executed hotly Lastly the ships were not idle but especially the galley did play vpon them and plague them very sore The Scots being thus applied with shot and perceiuing the Avantguard of the English to be in good order neerely to approach the men at armes to haue recouered their Array turned their Avantguard somewhat towards the South to win as it was thought some advantage of ground By this meanes they fell directly on head on the English battaile wherevpon the Earle of Warwicke addressed his men to take the slanke The Avantguard of the Scots being thus vpon and beset with enimies began a little to retire towards their great battaile either to be in place to be relieued by them or happely to draw the English more separate and apart The Irish Archers espying this and surmising the danger to be greater then it was suddenly brake vp committed the saftie of their liues to their nimble footmanship After whose example all the rest threw away their weapons and in headlong hast abandoned the field not one stroke hauing beene giuen by the English on soot But then the horsemen comming furiously forward had them very cheap The slight was made three waies some running to Edenburgh some along

with 3000 Almaines and as many borderers to demolish the towne and to bring the artillerie a way to Barwicke The Earle not only accomplished his Charge but made wide wast in his passage by ruine and spoyle Herewith the castle of Hame was sodenly surprised by the Scots and all the English therein either taken or ●…laine This was effected by meanes of certaine Scots who vsed to bring victualls to the English and were reputed their assured frindes these both obseruing the weakenes of the place and orders of the garrison discouered them to their fellowes and gaue entertainement for the surprise Giueing also warning to others never to trust either the cur●…syes or services of those whom they haue provoked to be their enimies About these times S r Edward Bellingham Lo Deputie of Ireland first with great diligence and care then credite and ●…eputation especially gained by that service tooke Ocanor and Omor and reduced the other seditious Lords to good subiection Ocanor and Omor guided by overlate counsaile of necessity left their Lordships and had a yeerely pension of 100 l assigned to either of them And now the French supposing that by reason partly of suspence of hostility betweene England and France and partly of the English affaires in other places matters with them would be neglected determined to attempt a suddaine surprise of the fortresse of Bullingberge to this end 7000 men were appointed vnder the conduct of M r Chastilion furnished with ladders and other preparations for the surprise They marched secretly in the dead time of the night and when they approached within a quarter of a league On Carter who had beene discharged of his pay by the English for takeing a French woman to wife and then serued vnder the French ranne privily before and gaue the Alarme to those in the Forte The English drewe him vp the walles betweene two pikes and vnderstanding the danger addressed thē selues to their defence by reason wherof the French at their approach had so warme a welcome every of the English contending that his valour might be noted for some helpe in the fight that at their departure they laded 15 wagons with their dead Carter himselfe adventured brauely in places of greatest danger and receiued two great hurts in his body S r Nicholas Arnault the captaine was likewise hurte with a pike in the face diuers others were wounded about 25 slaine The assault continued with great obstinacy from midnight vntill somwhat after the breake of day Shortly after 300 English on foote and 25 horsemen were appointed to goe to a wood about 2 leagues from Bullingberge hauing carriages with them for bringing certaine timber for mounting great Artillery and some other vses when they approached neerer the edge of the woode about 500 French horsemen issued forth and gaue three sharpe charges vpon them the English empaled themselues with their pikes and therewith bare off their enimies and being lined with shot the cruell plague of horsemen the French were in such sort galled with arrowes that many were wounded M r Ca●…ret and diuers others slaine 70 great horses lay dead in the field and one Cornet was taken The English fearing greater forces began to retyre and therewith appeared about 2000 French and Almaines on foote But the English maintained an orderly retreat vntill they came within favour of the shot of Bullingberge and then the enimy adventured no further in this manner the old wounds of warre began freshly to open bleede betweene England and France But in this meane time such tempests of sedition tumbled in England more by default of governors then the peoples impatience to liue in subiection that not only the honour but the safetie of the state was thereby endangered For as the commissioners before mentioned passed to divers places for establishing of their new iniunctions many vnsavory scornes were cast vpon thē ●…he further they wenr from London as the people were more vnciuill so did they more rise into insolencie contempt At the last as one M r Body a commissioner was pulling downe images in Cornwall he was sodainely stabbed into the body by a Priest with a knife Herevpon the people more regarding commotioners then commissioners slocked together in diverse parts of the shire as clouds cluster against a storme and albeit iustice was afterwards done vpon the offenders the Principall being hanged and quartered in Smithfield and divers of his chiefe complices executed in divers parts of the Realme albeit so ample a pardon was proclaimed for all others within that shire touching any action or speech tending to treason yet could not the boldnesse be beaten down either with that severity or with this lenity be abated For the mischiefe forthwith spread into Wiltshire and Somersetsoire where the people supposing that a common wealth could not stand without Commons beat downe enclosures laid parkes and fields champaine But S r William Herbert afterwardes Earle of Pembroke with a well armed ordered company set sharpely vpon them and oppressing some of the forwardest of them by death suppressed all the residue by feare But their duty depending vpon feare the one was of no greater continuance then the other The like motions followed in Sussex Hampshire Kent Glocestershire Warwickeshire Essex Hartfordshire Leicestershire Worcestershire and Rutlandshire But being neither in numbers nor in courage great partly by authority of Gentlemen and partly by entreaty and advice of honest persons they were reduced to some good appeasement as with people more guided by ●…age then by right yet not altogether mad it was not vneasy But herein happely some error was committed that being only brought to a countenanc●… of quiet regard was not had to distinguish the rebellion fully For soone after they brake forth more dangerously then before for no part could content them who aimed at all After this the people in Oxfordshire ' Devonshire Northfolke and Yorkeshire fell into the same madnes incensed by such who being in themselues base and degenerate and dangerous to the state had no hope but in troblesome times To Oxfordshire the Lord Gray of Wilton was sent with 1500 horse and soote to whō the gentlmen of the country resorted drawing many followers with them the very name of the Lord Gray being knowne to be a man of great valour and fortune so terrified the seditious that vpon the very report of his approach more then halfe fell away and dispersed of the residue who being either more desperate or more sottish did abide in the field many were presently slaine many taken and forthwith executed To Devonshire was sent Iohn Lord Russell Lord of the priuy seale whose forces being indeed or being by him distrusted to be inferior to the importance of the service he sate downe at Honington whilest the seditious did almost what they would vpon this heavines of the kings forces going forward interpr●…ted to be feare and want of mettle divers either of the most audacious or such as pouerty