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england_n	duke_n	earl_n	lord_n	24,417	5	4.9161	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86615	Bella Scot-Anglica. A brief of all the battells, and martiall encounters which have happened 'twixt England and Scotland, from all times to the present. VVherunto is annexed a corollary, declaring the causes whereby the Scot is come of late years to be so heightned in his spirits; with some prophecies which are much cryed up, as reflecting upon the fate of both nations.	Howell, James, 1594?-1666.	1648 (1648)	Wing H3056; Thomason E435_25; ESTC R15335	15,099	23

the Earl of Norfolke was sent with 20000. men who for 8. daies did what he would within the bowels of the Country Anothor Army was sent undet the Command of the Lord Dacres and Wharton who gave them such a mortall blow that eight Earls were taken prisoners and 200. Gentlemen and 800. more and the stories concurre that there was scarce a souldier but had at least his two prisoners this was Solmemosse battell Yet for all this such is the inclination of the English to bee at peace with their neighbours that a match was concluded and ratified by act of Parliament with a speciall instrument under the Scots Noble-mens hands between Prince Edward and the young Queen Mary yet by the cunning negotiation of the French the Scot fell off Hereupon old king Henry who could digest no indignities sent 200. ships laden with souldiers to the Frith under the Earl of Hereford who marched as far as Edinburgh burnt the town and part of the castle returning with revenge and rich bootie A while after the Scots understanding the King was gone to France thought to serve themselves of that advantage and to fall upon the borders but the Earl of Hereford repelled them EDVVARD the sixt EDward the sixt though yet in his minority seemed to be sensible of the affront the Scot had put upon him for a wife though his Father had vindicated it pritty well but as the case stood nothing could concerne England more then to hinder that the French of any in the world should have her And now am I come to the last true battell that was fought 'twixt England and Scotland since the Conquest The Duke of Sommerset was appointed Generall the Earle of VVarwicke his Lieutenant Generall the Lord Clinton Admirall had 60. shipps of warre which were to hold course with the Land-forces So from Barwicke with a sober Army they entred Scotland consisting of about 13000. foot and 1200. men at arms 2500. light horse 16. peeces of Ordnance every peece having a guard of Pioners who came in all to 1400. They had marched as far as Musselborough far within the Country and with infinite pains did they surmount the naturall and artificiall difficulties of the wayes three small Castles they seized upon in their march without offering any act of violence to small or great They understood the Regent of Scotland did far exceed them in number and there came Recruits hourely to him for the fire crosse was carried about by the Heralds through all parts which is two firebrands upon the point of a Spear that all above 16. and under 60 should resort to the Generall rendezvous so that the Historians on both sides leave the number of them indefinite to this day but they all agree that they were at least twice as many and they had twice as many Ordnance yet notwithstanding many other advantage it pleased God to give the English a compleat victory and victories are the decrees of Heaven when there is no tribunall on earth to determine the quarrell This hapned precisely the same day that Flodden field battell was fought 34. years before There were 14000. slain out-right whereof there were 3000. Kirk-men Fryars and Monks above 1500. taken prisoners whereof young Huntly and other great Lords were of the number the spoiles of the field 30000 jacks and 30. peeces of Ordnance were shipped for England and the English plundred the Country up and down 5. daies march further To these exploits at home may be added a smart blow the English gave the Scots in Ireland in Sir Io. Perrots government for some 2000. Redshanks being come over by the Burks means like a swarm of Catterpillers they proll'd and pill'd up and down Sir Ri. Bingham then Governour of Connaught made head against them with a small contemptible number and at the river of Earne neer Slego slew them all out-right so that not one soule escaped to return to Scotland with newes what became of the rest Touching these late traverses of warre 'twixt England and Scotland 't is true that infortunate England hath drawne upon her selfe a great deale of dishonour in the opinion of the world abroad specially among those who understand not the true carriage of things For these late rushings in of the Scot cannot be so properly call'd invasions a●invitations by some spurious and most unworthy degenerous Englishmen who from a long time had plotted the bringing of them in and it was the most pernicious and basest treason that ever was practis'd against poore England But to give a full and satisfactory relation of this Warre I will deduce the busines from the beginning Before this unlucky storme fell 'twixt England and Scotland there were certain clowds issuing from the vapors of divers discontented braines plainly discern'd to hover up and downe a long time in both Kingdomes specially in that Northerne Region The first which appeard was when some yeers after his Majesties accesse to the crowne there was an act of revocation passed where some things which had insensibly slipped away from the crowne and other things which were illegally snatch'd from the church were resum'd and reannex'd to both which lighting upon some of the great ones they were over heard to murmure though this was done with as much moderation as possibly could be and by the mature advice of the Counsell of state there with the free opinion of the approved'st Lawyers of that Kingdome and from hence issued the first symptome of discontentment Not long after his Majesty being inform'd of the meane and servile condition of the Ministers of that Kingdome which have the charge of the conscience and service of God and make up a considerable part of the free borne subjects his Majesty understanding what poore pittances they receiv'd for their subsistence and for those small stipends also or rather almes of benevolence they depended upon the pleasure of the Laiks His Majesty by a speciall Commission to that end found away to augment and acertain that allowance and free them from that slavish kind of clientele and dependency they had upon the seculars Whence may bee inferr'd what monsters of ingratitude those men shew'd themselves to be afterwards by exasperating and poysoning the hearts of the people against their soveraigne in their virulent and seditious preachments and inviting them to armes Not long after when the poore husbandman and owners of corn were bound to pay tithes to lay persons call'd there the Lords of the ●rection were much incommodated by them because they could not take in their corn till the Parson had fetch'd away his tithe who sometimes to shew his power or spleen peradventure would defer of purpose the taking in thereof whereby the whole crop by not taking advantage of the weather would oftimes suffer His Majesty for the redresse of this grievance appointed Commissioners who found a way to purchase those tiths and bring the impropriators to take a pecuniary certain rent counterveylable unto them Hereupon the Laie