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A05277	A breefe discourse, concerning the force and effect of all manuall weapons of fire and the disability of the long bowe or archery, in respect of others of greater force now in vse. With sundrye probable reasons for the verrifying therof: the which I haue doone of dutye towards my soueraigne and country, and for the better satisfaction of all such as are doubtfull of the same. Written by Humfrey Barwick ...	Barwick, Humfrey.	1592 (1592)	STC 1542; ESTC S101056	50,878	86

lye dead in diuers skirmishes and incounters betwéene the Englishe in those Fortes and the French in Garrison in the Fort called Mon pleasure and mon gardenet right ouer against our Fortes and holds there And where as I serued in Guynes as afore is said in a band that were all Harquebuzieres sauing fourtéen persons there was also another Band of Souldiers vnder one Captain Basset who had no Harquebuzeres in his Band hee was an Essex man toward the Earle of Oxford and the two bands serued oftentimes together in diuers skirmishes and ouerthrowes betwixt y ● Garrison of Guines and Arde and amongst many other both before y e towne of Arde and at other times néere vnto the Castle of Guines where triall was to haue béene made twice or thrice in a wéeke of all manner of warlike weapons and the sufficiencie therof to haue beene iustly proued and amongst many other of greater force in numbers I will heare set downe the manner of one incounter doon by the Garrison of Guynes The 7. Discourse IT fell out that Sir Iohn Wallop Knight of th'order of the Garter who had gotten intelligence by his espialles that the Frenchmen would come into the English grounds vpon a night wherevpon as soone as the gates was shut he sent foorth his Gentleman Porter to commaund the Captaines to put in readines their Bands all sauing one that should continue within the towne for watching and warding vntill their returne back which was doone accordingly and according to the time appointed they did march foorth of the Towne 400. footemen and 25. horsemen and being not halfe a myle from the Towne there fell such a huge raine and tempest that the Captaines consented together to returne home to the Towne againe and so did Sir Iohn Wallop was a lame man and could neither ride nor go but in a litter as he was carried and yet in his directions most perfect The Frenchmen being abroad and had laine in couert all the same morning about ten of the clock in the foorenoone the Cattle of the English inhabitants being all abroad and suspecting no enemies the French horsemen brake vpon the villages from Mewnam Bridge close by the marrishe side and droue away great numbers of Cattle and Sheepe not comming neere vnto Guines by two miles and when they had gotten that they could they returned towardes Hambletewe and so after that they were foorth of the sight of the day watche of Hams and Guynes the Garrison of Hambletewe and them of Arde there parted their bootie and so returned towards their Garrisons In the meane time Sir Iohn Wallop had vnderstanding that the Captains wēt not forth according to his direction wherfore he sent to commaund them to come before him to answer their cause but before the Captains did come the Larum was throughout the Countrye and the day watch strooke the Larum and off went a Cannon to giue the rest of the Countrie warning and foorth with the Captains and Souldiers issued foorth and with their weapons only without any armour at all the Bell continued striking the Larum so hotlye that euery man thought the enemy had béen at the Towne gates insomuch that the gouernour him selfe came foorth and there meeting with some of the Captains so be called them for not perfourming his directions that he sware by Gods mother which was his common oath that they were all cowardly knaues and durste not look a Frenchman in the face wherwith the Captains were sore greeued but in this meane space there came a Horseman from Sindercase Church who had séene all the demeanor of the French and declared that one part were going towards Hambletewe and th'other towards Arde the Captains and the Souldiers hearing this neuer staide but made towards a place called Buckhole or Buckhold they ran by 20. and 10. and more and lesse vntill they came néere to the open where the French were newlye come through the the woods with the Cattle and bootie and tooke their grounds of aduauntage and put their footmen in their best order and their horsemen vpon their left hand and by that time the French were wel set in their orders the English were about 280. footemen that were come together and 9. horsemen but before that the English could come into the ground where those French had imbatled themselues there was a hedge wherin was a gappe that 3. in a rank could not passe through the same whereof we stoode in doubt that the horsemen would haue charged vs before we had past the said straight but they suffered vs quietly to come through the same there needed no Sargeant for euery man as fast as hee could pace fell into his ranke which was seauen and then we had to ascend towards the enemy who stood vpon a Linch of a banck 2. yards high y e horsmen stood at y e end of the same Linch vpon whom we straight directed our shot the French shot off their peeces in effect vpon our flanke and ouershot vs in manner but we let flye amongst their horsemen so full in their faces that they to goe it was no néede to bid them spur and so many as were not slain went cléer away the footemen stayed vntill we came to ioyne Pyke to Pyke and at the last they began to shrink and thought to haue saued themselues being so néer the wood but we pursued them so fast that few did scape by flight and so they thrue away their Pikes and fled towardes the wood but we kild 117. of the footmen and fiue horses and took Mounsier de Outings Liefetenant to the Gouernor of Arde and one other Horseman and 69. Prisoners with the armour and weapon of the rest that were slaine the bootie went cleere away for before we had done and put our selues in good order againe to march home the bootie was neere Arde gates and Sir Iohn aduertised by some that were in the day watche that the French and our men were togeather for the smoke of the shot might well bee seene he wished that we had béene at home for all his land said hée But when newes was brought him by one Muse one of the nine horsemen that he shoulde cause his cooke to prouide his supper for Monsieur de Outings would sup with him a great sorte more of his partakers then the gouernor was right glad and was sorie that he had so be called the Captaines This was done aboute Nouember in the 3. yéere of Edward the sixt by my Captain Hugh Smith and Captaine Thomas Sibell Captaine Matson and Captaine Basset with 268. footemen and 9. horsemen The french were 87. horsemen led by Captaine Pelowes and 340 footemen led by the L. of Outings in this incounter we lost but fiue men yet diuers hurt but recouered all well againe amongest these there was 35. Bow-men whereof there was one slaine but not one slaine by the archers nor to my knowledge I neuer sawe any slaine out right with an

effect but become vnprofitable I would wish that such armed Pykes should be taught to holde their pykes rather two parts of thrée before their hands to set them in the ground vnder his right foot and to hold them low right against the brest of the horse and not against the head of the horse nor the brest of the man for the horse hauing a chieffront and also the man well armed the pyke can do no harme at all Some may alledge and saie that if the horse be armed vpon the front he is also armed vpon the brest but I saie that there is ten to one armed more vpon the head then vpon the petron and if it be that the horse were armed vpon the brest it is nothing so strong as the chieffront is by halfe And notwithstanding that I haue spoken of diuers incounters and ouerthrowes giuen betwéen the Emperour Charles the fift and Henrie the second French King yet haue I left vnremembred the most braue battaile offered by the French King vnto the Emperour néere vnto Valentian where the saide King did cause all his footemen to bée deuided into thrée battailes and so being aranged and reduced into the form of battails the Uauntgarde being led by the Duke of Vandosme accompanied with the Counte of Ringraue with his Almaines for the bodie of his battaile The King himselfe in the maine being all French the Fronte whereof was a hundreth and fiftie ninetie in flanke besides shot the forme and manner whereof was in other sort then in Machiauell or Stuard or any other Printed battailes as yet hath béene set foorth and published Then was there in the Rearegard ten thousand Swisers conducted by the constable Memorance the footmen were in number 35000. in horsemen 12000. in pyoners 6000. with 30. péeces of great Ordinance al which numbers being most perfectly imbattailed in a plaine field of thrée miles at the least in the narrowest place without either hedge or ditch woode or bushes And being thus placed with the caualrie vpon their left hand and vpon the right hand a strait or gill and betwéene both the armies a faire plaine grounde and thus being placed in the face of the enemies the Canons enterchangeably did go and come through both the armies and yet no great matters performed by reason that the Emperors campe was intrenched with huge and high trenches And the King séeing that the Emperour would not come foorth of his inclosed campe caused his numbers to turne their faces and to march towards his campe againe after diuers skirmishes doone by the light Horsemen and after that the Kings battailes had marched a myle homewards the Harquebuziers discharged their péeces one battaile after another in such sort that with the gallant soundes of the Trumpets and Drums being such and the voice of the armie calling Battailie Battailie that if I should héere make report what I heard and did sée it would not with the most séeme credible therefore I will omit Some will imagine that the plot that I haue herein made wherein there is placed the figure of twelue féelde péeces that it is some skonce or forte but my meaning is that the same might bée as a trench cast with pioners for the safetie of the fiue thousand shot the better to defend them from the danger of the enemies artillerie the which might otherwise annoy them from their great ships and also to be néere their enemies if any should lande as I trust neuer any shall do to offend vs. I haue good will to set downe the manner of the kings battaile aboue spoken of in forme as it was the which I wil omit for this time for some cause it was the onely and most braue thing that euer I did sée although at diuers times I haue séene as many togither and more and whosoeuer did not sée the same I dare auouch that in this age within Europe the like hath not béen séene of any DIuers and sondrie opinions haue been deliuered about the burning of this Treatise wherby the Author hath bidden the bitter censures of others onely to his priuate friends the truth thereof hath been manifest but now that it may generally appeere that there was no such matter conteined in the same as was supposed nor other then by him set downe of dutie and loue to his Countrey and Souereigne to confirme the which he hath at his own charges caused the same to be newly Reprinted before which time it pleased some of the best calling to carrie a more better opinion of the same then by others is deemed so that now in conclusion he praieth of the Marshallest equall iudgement and of the Learned pardon Faults escaped Folio 2. line 6. read 40. fol. 5. line 32. read mine owne knowledge in diuers places lieftenants reade leutenants fol. 16. pag. 2. line 9. read Harbebuziers or archers be most readiest FINIS The woorthy Earle of Pembrook Admirall Satylyon The Castle of Guynes besieged Townes won in one summer by the french K. H. 2. The french Nacion expelled foorthe of Scotland The L. W. Gray M. Pelham intrencheth and is offended without cause The L. Arthur Gray sore wounded Francis E. of Bedford Captaine Brode his answer vnaduisedly made 40. Single Bullets to bee shotte forth of a Caliuer in one houre The two Tre●smaynes To learne first to obay the better shall you konwe howe to command Knowledge and ignoraunce A reported matter It is better to haue the name in the court then to performe in the fielde Collonell Randall hauing not perfect sight Edward Randall wilfully slaine through his own ouersight The valiant Captaines not remem bred in the Cronicles True prow es and foolish hardines Touching ignorance To haue regarde to whome great charges are giuen The Battaile at Tilbury It is good that Bands of footmen and horse men be of diuers num bers for diuers causes Deuiding of bands dooth wea ken the same The proper showes of weapons for foot bands The Duke of Guise was the first that did inuent them Harquebuze in the hands of ignoraunt men are rather hurtfull then cōmodious A Harquebuzer neede not being perfect to incounter a man at armes 400. Harquebuzers slaine in one mor ning The shot of Harquebuzers are most deadly weapons if they be in the handes of skilfull men A batterie plased with out trenche or gabyon Man womā and childe slaine or drowned Peeces of more force to defende holdes then Muskets No armors can defend against the Musket being neere hand No impedimentes where as skilful soldiers are Point blāke and not point and blancke Touching a good and skilfull Canonere It is not needfull to answere vn to so many recited reasons Nothing doon by the archers but many haue been seene lye dead with Harqubuze and Pistoll Archers are rather an incouragement then hurtful vnto a resolute souldier There was many archers at Leeth and good place to haue tried them 448. Slaine at Lieth at one assaulte Not one slaine at Lecth