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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A50572	The memoires of Sir James Melvil of Hal-hill containing an impartial account of the most remarkable affairs of state during the last age, not mention'd by other historians, more particularly relating to the kingdoms of England and Scotland, under the reigns of Queen Elizabeth, Mary Queen of Scots, and King James : in all which transactions the author was personally and publickly concern'd : now published from the original manuscript / by George Scott, Gent.	Melville, James, Sir, 1535-1617.; Scot, George, d. 1685.	1683 (1683)	Wing M1654; ESTC R201	279,416	250

Then another Souldier to win the Office took up the Ensign and went up likewise to the head of the Wall who was also killed Then the third and all the eleven one after another lost their lives not at all assisted by their Companies Notwithstanding that the Constable my Master stood by crying and threatning in vain for which he degraded their Captains and brake their Companies There was a Scotch-man Brother to Barnbougle called Archibald Moubray who with his drawn Sword ran up to the head of the Wall and returned safe But he got no reward though I used all my endeavours for him Thus many are readier to punish faults than to reward good deeds After this the King entered far in the Low-Countries burning and carrying away great Booties But so soon as the Emperour could convene any Forces together our Army began to retire homeward Then the Emperour sent five thousand Horsemen to see if they might perceive any occasion of advantage Which they frequently assayed assailing our Rear-guard at the passing over a little Water At which time the Constable staid behind himself and turning his face toward them he withstood their charge stoutly with the French Footmen and some Light-horsmen until the whole Army had passed over the said Water not far from Cambray So the Emperours Horsemen followed no further at that time believing that the King was resolved to return to France and dismiss his Army for that year But the King drew along the Frontier toward a place of great strength called Kenty where he planted his Camp and besieged the said place which I heard the Constable promise to deliver to the King in eight days Which promise was not performed for the Emperour came in person with his Army for the relief thereof Which Army the Constable rode out to meet with the whole French Horsemen leaving the Foot at the Siege For he had great intelligence and had heard where the Emperour was resolved to encamp marching along a great Hight which had a Steep towards the part where our Camp lay But it was easie to ride up and down at the side thereof Where our Horsemen did ride and the Emperour sent down some on Horseback to skirmish At which time Normand Lesly Master of Rothess won great reputation for with thirty Scotchmen he rode up the Hill upon a fair Grey Gelding He had above his Coat of black Velvet his Coat of Armour with two broad white Crosses the one before and the other behind with Sleeves of Mail and a red bonnet upon his head whereby he was known and seen afar off by the Constable the Duke of Anguion and Prince of Conde Where with his 30 he charged upon 60 of their Horse-men with Culverines followed but with seven of his number He in our sight struck five of them from their Horses with his Spear before it brake Then he drew his Sword and ran in among them not valuing their continual shooting to the admiration of the beholders He slew divers of them and at length when he saw a company of Spear-men coming down against him he gave his Horse the Spurs who carried him to the Constable and there fell down dead for he had many shots and worthy Normand was also shot in divers parts whereof he died fifteen days after He was first carried to the Kings own Tent where the Duke of Anguien and Prince of Conde told his Majesty that Hector of Troy was not more valiant than the said Norman Whom the said King would see dressed by his own Chirurgions and made great moan for him So did the Constable and all the rest of the Princes but no man made more lamentation than the Laird of Grange who came to the Camp the next day after from a quiet Road whither he had been commanded Now the Emperour set down his Camp two miles from Renty and in an instant entrenched the whole Camp round about save onely the face of the steep Hill that looked towards our Camp All that night there were many upon the Watches of both Armies for every man looked for a Battle the next day following And therefore the Emperour like an old experienced Captain seised upon a Wood in the night time that lay upon a Hill side between the two Camps which was not onely a great advantage to him but compelled the most part of our Army to stand in arms all night whereby they were rendred the more unable against the next day wanting the refreshment of rest and then the place of Battle was a plain Valley that lay under the said Wood. The next morning early after every man had said their prayers and taken a little refreshment we placed our Army in good order of Battle under the said Hill and Wood. The King himself that day commanded the Battle but he desired the Constable to abide with him to give Counsel as occasion would fall out The Duke of Guise led the Vant-guard and the Marshal of St. Andre the Rearguard First so many of our French Foot as are called Infant Perdews were led along the Hill and Wood beginning to skirmish with the Spaniards who were within the Wood who had so great advantage being covered with Bushes and Trees that they compelled our Foot to retire fearfully Which well favoured beginning the Emperour might well perceive from the Hill whereon he was encamped Therefore like a skilful Captain he took the occasion to hazard a good part of the Vant-guard with seven Field-pieces who by his direction came forward The Spaniards with their Fire arms through the Wood a thousand Lance-Knights with bright Corslets along the Hill side with long Pikes The Count of Swertsenburg with all his Reiters at the Hill Foot and the whole Light-horsemen of the Emperours Army upon his right hand At which time our Foot who were appointed to skirmish with the Spaniards retired more and more as also our Light-horsemen in the alley drew aside and gave too great place to the Emperours Vant-guard Which when it came where Monsieur D' Tavanes and Monsieur D' Lorge stood with their Companies seeing them make for defence they marched more coldly The Duke of Guise in the mean time said that he would ride back to the Battle and obtain the Kings Command before he would charge upon the Enemy But Monsieur de Lorge who was an old Captain alledged that there was no time to take Counsel for the Enemy said he will be as soon at the King as you Therefore it was resolved to charge couragiously upon the Enemy which being done and a little rencounter made the Reiters shot off all their Pistols and finding themselves not backed nor followed with the rest of the Emperours Army as they alledged was promised unto them they gave back and fled being pursued by our Horse who slew several of the Dutch Foot and some of the Spaniards for the Wood was their relief but the Horse all escaped within the Ramparts of the Emperours Camp Their

the Queens Chamber had not her Majesty come betwixt and saved him but he fled the next day and tarried with the Earl of Athol As for me I was not oft at Court but now and then yet I chanced to be there at the marriage When I came that time to the Court I found my Lord Duke of Orkny sitting at his Supper who welcomed me saying I had been a great stranger desiring me to sit down and Sup with him the Earl of Huntly the Justice Clerk and divers others being sitting at Table with him I said I had already Supped then he called for a Cup of Wine and drank to me saying you had need grow fatter for says he the zeal of the Common-wealth hath eaten you up and made you lean I answered That every little member should serve for some use but that the care of the Common-wealth appertained most to him and the rest of the Nobility who should be as Fathers of the same I knew well says he he would find a pin for every bore Then he fell in discoursing with the Gentlewomen speaking such filthy language that they and I left him and went up to the Queen who expressed much satisfaction at my coming The marriage was made at the Palace in Halyrood-house after Sermon by Adam Bothwel Bishop of Orkny in the great Hall where the Council useth to sit according to the order of the Reformed Religion and not in the Chappel at the Mass as was the King's marriage After the marriage he who was Earl of Bothwel now Duke of Orkny was very earnest to get the Prince in his hands but my Lord of Mar who was a true Nobleman would not deliver him out of his custody alledging that he could not without consent of the three States Yet he was so frequently crost by such as had the Authority in their hands that he was thereby put to a great strait And after that he had made divers refusals among others he made his moan to me praying me to help to save the Prince out of his hands who had slain his Father and had already made his vaunt among his familiars that if he could get him once in his hands he should warrant him from revenging his Father's death I assured his Lordship he should want no assistance I was capable to give He desired to know if I could propose any outgate I answered That I was intimately acquainted with Sir James Balfour and that I knew how matters stood betwixt Bothwel and him namely there were some jealousies arisen betwixt them which I thought if rightly managed might be improved for the Prince's safety I also told him that the Earl intended to have the Castle out of his hands for the Earl and he had been great Companions and he was also very great with the Queen so that the custody of the Castle of Edinbrugh was committed to him But afterward he would not consent to be present nor take part with the murtherers of the King whereby he came in suspicion with the Earl of Bothwel who would no more credit him so that he would have had the Castle out of his hands to have committed the charge thereof to the Laird of Beenstoun I told his Lordship he might make this one of his excuses That he could not deliver the Prince till he should see a secure place to keep him in And upon the other hand when I returned to Edinbrugh I dealt with Sir James Balfour not to part with the Castle whereby he might be an instrument to save the Prince and the Queen who was so disdainfully handled and with such reproachful language that in presence of Arthur Aroskine I heard her ask for a knife to stab her self or else said she I shall drown my self Now says I to Sir James Balfour there is no security for you to be out of suspicion but to keep the Castle in your own hands and so to be the good instrument both of saving Queen and Prince and in assisting the Nobility who are about to Crown the Prince and to pursue the Earl of Bothwel for the King's murther I told him that unless he took part with them he would be holden as guilty of the said murther by reason of his long familiarity with the Earl of Bothwel That it was a happy thing for him that the said Earl was in suspicion of him assuring him that I had intelligence by one who was of the Earl of Bothwel's Councel to wit the Laird of Whitlaw Captain of the Castle of Dumbar that the Earl of Bothwel was determined to take the Castle of Edinbrugh from him and make the Laird of Beenstoun one Hepburn Captain thereof and then to put the Prince there in his keeping Sir James Balfour gave ear to my proposition and consented to help to pursue the murtherers upon condition that the Laird of Grange would ingage upon his honour to be his Protector in case afterward the Nobility should alter upon him for he and most of them had formerly run contrary courses so that he durst not credit them The Earl of Mar being hereof from me advertised by his Brother Alexander Areskine who was true and careful of the Prince's safety coming secretly to me at midnight for the days were dangerous for all honest Men. Now my Lord of Mar being continually required and threat'ned to deliver the Prince out of his hands at length granted only to drive off time upon condition that an honest responsible Nobleman should be made Captain of the Castle of Edinbrugh the only secure place of keeping the Prince in This answer was thought fit to asswage the present fury until the Nobility might convene to pursue the murtherers and to Crown the Prince as they had already concluded at a secret meeting among themselves which was not kept so private but that one of the said Lords gave advertisement thereof to the Earl of Bothwel how that they were minded to inviron the Palace of Halirood-house and therein to apprehend him Whereupon he forgot inquiring after the Prince being only now concerned how to save himself therefore he fled out of Edinbrugh to the Castle of Borthwick from that to the Castle of Dumbar taking always the Queen with him wherever he went All Scotland cryed out upon the foul murther of the King but few of them were careful how to revenge it till they were driven thereto by the crying out of all other Nations against all Scotishmen wherever they travelled either by Sea or Land Among other Princes the King of France sent hither to his Ambassadour Monsieur de Crook a grave aged discreet Gentleman advanced by the House of Guise a Letter therein expressing his wonder that such a foul murther being committed upon the person of a King so few honest Subjects were found to find fault with the same for less to seek after any tryal or see the same punished Whereupon the Lords who had the enterprise in hand were hasted forward to take Arms and in

the mean time they obliged themselves by a writing under their hands which they delivered to the said Monsieur de Crook to send to the King his Master that they should do their outmost diligence to try out the Authors of that foul murther of their King and in the mean time convened to the number of 3000 men and came to Edinbrugh and there set out a Proclamation of their just quarrel Also sundry Libels were set out both in Rhime and Prose to move the hearts of the whole Subjects to assist and take part in so good a Cause The Earl of Bothwel having the Queen in his Company convened a greater number out of the Merse and Lauthian and out of all parts where he had interest or friendship Her Majesties Proclamation was not well obeyed and so many as came had no hearts to fight in that quarrel Yet the Earl of Bothwel marched forward out of Dumbar toward Edinbrugh taking the Queen with him The Lords again with their Company went out of Edinbrugh on foot with an earnest desire to fight Both Armies lay not far from Carberry the Earl Bothwel's men Camped upon the Hill in a strength very advantageous the Lords incamped at the foot of the Hill And albeit her Majesty was there I cannot call it her Army for many of those who were with her were of opinion that she had intelligence with the Lords especially such as were informed of the many indignities put upon her by the Earl of Bothwel since their marriage He was so beastly and suspicious that he suffered her not to pass one day in patience without making her shed abundance of Tears Thus part of his own Company detested him other part of them believed that her Majesty would fain have been quit of him but thought shame to be the doer thereof directly her self In the mean time the Laird of Grange did ride about the Hill with two hundred Horse-men who came there with Drumlanrig Cesfoord and Couldinknows thinking to be betwixt the Earl of Bothwel and Dumbar and was minded to make an onset that way which was plain and that in the mean time that the Lords should come up the Hill to the part where their adversaries were Camped When the Queen understood that the Laird of Grange was chief of that Company of Horse-men she sent the Laird of Ormistoun to desire him to come and speak with her under surety which he did after he had acquainted the Lords with her desire and had obtained their permission As he was speaking with her Majesty the Earl of Bothwel had appointed a Soldier to shoot him until the Queen gave a cry and said that he would not do her that shame seeing she had promised that he should come and return safely He was declaring unto the Queen that all of them were ready to honour and serve her upon condition that she would abandon the Earl of Bothwel who had murthered her Husband and could not be a Husband unto her who had but lately married the Earl of Huntly's Sister The Earl of Bothwel hearkened and heard part of this language and offered the Combat to any who would maintain that he had murthered the King The Laird of Grange promised to send him an answer shortly thereunto So he took his leave of the Queen and went down the Hill to the Lords who were content that the Laird of Grange should fight with him in that quarrel For he first offered himself and acquainted Bothwel that he would fight with him upon that quarrel The Earl of Bothwel answered That he was neither Earl nor Lord but a Baron and so was not his equal The like answer made he to Tullibardine Then my Lord Lindsay offered to fight him which he could not well refuse but his heart failed him and he grew cold in the business Then the Queen sent again for the Laird of Grange and said to him that if the Lords would do as he had spoken to her she should put away the Earl of Bothwel and come unto them Whereupon he asked the Lords if he might in their name make her Majesty that promise which they Commissioned him to do Then he rode up again and saw the Earl of Bothwel part and came down again and assured the Lords thereof They desired him to go up the Hill again and receive the Queen who met him and said Laird of Grange I render my self unto you upon the conditions you rehearsed unto me in the name of the Lords Whereupon she gave him her hand which he kissed leading her Majesties Horse by the bridle down the Hill unto the Lords who came forward and met her The Noblemen used all dutiful reverence but some of the Rascals cryed out against her despightfully till the Laird of Grange and others who knew their duty better drew their Swords and struck at such as did speak irreverent language which the Nobility well allowed of Her Majesty was that night convoyed to Edinbrugh and lodged in the midst of the Town in the Provosts Lodging As she came through the Town the common people cryed out against her Majesty at the Windows and Stairs which was a pity to hear Her Majesty again cryed out to all Gentlemen and Others who passed up and down the streets declaring how that she was their native Princess and that she doubted not but all honest Subjects would respect her as they ought to do and not suffer her to be abused Others again evidenced their malice in setting up a Banner or Ensign whereupon the King was painted lying dead under a Tree and the young Prince upon his knees praying Judge and Revenge my Cause O Lord. That same night it was alledged that her Majesty did write a Letter unto the Earl of Bothwel and promised a reward to one of her keepers to convoy it securely to Dumbar unto the said Earl calling him her dear heart whom she should never forget nor abandon though she was necessitated to be absent from him for a time saying that she had sent him away only for his safety willing him to be comforted and be upon his guard Which Letter the Knave delivered to the Lords though he had promised the contrary Upon which Letter the Lords took occasion to send her to Lockleven to be kept which she alledged was contrary to promise They on the other hand affirmed that by her own hand writing she had declared that she had not nor would not abandon the Earl of Bothwel Grange again excused her alledging she had in effect abandoned the said Earl that it was no wonder that she gave him yet a few fair words not doubting but if she were discreetly handled and humbly admonished what inconveniencies that Man had brought upon her she would by degrees be brought not only to leave him but e're long to detest him And therefore he advised to deal gently with her But they said that it stood them upon their Lives and Lands and that therefore in the mean time