turne their backes and to retire but parte despising the ordinance againe gaue a chardge vppon the enimies and with more constant valor and desperatenesse than euer they they had vsed before giuing and takyng many woundes passed the ditch and encountering with the Lansquenetz and the kings horsemen did many actes of sauadge prowesse for when Trivulzi and Burbon stretching out in length their wing and fetching a compasse about with their horsmen had charged their lefte side they were forced to fight with double front But the Launsquenetz who had in this moste sharpe encounter loste their stoutest Capitaines Iames Condey Henry Ricurt and Saxey beying madâ—â— for anger and griefe did valiauntly sette forwarde and repressed their violence and with the shotte of their harquesses tumbled from his horse Pontinâ—r one of greate renowne among the Capitaines of the Switzers for the tallenesse of his stature and the valiauntnesse of his harte as he roade vnto the rankes and encouraged his souldiours with a loude voice and vsed reprochfull wordes againste the Almaines who in the fight of the Switzers annointed their bloudy pikes in the tallow grease of his mighty and fatte body that ranne out at his wide woundes which thing is accompted among the Barbarians in deadly hatreds for a verye graue ceremony of reuengefully acquited There also Zambron and Anty Eucher menne of strong courage and terrible stature while that they guided wyth singular skill mightye twoo hand-swordes in the middes of the Almaine batallion cutting off a greate number of these pikes and slaying many of their enimies were at the laste oppressed when all the whole battell turned vppon them Then also was Chezze Amman slaine hys horse being firste killed and hâ—â—â— himselfe also shotte in with thrée arrowes a man who being of that yeares had by encouraging and fighting many houres coÌ„mitted the duty neyther of a very good capitayn nor a moste valiant souldiour where as the rest of the Captaines that I spake of had died before that they came to fight with the enimy being for he into péeces with the ordinaunce And when Iohn Berre the ensigne bearer of the Baâ—â—lians being wearied wyth many woundes was not able any longer to kéepe the ensigne hée pulled it off from the â—â—aâ—â—e and tore it into very smal péeces that hys enimies might not gaine it and then dyed Moreouer in the meane â—â—â—e the seconde battell whiche wée tolde you deâ—â—ected vnto Alencon inferred so greate â—â—rror vnto the rerewarde that the horsemen for a greate parte Monsieur Beaument their ensigne bearer being slaine at the firste méeting toâ—rned their backes and fledde a maine on the spurre towardes Ledy which caused the Pesants and many espies that were in the fields seing the French horsemen fleing among the cariages to write vnto all partes of Italy that the Frenche King was discomfited and the Switzers had gotten the victory And doubtlesse the FrenchmeÌ„ in the quarter had â—en brought into very great danger if that Emar Prieus and the Lord Obegney capitaines of singular experience who were wyth Alencon raryng them that fledde rolying the ensignes and casting the Souldiours into a ring had not borne the â—runt of the fight with surpassing paine and toile And also Liuiano was a greate succoure vnto the disordered who with a company of noble men of armes came before the reste of his power whiche folowed after And as hée was a man gready of fight and to doe some feare encoraging his horsemen to folow him without doubting or staying so he gaue a charge ouerthwart the side of his enimyes whom two bandes of Switzers turning their ensignes receyued very couragiously and wounding many and slaying Capino the sonne of the Earle of Petilia a yong Gentleman of passyng towardlinesse did repell farre from them the hotely vrging horsemen Yet that company of Switzers bring more terrified by hys comming than hys power for that they thought all the whole power of the Venetians who were indeede neare were already come beganne to prouide for their safety for some of them being quite speÌ„t with werinesse woundes thirste and sweate gotte them into the Gardens that neare adioyned where a greate parte of them were slayne when that the horsmen were sent ofter them yea from the kings battell other retiring into the nexte village after they had long time defended themselues at the gate walls vnder the conduct of Tuler Cefuse a very valiant captain at the last being won and vanquished with the ordinance and fire most cruelly perished but other being despersed and fleing backe vnto the greatest companye or battell of their fellows the horsemen chasing them in those very large and open fieldes had ben wholy destroyed if that by the aduise and valor of certayne olde souldiors who in that frowning of fortune being mindefull of discipline neuer failed vnto themselues and their fellowes they had not retired vnto their fellows that were on this side the ditches and high way in a thicke Esquadron Almoste at the very same time the thirde battell of the Switzers the which we shewed you had stoode ouer right against Trivulzo and Burbon eyther bycause they sawe the iniquitie and disaduauntage of the battell or else were adduced by detestable counsell for that they had rather satisfy their faction and hatred than publike necessity in being beholders of the slaughter and prowesse of othermen beganne to retire wyth their ensignes towardes Milan neyther woulde they as men thoroughly attached with feare once come into the battell to fight the whych yet they were almoste forced to do seing that they had all the lyght horsmen in sight were often shot at with the great ordinaÌ„ce which beyng politikely hidden behinde the horsemen were at the laste when the troupes had opened at the sounde of the trumpet often shotte off in the voide spaces Therefore when the reste of the Switzers whome wee lefte fyghtyng at the Kyngs battell inflamed with fury and wrath kepte their grounde rather by obstinacy of hearte than strength and sawe other freshe regimentes of Launsquenetz to whom the light hadde not yet come ready to come vppon them they despairing of the victory sounÌ„ded the retreite for a little before they had receyued a greate detriment at the ditch being maruellously endomaged from the higher ground by an innumerable multitude of arrowes shotte by the Gascoignes Arcubalisters who being placed harde by the harquebusters that the one might haue time to chardge their harquebusses and the other to bende their crosse bowes did so shoot off one after another by hundrethes with mutuall running backe that the battell of the Switzers being ouerwhelmed with the continuall haile of the shotte were without reuenge beaten down they in vaine séeking succour of prowesse and valor The battell being thus broken off when that Rosty Ronne Anglarde and the other Capitaynes coulde not succour so greate and so drsordered a multitude by admonishment and commaunding them what they should doe nor easily doe the dueties of captains the
togyther and a little refreshing hys Souldyers that hadde escaped out of the battell he wente downe vnto the Citie of Hierazzi The baggage and carriages of the Spanyardes fell vnto the pillage of the Frenche Souldyers and Pesauntes the ensignes with many goodly Genets of Spayne were brought vnto Obegny and the nuÌ„ber of them that were taken prisoners was greater than of them that were slayne Neyther coulde that victorie séeme ioyfull vnto Obegny séeing it cost hym the deathe of that most valiaunt Gentleman his déere friend Griguines After thys battell when Obegny hadde without wounde taken Bubalina Motta whyther hys enimies hadde fledde there was no man almost in Calabria that dyd not incontinently turne his deuotion towards the Frenchmen victors the Spanyardes fleing into the strong Castels whiche they thought the Frenchmenne woulde hardly winne in the Winter season The Battell of Gioia fought in the Kingdome of Naples betvveene the Lord Obegny Generall for the Frenche Kyng and Andrado for Ferdinande the Kyng of Spayne in Anno. 1506. FERDINANDE Kyng of Spayne hearing of thys ouerthrow in Calabria and how that his LieutenaÌ„t General in the Kingdome of Naples Gonsalues was besieged in Puglia sente Portecareri with a strong fléete army into Naples vnder whoÌ„e serued Alfonse Caruaiall with 600. Horsemen Ferdinande Andrada who had brought out of Galicia Biskay about 5000. footemen but Portecarery dyed as soone as he came vnto Rezo and so the supreme gouernement fel vnto Andrada who coÌ„sulting with Hugo de Cardonna marched with his army into the territorie of Terranoua And the verye same daye also came Obegny from Bubalina Motta to take Terranoua which when Alrerade a Spanyard had taken before hée came he after a light skirmish to trie the force of his enimies turned to Castel San Giâ—n not far froÌ„ Seminara in the whiche place seauen yeares before he hadde vanquished in battell Kyng Ferdinande and Gonsalues Neyther were the fieldes famous for the late ouerthrowe of Hugo de Cardonna farre off in somuche that Obegny béeyng fierce through hys former victories although he were inferiâ—ure in number yet beholding with his eyes the fieldes fatall vnto hys foes but fortunate vnto himselfe was ledde with a ioyful abodement to aduenture the thirde battell and for that intente sente his Harraulde Ferracute vnto the Spanyardes who wyth proude mouthe offered the fielde vnto them as men of no valâ—o and accustomed to be vanquished Hugh being of hymselfe iâ—rensed through the heate of his disceyuing â—earte was of the opinion that the offer of battell shoulde bée accepted and that for the bringyng of the message Ferracute shoulde haue a basen and a cuppe of syluer and presently sente for hys brother who was not farre from thence to come with his footemen but hys Souldyers refused to goe forthe excepte their wages behinde that had bin so often promised them were nowe payde But this contumacie of the Souldyers he easily dissolued by giuing vnto them all the golde and syluer he had and gaging hys friendes credite for the rest and so the footemen were brought into the Camp. But Obegny after certayne skirmishes marched to Gioia whome the Spanyardes incontinently followed and the next day came Obegny downe from Gioia in aray of battell which as soone as the Spanyardes espyed they also incontinently arraâ—nged their battels In the wings were Emanuell de Benauides and Caruaiall But in the middle battell were Hugh Antonino de Leua and Aluerade the father with the olde footemen and Horsemenne A little behynde this battell stoode Andrada with the Horsemenne that came lately out of Spayne and the Galician and Biskay footemen who after the auntient manner of the Romane warfare vsed pauices somewhat long and inflected and iauelins to be hurled But Obegny himselfe was in the vannâ—gard Alphonse SaÌ„seuerino was in the seconde and Honorato Sanseuerino in the thirde and did leade the bandes of their friendes and tenauntes But Malherbe was Captayne of the square batallion of the footemen with whome was the greate ordinaunce whyche béeyng shotte off on bothe sydes the Horsemen came forthe But when Obegny wente aboute to auoyde the Sunne that shyned in hys face hée missed of hys purpose for a troupe of Spanishe lyghte Horsemen tooke the place before him so that he turned about gaue a vehemeÌ„t charge on Emanuels wing But when the sighte was most hote and Emanuels wing did verye hardlye susteyne the forte of the Scottes Hugh Antony and Aluerade succoured them and then they sought on both sydes so fiercely that both Frenchemen and Spaniards fighting with their swords were intermedled togither neither did the one or the other doubte of the victorie when loc with speedie counsell Caruaial brought about the left wing and gyuing a charge vpon the backes of the fore ward of the enimies brought such terror vnto them being busied with the doubtfull fight before that Obegny hauing his battaile distressed fled And the horsemen of Andrada defeated AlphoÌ„so Sanseuerino that brought aide with the second battell and with like lotte was Honoratus put to flight and the thirde battaile ouerthrowne and within halfe an houre whiche is scarse credible there was a notable victorie gotten almost all the French footmen being slayne both the Sanseuerines Honoratus Alfonse were takeÌ„ prisoners But a troupe of Scottes tooke away Obegny out of the handes of his enimies and then Malberbe and he met and fled on the spurre to Gioia But there they stayed not long bicause newes was broughte that the Spanish horsmen were at hand pursuing them but Obegny in the darke night came to the castell of Angitula often complayning of Fortune that had nowe illuded and deceyued him hauing bin inuincible vntill that daye and victour in twelue Britayne and Frenche battayles The Spaniards pursuyng hym besieged the Castell whiche Obegny yelded vp himselfe within fewe dayes after when he vnderstood how the Duke of Nemours the Viceroye of Naples was discomfyted and stayne in battayle ¶ The Battell of Cerignola foughte in the Kyngdome of Naples by the Duke of Nemoures Viceroy and Generall for Lewes the Frenche King and the great Gonsalues Viceroy and Lieutenant Generall for Ferdinande the Kyng of Spayne in Anno. 1506. THe same day that the Lord Obegny was ouerthrowen at Gioia the great Gonsalues de Cardonna Lieutenant Generall for the Spanyardes in Naples hauing receyued a supplye of Alwaynes issued out of the Towne of Barletia wherein he had bin after a sort besieged seauen monethes by the Duke of Nemoures Viceroy for the Frenche King and marched to CERIGNOLA with intent to besiege the Towne or to gyue battell vnto the Frenchmen if they woulde attempte to succoure it The Duke of Nemours forsaking Canossa was encamped not farre from Cerignola where he called togither the Captaynes consulting with them whether it were best to fight or no. But thorough vntimely alteration the greatest parte of the day was spent in consultation when he himselfe Monsieur de Formantes and Monsieur Darsey for
myste by settyng on fyre the Souldyers Cabins the strawe and al the rest of the forrage that Kyng Iames was come to hys purposed place before Surrey who was but one myle from hym eyther perceyued hys departure or coulde sée the long traine of hys marchyng armye Kyng Iames thus possessing the toppe of the hyll Surrey came wyth all hys power vnto the foote thereof and staying there a little whyle determined wyth hymselfe séeyng the hyll was neyther verye hygh nor harde to ascende to climbe it and to fyght before the enimie hadde fortifyed hys camp and then calling togyther the Souldyers he declared vnto them into what place and case they were come that on the one syde the hygh bankes of the ryuer and on the other the stiepe hylles that ranne along many myles tooke quite away from them al wayes of flight yea and all hope of lyfe vnlesse they foughte lustyly and vanquished valiauntly and therefore they shoulde couragiouslye encounter their forsworne enimyes who breaking the league thoughte thorough the occasion of the Kyngs absence to winne the Empyre of the whole Islande neyther shoulde theyr heartes be troubled with their greate multitude for it had but sufficiently tryed by the often victories of their auncestors how small strength and constancie there is in Scottes that God hymselfe woulde be with them in the fielde as he hathe alwayes héeretofore bin iustly agaynste the breakers of their faythe and the contemners of hys and mans lawes and Religion onely the Souldyers shoulde reteâ—ne styll the memorie of theyr olde prowesse for by the consente of all menne the most iust cause of warres is to propell iniuries and defende by armes theyr Houses Children Wyues and that whyche séemeth to be much more renowmed the dignitie of the Papall libertie the whyche with noble hearte and holye counsell hadde taken vpon hym to defende and so accordinglye by Goddes assistaunce hadde dryuen the vngodly oppugners of the inuiolable Maiestie béeyng discomfyted in battayle theyr Captayne 's taken prisoners and theyr strong Citie wonne into the inner partes of Fraunce and therefore they should vnder the conduct of the same God fight against men defyâ—ed with the same contagion of polluted Religion and if they made accompt of the honor of their Countrey the Kyngs estimation and finally their owne glory and safetie that they shoulde followe hym their Captayne ready eyther to vanquish gloriously or else to dye honorably The Souldyers cryed out incontinently that he should giue the signall of fight and nothing doubt to darreyne battell yea though in a place of great disaduantage for they stoutely said that they would with their wounding weapons climbe the toppe of the hill and neuer returne into the Campe but victors Then Surrey in this hope and couragiousnesse of the Souldyers deuided all his power into thrée battels The fore warde he assigned vnto the Lorde Howarde wherein he also placed Edmunde another of his sonnes to gouerne a parte thereof Hall makes it a wing He himselfe ledde the middle battell and ordeyned Sir Edward Stanley to bée Captaine of the rereward He placed the Lorde Dacres with the Horsemen for a battell of succoure and dysposed the great ordinaÌ„ce in certaine distaunces among the rankes and in the front and so with a round marche maketh towardes the enimie In the meane time when the King saw the glistering of the armoure and the seuerall battels of the enimie as he might very well from the hyll thinking that occasion of victorie was that day giuen him if he being then superioure both by the sighte the ground and also the nuÌ„ber of men did out of hand fight with the enimie he gaue the signal of battell and turning vnto the nobilitie of his Realme who stoode néere vnto him vsed such a like spéeche Séeyng most valiant compéeres in armes that we shall this day fight with better condition and more aduauntage than euer any of our auncestoures hathe héeretofore done with this enimie remember that now is the time of supreme occasion to reuenge youre iniuries whiche ye feared woulde neuer haue come and haue hitherto in vayne wished for when ye suffered all villanies and reproches of these most proude enimies but we that haue borne these things so long at home with sighing for vaine anger often crying vnto God for reuenge and at length in this most goodly occasion haue taken so iust and so needefull armes shoulde doubtlesse shew our selues very vile and abiecte persons and of all men the vainest if nowe when deedes and true prowesse are needefull and that we muste sette foote t s foote and by woundes and death seeke for glorious victory we shoulde feare the face of our enimies and wyth timorous hearte measure the perills of battells I for my parte beyng contented with the old limits of my kingdom enioyed wyth good peace could haue passed my time in reste and quietnesse and haue bene wythout the perylles and laboures that warres doe dayly bryng If without care of dishonour I had preferred mine owne priuate felicitie before both the dignitie of my countrye and your safetie But by your generall consent in that passyng great opportunitie of reuenging of your wrongs and of all other thinges when you were al of one opinion that warres were openly to be made bycause that those things which wee and our Progenitours had suffered at the handes of oure moste bitter and spitefull enimies were shamefull gréeuous and intollerable I forthwith proclaymed warres wyth greate courage and that whyche dothe make me hope of victory ye wyth greater endeuour and desire singular feruencie and incredible alacritie haue folowed the ensignes that one daye by doing some notable acte and as it were the vttermoste worke of valiauncie ye might shew the egregious fortitude of your heartes and ende those immortall controuersies by a notable victory For what may there anye doubt be had of the prosperous successe of the victory seing the armye of the enimies is in nothing to bee compared wyth ours theirs consisteth wholy of a kinde of freshe water Souldiers that will quickely runne awaye amaine beyng take vp in haste wythout regarde of prowesse and â—uenished with weapons and armour only for a shewe of Souldiours for all the olde men of warre or suche as are meet for the field indeed either for strength of youth or good personage are caâ—â—ed awaye by Kyng Henry into France And will not you then from the higher ground wyth the multitude of your weapons 〈◊〉 â—heâ—â—â—â— a sort of wretches 〈◊〉 we in number and spent with weaâ—â—nesse and famâ—â—ie assoone â—s they shall 〈◊〉 daâ—e 〈◊〉 approche you They clamber vppe the hill â—oâ— bycause they be so hardy but for that they are needy and must needes doe it that they maye at once more honestly and spéedely by death escape the pinching pains of vnwonted labour hunger after the manner of wild beasts whoÌ„ when fretting fury hath once vexed theyr heartes and famine their bellies extreame anger dryueth into raging
slaine or sore wounded Now vnto Selym being victor by the confessiō of the enimies came there Ambassadors from Chois and the Cities thereaboutes and also from Taruis yelding themselues vnto him who marched to Toruis mynding to winter there but he hadde not made his aboade there aboue tenne dayes but intelligence was giuen that Jsmaell hauing sent for a strong power of Jberian and Albaniā horsmen was comming towardes Taruis with the Parthian horsemen and those that had béene at the battell of Chois Then Selym callyng to minde howe hardly in the flelde he had susteyned thirty thousande Persians wyth an hundreth and fiftye thousande Turkes and had vanquished them rather by chaunce and his ordinance than by true prowesse and estimating with al the greate power of the Citizens of Taruis whose fidelity and multitude hée suspected departed thence and hasted to passe ouer Euphrates marching a longer way about for feare leaste hée shoulde méete the approching Iberians who although they passed withall possible spéede assoone as they once vnderstoode of the Turkes departure yet coulde they not ouertake them beyng posted ouer Euphrates before the Iberians could come yet when the auauntcurrers of the Iberians had gotten the sight of them they caused suche a tumult among the Turkes before theyr hyndermoste tayle coulde passe the riuer that about two thousande of them were drowned and parte of the baggage and certaine falcons were lefte in the Riuer sticking fast in the mudde whome the Sophy afterwardes weighed vp and caried away ¶ The Battell of Marignano fought not farre from the Citie of Milan betvvene Francis the French King the first of that name and the Switzers vnder the conduct of Mathew the Cardinall of Sion and Rosti but in the quarrel of Maximilian the Duke of Milan in anno 15 15. Out of Iouius FRancis the French King at the beginning of his raigne séeking to recouer the Duchye of Milan leuyed a puissannte armye of foure thousande men of armes euery one drawing wyth hym thrée or foure horses eight thousand light horsemen the Capitayne Generall of all which horsemen was Charles Duke of Burbon and highe Constable of fortie bandes and mo of Lansquenetz vnder the conduct of the Lorde Floranges and Charles Duke of Ghelders who among other brought an approued regiment of olde Souldiours called of their blacke ensignes the black regimēt and of twenty bands of Gascoignes Nauarrines and other borderers on the mountaines Pyrences vnder the conducte of Peter of Nauarre They for the greatest parte were Arcubalisters and Archers but a kinde of souldiours that would toile like horses very venterous light and nimble excellent to kéepe or assault a towne and also to skirmishe Then hadde he so greate store of greate and small artillerye as would well suffise two greate armyes and the wagons and carts that caried boullets gunpowder pikeaxes crowes of yron and all kinde of tooles and other things to make easy the troublesome wayes thorouge the rocky Alpes were almoste innumerable All this prouision was drawen by the perpetuall labour of fiue thousande mighty strong horses There also followed for desire of pillage a strong regiment of voluntarie footemen vnder certaine ensignes and Captaines and with them thrée thousande Pioners With this army whych for number and furniture passed all that anye man had séene in our dayes Francis passed the Alpes and encamped betwene the town of Marignano and the citie of Milan both aswell to interclude the armies of the Pope and the king of Spaine from the Switzers who were come to Milan to defende the Duke and to make Liuiano the Generall of the Venetians his confederate more strong by the propinquitie and nearenesse of his Campe as also to defende hym from the Spaniardes that were very neare him But whilest the king was encamped at Marignano Maximilian the Duke of Milan and Mathew the Cardinall of Sion the bringer of the Switzers into Italy called the Captaines and Lieftenauntes into the Castell to sitte in counsell howe these perillous warres should be administred There manye were of the opinion that the waye to obtayne the victorye was in no wise to ioyne in battell with the Frenchmen before they hadde vnited theyr power wyth the Popes and Spanishe armyes the one whereof consisted of fourtéene bandes of Italian footemen and thrée thousande horsemen the other of eight hundreth men of armes and a thousande light horsemen besides a regiment of olde Spanishe footemen whereof euery souldiour beyng as famous for hys valiaunt actes as riche by reason of greate spoiles didde matche bothe petye Capitaines yea and Capitaines in chiefe not onely in approued stoutenesse but also in brauery of armoure or at the leaste before they had brought the Frenche Kyng who trusted muche in hys munitions thoroughe some necessitye into a more indifferent place And it was apparant that the Switzers shold easly obtaine either the one or the other if they woulde marche vnto a place called Binasco standing in the way vnto Pauia for if the Frenche Kyng woulde for all this iourney of the Switzers persiste still in hys sure defenced lodging that then they might easely go from Binasco by the towne of Sanangelo and through a country abounding in all kinde of victuals vnto the riuer of Po wherby the bridges which were ready built the armies of the confederats might ioyne with them but if the Frenche King fearing least he shoulde bée stopped both from the Citie of Paura and also from the stone bridge ouer the riuer of Tesino where hée had lefte a small garrison wold march vnto Pauia that then eyther they myght fight wyth hym wyth more equall condition or else incontinently tourne on the lefte hande vnto Lody and there sending for and receyuing into theyr Campe the powers of the Spanishe King and the Pope they shold straight way tourne Liuiano from his purposed forney and dashe the passyng greate hope of victory that the Frenchemen had conceyued by their former fortunate successes But whē these things were declared and also plotfes and chartes were shewed wherin were described the wayes and site of the regions that the rude witted men might more certainly vnderstande and knowe those things which were counselled then diuers Captaines who induced eyther by their olde iudgement or else by French golde lately giuen by Francis had accepted conditions of peace wyth hym at a village called Galarato by their dissentyng enterlasing of vaine difficulties and affyrming that those things were to be surueyed wyth great consideration and maturity cleane ouerturned al this meane and way of wholsome and good counsell Wherefore leaste the harts of those that were faithfull might languish by tariance and the good willes of the vncertayne multitude be tourned into perfidiousnesse the Cardinall thought it beste to bring them by all sleightes to fight with the Frenchmen out of hande thinking thereby eyther to winne a notable victory or if the Switzers receyued the ouerthrowe by vnfortunate fight to some vnappesible enimitie and
assured hope of ready victory séeyng that Francis of all Kings the most liberall would requite this their singular benefite not only by frank dealing wyth them selues but also with their wines and children Surely the Captalâ—â—â— and 〈…〉 well aâ—â—ecâ—ed and very faithfull but the common sorte of the souldiours as they which were bouâ—â—â—e by no giftes did very leudly wauer but yet so that it séemes that all of them would fight valiantly if they were spéedily brought to darraine battell When Prasperâ— and Pescara vnderstoode the entent of their 〈◊〉 they staying almost neuer a whit at Milan euâ—â—â—â—â— theiâ—â—â— wer wel furnished with all things beyng fully refâ—â—ed tâ— giuer the enimy battell if that any indifferent occasion were offeâ—â—d They eueauped themselues at a village called Bicocna in a place very fafe and commondious for on the right 〈◊〉 it was enclosed with the ditche of the highway but â—â—â—the leasie and on thehâ—â—ke with two small riuers secuing to water the corne fieldes but in the front it hadde a crosse waye so broade that two waiues méeting might passe one by another the which was on bothe sides so lowe that the edges of the corne fieldes were nauell high aboâ—â— it This way for that it was very hollowe did Pescara vse for a ditche and in the front thereof plaâ—â—â— the ordmance and footemen and behinde stoode the horsemen with Prospero But Francis Forza the Duke of Milan who had brought thither bandes of the Citieof Milan and all the nobilitle of the whole duchie that he might be present at the battell encamped in the high way Now the Captaines of the Switzers being singularly addicted to the French welfare and honour and namely Albers Petra a captaine of sucpassing same in many wars who had then the chiefe authoritie among the Switzers assooâ—e as nows was brought by the horsmen that the Emperitialls were encamped middle way betwéeno Milan and Moâ—za and were in a plaine and leuell péece of ground not aboue fiue miles from them they canne vnto the French Captaines and Alberâ— spake vnto them and tolde them that the Souldioures coulde bée kepte by no meanes but that they woulde goe home vnlesse they were lidde into the fielde to fight and that hée hym selfe might satisfye the kings Maiestie who had very well deserued of hym and also the dignitie of the Switzers was fully resolued to giue hatâ—â—ll neither ought they to doubt of the victory if that the frenchmen as they were by bucâ—y bound wold wyth couragious harts folow the Switzers who would pierce euen vnto the ordinance of the enimies If that there were any that would rather linger shamefully than fight valiauntly they ought not to bée thought faithfull to the king or the commoÌ„ wealth Therfore he to shewe his fidelitie and vnfained hart vnto the Kyng would go against the enimies yea with onely the Switzers if no man else woulde follow This couragiousnesse of Albert was not displeasant vnto Lautrech as that man that had rather fight yea with doubfull eueÌ„t than to be forsaken by the Switzers for this was his opinion that their hote valor séeing that they did request the battell wyth such flaming heartes was to be vsed out of hande namely séeyng that he séemed inferiour to the enimies neyther in footemen horsmen nor yet in number for he priuily accompted it an ignomye if that now as it had happned the yeare before he should againe be driuen out of Lumbardie and neuer fight battell and namely séeyng that wheras the Switzers then specially the french horsmen had alwayes in vaine requested of hym with many prayers that they might shewe their valor in a pitched fielde which thing as it often happeneth in aduerse fortune had gotte him greate enuy among the Frenchmen But Palice both gréenously offended wyth the rashenesse and arrogancie of Albert and also moued with the nothing tymely inclination of Lautrech praysed in déede at large the good will and deuotion of the Switzers but could in no case abide to heare the counsell of assaulting the Campe as a deuice full of extreame madnesse and deadly desperatnesse often saying that he who had wared olde in the Italian warres did very wel know the valor of young Pescara who alwayes vseth to fight lustily and the artes of olde Prospero who had learned to lodge his army skilfully to the discoÌ„moditie of his enimy with his owne chiefest and highest praise He did not thinke the french state was brought vnto that despaire the as it were in extreme necessitie they shoulde rather chose to fight and be vanquished than by staying wyth very good and holesome reson moderate the violent fease of vnaduised corage Wherfore what was more safe and better thaÌ„ to get them betwene Milan the enimies camp and encamping themselues there force the enimies being intercluded from the citie and victuals either to fight with disaduantage if that they woulde assaile their Camp or certes if they would returne vnto Milan to offer them the fielde in an indifferent place In déede the Lorde Lautrech who had the supreame gouernement might fight with disaduantage both then also at al other tymes when he wold but it was the duty part of a wise Generall neuer to prouoke the enimy vnlesse he hauing before surely shifted the eueÌ„t might with firme reason assuredly promise himselfe vndoubted victorie But then thus answered the Lord Lautrech we nede not slouthful lingring in sitting still but lyuely valour in fight tore-couer the honor and Duchy lost the which doubtlesse can not be done if we do suffer the Switzers who are now going away to depart home and do no feate of prowesse Wherefore make your selues ready to fight that we may this day ende the warres one way or an other Thervnto replied Palice God assist the mad and desperate I for my part that I may not séem to haue shuÌ„ned the perill will certes fight on foote in the forewarde of the footemen yée French horsmen behaue your selues to day valiantly that in a hard case rather fortune than courage may séeme to haue fayled you So before the Sun was vp it was the .xxix. day of Aprill Albert leadeth foorth his regiments of Switzers they were about fiftene thousand with the ordinance being puffed vp with so foolish or certes fatal pride that he would not one whit be ruled in any thing by either Lautrech or Palice Captaines of greate skill but wyth barbarous statelinesse promised that hée woulde chardge the Emperialls full in the face And without stay the famous Petro de Nauarro and the renowned Captaine Biciarde being sente before to surueye the situation of the enimyes Campe Lautrech made two battells of all the french horsemen the first he committed to his brother the Lorde Lescune commaunding him to fetche a great compasse about and to inuade the enimies on the backes but he himself folowed the maine army It was enioyned vnto the Venetians who were on the left hand to back the Switzers
gastlye hemmyng and withall stricken at by manye menne at once was soone slayne and a common souldiour as it were for a triumphe â–ª helde vppe alofte his cut off hande with his bracelette and ryngs and then the Emperialles giuing a great shoute ranne forth couragiouslye But whylest that the two battallions made one towardes the other Pescara was betwéene them on horsebacke but in a footemans armour often desiring Frondesberg to amend his pace and rehersing the battels before time in whome his prowes had bene séene inkindled him to wynne a victorie of all other most noble and most worthie of memorie So when both battalions ranne togyther and Pescara galloped his horse on the enimies he was wounded in the face which was bare and afterwarde his horse being slayne vnder him he was also thrust through the left legge with a Pyke In this terrible clashing togither of weapons he had doutblesse bene oppressed by the Pykes both of his enimies and his friendes vnlesse that nowe at this pynche â–ª when he coulde hardly wrastle out himselfe first an horseman of his owne housholde and afterwarde the petie Captaynes and Ensigne bearers that were neare at hande had not with much adoe got him out and saued him In the meane tyme Frondesberg and Sitch stretching out in length their battalions on both sides with wonderfull skill for to enclose their enimies receiued them as it were into their bosome and then streyghtway clasped togither their wings compassing them in rounde and fiue them all who resisted verye manfully and constantlye so that one regiment fighting with thrée and therefore repugning with vnhappy valor almost no man of the blacke regiment escaped There perished besides Longomantes Richarde de la Pole surnamed the white Rose sonne vnto the Duke of Suffolke who for his honorable birth being descended of the bloude royall of Englande and his great skill in Martiall affayres had bene made Captayne of the blacke regiment Also Francis brother vnto Anthonie Duke of Loraine a yong Gentleman of passing prowes who being notorious for his armor and crest had requested a place in the foremost rank before all other men and also two Almaines Earles of Hortumberg and Closfen famous men of warre and Theodoricke Sconberg knight brother vnto Nicolas the Bishop of Compagna and one also of great fame for his honor of Ambassades in whiche he had bene often sent for the industrie of his excellent witte Thus whilest the Switzers are put to flight in one quarter and the Almaines slayne in another almost at the verye same time the Kings battell is broken by the Harquebusiers and the horsmen to whome also came the Pykemen But then euery notable Captayne and notorious horseman runnes to defende and saue the king Manye for desire to doe their last seruiâ—e in the sight of the King do forsake their appoynted places and wards Nowe whiles that Salice his horse being slayne vnder him doth hardly retire vnto the Switzers he being laden with yeares and armour is intercepted by the horsemen But being yéelded vnto Gastaldo Vsurtes a Spaniard enuying that the horsemen should haue the raunsome and pryse of so great a prisoner did set his Harquebusse to his brest and flue him And also Tremouille an olde Captayne that had wonne manye noble victories is also shot through in two places and slayne Moreouer Galeazo Sanseuerino galloping his horse this way and that way with singular cunning repelleth the enimies and fighteth valiantly but at length being slayne in the Kings sight payde that by honourable ende of lyfe which he owed vnto the Kings great fauour towards him and the fame of his noble name â–ª When his horse fell downe vnder him he calling vnto VVillyam Lorde Langey a noble Gentleman who endeuoured to helpe him in his fatall fall sayde Sonne let me take my fortune and runne backe as fast as you can to defende the King and if you doe escape frendly reuerence the memory of my name and honorable end It was a battell of all other most deadlye and aduerse for the horsemen for the deadly bullets were shotte from all partes by the nymble Spaniardes who were spred rounde about them and nowe they vsed not such small péeces as they had done a little before but greater whome they called Arcubusses with whoÌ„ they woulde stryke through not onely a man of armes but oftentimes two men and two horses at a shot so that the field being strewed ouer with the miserable lying along of the noble horsemen and the heapes of the dying horses did both hinder the valor of the horsemen if that they would endeuour to break in with thicke troupe and also if that anye man accounted his lyfe dearer than his honor he coulde not cedily and spéedily flée for the heapes of the stayne that lay euery foote in his way lyke vnto great rampires In this cursed state VVilliam Lord Boniuat the Admirall after he had long galloped to and fro endeuouring by adhortation to staye the Switzers and also the horsemen that were readie to flée séeing at length that the battayle was doubtlesse lost neyther woulde he eyther to be punished or to liue in ignomie suruiue so great an ouerthrowe wherof he him selfe was reported to be chiefest author with graue and obstinate shame ranne into the middes of the enimies and offering his throate vnto their weapons poyntes was slayne there as he â—â—ade with open face after the maner of the Captaines that gallop to and fro and commaunde the souldiours what is to be done But when the king was bared almost of all the companies that were appoynted to garde his bodie and so many had bene slayne rounde about him and the rest had scattered themselues abroade into all partes he laboured to get himselfe out from his enimies but certaine horsemen of sundrie companies being mingled togither followed him as one that was richlye appointed and apparailed Neyther doth the king forsake him selfe although he were forsaken by his horse and fortune but turning his horse this waye and that defendeth himselfe with his sworde against the infulting Emperialles and both giuing and taking woundes doth valiantly repugne But while hée stryueth to go vnto the next bridge which went ouer a small water course his horse was thrust in â–ª and fell downe The first men that came vnto him lying vnder his horse were Didaco de Abila and Iohn Orbieta a Biscaian they not well knowing him did shake their swordes ouer him and willed him to yéelde vnlesse that he had rather be slayne In the meane time came Monsieur de la Motte a Frenchman Lieutenaunte vnto Burbon who knewe him by the face although it were fowly embrued all ouer with the gore bloude of his wounde But when Motte adhorted him to yéelde vnto Burbon who was not farre off the king chafing at the name of the traitor and speaking as though he commaunded sayde Call me hither Lanoy Who in the meane time that Motte galloped vnto Burbon being sought for in euery
smal dauÌ„ger in victorie for that vnknown aideâ— may come to the vanquished and with small labour defeate the scattered victors a thing which hath often happened the Emperour commaunded the men of armes to be called backe the retire to be sounded But incoÌ„tineÌ„tly after newes was brought vnto his maiestie that the Saxon was taken There were stain of the Saxons about ij M. footemen aboue vij C. wounded moe than vto C. taken of horsmen v. C. slaine farre moe taken yet many Germanes were let go by the Germanes of all the armye not aboue iiij C. horsmen so many footmen escaped to VViteÌ„berg Few of mark were slaine there were takeÌ„ beside the Saxon Ernest the Duke of Brunfwicke and Charles of Thuring and two of the Saxon his secretaries There were also taken xvij ensignes of footemen ix of horsemen great store of houshold stuffe money and martiall furniture two Culnerings iiij Demiculuerings foure Demicanons and fiue Falconets His eldest sonne Iohn being wounded in two places was throwne off his horse but being succoured by his frends he that had wounded him being slayne he escaped to VVittemberg There were slaine of the Emperials vnto the number of fiue hundreth bicause that the fight being begunne at eleuen of the clocke continued vntill seauen for the Saxons marched fighting fiftene myles from the riuer of Elbe After this victorie all Saxonie yéelded and also the Lantgraue came in and other Almaine states submitted themselues vnto the Emperour who was nowe absolute victor ¶ Muscleborough fielde fought in Scotlande betvvene Edvvard Duke of Somerset and Iames Hamelton Earle of Arraine Regents of Englande and Scotland during the nonage of Edwarde and Marie the Princes of the saide Realmes in Anno. 1547. Taken out of VVilliam Patens WHen that Marie the yong Quéene of Scottes was not deliuered vnto the Englishe nobilitie to be ioyned in happie mariage wyth Edwarde the sixt the yong King of Englande according vnto faithfull promise made Edwarde Seimar Duke of Somerset and Protector of his Maiesties person and dominions inuaded Scotlande the thirde of September with an armie by lande of ten thousande footemen of whome sixe hundreth were harquebusiers sâ—ure thousande men of armes and Demilaunces and two thousande light horsemen and of them two hundreth were hakbutters on horsebacke thirtene hundreth Pioners and fiftene péeces of great ordinance and a fléete of Lxv. vessels whereof the Galley and xxxiiii more were perfectly appointed for the wars and the resid ue for munition and vittayle The Admirall of this fléete was the Lorde Clinton The ninth of September the Englishmen were encamped within two myles of the Scottish power leuied and ledde by lames Earle of Arrane Gouernour of Scotlande The next morning the Scottes leauing their lodging which was very strong and of great aduauntage and to the intent that aswell none of their souldiours shoulde lurke behinde them in their campes as also that none of their Captaines shoulde be able to flée from their enterprice hauing caused all their tentes to be let flatte downe to the grounde ere they came out and then all aswell nobles as others fewe except that were not horsemen appointed to leaue their horses behinde them and to march on with their souldiours on foote hasted towardes the Englishmen who were also marching against them but neither side any whit ware of the others intent But the Scottes staying a while vpon the waye our Galley shot of and slue the maister of Greyme with xxv neare him and therewith so scarred the foure thousande Archers brought by the Earle of Arguill that where as it was sayde they shoulde haue bene a wing to the foreward they coulde neuer after be made to come for warde Herevpon did their armie hastily remoue and from thence declyning Southwarde tooke their direct waye towarde an hill called Fauxside Braye Of this Sir Râ—fe Vane Lieutenant of all our horsemen quickly aduertised my Lorde Protector who thereby did readily conceyue much of their meaning which was to winne of vs the hill and thereby the winde and the Sunne of it had shyned as it did not for the weather was cloudie and louring The gaine of which thrée things whether partie in fight of battell can happe to obteyne hath his force doubled against his enimie In all this enterprise they vsed for haste so little the helpe of horses that they pluckt forth their ordinance by draught of men whiche at thys time began fréely to shoote of towardes vs whereby we were further warned that they ment more than a flâ—rmish Herewithall began euery man to be smitten with the care of his office and charge and therevpon accordingly to apply himselfe aboute it and also my Lordes grace and the Councell on horsebacke as they were fell streyghte in consultation The sharpenesse of whose circumspect wisedomes as it quickly espyed out the enimies intents so did it among other things promptly prouyde therein to preuent them as needefull it was for the time asâ—ed no leysure Their deuise was this that my Lord Gray of VVilton Marshall of the armie and Captaine Generall of all the horsemen shoulde with his bande of Bulloners and with my Lorde Protectors bande and the Earle of VVarwickes Lorde Lieutenant of the armie bande all to the number of xviij C. horsmen on the one halfe Sir Rafe Vane with Sir Thomas Darcie Captaine of the Pencioners and men of armes and my Lorde Fitzwaters with his band of Demilances all to the number also of xvj C. to be readie and euen with my Lorde Marshall on the west halfe and thus all these togither afore to encounter the enimies a front whereby eyther to breake their araye and that waye weaken their power by disorder or at the least to stop them of their gate and force them to stay while our fore warde might wholy haue the hilles side and our battel and rerewarde be placed in groundes next that in order and best for aduantage And after this then that the same our horsemenne shoulde retire vp the hilles sides to come downe in order afresh and infest them on both their sides whiles our battels shoulde occupy theÌ„ in fight a front The policy of this deuise for the state of the case as it was to all that knew of it generally allowed to be the best that coulde be euen so also taken to be of no small daunger for my Lorde Marshall Sir Rafe Vane and other the assaylers the which neuerthelesse I knowe not whether it were more nobly or wisely deuised of the Councell or more valiantly and willinglye executed of them For euen there wyth good courage taking their leaues of the Counsell my Lorde Marshall requiring only that if it went not well with him my Lordes grace woulde be good to his wife and children he sayde he woulde méete the Scottes and so with their bandes these Captaynes tooke their way towardes the enimie By this were our fore warde and theirs within two flyght shottes
without any mercie slue euery man of our men that abode furthest in prease and a sixe me of Bulloners and other than I haue here named in all to the number of xxvj and most part gentlemen My Lord Grey yet and my Lord Edwarde as some grace was returned againe but neyther all in safetie nor without euident markes they had bene there for the one with a Pyke through the mouth was raced a long from the tip of the tongue thrust that way very daunger ously more than two inches within the necke my L. Edward had his horse vnder him with swords wounded sore I think to death Like as also a litle before this onset sir Thomas Darcie vpoÌ„ his approch to the enimies was stricken glauncing wise on the righte side with a bullet of one of the field péeces thereby his bodie brused with the bowing in of his harnesse his sword hilts broken and the forefinger of his right hand beaten flat euen so vpon the parting of this fray was sir Arthur slash at with swords so hurt vpon the wedding finger of his right hand also as it was counted for the first part of curing to haue it quite cut away About the same time certaine of the Scots ran out hastily to the kings Maiesties standard of the horsmen the which sir Andrew Flammake bare laying fast hold vpon the staffe therof cried a king a king that if both his strength his hart his horse had not ben good hereto somewhat aided at this pinch by sir Rafe Coppinger a Pencioner both he had bene slaine the standard lost which the Scots neuerthelesse helde so fast that they brake and bare away the nether ende of the staffe to the burrell and intended so much to the gayne of the standard that sir Andrew as happe was scaped home all safe and else without hurt At this busines also was my Lord Fitzwaters captaine of a number of demilances vnhorst but soone mounted againe scaped yet in great danger and his horse all hewen Hereat further were Cauerley the standard bearer of the men of armes and Clement Paston a pencioner thrust ech of them into the leg with pikes and Don Philip a Spaniard in the knée Diuers other mained and hurt and many horses wounded beside By this time had our fore ward accordingly gotten the full aduantage of the hils side and in respect of their march stood sidelong toward the enimie who neuerthelesse were not able in all parts to stande full square in aray by reason that at the west ende of them vpon their right hand and toward the enimie there was a square plot enclosed with turfe as their maner of fencing in those partes is one corner wherof did let the square of the same aray Our battel in good order next them but so as in continuance of aray the former part thereof stoode vpon the hilles side the tayle vpon the plaine and the rerewarde led by the Lord Dakers of the north wholy vpon the hill so that by the placing and countenaÌ„ce of our armie in this wyse we shewed our selues in a manner to compasse them in that they should no way scape vs the which by our power and number we were as well able to do as a Spiders web to catch a swarme of Bées These vndiscrete gadlings that so fondlye brake aray from the horsemen in the retire as I sayd ran so hastily through the orders and rankes of our fore ward as it stood that it both there disordred many feared manye was a great encouraging of the enimie The earle of VVarwicke who had the guyding of our fore ward right valiantly had conducted the same to their standing there did very nobly encourage and comfort them bidding them pluck vp their hearts and shew themselues meÌ„ for there was no cause of feare But to return vnto the Scots they were somwhat disordred with their coÌ„ming out about the slaughter of our meÌ„ the which they did so earnestly then entend that they tooke not one to mercy but more they were amased at this aduenturous hardy onset My Lords grace hauing before this for the causes aforesaid placed himselfe on this Fauâ—siae Bray thereby quickly perceiuing the great disorder of these stragâ—ng horsmen hemd the in froÌ„ further straying who sir â—â—se Vaâ—e sone after with great dexteritie brought in good order again therewith the rest of our strengths by the policie of my Lords grace diligence of euery captain officer beside were so aptly applied in their feate that where this repulse of the enimie retire of vs was doubted of many to turn to the danger of our lesse the same was wroughte according as it was deuised to our gayne and victorie For first at this slough where most of our horsemen had stood sir Peter Meutas captaine of all the hackbutters afoote did very valiantly conduct place a good number of his men in a maner at the faces of the enimies Wherevnto sir Peter Gamboa a Spaniarde Captaine of two C. hackbutters on horsebacke did readily bring his men also who with the hot continuance of their shot on both partes did so stoutly staye the enimies that they coulde not come further forwarde then our archers that marched in aray on the right hande of our footemen and next to the enimie prickt them sharply with arrowes as they stoode Therewith the maister of the ordinance to their great annoyance did gall them with hayleshot and other out of the great ordinaunce directlye from the hill toppe and certaine other gunners with their péeces a flanke from our rerewarde most of our artillerie and missiue engines then wholy thus at once with great puissance and vehemencie occupied about them here with the full sight of our footemen all shadowed from them before by our horsemen and duste raised whome then they were ware in such order to be so neare vpon them and to this the perfect aray of our horsemen againe comming couragiouslye to set on them a freshe The miserable men perceyuing themselues then all to late howe much too much they were misenformed began sodenly to shrinke Their gouernour that brought them firste to the bargaine like a doughtie Captaine tooke hastily his horse that he might runne foremoste away The Earle of Anguishe and other chiefe Captaines did quickly followe as their Gouernour ledde and with the foremost their Irishmen Therewith then turned all the whole route cast downe their weapons ranne out of their wardes off with their Iackes and with all that euer they might betooke them to the race that their gouernour began Our men had founde them at the first and sharply and quickly with an vniuersall outerie they flée they flée pursued after in chase amaine and thereto so egerly and with such fiercenesse that they ouertooke many and spared in déede fewe Before this at the time of our onsette came there Eastwarde fiue hundreth of their horsemen vp along thys Fauxside â—raye
streight vpon our ordinaunce and cariage My Lordes grace as I sayde most speciallye for the doubt of the same placing himselfe thereby caused a péece or two to be turned towarde them with a fewe shottes whereof they were soone turned also and fledde to Dakith But to returne vnto the Scottishe chase it was continued with bloud and slaughter fiue miles in length westwarde from the place of their standing whiche was in the fallowe fieldes of Vndreske vntill Edenborough Parke and welny to the gates of the towne it selfe and vnto Lyth and in breadth nye foure myles from the Frith sandes vp toward Dakith southwarde In all which space the deade bodies laye as thicke as a man maye note cattell grasing in a full replenished pasture And for the smalnesse of our number and shortnesse of the time which was scante fiue houres from one welnie vnto sixe the mortalitie was so great as it was thought the like afore time not to haue bene séene In déede it was the better maintained with their owne swordes that laye eche where scattered by the way whereof our men as they had broken one still tooke vp another there was store inough and they layde it on fréely that right manye among them at this businesse brake thrée or foure ere they returned homewarde to the armie There were thus slaine in fielde of Scottes xiij thousande of the which number as we were certainlye enformed by sundrie and the best of the prisoners then taken beside the Earle of Loghemwor the Lorde Fleming the Maister of Greym the maister of Arskin the maister of Ogleby the maister of Auendale the maister of Rouen and many other of noble birth among them there were of Lardes and Lardes sonnes and other Gentlemen slayne aboue xxvj C. and xv C. were taken prisoners among whome were there of name the Earle Huntley Lorde Chauncelour of the Realme there the Lord of Yester Hobbie Hambleton Captaine of Dunbarre the maister of Sampoole the Lard of VVimmes and a brother of the Earle of Casselles Two M. by lurking and lying as though they were deade scaped away in the night all maimed and hurt Herewith wan we of their weapons and armour more than wée woulde vouchsafe to giue cariage for and yet were they conneyed thence by shippe into these partes of Iackes specially and swords aboue xxx M. The camp also was taken wel replenished with their simple victualles and also some péeces of plate and chalices were founde After this my Lordes grace tooke the towne of Lyth with thirtene vessels in the hauen the which he burnt with the towne brought vnder the Englishe obedience all Tiuidale and their marches all the Lardes and Gentlemen thereof comming in and swearing fealtie and within the mids of the lande did wynne and placed there garrisons S. Colmes Ince and Broughtie crag a place of greate importance standing at the mouth of the riuer of Tey whereby all the vse of the ryuer might be cut from Saint Iohns towne Dundee and many other townes in those partes And vpon Michaelmas day returned ouer the Twede with losse not of aboue lx men ¶ The Battell of Weser fought in Saxonie by Morrice Duke and Prince Elector of Saxonie and his confederates against Albert Marques of Brandenburg in Anno. 1553. Out of Natalis sinnes WHen that Albert one of the collaterall line of the house of Brandenburg raged with a great power through Franklande and Saxonie sparing neyther frende nor foe he brought his faithfull frende Morrice Duke of Saxon in his top who being ayded by the power of Ferdinande king of the Romanes Henrie the Duke of Brunswicke Philip the Lantgrane of Hessen the Bishoppes of VVirtzpurg and Bamberg the citie of Nuremberg and other did by taking of a streite force Albert to fight The wynde blewe with Albert which doth somewhat helpe in fight and also he had taken a little hill that stoode in the playne and fiest the great ordinance was shot off on both sides but with small detriman◠of eyther armie But although that Albert was inferiour vnto his ennimies in horsemen yet he was verye well furnished with eyghtene goodly Cornets of horsemen and in footemenne did muche ouermatche them The hostes beganne to drawe neare one vnto the other by little and little and sodenlye a most cruell battell was begunne they fighting on bothe sides with greate valor and courage In the middes of the fighte Albert commaunded the beste of his horsemenne to charge foure Cornettes of Morrice his men of armes the whiche was done both parties approching one so neare vnto the other that for lacke of roume they coulde not breake their Launces The shotte encountered togither with noble courage singular prowes and incredible alacritie and charefulnesse But at the last Albert being inuaded on all parts and weakened through the great slaughter and discomfiture of his men was forced to séeke safetie by flight and fléeing with onely eyght horsemen left his defeated people his ordinaunce furniture and baggage vnto the mercilesse vsage of his enimies This battell which was begun in the morning early continued almost vntill night and was fought in a playne that lyeth betwéene the Duchies of Brunswicke and Lunenburg in the which battell were taken liiij ensignes of footemen and fiftene of horsemen there were slaine iiij M. horsemen and many footemen There were taken on Albert his side of noble men the Earle of VVarenberg and Nicolas Berney and many other slaine On Morrice his parte were slayne Charles Victor and Philip Magnus sonnes of Henrie Duke of Brunswicke and many other noble men Many ensignes of Albertes power were saued by reason of the greate woodes that were neare at hande and also of the spéedie approche of the night But Morrice himselfe being shotte into the bodie at the battell with a Pistolet dyed the next daye There were some that thought he was not wounded by his enimies but by one of his owne familiars to whome he had done reproche in former time the reuenge whereof hée deferred vntyll thys commodious tyme This one aduerse battell didde so breake the power of Albert that whereas before he was inuincible a terrour vnto all Germanye and spoyled all states at hys pleasure hée was neuer afterwarde able to doe anye thing but being anon after againe ouerthrowne in fighte with his small power by Henrie the Duke of Brunswicke was turned out of all his dominions and forced to die in banishment ¶ The Battell of Martiano fought in the territorie of Sene in Italie betvveene Iohn Iames Marques of Marignano Generall for Charles the v. Emperour of Rome and Peter de Strozzi Chiefetaine for Henrie the seconde King of Fraunce Anno. 1553. Out of Natalis Comes ANno domini 1553. Henrie the Frenche king to molest the Emperour Charles in Italie sent Peter Strozzi a banished Florentine and one of the Marshals of France to take into his protection the noble citie of Sene and to his vttermost to endammage Cosmo the Duke of Florence a faithfull
the riuer and also some light horsemen so that they were in all about seauen thousand horsemen They were not so soone ouer the water but Egmont ranged hys souldiours against the Constable who was come thither to diuert the Spaniardes and to molest them with skirmishes vntill that in another quarter reliefe might be sent into the towne for that was the Constables intent the which when he had done he determined to retire backe in araye of battell and to saue himselfe through the benefite of the hilles And in déede by this skirmishing with the Spaniardes he opened oportunitie vnto thrée hundreth footemenne to enter the towne but when he sawe that Egmontes horsemen and afterwarde the whole armye were passed the riuer he beganne to drawe backe by little and little towardes the hilles skirmishing with the Spanishe lyghte horsemenne who indeuoured to hinder their flight vntill that all the Spanishe horsemenne were come and all the footemen had passed ouer the riuer When the French men had giuen backe a little waye they were forced by the imminent daunger to staye and to set their men in aray of battell But Egmont who saw that assured victorie was offered him after that he had stayed a little while not thinking it good to omit the present occasion gaue a charge vpon the greater troupe of the French horsemen with incredible valor being backed by the Dukes of Brunswicke with one thousande pistolets he admonisheth Ernest Duke of Brunswicke whom the Earley of Horne Mauâ—felt and Hochstrat shoulde followe to giue the charge on an other troupe of two thousande Frenche men of armes Ernest with surpassing courage ranne vpon the French troupe who mette him with lyke fortitude and constancie of heart and at the firste susteyned the Spanishe force with so greate prowes that they had almost put them to flight Thus they fought very fiercely on both sides and manye were slaine but at length the Frenchmen being ouercome by the number of panish horsemen that still encreased were forced to retire vnto their footemenne by little and little but when Egmont and the rest of the nobilitie followed them fiercely they came vnto the footemen who standing close togither in thicke Esquadron strongly susteyned the shocke of the Spaniardes When that the fight had bene long time doubtfull the Duke of Sauoy sent a freshe troupe of horsemen and willed Egmont to giue a charge vpon the footemen and not to abuse the benefite of fortune who had offered so easie and assured victorie for if he shoulde make any stay he thought that thereby the victorie woulde slide awaye and be wrested out of their hande bicause that the enimie having by theis meanes leisure graunted them might gather togither and relye their strength and câ—nstrâ—â—â— their horsemen who were almost defeated When they had thus fought long and on the one side Egmont inuaded valiantlye and on the other the Frenchmen resiste stoutly at the last the Frenchmen fledde and reposed all hope of safetie in the switnesse of their féete whom Egmont and the rest spéedily pursued and quite defeated all the French power There were taken of the Frenchmen the Constable hurt in the thigh with a Pistolet the Dukes of Longuile and Montpensier hurte in the heade the Marshall of Saint Andrewe Lewes borther to the Duke of Mantua Vassy Gurton Roth du Maine the Ringraffe Colonell of the French Lansquenets all these were of the order the Conte Rochfocaulâ— the Lordes Oâ—egâ—y two Birons Monbrun and Merne being two sonnes of the Constable and a great number mo Finally about two thousand of Noblemen and Gentlemen and of all sortes of souldiours to a foure thousande fiftie two ensignes of footemen eyghtene guidons of men of armes and xx of light horsemen xx péeces of ordinance of whom ten were battering péeces the rest field péeces iij. C. wagons ladeÌ„ with martiall furniture and prouision with a great number of horses There were slayne of Frenchmen to the number of sixe thousande among whom men of great marke were Iohn Duke of Anghieu brother vnto the king of â—â—auâ—rre the Vicont Touraine nephewe vnto the Constable and the Lordes Campodenâ—ie Eyâ—â—ie Galan Plenot Gelot and manye other noble men There escaped the Dukes of Neuers and Montmorâ—ncie the Prince of Condie the earle of Sanxerre the Lorde Burdelion and great number of other noble men But on the Spanishe part were slayne somewhat aboue one thousande among whom were of name Binicourt the maister of the Campe two noble men of Germaine and diuers other and the Conte Mansfels was hurt in the thigh and Monbrey in the knée After this victorie the Spaniardes wanne Saint Quintines Haron and Chastellet and fréelye ranged about in those partes all that Sommer without any impeachment ¶ The Battell foughte at Graueling in Flaunders betvvene Monsieur de Termes Generalt for Henrie the seconde King of France and the Conte Egmont Chiefetaine for Philip the king of Spayne in Anno. 1558. Taken out of the Commentaries of Lewes Guicciardine HOte warres continuing still betwéene France and Flanders Henrie the French K. in Iune in Anno. 1558. sent from Calice Monsieur de Termes a valiant and experte Captaine one of the order and captaine of Calice with an armie of almost nyne thousande footemen and a thousande and fiue hundreth horsmen to roade and wast the confines of Flanders With this armie he passing ouer the riuer of Ha defeated a multitude of peysants and certaine handes of sduldiours that went about to empeach his passage and then leauing Graueling and Burburg on his backe he sâ—denly by assault tooke Lunkirke a towne on the sea coast sixe leagues from Calice and after he had sacked it and left a garrison therein he went further into the countrie wretchedly wasting with fire and sworde euen vnto Newpoâ—t To represse this â—aâ—ing of â—â—â—â—eâ— Philip. the King of Spaine and Duke of Burgen â–ª 〈◊〉 the â—aâ—â—â— of Egâ—â—â—iâ— â–ª unto Flaunders who ioyning at Graueling with Monsieur Binicâ—urt the Campe maister and sending for the souldiours that laye in garrison at Beâ—â—une Saint Omers Are Burburg and other townes adioyning and also receyuing a supplie of souldiours from the Duke of Sauoy Lieutenant generall for the King of all his lowe countries and armies therein within fewe dayes gathered togither an armie of twelue thousande footemen and thrée thousande horsemen besides almost an infinite number of pcysants who being enraged for the losse of their goodes and wasting of their lands flocked thicke and thrée folde from all partes vnto the campe part armed and part vnarmed In the meane time Termes hauing drawne backe his power vnto Dunkirke bicause he was cruelly molested with the goute and smelling out that a shrewd turne was ment him commaunded the armie to depart from Dunkirk and to encampe within a leage of Graueling that he might be the nearer vnto Calice But as soone as he had intelligence that a great power of the enimies were sodenly gathered togither that Egmont was their general
footemen to garde the great ordinance and this Esquadron was guarded with a wing of Reystres Thus Conde went towardes the enimie in aray somewhat broade déepe But his enimies were redy aranged in this order the Duke of Guise led the one wing of the auantgarde with a strong troupe of horsemen nere vnto whoÌ„ stoode two Esquadrons of Spaniardes footemen and of Frenche footemen olde souldiours with fouretene péeces of ordinance and the Marshall of Saint Andrewes guided the other wing with a strong troupe of horsemen and was garded on the one side with a battallion of Lansquenets and on the other with a battallion of horsemen Of the maine battell the Constable led one wing with a strong troupe of horsemen neare to whome were placed a battallion of seuentene ensignes of French footemen whome there followed xxij ensignes of Switzers with eyghtene péeces of greate ordinance the other wing his soune Danuille ledde with a strong troupe of horsemen Thus stoode the battels of the Catholikes in grat length on a row here footemen and there horsemen being still interserted The Admirall stoode ouer right against the Constable and Conde against Danuille and the Switzers but no bodie againste Guise and the Marshall of Saint Andrewes who were in the auantgarde Conde first gaue commaundement that the souldiours shoulde be present at diuine seruice and that being ended he ryding about vnto the rankes abhorted them to constancie and confidence and hauing thus prepared their heartes he gaue the signall and he himselfe Curey going before with the light horsmen charged vpon the Switzers in that part where he sawe they were bared of horsemen and strongly brake thorowe them Rochfocault in the meane time standing still The Switzers at the first stoutly susteyned the charge partly through the power of their ordinaunce and also the strengthe of their owne weapons but yet through the thicke hayle of the shotte they began to giue grounde and anon after not being able to beare the force of the horsemen their Launces brake their aray and forsooke the great ordinance and were scattered the Condeans raging with great slaughter And almost at the same momeÌ„t the Admirall charged the Constable and in the meane time the vpper troupes of the Reysters ryding vnto Danuils troupes skirmished with their pistolets WheÌ„ Conde had with great slaughter defeated and put to flight the Switzers he gaue a charge on the next battallion of French footemen and breaking throughe their rankes discomfited and put them to flighte But there was a furious fighte betwéene the Admirall and the Constable but at length the Constable his men begaune to shrinke backe and after that the Constable being wounded in the face with a Curtelace and sore bruised with small shot of pistolets was taken they fledde the Admirall and Conde pursuing them But whyle that Conde his horsemen were busied in pursuing of the enimie the French and Almaine footemen were left naked which Danuill espying charged vpon the Almaine footmen who fledde at the first sight of the enimye towardes a village called Blinuill Then a strong troupe of Guises horsemen gaue a charge on the French footemen and brake their araye and quyte defeated them at the first shocke taking the ordinaunce and committing great slaughter yet when that diuers of the Frenche footemen fought couragiouslye manye of the Guisian horsemen were slayne Moreouer Danuill séeing Conde his horsemen to be disordered and dispersed by pursuing the Switzers and the Constables troupes charged vpon them wounding the Conde with a Pistolet and vnhorsing him did take him prisoner When the Admirall sawe his fellowes fléeing in all places and also the Reysters giuing backe vnto a woode in a thicke troupe after their guyse that when they had recharged their Pistolets they might lustily altogither recharge the ennimie the which vsage of theirs being vnknowen vnto manye did put them in greate feare they suspecting them to flée and finally when he perceyued that all the Condeans were nowe in dispayre bicause that Conde was taken prisoner he was verye pensife namely when he saw thrée mightie troupes of horsmen of the auantgard of the enimie wysely reserued by Guise for the last brunt to make towardes him In these troupes were the Marshall of Saint Andrewe the Dukes Daumall and of Neuers and other noble men but they saye that the Duke of Guise stoode still with other bandes that had not yet foughte for to beholde the ende of the battell then the Idmirall spéedilye relying all the Frenche and Almaine horsemen that he was able to make and also by the returne of those Reisters that I sayde went aside vnto the woode their heartes being confirmed stoutlye susteyned the charge of their enimies Then there beganne a sharpe encounter bothe sides fighting full suriouslye their heartes being constantlye sette to murther one another with almoste equall fortune yet the Guisians gaue grounde and by little and little drewe backe and more grieuous had bene the fighte namelye the souldiours of Conde being chased if that the nighte had not parted them who were wearied with long labour of fighte Both partes caused the retire to be sounded and returned vnto their Campes The Admirall for lacke of horses lefte foure fielde péeces behinde him In this laste encounter were slayne the Marshall of Saint Andrewes with a Pistolet after he was taken Monbrun the Constables sonne the Lorde Piennes the grand Prior one of the Guises two Brosseys Giures Anneboult and a greate number of other of the Nobilitie Daumâ—ll was grieuouslye hurte and also Neuers who died thereof and manye other and an hundreth of the nobler sorte were taken prisoners and also certaine of the order as Beauâ—ayâ— Roâ—â—fort â—t Of the faithfull or Protestantes Mouy and diuers other noble men and Captaynes were eyther taken or slayne God so mode rated the euent of so great a battell that neither part coulde be sayde eyther to haue wonne or to haue lost the fielde for on the part of the faithfull was Conde the patron of the cause taken and on the Catholikes their side the Constable was taken and the Marshall of Sains Andrewes slayne And as the faythfull flewe a greate number of the Catholikes their footemen so did the Catholikes of the faithfull their footemen but mo horsemen were slayne on the Catholikes part and also footemen for of the xxij ensignes of the Switzers few were saued but Conde his losse was more difficill to be borne and repaired but Guise being better furnished for the warres had great incommoditie by the losse of so many great Captaines and noblemen as were there slayne taken This battel was fought the xix of December The Admirall gathering togither his power returned vnto Orleans and the Guise vnto Paris eyther of them to repayre their sore weakened armies ¶ The Battell foughte at Saint Dennis neare to Paris in France betvvene Levves of Burbon Prince of Conde and Annas Montmorencie Constable of France in Anno. 1567. 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not long withoute shirmish namely those that had the hill in their power for they hauing discouered howe small a power the Admirall had who was nowe retired came downe and aduaunced themselues so nere that the Protestants could not retire without fight vnlesse they would be intierly defeated So that when some and then other Catholikes came forward Puviant saw that he and his regiments Cornet was so gaged that if the Lorde Noré and the Lorde Loué to whom the retrait of the auantgarde had bene cōmaunded had not with fortie harquebusiers of the garde of de Acier deliuered and disgaged them the greatest part had remained there for a marke and signe of the victorie But when they had with al their deuoyre succoured them to their great paine they were forced to defende themselues with all their power vpō the bay of a pond where they were all charged with such force by Martigues Malicorne and other to the nūber of v. or vj. C. horse that Noué Louée were taken in the field and their companies put to slight Loué had this good hap that by saying he was la Briche ensignebearer to Martigues he escaped death the which he had bene sure of if he had bene known Vppon this Puviant after he had bene charged saw that his company was to small retired with the rest of the footmen Whyle that these charges were giuen on Noué other Catholikes passed farther gaue in euen to the village ii C. of them aduaunced yet more lustily whom the I diniral and Dandelor after they had discouered them and were ignorant of the defeate aforesaid bicause that the village was betwéene them charged Dandelot being foremost with his Cornet gaue in so furiously that he did put them to slight and hauing pursued them euen into the village In his returne be found one of their ensignes but he was no sooner out of the village but that the Catholikes reentred it more strongly than before for they were followed but a good way off by twelue hundreth harquebusters who came to seaze on the village Then he turned vpon them and made them to retire into the village where they renforced themselues with the footemen who in their fauour did so barre and fortifie themselues in that place vnto the purpose that it was made impossible afterwarde to chase them thence In the meane tyme all the troupes Catholikes began to shewe themselues and euery regiment did take his place for the battell This was done when that the Prince of Conde being aduertised by the Admirall who had sent vnto him the Baron of Montagus of the daunger that the auantgarde was in vnlesse he succoured it aduaunced himselfe with those fewe horsemen of hys battell that he had assembled tumultuouslye in that vprore bicause that his armie was distributed by quarters dispersed here and there by reason they were not then encamped Then euery man on both sides came to séeke the aduantages of place fight and many good blowes were giuen and many valiant déedes passed the which I will not set downe particularly While that these things were doue the Admirall perceyued that the armye of Monsieur was all passed and came forwarde on the lest hande as fast as they coulde the which was the verye meane for to enclose the Protestantes betwéene the riuer and the armie of the Catholikes Then he séeing no meane left for to retire without fight commaunded la Tour to make the companies of the auantgarde to aduaunce forwarde the which he did and bare himselfe so that his horse being borne vnto the grounde he was taken and being knowne for him that had slayne Captaine Charry at Paris was slayne in the fielde with many other that had no better market Nowe the armie of the Catholikes ranne ouer a great part of the fielde vpon the left hande where stoode the troupes of Soubize Lāg villier Puivant Cressonierre and many other Captains in chiefe of Poitou who thinking that they ought not any longer to expect any occasion for a better charge séeing that the Catholikes renforced themselues euery moment with the aduise of the Generall charged vpon the foremost with such furie that they made them to recule but being broken by the succours that came vnto them without cease Soubize and Long villien were taken Mesanchere and Brandaniere and many other were slaine in the fielde In the meane time his Excellence woulde come another way for being desirous to break them in many places at once he caused an other waye on the righte hande to be learned out whiche although it were harde ynough for the nature of the place yet neuerthelesse he founde it more easie on that side where he made the most part of his armie to marche by reason that the Protestantes who hitherto maintayned the acuantage of the Baye of the Poude after that they knewe his enterprice did abandon it that they themselues might retire safely Moreouer at the same instant one regiment of Reysters was commaunded to passe ouer the Bay for to strayne them on the side the which they did very lustily When all these troupes were passed for to aduance them selues the Prince of Conde with thrée or foure hundreth horsemen turned heade against them and gaue a verye hote charge being followed by the most parte of his men So that he being chased for despite to sée almost all his men fledde and that the whole armie bare it selfe no better did thrust in with such furie that he bare to the grounde and made to recule all those that durst to tarie him vntill such time as his horse being wounded he was throwne to the grounde not being able to do the deuoire that he had well desired and wished For the hindermost troupes of the Catholikes aduauncing themselues for to holde vppe the forenesse who gaue backe and being ayded by the Almaine horsemen did thruste in so furiously through the Protestantes that two thirdes of them rested vpon the place eyther deade or fore hurt Namelye the Prince of Conde was hym selfe throwen vnder his horse that hée coulde doe nothyng anye longer for the blowes that he hadde receyued so that bicause hée was not followed by his menne who shoulde haue refreshed hym with a seconde horse all succour to helpe hym to aryse sawled him béeing constrayned to giue place vnto the force and the great number of the Catholikes who came vppon him thicke and thréefolde So that hearing himselfe named and spoken vnto by de Augence and Saint lean who going to the chase of those that fled by fortune passed by before him and they hauing promised him at his request to saue his life he yeelded But yll fortune streightway followed for being knowne he was at the same instant slayne by Montesquiois as some saye who shot him into the heade with a deadly Pistolet Certaine had counselled him before the fight for to retire séeing his armie not being ioyned togither he coulde not resist the power of his Excellence But he
the least wise not came vnto my knowledge As the battell fought betwene the â—olonâ—â—e Orsini mentioned by Iouius in the summariâ— of biâ—â— booke wherein the Orsine were ouerthrowne And the battel at Swatzwald where the Switzers vanquished the Almaines whereof Iouius maketh mentioÌ„ in the summarie of his vp booke And also the foure ciull battels betwene the Switzers in the yeare one thousand fiue hundreth twenty nine The two battels fought in the yere 1â—59 betwere Selius and Baiazzet sonnes vnto Soliman the great Turke The ouerthrowe giuen in the year one thousande fiue hundreth sixtie and seuen vnto the Moscouâ—te by the Polonian where seuen thousande Moscouâ—tes were slayne and taken prisones and two thousande drowned in the riuer of Dwyâ—da And two conflictes by sea in the yeare one thousand fiue hundreth sixtie and foure betwens the Dane and the Swedan And also one civill battell in Scotlande at the Long side where the Quéene and hir fauourers were discomfited And also sundrie battels both by sea and lande fought in base Germanie in these late ciuill troubles as in the yeare one thousande fiue hundreth seuentie and two the Lorde Ienlis with almost fire thousande Frenchmen going about to enter Mons in Henault was ouerthrowne by Federicke sonne to the Duke of Alua and almost all the Frenche men slayne As also the nexte yeare he defeated and tooke prisoner the Baron of Batenburg comming with an armie well furnished to relieue the besieged town of Harlaw And the dattell of Maâ—icin in Clauâ—lande where the power of Dewes Earle of Nassow was defeated and himselfe with Christophâ—â— the Palsagâ—â—â—â— sonne slayne by Sanchie Dauila the Castellan of Antwarpe But on the water the Duke of Medina Celi discomfited by the Guise before Flissingen and sixtene of his ships drowned and foure taken being shippes of infinite riches And also the Conte Bossis discomfited on the water in Holland by the sayd Genses who also put to flight at Terguse a fléete sent by Alua in the yeare one thousande fine hundreth seuentie and thrée And the next yeare one of foure score sayle sent by the Commendador of Castile then Gouernour vnder the conduct of Iulian de Romero to victuall Middleburg of whome seuentene were lost And perhaps manyé other such lyke As agayne I haâ—e omitted diuers other bicause I doe not â—éenie them worthie the name of pitched fielded or battels As the foule flight of the Venetian fléete vnder the conduct of Grimani as soâ—e as euer they attached fight with the Turkishe manie whereof Ionius writeth in the suminarie of his â—irt booke And the like of the Venetian armie by lande conducted by Balemie at the first fight of Gascon of Feix As also that notorious incommeth bitle â—iflicted on Solimaâ—â— the Turke in his returne oute of Persia in the yeare one thousande fiue hundreth thirtie and fiue when that Delmeathes the Persian Captame did one moste tempestuous night sodenly inuade his Campe with a power of light horsemen and slue infinite Turkes and rifled almost the whole campe and returned backe in safetie Nor that shamefull retire or flight of Andrew Doria Admirall of the mightie nauie of the Emperour and Venetians as soone as euer he had attached fight with a farre inferiour power of Turkish galleys in the yeare one thousande fiue hundreth thirtie and seuen Nor the discomfiture by ambushe of the power of Reneé the Prince of Orange by Martin van Rossem neare vnto Antwarpe in the yeare one thousande fiue hundreth fortie and twoo And the battell of Sulway mosse where the Scottes frantickly fledde feared with their owne imagination as though the Duke of Norffolke who had lately roaded Scotlande with a goodly armie had bene now returned againe when that they were fette vpon by Thomas bastarde Daker and Iacke of Musgâ—aue with one hundreth men and they had left a stale on the hill for to make their fearefull foes beléeue it was another power approching In the which conflict were taken the Lorde Maxwell the Generall with a greate number of Earles and Lordes Nor that lamentable losse in the yeare one thousande fiue hundreth and sixtie when that the Duke of Medina Celi returning from the coÌ„quest of the Island of zerbi in the coast of Africa met with the innumerable Turkish floete the fight whereof caused him in continently to flee without once striking stroke léesing xxvij galleys and a great number of hulkes laden with souldiours and victuals and abandoning sixe thousande valiant souldiours whome he had left in garrison in the Isle to be murthered by the mercilesse Turkes These conflictes and other of lesse fame I haue willingly and wittingly omitted bicause they deserue not the name of battels and also for that by the enarration of them the like pleasure and profite will not redound vnto the reader The which two things haue specially impelled me to collect this painefull worke FINIS * That was when Charles wan the kingdome Nauâ—rro was Generall of the Spanish footmen a man of great skil in vndermining Pescara his auncestors came out of Spaine ¶ A Table expressing the names of such battels as are set forth in this Historie also in what yeare and by whom they were fought THe battell of Tarro fought in the yere 1495. betwene Charles the French king and the Venetians Out of Iouius Fol. 1. The battell of Seminara fought in the kingdom of Naples the same yeare betwene Ferdinand king of Naples and the French power Out of Iouius Folio 23. The battell of Eboli foughte in the kingdome of Naples the same yeare betwene the Neapolitan French power Out of Iouius fol. 27 The battel of Terranoua fought in the kingdom of Naples betwene the French and the Spanish power in the yeare 1506. Out of Iouius The battell of Gioia fought in the kingdome of Naples betweene the French and Spanish power the same yeare Out of Iouius Fol. 35. The battell of Cerignola foughte in the kingdome of Naples the same yeare betweene the Spanishe and French power Out of Iouius Folio 38. The battell of Giaradda fought in Lumbardie betweene Lewes the French king and the Venetians in the yere 1509. Out of Francis Guicciardine folo 41. The battell of Rauenna foughte in Romagna betwene the power of the French king and the Spanishe and his confederates in the yeare 1512. Out of Guicciardine fol. 44. The battell of Ginghat foughte in Picardye in the yeare 1513. betweene Henrye the eyght king of Englande and the French power Out of Hall. fol. 64. The battell of Nouara foughte in the Duchie of Milan betweene the Frenche power and the Switzers in the same yeare Out of Iouius fol. 54. Flodden fielde fought betweene Iames the fourth king of the Scots and the Englysh power in the same yeare Out of Iouius fol. 67. The battell of Vlmo or Vicenza fought in Venetia betwene the Spanyshe and the Venetian powers in the same yere Out of Iouius fo 78. The battel of Borysthenes