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
incontinently quailed but the courage of the Emperialls encreased Lescune windeth himselfe out of the fight and wyth singular constancie although he had loste many of his horsemen recouereth his brother Lautrech who when he sawe the slaughter flight of the Switzers constaÌ„tly stoode still with his whole battell But when Pescara saw the foremoste rankes disordered and the footmeÌ„ turned into flight entreated and besought Frondesberg as earnestly as he coulde for his life and adhorted the Almaines that they woulde pursue the fleing and beate the backes of the discomfited take reuenge of the nation that was the moste deadly enimye of the Almaines and finally without any danger winne an entier victory But when he coulde not obteine this of them who of insolent contumacie woulde not obey and with terrible muttering requested to haue treble pay he for to enkindle them by example sent foorth thrée bandes of Spanishe footemen But bycause they ran foorth scattered neyther wolde the Almains folow them they léesing Guinea a valiant pety Captaine were almoste enclosed partly by the Switzers that drew backe the ordinaunce and partly by Iohn de Medici who running trauerse the field guarded the backes of the departing Switzers wyth a strong troupe of footemen and horsemen yet the Emperiall horsmen when Prospero commaunded them and Pescara requested them with angry countenance to make hast pursued them and then Medici boldly turning his troupes vpon them the horsemen shirmished togyther aboue two houres for both the French and Venetian light horsmeÌ„ repaired from al parts vnto Medices standeres But at the beginning of the battell when the Switzers were ouerthrown almost all the Venetian power went away with Theodoro de Trivulzi their Captain neuer once attempting to fight There perished of the Switzers what in the fight and afterwarde of their woundes about thrée thousande among whom nexte to Albert Petra Arnolde of Vnderwalden did moste excell for authoritie and valiaunt courage But there were slaine of the Frenchmen Mounsieurs de Molans and Ghisci and two noble yong gentlemen Mounsieur de Montfort and de Turnon But of the Emperialls Peter Earle of Colisa of the house of Cardona Pescara his mothers brother being shotte into the eye as he plucked vp hys beuer with the quarel of a crosbow wherof there was but one in the whole field The nexte day after when the Emperials pursued the frenchmen they dissolued al their army the Switzers weÌ„t home the Venetians repaired vnto Bressa Lescune Medici to Cremona Bozzolo with the rest of the horsmen to Lodi and Lautrech the bastard and Palice into France Then the Emperials folowing the victorye wan Lodi Cremona finally all the dutchy except the Castells of Milan Cremona and Nuâ—ara and then also sacked the rich Citie of Genea ¶ The battell fought at Pauia in Lumbardy betvveene Frauncis the French King and Charles Duke of Burbon Charles de Lanoy viceroy of Naples the Marquesse of Pescara captains for Charles the fift Emperour on Saint Mathies day in anno .1525 written by Iouius in the life of the Marques of Pescara IN the yeare of oure Lorde .1524 the Emperiall power hauing vtterly expelled the Frenchmen out of all the duchy of Milan inuaded France besieged the strong Citie of Marsiles in Prouente but when they heard of the approch of Frances the freÌ„ch king with a puissaunt power they spéedilye brake vp the siege and hasted into Italy whome the king pursued so fast that the Emperials were no sooner entred the Citie of Milan but that he was also at the gate and tooke the citie the Emperialls for saking it and fleing with al their army vnto the Citie of Lody but that they had before placed Antony de Leua in the citie of Pauia with all their Lansquenetz being fiue thousand and fiue hundreth Spaniardes footmen two cornets of horsemen The king not staying at al at Milan but only leauing the L. Tremouille with a power to besiege the castel marched incoÌ„tineÌ„tly to Pauia came thither the 28. of Octob. which he besieged so loÌ„g that Charles the duke of Burbon who had reuolted lately vnto the Emperor and had then the gouernment of the Emperial armie in the duchie of Milan went into Germanie brought from thence George Frondesberg with twentie bands of Lansquenetz and Nicholas the erle of Salme with two thousand horsmen and Ferdinande the Archduke of Austrich sent v. C. horsemen and sixe thousand Lansquenetz As soone as all these Almayus were arriued at Lodi the Emperiall power did set foorth agaynst the French king at the earnest persuasion of the Marques of Pescara who wan both Lanoy the viceroy of Naples who being fearefull of léesyng his proper prouince would haue gone vnto Naples with the horsemen and namely the Neapolioans and all the light armed footemen of the Almayns and Spaniardes to defende the kingdome of Naples against the Duke of Albanie whome the French king had sent with ten thousand men to inuade Naples in the whiche enterprise he also shoulde be ayded by the Pope to turne and to bend al their force against the French king also had gotteÌ„ the Spanyards to go foorth to fight which they at the first refused for long lacke of pay So theyr armie being mustered wherin were founde sayth Francis Guicciardine seuen hundred men of armes and so many light horsemen and one thousand Italian horsemen and aboue sixtene thousande footemen parte Spaniardes and part Almayns but Iouius séemeth to insinuate a greater number they departed from Lodi the fiue and twentith day of Ianuary and marched towards the French king taking the town of saint Angelo by the way that they might forrage and be victualled fréely without interception The King vnderstanding of the winning of saint Angelo remoued from the west part of the town into the camp of Seigneur de la Palice who lay on the east side close vnto the wal of Pauy park He also made strong munitioÌ„s from the wal of the Parke euen vnto the riuer of Tesino and beating down a part of the Park wall in thrée places he made thrée wayes as it were thrée mightie gates that his horsmen who did almost al of them lodge in the parke on the left hande close vnto the wood side might spéedily at all times helpe the footmen and also the station that the King had lefte on the west side of the Towne But after that the Emperiall power was encamped neare vnto the Frenche there was many a sharpe shirmishe attached and also Leâ—â— incessantly sallyed out of the citie in one of these skirmishes or more truely after one of them when that he shewed vnto the lord Bonâ—uer the Admiral of France the place and maner of his fortunate skirmish Iohn de Medici was shotte into the leg out of a lowe cottage and to gréeuously hurt that as despaiâ—ing of life he obtained of the king to be caried down the riuer vnto Placenza with the incomparable incommoditie no doubt of the
more wary counsell and youre more happie prowesse First of all we will commaund the hurt men to be carried to Parâ—â—â— and there cause them to be cured and the bandes that haue not fought shall haue the charge of the Camp that the wéeried maye take some rest I will go about the watch my selfe and will streÌ„gthen with sure garrisons all wayes and entrances and this will I to the vttermost endeuoure that we may lye in safetie from the violence of our enimies Tomorrow will more manifestly shewe vs the motion and mindes of our enimies and will open a safer way to our counsels The Prouiditori lightly assented to this opinion for although the Marques séemed to haue performed rather the duetie of a valiant Horseman than of a prudente Generall yet they were so farre from reprehending him of rashnesse for that vnluckie euent of the battell that they had him in admiration as made more renowmed through this newe glory of approued prowesse and inuincible courage for although the aged menne were of themselues men of great honor and such as had borne great dignities at home yet did they reioyce for that augmentation of martiall prayse as most honorable and dyd thinke that the most glorious triumph of almost taking so great a King prisoner and of the victorie wel néere gotten thorough the hardie attempte of the Marques was taken from them thorough the vnskilfulnesse or cowardise of a fewe The next day the Kyng sent vnto the Venetian camp for truce for thrée dayes the which was denyed and only that day graunted for to burie the slayne men on both sides The next night the Kyng about one of the clocke after midnighte causing manye fires to bée neade in the Campe to deceyue his enimies dislodged withoute Trumpet sounded or Drumme stroken in somuche that he hadde 07 marched certaine myles before his departure was knowen to the Venetians But as soone as it was light and the Marques had intelligence that the enimies were dislodged he sente the Gréeke Horsemen and also the Earle of Giazza and his brother Fracassio with the lighte Horsemenne to pursue them who although they might muche haue eâ—â—amaged the Frenchmen marâ—â—ing almost in â—â—éâ—yng manâ—â— yet they did theâ—â— no haâ—â—e whyther for â—â—â—ate good will or by the commaundemente of the Duke of Milan who feared as much the Venetians obteyning an entier victorie as the Frenchmen with their vnappayred power I leaue vnto other to iudge But after this the Duke of Milan forâ—â—â— the Duke of â—â—â—ans to surrender Nouara Of the Battell of Seminara foughte in the kingdome of Naples in Anno. 1495. betvveene Verdinande King of Naples and the great Gonsalues Captayne of the Spanyardes on the one syde and the Lordes Obegnie and Persiue for Charles the Frenche Kyng on the other ANone after the departure of Charles the french K. out of the kingdome of Naples Ferdinande the king of Naples wafted out of Sicile with about seuen C. horssemen and fiue M. Spaniardes and Sicilians sent by the K. of Spaine vnder the conduct of GoÌ„salues de Cordoua vnto Rezo in Calabria The whiche Towne and castel they tooke as also they did Saint Agatha and then all the Townes there aboutes partly for desire they had of their king and partly for the wéerinesse of the Frenchmen opened their gates vnto Ferdinande so that nowe he was come so farre into the countrey as SEMINARA WheÌ„ the K. Obegny gouornour of Calabria for the french king had intelligence hereof he sent for Seigneur Persiue out of Basilicata to bring with him all the garrysons that were in that countrey with whome he with his power méeting at Terranoua before that his enimies had knowledge of Persiues comming marched to Seminara to fight with Ferdinande out of hande or if he would holde himselfe within the walles of Seminara nor durst not commit himself to the open fielde and fight that then he woulde returne as victor making manifest vnto the world the cowardise of the enimies The which thing he thought would be of greate moment to kéepe the people in their duetie specially séeyng he did thinke that within few dayes ayde would come vnto hym out of Campagna Puglia and Abruzzo But Ferdinande who had not yet intelligence of the comming of Persiue and had bin aduertised by espyes of the power of Obegny which was very small nothing doubted to issue out of the Towne and encounter his enimies thinking that al the estimation fauoure that he had gotten a little before by bold attempting and valiantly trying of Fortune would now be lost by one infamie of being shamefully enclosed by siege and the dishonor of conceyued feare if that he should hyde himselfe without the Towne But Gonsalues in whose head was that power of exacte prudence whereby he afterwarde passed almost all the rest of the Captaynes of oure age beganne to admonishe the yong Prince gréedy both of recouering the Kingdome and of winning glory earnestly desiring him not to goe out of the Towne before the purpose and power of their enimies were more certaynely knowen that those counsels are honorable ynough which promise â—â—â—uritie to doubtfull matters but those are most shamefull and miserable whiche through rashnesse when that we vauntingly shewe a vayne vigour of hart are wont to destroy all meanes to obteyne the absolute Conquest and conceyued victorie And must we then sayde Ferdinande recouer the Kingdome with as grease cowardise as we lost it and not rather in these so prosperous beginnings proue that fortune by doing and attempting whyche we fouÌ„d aduerse by setting stil and absteyning from sight in Romagna Campagna as though the beginnings of warres haue not the gretest momeÌ„t for the successes that folow those exployts that are couragiously begun vnlesse they be valiantly prosecuted haue they not a soule and vnhappie ende Fortune will be with vs Gonsalues which hath hitherto stoode with the Frenchmen séeing that shée now smileth on our first enterprises neyther will she euer forsake them whome of hir owne accord she calleth vnto victorie vnlesse that we do shamefully forsake hir by our dishonorable lingering Let vs once sée the faces of the Frenchmen which only Fame and that to very vayne hath made terrible and let vs couragiously setting foote to foote trye both oures and their strengthes We are superiour in footemen Horsemen the good will of men and finally in the fauoure of Fortune neyther must we doubt of the prowesse of you and your regument For who is there of you that if we should fighte man to man would not gladly desire his Frenchman or Almayne to encounter withall and also woulde valiantly slay him I doubtlesse for my part will first before you all boldly charge the first braue Gentleman that I shall sée in their battell and by happie hardinesse giue you an example that yée running vppon them with like heate may through equall courage bring backe a spéedie victorie from this drunken enimie There were many
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
were comming forwarde in arraye of battell Whervpon some counselled the King to take downe his tentes but the King said I wil this day that my fielde be made and sette in as royall wise as may bee and all my riche tentes sette vppe whyche was done Then the King called the Lorde Darcie and commaunded him to keepe his fielde treasure ordinaunce and other stuffe who was loath to goe from his maister but by straight commaundement Then euery man prepared hymselfe to battell resorting vnto the standard the horsemen marched before the footemen by the space of a mile still came Curriours bearing tidings that the French armye approched The King bad set forward in the name of God and S. George The Almaines that serued the King séeyng this to what purpose it was not knowen suddaynely embattayled theÌ„selues on the left hand of the King and left the front or brest of the Kings battayle bare As the King was thus marching forward towards the battaile to him came the Emperoure Maximilian with thirtie me of armes he and all his company armed in one sute with redde Crosses then by the counsayle of the Emperoure the King caused certaine fielde pieces to be layde on the toppe of a long hyll or banke for the out-scourers Thus the Kings Horsemen and a few archers on Horsebacke marched forward The Kyng woulde fayne haue bin afore with the Horsemen but his Counsayle perswaded him the contrarie and so he tarried with the footemenne accompanyed with the Emperoure The Frenchmen came on in thrée rankes sixe and thirtie mens thicknesse and well they perceyued the Kings battaile of footemen marching forward the Earle of Essex Captayne of the Horsemen and Sir Iohn Peche with the Kings Horsemen and the Burgonions to the number of eleuen hundreth stoode with banners displayde in a valley The Lorde Wallon and the Lord Ligny with bastarde Emery Burgonions and their bands to the number of foure hundred Horsemen seuered themselues and stoode asyde from the Englishmen so then the Englishmen were but seuen hundreth yet they with banner displaied remoued vp to the toppe of the hil and there they mette with Sir Henrye Guilforde with an hundreth tall Archers on Horsebacke whiche had askryed the Frenchmen Nowe on the toppe of the hill was a faire playne of good grounde on the left hand a lowe wodde and on the right hand a fallow fielde The Lord Wallon and the Burgonions kept them aloofe then appeared in sighte the Frenchmen with banners and standerdes displayed Then came to the Captaines of the Englishmen of armes an English officer of armes called Clarenseux and sayd in Gods name set forward for the victorie is youres for I sée by them that they wyll not abyde and I will goe with you in my coate of armes Then the Horsemen did set forward and the archers alighted and were et in order by an hedge all along a village called Bomy the FreÌ„chmen came on with thrée and thirtie standerdes displayed and the Archers shotte apace and galled their Horses and the Englishe Speares set on freshly crying Saint George and fought valiantly with the Frenchmen and threw downe their Standerdes the dust was great and the crie more but suddaynely the Frenchmen shocked to their Standerdes and fledde and threwe away theyr Speares Swords and Maces and cutte off the bardes of theyr Horses to runne the lighter When the hinder part saw the former part flie they fledde also but the sooner for one cause whiche was this As the Englishmen mounted vp the hyll the Horsemenne of Albany commonly called Stradiotes were commyng downewardes on the syde of the hill before the Frenche host whych suddaynely sawe the banners of the English Horsemen and the kings battayle following vpwarde thinking to them that all hadde bin Horsemen then they cast themselues about and fledde the Frenchmen were so fast in aray that the Stradiotes coulde haue no entrie and so they ranne still by the endes of the raunges of the freÌ„ch army and when they behinde sawe the fall of the Standerdes and theyr Stradiotes in whome they had greate confidence returne they whiche were farthest off fledde fyrste then vppe praunced the Burgonions and followeth the chase whyche was pursued thrée myles Thys battell was of Horsemen to Horsemen but not in equall number for the Frenchmen were tenne to one whiche had not bin séene before tâ—me that the Englishe Horsemen got the victorie of the men of armes of Fraunce The Frenchmen call thys battell The Battell of Spurres bycause they ranne away so fast on Horsebacke This Battell was fought the sixtenth of August in the whyche was taken the Duke of Longuile the Lord Cleremonde and manye other noble men to the number of twelue score and also all the standerdes and banners which with the prisoners were broughte to the Kings presence The Burgonions kepte their prisoners and brought them not to sight The same wente that Monsieur de la Palice was by them taken and let goe But the other syue thousand Horsemen that had bin appoynted to inuade the Earle of Sherewsbury came not downe but only skirmished with Sir Rice ap Thomas But the Citizens sallied and were valiauntly beaten backe by the Lorde Herbert After this victorie the Citie yéelded as also not long after dyd the famous Citie of Tournay ¶ Flodden fielde fought betweene Iames the fourth King of the Scottes and Thomas Earle of Surrey Generall for Henry the eyghte Kyng of Englande in Anno. 1513. out of Paulus Iouius WHilest Henrye the eyghte Kyng of England thus molested the Frenche Kyng in Fraunce Iames the Scottish King incited by the Frenche King and also egged on by hys owne naturall hate towarde England which he well hoped now in the absence of the Kyng greately to annoy proclaymed warres against the King of Englande and withall entred hys lande with a great armye besieged Norrham Castell tooke it and made it leuell with the grounde and from thence marched wasting wyth fire and sworde to besiege the strong towne of Berwike In the meane time the Earle of Surrey whome King Henry for his approued fidelitie and prowesse had left behinde him in Englande hys Lieutenaunt with a power to kéepe the borders towards Scotland leuying an army went against the Scotte who miserably wasted all the Countrey There were with him the Lord Dacres warden of the West marches a renowmed man for all martiall prayse Edward Stanley and Bastard Heron which Heron brought with him a strong troupe of Horsemen which he being of late banished both from England and Scotland had cunningly trained in robberies and other with aides whiche were leuyed in all partes by the Quéene for at the bruite of the newe warres not only the countreys néere vnto the Scots as lying opeÌ„ to the daunger but also the shires farre off of their owne frée willes rather for hatred than feare hasted to the Earle all men taking very vnpatiently the iniurie of violating the league lately concluded betwéene the two Kyngs Iames
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
a sunder The Scottes basted with so fast a pace that it was thought of the most part of vs they were rather horsemen than footemen Our men againe were ledde the more with spéede The maister of the ordinance Sir Francis Flemming to our great aduauntage pluckt vp the hill then certaine péeces and soone after planted two or thrée Canons of them well nie vpon the top there wherby hauing so much the helpe of the hill he myght ouer our mens heades shoote nyest at the enimie My Lorde Protector whose peculiar charge of al this voyage was the conduct of the middle battell being cladde in fayre armour tooke his waye towardes the heigth of the hill accompanyed with no mo than Sir Thomas Challoner â–ª to tarie by the ordinaunce whereas he moughte both best suruey vs all and succour with ayde where moste hée sawe néede and also by his presence be a defence vnto the thing that stoode weakest in place and moste in daunger the which therby howmuch it stood in stead anon shall I shew But the Scottes in the middes of their swifte marche were all at a sodaine staye and stoode still a good while the cause whereof is vncertaine and then made hastily towardes vs againe I know not to saye the truth whether more stoutlye of courage or more strongly of order me thought then I might note both in their march But what after I learned specially touching their order their armour and their maner of fight as well in going to offende as in standing to defende I haue thought necessarie here to vtter Hackbutters had they fewe or none and appoynt their fighte moste commonlye alwayes on foote They come to the fielde well furnished with Iacke Scull Dagger Buckler and Swordes all notably broade and thinne and of excéeding good temper and vniuersally so made to slice that as I neuer saw none so good so thinke I it harde to deuise the better hereto euery man his pike a great kerchiefe wrapped twise or thrice about his neck not for cold but for entting In their aray toward the ioyning with the enimie they cling thrust so neare in the â—ore ranke shoulder to shoulder togither with their pikes in both handes streight afore them and their followers in that order so harde at their backes laying their Pykes ouer their foregâ—ers shoulders that if they doe assayle vndisseuered no force can well withstande them Standing at defence they thrust shoulders likewise so nie togither the forerankes well nie to knéeling stoupe lowe before for their fellowes behinde holding their Pykes in both handes and therewith in their lefte their Bucklers the ende of the Pyke against their righte foote the other against the enimie brest high their followers crossing their Pyke pointes with them forwarde and thus eche with other so nie as place space will suffer through the whole warde so thicke that as easily shall a bare finger péerce through the skin of an angrie Hedgehogge as anye encounter the front of their Pykes My Lorde Marshall notwithstanding whom no daunger detracted from doing of his enterprise with the company and order afore appointed came full in their faces from the hylles side with present mynde and courage continuing their course towarde the enimie And my Lordes grace also at his place furiously tempested aloft with the ordinance The enimies were in a fallowe fielde whereof the furrowes laye sideling towarde our men By the side of the same furrowes next vs and a stones cast from them was there a crossedich or slough which our men must néedes passe to come to them wherein many that could not leape ouer stacke fast to no small daunger of themselues and some disorder of their fellowes The ennimies perceyuing our men fast approch disposed themselues to abide the brunt and in this order stoode still to receyue them The Earle of Anguish next vs in the forewarde as Captaine of the same with an eight thousande and foure or fiue péeces of ordinance on his right side and foure hundreth horsemen on his left behinde him somewhat westward the Gouernour with x. M. inlande men as they call them the choysest men counted of their countrie And the Earle Huntley in the rerewarde welnie euen with the battayle on the left hande with eyght thousande also The foure thousand Irish archers as a wing vnto them both last in déede in order and first as they sayde that ranne away These battelles and rarewarde were warded also with ordinaÌ„ce according Edwarde Shelley Lieutenant vnder my Lorde Grey of his bande of Bulleners was the first on our side that was ouer this slough my Lorde Grey nexte and so then after two or thrée rankes of the former bandes But badly yet coulde they make their race by reason the furrowes laye trauerse to their course That notwithstanding and though also they were nothing likely wel to be able thus a front to come within them to hurt them as well bicause the Scottishe mens pykes were as long or longer than their staues as also for that their horses were all naked without bardes whereof thoughe there were right many among vs yet not one put on forasmuch as at our comming forth in the morning we looked for nothing lesse than for battell that daye yet did my Lorde and Shelley with the residue so valiantly and strongly giue the charge vpon them that whether it were by their prowes or power the lefte side of the enimies that his Lordshippe did set vpon though their order remained vnbroken yet was compelled to swaye a good waye backe and gyue grounde largely and all the residue of them beside to stande much amased Before this as our men were welnie at them they stoode very braue and bragging shaking their Pyke poyntes crying come here Loundes come here Tykes come here Heretikes and such like opprobrious wordes Our Captaines that were behinde perceyuing at eye that both by the vneuennesse of the grounde by the sturdie order of the enimie and for that their fellowes were so nie and streight before them they were not able to any aduauntage to maintaine this onset did therefore according to the deuise in that poynt appointed turne themselues and made a soft retire vp towarde the hill againe Howbeit to confesse the truth some of the number that knewe not the prepensed policie of the couÌ„sayle in this case made of a sober abuised retire an hastie temerarious flight My Lord Marshall Edwarde Shelley little Preston Brampton and Gerningham Bulleners Ratcliffe the Lorde Fitzwaters brother Sir Iohn Cleres sonne and heire Digges of Kent Ellerker a Pencioner Segraue Of my Lorde Protectors bande my Lorde Edwarde his Graces son Captaine of the same bande Stanley VVodhouse Conisbie Hergill Morris Dennis Arthur and Atkinson with the other in the fore ranke were not able in this earnest assault both to tende to their fight afore and to the retire behinde the Scottes agayne well considering hereby how weake they remayned â–ª ranne sharplye forwarde vpon them and
bicause that the commodities of the ennimie doe redounde vnto their calamities For the whiche effecte the natures and dispositions bothe of hys owne souldiours and of the ennimies are to be knowen their counsayles and deuyses to be learned oute their weapons and martiall furniture to be vnderstoode and their arte in setting their men in araye and the nature of the place muste be viewed of the whiche things if that anye one be not well knowen or neglected oftentimes it bryngeth all the whole state into verye great daunger For there is nothing so perillous as an hoste aranged in battel against the nimie for a very light matter yea and a very small and vaine false rumour may make them to turne their backes and flée But to returne vnto the battell the Frenchmen as they are of nature prone to fighte and readie to aduenture all warrelike daungers to winne glorie being nothing at all stayed with the difficultie of the ditche goe downe into it for to giue the onset on the Emperials The auantgarde and specially the foremost rankes which consisted of the most chosen bandes of the whole armie was put to flight The difficultie of this ditch tooke the victorie almost out of the handes of the Frenchmen and gaue it without bloude vnto the Emperials although that the Frenchmen charging the Emperiall Italians had defeated the left wing Then the Marques fearing least that all his battels would haue the like yll hap mounting on his horse got him vnto an hill on the backe of all the hoste where he might sée in what state his armie stoode But anon after when he sawe the French battell that had discomfited his left wing being enclosed rounde by the Spaniardes the Almaines and the Florentines to be defeated and chiefly through the valor of the Spaniardes who fought worthily that daye he returned againe vnto his men to incite them to fight Thus the most flourishing armie of Strozzi the which a litle before was a terror vnto all Tuscan the which houered ouer the walles of the citie of Florence the which threatened slaughter captiuitie and fire vnto all the townes of the Florentine Duchie was in shorte time ouerthrowen and destroyed the Italians fléeing and the horsemen being discomfited afflicted and put to flight through that ditche whereby it maye plainly appeare in howe slipper a place mannes state standeth which is subiect vnto frayle and fickle Fortunes pleasure But whereas in all matters it is conuenient that men placed in chief charge auoyde errors and dotings then most specially in martiall affaires in whome yea a small error of the Chiefetaine doth drawe with it the ruines of Cities and Countries There were slaine in this battell about foure thousande men and manye also were killed with intollerable heate and manye stifled for thirst and they for the greatest part were Frenchmen and Switzers For the fielde was foughten the seconds of August There were taken about an hundreth ensignes of footemen and horsemen and diuers field péeces There were also taken prisoners by the Emperials two thousande of the enimies There were slaine of men of the greatest marke the Lorde VValeâ—oâ— the Colonell of the Switzers with all his petie captains ensignebearers Reuerâ—ce the colonell of the Almaines that were with the Switzers Iohn Bentinogli Of French captaines Cablas Conbasse Iohn de Ville Many of the Italians Captaines all the Captaines and Ensignbearers of the Almaines There were also taken Seignour Forques Galeazzo Bentiuogli Earle of Gaiazzo Paule Orsini Turchettâ— Agabito and Bartholomewe Murena and many Captaines and Ensignebearers But Strozzi himselfe and Aurâ—liâ— Fregoso a man of great authoritie and nobilitie escaped to Monte Aleino but yet wounded with shot After this ouerthrowe the greatest part of the townes of the Senese territorie yéelded and anon after the citie of Sene it selfe when the Citizens coulde holde out no longer for famine ¶ The Battell fought at Saint Quintines in France betvvene Anne Montmorencie high Constable of France General for Henrie the French King and Emanuell Philibert Duke of Sauâ—y Lieutenant Generall for Philip King of Spaine in Anno. 1557. Out of Natalis Câ—mes WHen Emanuell Philibert Duke of Sauâ—y Lieutenant Generall for Philip the king of Spaine besâ—eged the towne of Saint Quintines in Vermandois with thirtene thousande horsemen fortie thousande footemen and eyght thousande Pioners Henrie the second the French king being moued with the daunger of the towne which was vnprouided of men munition and victuals to withstande so great a power sent Montmorencie the Constable with an armie wherein was almost all the nobilitie of France and twentie thousande footemen and foure thousande horsemen and twentie péeces of ordinance to reléeue the towne with men munition all other things néedefull The Constable being come within xv miles of the towne sent before ij M. horsemen who after they had vaunted themselues about noone vnto the enimy on a smal hill they coÌ„manded certaine to trie the foord of the riuer which they must passe the which was so narrow the not aboue vj. horsmen could passe ouer at once but in other places they could not passe the riuer for the gards of the Spaniards WheÌ„ the Duke of Sauoy vnderstoode that the Frenchmen had founde the foorde he sent a great number of harquebusiers to kéepe it But the thirde day after which was the feast of S. Laurence the same horsemen but many mo in number with many footemen shewed themselues againe vnto the Spaniardes who coulde not by reason of the iniquitie of the place perceyue what number they were but the Frenchmen determined to passe ouer the riuer hauing brought with them for that purpose small boates bridges The French ordinance began to shoote off vpon the Spaniardes not without their great dammage and the boates began to take the water to transport the French souldiours whome the Spanishe harquebusiers vnto whome was sent a freshe supplie of foure hundreth did much annoye Then the Duke also determined to passe ouer the riuer the which was thrée miles from the towne and to fight with the enimie after that he had by very faithfull espyes learned the number of the Frenchmen Wherefore the matter being communicated with the Conte Egmont who was one of the chiefe of the nobilitie of the lowe Countrie for landes birth and authoritie and also not vnskilfull in Martiall affayres and with other of the nobilitie it was resolued that this present occasion should not be let slip séeing that their enimie was inferiour vnto them both in number and strength Egmont was commaunded to passe ouer the riuer with one thousande horsemen of Burgonions and Spaniardes and Ernest and Ericke Dukes of Brunswicke shoulde backe him with their two thousande and v. hundreth horsemen after whom the Conte Mansfeld followed with eyght hundreth Pistolets and then the Conte Horne with one thousande men men of armes of Gelders and with him about a thousande of other men of armes of diuers bandes passed ouer