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
battell nor to pursue any that flieth stoode still a great part of the day fearing lest the French horsmen incited either through the policie of their Captaines or theyr owne shame would come backe againe and appresse them while they were busied in spoilyng the deade But their enimies ranne awaye wyth suche feare and pertinacie that Trivulzi galloping to fro all dustie and hoarse with crying vnto them was not able eyther by faire or foule speache or the aucthoritie of Generall to stay the ensignes or to retaine the horsemen that casting awaye their launces gallopped awaye foremost It is well knowen that Grittie the Venetian Prouiditor who being a companion of this vnluckye iourney ran awaye with them oftentimes sayde among this company of hasting horsmen Yee olde horsemen that flyng awaye so faste vppon the spurre to day bee not the men of armes of the Venetians but those noble Gentlemen of France that vsed to cal them women runaways Certes it neuer happened before that Captains at all other times inuincible and fortunate being furnished wyth so great an army were defeated by a fewe footemen fortune nowe listing to sporte a little It is reported that the French horsemen might haue bin all wholy destroyed in their flighte if Maximilian Sforza had had but two hundreth men of armes for not one of the French horsemen caried launce beyonde Sesithes so greate was their heate to escape yet a while after Siluio Sabello and Corradino Cribelly with certaine light horsmen pursued them euen to the towne of Trecato But the Contadmes or Pesantes running out of the fieldes and â—ainlets vnto the spoile cruelly slue where they sawe any bootie the dispersed and fearefull Frenchemenne wearyed and quite spente at ditches hedges and all other places that didde lette their course The same daye the Switzers gathering togither the slaine bodies of their countrymen caried them on their shoulders into the Citie that the laste honoures myght iustly be done vnto them that had singularly wel deserued of the common wealth There were slaine of them in this victory aboute a thousande three hundreth of whome they broughte into the Towne aboue seuen hundreth torne into péeces with the great ordinaunce and almoste as many were wounded But on the Frenche part were slaine to the number of eight thousande of all sortes Among the Captaines of the Switzers the almoste monstrous valor of Jordin of Vnderwalde was specially noted who by the credible report of many slewe twenty of his ennimies with his halberde carying away the iuste rewardes of assured praise But Maximilian being very ioyfull for so happy successe called the Souldiours togither and the teares trickling downe his chéeks scarfe able to speake for ioy he gaue them all harty thankes and that whych might be a gift of present pleasure hée gaue them in rewarde of their prowesse all the victualles that was taken to be deuided among them besides the ordinaunce and all the spoyle and praye that was gotten But the trenche that was taken from the enimie hee sette vppe in a publique place as a monumente of the victorye And forasmuche as wée haue seene the maner of the making thereof wee doe thinke it good to describe the same that it may be both a paterne and also profitable vnto the posteritie A square plotte of fifty paces euerye waye like vnto a small Campe being measured out foure strong postes sharped at the ende were driuen into the grounde at euery angle one standyng aboue the grounde nauell highe the sides were defenced with lesser posts or stakes a certaine space being lefte betweene post and post betweene the postes went rayles which they might take off and on they being fastened togither with yron bookes or claspes The Almaines stoode within this munition which was defenced rounde about wyth almoste an hundreth Harquebuzers a crocke Through the defence thereof Sedan had thought verily that the force of his assayling enimies woulde not only haue bene susteined but cleane dashed broken and defeated for he was of the belefe that the Switzers before they could come to vse their pikes and to hande strokes shoulde be paide for their inconsiderate inuasion It being likely that the esquadron terrible for their pikes and safe and inuincible for their strength wold defend the trench and at length opening the munition breake out vpon the disordered enimies and so obteyne an vndoubted victory But this engine inuented by a warlike witte and brought ouer the Alpes with so greate labour and charges as it did greatly delight the eyes of the beholders both for the noueltie of the fashion and the hope of victory so Fortune after hir wonted guise scorning such subtill inuentions tooke successe quite away from reason and the woorke when it shoulde haue taken moste effecte But thys deceyued the Almaines that they thought it not nedefull that day to set vppe their trenche which lay in the Wagons seeing the camp did then go backe from the enimie When wee conferred wyth Tremouille at Bolongne about these matters he did not fondly laye the faulte in Trivulzi as thoughe that hee woulde not encampe as Tremouille hadde perswaded hym on hys owne landes for destroying of the grasse that then was ready to be mowen But Trivulzi as he that had neuer bene vanquyshed before when hee declared muche of the euente of this battell did referre it wholly vnto the iniurie that was fatall vnto hys renowne for hee sayde that the skilfullest Captayne in the worlde coulde not by any me anes redresse rashe men and Souldiours made starke staring madde by degenerate feare The Battel of Ginghat fought in Picardie betvveene Henry the eight King of England and Monsieur de Piennes generall for Lewes the French king in Anno Domin 1513. WHen that HENRY the eight king of Englande besieged the Citie of Tyrwin with three camps of whom himself coÌ„ducted one the Earle of Shrewsbury an other and the Lord Herbert the third he had intelligence that Lewes the Frenche king had leuied an armie vnder the conduct of the Lord Piennes for to victual the Citie whiche was sore oppressed wyth penurie Whervpon king HENRY passed ouer the riuer with all the retinue of his owne camp his ordinance for to impeach the Frenche passage in that parte In the meane season a French man beeing taken in skirmishe in hope of pardon of his raunsome declared that the Frenche armie with their full power and strength were comming from Blangie to the number of fifteene thousande horsemen to ayde Terwyn on that side of the water And to the intent that the armie of the Earle of Shrewsbury and she Lord Herbert should not ayde the King there were appointed fiue thousand of the fifteene thousand on the other side of the water to inuade them on the other side of the water The Kyng had no sooner pitched his field and sette in order his ordinance but that he was aduertised by the Northern prickers that the Frenchemen to the number of twelue thousande
madnesse Drawe your swords therefore with me and cutte the throats of these freshe water Souldiours and be ashamed not to goe thither for feare of death whither ye shall see mee your Captaine leade you the way for renowne and glory The souldiours succlamed vnto the Oration of the king yet speaking with the clashing of their weapons and dissonant cries wythout any longer delay the king first sending out of sight his own horse and then al other doing the like to the end that all mens peril being made equal all hope of flight quitetaken away as it is the manner of that nation hee might shewe both his strength of bodye and valiauncie of minde diuided all his power into fiue battels for this reason that the midle battell wherin was his chiefe standerde shoulde be guarded on both sides with two battels as it were with wings In the right were the Earles of Huntley Craforde and Montrosse in the lefte the Lorde Hume and the erle of Lennox and Arguile reported to bee experte menne of warre He had ordeined a knight to be captaine of euery band and with them certaine Frenche captaines whome King Lewes had sente into Scotlande a little before to teach them the discipline of war and all the ordinaunce which coulde serue to no greate vse down the hill being bestowed in a fitte place hee himselfe stoode in the middle battell againste Surrey Nowe had Edmunde aduaunced the foremoste bandes vppe the hill when the ordinaunce on both sides being shotte off and the firste rankes disordered Hume brought downe hys speares on foote who lay wyth so furious force vppon the Englishemenue commyng vppe the hill that the valiauntest of the ring leaders being slaine and Edmunde stroken downe they had turned almost all that battell into flight And nowe was thereâ—â— hope to abide the handes being both affrighted and also defeated vnlesse that in so greate daunger on one side Bastarde Heron a renowmed man for his wonderfull strength of body and noble courage and embrued with his own and hys enimies bloud had lifted vp Edmund and from another parte Dacres beeyng intentiue to all sodayne chaunces of the battell had sente an hurlewinde of horsemen ouerthwarte the side of the enimies And therewithall the Lorde Howarde also comming after with the moste chosen men the battell was without doubt restored and courage was rendered vnto the vanquished So the fortune of the battell béeyng made equal and then mo Englishemen comming still vppe bande after bande the afflicted beyng intermedled wyth the freshe beganne wyth emulation of prowesse to aduaunce the front of the battell vp the hill Nowe when they were come vnto the strengthe of the Sedttes and bothe sydes foughte almoste wyth greater hatred than strength Montrosse and Craforde commyng into the foremost rankes to encourage the Souldiours were there slaine valiantly fighting and the esquadron of the speares on foote was broken through scattred slain and vtterly defeated by the horsmen and footmen But in the lef wyng almoste at the same tyme Stanley being ioyned in battayle hadde won the hill of the Scottes and with the multitude of his arrowes lighting thicke vppon them had brought them into that case that nowe they foughte not close togither but their rankes beeyng loosed and thynne and as menne that soughte to auoyde the shotte their ensignes beganne to sweye and shrinke hyther and thyther Whiche when Stanley perceyued he fetching aboute thrée bandes of succour vppon the open side of the enimies broughte so greate terrour that they were not able to susteine their violent charge and stande to it but incontinentely fledde and running headlong downe the hill hidde them selues in the Woddes There Arguile and Lennox reteyning wyth voyce and handes the enclined battell were slaine In the meane tyme Kyng James who hadde a little before ioyned in battell wyth Surrey as soone as he sawe that the arraye of his menne was disordered in the wings and his enimies were spreadde abroade rounde aboute hys skyrtes adhortyng the bande that was appointed for his guarde and the olde souldiours and the noble men that were aboute him that they would doe nothing vnworthye of themselues nor their auncestours broughte his battell into the middes of hys enimyes So that a newe battell arose againe afreshe and sharper than the firste bycause all this Scottishe battell being well armed had very wel susteined the arrowes of the Englishemen and certain Captaine of the foremost rankes being slaine had perced almost to the Englishe ensignes There were on both partes very tall men chosen by both Captaines for the supreame and laste chaunces of the battell and the fight as it must needes bee in such a case was diuers and doubtefull one whyle to the one and another whyle to the other prosperous and deadly The King hymselfe fighting on foote before the ensignes mayntayned the fight wyth greate pertinacie inflaming some with praise and other wyth shame finally crying out to them all with diuers encouragements that since now they had gotten their enimies they should be reuenged on them with sworde and woundes the which thing they had so greately desired and so gréedely thyrsted after On the other syde Surrey when the best of hys Souldiours were eyther slayne or wounded contended with greate valor still wythdrawyng the wounded into the hindermoste rankes very earnestly encouraged his men to bring the battell to the dint of sworde and where the enimies moste vrged there also fought he moste stoutly But whilest this hotte conflicte lasted at the ensignes with vncertaine euent the lorde Howard and Stanley who hauing defeated theyr enimies at both wings came victors vnto the middle battel turned their powers vppon the enimies charging him in two quarters and therwithall in very good tyme Dacres ranne vppon the backes of them with a very thicke troupe of horsemen so that when the Scottes were slaine on the from the sides and the back and being wearied with laboure and woundes coulde not breake through for the heaps of slaine carkasses weapons and armours they being on eche side enclosed were forced to fight in a ring But when the Kyng saw his chiefe standerd throwen downe and Adam Forman that bare it slayne before his face then doubting nothing but that he muste immediatly dye that he might deliuer his harte from imminent reproches ranne foorth vnto the thickest of his enimies and there was slaine fighting very valiauntly Nor farre from him certeyne greate men of the Church contending with equall pertinacie and prowesse were likewise slaine One Archebishoppe twoo Byshoppes and foure Abbots and of noble men and men of marke for dignitie of knighthoode and honours of warfare thirtie sixe Hume and Huntley getting horses in this tumult through the benefit of the night approching escaped into Scotland wyth the hindermoste bandes and battells whiche consisting of a very cowardly kynde of Souldiours had not stroke one stroke There were slaine that daye about eight thousand Scottes and almost so many taken but all the ensignes were
many ditches made by the husbandmen to water their lands and Nauarro had also added new munitions in commodious places where it was thought good and néedefull and also had set vppe against the enimy mighty targets fastened in the grounde and closed togyther with greate ropes that the Gascoignes beyng defended and couered by them might shoote at the enimy more safely and ceratinly This forme of the Campe and the nature of the place had Mutius and certaine of the Capitaynes of the Switzers riding vnto the higher part of the banke for to suruey the camp incontinently marked and then had also noted that on the right hande there was a commodious place lefte for them to lodge in where was a prety low plaine enclosed almost on two sides with a small riuer that ranne downe vnto corne milles They began to counsell the Switzers to encampe in that place and their bodyes being refreshed wyth rest and meate to thinke nothing rashly of fight they also tolde them that as victory procéedeth from counsell and good aduise so vaine and sorowfull attemptes from vnaduised hardinesse and that those men do oftner féele the aduerse euentes of fight that truste to ouercome their enimyes by desperatenesse and fease than those that séek victory by profitable tariance and reason Moreouer they sayde that the enimy was prouoked againste all aboadement bycause by an olde obseruation of that nation that day of the wéeke was all the yeare after vnfortunate vpon the which Childermasse day had fallen This was the thirtéenth of September But when that fury and fatall madnesse the which had neuer hapned before vnto the Switzers in the warres had takē away obediēce frō the souldiors and authority from the captaines the busier sort ranne foorth and attached a very cruell fight with the Gascoignes and Almaines Trivulzi and Burben hauyng intelligence long beefore of the comming of the enimies had sette their men in array of battell and placed their ordinance in a fitte place but nowe being doubtlesse pressed did sette on fire all the houses of the village both to staye the fease of the enimies by the fire and also to bereaue them of the vse and munition of the houses and then reduced their men into a larger place Before the Frenche ordinaunce was there a mighty ditche which must be passed ouer with extreame peril of desperatenesse the whiche ditche was kepte by Nauarro his bands and the Launsquenetz men of passyng valour wyth their thicke rankes This ditche a bande or ring of very desperate yongmen doubted not to passe with more assured death than victorye They were very chosen felows taken out of al the Cantons men in the prime of youth and of singular forwardenesse who by a very auntient order of that Countrey that by dooyng some déede of passyng prowesse they may obtaine rare honour of warrefare before they be growen in yeares doe of themselues requeste all perillous and harde péeces of seruice and often vse wyth deadlye praise to runne vnto proposed death These men do they call of their immoderate fortitude and stoutnesse the desperats forlorne hopen and the frenchmen Enfans perdus and it is lawfull for them by the prerogatiue of their prowesse to beare an ensigne to haue conducte and double wages all their life long Neyther are the forlorne knowen from the rest by anye other marke and cognisance than the plumes of white feathers the which after the maner of Captaines they doe tourne behinde waueryng ouer theyr shoulder with a braue kynde of riot They wyth noble courage ranne full vppon the ordinaunce and after that they hadde valiauntly and long fought with greate losse in the place of great disaduauntage at length when that they woulde for no incommoditie giue ouer they driuing the Almaines out of the place and beating backe Nauarro hys bandes came ouer the heapes of the dying vnto their ordinance The which in number seuen péeces being taken they relying themselues agayne vrged their shrinking enimyes and disordered all the whole foreward In this greate daunger Trivulzi and Burbon flue hither and thither to repaire the distressed battell to the vttermost that they could do by strength or prouide by counsell sending in the horsmen in diuers places Neyther fayled Nauarro vnto his Souldiours by chydyng some and asking other whether that they hadde come from the farthest parte of the Ocean and the Mountaines Pyrenees onely for to turne their backes and moste shamefully to flye out of the fielde almoste before they had séene their enimies that they should plucke vp their heartes and make ready their harquebusses and bowes and abide so long vntil that their sides were garded with freshe succour of horsemen and thinke that they ought to wipe out by fighting that day valiantly the note of cowardise or of ill lucke that they had gotten at Rauenna by fighting ill So at one time a mighty troupe of horsemen breaking vppon them and the Gascoignes being stayed by adhortation and shamefastenesse and the Lansquenetz kéeping their place for anger and shame a cruel and variable fighte is renewed bothe sydes are inuaded wyth the horrible noise of the ordinaunce and weapons and the ensignes are torne into péeces Anone Cenry and Pelegrine are slayne fighting couragiously and Pure the Captaine of the Pretorian or guarde bande and with him foure ensigne bearers are slaine by a greate culuering shotte from the side Neither did the Switzers who fetching a longer compasse aboute had come vnto the enimies faile vnto the their distressed fellowes for they gathering thrée bandes togyther into one came in twoo companyes wyth freshe strength and courage and encountering wyth the footemen on the lefte hande slue Sciatalarde a Captaine of the Gascoignes of renoumed name and Lewes and George Earles of Hellempurg noble men of Germanye But in another parte they loosing a little their ranckes did receyue in among them the charging horsemenne where they fought long with variable and doubtfull fortune for althoughe the men of armes cruelly treading to death the dispersed and the ouerthrowen did with the force and fease of their horses breake throughe with slaughter the flight and thinne small bandes yet when they met with the thicke rankes they were eyther broched with their long pikes or else their horses being slain vnder them perished thorough the waighte of their armour There were slayne in that place very valiantly fighting these Capitaines of companies of horsmen the Erle of Sancerre the Lord Imbercourt a renoumed man for his singular prowesse and long seruice in the warres the Lorde Bussy de Ambois and Francis brother to the Duke of Burbon and Burbon himself was in the like danger of life as he himselfe said being among the thickest of that bloudye broyle But afterward I heard the contrary of the kyng hymself who affyrmed naming witnesses that Burbon durste not succour his enclosed brother and retired vntouched out of the sight of the enimies vnto the middle battell Also whilest that Trivulzi endeuoured in vaine to
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
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
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
looking that they which had so shamefully fled should open the gates vnto the victors But not long after when he lacked ordinaÌ„ce to winne the towne and the Prince of Besignano had fallen downe ahnost dead through the stroke of a pellet of a Serpentine shot off froÌ„ the bulwarke of the towne whiche pellet had strickeÌ„ off the handle of hys sworde and battered his brest plate they retyred backe to spoyle them that were slaine after whose departure the Horsemen were deliuered of extreame feare and danger and retyred into the towne And within few houres after came the Spanyards stragling in dyâ—â—rs coÌ„panies being saued through the benefit of the wood But if â—ersiue had encamped before Eboli most men do hold that the townesmen bycause they were of the factioÌ„ of Aniou would haue opened the gate vnto theÌ„ the next day deliuered the ArragoniaÌ„ army into their haÌ„ds The hoped fruite of this battell was not receiued for before that hasting Persiue could come vnto sight MoÌ„pensier had giueÌ„ hostages for the deliuering vp of the castel within a certaine day vnlesse ther came so great a power of freÌ„chmeÌ„ the FerdinaÌ„ds army wold abaÌ„doÌ„ the field and hide themselues in Townes and also that he might be viâ—tualled had couenanted that he and his power would not stirre vntill that time Now Persiue not daring to breake thorough the inexpugnable munitions which the K. had cast vp at Caia a place not farre from the West gate of Naples whiche way the Frenchmen must néedes go to come vnto the Castell retired backe agayne into Basilicata leauing the castell to be surrendred Of the Battell of Terranoua foughte in the kingdome of Naples betvveene the Lorde Obegny Chiefetayne for Lewes the French Kyng and Hugo of Cardonna Captaine for Ferdinande the King of Spayne in Anno. 1506. WHen that Lewes the Frenche King and Ferdinande the King of Spayne coulde not agreÌ„e about the diuision of the Kingdome of Naples whereof they had spoyled Kyng Fredenke Dom Hugh de Cardonna hauing leuied in Sicile thrée thousand footemenne thrée hundred HorsemeÌ„ arriued at Rezo in Calabria and in a great skirmish distressed Iames Sanseuerino Prince of Mileto who stirred the Calabrians to reuolt and succoured Didaco de Ramires that was besieged in Terranoua and burnte and sacked the Towne and after this put to flight Martiano the Prince of Rossana When the two Sanseuerini Princes of Salerne and Besignano had intelligence of these exploites they leuying vp power in all partes and arming their tenauntes ioyned with the Lorde Obegny who hasted from Cossenza to represse Hugh There were with Obegny Monsieur de Griguines and Monsieur de Malherbe the one Captayne of the Gascoigne Archers and thrée thousande Switzers the other Griguines of all the light Horsemen but his chiefest strength was in his men of armes among whome an olde band of Scottes dyd excell whiche consisted of the familiars and faithfull friendes of Obegny Hugh lodged at that time in a playne on the South syde of Terranoua and béeyng broken with the comming of hys enimes calleth the Captaynes into Counsell and although he was encreased with a new supplye yet he thinketh it best to shunne the open fieldes and mindeth to retire backe vnto Saint Georges Castell whych standeth on the Appenine Mountaynes But the new Captaines that had lately come out of â—payne impeached the performance of this determination Among this newe supply were Emanuell Benauides and Antony de Leua who became afterwarde a renowmed Captayne and two Aluerades the father and the sonne they hadde broughte with them foure hundred men of armes and lyghte Horsemen and foure bandes of footemen They sayde it was dishonorable yea and flatte shamefull to remoue their Camp backe and to retyre before the enimie came into sighte and before they certaynely knewe what and how great their enimies power was and this reasoned they the rather bycause a Calabrian espie a man of a doubtfull fidelitie did affirme that the Frenche coulde not be there within two dayes But this opinion of the Frenchemen dyd Obegny an olde Captayne egregiously deceyue for he vsing french spéedinesse and marching all nighte through an vnused way taught him by the Calabrians shewed vnto the Spanyardes his battels raunged and commaunded the battell to be sounded The right wing did the two Sanseuerine Princes stretche forthe in forme of a croysant In the left wing was Griguines Captayn as I haue sayd of all the light Horsemen but in the middle battel stoode Obegny almost close vnto the Princes with the men of armes cast into a thicke troupe Malherb set his Switzers standing thicke togither and his Gascoignes in looser rankes that they might shoote the more commodiously close to the syde of the lighte Horsemen On the other side the Spanyardes although they were fewer in number and deceyued of their purpose yet without feare they arange theyr battels and encourage one another to fighte and withall constantly receyue the charge of the Frenchmen there was to be séene a cruell fyght neyther side hauing abilitie to shoote off their ordinance But in the heate of the fight whylest Cardonna dothe performe and that with maruellous constancie the office both of a Chiefetayne and a Souldyer Griguines fetching a compasse about with his extended wing gaue a charge ouerthwart the footemen and disordred and defeated them and immediately the Switzers and Gascoignes were also vpon the iackes of them with suche violence that the Spanish footemen béeyng broched with the pykes and shot in with the arrowes of theyr enimies fearefully fledde But in another quarter all Cardonna his Horsemen béeyng by hys commaundemente cast togither into one round troupe susteyned the Calabrian Horsemen with euened slaughter But wheÌ„ Obegny came forth with his battell neyther the Spanish nor Sicilian Souldyoures did abyde the violent charge of the Scottishe men of armes but hastily turning their backes ranne away amayne vnto the Mountaynes Cardonna rating and in vayne bidding them turne head and retire faire and softly The Horsemen béeyng thus put to flighte the footemenne were slayne and troden downe from all partes but the greatest parte of the Horsemen escaped vnto the streightes of the Mountaynes At this conflict Griguines pursuing his fléeing enimies was slayne béeing runne into the eye with a launce when he had pulled vp his beuer Neyther was Obegny in small perill of death when the Spanish Horsemen as we afterward learned of Antonino de Leua hauing enclosed and almost taken him prisoner went about to pull off his helmet and doubtlesse had slayne him if he had not bin saued by the comming of the Prince of Salernes Horsemen who casting themselues into a wedge scattered those that were clustered round about him Furthermore when that the rest of the noble mon had escaped by the Mountaynes Hugo last of all forsaking his Horse whome he had huckened bycause the enimie shoulde not enioy him créeped by the snowy Rockes vnto Bubalina Motta and then gathering
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
Almaynes thrusting them in in those vnarmed places wyth theyr daggers and commyttyng a greate slaughter they were nowe come almost vnto the middes of the battel among whome the Gascoigne footemen hauyng gotten the way betwéene the Riuer and the Rampyre had charged the Italian footemenne who although they hadde receyued greate losse by the greate ordinaunce yet hadde repelled them to theyr singular commendation if Alegres hadde not gyuen a violente charge on them wyth hys Horsemen wyth greater force than good fortune for when hée sawe hys sonne Viuerroes slayne in his syght almost at the very fyrst encounter hée vnwillyng to lyue after so greate griefe flang in wyth hys Horse into the thyckest of hys enimies and fyghtyng as became a most valiaunte Captayne after he had slayne many was slayne hymselfe The Italian footemenne when they coulde no longer susteyne so greate a multitude beganne to shrinke but parte of the Spanyardes commyng to theyr succoure they kepte styll in the battayle and the Almayne footemenne béeyng oppressed by the other parte of the Spanyardes coulde scarse stande vppe anye longer But nowe all the Horsemenne being put to flight Foix with a great multitude of Horsemen sette on the Spanyards who rather retiring thā driuen out of the field did with their aray in no parte broken take the way that lyeth betwéene the riuer and the high banke marching with equall pace with their front very thicke of men and so repelling the Frenchmen with the strength thereof began to retire and departe out of the field whiche Nauarro beholding was more desyrous of deathe than of life and therefore not departing out of the battell was taken prisoner but when Foix coulde not abyde to sée the Spanishe footemenne thus goe away safely and victor-like with their whole rankes vnbroken and perceyued that the victorie was vnperfect vnlesse they were broken as well as the rest in great fury charged on the tayle of them with a troupe of Horsemen but he incontinently being enclosed by them and throwen off from his Horse or as diuers say oppressed with the foundering of his Horse was slayne with a pyke thrust into his syde and certesse if they ought to wishe for deathe as the common opinion is that are come vnto the highest degrée of felicitie then doubtlesse this noble Gentlemans death was most fortunate hauing gotten so glorious a victorie He dyed a very yong man hauing now wonne among all men immortall fame for that within the space of thrée monethes being a Generall almost before he was a Souldyer he had with incredible celeritie and ferocitie gotten so many victories The Lord Lautrech his Cousin germaine béeyng hurt wyth twentye woundes lay besydes him almost dead but béeyng carried to Ferrara was saued by the diligent cure of the Chirurgians Thorough the deathe of Foix the Spanishe footemen were suffered to go theyr wayes without impeachment The rest of the army was nowe scattered and put to flight all the bagge and baggage taken togyther with the ensignes and ordinance and the Popes Legate Iohn de Medici Fabricio de Colonna Nauarro and the Marquesses of Palude Bitonto and Pescara and many other Princes the chiefe of the nobilitie and men of name of the Spanyards and Neapolitanes The number of them that were slayne in this battell is altogyther vncertaine yet among the varietie of many reports most do affirme that on both sydes there were at the least tenne thousand slayne of whome the third part were Frenchmē and the rest of theyr enimies but without all doubt according vnto the common mannet of Mars the valiauntest and the stoutest men among whome of the Papistes or the Popes bandes was Raphaell de Pazi a Captayne of famous renowne and innumerable were hurt But without cōtrouersie the losse on the victors side was farre the greater by reason of the death of Foix Alegres and many of the French nobilitie and of Iacob and other of the valiauntest Captaines of the Almaine footemen vnto whose prowesse this victorie bought with no little effusion of bloud was chiefly attributed Moreouer many of the Captaynes of the Gascoignes and Picardes the which nations that day lost al their glory among the Frenchmē were slaine with Monsieur de Molard but the death of Foix surpassed all other losses with whome the courage strēgth life and fiercenesse of that army was vtterly extinguished The greatest part of the vanquished that escaped out of the battell fledde vnto Cesena and from thence vnto farther places neyther dyd the Viceroy stay anye where before he came to Ancona whither he brought but very few Souldyers many béeing spoyled and slayne in their flight for the Duke of Vrbine not only stirred vp the Countreymen against thē but also sent Souldyers to doe the like in Pesaro they only escaped safely that passed through the dominions of the Florentines But although that after this battell the victor army tooke and sacked Rauenna yet within very short time when the couetous Treasoucer of Normandy to saue charges had dismissed the Italian Souldyers and part of the men of armes had returned into France and the Emperoure had reuoked the Almaynes they were by a new army of Switzers that came downe to the Popes aide with whome also ioyned the Venetians quite dispossessed of the whole Duchie of Milane and all that euer the French King had in Jtaly besydes ¶ The Battell of Riotta or Nouara fought in the Duchie of Milan betvveene Iohn Trivulzi and the Lord Tremouille Generalles for the French King Lewes the twelfth on the one syde and Maximilian Sforza the Duke of Milan and the Switzers on the other in Anno. 1513. out of Iouius his historie THe French King Lewes the twelfth not brooking his losse of Milan chose two Captaynes of greate authoritie and skill to passe the Alpes they were Trivulzi and Tremouille and also sent for Robert de la March out of the lande of Luke with the blacke regiment of Almaynes and Lewes Lorde Beamont out of the frontiers of Nauarre with those bands of Gascoignes that serued Signeur de la Palice a little before at Pampelona againste the Spanyards Among them he also mingled certayne ensignes of footemen consisting of very chosen men for then euery Gentleman whyche was not appoynted vnto an Horse dyd with singular chéerefulnesse thynke it for hys worshippe to serue on foote All thys power béeyng verye well appoynted with a greate furniture of greate ordinaunce hée commaunded to hasten into Jtaly Maximilian Sforza the Duke of Milane hauyng intelligence of this prouision in Fraunce agaynste hym solliciteth the Switzers to come into Lumbardy in hys defence the whyche hée easily obteyneth And firste of all the Hamans or Maiors of the Cantons of Vry Switz and Vnderwald as nexte vnto Jtaly passed the Alpes whome the bandes of Glaron Zuch Lacerne Sciphausen Zuriche and Berne followed in another companye And in the thirde and last companye were fyue thousande footemen vnder the conduct of Altosaxe an experte Captayne But Sforza
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
susteyned their enimies violence â—lsâ— Caâ—oglâ—â— the sonne of a Tartare king encouraging his troupes vâ— Tâ—raâ—es to take the ouer with their horsses came to the farther banke of the â—â—uer to the adâ—â—â—rasion of all men léesyng but a fewe of his menâ— for the Tartares had â—carned to swimme ouer on their horses accustomed thervnto the verie violente and mightie riuers of Tanall and Volga Also at the same instant Tomumbey for séeing haâ— speâ—â—â— victorie consisted therin endeuored to pierce with thicke troupes vnto the head of the bridge and to â—ntimâ—â—tâ— that then for to interclude his enimies he might pull â—â—â—ay the formost boate and cut in sunder the cables with which that rowe of boates were tied vnto the banke Which being cut off the whole bridge being of necessitie resolued and vndon wold through the violence of the nightie stream be caried away with the Turkes that were vpon it This caused a verie dangerous conflict for the chosen and best armed Mamaluches that vrged at the front fought with singular valour and on the other side Mustaphas perceyuing the daunger brought the ensignes and all the valiauntest felowes vnto that place So that they bothe contended with suche surpassyng prowesse as the waightinesse of the case required the Mamaluches manifestly seing that if they could win the place that then they shuld with short work afterward ouerthrow the former victories of the enimies the Turkes vnderstanding the vnlesse they kept and saued the bridge the safetie of themselues and the rest of the armie yen and of their Emperor was brought to vtter dispaire But Mustaphas preuailed through the Harquebusters and the troupes of Gréeke horsemen of whome nowe many had passed ouer and the enimies were repulsed and being fiercâ—ly vrged forced to giue a great way back Tomumbey that he might giue some space vnto the Mamaluches to breath them who were not able to fight fiercely bicause their horses were tyred and that he might againe trie by them after they had repaired their strengthe the extreme and last chaunes and fortune of the battell adhorted the Arabians and Moores to susteine the fight vntil the Mamaluches had a little breathed themselues The which when they had valiantly performed and anone after the Mamaluches hauing somewhat recreated their horses and bodies hadde come in their place the battell was again renued with so greaâ—e valour that Selym distrusting the victorie doubted not to ascend the bridge and runne to succour his men although that his frendes earnestly besoughte him in no wise so to doe His commyng which brought hope into the hearts of the souldiors who desired to â—â—inne rewardes and prayse by dooing some notable feate of prowesse in their Emperours sight repressed the endeuors of the enimies who were straightway all forced to flye through the valiance of the Ianizars They were pursued ouer all the fields by those horsmen that had not bene at the fight and also by the Tartares who galled them with their arrows But afterwarde Mustaphas Cayerbey and Gazelles were sente wyth a company of freshe and swift horses to follow the foote of the fleing and not to suffer Tomumbey to escape away whome the thirde certaine â—esauntes founde standing in a marish vppe to the waste in water among bulrushes and réeds who for feare of death deliuered him to the Capitaynes who brought them vnto Selym. But he would not vouchsafe to sée him But after he had caused him to be along tyme tormented in vaine for to disclose the treasures of â—â—pson at laste hée commaunded hym to be caryed aboute all the famous streats of the Citie on a vile Carmell in an olde ragged garment with his hands bounde behinde hym and then 〈◊〉 he hanged vppe wyth an halter for the murtheryng as be pretended of his Ambassadours although the noble Prince were altogether guiltlesse therof The like fate also befell vnto al the Miâ—â—â—â—hos and horsemen that were in prison or coulde he taken After the shamefull death of Tomumbey who was executed the thirteâ—th day of Aprill in Anno. 1517. all the whole Empire of the Sultan yéelded as also did all the Princes that had béene Tribucartes vnto the Sultan euea vnto the domintons of Prestra Iohn ¶ The Battell of Bicona foughte in the Dutchy of Milan betvvene Prospero de Colonna and Ferdinande Marques of Pescara Generals for Charles the Emperour and the Lorde Lantrech Chieftâ—ine for Francis the French King in Anno. 1522 taken out of Ioâ—â—â— in the life of the Marques of Pescara ANno 1521. Charles the fift Emperour of Rome and Leo the tenth Bishop of that citie coÌ„spired togyther for displeasure conceiued to expell Francis the Frenche king out of the Duchy of Milan and to place therin Francis Forza brother vnto Maximilian late duke of Milan but then prisoner in Franâ—â—e The which erploite Praspero de Colonna and Ferdinande Marquesse of Pescara the one being Generall of the horsmen the other of the too teâ—â—en did in â—â—râ—e perâ—â—â—â— that same yeare hauing wonne Placontia Paiula Nâ—â—ara Alexandria Como Puniâ— the Citie of Milan and dyuers other places of the dutchy which caused the French King to sende downe the nexte yeare Renee the bastarde of Sauoy and greate maister of his horse and Seignour de la Palice and other wyth a newe supplye of souldiors vnto the Lord 〈◊〉 his liesteâ—aÌ„t general in Milan With this power and the old that he had before also being aided with an army of the Veâ—â—ans he laid â—â—ege vnto the citie of Pâ—nia the which yet he brake vp when the Emperialls who had lately receyued a new supply out of Germany of 〈◊〉 thousande Lansâ—â—â—â—â— vnder the conduct of George Trâ—ndesâ—erg were come from Milan is â—etor Pania and marched towardes Landrâ—â—o that hée might come to the Citie of Milan as voide of garrison before the Emperials coulde returne or if he could not so doe he hoped some good oportunitie of battell in place of aduantage woulde be gotten by often disâ—edgings and sundry iorueys But Prospers and Pescara incontinently going bathe againe the same directe way that they came 〈◊〉 at Milan many hourex before that Lautrech who marched somwhat about coulde come thither although he vsed passing celeritie The Lautrech hauing thus missed Milan marched to Monze for many regardes and namely counselled therevnto by Gutti the Legate or Prouiditors of the Vinetian armye that he might he victualled with more eâ—â—â—ment of wayes from the Regions beyond the riuer of Adda and also the Switzers requested it beyng desirous to goe home as they that beyng wearied wyth the vnlucky warres in whom fortune would fauour none of their enterprises had languished both in body and hearte and therefore wyth proud and leade tongues requested to be dismissed But the Bastarde of Sauoy Palice and Galeazo Sanseuerino Grande Esquier or maister of the horse vnto the King going vnto the Switzers earnestlye desired them that they woulde not haste to forsake them and by their infamous departure quite ouerthrow the
ordinance nor the force of the horsemen tooke the woode adioyning to saue themselues by the garde of the trées from the violence of the insulting horsemen So the Frenchmen quickly cutting off the legs of the drawing beastes doe get the ordinance and with the same violent pursuite doe enter the woode where being oppressed with the disaduauntage of vnaccustomed encounter Sebastian Squaccia a man of passing prowes was slayne and with him certaine stout petie Captaynes and Ensigne bearers yea and foure whole bandes This exployt being prosperously done in the sight of both armies as it did greatlye augment the courage of the King and the French men so did it strike Pescara with incredible sorowe bicause he coulde not succour them But on the other side he being gréedie of fight as soone as he sawe the Kings armie the which he did not thinke woulde haue come forth into the fielde out of their campe wonderfully reioyced as though he had conceyued the victorie Neyther stayed he but immediatlye sent Falzi an horseman of his acquaintance vnto Lanoy to admonishe him to stay his marche and all things set apart and turning the Guidons towardes the enimies incontinently to encounter them he also signifieth the same vnto Burbon and Nicolas Earle of Salern and gallopeth himselfe to call Guasto but Guasto as soone as he had séene his enimies leauing Mirabello marched backe to Vernacula and setting his men in aray of battel had turned the ensignes towardes the enimies for he did not thinke that in this moment of time he ought to obey that which had bene at the firste commaunded him but spéedily to vse the newe counsell whiche chaunce did present Then Pescara sayde this is well brother you haue done that which I woulde you should wherefore haste you on the lefte hande vnto the ennimie with spéedie pace and valiauntlye endeuour that the victorie maye moste speciallyâ— aryse at your wing When he had thus sayde he flewe vnto the Lansquenets in whose valor and strength he did foresée that the weyght of the battayle and the whole victorie did consiste In the meane time a troupe of the Emperiall light horsemen boldly charging the blacke Esquadron of Almaines were easilye repelled and thrust backe with foule disorder into the valley of Vernacula that laye vnderneath and also the Frenche ordinaunce being commodiously drawen with swift horses into all quarters with marueylous skill and celeritie did so annoye the enimies that the Spaniardes yea laying their brestes flatte vpon the grounde coulde scarse escape the fléeing pellets through the benefite of the lower greunde and Lanoy and Alarco were forced to bring their fearefull troupes of horsemen behinde a countrie Cottage which happily defended them But then the king being vohemently incited by these as it were beginnings of not doubtfull victorie and moued both by the disposition of his owne nature and also through the adhortation of his Captaines doubted nothing to giue the signall to dismarche to giue the charge The rest do the same and before all other Palice the leader of the auantgarde did in the right wing charge the Emperiall horsemen who were now lustily turned This fease and charge of the Frenchmen as it was gréeuous and terrible to Lanoy so by the opinion of many men it séemed to haue afterward not doubtfully caried away the victorie from the Frenchmen for by that headlong and spéedie departure not onely the Switzers and Almaines who coulde not followe after with equall pace were bared of the guarde of the horsemen but also the vse of the ordinaunce was for a great part taken awaye for that the Gunners were forced to cease shooting least that they shoulde strike both the sides and backes of the kings troupes who were runne forth farre before them But neuer in our age did horsemen encounter togither more couragiouslye and strongly for on both sides olde beaten Captaines and horsemen fought with burning heartes not for only glorie a thing yet that doth most sharpen the edge of true prowesse but also for the Empire of Italie The Frenchmen being gréedie of reuenge sought in all places of the encounter most narrowly for Burbon as a forsaker of the King and his countrie with the ignominie of treason and perfidiousnesse but all in vaine for Burbon that he might more safely shewe his valor had giuen his Cognizaunces vnto his familiar freude the Lord Pomperant and fought himselfe in his coate and apparailed like vnto a priuate souldiour But the King himselfe being notorious for his coate of cloth of siluer and specially for his tall stature fullye perfourmed the dutie of an encouraging Captaine and a valiant warrier he setting spurres to his horse brake throughe the enimies battayles he encountred those that he mette and namelye those that were moste of marke for veluet and golde In thys vprore Ferdinand Castriâ—ta who broughte his pedigrue from the Kings of Macedon and was also a noble Captaine was slayne by the Kynges owne hande and Hugh of Cardona the Lieutenaunt of Pescara his companye of Horsemen was also beaten downe twoo Guidons were torne into péeces and the horsemen of Baâ—ier whome Ferdinande the Emperours brother had sent lustilye attaching the encounter and most constantlye fighting were defeated so that nowe the Guidons and troupes of Lanoy and Barbon did almoste swaye and shrinke backe For the Frenche men were superiour in horsemen both for number and strength bicause the Emperiall men of armes did lacke the ayde of light horsemen for of the thrée troupes the firste had gone to Mirabello with Guasto the seconde as wée haue toldo you béeing shamefullye repulsed by the blacke Almaynes had fledde backe But the thirde beyng lefte wythoute the Parke vnder the conducte and guyding of Guy Gaino did garde the cariages and baggage of the whole armye Also that surpassyng companye of horsemen whyche consisted wholye of Italian and Spanishe Gentlemen and was the peculiar companie of the Viceroy ayded them not at all as they which were not at the battell For Lanoy had coÌ„maunded Monsieur Verereis a Fleming his cosin and Lieutenant ouer that hande to staye without the wall of the Parke nor by any meanes to stirre from thence vntil that he had receyued from him by assured messenger the token of departure and of entring the fight But when the battaile was incontinently attached and very hote and Lanoy had all his senses and memorie so vehemently occupied about the present and terrible matter that he sent no man to call his cosin the yong Gentleman thinking that he must in any case obey his vncles commaundementes and the preceptes of Martiall discipline stoode still and moued not vntill the ende of the battaile neyther could he be adduced to go forth into the field by any intreatie or chasing of the horsemen vnto Lanoy being for these causes in great distresse and hardlye susteyning the force of the Kings battayle Pescara who viewing all things and places with wonderfull and present prudence and specially with intentiue
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
turning on one side did cast him into a Marishe where he was drowned Then the Turke prosecuting the victorie tooke Ofen the chiefe Citie of Hungarie where he didde no more harme but only tooke out of the castell thrée goodlye statues of brasse set vp by the samous King Marthie and then returned to Constantinople leauing Hungarie to be almost quite destroyed by ciuill dissention ¶ A Battell foughte on the sea in Anno domini 1528. at the Cape of Orso in the kingdome of Naples betvvene Vgo de Moncada and other Imperialles and Philippine Doria for the French King Frauncu the strf◠THen the Lorde Lautrech Generall for the French King had driuen the acmie of the Emperials out of the citie of Rome whiche they had sacked into the Citie of Naples he sent for Philippine Doria Viceadmiral vnto Andrew Doria the French Kings high Admiral in Italie to besiege the citie by sea By whose cōming with viij galle is he thought al hope of victuals by water would be cut away so much the rather bicause the newes was that the Venetian fléete their confederates of twentie galleys woulde shortly passe the Faro of Messina to annoy and kéepe the sea coast of the kingdome of Naples The Emperiall Captaines being moued with the report of these newes thought it for their safetie to fight with the Genowayes before that the Venetians were passed the Faro The Emperials had onely sixe galeyes and two foystes but trusting to the valoor of their souldiours and to foure long boates of great shippes whome they had fraught with Harquehusiers and other small vessels whome they call Fragates they nothing doubted to fight with the Genouese for the floure of al the Spanish souldiors was embarked with the marques of Guasto the generall of all the Italian Spanish footemē who had gone aborde the Admiral galley with Vgode Moncada the viceroy of Naples For Dorbine the master of the campe had diligently chosen man by man the most valiant souldiours and those that had bene accustomed vnto the Spanishe seas and among them the most forwarde petie Captaines and Ensigne bearers whome he knewe coulde brooke the lothsomnesse and tossing of the sea There also went aboorde Ascanirde Colonna the Lorde high Constable of the kingdome of Naples and many other noblemen of their owne frée will as doubting nothing of the victorie And least that the Almaynes shoulde giue place in prowes vnto the Spaniardes about two hundreth of them vnder the conduct of Conradine Glorne had filled two galleys and with great cherefulnes rowed vnto the Isle of Crapy and there at a pleasant spring long and sumptuously banketted yea and heard Barecta a Portugall who had built him a Cottage or Cell in those solitarie rocks preach vnto thē he vehemētly adhorted thē to vse their ancient valor being mindeful of the pietie that they ought to beare towards their countrie to reuenge those cruel Geneuoyes and by valiant victorie to deliuer out of miserable and infamous bondage so many valiant Spaniardes whome the mercilesse Genoueyes kept tied with chaines for galley slaues afflicting them with continuall stripes and reproches While that Barecta preached in this maner both long and hotely Biardo Agnesi a Neapolitan not so much addicted vnto the French faction as offended with the arrogancie of the Spaniardes tooke a small swifte Boate and flewe vnto Doria giuing him intelligence of the number furniture and Captaynes of the Emperiall fléete Nor long after the Emperial nauie departing from the Isle with manye flagges hanged cut came into sight of Doria who was then about a small furlong called by the Mariners the Cape of the Beare or Orso not farre from the famous promontorie nowe called Campanella and in ancient time Atheneus This braue shew of the enimies their fléete séemed not a little to haue moued the Geneuoyes at the first sight but anon after the skilfull sea men did centemne them and not fondly bicause they had not according to the discipline of the sea places on the tops of their Mastes for men to stande in and fight But then Philippino assembling togither all the Captaines and Maisters in the Admirall galley spake almost these words vnto them shewing with his finger the fléete of his enimies comming towards them Valiant fellowes sayd he and good countrymen of inuincible prowes a great honor is set before vs as I sée by almost a certaine victorie sithe that we doe surpasse in number of galleyes and all Martiall furniture yea and courage of hearte and skill in sea fight Let our enimies in Gods name be as they doe boaste of themselues noble warriours by lande doubtlesse they will not be able in conflicte by sea eyther readily to trauerse their grounde or yet to caste themselues into rings séeing that they shall fight among the benches of the rowe slaues and on the streight hatches and must receyue the pellets of the Gunnes as chaunce shall bring them no place being left eyther to retire or to leape aside namely the great number of the rowers empeaching them So that they lying open vnto strokes and being terrified with their daunger will not be in any wise able eyther to stande stoutly or to chaunge their place politikely Therefore séeing that we must not once thinke of retiring backe and least we doe incurre dishonor must néedes fight with our offered enimies persuade your selues that the glorie of our auncestors gotten by so many prosperous conflictes by sea is reposed in your valiant handes and skill This glorie as I thinke ought euerye good Citizen not only to conserue but also to augment least that otherwise we may be thought both of our fellowes and also of our enimies to be degenerates and men forgetfull of our discipline But thinke that Andrew Doria our Admirall is present will be a witnesse of prowes cowardise for to giue rewards vnto the valiant or by equal right ignomie vnto the cowardes The Captaynes and Maisters gaue such a shoute as the cherefull and gréedy of fight doe vse and in fewe wordes setting order howe to receyue and inuade the enimie returned vnto their galleyes that they might aptly make readye all things whiche shoulde be néedefull for the instant fight The summe of their spéedie decrée was this that Philippino should directly go against the enimie with his fiue galleyes but Nicolas Lomellino rowing into the mayne sea with his thrée galleys shoulde fetch a compasse about and after the conflicte was begon in commodious time couragiously runne vpon the deckes and sides of the enimies their gallyes and chiefly of the Admirall Philippino launching forth from the forelande into the open sea offered himself vnto the conflict neyther did Vgo refuse it and the rather for that he beléeued that these thrée galleys of Lomellino whom we spake of had fled away for feare and did thinke that the fiue of Philippino should fight with him much ouermatched When they drewe neare and bothe the Admirall galleyes directed their stemmes for
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
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 true and entier historie of the troubles and things memorable which haue happened as well in France as in Flaunders and the countrie about since Anno. 1â—62 supposed to be made by the Lorde ANno 1576. Lewes of Burbon Prince of Conde the Admirall Iaspar Lorde Chastilion and other their confederates doubting their safetie and sodenly leuying a power sought to famishe Paris whither the King was fled from Meaulx but Montmorencie the Constable as soone as he had receyued power from all partes issued out of the Citie of Paris to fight with the Confederates or Protestants who were encamped at the towne of S. Denys the which is a place renoumed for the Coronation of the French Kings and the rich and excellent tombes of many Kings that doe lie buried in the Abbey of that towne A little from it on the right side is Saint Ouin as on the left the village of Auberuilliers The Prince lodged at S. Denys making the forme of a battell the Admirall at S. Ouin and Ienlis at Auberuilliers with their retinues to be vnto the Prince as it were two auantgardes More vpon the right hande towardes Paris standeth a house of religion called Montmortre on an hill Betwéene Paris and Saint Denis which are two small leages one from the other there lyeth a great and large playne so euen and vncumbred that one may sée from the one ende of it vnto the other This playne is as it were deuided into two parts by a long and large causey which leadeth streyght from Paris to S. Denys Close vnto Saint Denys on the side of the Causey as one goeth towardes Saint Ouin there is a great quarter assigned for to kéepe a great fayre in it is called Landit where there standeth a Chappell which serued the Protestantes to place the Corps du garde of Saint Denys as the Catholikes had theirs at a place called la Chappelle as one goeth out of Paris The Catholikes had in their armie of horses of fight I doe not account them that serued but only for a number and shewe thrée thousand and foure score ensignes of footemen which might amount vnto eyghtene thousand men Two thirdes of the Catholike horsemen were companies of men of armes and the ordinances of his maiestie Fewe light horses and no harquebusiers on horsebacke at all The men of armes which were the two thirdes of all the horsemen were mounted and armed to the aduantage the men in complete harnesse and their horses all barded and caparaconned with chansraines and the horsemen in steade of little Pistolets many bare with their Launce a Pistole and some a masse of armes but most were onely Launces The light horsemen were well horsed and wore on their heade a Sallet Bourguignomie or other suche habilliment with a Cairasse hause colbracates long tassettes Gantlets and a case of Pistolets at the Pummell of his Saddle with a tocke or Coutelas hanging at his side The enfignes and guidons of the men of armes were charged with crosses as also were the ensignes of the footemen to make a diuersitie betwéene them and those of the Protestants The footemen were deuided into thrée grosse battallions except those harquebusiers which rested at the Chappell and those that flanked certayne companies which made the left of the Constable who mighte amount vnto fiftene or sixtene thousande men One battallion was of sixe thousande Switzers Pykemen whose thicke and close hedge doth well dare to abyde the shocke of the strongest horsemen of the worlde except the furie of the men of armes of Fraunce armed and barded as aforesayde who haue often times broken and defeated them They were armed with a bourguignoune a Cuirassâ— furnished with a gorget tassets long bracats and gantlets and manye had sléeues of mayle also the thrée regiments of French footemen were no otherwise armed vnlesse it were the harquebusiers who had nothing but a Morion for the most part of them but the chiefest had Cuirasses on their backs for to be the more nimble light for to skirmishe Their white crosse distinguished them from the Protestants and they namely those that were light armed as harquebusiers wore a mandile or such another habite marked with a number of white crosses that they might not be taken for the Confederates But the Protestants had not aboue halfe their armie at Saint Denys for Dandelot and Montgommerie were sent to take Poissy and Ponthoise la Nouè to take Orleans and the Conte de la Rochfoucault and Mouye were gone againste the troupes that were leuied for them in Guien and Poitou to safe conducte them to the Campe all which things being knowne vnto the Constable made him to haste that he myghte take the profite of this aduauntage But of the fouretene or sixtene hundreth horsemen of the Protestantes not one was armed with all péeces both bicause they dislodged hastilye at the commaundement of the Prince as also for the weakenesse of their horses who were almost all Curtalles and suche like base horses so that there was not one harded or caparaconned but they were armed like light horsemen the two thirdes of them hauing only a helmet or bourguignonne a gorget a euirasse bracats tassets gantlets a couple of Pistolets and after they had shot off them they woulde set their hande vnto their tocke and Coutelas The Cassockes of the Protestantes were white begarded with such colours as the deuise of the Captaine did demaund All their footemen were harquebusiers well inough furnished the third part of whom had a Morion for all their defence with a white scarfe for to discerne them from the Catholikes they also had their Ensignes of diuers colours beguarded with the deuise of the Captaine in lieu of a crosse which the Catholikes bore Now I come to declare the intents and purposes of the two Chieftaines of the armies The Constable seeing the small nuÌ„ber and the yll assured lodging of the Protestantes resolued to fight with them And bicause he sawe that Saint Ouin and Auberuilliers were the defences of Saint Denys not once thinking that the confederates woulde be so bolde as to come into the fielde considering their small number and to make heade vnto so great an army as followed him and specially séeing that they had not one Canon bicause that since they tooke the fielde they had not anye towne that coulde furnishe them determined to driue the Protestantes out of those two villages into Saint Denys and there to besiege them and make them yéelde at hys pleasure In verye déede the Protestantes woulde rather haue refused if they had bene assured of their comming than haue accepted the battell but bicause they had intelligence but in the morning that the footemenne were issued out of Paris and that the Constable was resolued to dislodge necessitie to saye the truth more than good will broughte them to the fighte the which they woulde haue presented if that Dandelot and Montgommerie had bene there with their bandes who then laye before Poissy
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