people had no greate good happe It shall remaine vntouched any further A little before this betwene Tom Tallent and the Basse some Frenche Gallies were placed and three of our Shippes liyng in vewe of theim the Antheloppe the Harte and the Grand Mestresse so were the three Shippes called hoissed vp Sailes to feight with the Galleis whiche were twoo and twentie in nomber but there befell suche a misfortune by castyng aboute to fetche aborde that our Shippes fell one in others takell and were so harde clasped together through meane of mischaunce that thei might not shoote at aduauntage to annoye the enemie Who espiyng this oportunitie came orderly forward and shot many shott of Cannons emong vs breakyng doune a Maste or twoo and killing a fewe persones But in the ende the Shippes were set free and my Lorde Admirall had sent to our succours and the calme was gone in so muche that the gale of Wynde blewe our shippes full vpon the Gallies whiche the French beeyng in feare of drewe apace towardes the Shore and ranne their Gallies on grounde But ere thei could departe out of our daunger wee were so nere them that our Bowe men shot into their Gallies and our Cannons made a great murther and hauocke emong the poore slaues whose leggs armes and Ores I sawe flie about as the force of our shotte might attaine them These Gallies hopyng to keepe victuall from Broghttie Cragge crepte a long by the Shore and encountred a Shippe wherein was Capitaine Peers now seruyng in Irelande and then a venterar and laied so sore to his charge that thei shotte his Ensigne through and through and were like to haue bouged the Shippe but he mindyng more his reputation then regardyng the hazarde he was in plied the Gallies so well that thei durste not approche ouer nere and so in the meane while came a lustie gale of winde and sente Capitaine Peers from the Frenche Gallies to his greate safetie and the comfort of his freendes and countrey men Our Shippes manned furthe Boates and set vppon diuerse sailes that laie in Bornte Ilande and so spoiled them and lefte them on a flamyng fire and thereon rowed towardes a mightie greate Carrecke that laie vnder the succoure of Ynchskeeth and boorded the same Carreck and so burnt it the fire whereof discharged many greate shotte in the said Shippe before our menne could come aborde againe but that shotte did little hurte at all and our Nauie in the meane season laie in the mouthe of the Frithe not farre from an Ilande called the Maay Within a short while after was there a lustie gentilman and a seruiceable sent to take Yntchskeeth his name was maister Ihon Cotton a Capitaine of good account he landed and valliauntly tooke the Ilande but when our Shipps departed from the Frithe the Frenche and Scottes menne entered the Ilande againe and recouered it to our greate discontent in whiche furie and fight Capitain Cotton was slaine albeeit he did what became a man of stoute harte and courage and fought it out to the laste man in his companie whiche made the enemies maruaile consideryng thei were voide of hope to be succoured and releued The Scottes and Frenchemen takyng a greate despite to goe without Haddyngton liyng so long before it determined in a mornyng to assaile it manfully and to trie what Fortune and force of menne might compasse So the Ryngraue and nombers of the Frenche side came priuelie from Edenborough and set vpon the base courte of Haddyngton and in verie deede were likely to haue distressed the Toune if good watche and circumspection had not preuented that approche For the enemies were in the base Court and beganne to glorie muche of their conquest but one gaue fire to a greate peece that stoode full of haileshotte at the enterie of the gate and slue diuerse of the enemies whereat our men issued and dealt so valliauntly with the enemie that thei retired and loste all their labour At this tyme either sir Iames A Croftes was generall there or anone after For Sir Iames Wilfforde was either before taken prisoner at Donbarre or within a shorte season after But how so euer that cace standeth the soldiours of Haddyngton kept the toune and wanne suche fame thereby that to this present age thei are spoken of and honoured Whiles these thynges were in dooyng tyme roulled on and produced further matter For the wheele tourned and Fortune so frouned at our prosperitie that the worlde began to fall to declination and so Haddyngton was rased and left to those that would possesse it and the Frenche hauing some hope to recouer what thei loste before tooke occasion offred by some sodaine alteration and common course of worldlie affaires and therevpon thei besieged Bullein Barke the old Man and many other members belongyng to Bullein and a greate capitaine called Mounsire de Termes was in Scotlande preparyng to besiege Lawther Forte where Sir Hugh Willoughbie had gouernment with whom was Capitaine Colbie Capitaine Maneryng Capitaine Haeles Capitaine Whitton Capitaine Colliar Capitaine Knapp and others whose names I haue forgot albeeit I was then there newlie escaped out of Scotlande The saied Mounsire de Termes laie a long Mile with his whole Campe from Lawtherfort and wee to make hym sport deuised that some lustie gentlemen should clapp on white scarffes and so ride like Scottes men into the enemies Campe whiche we performed and slue diuerse in the Markette place and came awaie vntouched And not contente with this little attempte for emong our companies were soldiours of Haddyngton wee daiely offered to skirmishe when in the feelde was alwaies to encounter vs fiue to one of as good Soldiours as then were to bee founde in Fraunce But our hope and forewardnesse was suche that euery seconde daie we did somewhat worthy the meetyng and at this seruice came one Ihō Carr of Warke a valliaunte olde Capitaine and a speciall Soldiours in those partes and brought harde Cheese and pouder to vs For the eatyng of Horses did argue harde Cheese was as welcome as pouder yet none of them bothe might be spared in that extremitie Mounsire de Termes beyng desirous of victorie determined to come with Ladders and so to scale the fort wherof we had woorde and prepared to receiue hym with an vnfreendly welcome and for that we founde he brake his daie and would waxe wearie of rest by long liyng idle in a place The Generall caused all the greate Ordinaunce of the fort to bee bente fullie vppon Determes his Campe Capitaine Manneryng in deede putte that deuice in hedde and practise first and early in the mornyng on an Easter daie the whole greate artillerie was discharged on Determes his Campe which slue diuerse and so vexed the Campe that as you see a nomber of Crowes flie out of a wood when a harkaboize is shotte of so the Frenchemen came out of their Hiue that yeeldeth no Honie and gaue vs a sower and sharpe encounter For in a small season thei
Capitaines minded not to giue ouer the matter for a bragge And determined couragiously to set vpon their enemies whiche in deede thei did and gaue so lustie a charge that thei ranne cleane through theim and slue at the least fower hundred of them puttyng the rest to flight and followyng the chace draue them into a woodd whiche beyng nere saued many of their liues Sir Peter Caroe saied muche of this victorie rested in Capitaine Malbies manhoode and conducte The Lorde Deputie sente Sir Peter Caroe for to take possession of a certaine Castell in whiche Castell was a coÌ„panie of stoute men And to the seruice was Capitaine Collyer Capitaine Furres and others sent Thei within shotte and slue our people whiche encreased the hatred and malice Muche businesse was aboute this Castell and at length it came to a parley and whiles the capitaines were at the parley the soldiours wer made drinke and a siluer boule sent theÌ„ to drinke in out of the Castell But the parley could not take vp the matter so thei called for their siluer boule again but a soldiour with one legge whose name was haltyng Dick hauyng the siluer boule in his hande made aunswere that he would keepe that till the reckenyng were made of the reste And the parley beyng doen thei put in the Conestable of the Castell at a grate and sodainly withall thei thrust in a great peece of Timber whiche kepte the grate open wherein the Soldiours entered and so wonne the Castell where after was a pitifull murther for man woman and child were put to the sworde And the soldiours found therein greate riches especially Tapestrie and Plate and muche good housholde stuffe It was not long after but the Lorde Deputie raised a greate power to go to the West against the rebelles whose leader was Iames Fitz Moris whiche was reported to bee of greate force And the Lorde deputie marchyng forwarde toward Clammell the newes was brought that Fitz Morris was so strong that the Lorde Deputie was to weake to deale withall So counsaill was giueÌ„ him to retire The lord Deputie seeyng the cowardies of some and hauyng good courage hym self called Capitaine Malbie and asked his aduise who aunswered if good guides could bryng my lorde through the plaine Countrey his fiue hundreth horse would marche in despite through all Irelande The Lorde Deputie thereon saied he neuer bare the George that daie that he gaue place to any rebelles and so the Deputie commaunded them to marche and his power came that night and lodged at a Castell of his enemies as the reporte wente There was a stoute Kerne seyng the Deputies campe commyng ranne out of the Castell and sett many houses a fire because the Lorde Deputies power should haue no succour thereof and be in soâ—â— daunger by their approche To whiche Kern Ihon Malbie galloped apace and so dispatched hym which was a good peece of seruice The nexte daie the Castell was yelded so the lorde Deputie marched to the White Knightes Countrey and besieged a strong Castell of his and because thei did withstande the siege thei were all put vnto the sworde From thence he marched towarde a Castell in the Desmondes Countrey called Bally Marten where thei withstode the siege so it was battered And there was one called the Seneshall who founde meane in the night to steale awaie with all his companie and so thei tooke the bogge and escaped to Iames Fitz Morrice who made many wordes and threateninges but he performed no peece of those promises So after this the Lorde Deputie came vnto Corke and froÌ„ thence to Lymbrick takyng all the Castelles in his waie that he founde till he came to Gallawaye And after he returned towardes Dublin in whiche iourney his enemies did neuer shewe their faces Shortly after this Capitaine Malbie tooke in farme the countrey of Lakaell at the handes of the Erle of Kildare whiche Lakaell had lyen waiste three yeres before and after that came sir Thomas Smithes base sonne with his horsemen and footmen to a place called the Ardes nere neighbor to Capitaine Malbie who furnished maister Smithe with diuerse thynges and did bestowe on hym and his soldiours a good rounde soÌ„me of money but maister Smithes fortune was not good and so at the length he was slaine as after you shall heare Now the noble and moste bountifull gentleman of Englande came ouer as Gouernour of Vlster I meane the Erle of Essex whose praises no manne in the worlde can ecclips Whiche Erle was accompanied with a goodly bande of horsemen and footemen he arriued at Karrickefargus And there came with hym the Lorde Ritche Maister Henrie Knowlles and his fower brethren maister Mighell Carie and maister Ihon Carie soonnes to the Lorde of Honsdon and maister William Norrice and maister Ihon Norrice twoo of the eldest soonnes of the Lorde Norrice whose courages and deedes did shewe their noble race as in deede the other gentlemen named before theim by their owne actes aparte did often tymes expresse their honourable birthe There was likewise one maister Blunt a valliaunt gentleman brother to the Lorde Mongie and sonderie others whose names I haue forgotten Within a prettie space after this noble Earles arriuall sir Bryan Mackefellin who was accounted then a rebell did sue to come in To whom the Earle gaue protection and yeldyng hym self simplie vnto the Queene the Earle not onely graunted hym a pardon but also gaue him greate giftes and vsed hym so courteously as he could not imagine how to be better entertained But Bryans follower beeyng wearie of well doyng and peraduenture by Bryans consent the soldiours horses could not bee in saffetie and the followers of Bryan fell to open thefte and priuie filchyng The Earle willed Bryan to giue correction to the malefectours who promised from tyme to tyme but no redresse could be had The Earle lettyng those offences passe and conceiued that he had not his people in suche obedience as was reason and so bore with little faultes in hope amendemente would followe but all this while the soldiours were robbed and as the poore menne them selues were caught alone thei were murthered For whiche outrage the Erle shaped a reuenge and so to crie quittaunce but Bryan hearyng thereof desired to come in and make his aunswere the Erle graunted that and so sir Bryan came and made his submission declaryng he could not rule his naughtie people and was sorie for their follies and foule factes committed So the Erle badde hym bryng them all into an Ilande called Mahair and offered Bryans menne an aide to bryng them that would refuse to come promisyng thei should be all well vsed and all former faultes shoud be forgotten Sir Bryan so departed and in fine wrought cunnyngly to deceiue the Erle and departe with all his Creett of Kye whiche amounted to twentie thousande into the wooddes or where he thought beste but my Lorde of Essex had good espiall on Bryan by meane of Capitaine Malbie notwithstandyng the sleightes of the enemies
muche manhode as could be shewed and the enemie driuen out of the village But for the auoydyng of suche daūger as ouer farre marchyng into a straunge Countrey as might haue brought our menne vnto Capitaine Read with fame and victorie retired in verie good order and maner of the feelde Now I praie you was not this a peece of seruice worthy the honoring and because many at home that neuer saw seruice abrode sittyng on soft cushons and feles no hard fortune doeth descāt of euery mans doyng yet neither knowes plainsong nor vnderstandeth measure I haue thought good to sette out plainly sutche a peece of seruice put in proofe at newe Hauen emong the reste of seruices as the ignoraunte babler shal be a shamed to speake againste and the manne of knowledge shall honour and hold in reputation whē he shall heare what trothe hath reported After Capitaine Rede and his valliant companions capitains and soldiours had giuē the Ringraues companie an ouerthrowe there befell a seconde and a third daies seruice sutche and so noblie maintained and followed as seldome hath been seen in any place of the worlde And for the better vnderstandyng of the same and in praise of our Englishe nation I will rehearse it vnto you orderly as it was or at the least wise as well as I cā The Frenche stomackyng the ouerthrowe lately spoken of and the Ringraue seekyng a reuenge drewe a draught to traine our men out of the toune whiche were readie enough either for skimishe or any other maner of enterprise and to this seruice on the sodaine wente out one maister Charles Leighton as leader of all our shot in the feeld that daie this Charles was Sir Thomas Leightons brother then there and now gouernour of Garnesey on whose good seruice I could speake in like maner But now to my former matter The Frenche side with as greate a brauerie and order of warre as might be came lustellie to prouoke the skirmishe hauyng certaine bandes of horse menne for their garde and greate aduauntage And our Englishe Soldiours desirous to encounter ranne in vpon their enemies so feercely and with suche a couragious charge that nothyng but smoke of shotte and flamyng fire was seen betweene the twoo powers And alwaies maister Charles Leighton who was a moste notable Soldiour kepte his companie in so warlike an order that the horse men durst not charge them albeeit thei made many an offer and ranne in vpon our men sondorie tymes but thei came so sparkled abroade and so daungerously without fastnesse of troupe and suretie of force that our armed Pikes had many of them at their pleasure And our shotte made greate hauocke emong their cheefest Soldiours But the maner of this fight was so Soldiourly handeled that those of the Frenche side beyng maisters of that arte were learned a Schoole poinct of skill and tooke out a lesson worthie the notyng For those whiche thei tooke for ignorant schollars taught a newe kinde of conuyng and shewed an Artificiall poincte of pollecie and practice of warre Whiche was sometymes to retire vpon fight to drawe the Frenche forwarde and there on to charge with the Pike in bothe the handes enterlarded with shotte sworde and Targette and came so gallauntly to the pushe of the Pike and blowe of the sworde a volley of Hargaboze shotte of before that the Frenche and Almains thought that our meinie had been rather dauncyng the Almaine Haye then trauessyng the grounde to forsake the feelde and retire into the Toune and albeeit it was in earnest for life and honour our Soldiours did striue yet thei made it but a sporte it was so lustely maintained and so noblie handeled In the beginnyng of this skirmiche and when the seruice grewe somwhat hotte and furious at whiche tyme diuers stoute gentlemen were come to the feelde sir Humfrey Gilbart was hurte with the shotte of a Hargaboze There were at this seruice sondrie of our gentlemen as maister Thomas Gorge now of the priuie Chamber maister Ihon Horssey maister Ihon Souch and to bee shorte diuers of good callyng and reputation whiche I must omitte for that an other daies ▪ seruice muste be remembred whche was vpon a Saterdaie not long after this Yea sutche a daies seruice it was as who so euer notes it well shall finde matter enough to talke or write of a long season the maner whereof a litle shall bee touched because suche valliauncie shall remaine as a spectacle to looke into while the siege of newe Hauen can be remembred Now as you haue vnderstoode the Frenche and Almaines desirous of honour and to bryng to passe that thei came for laied an ambushe of horsemen and footemen priuily for their purpose And so a fewe of theim aboute Dinner tyme approched a trenche that was fortified with barrelles because the grounde serued for no other fortification on the Peeble and there our menne withstoode theim to the vttermoste and issued out of the same trenche diuers tymes with the force thei had whiche was but small The enemie seeyng the Trenche not sufficiently manned waxed more bolder then thei were wont and so meant to driue our small power into the toune whiche was from the newe deuised Trenche a good distaunce and so determinyng and disbandyng certaine shotte and other apt Soldiours for sutche an exploite thei gallauntly came forwardes and in a little season yet with somwhat adoe thei enioyed the Trenche forcyng our men to retire to their better aduanntage and more suretie My Lorde of Warwicke beholdyng this broile and bold attempte not meanyng that our menne should either lose honour or grounde beganne to bee somewhat moued in minde and for that he would beard the enemie and knowe what his freendes and those good Soldiours vnder his charge would doe He called Capitaine Horssey now sir Edward Horssey Knight and Capitaine of the I le of Wight and asked his aduice in this matter who aunswered my Lorde that he and his power with the helpe and aide of maister Francis Somersettes bande would driue the Frenche out of the Trenches and that right soone if thei that issued out of the toune followed good direction and order My Lorde Lieutenant agréed to this deuice And so capitaine Horssey had the whole charge of this seruice who marched towardes the trenches with great courage and hope of victorie The enemie bothe at hande and farre of in the vewe of this attempte framed themselues to defende and resiste that came to defeite them and so on bothe the sides a hotte peece of seruice was put in proofe and no partie was well that might any waie occupie weapon in that present action But alwaie the Frenche side with their forces whiche were double or treble our nomber sought aduauntage how to giue a charge on our menne with little losse whiche Capitaine Horssey had a good eye vnto and sought to preuente For euen as the enemie came lustely on to doe mischeef by horsemen so our menne mette them a foote as stoutly and
returne to giue others their due praise that serued in Fraunce and Flaunders in these perillous tymes and daies of no little daunger Emong the reste I finde that Sir Willyam Morgane was one For he came on his owne voluntary will and charges with the yong Brickamone and a fewe other Frenche gentlemen to a toune called Vallencia and at their enterie whiche was on a Sondaie mornyng the Spaniardes that helde the Castell issued and thought to expulse bothe French and Burgonions out of the Toune And in deede the common soldiours hauyng small harte to maintaine their quarrell beganne to shrinke But the Frenche gentlemen and sir Willyam Morgan gaue a charge on the Spaniardes after a long skirmishe and muche adooe and draue them into the Castell and followed the Spanyardes so faste that thei sett a fire the drawe bridge because by that meanes thei thought that the Spaniardes should make no more sallies to assaile the Toune Vpon this seruice sir Willyam Morgan by the gouernour of Vallencia had a goodly gentilmannes house giuen hym stuffed with gooddes and furnished with Wines and victuall for a long yere that might haue serued his people and hym if his happe had been there to haue remained But the Graue Lodwicke sent for Sir Willyam to come vnto Mowns in Henault and after he had been there but a weeke he had the Threasurers house and all his substaunce deliuered hym The Duke of Alua besieged this Toune where many greate skirmishes and seruices were offered on bothe the sides albeit the Dukes power did farre excede the Coūt de Lodwickes yet euery daie the soldiours of the Toune did the vttermoste thei could to disquiete the Dukes Campe. And vndoubtedly the valliauncie and courage of theim that were besieged was so greate and so noble that their verie enemies commended theim for the same For it was no ordinarie maner of seruice thei did shewe but rather a newe deuised excersice of warre to make the assailantes as muche astonished at their enemies stoutenesse as take any hope to winne the Toune by any aduauntage might bee espied And in this maner of seruice the tyme was spent along season to the euerlastyng praise and fame of those that stode in the Tounes defence Sir Willyam Morgan was not idell in no one peece of all these bickerynges and at the length behelde the commyng of the Prince of Orranges power of horsemen whose power encountryng with the Duke of Aluaes force in a mornyng betymes continued in skirmishe till three a clocke in the after noone and so with the losse and slaughter of eight or nine hundred men the twoo forces did depart and seuered The Prince of Orrange thus marchyng awaie had giuen occasion to the Duke to followe or goe about some pollicie and after at a place called Sainct Gillyng the Dukes force gaue a greate ouerthrowe to the Prince of Orrenges side Whiche conflicte did argue there was no hope of succours to be looked for from the Prince at that present necessitie and Mowns standyng in this extreme daunger and beyng not well furnished with thynges that pertained to a long siege besides their Generall Count de Lodwick was sicke the Soldiours and Tounes men beganne to giue eare to a parley and so a peace was concluded on a straite composition whiche was that all the Soldiours in the Toune sauyng a fewe Almaines with the Count de Lodwick and himself should sweare neuer after to beare armour against the kyng of Spaine or of Fraunce Sir Willyam Morgan hearyng of that othe required rather death then to make a promesse paste the compasse of his alleagance and duetie to his owne Countrey and saied that he would neuer cōdescende to suche a straight composition though life and all he had laye vppon the refuse thereof Wherevpon a newe parley and cōmunication was had and there the Duke graunted sir Willyam Morgan and those Englishemen he had with hym to marche awaie in the same order and libertie of mynde that the Count de Locwick and his Almaines had obtained The Toune beyng randered into the handes of the duke of Aluae there were that perswaded sir Willyam to leaue the companie of the Count de Lodwick because it was presupposed that he should bee slaine or scape hardely from the Duke But sir Willyam beholdyng the honourable dealinges of the Counte and espectyng the regard that the Duke ought to haue to the lawe of Armes and performaunce of a Princes promesse determined to putte all to the hazarde of Fortune and to followe the Count de Lodwicke who marched saffely toward the Prince Suthe was the faithfulnesse and vsage of the Duke at that season that the Counte tame to his brother the Prince at his will and pleasure who laye with an armie at Riermont The Frenchemen had forsaken the companie of the Counte before and had procured that a passeport should be giuen to sir Willyam Morgan to passe through Flaunders by Iulian Romeroes freendshipp a gallaunt auncient man of warre But Sir Willyam refusyng that courtesie came with the Count to Riermounte where the Prince embraced hym And after the Princes Campe was dispersed he had sir Willyam to his brother in Lawe called the Count de Bergges and so to West Frese lande Holland and many other partes that the Prince had then in possession And in sondrie of these soiles sauyng in Hollande sir Willyam Morgan serued with tenne great horses at his owne charges For that he was the Quenes Maiesties seruaunt and would not be bounde for wages neither to passe the boundes of his duetie nor to tarrie a longer terme in a forraine countrey then good cause might commaunde hym So thus muche haue I thought good to write of in the behalfe of those that willyngly haue offered them selues to seruices worthie commendation Sir Humfrey Gilbart in this season with a good nomber of soldiours and Englishe gentlemen was at Floshyng and serued well in those partes and one Capitaine Morgan and maister Cotton a Pensioner did their duetie so throughly that muche was spoken of their praise at whiche seruice one Capitaine Bowsar and a valliaunte gentleman called maister Mackwillyam were slaine with sondrie others of our nation that did no whit forgette the former fame of our auncient predecessours and countreymen And those that liued and serued there at that tyme were well paied For the Floshyngars had drawen many a good hande of the Spanishe Fleete and were become wealthie with the spoiles thei had by hazard gotten I haue made mention of the goyng of the Erle of Essex into Irelande that fell out anone after this season with whō was sir Willyam Morgan maister Henry Bronkar Capitaine Barkley and sonderie other gentlemen that endured to the ende of all the seruices to their greate charges hazard and paines And for that I doe but breefly touche those thynges and haue spoken on them heretofore I commende the lengthe and discourses of those matters to youre iudgementes that haue laisure to looke and read what
sufficient power to annoye that Toune and for other greate causes then mouyng his Maiestie prepared anone after a small Nauie to moleste his enemies makyng Admirall of that fleete the noble Lorde Lyle after Duke of Northumberlande and with hym was sent the Lorde Clinton now Erle of Lincolne sir George Caro sir Peter Caro sir Gawine Caro sir Robert Stafforde maister Clement Parstons maister Willyam Winter now knight maister Biston a valliant Capitaine with whom was maister Biston the Pensioner that now is a liue And all these gentlemen vnder the leadyng of the Lorde Lyle encountred the Galleis in moste braueste and warrlike sorte vppon the Seas and fought with them halfe a daie daungerously and in greate perill our Shippes hauyng a greate disaduauntage because the porte holes were not so lowe as reason required by whiche meane our Shippes might not come to dooe the harme that was intended Notwithstandyng the greate Ordinaunce plaied on the enemie all the while and our gentlemen behaued them selues as noblie as might bee deuised not in no little hazard nor without greate courage For this fight was so sore and daungerous that euery mannes vallue and stoutnesse might be seen There was no hole nor caue for the cowarde to hide his hedde in For the Cannon could fetche theim vp that would creepe in the Cooke roume and sette them a woorke that would sitte doune and doe little good The barres and chaines of Iron flewe about so thicke and the smoke and smother of the pouder was so greate that one might scarce see an other for fume flame and the furie of the shotte And to bee plaine because I haue seen the like I take it to bee the moste terrible and cruell fight that can bee named or expressed with penne For it is rather if it bee rightly painted out a helle then any other thyng it can bee compared vnto But how so euer it is or was at that present tyme our fleete abode the brunte thereof and tried it out to the vttermoste as the Frenche theim selues did afterward reporte and affirme And so bothe the sides beeyng wearied with roaryng of Cannons and murtheryng of menne were driuen at the length to leaue of and saile seuerall waies but the Frēche had the worste and were glad to departe to their losse and mischeef But in the necke of this the Frenche Nauie came gallauntly to Portchmouthe and in the vewe of Kyng Henry thei made a stoute showe and signe of some shrewde intent Againste the whiche Nauie went out sir George Caro in a noble vessell and with a greate nomber of valliaunt gentlemenne but by mischaunce and ouersight of some reachlesse persones the Shippe and all was caste awaie and drouned full before the vewe and face of Kyng Henry the eight And yet our other Shippes made out and sette so lustely vppon the Frenche fleete that thei made them retourne homeward to their small contentatiō so that little or nothyng was doen worthie the notyng a good tyme after An other seruice there was where maister Clementte Parston and Capitaine Wolffe was in Kyng Edwardes daies where thei had a Galley in chace and ouercame the same Galley For maister Parston brought it awaie and had in signe of that victorie a Iewell thereof made in maner like a Snake of golde In Queene Maries raigne the Lorde Admirall that now is with sir Willyam Woodhouse sir Thomas Cotton sir Willyam Winter maister Gonstone maister Holstocke maister Morley Sir Richard Brooke Capitaine Poole a knight of the Rodes as sir Richard Brooke was sir Richard Winkfeeld sir Robert Conestable that now is Maister Willyam Gorge and Maister George Biston bothe Pentioners went to the burnyng of Conkquette and did there a greate exploite and made muche spoile and hauocke in that countrey and retiryng to our Shippes tooke good order for the saffetie of our menne But the Almaines beyng greedie of gaine and ouercome with wine could not bee brought a Shipboarde in no due season and so through their owne follie and lewde behauioure thei were entrapped and ouerthrowne and yet was there as greate regarde for their preseruation as might bee but their reatchlesse maner was suche that no deuise could recouer them and so thei perished When our people did prospere and came awaie with honour and commoditie From Concquet there was appoincted seuen Sailes of Shippes to goe to my Lorde of Sussex then Lorde Deputie of Irelande The names of whiche Shippes followeth the Hue Willoughbie in whiche was sir Thomas Cotton Admirall for that seruice The Gearfaucon in whiche was maister Tornar of the Garde The Newbarke where was Southerwicke of Douer The Saker at the commaundement of M. Peter Killegrey The Barcke Caree vnder the charge of M. Gregorie Carie. The Ihon of Plimmouthe in the whiche was maister Richard Bingham And all these attended my Lorde of Sussex at Daukkith who noblie sett forwarde and bornte Kynteer Iames Mackono beeyng in the countrey and raized twoo of Mackonoes cheef Castles tooke diuers of thei Galleis and executed many of their mē My Lorde also burnt the I le of Butte the I le of Combra and the I le of Amilashe with diuers other places in that iourney And at this seruice was sir Willyam Fitz Willyams maister George Delues Capitaine Colliar maister Thomas Masterson Capitaine Warren Capitaine Peers sir George Stanley maister Edward Stāley who was there made knight And a nomber of other lustie gentlemen that presently I make no mention of Sir Willyam Winter did a greate peece of seruice with other Englishe gentlemen and Soldiours at a place called Alderneye For the Frenche to the nomber of mene hundred had taken that Ilande and were in the Castell in a marueilous triumphe But sir Willyam Winter hauyng but fower hundreth soldiours and Marriners whiche Marriners who so markes shall see greate worthinesse in landed in Alderneye with his small companie and handeled the Frenche so hardly that he draue them into the Castell and would not leaue theim till he had dispatched the Ilande of theim And so in his countreys honour retourned into Englande againe There was an other peece of seruice by Sea when Mounsire Determes loste a battaill by Grauelin and as I dooe remember maister Nicholas Gorge was at this seruice But be there who might it happened well on Mounsire Degmondes side that the shotte of our Shippes had any meane to annoy his enemies For euen as at Mosseborough feelde our Galleye did greate seruice that flancked a long the Scottes Campe and slue many stoute menne So our shippes at this battaill made suche waie emong the French that the Borgonions gatte good passege by that bargaine and went awaie with victorie In the raigne of our Soueraigne Ladie Queene Elizabeth there was sente the Hope the Lyon the Harte the Swallowe and the Phenix verie goodly Shippes to newe Hauen sir Willyam Woodhous beyng Admirall who fallyng sicke at Deepe wente home againe with maister Holstocke And then remained maister George Biston Admirall hauyng but three
It must be likewise that the enemie did hold and possesse the place that same daie that the Romaine Citezen was rescued in It is necessarie that the manne whiche hath been succoured should confesse the same before the people For a Soldioures owne witnesse in that behalfe serues to no purpose And furthermore it is required that he whiche was rescued be knowen to be a Burgois of Rome For if one dooe rescue a Kyng that commeth to serue the Romains he dooeth not merite for the same the Croune Ciuique In like sort if one doe rescue a generall of an armie he gettes no more honor therefore then though he had rescued a simple Citezen For thei whiche established this ordinaunce had no regard but to the conseruation of the Citezens of Rome who so euer thei were The Priuilege of this Croune shall be to giue power to weare a Hatte of broad leaues as ofte as he pleased that had been once Crouned for his well dooyng Further all the Senate had a custome to rise out of their places and to doe honour to them that haue had this croune when thei goe to see the common plaies and pastymes And it is sufferable and permitted that thei shall sitte in a seate neere the Senatours And thei shal be exempt from all Ciuill charges not onely theim selues but their naturall Fathers and Graundfathers and now beholde touchyng their Priuileges there was one Cicinius Dentatus accordyng as wee haue saied Crouned fowerteene tymes And one Capitolinus had sixe tymes been Crouned for he rescued Seruilius then generall of the armie not withstandyng Scipio Affrican would not suffer them to giue hym the croune Ciuique for succouryng his Father in the iourney of Trebia O ordinaunce worthie of immortalitie saieth Plinie that assigneth no other praise for suche greate workes then this greate honor whiche surpasseth all other warlike crounes This farre goes the verie woordes of Plinie and many other auncient aucthors that I could rehearse in the commendation of menne of warre whiche neither in Tholomeus tyme Artaxerses daies nor any of the mightie Monarkes long raignyng before could bee forgotten but were so honoured that lawes and orders was onely deuised for the enlargyng of their lande and stirryng vp their noble myndes Yea Soldiours and Herrauldes had power to denounce warres in so muche as the aunciente Romains who were the Fathers of all Marshall affaires and conquerours of the worlde helde this for a moste certaine rule Nullum bellum iustum esse nisi pro rebus iniuste ablatis quod fecialis Romani antea denunciabant Whiche rule and order of the Romains for the power and honour of soldiours and Herrauldes declareth thei are of greate dignitie and callyng and maie compare by this their authoritie to be no whit inferiour to the beste sorte of gentlemen You maie reade in like maner that there was a manne emong the Romains that merrelie or paraduenture in contempte putte a Croune Cinique vppon his owne hedde and loking out at a greate windowe into the streate was espied And thervpon apprehended and brought before the Senate where he was iudged presently to bee putte to death for touchyng and abusyng that Croune Ciuique Whiche was ordained for the wearyng onely of an honourable Soldiour and for suche a one as had been by deserte Crouned with triumphe and solempnitie in open audience So this foolishe manne albeit he might meane but little harme was had to the place of execution and there loste his life to the greate terrour of those that rashely meddle with thynges that becomes theim not and to the greate honour of those that are aduaunced by vertue and winneth with courage the wearyng of this Croune called the Croune Ciuique Nowe commyng doune to this presente age in the tyme of our peace where Soldioures haue nothyng to dooe there is enough spoken and peraduenture to muche for the Soldiours commendation yet let me leade you a little further in that cace For now is to bee proued what degrees of Soldious hauyng serued long or borne any office of credite are gentilmen and maie vnrebukeable be bolde to take that name and title vpō them First you haue heard that seruyng tenne yeres honestly and truely he is not onely paste his prentishippe but also aboue a iourney manne and ought from all iourneis to bee spared As a man might saie though vnproperly compared a good free horse after his long labour and many greate iourneies is to bee ridden but seldome and kepte in the stable till extreme necessitie requireth and then is to bee vsed gentillie least his stiffe limmes and old bodie deceiue the riders expectation So a soldiour commyng to this age and perfection or beyng paste the iollitie of youth and youthfull actions ought to be prouided for and maie without presumption pleade for armes albeeit he neuer gaue none before and can bryng no greate proofe of his house gentrie or dissent and though he be the first of that house stocke and name that gaue Armes his beginnyng is allowed of all our aunciente writers and Princes and shall put his aduersaries to silence when in that poinct thei seeke to deface hym I remember once I sawe and heard an Italian vceyng in the Emperour Charles the fifth his Campe so stande on his reputation that when a meane Gentleman quarrelled with hym and desired the Combate he aunswered he had been Soldado Vetche an old Soldiour and had borne office and passed through sondrie offices by order and that the gentleman was but a yong man and but of twoo yeres experiēce in warre and farre vnmeete to make challenge with hym that had passed so many steppes of honour and places of credite But saied the Italian to his aduersarie goe and dooe that I haue dooen or passe through the like and when thou haste mounted vp and troden on euery steppe that I haue passed come to me and I will fight with thee the combate But to saie I will stoupe so lowe and base my self as a Lorde maie in fightyng with a Ruffian beyond the compasse of my callyng I will not nor no Lawe of Armes can commaunde me The matter came in question before the Prince of Orrange that now is and the Duke of Sauoye yet liuyng and the challenger had a foule disgrace in the audience of a multitude and the defendaunte had a rewarde of fiue hundreth Crounes allowed hym by the Emperour for preseruyng his honour and estimation so muche This was doen and openly seen a little before the siege of Renttie and standeth for a good recorde Then an old Soldiour is a gentleman bothe worthie to giue armes and collours and mete to be borne withall in causes of quarrell An other proofe for the maintenaunce of my matter I sawe at the siege of Leeth a gentlemant of greate courage and birthe called maister Ihon Soutch quarrell with Capitaine Randall then Maiour of the feelde And maister Soutche did vrge through ill woordes and stoute language Capitaine Randall verie farre whiche might haue
was suche a scourge to the wicked and suche a comforte to the worthie Whose particular seruices if laisure presently serued me I would publishe to sir Ihon Parrets greate glorie and commendation Finis ¶ A Mirrhor for rebelles to looke into where the death of one Roorie Oge in Irelande whose life was alwaies without order doeth shewe that the reward of vice is euer open shame and a foule ende IN an other season of Irishe seruices and triall of suche as are doubted a practise was drawne by a stobburne and stoute Rebell called Roorie Oge For the betraiyng of Capitaine Harryngton and one maister Coesbie and albeeit Capitaine Harryngton had been in notable and dangerous seruice the space of tenne yeres before where many practises were to bee seen and auoided Yet this drifte of Roorie Oges was so cunnyngly handeled no former experience might preuente it So that Roorie Oge by this cautell and traiterous maner had his purpose brought to effect and did what he pleased with Capitaine Harryngton vsyng him cruellie with all maner of rude handlyng and entertainmente Faste locked to a poste euery night a greate season and at length the Englishe Capitaines beeyng moued with this crueltie found a deuise to beset the house where Roorie Oge haunted and the traitour seeyng hym self in daunger came in a rage to Capitaine Harryngton and gaue hym twelue greate woundes where he laye locked to a poste and so lefte hym for dedde the Englishe Soldiours hearyng capitaine Harryngton call for helpe were thrustyng into the house But Roorie Oge moste stoutly ran out emong them and by a desperate aduenture escaped through the thickest of the throng and did muche hurte after But at this presence the Capitaine was brought awaie all to bee mangeled and hurte and all those that were founde a liue in the house were slaine and putte to the sworde in so muche that the wife of Roorie Oge was in like sorte dispatched of her life For whiche acte many foule murthers other cruelties Roorie Oge committed But when that Capitaine Harryngton was healed he persecuted Roorie Oge so hardlie and so often that he putte hym diuers tymes in daunger to bee ouerthrowen Maister Parcker as I heard saie Lieutenant to Capitaine Furres with his valliaunt Soldiours recouered Capitaine Harryngtō out of the handes of his enemies And to bee shorte a meanes was founde after long seruices and daungerous attemptes that Roorie Oge hym self was entrapped and taken in a Nette and stale that he had made and laied for an other The maner wherof was that Roorie Oge beeyng desirous to betraie the Lorde of Vpprosserie did drawe a drifte by one that could finelie handle the matter that he hymself should seeme to fall in daunger and so be deliuered vnto my Lorde of Vpprosseries handes who notyng the deuice giuyng no farther credite to the tale then neede required armed his men priuilie in twoo companies and made as though he would followe the fellow that came to bryng about Roories drift and commyng where Roorie had lodged pursued the enterprise and seemed to followe the aduice of hym that came to practise And by chaunce and good fortune the twoo companies mentioned of before had enuironed Roorie Oge ere he was ware and thereby he was defeited and had the rewarde of iniquitie by the self same meanes that he was wont to serue others A notable iuste iudgemente of God and an example worthie the notyng Now after this and for many good causes and peeces of seruice Capitaine Harryngton was made Knight by the honourable Sir Henry Sidney then Lorde deputie of Irelande And when he gaue vp the Sworde Sir Willyam Drurie was the Iustice in whose tyme and especially in the beginnyng of his gouernemente was many thynges to bee dooen that might shewe a Marciall minde and expresse the worthinesse of a noble gouernour For then one sir Iames Fitz Morrice a greate practisien with the Pope and other Potentates entered Irelande with seuen Shippes bryngyng with hym bothe Soldioures and other people to disquiete a state Yea and had suche a nomber of perswasions for the troublyng of a Common weale that this Fitz Morrice drewe to his side a multitude of licencious and lawlesse people in so muche that the companie grewe so greate that sir Ihon of Desmonde a manne of good birthe and ill disposition ioyned hym self with that partie committyng an execrable murther before he beganne to reuolte and slue an Englishe gentleman that had long before been his freende and vsed the murther so hainously and againste all naturall kindnesse that euery mannes harte that thinkes thereon abhorres the remembraunce thereof For vnder a pretēce of amitie Sir Ihon of Desmonde gatte his frende in a trappe whiche freende had dooen hym greate seruice and pleasure and so sodainly steppes vnto hym and gaue hym a mortall blowe notwithstandyng the followers of sir Ihon were not willyng to goe aboute suche a murther But when Ihon of Desmond had begonne the broile the bloodshedde and Butcherie followed not onely on good Henry Dauelles but also on others as innocente as hym self of any suche slaughter and vnmercifull dealing Well these thinges and an infinite nomber of straunge matters sette a broche by Iames Fitz Morres might haue appalled the spirite of greater personages then I speake of Yet the honourable and Soldiourlike sir Willyā Drurie in moste assured hope of victorie made hedde vppon the enemies and prepared with the helpe of the Erle of Kildare and others very honourable and of good callyng loyall subiectes in Ireland to withstande the great force and furie of Fitz Morres Whiche at that season waxed so warme and extreame hotte that sondrie became colde in good will that were thought to bee feruent in the seruice of the Prince But the might and force of a rightfull quarrel and the readie diligence and forewardnesse of a good gouernour so plucked vp the hartes of those that began to droupe that one hundred of the Englishe side seemed a thousande and fiue thousande on the contrary parte proued nothyng in effect For the hartes of rebelles trembleth where the Princes power is presented and the wittes and purposes of sauage people goes a Wolle gatheryng when the ciuill Soldiour is certainly grounded in a manly determination As it seemed by all those that followed the Lorde Iustice and their noble successe of seruice dooeth argue euidentlie that trothe and couragious Soldiours of God are neuer forsaken and rebellious myndes are doubtfull of life destituted of grace and vncertaine of euery thyng thei goe about Fitz Morres in this maner as you haue heard landyng and fortisiyng for his moste suretie lefte no waie vnsought that might annoye and hinder the hope of the Englishemen and in many kindes of practises excelled and waxed strong as he thought And as diuers affirme he was stout valiant and of knowledge sufficiente to encomber a sounde and a whole Countrey But in fine it happened vppon some ouersight of Fitz Morres or sette purpose of God
should haue a noble death because he should bee killed at a noble mannes handes and with that woorde slue hym whiche was against all ciuill order or lawe of Armes but note what followed The Duke Domale in the ende of this crueltie and encounter charged the Count de Hornes bande with a braue companie of men at Armes and ouerthrewe moste of the Count de Hornes people and defeitted them all or carried them awaie prisoners with hym And in that charge giuen there was a companie of Frenche footemen whiche sette vpon the Spaniardes and Italians in the woodde and draue theim out of the same and possessed the woodde againe to the greate discourage of the other partie whiche Frenchemen entrenched thē selues in the saied woodde as surely as thei could The Englishe and Scottes men beeyng well mounted and desirous of some honour beholdyng what good successe the Duke had founde by the valliaunt charge he had giuen Thei sodainely brake vppon van Rousis Launceknightes with a greate shoute and crie who amased at the noyse and afferde of the charge flang doune their weapons and betoke them to their feete whiche ouersight and feblenesse of spirit in theim was occasion of a greate slaughter For when the Englishe and Scottes horsemen were a wearie of killyng the poore Almaines thei tooke prisoners some one man ten or twelue a peece as was crediblie reported So that in a maner moste of all van Rousis Ensignes were troden vppon or taken from them that carried them The Emperour was somewhat moued at this misfortune and determined the nexte daie in the Mornyng to giue the Frenche kyng battaill The Frenche kyng on that victorie sent a Harralde of Armes with a Trompet to the Emperour declaryng vnto hym that within fower and twentie howres he would meete hym in the feelde For whiche message the Herralde had a good rewarde and the Emperour was glad that so honourable an acte as was offered should ende the quarrell betwene the Frēche kyng and him The fame night beyng well spent and thynges in order for battaill the Emperour caused the Drommes and Trōpettes to sounde and strike a marche to the feelde for that he would by the breake of the daie behold his enemies power The Frenche Kyng beeyng a beaten Soldiour with many daungerous seruices and lookyng into the daunger of an exstreme fight for a wearied armie tooke compassion on his ouerlaboured menne of warre that had lyen in the open feelde all that yere and so without sounde of Dromme or any noyes makyng he retired his Batterie caused his footemen to marche quietly towardes Muttrell whiche thei recouered before the breake of the daie and the kyng with the reste of his armie at midnight priuelie withdrewe hym sel and his power from daunger of the Emperours Campe. Placyng his horsemen in the reergarde to tarrie till the Emperour were readie to marche who had intelligence of the Frenche Kynges priuie practises and departure And thereon gaue commaundemente to followe with all expedition the horsemen hauyng that in charge to see if thei could ouertake any of the Frenche kynges armie especiallie the footemen The Duke Denamores attendyng on certaine straglars in goyng out of a woodde to the plaine happened with his whole bande on Capitaine Stukeleis troupe who all that iourney and at sondrie other seruices had dooen merueilous actes in whiche troupe was the twoo brethren maister Nicholas Malbie and Ihon. And the Duke Denamores was no soner espied but capitain Steukely and his troupe charged hym who fled as fast as he might to recouer some freendes and Ihon Malbie beyng well horssed put the Duke to leape hedge and dicke till he mette with a bande of men at Armes which the Englishmen wer not strong enough to deale with all and so thei retired M. Richard Bingham at this seruice And in that retiryng thei mette with the Emperoure who gaue them greate thankes and rewarded hym that deserued moste praise The Emperour liyng at Renttie fiue or sixe daies caused the breache to be made vp againe and that beyng dooen he commaunded the Duke of Sauoye beyng his Lieutenant generall to make his repaire to Heddyng with his whole Campe. Where he made a verie strong Toune and there was not a noble manne in that Campe but for to giue good example putte once a daie his handes to the Baskette and Spade And euery soldiour had a double paie so long as the woorke was a buildyng where there was in wages a hundreth thousande daiely whereof some were suffered to make roades into Picardie and many bootes gotten emong the reste the Spaniardes had gotten a greate bootie beyng accompanied with the Burgonions in the same attempte and commyng into the Campe with their preye and spoile thei were to passe by the Almaines Campe or quarter whiche thei kepte The Almaines seyng a greate compaie desirous of spoile or glad to make a mutenie fell to take some shepe and what els thei thought good from the Spaniardes the Spaniardes thereon made Alarum The Duke of Sauoye knowyng of this vpprore gallopped with his bande emong the Almaines and tooke diuerse sedicious fellowes and committed them to the Prouost and one manne emong them retained to a noble man of Germanie whiche came to the Duke and did request hym to spare his manne and pardon his offence the Duke aunswered he should suffer for his follie committed the noble manne spake againe in so muche that the Duke was displeased at the suite The other seyng he could finde no fauour tolde the Duke in a rude maner that if he were not a Lieutenaunte generall ouer hym he should not put his man to death the Duke made no more a doe but tooke out a Pistolet that was bente and discharged it vpon the noble man and so slue hym The Almaines and Roiters therevpon armed them selues and put them in order of battaill The Spaniardes Italians and Burgoniōs presently repaired to the Dukes Pauilion The Prince of Orrange and many other noble personages came betwene the twoo powers and made a peace and so the businesse ended whiche at the beginnyng was like to haue come to a greate flaughter and bloodshed Now for the better contentation of the Almaines there was a roade made vnto Muttrell and twentie thousande Almaines appointed to bee at the winnyng of the bootie where was a greate skirmishe prouoked and at that tyme Capitaine Steukeleis horse was killed vnder hym when he gaue a valliaunt charge on his enemies There was a challenge made by the Frenchmen for the breakyng of certaine Launces for their mestresse sakes To aunswere the chalenge went a Portugall a greate companion with the Duke of Sauoye and one capitaine Tother an Albanoies sometyme seruyng in Englande was an other And the thirde was a gentleman called Ambrose Digbie who encountred a valliaunt horseman named Petro Strose and thei brake bothe the one vpon the other Ambrose Digbies horse was somewhat strong hedded and bare his Maister awaie into the Frenche troupe where the
thereby founde sustentation Sir Henrie Sidney came out of Englande anon after this and landed at Karykefargus where remainyng but a few daies he marched towardes the Ban for to parley with Torlo Lenno who named hymself Oneall The Deputie beyng there made Proclamation for all suche as had any pledges for their behauiour willyng them to come in accordingly or els their pledges should suffer for their disobedience that lefte theim in pledge Emong all the residue Macke Ilaspete was one moste accounted of but he nothyng respectyng his pledges or els nothyng doubtyng the daunger thei were in staied and would not come vnto the Lorde Deputie the Lorde Deputie beyng no dallier in causes of duetie caused the pledges to be executed That beeyng dooen Macke Ilaspet sought to reuenge and came with fiue hundreth Scottes into the Countrey he was encountred with one Richard Hunt a Lieutenaunt of horsemen a verie valliaunt soldiour who vpon his first charge was slaine Then Capitaine Cheston beyng in the feeld marched toward the Scottes with a hundreth footemen and beeyng nere the Scottes there were certaine gentlemen as it seemed by their apparell that attempted the bande of foote menne and charged them but Cheston and his bande stoode verie faste and determined to fight it out In whiche stoute standyng to their businesse thei slewe on the firste charge giuen vnto them fourtie gentlemen whereof Macke Ilaspite was the beste for he had the leadyng of the reste that tyme Vppon whiche repulse the residue fell to flie so that thei were murthered and slaine like a sorte of Sheepe Now Bryan Mackefellyn standyng not farre of seemed neuer to come in till he sawe the ouerthrowe giuen whiche happened otherwise peraduenture then he hoped for but at the length he came faintly in and yet would not followe the chace beyng called a verie good subiect This broile enden Capitaine Chestons menne tooke the spoile of suche as was slaine and so retired It was not long after but there came a newe supplie to reuenge Macke Ilaspetts death whiche beyng entered the Countrey were encountered withall againe with Capitain Cheston who shewed suche vallue that in one skirmishe were slaine twoo hundred Scottes and in the same skirmish that valliaunt Soldiour Cheston by name was shot into the baule of the knee of whiche hurte he died whiche brought greate sorrowe to Karyckefargus Capitaine Nicholas Malbie beyng in the Englishe pale with his bande There was a iourney appointed by the lorde Deputie to be made vpon a certaine Rimer that belonged to Oneall at a place called the Kloher This draught was drawen by one Thomas Flemmynges a greate freende of capitaine Malbies And there was cheef appoincted for that iourney the Barron of Deluin maister Edward More and Capitaine Collyar Some businesse was emong the soldiours for the goyng of that iourney and some drewe backe and some misliked the long marche whiche must bee dooen in shorte tyme But the Barron of Deluyn and Capitain Malbie did determine to trie Fortune and appoincted the footemen a place of metyng and to retire vnto theim if occasion so serued But the horsemen rode on the spurre and entered the Countrey thei sought at a good hower and slue there a nomber of rebelles bringyng from thence a greate bootie to the nomber of xij thousande Kine and Mares and draue their prey to the Cloher Whiche was within twoo miles of Onealles house and thether came the foote bandes and so Camped all together that night Oneall whilest thei were there sente theim woorde thei should bee foughten withall ere thei went out of the Countrey to whiche threates thei gaue small eare and made lesse aunswere Shortely after Capitaine Malbie was to retourne to Karickefargus with his charge where he remained a small season there was an occasion giuen by the capitaine of Kyllowlto of his disorder and hauyng a conuenient tyme for the correction of the same and did it not Wherefore Capitaine Malbie called his soldiours together and entered Kyllowltoes Countrey and tooke a parte of his prey and marchyng through apace There went by Capitaine Malbie a woodd Kerne talkyng with hym the Kernes sworde drawen and passyng vnder a bowe in a straite the Kerne let driue at the Capitaine and hit hym on the hose whiche was so well stuffed with heare that the hurt was nothyng greate and so the Kerne sled into the woodde It was not three daies after but Capitaine Malbie and Capitaine Peers hauyng a Commission to sitte vpon made Proclamation that whatsoeuer he was of any degree and had made offence that would come in and aunswere to that should bee laied to his charge he should come saffe and goe saffe without any harme or daunger On whiche Proclamation the self same woodde Kerne came and presented hym self before the Commissioners whereat Capitaine Malbies harte sturred and a soldiour of his that gaue hym warnyng of this Kerne in the place saied openly Capitaine this is the traitour that stroke you stoupyng vnder a bowe The Kerne aunswered it was he in deede Then was he demaunded how durst he come thether that had dooen so traiterous an acte The Kerne aunswered againe because I heard that the Capitaine neuer brake his woorde I ventered to trie his fidelitie not caryng for myne owne life With that he was had into a house and made bothe drinke and eate and so was sent awaie whiche courtesie and trothe kepte in promesse made this Kerne euer after a true follower of Capitaine Malbie Capitaine Peers vpon some conceite or cause hated this Kerne and afterwardes arrested hym diuerse tymes which Kerne sent to maister Malbie to be his suretie who became bounde for him to paie fower and twentie Kine at a daie appoincted There was one made a complainte to the Lorde Deputie of Bryan Ballowe who sent for Bryan to aunswere the wrong he had dooen Well ê™ Bryan I will goe keepe my promesse for I hope Capitaine Malbie will not see me suffer death whiche keeps my woorde The onely credite of a mannes life With that his wife and freendes tooke holde of his mantell to staye hym but he so struggled that he gatte from theÌ„ and came starke naked before the Lorde Deputie of whom Bryan Ballowe was cherished for his faithfulnesse In that tyme while Sir Harry Sidney was Deputie there befell a greate broile aboute Kylkennie to redresse the whiche businesse was sent sir Peter Carowe Capitaine Gilbart Capitaine Malbie and Capitaine Basnette who beyng in Kylkennie heard saie that a thousande Gallowglasses were in a plaine not farre from the toune so these Capitaines issued out of the gates whiche were kept shut for great occasion and came in the vewe of those Gallowglasses There fell a greate shower of Rain the same season and the Gallowglasses seyng the Englishemen but a fewe and thei beeyng many made a shewe of fight and puttyng of their broeges and shakyng their Axes gaue a greate shoute and a crie as their maner is when thei hope of victorie But the Englishe
iotte of honor from them that well had deserued Yea this Ryngraue was suche a noble warriour that after the battaill or skirmishe was ended or any peece of seruice was doen he would sende flaggons of wine to his enemies and in tyme of truce or breache of warre whiche he vsed often for honours sake he would make bankettes giue giftes shewe liberalitie and bee as courteous as a little child And in the feelde a verie Lion more like then a manne and yet a man of moste sober iudgement and knowledge The whole Campe of the Frenchemen came to a greate hille after the ouerthrowe that the Ryngraue had and fullie bent to besiege Newe Hauen thei made euery daie a newe approche to the toune in moste soldiourlike sorte and order and to holde them in some awe as our power might many skirmishes were made and good pollicie and courage was put in excersice and nothyng lefte vndoen that either tyme or place would permit But what should I further delate of thinges paste mannes helpe and pollice when Gods wrathe and visitation dooeth cutte of all argumentes and makes a quicke dispatche of the matter For the Plague was so sore in the Toune that many men in a rage did leape out of the windowes into the streate and suche a generall disease and dispairing sicknesse was spread throughout the whole companie of soldiours that no one stoode in certaintie of his own state or life Suche was the heate and furie of the fearefull Pestilence and greeuous botche a dauntyng malladie that takes awaie the vse of witte and courage of man. Well albeeit that this greate mortalitie and miserable state of life might haue vtterly ouerthrowen the valliaunte myndes of many good men yet our people stoode so stoutely to their defence that many exploites were taken in hande and thei forced the enemie to make an offer vnto theim of a noble composition whiche of necessitie muste bee taken all thynges considered for there was no succour to bee hoped for to come out of Englande And some that were sent thether as sir Thomas Finche and diuerse other gentlemen were caste awaie by the sea and presently drouned Then noble Capitaine Randall who can not haue to muche fame who after was slaine in Irelande was appoincted by the Lorde Lieutenaunt to tarrie behynde when the Toune was yeelded vp to see all conditions and capitulations performed whiche were but slackly handeled and looked vnto by the Frenche and yet in effecte our soldiours with as muche honour as men in their plight could haue came home and brought muche ordinaunce and goods with them But thei had so greate a plague still emong them that many here at their arriuall departed this worlde This was but a peece of the seruice that capitaine Read was at in his daies for his moste paines hath been taken aboute the warres of Scotlande and roades made into that Countrey where he hath borne hym self so well and that a long season that all those who knowes the same or can call the seruice to memorie giueth good reporte thereof and speaketh muche to the adâ—â—â—ncement of his good name And seeyng that in 〈◊〉 praise and others my penne hath gone so farre I wil â— touche the seruices of sir WillyaÌ„ Winter who bothe by lande and Sea hath often been emploied And in the rehearsall of some parte of his doynges I will as I maie make mention of sir Willyam Drewrie sir Humfrey Gilbart sir Willyam Morgane Capitain Barkley Capitaine Morgane Capitaine Chester Capitaine Bingham and sondrie that of late daies hath been in diuers places of daunger and good seruices But this is to bee looked for that the honourable sir Iames Croftes now Controller of the Queenes Maiesties houshold sir Ihon Walloppe sir Iames Wilfforde and sir Ihon Bellyngame bee not forgotten and that euery one of these as remembrance shall serue me be breefly spoken of For if at large I touched some of their noble exploites that laste I haue made mention of I should make a greate volume of the same and so seeme to write a Chronicle that meanes but to treate of a fewe passages for the passyng of the tyme and the pleasuryng of my freendes The seruices of sir Iames Croftes maie well bee vnderstoode if you loke into the siege of Bullein The warres of Scotlande and the troublesome affaires of Irelande where he was Lorde Deputie And who that looketh depely in the mannagyng of those matters shall iustely of hym self yeelde due honoure to the persone that hath taken these paines without the reporte of my penne or further publishyng of the same Sir Ihon Walloppe that long remained gouernour of Gines and the seruice of the good knight Bellyngame once lorde Deputie of Irelande are of no little moment For the one had suche a hurt by a counter boffe that he got at Laundersey that he carried it to his death albeit he liued long after and did many greate thynges and the other was giuen to suche valliauntnesse as his doynges doe declare that in a maner we can not imagine more worthinesse in twoo men nor rightly attribute vnto them the glorie thei deserue If neuer any seruice but the siege of Haddyngton were spoken of it were sufficient enough and a witnesse greate to shewe the greate mynde and manly courage of sir Iames Wilfforde For he beeyng there as generall helde out the force of Fraunce and power of Scotlande the Queene mother lookyng and liyng at the siege and the Toune was so battered and beaten that men on horsebacke might haue ridden ouer the breache Yet notwithstandyng besides a nomber of other greate causes to make men rander a Forte sir Iames Wilfforde kepte the enemies out and did so noblie euery waie neither scarcitie of victuall nor want of pouder could moue his inuincible mynde For the more was the miserie the greater grewe his harte and hope to haue good Fortune for the whiche assured fortitude and determinate purpose he purchased euerlastyng renowne And liues at this daie in as freshe memorie as he were seen presently before the eyes of the people In that season was a place called Donglasse at our deuotion where one maister Aston was placed and an other fort beyonde Fiffeside called Broghttie Cragge where sir Ihon Luttrell did serue verie valliauntely a longe tyme And at a Toune nere the same Forte called Dondie Sir Willyam Winter and others did a greate peece of seruice worthie the rehearsall But for that Broghttie Cragge was at the length loste for lacke of succour out of Englande I leaue out muche matter that otherwise I had written After the Siege of Haddyngton was raised and the Frenche had withdrawen their batterie and the old Erle of Shrewesburie was come with an armie and laie at a place called Abberladie The Earle of Linkcolne that now is beeyng Lorde Admirall landed a greate companie of soldiours at a Pile called sainct Minius where our Fortune was but frowarde and for that I was taken prisoner there and our
draue vs out of the feelde and gaue an attempte to winne the base Courte where wee attended their commyng and stroue with them so stoutly that in that struggle wee were ioyned and wrastled together as daungerously as any man liuyng maie imagine but in suche order that the Frenche were forced to retire a little and we were faine to recouer the Forte and yet the Frenche so valliauntly handled their busines that thei laye vnder the rampire of the Base courte and slue sondrie of our soldiours that could not in due season come in Emong the cheef Capitaine Manneryng had his deathes wounde and fell doune in the dike before the gate whose bodie we recouered with very little losse but he died within three daies after And the Frēche missyng that thei sought retired that presente night to their Campe where thei abode not tenne daies but a peace was concluded and we marched all towardes Barwicke Now here is to bee noted that in those daies wee had greate soldiours a liue and moste of theim at Barwicke as Capitaine Honte Capitaine Sanders Capitaine Tems Capitaine Pickman and verie many others of good experience and credite Now I muste leaue to your iudgementes and readyng of other bookes the warres of Scotlande and will shewe you of some seruices that happened in Irelande duryng the tyme that sir Anthonie Sellenger was Lorde deputie there who was a graue and fatherly wise gouernour and had muche a doe in that countrey to bryng thynges in good perfection and quietnesse For the Lordes of that soile were at that presence giuen to sondrie troublesome practises whom he reformed and set in very peaceable estate emong the rest was one Makarttie More whiche helde out a greate season but the Lorde Deputie goyng against hym with an armie made hym come in at Corke where vppon his humble submission I sawe hym beare the sworde before the Lorde Deputie Yet albeeit that in this and many other seruices sir Anthonie Sellenger at seuerall tymes deserued greate commendation he beeyng a knight of the Garter yet his fortune was so aduerse and contrarie that he was seldome at home in his Countrey out of trouble and daunger of displeasure and felte as many haue dooen that gouerned Irelande the self same plague that Scipio Affricane possessed for his praise the greef whereof brought sir Anthonie to his graue as the workes I could shewe of his one pennyng can testifie For this honourable knight had an excellent gifte to write in verse or prose and was of so tractable a nature and condition that moste men did honour hym as muche for his vertues as for his office and callyng But my matter depēdeth not onely in one mannes merites or praise wherefore I doe passe to other thynges that commeth to my mynde In Irelande at those daies was the noble Capitaine Randall Capitaine Masterson Capitaine Lippiarde Capitaine Thomas Smith Capitain Coolley and a nomber of other Capitaines that now are out of my remembraunce who for seruice and well doyng are nothing inferiour to many good Capitaines that I haue named before The honourable sir Iames A Crofttes was Lorde Deputie of Irelande and had taken the sworde at Corke of sir Anthonie Sellenger at this season when many greate thinges was to bee dooen And he had no small regarde to his charge and gouernement the seruices theim selues are sufficiente argumente of his no little labour and diligence and maie well enough declare that whiche I omit and for want of laisure doe not speake of Now the warres burste out betweene the French kyng and the Emperour on whose sides sondrie Englishe gentlemen serued for knowledge sake and reputation And on the French side did Capitaine Crayer Capitaine Twittie and their companie florishe and did many exploites as in an other place of my booke I haue reported And on the Emperours side was Capitaine Plonket Capitaine Matson and a greate nomber of verie valliaunt soldiours of our nation who sought nothyng but credite renowme and good report Sir Willyam Drewrie now Lorde Iustice of Irelande was then so gallauntly disposed that he did but daiely search where or how he might bestowe his tyme in seruice and so serued a long season to his greate commendation with the Emperour as heretofore I haue rehearsed And he was so enclined to Marshall affaires that when forraine warres were ended he sought entertainement at Gines and those partes whiche had warre with the Frenche for kyng Phillippes quarrell And he hauyng charge and a lustie bande of horsemen did many thynges that merites good likyng For at that tyme was muche adoe and a bande of horsemen verie well appoincted and full of gentlemen was sente from the lorde Warden an honourable and a worthie gentleman moste full of noblenesse the Lorde Cheinees father now liuyng In this bande and belongyng to that charge was sondrie of the Keises gentlemen of good seruice maister Crippes hauyng the leadyng of all that companie There was sente in like sorte from the Prince Maister Willyam Harbertes brother of sainct Gillians called maister George Harbertte with a bande of footemen and one Capitaine Borne whose Lieutenaunt I was at the siege of Gines These bandes a good season before Callice and Gines were taken ioynyng with other bandes of Callice did make diuerse iourneis into Bollinnoyes and sped verie well Sir William Dreurie at euery seruice deserued no little praise and one Capitaine Winnibancke an auncient soldiour was oftentymes so forward that he was ronne ones through the buttocke with a Launce Many gentlemen in those seruices did well and worthely And sondrie tymes the Lorde Wardeins bande was to be praised And at length a voyage was made by the consente and whole power of Callice and Gines to fetche a prey from Bolleyn gates Mounsire Snarppoule then beeyng gouernour of Bolleyn but we could not handle the matter so priuilie but the Frenche by espiall had gotten woorde thereof Notwithstandyng as Soldiours commonly goes forwarde with their deuise so we marched secretly all the whole night to come to our purposed enterprise and our footemen whereof sir Harry Palmer a man of greate experience had the leadyng He remained with the whole power of footemen nere the Blacke Neastes as a stale to annoye the enemie and succour for suche as were driuen in if any suche occasion came So the horse bandes brake into the Countrey and preased nere Bollayne where was a greate nomber of gallaunt soldiours to receiue them but our horsemen makyng small accounte of the matter beganne to prey the countrey and driue a bootie from the face of the enemies The Frenche horsemen takyng their aduauntage offered a skirmishe to detracte tyme till better oportunitie serued to giue a charge This couragious bickeryng grewe so hotte that the Frenche bandes beganne to showe and our menne must abide a shocke or retire hardely with some foile wherevppon the cheefest of our horsemen charged those of the Frenche that were nerest daunger by whiche attempt the Frenche staied a while but vpon
saile in his coÌ„panie But he proceaded onward and houered vp and doune the coast a certain space till at length commyng before the Castell of Cane Mongomrie hauyng espied the Shippes that Capitaine Biston brought before the Toune of Cane whiche was besieged by the enemies of Count Mongomries beganne to prepare hym self and all his people to goe a Shippe boarde and so came from Cane and passed to Newe Hauen by Capitaine Bistons meanes giuyng hym greate thankes for his commyng to Cane and for seruyng the Counties tourne in that extremitie The Counte had brought with hym from Cane twelue hundred soldiours and other thynges necessarie for his furniture And Capitaine Biston departyng from hym made saile into Englande and receiued sir Adriane Poinynges and maister Cutbart Vaughan with twoo thousande Soldiours and there on sailed backe againe to Newe Hauen and landed them there at their owne willes and pleasure After the siege of Newe Hauen the Count Mongomrie gathered a greate Nauie and wente out of Englande in hope to succour Rotchell that was strongly besieged and enteryng in at the hauens mouthe of Rotchell a Cannon shotte passed through the Shippe the Count was in hym self So vpon that or other causes vnknowne to many in his companie he retourned and lefte Rotchell in greate daunger Whiche toune notwithstandyng againste all hope or expectation of manne kepte it self in suretie and did suche wonderfull thynges duryng the siege thereof as to this daie and to the worldes ende is and wil be spoken of For emong all the sieges that euer wee haue heard of there is not one comparable to the siege of Rotchell Albeeit Haddyngton Harlam and Malta are monumentes and patrons to shew that manhoode maie woorke maruailes and constancie ioyned with courage is not easely conquered As Rotchell and these places before mention of doeth witnesse and shall whiles we are men be daiely remembred In that season whiles the Count Mongomrie was aboute to succoure Rotchell Bell Ilande was assaulted and verie valliaunly wonne with a fewe menne one of sir Willyam Winters brethren beeyng the cheef leader to that seruice In whiche seruice was many a hotte skirmishe and many more matters worthie memorie putte in practise wherein manhoode and diligence of manne was throughlie tried And the Englishe nation did shewe their accustomed courage in in suche maner and sort that the Frenche which thought to keepe Bell Ilande were forced to leaue it and seeke their beste waie to conueigh theim selues from daunger albeeit thei defended the saied Ilande as long as thei might Now hauyng further causes to treate of and meanyng no more to wearie the readers with many wordes or warre either of Sea seruice or Landes bloodie broiles I mynde to expresse and set forthe at large how Soldiours were made of and honoured in tymes paste and what prerogatiue thei had aboue other people And to declare how Princes helde them in admiration and gaue theim liberties titles and dignities farre beyonde the reste of any that liued vnder their lawes and obedience And this by the waie is to be thought that all my former discourse and rehearsall of warres attended to no other purpose and effecte but for the aduauncement of Soldiours and to be as it were a foile to sette forthe the matter I presently mynde to publishe out For now I will in a maner shewe how Gentilitie beganne and where and in what sorte honour was first gotten and maintained whiche argumente as I hope shall not onely contente the wise and wel learned but also please euery degree and make the simple sorte plucke vp their courages and imitate by some honest exercises the liues of noble Soldiours I truste I neede not in this readie and ripe age wherein good writers greate learnyng and studious iudgementes doeth florishe rehearse by particulars euery parcell and poincte that belongeth to a Soldiours profession Nor that you looke I should recite when and where the Romaines Lacedemonians Athenians and other nations did preferre and extoll menne of Marshall myndes and noble courages For their bookes and Commentaries and the innumerable Libraries of greate antiquitie are the verie recordes of my discourse and remaine as mirrours for you to looke in And shall proue a thousande partes more in the comendation of Soldiours then either my penne or tongue by sufficiente cuÌ„nyng hath power to expresse For it can not be that from a little gutte or Channell of water you should looke for so greate a flood as from a multitude of springes froÌ„ whence mightie Riuers takes originall and recourse And so I sende you to the Welspryng of â—â—â—â—â—edge I meane the auncient Fathers woorkes to fetche true intelligence of the thynges I make mention of touchyng the worthie reputation of a good Soldiour and the antiquitie of his credite triumphe and glorie Firste looke in the sacred Scriptures and searche from the death of Abell commyng doune orderly to the birthe of Christe And see whether Souldiours were made of or no. And doubtlesse you shall finde thei were not onely embraced and maintained but like wise thei are of a long continuance and credite As al the Bible before Ihon the Baptistes time declareth And Christe hym self in a sorte did vtter when he saied he had not founde suche faithe in Israell as he sawe in a Senturion Yea and in the Apostles Actes there is a speciall poinct to bee noted Deuoute Soldiours were sente to Symon Tanners house to finde out Peter Well now I commit you to the Scripture and I will followe prophane histories and beginne at the verie Infidelles a scorne for a Christian to bee taught by whiche are no small nomber nor of no little continuaunce people alwaies brought vp in war and Princes of greate fame power and aucthoritie Yea conquerours of the whole worlde and kynges to whom all people did stoupe and doe homage These Paganes or as we maie tearme them loste shepe to whom the greate Shepherd would not bee knowne and yet emong theim tormented and crucified did make suche lawes and orders for Soldiours as the Turke to this daie obserueth and holdeth in greate reuerence Regard but the liberties and aucthoritie of the Ienessaries and that shall manifestlie proue that menne of warre are had in greate admiration But because you shall haue the more beleef to the matter read the life of Alexander the Greate The Commentaries of Iulius Caesar and the noble actes and victories of a nomber of other notable Princes And then assuredlie you shal be perswaded that the renowme of Soldiours hath reached and spread as farre as fame can flie or good reporte could haue passage I praie you can any manne deny but it springeth of a greate courage and zeale to the Common wealthe when a man forsaketh the pleasure of life to followe the painfulnesse of warre and daunger of death and refuseth no toile nor trauaill to purchase credite and attaine vnto knowledge Yea some suche wee reade of as Marcus Cursius and Musius Sceuola that refused no