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A05277	A breefe discourse, concerning the force and effect of all manuall weapons of fire and the disability of the long bowe or archery, in respect of others of greater force now in vse. With sundrye probable reasons for the verrifying therof: the which I haue doone of dutye towards my soueraigne and country, and for the better satisfaction of all such as are doubtfull of the same. Written by Humfrey Barwick ...	Barwick, Humfrey.	1592 (1592)	STC 1542; ESTC S101056	50,878	86

lye dead in diuers skirmishes and incounters betwéene the Englishe in those Fortes and the French in Garrison in the Fort called Mon pleasure and mon gardenet right ouer against our Fortes and holds there And where as I serued in Guynes as afore is said in a band that were all Harquebuzieres sauing fourtéen persons there was also another Band of Souldiers vnder one Captain Basset who had no Harquebuzeres in his Band hee was an Essex man toward the Earle of Oxford and the two bands serued oftentimes together in diuers skirmishes and ouerthrowes betwixt y ● Garrison of Guines and Arde and amongst many other both before y e towne of Arde and at other times néere vnto the Castle of Guines where triall was to haue béene made twice or thrice in a wéeke of all manner of warlike weapons and the sufficiencie therof to haue beene iustly proued and amongst many other of greater force in numbers I will heare set downe the manner of one incounter doon by the Garrison of Guynes The 7. Discourse IT fell out that Sir Iohn Wallop Knight of th'order of the Garter who had gotten intelligence by his espialles that the Frenchmen would come into the English grounds vpon a night wherevpon as soone as the gates was shut he sent foorth his Gentleman Porter to commaund the Captaines to put in readines their Bands all sauing one that should continue within the towne for watching and warding vntill their returne back which was doone accordingly and according to the time appointed they did march foorth of the Towne 400. footemen and 25. horsemen and being not halfe a myle from the Towne there fell such a huge raine and tempest that the Captaines consented together to returne home to the Towne againe and so did Sir Iohn Wallop was a lame man and could neither ride nor go but in a litter as he was carried and yet in his directions most perfect The Frenchmen being abroad and had laine in couert all the same morning about ten of the clock in the foorenoone the Cattle of the English inhabitants being all abroad and suspecting no enemies the French horsemen brake vpon the villages from Mewnam Bridge close by the marrishe side and droue away great numbers of Cattle and Sheepe not comming neere vnto Guines by two miles and when they had gotten that they could they returned towardes Hambletewe and so after that they were foorth of the sight of the day watche of Hams and Guynes the Garrison of Hambletewe and them of Arde there parted their bootie and so returned towards their Garrisons In the meane time Sir Iohn Wallop had vnderstanding that the Captains wēt not forth according to his direction wherfore he sent to commaund them to come before him to answer their cause but before the Captains did come the Larum was throughout the Countrye and the day watch strooke the Larum and off went a Cannon to giue the rest of the Countrie warning and foorth with the Captains and Souldiers issued foorth and with their weapons only without any armour at all the Bell continued striking the Larum so hotlye that euery man thought the enemy had béen at the Towne gates insomuch that the gouernour him selfe came foorth and there meeting with some of the Captains so be called them for not perfourming his directions that he sware by Gods mother which was his common oath that they were all cowardly knaues and durste not look a Frenchman in the face wherwith the Captains were sore greeued but in this meane space there came a Horseman from Sindercase Church who had séene all the demeanor of the French and declared that one part were going towards Hambletewe and th'other towards Arde the Captains and the Souldiers hearing this neuer staide but made towards a place called Buckhole or Buckhold they ran by 20. and 10. and more and lesse vntill they came néere to the open where the French were newlye come through the the woods with the Cattle and bootie and tooke their grounds of aduauntage and put their footmen in their best order and their horsemen vpon their left hand and by that time the French were wel set in their orders the English were about 280. footemen that were come together and 9. horsemen but before that the English could come into the ground where those French had imbatled themselues there was a hedge wherin was a gappe that 3. in a rank could not passe through the same whereof we stoode in doubt that the horsemen would haue charged vs before we had past the said straight but they suffered vs quietly to come through the same there needed no Sargeant for euery man as fast as hee could pace fell into his ranke which was seauen and then we had to ascend towards the enemy who stood vpon a Linch of a banck 2. yards high y e horsmen stood at y e end of the same Linch vpon whom we straight directed our shot the French shot off their peeces in effect vpon our flanke and ouershot vs in manner but we let flye amongst their horsemen so full in their faces that they to goe it was no néede to bid them spur and so many as were not slain went cléer away the footemen stayed vntill we came to ioyne Pyke to Pyke and at the last they began to shrink and thought to haue saued themselues being so néer the wood but we pursued them so fast that few did scape by flight and so they thrue away their Pikes and fled towardes the wood but we kild 117. of the footmen and fiue horses and took Mounsier de Outings Liefetenant to the Gouernor of Arde and one other Horseman and 69. Prisoners with the armour and weapon of the rest that were slaine the bootie went cleere away for before we had done and put our selues in good order againe to march home the bootie was neere Arde gates and Sir Iohn aduertised by some that were in the day watche that the French and our men were togeather for the smoke of the shot might well bee seene he wished that we had béene at home for all his land said hée But when newes was brought him by one Muse one of the nine horsemen that he shoulde cause his cooke to prouide his supper for Monsieur de Outings would sup with him a great sorte more of his partakers then the gouernor was right glad and was sorie that he had so be called the Captaines This was done aboute Nouember in the 3. yéere of Edward the sixt by my Captain Hugh Smith and Captaine Thomas Sibell Captaine Matson and Captaine Basset with 268. footemen and 9. horsemen The french were 87. horsemen led by Captaine Pelowes and 340 footemen led by the L. of Outings in this incounter we lost but fiue men yet diuers hurt but recouered all well againe amongest these there was 35. Bow-men whereof there was one slaine but not one slaine by the archers nor to my knowledge I neuer sawe any slaine out right with an

allow some Gentleman who shall haue the best opinion in archerie as in the Long bow for the better satisfying of all parties to call by commission foorth of any one hundred or weapon take in all England so many Archers as shall suffise to make a hearse according as Sir Iohn Smith hath said that archers should be let them be twenty rankes or more and euery rank to containe in flanke seauen or eight as by him is set downe to be the best ordering of them and let them be placed in the plaine fielde to the best aduauntage so that there be no impediment to let horsemen to come close to them but thēselues their Bowes and sheafes of arrowes and so being set in their best order I will be one if it may be permitted that shall take in hand to charge them and to run through them hauing no let but their Bowes and arrowes and we will be but for euerye ranke one horseman for 20. rankes of 7. in a ranke twentye horsemen and we shall arme our selues and our Horses with no armours of Proofe further then the Pistoll proofe And wheras it is further set downe in the same Booke that Harquebuziers may not giue their vollyes of shot but within 8. 10. or 12. yardes and not 8. 10. or 12. skores that archers will hurt wound gall and sometimes kill at 9. 10. and 11. skore as well as the fiery weapons can doo To this I say that for triall thereof I will stand at six score yardes distant from the best of these Archers aforesaid and let him shoot 10. arrows one after another at me and if I doo stir from the place let me be punished and I wil be armed as before is said of the Pistoll proofe and if I be therwith wounded I am contēted to take my mends in my own hands and againe let me be set in the same place where this lustie Archer stood to shoot his ten arrowes and let there be a whole complete armour set right vp where I did stand and let me haue but two shootes with a Musket or Harquebuze and let it then appéere what the one and the other is in force or cunning this in my opinion were no harm and it were not amisse that triall were made for it is supposed by many that haue read Sir Iohn Smiths booke that there néedeth no Pikes to garde the Archers for saith he they are Pykes good enough of themselues And again it seemeth that Sir Iohn Smith dooth commend the Long bowes and the Crosbowes to serue on horseback to be better wepons then either the Petronelliers or the Pistolliers as in the same booke is set downe where also he affirmeth that the same weapons doo far excéed and excell all weapons of fire on horsebacke It dooth appéere in the same place the manner how that he would haue them armed for the fielde the which arming and weaponing in my slender opinion are very meane For y ● Crosbowes he alloweth to be of ● pounds and a halfe and the Longbowes all men know them And for armours he wisheth the Crosbower to haue a murrian of the Spanish fashion collers light and short wasted cuirasses and backs with sleeues of maile or cheined sléeues or with Brigandines and broade Swoords c. And the Archers on horseback saith he would be armed with a deepe steele Scull with a narrow brimbde hat well stuffed for the easines of his head and either Iacks of maile according to antient manner when they were called Loricati Sagittarii or else light and easie Brigandines or at the least I let holed dublets very easie and so foorth The 11. Discourse NOw as concerning these Souldiers thus armed and weaponed as afore is saide I thinke with men of experience and iudgemēt both are but meane As for both the weapons euery man that hath seen a Deere killed or shot dooth understand the full force of them And for the long bow it standeth in the like estimation that other Archers on foote dooth as for the armours the best is the Brigandine the which is but equall with a coate of plate of the best making which M. Euers or Ewry was armed with when as the Lord of Grange called Kirkaudie a Scot and the saide M. Ewry did runne the one at the other in a challenge by them made with sharpe Speares but how fell out the same euen like to haue beene the death of that good and valiant Gentleman M. Ewrye for Kirkaudy ranne him cleane through the armour as in at the brest and forth at the back through both thē to what purpose is that arming in that māner For shot all men doth know that the like armours will not defend y ● force therof no not the Pistoll being the least of all the rest For example was not the Duke of Anieu the ●icount of Tourain the Lord of Chandeuoir slaine with Pistoll shot vpon S. Laurence day néer vnto Saint quintins in Varmendoe with manye thousands of mener persons and likewise the Constable of Fraunce Memorancie was slaine with a Pistoll before Paris who were better armed then any Brigandine can be of as by the Duke Anieu his armour yet readye to be shewed in England it may be witnessed Why then should such meane armors be allowed with men of vnderstanding and knowledge it were most fit that our enemies were so armed for if it would defend against any thing it wold serue best against archers whose force is like vnto that maner of arming And now wil I by Gods helpe shew my simple opinion touching the arming of light horsemen as Hargolets Petronels and Pistolliers the Hargolets or as they terme them Hargoletters which when I serued in Fraunce against Charles the 5. were called Hargolets or being but one Hargolet These were taken into pay in the time of the wars for to be guides for they were al those countrimen wheras they were in Garrison notwithstanding that the other bands had remooued yet these Hargolets remained for that they knew the passages streights through all néere adioining to them and yet good lustie soldiers and would serue well And in my opinion these soldiers last spoken of may be armed all after one sort as a good strong burganet a coller with a paire of good Cuirasses of the Pistoll proofe and a paire of well arming Poldrands one Gantlet for the Bridle hand and no Uambraces the horse with a good strong saddle with strong furniture with two rains to his Bridle wherof one should be with a prety strong chain of wier and the head part also of the Bridle for being not cut in sunder with the blowe of a sword Then a good sword and a dagger for weapons either a Harquebuze with a snaphance or a Speare and one Pistoll or else thrée Pistols two in cases and one at his girdle or at the hinder part of his saddle I do account the