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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29962	The history of Scotland written in Latin by George Buchanan ; faithfully rendered into English.; Rerum Scoticarum historia. English	Buchanan, George, 1506-1582.	1690 (1690)	Wing B5283; ESTC R466	930,865	774

Interim the English marched thorow to their intended Post without any hindrance They brought with them 300 fresh Men Powder and Bullet and such other Provision as the Garison stood in most need of Whilst these things were acted at Hadington which did not at all make to the Main of the War News was brought that the English had levied a compleat Army to raise the Siege Whereupon Dessius knowing that he was not able to encounter the Forces which were a coming removed his Leaguer farther off from the Town and sent back his Great Guns all but six small field-Field-Pieces to Edinburgh Upon the Coming of the English Army the Siege was raised because the Scots Commanders would not hazard the State of the Kingdom upon a single Battel so that the Scots marched every one the next way home the French also though much press'd upon by the English yet got well off The French Souldiers in their Return slew the Governour of Edinburgh and his Son together with some of the Citizens who joined with them because they refused to admit them into the Town with all their Forces in regard they knew they could scarce keep them from plundring Dessius in the Interim lest the Sedition should increase drew off and withal supposing that the Enemy would be more secure at Hadington because of their good Success resolved to make an Attempt to surprize it on a sudden Thither he marched all that Night and by break of Day slew the Sentinels and came up to the Walls they took the Fort before the Gate kill'd the Watch some endeavoured to break open the Gate they also seized upon the Granaries of the English In this hurry the Noise of those who were breaking open the Gates and the Huzza's of the French crying out Victory Victory rous'd up the English from their Sleep which they had newly fallen into In this great hurly-burly a Souldier set fire to a Brass Gun placed casually against the Gate that he might in a present Danger make Trial of a doubtful Remedy The Bullet broke through the Gate and made a Lane in the thick Ranks of the French so that what between the Exclamations of the Souldiers crying out Victory and the Noise of the Gates which were broken such a confused Clamor was carried to the Rear that they were surprized with Fear not knowing the Cause and so fled which occasioned the rest to follow after The French being thus repuls'd with Loss march'd into Teviotdale which the English had done great Damage to there under the Conduct of Dessius they drove the Enemy from Iedburgh and made many Inrodes into English Ground not without considerable Advantage At length when they had wasted all the Country besides their daily Duty they were also in great Want and the Commonalty pitied them the less because of their Prank at Edinburgh for they looked upon that seditious Attempt as a Step to Tyranny And from that time forward the French did nothing worth speaking of The King of France was made acquainted by Letter from the Regent and Queen Dowager how Dessius spent much time on light Expeditions and unprofitable ones and that he was more injurious to his Friends than Enemies and that the French Souldiers were grown so insolent since the Tumult at Edinburgh that by reason of the intestine Discord all was like to be ruined Whereupon Dessius was called back and Monsieur Paul Terms a good Souldier and prudent Commander was sent with new Supplies for Scotland Dessius thought it would be for his Honour to recover the Island Keith which was taken a few Days before and was begun to be fortified so that he got together a Fleet at Leith and went aboard with a select Company of Scots and French The Queen was a Spectator of the Action and egging them on sometimes particularly sometimes all in general after he had landed in the Island he drove the English into the highest Angle thereof kill'd almost all their Commanders and compell'd them to a Surrender but not without Blood This was his last noble piece of Service in Britain and then he surrendred up his Army to Termes Termes drew forth the Army out of their Winter-Quarters and commanded them to march towards the Northern Shires he himself Dessius being dismiss'd followed soon after and laid Siege to the Fort of Brockty and in a short time took it and also the Castle adjoining from the English putting almost all of both Garisons to the Sword When he was returned into Lothian his great Care was to hinder Provisions from being carried to Hadington when lo upon a sudden a great Army of English and Germans shewed themselves ready for the Encounter whereupon he drew his Men backward till he came to a Place of greater Safety In the Interim the Scots Cavalry which skirted upon the Enemy on every side perceiving the German Baggage to be unguarded plunder'd them in a moment In the mean time Provisions were carried into Hadington without any opposition During these Matters Iulian Romerus with a Troop of Spaniards was taken securely in his Quarters as if all had been at Peace and almost all his whole Party was destroyed Termes when the English Forces were march'd home resolv'd to return to the taking in of Hadington They were stout Men that defended the Town but in regard the Country was wasted all thereabouts and Provisions could not be brought from far but with great Hazard and sometimes certain Loss and besides the English were troubled with great Seditions at home and were further press'd upon by a War with France hereupon the Garison of Hadington having no hope of Relief burnt the Town and on the 1 st of October 1549 march'd away for England And moreover the Garison at Lauder was almost ready to surrender as being in great Distress for want of Necessaries when lo News was brought on a sudden of an Agreement made between the English and the French which was published in Scotland April the first 1550. And the May following all the French Souldiers were transported back into France That Peace as to a Foreign War lasted about three Years but it was as troublesom and pernicious as the hottest War For they who sat at helm the Regent and his Brother the Archbishop of St. Andrews were both extreamly cruel and avaritious and the Archbishop very licentious in his Conversation also for as if the Reins lay wholly loose on his Neck his own Will was his Law The first Presage of the ensuing Tyranny was the suffering the Murder of William Creighton an eminent Person to go unrevenged he was slain by Robert Semple in the Regent's own Palace and almost in his sight and yet the Murderer was exempted from Punishment by the Intercession of the Archbishop's Concubine who was Daughter to Semple This Archbishop as long as the King liv'd was one of his Confidents and pretended a great Zeal for the Reformed Religion but when the King