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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86615	Bella Scot-Anglica. A brief of all the battells, and martiall encounters which have happened 'twixt England and Scotland, from all times to the present. VVherunto is annexed a corollary, declaring the causes whereby the Scot is come of late years to be so heightned in his spirits; with some prophecies which are much cryed up, as reflecting upon the fate of both nations.	Howell, James, 1594?-1666.	1648 (1648)	Wing H3056; Thomason E435_25; ESTC R15335	15,099	23

Bella Scot-Anglica A BRIEF OF ALL THE Battells and Martiall Encounters which have happened 'twixt ENGLAND and SCOTLAND from all times to this present VVherunto is annexed a Corollary Declaring the causes whereby the Scot is come of late years to be so hightned in his spirits With some Prophecies which are much cryed up as reflecting upon the fate of both Nations Printed in the Yeare 1648. Bella Scot-Anglica A Briefe of all the Battels and Martiall Encounters which have happen'd 'twixt England and Scotland from all times to this present c. The Proeme THe Design of this short Discourse is to relate the Quarrels and sundry traverses of Warre which have passed from time to time between England and Scotland Extracted out of the most approved and impartiall Historians as well Scottish as English French and others Out of which premisses are deduced these Conclusions First That Scotland hath been alwayes apt and forward to apprehend any occasion to invade and visit her Neighbour England Secondly That when she was at the highest pitch of strength and had the greatest advantages against her when she had active and martiall Kings for her Generalls and the French for her firm Confederates with other Coadjutors and Auxiliaries she could never be a match no not by many degrees for England whether you respect the int●insick power of the Country or the innated prowesse of the people All which will clearly appeare by the circumstances and successe of divers Battells and interchangeable Exploits which being indifferently ballanc'd it will be found that if Scotland did sometimes beat England with the scabbard England may bee truly sayd to have beaten her more often with the blade I Will not look back and rake the ashes of antiquity so far as to speak of the sociall warre they entred into with the ancient Brittaines and Picts against the English when they began to take first firme footing in England Nor of that so famous battell 'twixt Athelstan and them at which time they had a great Army of Danes joyned with them when being above twice more in number then the English King Athelstan carried away a compleat victory by a kind of back-blow Parthian like For the two Armies being ready to joyne the English made semblance to fly away leaving all their baggage behinde and much matter for booty which as the Scots and Danes were sharing the English suddenly wheeled about by the advantage of a woody hill and finding them in disarray and the Souldiers laden with pillage they rushed upon them with that resolution that above fourty thousand of them fell and as Buchanan their Prime Chronologer recordeth the flower of their Nobility perished that day But I intend not to involve my discourse in these mistie times but will take my rise from the Norman Conquest for indeed the Historie of great Brittaine being over clouded with so many incertainties casteth but a dim light before those times whereas since she shines with such a lustre that what stands upon Record may be asserted for cleere and undeniable truth At that time I mean the time of the Conquest Scotland did England a very good office by preserving the English blood-royall which not long after returned to the Crowne in Henry the second but it was casually For Prince Edgar and his Mother with his two Sisters intending to goe for Denmarke some say for Hungarie and being by distresse of weather driven upon the Scottish coasts they were hospitably received by Malcoline then King of Scotland At which time civility with the English tongue took first footing in the Scottish Court as the French did amongst the English WILL the second THe first dart of War that was thrown 'twixt England and Scotland after the Conquest was in Will Rufus his raign when the Scots having made divers incursions into the English Pa●e Moubray Earle of Northumberland was sent against them who Encountring their King Malcoline with his eldest son in the field they were both slain and the whole Army overthrown Afterwards the Scots choosing the dead Kings brother King William went in person and depos'd him causing Edward the second son of the slain King to be crowned and making him to sweare fealty and homage to England But the Scots obtain'd the favour of King William that neither English or Norman should beare any office of State in Scotland King STEPHEN KIng Stephen having oblig'd the Scots by many high favours by giving Cumberland to David their King and making his eldest son Earle of Huntington Yet so ingratefull did they prove that they provok'd him to send Thurston then Archb. of Yorke with such an Army that meeting with the King himselfe in the head of his Forces he utterly discomfited him with the death of 10000. of his men HENRY the second HEnry the second though the pulse of those times did beat high and that he was distracted with a world of con●●●ions yet employing the York-shire Knights Humphrey Vile Scutvill and Vescy they with their victorious Armes tooke the Scots King in the field and tendred him prisoner at Northampton whence King Henry carried him along to attend him in his warres in France RICHARD the first RIchard coeur de Lion caused William King of Scotland to carry the Sword before him at his second Coronation at his return from the holy Land At which time King Rich. passed a Royall Charter that whensoever the King of Scotland was summond to the English Court the Bishop of Durham and Sheriffe of Northumberland should receive him at Tweede and accompany him to Teis from Teis the Archbishop of Yorke should attend him to the borders of that County and so the Bish. and Sheriffs of other Counties untill he came to the English Court King JOHN KIng Iohn one of the weakest Princes and the most forlorne that ever England had considering how the Pope and all the world did bandy against him and what fearefull exigents he was reduced unto yet finding Alexander the second then King of Scotland to give sanctuary to his fugitive clergy and foment others against him made an expedition thither himselfe but the two armies being ready to buckle the Scot seing fire and sword to gape upon him submitted himselfe and subscribed to such termes as the Conqueror propounded EDVVARD the First NOw come I to the scourge or as his Tombe in Westminster tells me the hammer of the Scotts-men Edwardus primus Scotorum malleus hic est He causeth Balioll to come to Newcastle to sweare Fealty and homage to him who after flying to the French King Edward was so netled for this his defection that though he had a farre greater arrand in France yet he chose rather to employ Edmund Earle of Lancaster thither and to march himselfe to Scotland in the front of a puissant army where the Scots in farre greater numbers shewed their teeth only but durst not bite King Edward summons Balioll to Berwicke when he resubmitted himself with all the Nobles in open Parliament which

and 60. sayle with furniture to arme 10000. men more King Richard musters up an Army worthy of a King and rusheth into Scotland like a whirle-wind as farre as Dondee and neither Scot or French appeared to make oppos●tion The Scots as the French annales say not symbolizing with the humour of the French grew weary of them and casheered them but they kept Jean de Viene the great Admirall prisoner in a manner untill the French king had payed his ransome which he did otherwise his Admirall might have laine at dead anchor there all his life-time But being returned to France lest he should seem to shew no fruits at all of his voyage he informs the King that hee had pried into the uttermost intrinsique strength both of Scotland and England and found that Scotland was able to put in the field about 30000 men and 5000. horse and England 60000. foot and 8000. horse This relation induced Charles the frantique to attempt the invasion of England the yeare following with a formidable Army and Fleet which was to make sayle from the Sluce and for Land-forces far exceeded the invincible Armada of the yeare 88. But the Admirals account was found false and to have reckoned much without his host for as the French Historians report King Richard had levied neere upon 100000. Foot and 20000. Horse HENRY the fourth IN Hen. the fourth's time the tumultuous Scot stirs againe and pillers about the Marches at last he composeth the body of an Army whom Hen. Hotspurre encountred and kil'd more enemies then he had men in his own Army Sir Robert Umphreyvile being Vice-Admirall takes 14. great ships laden with corn together with the great Galeon of Scotland hard by Lith which so abated the price of corn that hee was commonly called Sir Rob. Mend market A little after the young Prince of Wales hurld himselfe seven daies march into Scotland and did what he would HENRY the fift HEnry the fift that man of men and mirrour of chivalrie and the strangest Convert that ever was being come to the Crown he falls like a Politician to worke in erecting Forts on the frontiers of Scotland which he did without controule After he took the young King James the first prisoner in a very hot incounter and carried him up and down with him in the French warres HENRY the sixt HEnry the sixt for some gallant parts in the aforesaid young King James the first of Scotland married him to the Lady lane Daughter to the Earle of Somerset his Neece But he proved afterwards hatefully ingratefull and perfidious to King Henry banding all his main forces against him but he was shamefully repell'd and beaten by Sir Ralph Gray and the Knights of the North EDVVARD the fourth ANd no lesse ingratefull and treacherous was Iames the third in Edward the fourths time who desiring in mariage Cicilia the Kings daughter it was condescended unto so farre that he had part of her portion advanc'd him yet he fell to acts of hostility and frames an Army which the Duke of Glocester with 15000 men ill favourdly beat though they were twice more in number and got Berwicke againe HENRY the seventh NOw come I to that great Magus of his dayes Henry the seventh who was said to be hanted with walking spirits Simuell Warbecke and Perkins whom hee chased away by sprinkling of bloud The Scots entertained Warbecke though they knew him to be an Impostor and raised an Army for him The Earle of Surry and Bishop Foxe were sent against it who drive the King and Warbecke with the whole Army before them six dayes march into the Country at last the Scots King sent a defiance for a battell which being to be fought the next day the Scot steales away the night before in a silent march Hereupon a Peace was concluded provided that Warbecke should bee banished Scotland whom notwithstonding they furnished with ships to goe to try his fortune with the Cornish Rebels HENRY the eight ANd now come I to the glory of his dayes especially two thirds of them Henry the 8. for never did Prince rise with a greater lustre in Englands hemispheare and set in a darker clowd And being extreamly busied in the warres of France who should disturb him but his own brothervin-law Iames the fourth excited by the French who contributed great summes of money towards the support of the warre The King sends presently from France to the Earle of Surry to make head against them At first the Earle sent Sir VVilliam Bullmer with 200. Archers upon the borders to observe their motion The Lord Humes entreth with 8000. men and as he thought to returne with his booty Sir VVilliam Bulmer having reinforced his 200 to 1000. fell upon the 8000. Scots with that fury that he kil'd 500. took so many prisoners and intercepted the whole booty This made the young Kings blood boyle within him for revenge and composing a royall Army of the utmost strength of Scotland went in the head thereof himselfe The Earle of Surry was not idle but raised an Army of 26000 men and his son then Admirall came to him from Newcastle with 1000. old Sea souldiers The two Amies met in Flodden where after many hot incounters victory fluttered a long while with doubtfull wings at last the King himselfe with the Archb. of St. Andrews his brother were slain with 12. Earles and 14. Barrons and 12000 Gentlemen and others and there fell of the English but 1500. only nor could the Scots rescue the body of their King but to mend the matter a little gave out it was not the Kings body but one Elfinston attired like to him to encourage the Army But afterwards though they acknowledged it was his body yet would not Henry the 8 permit him to have the due rites of Princely buriall because he had so perjuriously violated his faith with him Some few years after the Duke of Albany rays'd an Army but he was prevented to do any hurt by the Lord Roos and Dacres who made Bonefires of above 80. Villages without seeing the face of an enemy No sooner were they returned but newes came that the Duke of Albany had by this time in perfect equipage an Army of 30000. men Hereupon the Lord Treasurer and Admirall were sent to finde him out but both Armies being come to sight of each other the Scots not enduring well the countenance of the English Forces ran away and shamefully disbanded so that if the Lord Generall had had then commission ample enough they might have given a fatall blow to Scotland as they themselves confessed but by the intercession of the Queen Dowager Hen. the eights sister they obtained truce After this King Hen. condiscended to meet Iames the fift at York but he fayled sending certain Commissioners and so cunning was the Scot that their Commission and private instructions looked two wayes and as they were treating tydings came that the Scots had rushed into and rifled the Marches most barbarously Hereupon