Compare 1577 edition: 111.1. The tenor of an other letter written by sir Iohn Wingfield, directed to sir Richard Staf|ford knight, who had beene in Gascoigne, and there leauing his familie, was now returned into England.
The tenor of an other letter written by sir Iohn Wingfield, directed to sir Richard Staf|ford knight, who had beene in Gascoigne, and there leauing his familie, was now returned into England.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 _RIght deare sir, and right louing freend, touching newes after your departure, you may vnder|stand, that there be taken and yeelded fiue townes inclosed, to wit, port saint Marie, Cleirac, Tonings, Burgh, saint Pierre, Chastiell Sacret or Satrat and Brassake. Also seauenteene castels, to wit, Coiller, Buset, Lemnake, two castels called Boloines, which ioine the one neere so the other, Mounioy, U [...]resch, Freche|net, Mountender, Pudeschales, Moun|poun, Montanac, Ualeclare, Cenamont, Leistrake, Plassac, Cont Destablison, and Mounriuell. And will it please you to know that my lord Iohn Chandois, my lord Iames Audeley, and your men that are with them, and the other Gascoignes that are in their companie, & my lord Bald|wine Butetort, & that companie, & my lord Reignald Cobham tooke the said towne, which is called Chastiell Sacret or Sa|trat, by assault: and the bastard of Lisle which was capteine of the said towne was also slaine there, as they assaulted it, be|ing striken with an arrow thorough the head: and my lord Reignold is returned backe toward Languedocke: and my lord Baldwin towards Brassacke, with their companies: and the lords Iohn & Iames, and those of their companie remaine in Chastiell Satrat, and haue vittels plentie of all sorts to serue them between this and Midsummer, except fresh fish and cabages as they haue certified vs by letters, where|fore yee need not take care for your men.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 And there be in that towne more than three hundred glaiues, and three hundred yeomen, and a hundred and fiftie archers. And they haue rid before Agen, and burnt and destroied all their milles, and haue burnt and broken downe all their bridges that lie ouer Garon, and haue taken a ca|stell without the same towne, and haue for|tified it. And monsieur Iohn Darminake, and the seneshall of Agenois, which were in the towne of Agen, would not once put foorth their head, nor anie of their people, and yet haue they beene twise before that towne. And monsieur Busgaud was come, and monsieur Ernald de Spaine,Buscicau [...] and Gri|moton de Chambule, with three hundred glaiues, and three sergeants Lombards, and they are in the towne of Muschacke, which is in Cressie, and it is but a mile from Chastiell Satrat or Sacret, and a league from Bressake, and yee may well thinke that there will be good companie one with another.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 And further may it please yee to know, that monsieur Bartholomew is at Coni|ake with six score men of armes of my lords house, & six score archers, & the capitall de Buche or Beuf, the L. Monferrant,The capitall de Beuf. & the L. of Crotonie, which haue with them 300 glaiues, & six score archers, and two hun|dred sergeants, beside them which are in Tailbourgh, Tanney, and Rochford, so that when they are togither, they may be well six hundred glaiues, and at the mak|ing heereof, they were vpon a iournie to|wards Aniou and Poictou, and the earles of Suffolke, Oxford, and Salisburie, the lord of Museden, monsieur Ellis de Pomi|ers, and other Gascoignes, with the which are well more then fiue hundred glaiues, and two hundred sergeants, and three hun|dred archers, and they were at the making EEBO page image 386 hereof toward the parties of Nostredame de Rochemade, and haue beene foorth aboue twelue daies, and were not returned at the sending of these presents. My lord Iohn Chandois, my lord Iames, and my lord Baldwin, and those which be in their companie are also foorth vpon a iournie to|ward their parties; my lord Reinold and those of the houshold, with the Gascoigns which be in their companie, are also foorth vpon a iournie towards their parties.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 The earle of Warwike hath beene at Tonings & Clerake, to take those towns, and at the making hereof was gone to|wards Mermande to destroie their vines, and all other things which he can destroie of theirs. My lord is at Leiborne, and the lord of Pomiers at Fronsak, which is but a quarter of a leage from Leiborne: and my lords people lie as well at saint Milion, as at Leiborne, and monsieur Berard de Bret is there with him, and my lord looketh for newes which he should haue, and accor|ding to the news that he shall haue, he will behaue himselfe: for as it seemeth, he stan|deth much on his honor. At the making hereof, the earle of Arminac was at Auig|nion, and the king of Aragon is there al|so: & of all other parleis which haue beene in diuerse places (wherof you know) I can not certifie you at the making herof. Right deere sir, other thing I can not send vnto you, but that you remember your selfe to send newes to my lord prince as soone as in anie wise you may, and so the Lord grant you good life and long. Written at Lei|borne the 21 of Ianuarie.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 ¶ These letters haue I thought good to make the reader partaker of, as I find them in the chronicle of Robert Auesburie, to the end ye may perceiue how other writers agrée therewith, sith the same letters may serue as a touchstone to trie the truth of the matter. And so now I will returne to speake of the kings dooings in the north part where we left him. On the fourtéenth of Ianuarie K. Edward hauing his armie lodged néere the towne of Berwike, and his nauie readie in the hauen to assaile the Scots that were within the towne, he entered the castell which the Englishmen had in their hands, the lord Walter de Mannie being their capteine, who had gotten certeine miners thither from the forrest of Deane, and other parts of the realme, which were bu|sie to make passage vnder the ground by a mine, through which the Englishmen might enter into the towne. Herevpon, when the Scots perceiued in what danger they stood, and knew that they could not long defend the towne against him, they surrendered it in|to his hands without further resistance.
Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 In the Scotish histories it is recorded, that when those which were within the towne of Berwike, Hector Boe [...]. heard how that an armie of Englishmen came to the succours of the castell, they raced the walles and burnt the houses of the towne, and so departed with all the spoile which they had gotten there. But how soeuer it was, king Edward being againe possessed of the towne, Anno Reg. 30. he set men aworke to repare it, and passing foorth to Roxburge,The resigna|tion of the realme of Scotland made by the Balioll. there met with him the rightfull king of Scots Edward Balioll, who trans|ferred & resigned all the right, title and interest, which he had or might haue to the crowne and realme of Scotland into king Edwards hands: which resigna|tian he confirmed by his letters patents thereof made and giuen vnder his hand and seale, dated the 25 of Ianuarie 1356, requiring king Edward to perseuere in pursute of his title to the vttermost.