Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 A ParliamentThis yere was a Parliament holdẽ in which the Lardes of Brimſton, Ormiſton, & Grange, with M. Henry Balnaues & others,Gentlemen reſtored. which were forfalted in the gouernours time, were reſtored. The ſame time the Queene by counſel of Mõſieur Doyſell, & Rubie, and certaine of the nobi|litie of Scotland, requeſted, that a newe order might be made,A yearly taxe to be leuied is proponed. whereby euery mans ſubſtance ſhould be put in an inuentorie, and according to the rate thereof to pay an yearely taxation to be put and kept in the treaſure houſe til warres be|gan, and that then men of warre might be wa|ged therewith to lie vpon the borders, & none in that caſe to be charged to come from their owne houſes,This taxatiõ was not graũ| [...]th. but when any great army came foorth of England to inuade Scotlande. Diuers of the great Lords were agreed to this ordinance, but the moſt part of the Barons hearyng there|of, aſſembled togither in Edenburgh, to the nũ|ber of two hundred and aboue, & ſent the Lardes of Calder in Louthian, and of Wemis in Fife, to the Queene and Lordes, beſeching them not to ſet ſuche newe taxations vpon them, for they could not beare ſuch burdens, but would defend the realme as before time their elders had done, not meanyng to put their goodes in inuentorie, as if they ſhould already make their laſte will & teſtaments: & ſo by this meanes that deuiſe was daſhed to the griefe of the inuentors.

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1557.

The Queene [...]ent deſi| [...] warres.

Compare 1587 edition: 1 2 3 The Erle of Weſtmerlãd being then Lieute|nant of the North partes,The earle of Weſtmerlãde gathereth an army to reſiſt the Scots. gathered ſuch power togither as he mighte make, & came to Lowike accompanied with the Lord Talbot, ſir Iames Croſtes, & others, to ſuccour where moſte neede ſhould appeare. The Scottiſhe army percey|uing the Engliſhmen thus in a readineſſe to re|ſiſte theyr attempts, tooke aduiſe togither, and concluded that it was not for the weale of the realme, at that tyme to hazarde battell foorth of the boundes of theyr own land, theyr Princeſſe beyng abſent and as yet in hir minoritie, conſi|dering alſo that the warre was not taken in hãd for their owne quarell, but for the pleaſure of Fraunce. Theſe and other the lyke reaſons beyng alledged by the Earles of Arrane, Hunt|ley, Argile, Caſſilles, and other, to the Queene and French Capitaynes, they were nothing ſa|tiſfied therewith, but the Scottiſhe Lordes woulde attempte no further,The Scottes breake vp their army. but retyred backe and ſkaled their army. In remouing from Warke, they were purſued by certayne bandes of the bordurers and others, which were repul|ſed and ſtoode in daunger to haue bene diſtreſſed if Capitayne Read had not with noble courage iſſued foorth, and in tyme relieued them that EEBO page image 484 were reticing, whereby they ſtayed and gaue a new charge, in ſuche ſorte as the Scottes were beaten backe agayne and chaſed ouer the water to theyr mayn [...] armie that was already paſſed ouer. The Queene and Monſieur Doyſell per|ceyuing that they coulde not get the Scottiſhe Lordes to make any further exployte at that preſent, ſhe retired home, but Doyſell with his Frenchmen were appoynted to remayne ſtill in Haymonth to contergarriſon the Engliſhmen within Berwike. There were diuers foote bãds of Scottes waged by the French King, whiche were appoynted to lie in places aboute the bor|dures, as at Kelſo, Rockeſburgh, and ſuche like for defence of the countrey, and the annoyance of the Engliſhmen as occaſions might ſerue.