The Holinshed Project

Holinshed Project Home

The Texts
1587

Previous | Next

Compare 1577 edition: 1 2 3 On the six and twentith daie, the armie came be|fore Uenlow, and sent an herald called Arthois, to summon the towne; but they within would not heare but shot guns at him. On the eight and twentith daie, the armie remooued vnto the north side of Uen|low, and part went ouer the water,Uenlow be|sieged by the English. and made tren|ches to the water, & so besieged the towne as streict|lie as their number would giue them leaue; but yet for all that they could doo without, they within kept one gate euer open. At length, the English capteins perceiuing that they laie there in vaine, considering the strength of the towne, and also how the armie was not of number sufficient to enuiron the same on each side, wrote to the king, who willed them with all speed to returne, and so they did. Sir Edward Poi|nings went to the court of Burgognie, where he was receiued right honorablie of the yoong prince of Castile and of his aunt the ladie Margaret.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 Iohn Norton, Iohn Fog, Iohn Scot, and Tho|mas Linde, were made knights by the prince. And the ladie Margaret perceiuing the soldiers coates to be worne and foule with lieng on the ground (for e|uerie man laie not in a tent) gaue to euerie yeoman a coate of woollen cloth of yeallow, red, white,The duchesse of Sauoie be|stoweth new coats on the English sol|diors. and greene colours, not to hir little laud & praise among the Englishmen. After that sir Edward Poinings had béene highlie feasted and more praised of all men for his valiantnesse and good order of his people, he returned with his crue into England, and had lost by war and sicknesse not fullie an hundred persons. When the Englishmen were departed, the Gelders issued out of the gates of Uenlow, dailie skirmished EEBO page image 811 with the Burgognions, and asked for their archers, and héerewith winter began sharplie to approach, and the riuer of Maze by aboundance of raine rose so high, that it drowned vp the trenches: so that all things considered, the capteins without determined to raise their siege, and so they did, and after they had wasted all the countrie about Uenlow, they retur|ned euerie man to his home.

Compare 1577 edition: 1 In Iune the king being at Leicester, heard ti|dings, that one Andrew Barton a Scotishman and pirat of the sea, saieng that the king of Scots had warre with the Portingals, robbed euerie nation, and stopped the kings streames,Andrew Barton a [...]tish pirat. that no merchant al|most could passe. And when he tooke Englishmens goods, he bare them in hand that they were Portin|gals goods, and thus he ha [...]ted and robbed at euerie hauens mouth. The king displeased herewith, sent sir Edward Howard lord admerall of England, and lord Thomas Howard, sonne and heire to the earle of Surrie in all hast to the sea, which hastilie made readie two ships, and taking sea, by chance of wea|ther were seuered.A cruell fight [...] the sea, be| [...]eene the said pirat and [...] l [...]rds Ho|wards. The lord Howard lieng in the downes, perceiued where Andrew was making to|ward Scotland, and so fast the said lord chased him, that he ouertooke him; and there was a sore battell betwixt them. Andrew euer blew his whistle to in|courage his men, but at length the lord Howard and the Englishmen did so valiantlie, that by cleane strength they entered the maine decke. The Scots fought sore on the hatches:Andrew Bartõ slaine. but in conclusion An|drew was taken, and so sore wounded, that he died there. Then all the remnant of the Scots were ta|ken with their ship called the Lion.

Previous | Next