[1] [2] The Engliſhmenne ſore agreeued, that the Frenchmen liyng thus in Iedworth, ſhoulde in ſuch wiſe addreſſe one enterprice after an other againſt them, ſo greatly to theyr annoyance, aſ|ſembled a power togither at Roxburgh, purpo|ſing to haue aſſayled the Frenchmen in theyr campe at Iedworth:Monſieur de Deſse fleeth out of Ied|worth, for feare of the Engliſhmen. but Monſieur de Deſſe hauyng warning thereof, departed from thence firſt to Melroſe, and after further off within the countrey, fearing to be conſtreyned to giue bat|tayle, [page 494] whiche he coulde not haue done without manifeſt loſſe of his feeble army, hauyng not paſt xv. hundreth footemen, and fiue hundred horſemẽ able to haue done ſeruice: for ſuch was the miſerie whiche they had in maner continu|ally ſuſtayned through want of vitayles, and o|ther neceſſary helps duryng the time of their en|camping at Iedworth, that what through ſick|nes and hurtes receyued in aſſaultes and ſkir|miſhes,The miſerable ſtate of the Frenchmen in Scotland. no ſmall number of them were dead, and many other ſo feeble, that they were not able to ayde themſelues, in ſomuch that now being got out of daunger, they thought themſelues hap|pily eſcaped.