[1] At one tyme the ſame army vnder the con|duct of the ſayde Erle, paſſing forth with a con|uoy of vitayles vnto Hadington, came ſo ſud|denly vpon the Frenchmen where they lay in campe, that whether through defaulte of theyr ſkowtes or other negligence vſed by them, or through the great diligence and prouident fore|wardneſſe ſhewed by the Engliſhmẽ,The French|men in danger to haue bene diſtreſsed. the Frẽch men were in ſuche hazarde to haue bene vtterly diſtreſſed, that if the Engliſhmen had not doub|ted more than by many was thought needefull, they might haue ouerthrowen, taken and ſlaine the Frenchmen, as was ſuppoſed at theyr plea|ſure. But the Engliſhmen at theyr firſt com|ming in ſight of them (as it ſtoode with the rea|ſon of warre, ſith by aduenturyng raſhly often|times in ſuch caſes to late repentance eaſily en|ſueth) ſtayed, the better to cõceyue of that which they had to do: whereby the Frenchmenne had leaſure to marche their wayes a mayne pace, till they were got out of daunger: for after they ones beheld the troupes of the Engliſh horſemẽ almoſt at their elbowes, and herewith the bat|tayle of the Almaignes ſuddenly appearyng on the hill toppe ready to come downe vpon them;The French|men retire. it was no neede to bidde them packe away.