[1] Thus farre for thoſe two yeares warre in the dayes of Marie Queene of Englande, be|twixt the Engliſhmen and Scots, whereof ſith I finde none that hath written any thing at all, I haue yet ſette downe theſe odde notes, as I haue learned the ſame of ſuch as had good cauſe to knowe the truth thereof, beyng eye witneſſes themſelues of ſuche enterpryſes and exploytes as chanced in the ſame warres, namely capi|tayne Read, capitayne Wood, capitayne E|rington, and captaine Gurley, capitaine, Mark|ham, with others, whiche of their courteſie haue willingly imparted to me the reporte of diuers ſuch things, as I wiſhed to be reſolued in, which accordingly ſo farre as my remembrance hath ſerued, I haue here deliuered, to the end the ſame may giue occaſion to others (that may happely light vpon more full inſtructions) to imparte to poſteritie a more perfect diſcourſe, where other|wiſe the mater might peraduenture wholy paſſe in forgetfulneſſe.