[1] But the Englishmen valiantlie resisted, so that there was a sore battell for a while, and the more cou|ragiouslie the Welshmen assailed, the more stoutlie the Englishmen defended, in keeping themselues close togither, and beating backe their aduersaries: and at length perceiuing them to faint and wax wea|rie, they rushed foorth into the middle of the Welsh|men, & brake them in sunder, so that when they saw themselues thus repelled by the Englishmen, con|trarie vnto all their expectation, they knew not what to doo, for they durst neither fight nor flée,The Welsh discomfited. Rees ap Me|ridoc taken. and so by that meanes were beaten downe on euerie side. Me|ridoc himselfe was taken, but the most part of all his armie was slaine, to the number of foure thou|sand men. Thus were the Welshmen woorthilie cha|stised for their rebellion. Sir Rées ap Meridoc was had to Yorke, where at length, after the king was re|turned out of Gascoigne, he was hanged, drawen and quartered.