[1] On the same thursdaie, king Edward with his armie passed the riuer of Tweed, and so entring in|to Scotland,Berwike summoned. sent to the burgesses of Berwike, offe|ring them peace vpon certeine conditions, and staied a whole day for an answer: but when he could haue none that liked him, nor that sounded in anie thing to peace, he approched the towne, and lodged in the monasterie of Caldestreime. Abington. His armie consisted as some write of foure thousand men of armes on hors|backe, and thirtie thousand footmen, besides fiue hun|dred men of armes on horssebacke, and a thousand footmen of the bishoprike of Durham.The English fléet. At the same time, there came foure and twentie English ships, the mariners whereof, beholding where the English armie was placed in battell raie, vpon a plaine, the king making there certeine knights, they thought his meaning was to haue giuen forthwith an assalt, and so entring the hauen, and approching to the land, began to fight with the townesmen, where they lost foure of their ships, and were constreined to with|draw with the residue,Foure Eng|lish ships lost. with helpe of the falling wa|ter. Some haue written, that they lost but three ships which were consumed with fire, Abington. and that the mari|ners and souldiers of one of those ships, after they had defended themselues by great manhood from the first houre of the daie, till eleuen of the clocke, esca|ped awaie, some by the bote of that ship, and some lea|ping into the water, were saued by the botes of other ships that made in to succour them.