[1] [2] During which season, the lord Darcie made saile toward England,The lord Darcie retur|neth out of Spaine. and arriuing at Plimmouth, came to the king at Windsore, and so this iourneie ended. During the time that the lord Darcie was in Spaine, the ladie Margaret duches of Sauoie, and daughter vnto Maximilian the emperour, and go|uernour of Flanders, Brabant, Holland, Zeland, & other the low countries apperteining to Charles the yoong prince of Castile,The duchesse of Sauoie sẽ|deth to king Henrie for aid against the duke of Gel|ders. sent in the end of Maie to the king of England, to haue fiftéene hundred ar|chers, to aid hir against the duke of Gelders, which sore troubled the countries aforesaid. The king ten|derlie regarding the request of so noble a ladie, most gentlie granted hir request, and appointed sir Ed|ward Poinings, knight of the garter, and comptrol|ler of his house, a valiant capteine and a noble war|riour, to be lieutenant and leader of the said fiftéene hundred archers.