[1] [2] About the same time that the marquesse went in|to Spaine,The lord ad|merall in Britaine. that is to wit, about the middest of Maie, sir Edward Howard lord admerall of England, be|ing on the sea afore Portesmouth, made foorth againe to the sea, and directing his course towards Britaine on Trinitie sundaie arriued at Berthram baie with twentie great ships, and suddenlie set his men on land, and there wan a bulworke, which the Britains kept and defended a while; but being ouercome, fled out of their hold, & left it to the Englishmen. Then the lord admerall passed seauen miles into the coun|trie, burning and wasting townes and villages, and in returning, skirmished with diuerse men of ames, and slue some of them: and notwithstanding that the Britains [...]ought valiantlie in defense of their coun|trie; yet they were put to the worsse, and so the lord admerall returned to his ships.