[1] [2] [3] And for the eschuing thereof,A good po|licie. he had in comman|dement, that if anie such message were sent, not to bring anie person comming therewith within thrée or two miles of the field at the nighest, where the said earle would come, and heare what he would saie. And thus departed Rouge Crosse, with his trumpet, appa|relled in his coat of armes. On mondaie the fift daie of September, the earle tooke his field at Bol|ton in Glendale, as he had appointed, where all the noble men and gentlemen met him with their reti|nues, to the number of six and twentie thousand men. And about midnight next insuing came the trumpet which went to Rouge Crosse, and declared how the king of Scots, after the message doone to him by Rouge Crosse, according to his instructions, the said king deteined him,Ilaie and Yorke he|ralds. & sent one Ilaie an herald of his with him vnto the earle, to declare to him the kings pleasure; to whom the earle sent Yorke herald at armes, to accompanie the said Ilaie, at a village cal|led Milo, two miles from the field, vntill the com|ming thither of the said earle the next morow.