[1] [2] [3] The earle of Surrie conceiued no small hope of victorie in this chearefull readinesse of his souldi|ors,The ordering of the Eng|lish armie. and therevpon with all spéed (as the occasion then mooued him at that instant) diuided his armie into thrée battels, or rather foure: vnto the vant-gard whereof, the lord Howard was capteine, his brother sir Edmund Howard was ioined as a wing; the earle himselfe led the midle-ward, and the rere-ward was guided by sir Edward Stanleie, afterwards created lord Mounteagle. The lord Dacres with a number of horssemen was set apart by himselfe to succor where need should séeme to appeare. The ordi|nance was placed in the front of these battels, & in places betwéene, as was thought expedient. In this order, forward they made with manlie courages to|wards the Scots a good marching pase.