[1] After that the earle of Hertford, Anno Reg. 36. and the lord ad|merall, accompanied with the earle of Shrewesbu|rie, the lords Cobham, Clinton, Couiers, Stinton, the lord William Howard; and manie other right valiant knights, gentlemen, and capteines, had lien with the armie and nauie readie at Newcastell a certeine time,The armie setteth for|ward by sea towards Scotland. looking for a prosperous wind to set forward on their purposed iournie, at length the same came about verie fit to serue their turne, and then with all spéed the soldiers were bestowed aboord, euerie companie in their appointed vessels: and here|with vp went the sailes, and forth they got into the maine seas, making their course directlie towards the Forth, a gulfe or riuer in Scotland, able to beare vessels fiftie miles vp within the countrie. There were at the least two hundred saile which the lord ad|merall had caused to come togither, according to his commission, rigged, trimmed,The number of the Eng|lish armie. and furnished with all things necessarie for the conduction of such an armie, estéemed to be about ten thousand men.