[1] [2] The lord Mountioie perceiuing this, deuised with himselfe how to rouse the enimies out of that lurking place, and withall came to the duke of Nor|folke, and desired licence to put the deuise (which he had alreadie forecast in his mind) in practise. But the duke being not willing that he should put him|selfe in such danger, was loth to grant thereto, but rather persuaded with him not to attempt it: for (said he) my lord, yée may doo the king better seruice than so to hazard your life, and cast your selfe awaie, [page 966] as it is verie like you should, in aduenturing vpon such a desperat peece of seruice, and therfore I would not wish you to meddle therewith, for we shall o|therwise prouide for the matter well inough. But the lord Mountioie still persisted in his sute verie earnestlie, declaring that he doubted not (by Gods helpe) but to atchiue his purpose to his good conten|tation without anie great danger, if that were exe|cuted which he tooke to be necessarie for the accom|plishment of his deuise: and that was to haue cer|teine peeces of the great ordinance shot off that waie forth,A politike feat atchiued by the lord Mountioie. at what time the wind stood méet to car|rie the smoke full vpon the place where the French|men laie. At length vpon his earnest sute, the duke gaue him licence to trie what he could doo, comman|ding the great ordinance to be laid and charged rea|die to shoot off as he should appoint it. Herewith the lord Mountioie taking with him fouretéene of his owne soldiors (of the which number one of them for|sooke to go through with him when it came to the point) immediatlie vpon the shooting off of the artil|lerie, & that all the ground about was couered ouer with smoke, he came to the place where those French|men laie vnder couert of their trench, and so displa|ced them, that they had no liking eftsoones to lodge so neere vnto such vnfriendlie neighbors.