[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] In the meane time, whilest these things were thus in dooing,The armie of the Scots come to ioine with the Frenchmen. there came to the aid of the Frenchmen fouretéene or fiftéene thousand Scots, accounting herewith the Irish Scots which came with the earle of Argile. These Scots were scarse lodged, when suddenlie the earle of Shrewesburie & the lord Greie came with their armie diuided into three battels of footmen, garded with two troops of horssemen,The earle of Shrewesbu|rie profereth the enimies battell. pre|senting themselues before the faces of their enimies in the same place, where their anant currors the daie before had shewed themselues to draw foorth the Frenchmen. Here the armie thus ranged in arraie of battell, staied aboue the space of an houre, looking if the enimies durst haue come foorth to haue giuen battell:The French|men durst not come foorth of their campe. but when they perceiued that by no meanes the Frenchmen meant to forsake their strength, they returned backe to their campe. The English nauie being entered now into the Forth, was not idle: for comming to Brent Iland they set fire on foure ships, which they found there,Ships bur|ned. and after passing by Lieth saluted them within the towne with cannon shot, and after intending to burne saint Minets, were re|pelled from thense by the lord of Dune, and after re|turned to attend on the armie. The earle of Shrewes|burie, and my lord Greie hauing executed so much as their commission would beare, and refreshed Ha|dington with all things néedfull, departed home|wards; and comming to Dunglas,A fortresse built at Dun|glas. began there to build a fortresse. The English Almans as the armie passed by Dunbar, burned the towne. These Almans also, and certeine bands of Englishmen, as well horssemen as footmen, were left at Dunglas, vntill the Forth there begun was in some strength. The earle of Shrewesburie with the rest of the armie came backe into England.The lord Greie ente|reth againe into Scot|land. My lord Greie remaining on the borders lieutenant of the north parts, after the earle of Shrewesburie was returned home, assem|bled all the horssemen then lieng on the borders, and being backed with the Almane footmen, entered a|gaine with the same horssemen into Scotland, bur|ning and wasting in the countries of Tiuidall, and Liddesdall, for the space of twentie miles, both house, corne, haie, and all other things that came within their reach, and after returned without in|counter.