[1] The duke of Guise being generall of the French armie,Guise entreth the English frontier. procéeded in this enterprise with maruellous speed and no lesse policie. For approching the Eng|lish frontier vnder colour to vittell Bullongne and Ard, he entered the same vpon a sudden on New|yeares daie, a sorie little plot of ground, intrenched at Sandgate,1558. Anno Reg. 5. and then diuided his armie into two parts, sending one part with certeine peeces of great artillerie along the downes by the sea side to|wards Ricebanke: and the other part furnished also with batterie péeces, marched streightfoorth to New|nambridge,

Newnam|bridge taken by the French.

The master gunners head smitten cleane off with a gun.

meaning to batter these two forts both at one time. Which thing he did with such readie di|spatch, that comming thither verie late in the eue|ning, he was master of both by the next morning: where at the first shot discharged at Newnambridge, the head of the master gunner of that peece, whose name was Horslie was striken off.