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The History of the Reformation of the Church of Scotland
The history of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.The historie of the reformation of the Church of Scotland containing five books : together with some treatises conducing to the history.
London: printed by John Raworth for George Thomason and Octavian Pullen, 1644
Modern spelling is a reading aid: the words are the author’s, only the spelling is modernized. Original shows the page as printed, with the transcription marks.
was the Warden Sir Robert Bows, his brother Richard Bows Captain of Norhame, Sir William Mamebery Knight, a Bastard Son of the Earle of Angus, and James Douglas of Parkhead, then Rebels, with a great number of Borderers Soldiers and Gentlemen taken: ⟨p. 29⟩The Read was termed Halderig. The Earle of Angus and Sir George his brother, did narrowly escape. Our Papists and Prelates, proud of this victory,1 encouraged the King, so that there was nothing heard, but All is ours: They be but Heretics, if we be a thousand and they ten thousand, they dare not fight;2 France shall enter into one part, and we the other, and so shall England be conquest within a year. If any man was seen to smile at such vanity, he was no more but a Traitor and an Heretic. And yet by these means men had greater liberty then they had before,3 as concerning their conscience, for then ceased the persecution. The War continued till mid September: And then was sent down the old Duke of Norfolk, with such an Army as a hundred years before had not come into Scotland. They were in gathering their Forces, and setting forward of their Preparations and Munitions, which were exceeding great, till mid October and after. And then they Marched from Berwick and tended to the wast, ever holding Tweed upon their own side, and never camped from that River the space of a mile, during the whole time they continued in Scotland, which was ten or twelve days. Forces were sent up and down to Smallame, Stichell, and such places near about, but many snappers they gat, some Corn they burnt, besides that which the great host consumed, but small booty they carried away. The King assembled his Forces at Fallowe (for he was advertised that they had promised to come to Edinburgh) and took the Musters all at an hour, two days before Hallow even.4 There were found with him eighteen thousand able men: Upon the Borders that awaited upon the English Army, were ten thousand good men with the Earle of Huntlie, Lords Erskine, Seton, and Hume. These were judged men enough to hazard Battle, albeit the other were esteemed forty thousand.