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A.D. 1560. MARIE QUEEN OF SCOTS. 49
to exhonor themfelvos for wliatlbmcvor mifcheefe lliould fall. This
letter was dravvin rather in way of exhoneration then out of any defyre
they had that [the] Queen Regent ihould accept it. It was dated the
forth day of Apryle 1560, and the next day but one, the whole armie
advanced from the Pans towards Leth. This, being the fixth day of
Apryle, was the firft day of the feedge, which continued untill neer the
Julv; in which tyme many things fell out, not wortli the relating. The
firll bulines of note happened this firft day of the feedge. Monfieur de
Martignes drawes out thirteen hundred men to the Hawkhill, which place
he refolved to fortifie; but the whole armie of the ennemie, being that
day upon there remove from the Pans, fends fome Scots forces to beat
them from this hill. It was hotlie difputed a long tyme, but at length
multituds prevaled, and Martignes was beaten back to the toune, with
lofs. After this, fome dayes were fpent in treatie, by the pains of the
Bifliop of Valencia, in Savoy ; whoe, after much toyle and travel taken
betwixt the Englifli camp and [the] Queen Regent, could bring matters
to no accommodation.
Upon the laft of Apryle, a fudden fyre burft out within the garrifone
of Leth, which continued almoft twenty four hours in great furie ; in
which tyme the enemie without did not flip the occafion, but made an
aflault, and was beaten back with great valour and much blood. Upon
the feventh of May the milns of Leth were burnt, and another aflault
made by tkalade; but the ledders proved too fliort, and they were again
beaten back with great lofs. Thus the tyme was fpent awav in fkirmiflies
to no great purpofe; in which tyme the Englifli armie were much dimi-
nifhed, but to fupplie this a recruit is fent doune of two thoufand foot.
And in the taill of this the Queen of England fends doune her cheefe
Secretarie the Lord Cicell, and with him Nicholas Vottan, Dean of
York, with commiflion to treat with the French for a compofition. They
addrefs themfelves to Monfieur Monlur and Monfieur Randam, and the
matter was brought that length, that a parliament was called by [the]
Queen Regent's order and confent, to be in Edinburgh in the end of July.
(Although it is written by the Englifli that fuch things were propofed by
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to exhonor themfelvos for wliatlbmcvor mifcheefe lliould fall. This
letter was dravvin rather in way of exhoneration then out of any defyre
they had that [the] Queen Regent ihould accept it. It was dated the
forth day of Apryle 1560, and the next day but one, the whole armie
advanced from the Pans towards Leth. This, being the fixth day of
Apryle, was the firft day of the feedge, which continued untill neer the
Julv; in which tyme many things fell out, not wortli the relating. The
firll bulines of note happened this firft day of the feedge. Monfieur de
Martignes drawes out thirteen hundred men to the Hawkhill, which place
he refolved to fortifie; but the whole armie of the ennemie, being that
day upon there remove from the Pans, fends fome Scots forces to beat
them from this hill. It was hotlie difputed a long tyme, but at length
multituds prevaled, and Martignes was beaten back to the toune, with
lofs. After this, fome dayes were fpent in treatie, by the pains of the
Bifliop of Valencia, in Savoy ; whoe, after much toyle and travel taken
betwixt the Englifli camp and [the] Queen Regent, could bring matters
to no accommodation.
Upon the laft of Apryle, a fudden fyre burft out within the garrifone
of Leth, which continued almoft twenty four hours in great furie ; in
which tyme the enemie without did not flip the occafion, but made an
aflault, and was beaten back with great valour and much blood. Upon
the feventh of May the milns of Leth were burnt, and another aflault
made by tkalade; but the ledders proved too fliort, and they were again
beaten back with great lofs. Thus the tyme was fpent awav in fkirmiflies
to no great purpofe; in which tyme the Englifli armie were much dimi-
nifhed, but to fupplie this a recruit is fent doune of two thoufand foot.
And in the taill of this the Queen of England fends doune her cheefe
Secretarie the Lord Cicell, and with him Nicholas Vottan, Dean of
York, with commiflion to treat with the French for a compofition. They
addrefs themfelves to Monfieur Monlur and Monfieur Randam, and the
matter was brought that length, that a parliament was called by [the]
Queen Regent's order and confent, to be in Edinburgh in the end of July.
(Although it is written by the Englifli that fuch things were propofed by
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