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Butwhen King Edward the third beganne his Warre him:: I may,with beit commendation of modeftic ,. referre King whofe reputation abroad,wasino lefie than his puiflance at homc;vnder whofeFn. a The Dolnots. b The King of Maiorea. ‘him tothe Fr Hiftorian® who relatiag the victory of dur then at Gren at, wheretheypafled a bridee figne.the King-of Bohemia did ferne in perfon 3 at whofe call, the Gexomayes, and other Neighbour States,wete ready to take armes : finally, a King, vnto whom one* Prince gaue away his Dominion, for loue ; » another fold away a goodly, Citic and Tetritorie for mony. ithe Countrylying fo open to the Reman, and being fo well fenced againgt the Bnglfh, itis note-worthy, not who preuailed moft therein ( for it were meerc vanitie,to match the émgdifb purchafes, with the Roman conqueft ) but whetherofthe two gue the greater proofe ofmilitaric vertue.Cé/ar himfelfe doth witneffe, thatthe Gayest inface ofthe enemy; vieth thefe words: The Englifh comes with a Conguer braieeya be,that wasaccu togaine enery bere, without any'flay: he forceth onyingdayde ei flomed oponthe bridge; to heepe the paffage. Orl maycite another place of the where he tels, howthe Britons, béinginuaded by Charles the eighth man Towers, and Engines ofbatterie, raifed and. planted. againft their Wals, as.more naked people,but valiant, as any vnder the skie, arecommonlyputtothe worfe,by {mall numbers ofSpaniards? Befides all this,weare to. haue regard, ofthe greardifficultiethat vvas found, in drawing all the Gaules, or any, great partiofthem,to onehead, that with ioynt forces they might oppofe their affailants: as alfoj the much) more difficultic, of holding them longtogether. For hereby it caine ito! palle, that they: were neuer able to. make vfe of opportunitie : but fome-30 times compelled to tay: fortheir fellowes; and fometimes driucn, to give, or take battaile; ypon extreame difaduantages, for feare, left their Companies fhould fall alunder : asindeede, vpomanylittle difafter, they vvere ready to breake, and.returne euery onetd thedefence of his owne. All this, and¢ vvhich was little. leffe thanall this )ptéat.oddesin»vveapon,gaueto the Romans, the honour of many gallant. vidoties. What {uch shelpes;\or vvhat. other vyorldly helpe, than the golden. mettall of their Souldiers,had our Engéifh Kingsagainft the French? Were not the Frenchaswell experinced in feats of Warre¢ 'Y.caj did they. notrhinke themfelues therein ourfupe_ Hours? Werethey,not inarmes,in hOrfe, and in-all pronifion,exccudingly beyond vs! Toba de Serres. Let) ys litare, whatial Freach: writer faith, of the inequalitiethat vvas betweene the3? Frenchand Englifo,when their King John was ready. togiue the on-fer, vpon. the Blaske IEAN awit Prigces-ar excepting De Serresjand PaulusBinylin ssteport wonder s ofout Nation: the p onwhich firft I vndertooketo maintaine 3 That the militari e verte ofthe Engh hing againfe all manner of difficultiesouzht to be preferred before that of the Romans: vo) wah afsifted with all aduawtages that could-bedefired. If it be demanded . why'then did notour Kings finifhthe conqueft, as:ce/zr had done? my anfwer may be(Lhopewithe out offence)chat our Kings wetelike'to the race ofthe Aiacide, ; of w old Poet Ennis gaucthis note; Bellipotentes fut mage qudm fapienti potent. cy were more warlike than politique. Who fo notes their proceed ngsy at none of them, Wentto wotkelikea Conquerour :-{ané ofiely' King Henriethe f y the courfeoPwhofe 40 Vitouies it pleafed Godrointerrupt by hisd ath: Bat'this anlweredsif anotherbe firft made. Wihydidnot the Roz Gaule, before uallerie, fonKoyaume. theyfinde inancient Hiftosies ;to hold ita great a puiflance,as was thatofthe Roman Empire. Butiris now hichtime, that laying a-fide comparifons;weretutne to the rehearfall of deeds done: wherein we all finde,how Rome began,after Pyrrhas hadleft Ialfesto ftrive with Carthage for DoMullion, in thefirlt Puxicke warre. imputerhefe victorics afours to thelong Bow,as carrying farther, piercing more {trongly, dndquicker ofdifcharge than the-Frenchi Crofle-bow: myanlw eris' ready; That like force; whenidifcharged by aiBoy or Womanas.when -by,af onfi¢kenelfe,or.a fore finger, makes the, Long. Pow ynitruic tcong Man;, weakenelle 5° eable; I fay,thatitvyas thecuftome of bur, Anceftors,t@ thoat, fornthe,moftMore, pa iculatlys part,paint ate and/fo fhall He Peiceies that. will, nore, the cirgum&ancesmo falmott any, one baitar'e Thistakes away all obietion : for ywhen two Annies, aresvyichin the diftance O*# Butrslengeh, one fight of arrowes, or, tworat the-mot can be-deliuered before ay clofe. Neitheris itingeneralltrme.that the longBow'reatcheth, farther, or that i pict cethmore'ftrongly thanjthe Croffe-bow.: But thisis the rare effet, of an saeragecie uearme,|whereuponican be groundednocommontule. If.any.man {hall aske, :Fen ‘later ages. But' I amwell Perliaded,that asthe dinided vertue ofthis-our Tandshath ginen more noble proofe of than vaderfo worthy,a Leader, that komae Armiecoulddo, which afterwa rd¢ Could win. Rome,and.all hex Empire,making Ce/ar a Monarch; fo hereafterby Gods blee fing,who hath converted our greateft hindrance, into our greateft hel pe,the enemy that areto trie our forces, will finde.caufe to witli; thi auoiding vs, he had rather enCountred as great lef many.ahundredbetter imarkes,iniall quarters ofFrance,than cuer didthe valour ofthe Romans: If any, man Mule initriedoneto their iudgementsif any 40 itfelfe. Aginconrt, The Guonéjandthe Crofle-bow,are © cs: where takevpon himjby way of comparifon;to-extoll che t ; will beare mowitneffe, that hdoc.not alleadge the battaile ofPoitiers, for lacke of ather,.as in: allthefe irefpcAs,ityis alfo (being drawne with afivong 2rme)fuperiour,cothe perhaps in wealth' and to: our felues 3a Nation ancientt ardjenemy.tovs.So that commonly, we felt, alwayeswe feared,/a ad, than we couldimake VpO0 Erencestran{porting ourforces ouer Sea. a Ttis vfuallwich men, that have pleated themfelues,:in'admiring the matters whicti goodexamples ofthe Exglifhvertue:the proofe\tyheraofhath ketsyenisthe Musketa weapon oftmore vies j ourdanger lay both before and behindevs i Velite defa cor fats andi Gentide,-aveworthy patternes:Al) that haue read of Grefsiean d. flimmee la me deure de tout A numbers of men fomewhatinferiour)eu way ly.and ftrotigly allied toiour enemies the French r- befhimiburopemith thegrearefl and wifeft Captaines of his whole Realme, And whatcouldhe =: ? why norafte *oWne Land; the therhalfe being ink importance in worldly affaires) and withall, the chorfe-of all bes horfe-me n(cffcemedthen the idithinkesicwouldtroublea:Roman antiquarie, to finde the likeexampleintheit Hiktoi Hessthetxample, tay; of aKing, bronght‘prifonerto Rome, by.an, Armie ofeight tionde peu d':m- Shonfandsiwhichhehad farrounded with fortiethoufand; bettexappointed,and.no lee portance anx &xpertiwastiours. ‘This Lamfure of;that neither Syphaxthe Numidian, followedby 249 affaires du me' 1 de}e> auecffr tabble of halfeScullionsas Linie tightly tearmésthem, nor thofe cowardly Kings Per time of ¢ third Papict jor after che27 ntiag? At< imes they had elpecially had they both leifure,and fit'opy ¢,when vnder they had newly vanquithed thecimbriand Teutone ssby whom the Go bin pitioufly;wafted. Surely the words of Tudie weres with o Romans fought for Dominion,viththe Gau/ Therefore they attempted not theco till they were Lords of all 62 i onelyth . ther Countries, to them knowne.W Id eone halfofour the battaile. of Poitiers, John bad all adyantages ower Edward, both of aum© ber, force, fbew, Countrie, and conceit, (the which is commonl y a coufideration of no fmal Mores famé Auithote ne of Frame thought ic goodpolicie, to,apparella thoufand andfiue hundred i ‘ Engl{b Catlocks; hoping thatthe very fight ofthe Eaz/i/ totertifie the:Freach. But I willnor{tandto borrowofthe French Hiftori ans/4 complainedoftheir owne ignorance inthe Art of warre, and that. their own hardineffe Was oucr-maiftered, by the skilloftheir. enemies. Poore, men, the y admired the Rg. than humane vvorkes. What greater wonder is it, that fuch a people was beaten by-the &oman;chan that the Caribesja -~ of the HiloricoftheWorld, - theacameitsd paflejthat the Exg/fbivan fomany great battailes, hating: noaduan tohelpe -ypon.Frateeshe fouridthe whole Countryfetled in obedinceto ene mightie King .a pin of Vien- tn a ee -. t 50 611 The eflate of Carthage,bifore it extredintowsrre wi és HE. Gitie ofCarthagehad ftood abouefixe hundred yeares;, vvhenfirftit began to contend with Rome;: for the maftrie ofSicil,| -.It,forewent-Rewie one hundred 7 (and fiftie yearcs in antiquity, of foundation »-butiti fucuements, it excelled. farre beyondthis;aduantage oftime.the honour of-greari ate For-Carthave had exteh= » her Dominion Africa it felfe, from the welt part of Cyrene, tothe ftreights of Herf tales about onethoufand and-fue hundred miles.in lengthjwherein Roadthree hundred: ities, Ithadfabiected all Spaine,cucntothe Pyreneaz 4 Kkk |