❧ THE true report of the Skirmish fought between the States of flanders, and Don joan, Duke of Austria, with the number of all them that were slain on both sides, which battle was fought the first day of August being Lammas day 1578  
❧ Imprinted at London by William Bartlet.   

❧ THE discourse of the last skirmish fought the first day of August.  
BEING EARNEstly requested by a very friend of mine, to set down the certentye of such exploits, as were lately done: I haue thought good so to do, for two principal causes, the one that I see many tales go, and men are desirous to kno the truth. Secondly for that I understand my country men shewed themselves such lamps of light in that Skirmish, that worthily I am forced to make it known, to such as are well-willers to our country.  
The first day of this present month being Lammas day, a day which the Spaniards haue in great honour, they determined to do some great exploit( against the States of the low Country) that they might be remembered, which is their common order, they sent two of their common soldiers out of loven, in bare and simple apparel too view the Princes camp, which lay within four miles of them at a town called Leyre, that they might burn all the Houses that were near the Princes camp, to the end that they there by might bee occupied about the slakyng of the fire, and that then they might suddenly set upon them being unprovided, which practise being understood by taking of the said two soldiers according to their examination was prevented and provided for.  
The number of the spaniards that issued out of loven, was 4000. horsemen. and 7000. Footmen, of which number Mountdargon was chief, although it is certainly known that Don joan and the Prince of Perma was there, They were recountred by our English men, Skots and Frenchmen, our english men being on the vautgard won great famed. Monser de Bossew was General of the field for the States whole army. The battle was betwixt Louin and Leyre, the Skermish was hote and great and continued long: beginning at. ix. a clock in the morning,& continued till. iiii. a clock of the same day, wherein the States had the better, and in the end put them to flight, and followed them in Chase three english mile, and by the way as the spaniards should haue passed, there was a bridge, which they must pass over, for that they had no other way to go, which bridge by the Princes means& the states, was plucked down and laid in the river: whereupon the States following them in Chase, they were forced to leap in and swim throw, horsemen and foot men, and some were drowned, and some were siayne by their enemies and our friends. Yet for all this hast did the spaniards carry away with them an number of dead corses, some in waginnes, and some they drawed after them in ropes, to the intent their enemies should not see howe they had spoiled thē: yet as near as they could gather and learn, there was. 500. of thē slain that day at the least besyds them that were drowned. And of the States Company betwixt. 80. and a. 100. the most were of Englishmen and Skots. In this battle there was one captain Marcom a Nottinghamshire man gave the Onset, and sought valiantly against his enemies, having won great commendacions therfore as by diuers letters appear that haue been sent into England from the States in his commendations.  
M. Norris my lord Norrisses son, who was Coronall of our Englishmen, fought that day valiantly against the enemy, having three Horses slain under him that day, and after valiantly pursued the Chase with his sword& target. O valiant wights of britain blood, whom strangers rightly term, a second Hercules, a second Hector, nay a second samson. For sure in some of their letters, this description the States haue made of them for their valyencie. There was in this fight three of the Binghams captains, whereof two of them were slain in that sight, the best of them is yet living and valiantly played his pageant in this fight, there was slain also one captain Legens an Irish man, and one captain Edwards a welshman at the same time: No other Captaines were hurt at that time, thankes be to God. As they followed the Chase, there was found a wagon of the spaniards, wherein were. 37. dead courses found. There was a Spanish captain overtaken in the Chase by an Englishe man, I could not learn either of their names, where they fought a long time together, hand to hand▪ and the Englishman fought so valiantly, that he made the Spaniard to retire and put him in grea●… danger: so that he feared himself▪ whereupon he took his Rapyer, and picked it at him, and slew him. An other English man a simplo fellow which was counted but a strageler coming after, and saw the cowardly part of the spaniard immediately with his sword thrust him throw the back, and so they were both slain, and so he got the spoil of them both which did much advantage and profit him for he was but poor, as afore time it did appear.  
There is among the Princes camp a valiant captain called Monsor Mouraunte who is a captain over two hundred light horsemen, which for his worthiness is by Duke Mathyas made a Knight, and yet it is not long since that he was a Butcher by Occupation, and he lived long on that trade, but now ye may see how it hath pleased God to raise him, so that he is become one of the valyauntest Captaines amongst the Dutchmen, all men are in great admiration of his excellency in counsel, his prowess in war, and comperable to any man.  
You may persuade yourself my dear and well-beloved that all the States power are very well victuled and moneyed, and our Englishe captains haue valiant hartes, and thus according unto my bound duty I haue sent you that which I know to bee most true: I pray you impart these news unto all our Country men, that they may know our desire and in your prayers commend us unto almighty God.  
By yours to command. W. C.   

¶ A PRAYER unto almighty God, to defend us in these daungerous dayes.  
defend and preserve by thy mighty protection( O Lord) this little Ile of England: save by thy divine power thy handmaid, our noble queen Elizabeth, repress the rage of all rebels: make thy truth to be known throughout the whole world, make that mighty Nabogodonozor, to stoupe with the ring of thy glorious gospel, that he may once know the right way to serve thee: We beseech thee dear father, to strengthen our Iudeth, that shee with the sword of thy word, may stricke down that proud Holifernus, whose intent is to overthrow thy house: save by thy merciful providence our brethren, which haue taken sword in hand, for the defence of thy gospel, confound O lord those that go about to advance that strumpet of room, the maintainer of al heresies. Thou seest dear father the strife of our neighbours beyond the Seas, who onely seek safely to do worship to thy holy name: let thy arm bee seen this time to help them, that the other may know, what it is to offend such a mighty God, as thou art, O Lord whose power is omnipotent, whose mercy is everlasting, to thee we appeal, to thee we cry for mercy, dear father bend down thy favourable eyes vpon us, to the glory of thy holy name.  
Amen.