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'The twoFleetsravage theCoasts ofNormandy;

Take andtarn Mor-laix in Bre-tagne,

Hen,VT1I. Naval Expeditions, &c. of the English, Book f'

“ to the said most Illustrous Thomas,te Earl of Surrey, Lord High Admiral,<f and Captain General of the Navy of" the aforesaid King, Our most Serene€t Uncle, the same Authority, full and" plenary Power, over OurRoyal Navy," the Captains, Soldiers, and Seamenthereof, of what Degree, Title or" Rank soever, which the said Admi-“ ral hath, in the King his Master’s<s Fleet: Both in promoting the Offi-cers, in Conferring the Honour of" Knighthood, on Persons of Merit, in" punishing Malefactors, in giving outfitting Orders, judging and trying all" Causes, as also in executing and ap-<<r pointing all and every Thing underhis Command, according to the Au-te thority by the aforesaid King to himgranted, and as the singular Skill and" Prudence of him, as Captain General€C and Commander in Chief of the Fleet,tc shall, on all Occasions, judge need-" ful or expedient to be done. To" this End, hereby strictly commanding" and enjoining all Our Flags, .Cap-te tains, Lieutenants, Barons, Noble-‘ c men, Officers, Masters, Pilots, Sea-men, and all Our Soldiers, both‘ f Horse and Foot, that either now are,Cf or shall be, in Our Fleet, that they" pay all Obedience, Duty and Respecttc to the said Earl, their Admiral andCaptain General, or to any Personby him lawfully deputed, in all" Things as is fitting, as they shall, at" their Peril, answer the contrary. In" Witness whereof, We have subscri-bed this Our Commisiion with Our" own Hand, and thereto affixed our" Seal.”

Given in London, June the eighth,1522. in the third Year of Our Reignover the Romans, and seventh over theRest of our Dominions.

By. the EmperourJ. All EM A ND.

Charles.

The two Fleets, thus united underone Commander, sailed to the Coast ofNormandy* They landed at Cherbourg,June, the thirteenth, and having laidWaste all the Country round about it,re-imbarked their Men, and returned toPortland. The Fleet set Sail again fromthence, in a fewDays, on a new Expedi-tion. The Design was upon Morlaix,in Bretagne, near which they landed,on the first of July, and it was crowned

with Success, the Town being taken by 1^22.'Storm, and plundered.

Herbert fays, the Master-Gunner Herbert,discharged a Piece so fortunately, thathe broke the Wicket, upon which someof the Earl's Men entered in the Smoak,and opened the Gate ; and the Rest fol-lowing, the Town was quickly sack’dand burnt, and a rich Booty carried tothe Navy. The Admiral, having, be- ^ n .

sides, burnt seventeen Sail of FrenchShips on the Coasts, returned with the Ships.Fleet, and. a very great Booty, toSouthampton ; But first detached a Squa-dron, under the Command of Vice Ad- c

miral Fitz-Williams , with Orders to ^f r f ar c J-continue cruising, and scouring the Sea. vcfthcFATheEmperour, lying at Southampton, per our in 10ready to embark for Spain, the Lord Spam.High Admiral took him on board, onthe sixth of July, and landed him ina few Days at St. Andrews, in the Bayof Biscay.

At the Conclusion of this Campaign saccess ofin Picardy and Champaigne, the English the EngliftTroops, which had been commanded ^there by the Earl of Surrey, returned toEngland, after having burnt and plun-dered several Villages, and taken four-teen Thousand Sheep, fourteen Hun-dred Oxen and Cows, thirteen HundredHogs, and six Hundred Mares andHorses.

In the Year 1523. about Midfum- I 5 2 ^'mer, Chrijliern King of Denmark, andSweden, with his Queen, having been come5 toexpelled their Dominions, came to England.England, and were received with all Holmfo-possible Honour. In the Month of 11 ^ 10 'August, Henry embarked his Troops, tothe Number of thirteen Thousand, un-der the Command os the Duke of Suffolk,who landed at Calais, and joined the Henry ft n -Count de Bure in Picardy, on the twen-tieth of September, but, the Season of the ^

Year being so far advanced, made nogreat Progress.

This Summer a Fleet of six and thir- A Fleetsty Sail of large Ships was fitted out , ted out %and sent to Sea, under the Command ofSf/A 1 'Sir William Fitz-Williams. His Or- bany-ders were to cruise on the Coasts of Holing-France, and, if possible, to interceptthe Duke of Albany, then Regent of Burchett-Scotland, who was to pass from Franceinto that Kingdom, with some Forces.

H o l 1 n s h e a d fays the Fleet consistedof but eight and twenty Sail: But thenhe adds, seven other Ships were senttowards Scotland, which entered theForth, and would have boarded the

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