long ſince by the Author exhibited inwriting tothe Patrone of this ra-tioticos, and not vnfit to be
now annexed to theTreatiſe it ſelfe.
4 briefe Diſcounſe what orders mere best for repulfing, forraine force, if at any time they nhould inuadevs by ſea in Kent, or elſe here.
H E acuſtomed order hath bene by firing
n Beacon to put the Shire in Armes, and pre-
N ſently all forces to repaire to the landing
d place, there without delay to giue them bat-
taile. But becauſe there are other opinions I
thinkee it firſt conuenient to ſet downe the reaſons of echopinion, and then a reſolution what I find beſt.
Such as maintaine this old accuſtomed order, alledge be-ſides the good ſucceſſe that many times it hath taken, thatin reaſon alſo it is beſt dealing with the Erimie at the lan-ding before he hath firme footing, and before he ſhal haueleaſure to range his men in due order of battaile,& beforehe ſhalbe able to land his Ordinance, Horſe, and Carriages.And that a verie fe men thus in time ſhalbe able to giuegreater annoyance, and do greater ſeruice vpon the Enimiethan ten times ſo many, when the Enimie is landed, andſetled in ſtrengtli of order with all his Horſe, Ordinanceand Carriages. They alſo adde theſe reaſons enſuing forConfirmation of their Cuſtome.