[11] Phil. de Comines, Tom. I. p. 344. Compare the English chronicles quoted. The history of Croyland Abbey states that the 1st of August was the day of Richmond’s arrival at Milford Haven. There exists no reason for departing from this statement with some modern writers, namely, Kay, du Chesne, p. 1192; Lilie, p. 382, and Marsolier, who assert the landing of the army to have taken place on the 7th of August. Historia Croylandensis, p. 573, in Jo. Fell.
[12] Grafton, p. 147.
[13] Stow, p. 779.
[14] According to the unanimous statements of the chroniclers.
[15] Histor. Croylandens, p. 573. Fell.
[16] Bacon, p. 7. Marsolier, p. 142. Yet in the autumn of that same year Henry established, what no prior king of England ever had, a body-guard. It consisted of only 50 “Yomen of the Crowne,” to each of whom there were appointed two men on foot—an archer and a demi-lance, and a groom to attend to his three horses. The first commander of this body-guard, which formed the most ancient stock whence sprang the English standing army, was Henry Bourchier, Earl of Essex. Herbert of Cherbury, p. 9. Grafton, and the other chroniclers, loc. cit. Baker, p. 254.
[17] Bacon, Stow, Baker, loc. cit. Rapin considered the middle of September as the period of the outbreak. T. IV. p. 386.
[18] “Infinite persons.” Bacon. “A wonderful number.” Stow. “Many thousands.” Baker, loc. cit.
[19] The plague can scarcely be said to furnish this immunity, for though a second attack is an exception to a pretty general rule, it is one of by no means unfrequent occurrence.—Transl. note.
[20] Holinshed, Vol. III. p. 482.