Page:A discvurse of the great ouerthrow.pdf/12

 and ſeeing the paſſage on that ſide of Chauuigni, in the height of the riuer, to be kept with the troupes of the Lorde Abain, and Sallerin, and that they could not eſcape the edge of the ſword, they caſt themſelues into the Riuer, where all that did ſo, were immediately drowned.

The Vicont himſelfe, hoping of better fortune then the others, had (with many of the principall Leaguers) put themſelues into a great Boat, and aſſaied to paſſe, but the Harguebuſhers with their ſhotte, made ſuch a bramblement within their boat, as alſo, that many of thoſe which were in the water did catch holde of the boat, thereby to ſaue themſelues, ſo that the ſtrength and weight of them did oue-turne the boate the vpſide downe.

A woonderfull thing then was it to beholde this ſpectacle, which reſembled a patterne of the deluge, and to heare the horrible cries of men, and horſes. The riuer beeing couered with hats, and clokes, and men, and horſes, drowned, and halfe drowned, which had ſunke, and diued vp againe. Of ſome their heads appeared, of others their legs and armes, the moſt of them armed and booted.

Which dreadfull thing doeth ſhewe