ad. THE ENGLISH VOYAGES 



1553- 



himselfe goeth but meanly in apparell : and when he 

 goeth betwixt one place and another hee is but reasonably 

 apparelled over other times. In the while that I was 

 in Mosco the Duke sent two ambassadours to the 

 King of Poleland, which had at the lest five hundred 

 horses ; their sumptuousnes was above measure, not 

 onely in themselves, but also in their horses, as velvet, 

 cloth of golde, and cloth of silver set with pearles and 

 not scant. What shall I farther say ? I never heard of 

 nor saw men so sumptuous : but it is no dayly guise, 

 for when they have not occasion, as I sayd before, all 

 their doing is but meane. And now to the effect of 

 their warres : They are men without al order in the 

 field. For they runne hurling on heapes, and for the 

 most part they never give battell to their enemies : but 

 that which they doe, they doe it all by stelth. But 

 I beleeve they be such men for hard living as are not 

 under the sun : for no cold wil hurt them. Yea and 

 though they lie in the field two moneths, at such time 

 as it shall freese more then a yard thicke, the common 

 souldier hath neither tent nor any thing else over his 

 head : the most defence they have against the wether 

 is a felte, which is set against the winde and weather, 

 and when Snowe commeth hee doth cast it off, and 

 maketh him a fire, and laieth him down thereby. Thus 

 doe the most of all his men, except they bee gentlemen 

 which have other provision of their owne. Their lying 

 in the fielde is not so strange as is their hardnes : for 

 every man must carie & make provision for himselfe & 

 his horse for a moneth or two, which is very wonderful. 

 For he himselfe shal live upon water & otemeale 

 mingled together cold, and drinke water thereto : his 

 horse shal eat green wood, & such like baggage, & shal 

 stand open in the cold field without covert, & yet wil 

 he labour & serve him right wel. I pray you amongst 

 all our boasting warriors how many should we find 

 to endure the field with them but one moneth. I know 

 no such region about us that beareth that name for 



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