The Ruin of Mimsie Hawley - Turn 4

Sir Francis has continued to move the whole group forward at a run. His boys are shouting and although Sir Jaspar's chaps shouted "Don’t listen to him, Your Eminence. He’s a heretic and he seeks to murder you" during their last move, Sir Francis’s men are very much closer and shouting the same sort of thing but adding that off to their right they are roasting a Catholic, and he must not come into the village.

Cardinal Ximinez is now very confused as Sir Francis’s boys are telling him to lay down. Ximinez has no wish to be buggered by Left-Footers or Prods! He wishes he bought Cardinal Biggles or Cardinal Fang with him. No-one expects Cardinal Biggles or Cardinal Fang!

Ximinez moves forward a couple of paces in order to speak with these mad Englishmen but refuses to get his Jesuit robes dirty by lying in the dust. These Spaniards are very proud men!

Stirrup has spent this move reloading his matchlock, so he has not moved. The matchlock takes one turn to reload so he will be ready to shoot on Turn 5. The cart has not moved and remains under Stirrup’s control.

Sir John, Sir Nathaniel and Sir Jaspar have run forward 9”. Mimsie can only move 6” but was within 3” of the Cowie chaps so she moves north 6”. Lord Percy and Wrench also ran but had to cross a low wall. This reduced their run move to 6” and puts them 3” in front of Mimsie.

To be continued...