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A07280	The triumphs of Nassau: or, A description and representation of all the victories both by land and sea, granted by God to the noble, high, and mightie lords, the Estates generall of the vnited Netherland Prouinces Vnder the conduct and command of his excellencie, Prince Maurice of Nassau. Translated out of French by W. Shute Gent.; Nassauschen lauren-crans. English	Orlers, Jan Janszn., 1570-1646.; Shute, W.; Haestens, Henrick van. aut	1613 (1613)	STC 17676; ESTC S114453	320,305	400

prisoners and wounded men that all the victuals were lost in the battaile and that they could get none by reason that the boats were gone marched with his whole armie towards Ostend to refresh it sending the wounded to places where they might be cured discharging his souldiers of the enemies prisoners He brought his armie to S. Maries Church neere to Alberts fort and himselfe went into Ostend where he presently caused publike thankes to be giuen to God for this notable victorie himselfe and whole Court being present at it He remayned certaine daies at Ostend to order matters and to prouide for the better execution of his enterprises He caused all the prisoners to be brought together viz. the Admerall of Arragon D. Lewis de Villars with many other Captaines and officers whom for the most part he shipt for Holland he kept some one hundred and fiftie prisoners still in Ostend and among them diuers hurt men to exchange them for his owne souldiers whom the enemie had taken The glorie of this victorie belongs to God alone who hath not onely beene pleased thereby to maintaine as he hath wonderfully hitherunto done the just and lawfull cause of the vnited Prouinces for the conseruation of his Church but hath likewise pleased to abase the hautie and insolent courage of the Spaniards learning them to feele his mightie arme and letting them know how daungerous it is to kicke against the pricke To this onely God the Lord of hosts who in the battaile hath taught his Excellencies hands to fight and so admirably exalted his countenance that day be honour praise and glorie for euer To conclude we must of necessitie hereunto add that which certaine Historians mention how that justly vpon the same day the second of Iulie 1600 some three hundred and two yeares before viz. in anno 1298 one of the Archduke Alberts predecessours called Albert of Austria like him had with his power defeated one of Prince Maurice of Nassaus predecessours called Adolfe of Nassau Emperour of the Romans whereby we may see how that by this meanes the house of Nassau hath reuenged the wrong done to it by that of Austria This is a matter worthie of note and we may be well assured that though God deferre for a time yet he can and will aid and assist those that put their trust in him ¶ The Lord Iohn of Duyuenvoord Admerall of Holland fighteth with the Gallies of Sluce and puts them to flight WHilest Prince Maurice his armie marched in Flaunders there were some fortie or fiftie flat bottomed boats and and other vessels loden with munition and victuals which on the fiue and twentieth of Iune did set saile from Zeland toward Ostend these had a man of warre for their conuoy whose Captaine was called Adrian Baucker he being come before Blauckenbourg was becalmed the gallies of Sluce perceiuing it foure of them came forth and assailed the fleet and tooke twentie of the boats but most of the men escaped some of these vessels they burnt and carried the rest away with them The man of warre made what resistance he could but the calme made him like an vnplumed bird The Gallies approached the ship but did not boord her thinking to sinke her with their shot or else enforce her to yeeld she was in sundrie places shot thorow and began to leake and without the helpe of men and women that came aboord her from other boats and with scuppets tubs and their verie hats emptied forth the water she would haue beene in danger of sinking by this meanes she was kept aboue water and when the gallies came neere her she plaied so terribly vpon them with her ordnance as they were enforced to giue backe The ship hauing at last lost three and twentie men among whom was Captaine Baucker and most of the rest wounded the men cried out desperatly saying That rather than they would yeeld to the enemie they would blow themselues vp and set the ship on fire Hereupon the gallies left her and with great harme and losse of men returned to Sluce with a good bootie and the ship went backe to Flushing The next day being the sixe and twentieth of Iune the Lord Iohn of Duyvenvoord Admerall of Holland with sixe ships of warre called Cromstevens or Smackseylen all well prouided sailed from Zeland towards Flaunders to conuoy one hundred and fiftie vessels laden with ordnance and warlike munition for the armie This fleet being come before Sluce and the wind verie calme foure gallies came forth and presently the wind rising the men of warre came so neere them as they did not onely anoy them with their ordnance but with their small shot whereupon they were constrayned by force of oares to returne backe againe against the wind one of the gallies was shot vnder water and did for a long time lye vpon one side till the leake was stopt A certaine Turke of Constantinople a verie valiant and skilfull man being a slaue in one of the gallies had his chaine wherewith he was fastened broken a sunder by a canon shot himselfe not hurt and perceiuing that he was loosse leapt into the Sea with a piece of his chaine and with great daunger of his life for they shot terribly at him swam to the Zelanders ships and in swimming shewed his chaine whereupon the ships tooke him in being aboord he acquainted them with the gallies intent and losse They afterwards clothed him and presented him to prince Maurice who askt him if he would serue but he hauing great meanes at Constantinople craued a passeport vnlesse they would make vse of him for a Patron of a gallie to command the Spanish slaues which charge he had in former time taken vpon him But the Netherlanders hauing neuer vsed to imploy any infidell would not then begin but gaue him a passeport for England whither he went and from thence to Barbarie and so by land to Constantinople where by the way he acquainted Princes and Kings and the great Turke his Lord with the wars of the Christians ¶ The Admeralls ship of Antuerpe and seuen other ships are taken by the Captaine of the Blacke Gallie on the 29 of Nouember 1●00 MY Lords the States and his Excellencie perceiuing the great losse they sustained by the gallies of Frederick Spinola which lay at Sluce resolued likewise to build and set forth certain gallies and with them to anoy their enemies Whilest they were making readie the gallies of Sluce came not abroad wanting slaues to row for the Zeland ships had slaine most of them many of them likewise were dead in winter with extremitie of cold and those prisoners of the vnited prouinces whom they had taken and made slaues could not suddenly be brought to handle the oare They likewise sent into Hungarie to buy Turkish prisoners but they knew not by what meanes to transport them into the Low-Countries Whereupon the foure Estates of Flaunders were about to buy the sayd Gallies and slaues of Spinola and to build

of the preseruation of so braue a souldier than of any gaine bootie or prisoners so that seuentie prisoners who had been taken at the beginning of the fight and were not yet carried into the towne were in all hast slayne yet some escaped The arriuall of our men opened Parker a large way to escape from the enemie whilest they were busied in fight the Lord Willoughby and the Generall Wilford came from Holland who without entring into any house sallied forth with great numbers of foot to reskew the horse who after they had brauely executed their enterprise returned towards the towne in good order being pursued by the enemies who were extreamely grieued that Parker escaped from them Parker had receiued certaine musket shot on his armour but was not hurt because it was of proofe Where the heat of the fight had been great heapes of dead men and horse lay Of our horsemen some foure or fiue were slaine but many were hurt and the losse of horse was great It is reported that two hundred of the enemie were slayne This was done on the fiue twentieth of September after dinner Whilest the horsemen fought with the enemie the masons broke downe a certaine wall of the remainder of the Abbie because the enemie should not make vse of it against the towne Presently after this fight the enemie shortned and tooke in his campe which he had at first much amplified and enlarged forsooke the high Northgeest strongly fortifying and entrenching himselfe both to the South and Northward of the towne to defend himselfe from our sallies for he expected no such dealing and neuer thought that there had bin so great courage and valor in those of the town Towards euening the Drossart Burgomasters sherifs assembled themselues with whom joyned the captaines Vere Scot Baskeruile Salisburie to consult together what was necessarie for the preseruation of the town And euer after they obserued this order that the gouernour and chiefe of the Councell of war did once a day meet at the state house to conferre of matters concerning the present estate of the town which was a matter verie commendable especially in a town besieged For by this means all difficulties were at first easily remoued that did arise at such a time betwixt the souldiers and Burghers when any thing is done by mischaunce on one part or other to the prejudice of either Euer since then the Magistrat to shew his diligence did daily meet twice namely at eight of the clocke in the morning and two of the clocke after noone The lord Willoughby requested the magistrat that the Burghers might arme keep Corps du gard in the streets and the matter was brought so far forward as captaines officers were chosen but by reason diuers excused thēselues through want of armor which the mutinous French had taken from them in former time nothing ensued thereof On the 28 of this moneth Sir Tho Morgan who had bin gouernor of the town returned from England The Queen and my lords the states had sent him to be gouernor in Sir William Druries place The states had a while before sent Lancelot Parisijs commistarie of the musters enjoining him to tel the Councel of war magistrats that it had pleased her Ma. to write vnto them of late as likewise to the lord Willoughby that it was her expresse wil pleasure that Morgan shold be gouernor and to this end they likewise sent her Ma. letters by the said Lancelot And in this respect they wold herein doe nothing contrary to her Ma. command The contents of whose letters was that hauing intelligence how the Duke of Parma had attempted to besiege Berghen-op-Zoom in that regard she thought it fit to giue the gouernement of the town to Sir Thom. Morgan the better to assure it against the enemies power and that her pleasure was to haue him forthwith installed in Druries stead who had lately bin recōmended to her by the states not that she in any sfsort doubted of Druries loyaltie and valour but Morgans long experience in war together with the peoples loue towards him had caused that alteration The cause why the Queene spake thus of the peoples loue towards Morgan and the recommending of him to my lords the states was because my lord Willoughby did not greatly affect Morgan Sir Thom. perceiuing this that he could not build vpon Willoughbies fauor for the gouernement of Berghen that there were diuers that sued for it found means to get the fauor of the magistrats and Burghers by whose means he obtained letters of recommendation to her Ma. both from the states and comminalty of Berghen The Lord Willoughby in the meane time had by sundrie practises established Drurie in the gouernement but because it was done without the States consent they therefore wrote vnto the Queene that no opposition might be made against her highnesse commaund After Morgans arriuall sundrie quarrels arose not onely betwixt the two Gouernours but among the Captaines and souldiers The English held more with Drurie than Morgan the Low-countrie men and Scots tooke Morgans part Willoughby fauoured Drurie against Morgan and therefore he gaue the gouernement of the towne to Morgan but made Drurie captaine of the Forts saying he did so because her Majestie spake onely of the towne and not of the Forts Morgan on the contrarie maintained it to be a verie absurd matter because the towne and forts depended one vpon an other and neuer had different gouernours Count Solms and Generall Villers came opportunely from Zeland whilest the gouernors contested about the gouernement and exhorted them to peace and concord Yet for all that Drurie commaunded the Forts of the Hauen and Morgan the Towne Those of Druries faction were likewise placed in the Forts Drurie came not often into the towne and spake seldome to Morgan but there was still some quarrell or other he did also highly complaine of the Magistrats and my Lords the States who were much displeased with this discord especially because their authoritie and command was directly contemned euery man feared that some inconuenience would ensue The nine and twentieth of this moneth the imposition vpon wine beere was let to ferme which was payed during the siege as in time before The next day Willoughby made an other sallie vpon the North side of the Campe and though he vsed the same order and meanes as at the first sallie yet he did no great matter for the enemie behaued himselfe more wisely and would no more be surprised from behind the hill of Varibogart as at first the footmen kept within the trenches of their Campe or behind the bushes not farre off and did no more assaile our men as before Our footmen stood in battaile vvithin musquet shot of the Towne yet the Cauallery incountred one an other and the fight was sharp on both sides our men gaue a braue charge and the enemie made gallant resistance each did their best Poolies

down to the ground Whilest the sayd Prince vndermined a great and strong rauelin before the East-gate on which the townesmen had planted foure canon these Mynes being readie to be fired they gaue a false alarme and assault to the rauelin from which being repulsed they retired on a sodaine and vpon a certaine signall gaue fire to the bigger myne which was blown vp together with whatsoeuer was vpon the rauelin as also 140 men who were cast into the camp of whom one was aliue wherupon our men leapt vpon the rauelin and there slew as many as were left aliue driuing the rest into the dikes and presently entrenched themselues they found a souldier vnder ground who was still aliue together with foure canons two of which the Burghers with cordes drew into the towne two hundred were slaine there The rauelin thus lost and fearing other mynes in other places might cause a greater daunger the Burghers that serued as souldiers and were called May Birds began likewise to be discouraged and were not so opposit to agreement as before So as the chiefe Burghers fearing that the towne would bee more vndermined did by mutual consent send their comissioners both from the clergie and magistracie of the towne as likewise from colonel Laukema together with hostages treating from the sixteenth to the two and twentieth of Iulie with his Excellencie and count William of Nassau who by aduice of the Councell of State did on honourable conditions graunt that they should liue in their rights and priuiledges as other Prouinces to whom they should bee vnited and concerning their contention with the Ommelands and countrie nere adjoyning the true motiue and beginning of the war they should therein referre themselues to my Lords the generall States and for matters of religion should conforme themselues like to other countries accepting Count William of Nassau gouernour of Frizeland for their gouernour together with fiue companies of souldiers The articles thereof we haue thought good to insert for better satisfaction of the curious Reader because it is a mightie towne and may well be termed a Prouince FIrst all wrongs iniuries and offences perpetrated since the beginning of these troubles late alterations as likewise whatsoeuer hath beene done during the present siege of Groeninguen in what place or manner soeuer either generall or particular as well within as without shal be pardoned and forgotten as things neuer done so as no more mention nor enquirie shall be made thereof to call any man to question on penaltie that the infractors and transgressors hereof shall be held accounted and punished as desturbers of the publique peace and quiet 2 Those of the Magistracie and inhabitants of Groeninguen shal promise accept as by these presents they do accept and promise to re-vnite themselues to the vnited Prouinces of the Netherlands as dependants thereof and to continue loyall to my Lords the general States of the said prouinces so consequently those of Groeninguen as a member joyned to other prouinces shall vnsaignedly like good confederats entertain firme and inuiolable friendship together and at all times and vpon all occasions shall ayd and assist one another and resist the Spaniards their adherents as those who contrarie to all right and reason haue gone about to oppresse the subjects and to depriue them of their goods keeping them in perpetuall miserie and bondage 3 Those of Groeninguen shall likewise liue in their rights priuiledges liberties franchises and immunities 4 Againe those of the towne and the Ommelanders or countrie nere adjoyning making appearance to giue their generall voyce shall rest satisfied and gouerne themselues according to the sentence pronounced declared by my lords the generall States vpon due consideration of the cause 5 That my Lord Count William of Nassau c. Gouernour of Groeninguen and the Ommelanders according to the tenure of my Lords the generall States commission shall be acknowledged receiued and so held and that the strife now present or which may hereafter arise betwixt the towne of Groeninguen and the Ommelanders shall be referred according to the decision and dispose of my Lords the States generall or their deputies 6 Moreouer none other Religion shall be vsed in the town and countrie of Groeninguen but the reformed in the same manner as it is publiquely in vse in the vnited Prouinces on condition that no man shall be enforced in his conscience That all Cloisters and ecclesiastical goods shal continue in the same estate they now stand till the state of the towne of the Ommelands shall be duely reformed by my Lords the generall States on condition that then the Prouinces themselues shall giue order for the bestowing of the goods and entertainement of the ecclesiasticall persons alwayes prouided that whatsoeuer belongs to the commanderies of Witwert Oosterbirum and others shall be held and disposed of according to the commaunderies which are in other of the vnited Prouinces 7 That for the generall safetie of the towne and likewise to preuent and hinder all tumults and diuision among the Burghers and inhabitants those of Groeninguen shal receiue fiue or six foot companies who by aduise of the Magistrat and to the least prejudice of the Burghers and inhabitants shall be prouided of lodging or money to prouide it according to the agreement which shall be made betwixt the Lord gouernour and those of the towne and countrie 8 As for certaine forts which are to be raced it shal be done according to the first conuenient occasion and as my Lords the generall States shall thinke fit 9 That the towne of Groeninguen together with the Ommelanders in that which concernes the generall meanes and contributions seruing for direction of the common cause shall hereafter conforme themselues like other contributorie Prouinces 10 Beside concerning rates and contributions which till now haue beene rated contributed and receiued as likewise demaines which haue beene accountable the accounts thereof shall be held for good And those which haue not been accounted the accounts shall be made before the old lords on condition they shall not meddle with the receipt of any remainders 11 Againe all those that were fled from the towne of Groeninguen and the Ommelands or their heires shall be againe restored to their goods it they be not yet alienated or sold wherein singular curtesie and modestie shall be vsed 12 And concerning goods immouable sold or alienated eyther for debts or morgage and likewise such as haue beene confiscat the said heires may recouer the sayd goods in redeeming them for themselues within the terme of foure yeares and by repaying the value of the principall mony together with the rent thereof wherupon the reuenewes which the buyer hath receiued shall be abated and if any contention shall arise thereupon it shall be referred to the deciding of an ordinarie and competent Iudge 13 Againe it shall be lawfull for all Burghers of the towne of Groeninguen whether they be ecclesiasticall persons or others freely