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A08323 The true reporte of the seruice in Britanie. Performed lately by the honorable knight Sir Iohn Norreys and other captaines and gentlemen souldiers before Guingand Together with the articles which the Prince D'ombes accorded to the defendants of the towne. Montpensier, Henri de Bourbon, duc de, 1573-1608. 1591 (1591) STC 18655; ESTC S113298 4,793 14

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THE TRVE Reporte of the seruice in Britanie Performed lately by the Honorable Knight Sir Iohn Norreys and other Captaines and Gentlemen souldiers before Guingand Together with the Articles which the Prince D'ombes accorded to the defendants of the Towne LONDON Printed by Iohn VVolfe and are to be sold at his shop right ouer against the great South-doore of Paules 1591. ❧ The true report of the seruice in Britanie performed lately by the Honourable Knight Sir IOHN NORREYS and other Captaines and gentlemen souldiers before Guingand together with the articles which the Prince D'ombes accorded to the defendants of the towne A Marshall man principally deuoteth him selfe to hazard his lims and life in the seruice of his Prince countrie for honour and crownes as it were shame to eclipse him the one so it is iniurie to scant him the other for the surest whetstone of valour and vertue is renowne and glorie in defrauding the souldier of his pay you cut his purse and rebate his edge in deprauing his honour you cut his throate and strike him stone deade whereby I was induced to publish the renowned seruice done lately by that honourable knight S. IOHN NORREYS in Britanie to the end that neither he neither the rest of the braue Captaines gentlemen and souldiers should want their due commendation that both they may be encouraged to continew their braue heroicall mindes and others inclined to aduance themselues to the like honorable attempts actions I am the better able to performe this my promise by reason of a letter I receiued thence from a gentleman so well qualified that neither he wanted skill or wit to record the seruice with the pen neither valour courage to performe anie enterprise with the sword being a principall actor in the execution thereof the copie wherof I present to the reader that he may be truely enformed of the seruice and yeelde the actors their due commendation SIR by my last letters I aduertised you of the safe ariuall of our armie in Britanie the third of May continewing about the Abbay of Beauport a weeke for the arming of the souldiers mounting the artillerie and marshaling our Campe. The tenth we began our march and lodged with our troupes before Guingand the 13. Since which time through the wonderful paines and continuall trauel of Sir IOHN NORREYS our L. Generall the towne is rendered to the Prince D'OMBES sonne to the Duke MOMPENSIER of the house of Burbon Gouernour of Britainie for the King The reporte whereof may seeme straunge to you for we our selues do wonder at it considering the strength of the place by arte and nature and how greatly the conseruation therof imported Philibert Emanuel Duke Mercurie of the house of Vaudemont a collaterall branch of Lorrayne Gouernour of Britanie for those rebellious Leaguers who murthered his brother in law the late king his owne sisters husband as well in regarde of his honour and reputation as of his profit and peculiar interest the towne being his proper inheritance in the right of his wife Marie daughter and heire to Sebastian Duke of Pontheiure whose father Francis Vicount Martigues of the house of Luxemburg attained large territories in Britanie marrying Charlotte sister and heire of Iohn de Brosse who descended of the house of Ponthieure a collateral line of the Dukes of Britanie The duke Mercurie notwithstanding hee was thus particularly interessed in the town of Guingand wanting neither sufficient garison munition or victuals hauing Don Ioan de Lagula in a readinesse with foure thousand Spaniards at Pontiguy besides his owne troupes yet suffered this defensible place to bee lost without blowes vpon dishonourable and base conditions whereby we may see how God rebateth the edge of rebels harts daunteth their courages and ranuerseth their actions with his by blows or vnlooked-for counterbuffes That the particularities of the matter may bee better knowne vnto you you are to vnderstand that the town of Guingand is strongly waled round about inuironed with a large ditch and a deepe counterscarfe extending it selfe in length from the South Southeast to the North Norwest Vpon the South end of the town where was sometimes an old castle there is now a very strong bulwarke with three Flankers and in the middest thereof a Cauallero which commandeth the whole towne Not farre from it Eastwarde is the gate of the towne of it selfe verie strong and before it a verie great Rauelin within the counterscarfe of the ditch at the bottom whereof there is a most daintie Sallye insomuch as a thousand men may issue out at the same and not one bee discouered vntill their heades appeare aboue the counterscarfe And aboue them are two drawne briges for the Saliants the one for horse the other for foote right before the Raueling is a pretie conceited Turne-pike or Barricado to checke the throng and multitude of pursuers From this place Northwarde the wall is embowed like a horne with three Flankers vpon it and so ranforced within with earth as it is accounted a Terra-pleyn The West hath a very deepe ditch ful of water neither could any aproch be made that way by reason of the marrishis The North end of the towne hath manie Flankers and a deepe ditch yet somewhat drie fast by an Abbey of Iacopins which the villaines them selues pulled for the most part downe lest it should anie way distresse the towne standing within lesse then eightie paces of the towne wall Notwithstanding this their prouident malice the rebels left as much standing for vs as serued to cut their owne throates My Lord Generall hauing quickly found that this part of the towne was fittest to receaue a breach made shew to the quite contrarie parte thereof as at the South parte hee caused trenches to be cast and passages to be made through the walles of old houses euen to the verie counterscarfe of the ditch a long trench was likewise cast verie neare the walles of the East side of the towne and in the middest therof a platforme of earth to be erected to some reasonable height as if the canon should haue beene placed there in the meane time all trauel was vsed in making of a Mine according to our Generals direction neare to the entended breach and the waies made for the bringing and dressing of the places fit for the Canon to play vpon which was performed in so good sorte as that by the 20. day of this moneth our artillerie was brought downe to the Iacopines cloister and there placed within losse then an hundreth paces of the wall And this was one of our greatest combars both in respect of trauel hazard to both which how my L. did expose himselfe truely I could not but wonder and in my hart was angry to see it and yet if he had not so hazarded himselfe I did partly perceiue that little woulde haue beene done On fryday the 21. we began our batterie and notwithstanding it continued all the day yet