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A07032	A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, otherwise called Flanders Wherein, is sett forthe the originall and full proceedyng of the saied troubles and ciuile warres, with all the stratagemes, sieges, forceble takynges, and manlike defenses, of diuers and sondrie cities, tounes, and fortresses of the same, together, the barbarous crueltie and tyrannie of the Spaniard, and trecherous hispaniolized Wallons, [and] others of the saied lowe Countreis. And there withall, the estate and cause of religion, especially, from the yere 1559. vnto the yere 1581. Besides many letters, commissions, contractes of peace, unions, articles and agrementes, published and proclaimed in the saied prouinces. Translated out of French into Englishe, by T.S. ge[n]t.; Chronyc. historie der Nederlandtscher oorlogen, troublen enn oproeren oorspronck, anvanck enn eynde, item den standt der religien, tot desen jare 1580. English.	Stocker, Thomas, fl. 1569-1592.; Marnix van St. Aldegonde, Philips van, 1538-1598, attributed name.; Rijckewaert, Carolus, called Theophilus, fl. 1577, attributed name.; Henricpetri, Adam, fl. 1576. General historien der aller namhafftigsten unnd fürnembsten Geschichten, Thaten und Handlungen.; Le Petit, Jean François, 1546-ca. 1615, attributed name.	1583 (1583)	STC 17450.3; ESTC S111524	324,446	432

foure thousande horse of Spaniards Italians Almaynes Burgonions and others With this armie hee encamped before Mastright to stay the enemie for passing ouer at the Maze hee made also a bridge ouer the Maze that he myght euery way cut the enemie from victuals The Prince of Orange tooke by assault Arenberg The prince taketh certaine places and Ep pen two townes standing betweene Coloigne and Duren and Hormeson also belonging to king Philip where his Ma. garnison was staine which caused the Duke of Alua to spare none eyther yet to receiue any to mercie But as the prince marched still for ward the Duke knew not whether he wold into France to ayde the Prince of Conde or whether he would come downe into the lowe countries howbeit the Princes armie coasted the riuer of Maze euen vnto Stockum where he passed the ryuer to meete with the Duke of Alua his campe Whyle these matters were in hande the Duke of Alua caused aproclamation to bee made in Antwerpe that euery man which had or knew of any goods belongyng to the Gueses shold tell it to the Lorde Treasurer or to the magistrate and officer of the place where those goods were vpon paine that whosoeeuer concealed them or suffered them to bee carryed out of the Countries shoulde pay the valure of the saide goods The one thirde part whereof shoulde bee to the Informer and the rest confisked to his maiesties vse but hee that was not able to restore them shoulde be arbitrarily punished This Proclamation caused great mischiefe In the ende of September the Duke of Alua came on Mastright side The Liegeois woulde haue taken vp a certaine passage for the stopping of the armie but the Prince marched with his people on the other side and although there had beene a controuersie between the bishop and the Liegeois yet they agreed by a cōmon consent to leuie sixe ensignes of men for the defense of the citie The fifteenth of October the Orangians discomfited certain ensignes of Aluaianes But when the Prince had passed the Maze bee marched forwarde the twentieth of October leauing on his right hande the towne Tilmont and passed the riuer whiche diuideth the lande of Lieg from Brabant seeking all the wayes he could to fight with the enemie howbeit the Duke of Alua had no will to hazard it and therfore fearing the Prince of Orange his forces kept himselfe in his trences before the Citie of Mastright But Don Fredericke of Toledo his sonne came one day out of the campe with sixe Culuerines foure thousand shot and an hundred men at armes but no great matter was exployted saue that in skirmishing many on both sides were thrust out of wages When the Prince sawe that Winter drewe neere and the time passed away without giuing battaile to the Duke of Alua who lay in his Trenches before Mastright although at the first the Princes armie might haue fought and discomfited the enemie had it not beene through euill counsell or els that the Lorde GOD would not suffer it because hee woulde further punish the lowe countries for their horrible and grieuous sinnes But nowe againe to our purpose the Prince meaning to auoyde the vnprofitable charges in the consuming and spending of victuals money and munition thought it the best Councell to forsake for a time the lowe Countries and make a voyage into Fraunce where the Marshall Cossey pursued him with two thousand shot two hundred horse which was to his great hurt Whiche thing the Marshall dyd at the request of the Duke of Alua and followed the Prince euen vnto Cambresie The Frenche woulde gladly haue had the Germayne horse men to haue come downe into Fraunce But the greatest number of them returned home into Germanie for want of pay and taking their way through Champaigne entred into Lorayne and beeing come neere vnto Straesbrough they diuided themselues not well pleased with theyr pay and thus ended this warr betweene the Prince of Orange and the Duke of Alua who euer sithence hath continued a more tyrannous persecutor in murderyng emprisoning cuttyng off of heads hanging burning confisking of goods publishing of Proclamations and Commissions and bringing in of newe Bishoppes as at Leewarde in Friselande where Cunerus Petri was ordeined the first bishop the first of February 1568. And afterward were very solemnely ordeined certaine others in the prouinces of the low Countries Nowe this tyraunts great persecution and tyrannie aforesaide continued from the yeere 68. vnto the yeere 72. When as the miserable and comfortles inhabitaunts of the lowe countries had through Gods assistance and mercy some ease of their calamities by reason that the saide Duke obstinately persisted in demanding of the tenth penny without regard of the complaints of all the Estates of the lowe Countries thinking thereby to heape vp suche an infinite treasure and keepe a continuall mine of golde and siluer to withstande all kinges princes and potenrates that woulde oppose themselues against his vnnaturall tyrannie And although the Lorde hath suffered this tyrant to bee a scourge to plague the lowe Countries which sometimes so notably florished yet hath it been to none other end but to aduertise vs that we in the time of our great prosperitie wallowing and tumbling in all worldly pleasures forgot the Lorde our God and that forsaking our wicked life through the chastizement of this rod wee might frame our selues to newnesse of life according to his most holy and blessed commandements For the good God chas●iseth all those whome hee loueth neither hath these lowe countries been onely so greatly scourged through the tyrannie of this cruell and vnnaturall monster but hath also visited them with a most fearefull ouerflowing of waters Insomuch that the first of Nouember in the yeere 70. were drowned in Hollande Zealand Friseland Gelderland and others many thousandes of people and an innumerable multitude of cattaile for mans sustenance This wounde Gentle Reader is healed and almost for gotten but the tyrannie of the Duke of Alua is yet in force Wherefore let vs beseech the Lord our God to deliuer vs out of the handes of this tyrant to the ende wee may serue and honour him in peace and tranquilitie all the dayes of our life And heere an ende of the second Booke The thirde Booke of the Histories of the troubles in the low Countries wherin shal be set downe the second inuasion of the Nobilitie Gentlemen and other fugitiues and banished men into the same IN the first and seconde bookes Gentle Reader hath been declared vnto thee what hath come to passe from the yeere 1566. vnto the yeere 1572. and the very first originall of this present warre But in this thirde shall bee described all the matters that haue fallen out from this yeere 72. vnto the taking of the Councell of Estate in Bruxelles which was put in execution by the Lorde of Heze Captaine of the same citie the 4. of September 1576. by the ordinance of the Estates of Brabant And nowe to

aforesaid vnderstood that the Spaniards were comming on to seeke them out they marched on and encountred them at Moquerhead The battaile at Moquerhed where a great many of theyr souldiers hauing nothing els in theyr mouthes but money money refused to fight whereupon these valiant Noble men with the rest of theyr people were enforced of necessitie to abyde the charge of the enemie loosing there both tourney and life at once after they had the fourteenth of April 1574. valiātly fought it out When the Spaniardes had wonne this victorie The mutinie of the Spaniards in Antwerpe they againe mutined for their pay but by the aduise of Sancho de Auila they were conducted to Antwerpe where they ioyntly entred into the Castle the 26. of Apryll receiuing to their contentment frō the great commendator which hee had extorted vppon the Citizens of Antwerpe the summe of foure hundred thousand florins vsurping on them all kinde of crueltie and warlike licence libertie Moreouer the Lorde of Champigni gouernour of the sayde Towne was by them enforced to pack out thereof with all his Walons and because they feared the shippes of warre whiche lay there neere for the defense of the citie well purueied of all fortes of munitions they made them depart and ryde farder off from thence Whereupon the Flushingers being thereof aduertised A vietorls of 〈◊〉 Flushingers surprised them on a whitsunday when as the Spaniards were feasting and banqueting in al their iollitie tormenting mastring the poore Citizens of the citie After the discomfiture of the aforesaide Lordes the Spaniardes beeing aduertised that the Towne of Leyden Leydē besleged the second time sithence theyr departure was vnprouided of victualles and munition they encamped before it and planted theyr batterie the twentie and sixt of May and more straitly enclosed it then they did at the first For the Spaniards had built in diuers places aboute the water side 22. Bulwarks in either of which were ●woor three peeces of great ordenance The historie of which siege here after ensueth Nowe before such time as I take in hand to touch and handle the principall matter I am Gentle Reader to beseech thee not to take in euill part my summarie declaration of this warre of Hollande and Zealande although it bee heere before described And first to beginne with all The Duke of Alua hauing seene that the taking of Mons in Haynault the wonderfull departure of Count Lodwyke of Nassou with the mightines and strength of his armie and the horrible murder at Paris had made readie so open a way for his blooddy tyrannie hee like vnto a seconde Antiochus full of all pride and arrogancie pursued his victorie and to beginne withall hee in October first sacked the Towne of Malines After that because hee woulde shewe his furie and insatiable erueltie hee the sixteenth of Nouember caused aboue fiue hundred men and women to bee murdered hanged headed and drowned at the Towne of Zurphen and within a whyle after hee committed another farre more cruell and horrible slaughter at the Towne of Narden where hee slue as it were all the whole Towne after hee had made them manie faire promises and bereft them of theyr armour and weapon pursuyng afterwarde with tyrannie the Townes of Hollande Howbeit the Almightie God whose mercy is alwayes most seene in the time of necessitie toke them into his protection myraculously sending vnto them the Prince of Orange as a second Iudas Machabeus to resist the blooddie tyrant Nowe it is well enough knowen by the Stories whiche haue gone before what the bridge was ouer which he entered into the garden of Holland before the citie of Harlem for the cōmitting of his cursed murders here before largely enough set downe after it had abidden the siege for the space of eight moneths where Don Fredericke the saide Duke his sonne was generall of the campe who followed the fathers owne naturall inclination hauing for all that lost at that siege aboue twelue thousand men through the valtantise of the Harlemians after that the towne was rendred vnto him through the discomfiture of the princes armie and extremitie of the famine caused aboue two thousand three hundred souldiers to be executed by the sword halter and the water who valiantly had defended this towne insomuch that the Gentle Reader may manifestly consider that at that time the Hollanders were euen vp to the chinne in the water readie to be drowned and sincke to the grounde For through the losse of Harlem Alkemer and Leyden they were all in great danger Howbeit the Lord God who commonly deliuereth his from oppression depriued the Spaniards of their reasonable vnderstanding when as through their mutinie they leaft pursuing of their victorie which caused the Hollanders to take courage againe vnto them fortified their townes and by a common accorde agreed to abide susteine a defensiue warre for the defending of their wiues children and to hazarde their bodies and goods for the benefit and welfare of their countrie Which in very deede cleerely appeared by them of Leyden who according to the right custome of warres burnt and pulled downe halfe a myle about the towne all the houses castles villages monasteries and trees thereby to fortifie their towne and weaken the enemie And so likewise had the Alkemerians done And to speake the truth the yeelding vp of Harlem was a great losse to the Hollanders but on the other side whosoeuer will consider and weigh what townes and fortresses of the enemy the Lorde God hath giuen deliuered vp vnto them shall find that their conquest hath byn greater then their losse For they conquered the castle of the Rammekens in Zelande called Zeabrough wherby they not only became maisters ouer all Zelād but obtained the key of the Sea and of all the low countries And shortly after the L. Lewys of Boyset Admyral of the quarter of the sea for the Prince of Orange wanne a iolly victory against the armie by Sea which was set foorth of Antwerpe where tenne of the greatest ships with the Admirall of the enemy were taken besides those that were sounke and the souldiers which were cast ouer the boord saue only their Captaine Iulian Romero who saued himselfe by swimming where they lost aboue 1500 of their best Souldiers as well Spanyardes as others The iolly victory likewise in North Hollande which the valiannt Captayne Nicholas Ruychauer of Harlem had against the Armye of Amsterdam where were taken Prisoners the Count of Bossue and with him many moe aswel Spaniards as others that were in the Admyrall whiche they thought inuincible I will here for this time passe ouer the siege of Alkmer and the shameful retraite of Don Fredericke after he had giuē 7. assaultes And also the Duke of Alua his retrayte into Spaine and howe to his shame the proud Image which stood in the Castle of Antwerpe was destroyed and carried away Besides the Arryuall of the greate Commendator of Castile Don

Artillarie and all had not the force of the Launces staied them for thei were not halfe well prouided to goe awaie vpon the spurre and againe the night commyng suddenly vppon ●hem euery man retiered hym self to his strength But because the Enemie had fought but ill that daie the next night he forsooke his seuen Trenches vppon Northe Common and Steendicque and drewe awaie his Artillarie The 23. The siege raised from before Steenwike of February whiche was the daie of the deliuerance of the Toune aboute the breake of the daie three Engishe men came out of the Wood and passed betweene the Trenches but when thei perceiued that there was neither watche nor warde within them thei came to the Toune and tolde them of it then issued out of the Toune many men and lookyng into the Trenches founde neuer a man but the seuenteene dead men whiche laie there and three dead Roiters before the Trenche Within a while after the Enemie set fire on his Campe and hauing before daie sent his Artillarie with his footemen before his horsemen stoode in order of battle vntill the afternoone in the plaine fallow fieldes of Onnen vntill suche tyme as the Englishe Colonell generall of the Campe came with his Colonelles Captaines and Officers and a fewe horsemen to passe by Steenwike in the tayle of the Enemie who as yet brauely mustered and shewed hym self And then was the Toune throughly victualled with all thinges necessarie and deliuered from the straight siege The slege of Steenwike lasted fower whole monethes whiche it endured fower whole Monethes together and therefore we can not sufficiently enough praise our good GOD who hath so louingly and mercifully dealt with vs moste miserable wretches The 24. of February the Armie of the Estates departed from the Wood and marched towardes Oldemerct to expulse the Garnisons whiche the Enemie had thrust in into Ruynder Lemmer Sloten and many other places moe whiche afterward was performed In so muche that all these places were againe restored into the handes of the Estates and vnited Prouinces Vnto whom I beseech the Lord of his mercie and grace graunt wisedome prouidence and strength daiely more and more to continue their blessed enterprises to the ende thei maie with force resist their enemies prouidently guyde all their affaires and maintaine this debonaire people with all wisedome and equitie And thus gentle Reader I conclude and ende this present Historie reseruyng the reste of the affaires whiche shall succeede for the beginning of an other Booke and if it shall please the Lord our God to graunt me that his fauour I will surely make thee partaker thereof FINIS A Table conteinyng the principall matters conteined within this Historie of the troubles and Liuill warres in the lowe Countreis A. AMbassadours sent to the Kyng from the Councell of Trent 7. An aduertisement or warnyng of those of the reformed Religion 21. Articles digested into forme and order 22. An abolishyng of the Inquisition and Commissions 25. Arragon will not receiue the Inquisition 44. Alkmere besieged 101. Arke of Delfte 126. A lustie Captaines linelinesse reuiued men halfe dead 127. Admirall determineth to batter Lammen forte 134. B. Braband Priuiledges most excellent 3. Bryngyng in of the newe Bishoppes 5. Brute and rumour of warres in the low Countrels 4. Boisleduke besieged by the Count of Megne 37. Briel taken by the Lorde of Lumay 75. Bishoppe of Harlem halloweth the greate Churche 102. Battaile by Sea 102. Battaile at Moquerhed 103. Boysot the Admirall sent to take vp mē for the aiding of Leyden 118. Baldez and his companie take a faire paire of heeles 132. Boysot the Admirall entreth Leyden 155. Baldez writeth a fewe Latin wordes vpon his departure frō the siege before Leyden 136. Baldez his Souldiers mutine 138. Baldez Souldiers marche to Vtright Ibidem Buren besieged and rendred Ibidem C. Count Menssield garnisonneth Antwerpe 39. Counsell of troubles erected 49. Castle of Antwerpe built 50. Citation against the Count of Hooghstrate 52. Count Arenbergue slaine 65. Count Adolf of Nassou slaine Ibidem Count Lodwike his aunswere to the Emperour 70. Count Lodwike raiseth his Campe. 71. Count Egmond his aunswere to his Sentence of condemnation 67. Count Egmond his letters vnto the Kyng Ibidem Count Bergue inuadeth the Countrey of Surphen 77. Castle of Stauere ayded 78. Count de la Roche his letters to the Leydens 121. Citezens most noble and couragious aunswere of Leyden to Baldes Campe. 128. Calamitie and miserie of the Leydens insupportable 130. D. Doctors of diuinitie appointed in euery Cathedrall Churche 5. Duke of Alua appointed Generall of the Army for Flanders 29. Disputation at Antwerpe 31. Duke of Alua commeth out of Spaine 49. Duke of Alua his order in the goyng of his voyage Ibidem Duches of Parma goeth out of the lowe Countrey Ibidem Duke of Alua taketh awaie the keyes from the Gauntois 50. Duke of Alua sheweth his authoritie to the Estates Ibidem Duke of Alua aideth the Frenche 51. Duke of Alua tyrannizeth 65. Duke of Alua writeth to the Bishoppe of Munster 71. Duke of Alua demaundeth the tenth peney 74. Duke of Alua besiegeth Monts 77. Don Lewis de Requesens commeth into the lowe Countreis 102. Duke of Alua plareth the bankerupt 103. Delft attempted 117. Diuers speeches vsed about the cuttyng and pearsing of the Dykes or Bankes 119. Discorde in Leyden by reason of the famine 127. Death of the Commandator 139. E. Encrease of those of the Religion 2. Examination or tryall most cruell 46. Egmond and Horne prisoners 50. Englishe men driuen out of their forte 106. Enterprise of the Commandator vpon the Countrey of Sconwene 139. F. Forme and maner of the Inquisition 44. Flusihyng reuolteth 75. Frenche ouerthrowne at Chieuerane 77. Fugitiue Hollanders letters to the Ley dens 109. Fliyng meslenger arriueth at Leyden 129. G. Gueses demaund reiected by the Regent 37. Gueses discomfited and put to flight Ibidem Greate patience in those of the Religion 1. Gueses inuade Friselande 77. Gertrudenbergue besieged 102. H. Harlem besieged 79. Harlemians for the redemption of their Citie paie to Dom Fredericke 240. thousand Florins 99. Harlem yeelded vp to the Duke of Alua. Ibidem J. Inquisition the very well spryng of the ciuill warres 2. Iewes put to death a childe of two yeres of age 43. Ihon Biancu the mutinous Spanyardes Eletto slaine 138. K. Kynges Armes broken doune 16. Kyng of Spayne ought to pawne his kyngdomes to make warre for the lowe Countreis 114. L. Luther the Author of the light of the Gospell 1. Lorde of Brederode exhibiteth a supplication 35. Ladie Regent her aunswere to the same supplication 36. League of the Knightes of the order 37. Ladie Regent tollerateth the Sermons 28. Letters of the Kynges vnto the Ladie Regent 29. Lorde Brederode taken for a Rebell 38. Lorde of Brederode fleeth from Amsterdame 39. Leyden the first tyme besieged 102. Leyden besieged the seconde tyme. 104. Leydens aunswere to the Prince 107. Leirdame besieged and

souldiers And ouer and besides fiue companies of the Regiment of the Count of Arenbergue Howebeit all these people could doe Counte Lodwicke no hurte because his armie dayly encreased The Duke of Alua sent thither Sir Iohn of Ligny Count Arenbergue who was newely come out of Fraunce with a Regiment of Spaniardes and fiue ensignes of Almaynes to set vpon the enemie whiche hee did in deede but to his great losse before the Count Megue was come The first skyrmishe was very brauely handled in a place where a thousande shot of the Count Nasious lay in wayte for the comming of the Count Arenbergue Howebeit the night separated them and the Spaniardes retyred vnto their Campe but the Count Nassou in the night raysed his Campe. When the day was come the Spaniardes thought that the Count Nassou and his people had fled and therefore they followed them But when Count Lodwicke vnderstoode that there were no more horsemen but Curtius Martinengo his bande hee charged the Count Arenbergue with three hundred horses and ouerthrewe tenne ensignes of Spantardes and fiue companies of Almaynes The Count of Arenbergue for the sauing of his honour defended him selfe valiantly Howebeit his horse was slayne vnder him and he falling to the grounde was suddenly surprised by a shotte and slayne The Count of Arenbergue ●layne notwithstanding that hee cryed out and sayde saue my life for I am a Count but all woulde not serue and so his noble blood was there splite Certayne of the Spaniardes fledde vnto a Monastery not farre from the place where the ouerthrowe was giuen called Heiligher Lee to hide and saue them selues Howebeit they were forthwith sette vpon where at the very first assault was slayn Count. Adolfe of Nassou Count Adolf of Nafsou slayne count Lodwicke his brother and his Chauncelor The rest of the Spaniardes and Almaynes saued them selues in the town of Groening By this ouerthrowe the Duke of Alua lost sixe peeces of great Ordinaunce with all their munition but chiefly the count of Arenbergue who was all his comfort Ouer and besides the great store of money which they had brought with them for the paying of their souldiers their plate and other ritches which the Nassouans made good butin of This battell was fought the 23. of May 1568. betweene Heiligher Lee and Winschote in Friselande The Count of Arenbergue was buried in the Church of the saide Monasterie and the Count Adolfe at Welden The 29. of May the Duke of Alua caused a Proclamation to bee placlaymed at Bruxelles That all such as were departed their Countrey shoulde returne to their place of aboade vppon payne of confiscation both of body and goodes The welthie fugitiues were expressely named howebeit fewe or none returned because they hoped of a better way and a more conuenient time to do it This discomfiture greatly greeued the Duke of Alua but hee was auenged for it vpon the noble men and Gentlemen and other welthie Citizens whome he had in prison whose liues he tooke away For the first day of Iune he caused eighteene Gentlemens heads to be striken off in the Horsemarket at Bruxelles The tyrannie of the Duke of Alua. to wit Gysbert and Thierry of Batenbourgh Barons Peter de Andelot Philip de Winglen Maximilian Cocke Philip Triest a Gantois Iohn de Blays Bortholomew de Val Sir Beyma a gentleman of Friseland and Harman Galama a gentleman of Friselande also Iames de Pentan Ferdinand Peletier Constantine of Bruxelles Iohn de Rumaul Lewis Carlier of Cambray Peter and Philip de Altz brethren The next day beeing the seconde of Iune were put to death the Lorde of Vilers and the Lorde of Due who were taken at the ouerthrowe of Dalham Quintin Benit and a minister of the worde named Cornille Nyeen a very learned and famous doctor vpon all these persons aforesayde vomited he vp his cholor The thirde of the saide moneth hee caused to bee brought foorth the Count Egmond and Philippe de Memorencie count of Horne knights of the order two very famous gentlemē both for their language and honour as also for their notable feaces of armes especially the Count Egmonde for the good seruice which he had done his Maiestie in the viage to Saint Quintins where the Constable and many other Frenche noble men were taken and afterwarde in the voiage to Groening where hee valiantly ouercame the Frenche to their great losse both of men and otherwayes Howebeit all these his notable good and faithfull seruices stoode him in no stead These two Countes were brought from Gand to Bruxelles in a wagon with a conuoye of tenne ensignes of Spaniardes and a bande of Horses and ledde to the markette place of Bruxelles and lodged at an house called the Breadhouse about three of the clocke in the after noone and there were indited and sentence pronounced as followeth The Duke of Alua his highnesse Marques of Coria gouernour Lieutenant and Captayne generall for his Maiestie our redoubted and beloued Lorde in his lowe Countreys and Lorde chiefe Iustice in the Counsayle of life and death ouer his Maiesties prisonners hauing seene the Attorney generall his declaration and information and also the mynutes documentes depositions and letters by him exhibited but especially the confession and propositions of the prisonners their answeres and defence and the billes by them exhibited by which the L. that are But nowe to returne to my first matters whiche I was in hande withall The Count of Egmond his answere vnto the sentence when the Count of Egmond hearde of this seuere sentence hee saide Truely this is an harde iudgement I do not beleeue that euer in all my life I haue so offended his Maiestie as to haue deserued so seuere sentence Neuerthelesse if so be that I haue offended I beseeche the Lorde that my death may take away all my sinnes to the ende that neyther I nor none of mine be any more dishonored and that my deare wife and feare and my innocent children suffer no more torment after that my bodie and goods shall bee confisked my good seruices haue deserued not to haue any such grace granted vnto me But sith it is the pleasure of almightie God and my Lord the king that thus it shal be I wil patiently suffer death And afterwarde he wrote vnto the king this letter The Count Egmonde his letter to the king I haue hearde the decree of your Maiesties sentence giuen vpon mee although I neuer eyther ment or thought to commit any thing that might be hurtfull vnto your person seruice or the ancient Catholike religion But I take in good parte what so euer it shall please the Lorde to lay vpon mee and if I haue during these troubles in the lowe Countreys any way offended or suffered any thing that might haue happened to others and not to my selfe the same hath come from a loyall and faithfull heart to the honour of God your Maiesties seruice and as the time required Wherefore I most humbly

Pystols on thē crying together with one voyce you haue libertie libertie graunted you the Prince of Orange is come to ayde you and you shall bee set free from the tenth pennie and all other charges wherewith the Duke of Alua woulde burden you This cry dured certaine houres with such a marueilous noyse as if thousands of souldiers had entred the towne But count Lodwike hauing long time taryed for his people and sawe that none of them came hee himselfe went out to vnderstand the cause of theyr so long tarrying and what were become of the horse men but they were out of the way in the woods from whence the Count Lodwike conducted them vnto the towne of Mons to the number of fiue hundreth and euery man a shot behinde him who beeing entred the towne first tooke the Towne house and set themselues in order of battaile In this sorte then tooke they the Towne whiche was in truth a kingly deede of a noble and famous Count and woorthie euerlasting memorie to winne by sleight and pollicie a towne so strongly fortified The same day also was the citie of Valencia surprised Valencia surprised but not many dayes after the Duke of Alua tooke it againe For as hee had sent thither Don Iohn de Mendoza with a certaine number of horse men to make prouision for the Castle that was but yll furnished with victuals and munition hee who in the name of Counce Lodwike had surprised the citie vnderstandyng of the commyng of the Spaniardes foorthwith contrary to the opinion of all men especially of the Spaniardes forsooke and least the towne who thought not so easilye without besieging to haue wonne it The Duke receyuing newes of the taking of Mons would not beleeue it trusting more to the letters whiche hee had from the Frence king by which he was aduertised that count Lodwik had been a few dayes sithence in Fraunce howbeit by the continuance of the newes hee did assure himselfe that the Towne was taken whereupon hee was cast into such a rage as that he tare his garmentes and troade vppon his cappe stormyng and chafyng as if hee had beene out of his witte and mad But as the Duke of Alua was altogether put by for resistyng of his enemies the Lorde of Lumay gotte hymselfe by little and little to bee master of the Cities and townes of Hollande who freely yeelded themselues vnder the protection of the famous Prince of Orange although hee himselfe was not there for euery man desired to bee deliuered from the slauery of the said Duke and of the Spaniardes The Citie of Enchusen standing in the North partes of Hollande was the first that opposed it selfe agaynst the tenth penie and the tyrannie of the sayde Duke and it was by reason of certayne souldiers which were in the shippes of warre whome they of Enckhuysen and Amstelredame had armed For as vpon the tenth of Iune 1572. Boshuysen Captayne of the sayd Shippes was entered Enckhuysen to furnishe his Shippes with victualles and other warlike furniture there entred by little and little many souldiers thinking to take the Towne which dealing the Citizens perceyuing made them packe out of the Towne and tooke the sayde Captayne Boshuysen prisoner whome after a while they released out of prison But as the Citizens were thus troubled and fearing the receiuing in of souldiers for the enforcing of them to pay the tenth penie they sent for Count Lumay his souldiers and put themselues vnder the obedience of the famous Prince of Orange and within a while after the townes of Alkmer Horne Edam and Memmelicke did the like When the townes of Hollande that lay nearest the Briell hearde of this they in like maner sette open their gates to the Princes people and submitted them selues vnder his obedience sauing they of Schoonehoue and Amstleredam who stoutly resisted But the Lorde of Lumay besieged Schoonehoue who seeing the breach made rendred so that all Holland yeelded to the sayde Lorde except Amstelredam which the saide Count besieged once or twise but it was in vayne and vnprofitable for it was ouer stronge neyther could hee euer wynne the Citizens heartes because they were very obstinate papistes Whiles the Count of March plaied his parte in Holland The Count of Ber● inuadeth the Countrey of zurphen the Count Berge the Prince of Oranges brother in lawe leuied men of warre and tooke the Countie of zurphen the Townes of Dortcum Doebrough and zurphen and in the Dutchie of Gelderlande Hardwyke Ter Elberich and Hattum But in the Countrey of Twent Oldezele Goer and others The Count of Berge seeing the good affection of the Citizens of the Townes passed on like a Conquerer and came downe into the countrey of Oueryssel besieging the Town of S. Lawrance 1572. The towne of Tampen But because the Citizens were vnprouided of victualles and munition they rendred the Towne and so afterwarde did they of Swolle Hasselt and Steenewyke Townes of the Countrey of Oueryssel Whiles the lowe Countreys were assayled on euery side by the Lordes Gentlemen fugitiues and banished men of the said Countreyes the D. of Alua bent only all his forces against Counte Lodwyke his chiefe enemie and had sent into the borders of Fraunce a sufficient number of Spaniardes to fight with and discomfite the French that were sent by the Lordes of the reformed religion in Fraunce to assyste Counte Lodwyke who were betweene seuen and eyght thousand men whome the Spaniardes The ouerthrow of the French at Chieurayns the 17. of Iuly 1572. ouerthrewe at Thieuraine in a great broade fallowe fielde for want of good conduct and tooke their chiefe Captaynes Maister Ienlis and Maister Iumelle the one of which was carried to Antwerpe where without being sicke that any man knewe hee was one morning founde suddenly deade and the other to the Castle of Tournay who was deliuered in exchaunge for another prysonner being a Spaniarde After this discomfiture The Duke of Alua besiegeth Monts the Duke of Alua him selfe went and encamped before Montes and very straytly besieged it And the Count Lodwyke valiantly defended it still looking for ayde from the Prince of Orange his brother Amongst these exploytes The Gueses in uade Friseland there was likewise another inuasion made in west Friselande by the Gentlemen and the reste of the banished with their trayne amongest whome euen from the first beginning was captayne generall the Lorde of Newderworinter and after the Count Iust of Schouwenbourgh who were receiued into the Townes of Sneecke Boelswerd Franique But the Court of Friseland taking part with the aduersarie called from Groening the Lorde of Billi to bee an ayder against these Gueses who came with a iolly companie of well appointed Wallons and was receiued into the Towne and Castle of Leewarde into the Castle of Harlingue and into the Castle of Stauere The first enterprise that the Gueses tooke in hande was against Doccum for they came with good stoare of souldiers and Countreymen and

noone came in a Doue or flying Poste with Letters In the euening was a great lyght made vppon the lowest pynacle of the Tower wherevpon at eleuen of the clocke at nyght yssued a great number of people out of the Towne to assyste those whiche came from our shippes with powder All that night the great Ordenounce was heard to shoote off very terribly But the greatest losse fell vppon our owne people For they hearing the noyse of our men which came out of the Town and seeing them thought verelye they had bene the Enemye by meane wherof manye lost their lyues and cast al the powder into the water This noyse and crye and shooting off of the great Ordinaunce lasted all night long so that the Alarme sounded in euery corner of the towne Neuerthelesse the townesmen brought away with them two or three prisoners one of which by the report of the enemy self was a Captaine They like wyse whiche accompanyed those that went to the shippes and were bringing of pouder to the towne sayde that in their first issuing out towardes the shippes they lost 16. or 20. of their men The 26. of the saide moneth the enemy attempted an other skirmish for the driuyng of the towne cattle howbeit they were wel yuough met with al for they left there in pawne a Seriant of a bande and two or three other Souldiers and but three of the to wnesmen onely hurt At the same tyme one of the countrey men from whome the enemy had taken away his Cowe went to the woode and there tooke an horse in exchaunge and brought him home The 27. of the sayd moueth at eight of the clocke at night the enemy set vp a Gallowes on the plat fourme and hunge vp certayne Citizens and Souldiers whom they had taken the second night before when as they thought to haue come into the Towne with the pouder Some they hunge vp by the necke and some by the feete which deede so moued our Souldiers as that they also set vp a Gallowes on the toppe of the Bulwarke in the sight of the enemy where they hunge vp Maister Lamhert Maister Quirin and a Priest Adrian Groenenthuich and the young ladde whiche came from the wood notwithstandyng that the latter two were condemned to bee scourged and whipped and the boye besides to bee burnte in the face all whiche accompanied the other fiue Souldiers that were taken in the wood But maister Quirin his daughter and a Walon that was brought from the wood were drowned in Backnesse ditche These twelue were exeruted without the consent and leaue eyther of the Magistrate or Captaynes Ouer and besides they had taken the same night Sir Iasper and Sir Reynold Roothoofte Doctor Elsen and the Preacher of the Spittle The 28. of May the enemy comming with 63. ships fought on Harlem Mere with the Princes shippes and put them to flight with the losse of 21. vessels on whiche victory the enemy had the night before greatly tryumphed The same day the enemy assailed the forte whiche stoode vpon the side of the mere where they were thrise brauely repulsed howbeit when they of the forte saw that the shippes had forsaken them and lefte them without eyther victuall Munition or pouder they rendred vp the Peece with the safetie of their liues and goods The 30. of May the enemy blewe vp a Mine so that thereby three of the towne were slayne and Captayne Vemi with Cochim were in great hazard of their liues Then sounded the Alarme and Captaine Vemi who was as it were buried with the earth was by the help of the pyoners recouered and another Souldier with him And another Souldier that was caste beponde the ●leftblank returned to the towne by reason of the smoke without any hurt yet he was saluted with many a shot The first of Iune the enemy againe hunge vp vpon theyr platfourme tenne or eleuen men And the next morow issued out of the towne 40. shot to see if they could find out them which laye in the wood but perceiuing the number of the enemy to be ouer many for them to deale withall they retyred without executing that their enterprise The third of this moneth the enemy had mounted a faire square Cage fast tyed with cordes to the toppe of foure shippe Mastes all open both aboue and behinde and full of holes out of which the Harquebuziers might shoote howbeit they had not shotte aboue twise but that the townesmen had so beaten their cordes wherewith it was bounde as that it hunge all on the one side and the rest fell from the toppe to the ground and two or three of the enemies with all making therewith an horrible shoote by reason they fell from such an heigth At the same tyme a Citizen and two messengers more were sent to the Prince carrying with them certaine Doues for the bringyng backe of letters The 4. of Iune the enemy caused the townesmen to fallie out of the Bulwarke whereupon it cost sixe of them their liues And the next day commaundement was giuen that the Citizens should eate nothing els but Graynes howbeit it was lawfull for the souldiours to eate wheate bread as they did before The seauenth of the sayde moneth the Townesmen founde a Mine of nine faddomes deepe dygged vnder sainte Iohns Bulwarke to bee blowne vp where they founde a dead man a Moryon and a white lofe But the eigh day came in a Doue sente from the Lorde of Batenbrough by whome hee wrote that hee much merueyled that they had not receyued Letters by those Doues which came before from him and that the Prince woulde shortlye sende them ayde which was but a colde comfort to the poore Citizens The nienth of the same moneth the Townsmen gaue the Enemie a breakefaste from out of the Wood-Gate beecause they sayde that they had neyther bread nor beere in the Towne The tenth of Iune were sixe of the Sworne men chosen for the continuall looking to and vnderstanding of the Letters sent by the Postes in the ayre beecause the Citizens were not well pleased that that businesse was so slenderly looked vnto The same day were killed with a Cannon shot Peter Iohnson the carpenter Simon Score and two young children This daye the Enemye blewe vppe a myne howbeit there was no hurte done But yet through the fauour of the Smoke the Townsmen wanne also an other mine of them The eleuenth of this Moneth the Deane of the Chanons of Harlem and manye other Citizens beeing in the Campe of the Enemye desired to come to a parle with the Townesmen but they woulde none of that they thanked them Howbeit the nexte morrowe the Enemies came in great number out of the wood to take the Towne kine but after that they had loste eyght souldiours and wee one they retyred The same daye in the after noone the Enemy returned for the execution of the sayde enterpryse But hauinge gotten sixe of the kyne within their possession sixe of the Towne

caused to sounde the retraite Nowe this retraite could not bee without the losse of the princes people especially of those whiche were with the Admyrall of ziericksea There were amongest this company certaine French gentlemen Captaines as Catteuille Durant and Guileresse who were too too forwarde with theyr souldiers against the enemie for they had gotten with their barkes behinde the turf heapes not farre from the enemies houses trenches thinking to haue set them on fire But the Admyrall retyring without any noyse and not knowing them to bee so farre foorth the enemie perceiuing them to bee there so lustily assailed them with such a great number of boates as that Catteuille Guileresse and seuen souldiers moe by reason of the reculing of their barke were drowned But Durant and certaine souldiers with him saued thēselues by swimming neuerthelesse the enemie as it was after well knowne receiued a farre greater losse through the shooting off of the great ordenance For their boates were full fraught with their dead hurt and gald men and carried to Vtright Insomuch that some scoffing fellowes iested and saide That fryers Gray was very deare ware because that whosoeuer woulde goe to the Popes heauē must needes bee buryed in a Fryers Minors coule and the time was that they would put them coffyn all into the coule when as they carryed them very vnsauery from the campe as commonly it fell out both at Amsterdam and also at Vtright where they are buried in the body of the Church And although the princes armie had with the great ordenāce merueilously annoied the enemie as had also the valiant souldiers of the Colonels of the Baron of Noyelle and of the Captaine of the guarde yet it shoulde seeme that they wonne no great matter by it For the water rose not so high as they looked for and that was by reason of the infinite thousandes of hassocks which sucked vp the water the winde also serued them to no pur pose and besides the enemie vsed many and sundrie meanes to draine the water aside Moreouer the said bridge was marueilous strongly fortif●ed and againe the boates which had the demie canons in them woulde otherwise haue beene trimmed so that it seemed all that cost and trauell to be vtterly lost and themselues at their wits end Howbeit the Lorde God purueyed for them two maner of wayes to wit first by reason of the Nottheast wynde which blew vp a mightie gabe the 18.19 20. dayes of September secōdly through the good counsell that was giuen to M. Peter Wastell one of his Excellencies counsell who in this dealing was very diligent and carefull for as he was deuising with two countrie men they told him that they needed not passe by that bridge seeing they might passe the way called Segwart lying betweene Soetermeir and Benthouse When the councellour heard thus much he tolde it to his Excellencie and returning to the campe sate hereupon in councell with the Admiral Noielles the Captaine of the guarde and with certaine estates of the Admiraltie and they all concluded as abouesaid And heereupon Admyral Boysot accompauied with Wastell aforesaide with the guard eight gallies and senentie souldiers directed his course that night towards Segwart way and there arriued before such time as the enemie had any vnderstanding of them for the vice Admyrall lay with the armie before the said Soetermeir bridge Nowe when they had gotten this way the Captaine of the guard desired Citadelle an Italian Gentleman and the Baron of Noielles Lieuetenant to fortifie and entrench with Vawgiraut and halfe the souldiers on Benthouse side And master Bochart with Captaine Ladriere and the other halfe of the souldiers on Soetermeir side And the meaning here of was this that although the whole force of the enemie should sodenly breake vpon them yet thought they hereby safely to returne to their ships howbeit all in vaine for the enemie seeing himself deceiued had no great stomacke to ferrit them out and the Almaines who lay at Benthouse so soone as night came shewed a faire payre of heeles they which lay at Soetermeir in the morning forsooke their trench retired towards Leyden to wit towardes Northaske Soeterwouwe Kyrkwegge Weyport carrying with them their artillarie and fortified themselues in manie houses Now the treaches in Segwart way were not finished withoute the great trauell of the princes people who labored all that night vp to the knees in the water the wind mightilye blowing at the North-East The next morrow Admirall Boysot sent the Captaine of the guarde to looke for the armie which through Gods mightie hand arriued there without the losse of any one man The Almaines aforesaid were no sooner gone frō Benthouse but that captaine Ladriere had gottē their trench When the Princes people were passed Segwart way hauing set on fire the houses which stood on Soetermeir way Captaine Cret an Orengian arriued at Soetermeir with three companies of souldiers and the arke of Delft This Arke The arke of Delft was a strange buylt and trymmed vessell well furnished with great ordenance but very noysome to the armie by reason of the lownes of the water insomuch that they thought once to haue burnt her but because shee had in her betwixt fifteene twentie peeces of greate ordenance they founde the meanes to bring her to the foresaide place that ryding there shee might keepe the passage This Arke was built of two shippes ioyned together and was rowed neither with sprites nor ores neither yet oriuen with the helpe of any sailes but by wheeles wrought within her so very strongly built all ouer as that no musket shot was able to pearse her She was of burden able to beare fiftie lustie men for defence and twelue to turne the wheeles The next morrow they were determining whether they should goe on or tarrie a while longer The Admirall Boysot thought it best to pursue the enemie reculed and to the ende that both the Leydens and also the enemie might descrie him a farre off hee was resolued to take this enterprise in hande with twentie Gallies and appoynted the rest of the armte to follow him Wee haue heeretofore spoken how the vessels which beare the demie Canons were riuen with the force of the Canon But because they had neede of them they were speedily new calked pitched and tallowed at Delft and beeing trimmed with leadde and salt bydes against the force of the pouder they folowed the armie the thyrde day after The Admirall hauing sailed not passing a myle from benthouse was tolde as it was ghessed that aboute the waters which ranne downe towardes Norta that the enemy might strengthen himselfe in certayne houses thereabout howbeit when they had inquired after it the thing was found to bee farre otherwise wherfore he mad towards Norta and got him euen within a musket shot thereof where hee might perceiue how that betweene two or three hundred well armed Almaines had left two houses and were

the better mainteining nourishing of this dissention the encouraging of the faithles discouragiug of the godly valiant withall for declaration that the wordes aforesaid of the impossibilitie of their deliuerance were true the aforesaid de Wibesina certaine other fugitiues of the towne had euen for the vp shot written the 22. of September to the Leydens the summe whereof ensueth That theyr great affection loue A letter of the hispaniolized fu gitiues to the Leydens enforced them once more to write vnto the Leydens willing thē to take heede that they brought not their towne to extreme misery calamitie when as all hope of grace shall fayle thē And therefore wished thē not to trust ouer much to theyr owne wisedome by their ouermuch crediting of the ayd which they lookedfor frō the prince of Orāge And to the end they might see howe greatly they desired theyr deliuerance from all wretchednesse and miserie they verily beleeued that they should bee able to sende them passeport for three or 4 persons which might come visite his maiesties campe to see if they might possibly deliuer them either by water or lande and in the meane while offered to sende some of theyr companie for ostages to the towne Or if it pleased them to send certain to talk of the matter they would also finde the meanes that it shold so bee and woulde as much as was possible helpe them both with theyr act and councell Wherefore they aduised them not to neglect this aduertisement and send an answere by the bearer heereof Beseeching in the ende God to preserue them and so inspire them as that it might all turne to a good end Subcribed thus By your good friendes to the vttermost of our powers I.V. Matenesse of Wibisma Cornelius de la Hoogh the sonne of Nicholas Nicolas Oom Iohnson Butenwegh Bartholemew Alewiis Gerbrant Meessens Rene the son of Iames. Vnto the reprochfull wordes aforesaide A most noble couragioue answer of certaine citizens to those of the campe and to these letters and slaunders which the enemie dayly spake certaine Citizens in the ende standing vpon the Rampares answered the Machabite saying You altogether builde all your reasons vppon our famine and that it is impossible for vs to bee ayded and deliuered You call vs dogge and cat eaters Wee tell you that wee want no victuals you beare that in our Towne are both dogges kine and horses And if wee should in the end want these yet hath euery one of vs a left arme to eate and reserue the righte arme to beat the cyrant and the rest of you which are his blooddy ministers from our walles but if at the last our force shall not bee strong enough and that the Lord God meaneth by your hāds to punishe vs for our demerites which wee through the confidence that wee haue in his diuine goodnes hope hee will not do yet will wee neuer forsake his holy worde nor yet giue ouer the defense of the libertie of our countrie choosing rather when wee are at the verie worst to set our Towne on fier then that it shold any way be gainefull vnto you and we become your flaues For it is more tollerable for vs to bee flaine in fight with the Machabees then to see the miserie of our people and indure your tyrannie both in our bodies and consciences an answere vndoubtedly worthie eternall memorie whereunto and such other like were the good Citizens encouraged by their wiues For there were a great number of them which rather would haue dyed of hunger in their houses then to haue yeelded into the Tyrantes handes because that the tyrannies of Narden Surphen Malyues Harlem were yet fresh in their heads We are now to returne to speake of the princes armie whithe we left at Norta where it was faine to stay a few dayes for want of water because the enemie lay in the chanel towards Soeterwood and also at Soeterwood and thereby stopped the said chanell This lying still of the armie pleased no whit such ydle persons as commonly will doe all things with their tonge although they haue no experience in the whole world in warrelike affayres most reprochfully crying out and asking why the Admyrals went not on whiche in very deede they might haue done if the ships had had winges seeing that the water in these furmost fieldes was not aboue niene ynches deeep the gallies drew a foote and an halfe or two feete Wherefore the captaines required his Excellencie beeing now whole to come to the armie His excessencie commeth to see the fleete whyther about that very time indeede he came His comming greatly reioyced the armie but no whit the enemie who perceiued it by the triumph of the Canon The order of the armie marueilously pleased his Excellencie and gaue foorthwith order to seeke for the way which was to be gawged to wit the Ryrkweg which thing was done by a gentleman Orengian named Bultran and the vice Admirall Cornelius Nycolsons accompanied with Iust the Moore who made report thereof to his Excellencie The determinetion of the● confed●●● 〈◊〉 the reuictualing of the towne the Admirals and Colonels Afterwarde the way how to gauge it was appointed But because it pleased not the Lorde that the water shoulde waxe higher nor none other winde blow then at that time did whiche made the water lower they were resolued to thrust in by stealth into the Towne thirtie or fortie Barkes laden with bread For the doing wherof captaine Grenu offered his seruice And afterward when his Excellencie had commanded the Admirals Colonels and captaines to make al the possible speed that might be he returned to Delfr Although the Citizens of Leyden had conceiued some good hope for their deliuerance as well by the letters frō the Estates the twelfth of that moneth as also by the hearing and seeing of the effect of the great ordenance yet because they had not long before that neither receiued or yet sent any letters by reason of the great war de that was about the Towne they sent two messengers who arriued the 26. of September about the Admyral to declare vnto him the extreeme necessitie of the Citizens whiche was in deed very great but yet not so great as they said and also to see the estate of the armie whereof they themselues if it were possible should come back to make report to their fellowe Citizens if not that then they should send letters by the posts of the ayre for to that end had the messengers aforesaide carried with them sixe old doues Nowe as the messengers thought to returne towardes the Towne with the Admirals letters they founde all the passages belaid and therefore were driuen of necessitie to returne howbeit the Admir all Boysot Necessitie the inuentrix of a cunning policie had sent his letters the 27. of Septēber by a flying poste hauing written to the townes men that by the grace of God he

would procure their ayde and deliuerance praying them to remaine constant not lightly and vnaduisedly receiue in any victuals without they saw himselfe or some assurance from him for he feared that the Spaniardes vnder his name might by some stratageme abuse and deceiue them A flying messen ger arriueth at Leyden The first flying messenger arriued at Leyden the 28. of that moneth which the magistrate by sound of the bel gaue the people to vnderstand the 29. day he read the letters opēly Declaring vnto them how that his Excellencie himself had been with the armie to giue order for their deliuerance and that he had him commended vnto them all beseeching them yet for a while to continue constant for the Lord of Hostes woulde send meanes to deliuer thē These letters greatly gladded and incouraged the people prayfing God and incessantly as the other confedered Townes had done made their prayers vnto the Lorde Now this great ioy was not without some mixture of sorrowe because that before and the same very day the winde blew vp at the Northeast which caused the water to fall rather then ryse so that the princes armie thought that they had as it were lost all hope of deliuering them if the inuisible meanes of God to wit the great flowing of the water which began that 29. day lasted vntill the second of October had not holpen them Wherfore the Admirall Boysot wrote vnto his Excellencie that if God of his mercy did not help both with wind also with the rising of the water and by suche meanes as no mā was able as yet to perceiue that he sawe not which way possible to bring to passe the reuictualling of the towne for this time and feared that after it woulde be too late considering that there was not a beaste left and that there were but two dissributions moe to be had and these but to last for right dayes Insomuch that the misery besides the pestilence diseases and discord was in the towne verie great as he vnderstood by the messengers and as was also after found to be most true For many of them had not in seuen weekes space eaten one byt of bread drunke nothing els but water Horse flesh also was then as good meat with the wealthiest of them as mutton is at this present Cats and dogs amongst the aduenturers Strange kinds o● meates whiche the Leydens did cate and others which lay at the gates of the Towne were thought to be delicate meate and so eaten It is impossible to describe vnto you all their maner of cookery although many tolde mee of it Some of them eate vine leaues mingled with Amell floure and salt There was great difference in the leaues of trees therefore they made sundrie kindes of meates of leeke blades rootes and roote stalkes and the roote leaues which fell to the ground was a very ordinary kinde of good meate Rootes and skinnes cut in small gobbins and sodden in butter mylke was an ordinary and common meate for manie Gentlewomen were driuen to eate their little pupprelles in whom before they tooke great pleasure To the place where the flesh was wonced to be cut out and diuided the poore children came and eate blood rawe the peeces of the flesh which fell away in the diuision All the old rottē shoes in the towne which lay in the dirt were takē vp eatē forthwt. The Poore women were seene sitting vpon the dounghils with their clokes cast ouer their heads gathering vp of the best bones they coulde finde and carryed them home to their houses And they no sooner founde the least stalk of a roote but that they immediately eate it vp The young boyes oftentimes sucked the bones which the dogs had gnawne Euery woman that lay in childbed was fain to be pleased with a quarter of a pound of bisket a day Some women againe were so honger bitten as that the childe in theyr wombe was almost pined to death The blood of the cattell was gathered vp out of the filthie stinking gutters of the towne The prices of certaine victuals in Leyden and eaten Neuerthelesse their drinke was somwhat more to be borne withall for beside the water they had Beare made of Dates which cost an Holland pennie the pot Yea some made drinke of the very huskes of the graines mingling therw t hearbe Grace Rue in steed of Hemlock Othersome dranke vineger water mingled together so that whē the town was freed at liberty there was scarcely any vineger to be had A pound of butter was worth xv souls A yellow carot one souls a rootstalk halfe a souls a Peare or Apple a grote There was offered for a sacke of wheate an hundred florins Ouer and besides this great misery the plague was so ryfe all the Towne ouer as that there dyed of it almost sixe thousand persons The young children which were staruen to death said as it is written in the lamentations of Ieremie Where is the bread where is the wine and so fell down stark dead in the streetes or betweene their mothers armes The insupportable calamitie and miserie of the Leydeus and therefore after that many young children were faine to eate horse flesh The men which could scarscely go ouer the bridge were enforced to ward as good as naked and in their returne founde neither wife nor children aliue They that were wont to goe with their dizaines to the warde came backe againe with eight sixe and sometimes three Noble women and their children which were wont to be clad in silkes and fed vppon the most delicate meates dyed of very hunger There was a dead man brought and layde before the gate of the Buroughmasters thereby to shewe hym as it was thought both closely and expresly that hee had beene the cause thereof therfore that it apperteined to him to seeke the mean to preuent it To bee short the extreeme miserie in the Towne was such as is impossible for mee to describe and set downe But they who after the deliuerance thereof had seene their leane faces and small and feeble legges might easily haue witnessed the same And now to returne againe vnto the Princes armie it had not needed to haue tarryed long at Norta if it had beene certainelie knowne that the Leydens coulde haue held out longer time Againe the Prince and chiefe rulers of the armie knewe right well that the neerer Winter drewe on the greater abundaunce of water woulde ensue And the generall of the armie knewe well enough also that hee must passe betweene Soeterwood Suyten house and so did the enemie likewise and therefore had especially placed his whole warde there In the meane while many thought it best to attempt by night Soetermeir Meere way towardes Stompwyke way but it was to no purpose because that all the ditches and chanels lay in and out crokedlie besides the Spaniard also warded there The Papists aforesaid had lying vpon the

Rhyin fiue great gallies and well appointed boates howbeit they wanted maryners As these thinges in this wise most lamentablie stoode the most mightie God and Lord of Hostes who on extreeme necessitie neuer forsaketh his hauing compassion on his miserable afflicted ones woulde needes she we foorth his strong and out-stretched arme for the deliuerie of his desolate people out of the hands of a Tyrant Wherefore he sent the windes his Ministers The waters by reason of the windes arise vp merueylously who so violently blew vp as that the waters arose and wonderfully ouerflowed For besides the great ouerslowing of the waters the Northeast winde wonderfull violently blewe vp and brought againe the fallen water vpon the face of the earth who so prospered the Southeast winde as that it draue the same water towards Leyden Insomuch that the Princes armie which before as abouesaid had but niene ynches of water had then aboue two feet and an halfe and was able to passe euen at the first ouer the high fieldes vnto Ryrkweigh aforesaid if at any time they saw the water faile thē then would ten or twelue men goe out of euery ship and so lighten her that she might flote afterward passed ouer Kirkweigh wherefore they tooke their course towardes the quarter in the night betwixt the first second of October after they had giuen a false alarme vnto Stompwyke way The order of this armie of the princes by Sea The order of the princes armie at Sea passing ouer the said high Territorie was ranged placed in maner as followeth The Admiralles of Flushing Ziericksea had followyng ech of them fifceene gallies which spred themselues abrode like two winges And first Admirall Boysot accompanied with the Colonell of the guard had the leading of the left wing on Soeterwood side because it was thought that the greatest force of the enemie lay there The Admiral of Zericksea had in his company master Citadell Bultran captaine Paule Duyrant and others The vice Admirall was placed on the right side of Suyten accompanied with the Baron of Noieles master Cornes Bourchart and with Captaines Henrie Grenu Philip de Asseliers master of the ordenance and warlike munitions was appointed to tarry with the great ordenance eight or ten gallies vppon Norta for the keeping of the victuals vntil such time as the said admirals had gotten Ryrkweigh aforesaid that then hee shoulde follow and brauely salute the Soeterwoodens with the greate ordenance which ordenance was charged with pretie little bags stuffed full of leaden bullets to wit 300. in euery bagge finely and artificially couched and those to be dispearsed amongest the thickest of the enemie When all things were thus orderly arranged placed the armie departed about midnight the day aforesaid and the Gallies and ships were seuered an harquebuze shot one behind another hauing in the middest about eighteene or twentie Barkes laden with Pyoners and all kindes of tooles for entrenching to the ende they myght so soone as it was possible fortifie themse lues at the said Church way But the Spaniardes had appointed so great a watch in their small vessels as that it might haue serued for the whole bodie of a ward And when they saw the Admirall somewhat neere they called aloud and said Who is there who is there but not a worde was giuen them vntill suche tyme as the Admyrall was gotten within Gun shot and then he so saluted them with the roaring and thundring of the Canon as that the night seemed to bee day This watch answered them againe with caliuers muskets and certaine faulconet shot and then left their vessels by little and little retyred still playing with their small shot vntill they had goten to the body of their ward which was entrenched at euery corner of the way Then salied they brauely out on euerie side fiercely deliuering their muskets against the Orengiās but the Zealanders so resaluted them with such on haile of Bullets as that they were driuen with great losse to retyre to their trenches leauing there behinde them onely a few souldiers to maintaine the skirmish who soone after also made their retrait The Orengland skirmish brau●ly against the Spaniards for the French Captaines the captaine of the guard Bultran and Bourchart went on land and entrenched themselues on Soeterwood side and Grenu Ladriere and others on the right side In the mean while that they were quietly entrenching of thēselues before the day breake the Zealanders plaied frō their ships with their canons vpon the Soeterwoodens but chiefly where they saw any fire or light and shot fier also into some of their houses The Maryners french souldiers which were on land cast fier likewise into diuers of their houses The captaines aforesaid returning on both sides from the skirmishe stucke thicke into the grounde all alongst the way stakes with long yron pykes at the ende of them to the end that the enemie being once driuen from that way might neuer returne thither againe Now when the Orengians had taken this Churche way entrenched themselues placed a ward there they gawged it in three places to make a way for the passing of their gallies In the mean while the ships laden with victuals being about an hūdred were sent away and arriued all neere the armie two excepted which going out of the right way fell on the dry land and so consequently into the handes of the enemie And surely here is one thing greatly to be considered of that in the feates and deedes of armes of so great importance doone in the sight and middest of the whole force of the enemie there were not aboue fiue or sixe men of the Princes side slaine But to say truly this was Gods worke and not mans for the good GOD when it pleaseth hym keepeth and defendeth his euen in the greatest and most perillous dangers to the ende hee woulde shewe vnto Tyrants and proude men that hee is able to abase and throwe downe the power and strength whereof they so highly bragge that thereby he might make his glory magnificence and prayse appeare the greater When all the whole armie by Sea and victuallers had passed that way The Admirall of Flushing directed his course towardes the meere bridge Neuerthelesse after he had sayled a little way where he thought to haue found it deepest it proued very shallow And then the Zealanders shewed themselues to bee men of great stomacke for they for the vnburdening of theyr ships leapt presently into the water and like men that had rather haue carried theyr vessels away vpon theyr shoulders then to haue leaft them by that meanes got to Meerbrough When the Spaniardes and the rest which lay encamped about Soeterwood Church in diuers Trenches had seene the next day in the morning which was the second of October that the Prince his armie had not as yet directed her course towards Leyden thought that because they saw all on a light

Citezeins of Leeward who had woonne the Castle with ensigne displaied And that whiche is worthie the laughing thei had put and enterlaced al the Friers of the Citie emongest the Souldiers all behinde the Ensigne so that the poore Friers whiche were not wonted to marche in order of battaill were greatly amazed and so had out of the Citie In this sort was ouerthrowen and razed the Castle of Leeward hauyng continued 79. yeres For it was built in the yere 1501. and was destroied and razed as before hath been said the first of February 1580. The 2. Harling Castle rendred of February in the yere aforesaied the Captaines Ihon Bouma Ihon Veruew and Owen Grouestins besieged the Castle of Harlyng howbeit thei of the Castle resisted for certaine daies and sometymes so shotte of their Artillerie into the Toune as that three men were slame there withall But after thei had seen certaine letters whiche were written vnto thē and vnderstoode the content of them thei rendred the Castle the 5. of February in the yere aforesaied Whiche the Citezeins pulled doune to the ground and filled vp the Diches Thesame yere Harlyng newe gate and the Scluses beganne to be built and was then also finished and afterward the Toune was fortefied with Bulwarkes whiche before tyme had neuer a one The same yere and moneth Stauere Castle razed was the Castle of Stauere thro wen doune and razed All these thynges were executed by the good counsell and appoinctment of the honourable Lordes the Deputies of Friselande To witte by Seignior Rienich Caminga Seigmor Sipppe Meckema Doctor Baert Ytzerda Ihon Oedzinga and many others of the Nobilitie to the ende that the whole Countrie of Friselande might bee the better conserued in peace against all treason and that all meanes might be cutte of from the Enemie to serue his turne for commyng in into the saied Countrey Seyng thei had considered that their own Lieutenaunt had conceiued in his mynd to render the Countrie vnto the Enemie by treason as hereafter shall more at large be declared The 19. I puilyng doune of Images at Leeward of February there began newe warres against Images and Churches in the Citie of Leeward and al the Monasteries thereof There were also certaine Priestes driuen out of the Toune Neuerthelesse this warre against Images was not made onely in Leeward but in all the Cities and tounes of Friseland besides followyng therein the steps and examples of the Hollanders The goods moueables of the Monasteries wer sold bestowed vpō the warres for the ibertie of the Countrie The 3. of Marche 1580. The Count of Rennenberg sheweth hymself a partaker with the Malcontentes beganne a greate and miserable sedition in the Citie of Groenyng aboute fower of the Clocke in the mornyng For George de Lalaing Countie of Rennenberg hauyng taken parte with the Malcontentes and renouncyng the vnion of Vtright wherevnto he hymself had putte his owne hande as manifestly appeareth by thesaied copie shewed then in very deede that whiche long tyme before he had conceiued in his mynde For as vpon that daie all the Citezeins of Groenyng whiche tooke parte with the Malcontes weare on their left armes white Scarfes and at the tyme prefixed came to the Market place so sone as the Drommes had soūded the Alarme where an harquebouze was shotte of and the Gouernour there on horebacke with a naked sworde in his hande saiyng Now my good fellowe Citezens ꝙ he let me at this tyme haue your aide and let vs accomplishe that whiche tendeth to the seruice of his Maiestie and our owne defence to th' ende we might vāquishe and ouercome our enemies And he had no soner spoken these wordes but that al the Malcontentes ranne forthwith to the houses of the Citezens that were of the reformed Religion breakyng doune their doores and takyng the Citezens prisoners In this meane while the Gouernours horsemen roade throughout all the streates and there could no manne soner put out his heade at a windowe but that he was by and by hausled with a Pistoll and emongest all the reste there was one manne of estimation who had sometymes been a Counsellour named Iames Hillebrandes who saied to the Gouernour is this the parte of a faithfull gentleman so inciuily to deale with his subiectes And the woordes were no sooner out of his mouthe but that he was shotte into the head with a pistoll and so died of the blowe There were also in this sedition an other man and a womanne slaine The Gouernour still persisted in his wicked purpose and went on in takyng those of the reformed Religiō prisoners In so muche that there was greate miserie and calamitie All those of the Religion in Groenyng are made prisoners and wonderfull weepyng and wailyng of women and children For as it is thought there were at that tyme of the reformed Religion about three hundred Citezens taken of whom some were kept in Churches and other some in straight prison And in this maner reuolted the Citie of Groenyng against all the whole Countrie and tooke parte with the Malcontentes whiche caused the Citie to bee encompassed and besieged on euery side Whē the Leewarders heard of the certaintie of this newes the Magistrate and all the Citezeins did wonderfully stomacke the Catholikes in so muche that thei were once bent to haue dealte with theim euen as the Groemgistes had dealte with those of the reformed Religion howbeit after some deliberation had the desisted from that purpose not meaning to vse any such or the like Tyrannie but onely shapped vp some of the Catholikes within their owne house and afterwarde banished theim the 7. and 8. of Marche 1580. When thesaied Count of Renneberg had gotten the greater parte of Friselande he came and encamped hym self before the Citie of Steenewike in the Territorie of Transisselaine howbeit gentle reader I meane not to frustrate thee about the successe of this siege in shewyng vnto thee the goyng foreward of the same as by the historie ensuyng thou maiest see After that the Armie of the vnited Prouinces 1580. vnder the conduct of the Count of Hohenloo was the 17. of Iune 1580. ouerthrowen and discomfited by the Malcontents vnder the conduct of Marten Scheuck in the lande of Hardenbergue The Citie of Groening was aided and rid of their Gouernour the Count of Rennenbergue And although the saied Count of Hohenloo had at an other tyme leuyed a reasonable greate company of Souldiers both on foote and on Horsebacke and so repaired his Army yet was it once more discomfited the 4. of September about Linigen by the said Malcontentes whiche was the cause that many of the Cities fearing the force and power of the Enemie were driuen to receiue Garnisons into theim for their defence And when the Count of Rennenbergue sawe that he had not men of warre enowe to assaile certaine renowmed Cities and of some importaunce he was againe strengthened with 11. Ensignes of Footemen and certaine

Horsemen vnder the charge of Hans Storiff of Enbricke wherevpon he caused his Army to marche towardes the Citie of Oldenzeel whiche Citie not meanyng to tarrie the siege rendred to the saied Count of Rennenbergue the 24. of September When thei of Steenwike heard of this thei receiued in a Garnison and Souldiers for their defence against the Enemie and so fortefied their Citie and Rampars still lookyng for the Army of the Euemie who planted his siege before the same the 18. of October about noone with 20. The Siege before Steenwyke companies of Almaines and others and 1500. Horse Wherupon that Euenyng two of the Gates of the Citie the one named the Giest Gate and the other Onniger Gate were with Earth and Trees fast rampard vp against the force of the Artillary of the Enemy The self same daie the Souldiers of the Toune sallied twise out to skirmish with the Enemie and so also did thei the 19. daie ensuyng and caried home with them fower Prisoners Towardes the Euenyng the Enemie passed the Riuer of Ae with eleuen companies of Friselanders and entrenched about the Chappell Steendicq The 20. daie there issued out of the Citie certaine Souldiers at the Wood Gate and had wonne and defaced the little Trench about the Chappell cariyng home the butin with them whiche Trench the night followyng was made vp againe The same daie in the Afternoone thei againe sallied out at the East Gate and after thei had skirmished with the Enemie thei caried backe with them three Prisoners and two Horses The 23. of October in the night the Enemy marched towardes the Kuynder to the ende thei might light vpon the two companies of Ihon de Eschede and Roeloff de Laughen whiche thyng thei performed For the next daie ensuyng as thei returned to the Campe thei trailed at an Horse taile iust before the Toune one of their Ensignes The 25. daie there was a braue skirmishe where the Enemie receiued a notable losse bothe of Souldiers and Horses and our men returned to the Citie without any losse cariyng with them two Prisoners and three Horses The 28. daie of the saied Moneth the Count George de Lalayng as Gouernor for his Maiestie in Friseland sent a Trumpet to sommon the Citie for the yeeldyng thereof whom Captaine Conrade aunswered that he kept the Citie for his Maiestie the Estates and the Prince of Orenge and would defende it against whom soeuer came Commaundyng the Tumpett to bee packyng without thei loued to be hausled with a Cannon shott The Count of Rennenbergue beyug stirred with this aunswere caused three peeces of greate Ordenaunce to be planted whiche he had that daie receiued and that euenyng discharged against the Citie three of the same Cannot shott This daie at the instaunce of certaine good honest Citezins was an ordenaunce made and a price sett vppon Victualles in maner and forme followyng whiche was proclaimed and afterterwarde set vp vpon one of the postes of the Toune house And first it was ordeined that no man should Brewe nor sell any Beare aboue halfe a Patart the pot of Steenwike measure A pounde of Larde was priced at three Sous A pounde of Butter fower Sous A pounde of Creame Cheese two Sous A pounde of course Cheese one Sous and one Lyard A Stockfishe two Sous sauyng a Lyard Twelue pounde of waightie Rye bread sixe Sous A measure of Eastland Graines eighteene Sous A measure of Countrey Graines sixteene Sous A measure of Barley fifteene Sous A measure of Buckweyt foreteene Sous A Bushell of Salte twelue Sous A pot of Beare called Iupenbere seuen Sous A pot of Rennishe Wine nine Sous A pot of Frenche Wine fiue Sous Whiche was proclaimed and commaunded to bee straightly obserued by the Enhabitauntes of the Citie The 29. of October were sixe greate peeces of Ordenaunce moe brought to the Campe of the Enemie and planted to batter the Citie withall whiche was in deede doen the next daie followyng so that thereby thei had no vse of the twoo Milles of the Citie The same daie the Citie understoode by Captaine Herman Olthoff his man that the Enemie meant to giue them a liuely assault The Citezens make them selues ready for the assault and therefore euery man prepared hymself to giue them an hot repulse and to that ende thei brought al the brewyng Vesselles in the Citie to the Rampars which thei had filled with hot skaldyng water and Lime for the washyng of the heades and bodies of the Enemie Thei prepared also all kindes of necessary Armour and Weapon to defende themselues against the force of the Enemie in so muche that the Souldiers and all the Citezens were fully determined to receiue and withstande the assault of the Enemie who in steade of assaulting the Citie cast vp his trenches from Giest Gate euen vnto Onniger Gate The first of Nouember a Messenger was sent to the Estates to aduertise them of the estate of the Citie And about 10. of the Clocke in the night there issued 26. valiaunt Souldiers vnder the conduct of Ihon Vorberg Captaine Cornput his Lieutenaunt who charged the very body of the Watche whiche laie betweene Giest Gate and Onniger Gate and there so pretely well cooled the courages of 24. men of the saied Watche as that 20. of them were leaft dead in the place and three caried awaie prisoners and one of them whiche would not goe was hurt vnto death and left without the Citie where he died that night but he that was in the watch saued himself with a light paire of heeles The 2. of the saied Moneth in the night the Enemie cast vp the Trenche betweene the foresaied Gates as if he would haue made there some Mount and therefore thei likewise within began to make an other Mount about Giest Gate and then were the Captaines quartered for the defending of the Rampars The same daie also were twoo deepe ditches made at Giest Gate because thei feared that the Enemie would vndermine the Citie The 3. daie at night issued certaine Souldiers and suddenly fell vpon the Pyoners certaine Countrie men and Souldiers whereof many were slaine and afterwarde thei retiered to the Citie with their butin The 7. Daie thei sallied out at the East Gate and brought awaie two Souldiers and a Victualler Prisoners leauyng behinde them vpon the waie many hurte men which would not goe with them Thei caried also awaie with them in despight of the Enemie fiue Kyne and a Souldiers wife The same daie in the afternoone there was the like sallie whereat was a liuely skirmishe so that by reason of the retraict of Captaine Oltholffe his Ensigne bearer and of Captaine Herman Olthoffe they were bothe hurt The Ensigne bearer also of Captaine Cornput standyng vpon the Citie Rampere was with a Cannon shot slaine in the place The 9. daie the Messenger returned with Letters from the Prince and the Estates to the Citie promising to ayde the Citie and raise the Campe of the

Prisoner who was recouered by two bandes of Horsemen and two Ensignes of Footemen but yet thei caried awaie the Harquebouze with them This night before Midnight were seene two signes of fire and an other after midnight accordingly as the Messengers were enioyned to doe the meaning whereof our Captaines right well knewe The 14. daie the Enemie she wed hymself with foure Squadrons of Horsemen The Count of Rennenberg goeth to see the Horsemen who at last put them selues in order of battaile At whiche tyme the Counte of Rennenbergue came thether who wheeling about went from him the Enemies dischargyng all their Pistolles to honour hym withall Then the Tounes men discharged a greate peece of Ordenaunce against the Troupe and against Westerwyke Campe also and likewise against Haustroyffe quarter where he lighted from his Horse There was also another token of fire that night seene towardes Scluse The 15. The Souldiers of the toune breake the Ise daie because the water in the Ditches was hard frosen ouer the Souldiers went out to breake the Ise and in the meane while there went ouer fower of the enemies driuyng an Oxe before them towardes Eastwyke Whiche thyng when our men whiche were breakyng of the Ise saw went and tooke away the Oxe from the enemie and although many of the Souldiers of the Enemie came thether to recouer it yet did thei nothyng in it because our Souldiers had in haste driuen it to the Toune This night about 11. of the Clocke the Enemie sounded a great Alarme bothe with Drommes and Trumpettes And at that tyme also was fire cried at Giethorne and soone after many houses were seene on a light fire in so muche that the Enemie discharged three Cannons for the watch word that the Horsemen might get together There was also a greate noyse of aboue an hundred Cartes and Horses heard whiche came out of the Countrey of Drenthe but when the daie appeared bothe the cartes and also the carters were cleane gone for thei whiche had set Giethorne on fire came not nere it A forte of of Carted The next Morrowe in the euenyng Stuper his companie had broken the Ise betweene Onniger Gate and Giest Gate and so euen vnto the Wood Gate This night likewise was a greate noyse bothe of Cartes and Horses in the Enemies Campe. The 17. daie issued out seuen Souldiers to entrappe some of the Enemies nere vnto the Easterne bridge three of whiche were vpon Fredericke Lutgene his lande and the other fower in the Banke ditche But so soone as two of the Enemies of Easterwyke Campe sawe that the aforesaied three would needes charge them thei purposed forth with to saue thē selues through the lightnesse of their heeles Whiche thyng when the other fower sawe thei left their ambusshyng and tooke the one and the other eskaped with leapyng ouer the Riuer of Ae. When thei had brought the prisoner to the Towne he was examined who saied that our people had been at Giethorne and taken Ortho of Sauton Drossat of Harderwike prisoner slaine his sonne gréeuously wounded his guarde corpes and put his Souldiers to flight And besides that our mē were come to Meppell with 23. Ensignes of Footemen whom the Enemie thought to remoue going thether but with 10. Ensignes of Footemen a certaine nomber of Horsemen but it was all in vaine And further he said that the knight of Nieuorte was in the Countrey of Groenyng with a great nomber of Souldiers There was also a Dromme sent to the Enemie to knowe whether he would redeeme his Souldier with a raunsome or no. And he saied that he would howbeit he threatned for all that to hang him so soone as he had hym if so be that thei of the Toune would not doe it before but thei of the Toune accordyng to their custome and former promise would not doe it and the reason whiche moued the enemie to cause him to be hāged was this that he went from the Campe without their leaue and licence The same daie the twoo Souldiers whiche brake the Ise of the Ditches set vpon a Souldier of the enemie who had giuen them some occasion hauyng none other weapons about them but the tooles wherewith thei brake the Ise one of whiche named Ihon Montiew as he was coupled to the enemie was slaine with an Harquebouze shott and after he was dead the enemie gaue hym many a stappe with his dagger The crueltie of the enemy criyng with a loude voyce wee are the Souldiers of Suater and thus will we handle all the rest of you ye Horse eaters This their crueltie restranged the hartes of many from them and encouraged many to withstande them to the vttermost This night about twelue of the Clocke came into the Toune our three Messengers of the Citie bringing newes that thei had left at the Blacke Scluse 36. companies of Souldiers and at Bergmer Bridge 300. horse comming to ayd vs. There was also a token of fire made vpon the Tower which when the Enemie sawe he discharged a greate peece of Ordenaunce but thankes be to God did no hurt at all and the bullet was founde in the Churchyarde The 18. daie being rainie and mistie there was a sallie made to know whether the Enemie that laie so still was strong or no and after thei had skirmished a while thei retiered on either side by reason of the mist But about eight of the Clocke at night the Enemie gaue a false Alarme and shot of twise The 19. daie the Enemie shott of thrise whiche was as it was thought a certaine watch worde for three Horsemen came from the Wood and the Enemie sounded the Alarme and there might be seene many Souldiers marche without weapon from Westerwike towardes the Wood. This night about midnight came into the Toune certaine Messengers with charge and letters of Colonell Norris an Englishe man aduertising them that the Enemie had been the 18. daie with 11. Ensignes of Foote men and sixe Cornettes of Horsemen at the Blacke Scluse After that the Army of the Estates was retired from Meppell the Enemie thought to haue discomfited and ouerthrowen the three Companies whiche were left at the saied place howbeit thei met there with suche an encounter as that twoo of their Captaines were slaine in the place two Ensignes taken about 500. Souldiers slaine the Armour and weapon of 500. men left behinde A discomfiture of the Enemie at the Blacke Scluse and an Ensigne bearer taken prisoner and because that after the entre of these Messengers a token of fire was giuen vppon the Tower the Enemie shott of a greate peece of Ordenaunce The twentie daie there was so greate an hurly burly in the Campe of the Enemie as that thei might be heard criyng euen to the Rampars of the Toune money money but because certaine of our Captaines went out with some of their Souldiers into their emptie trenches to vnderstand something more of this hurly burly some of the enemies perceiuyng them

shott of fower tymes towardes Sainct Ihons Gate and many Harquebouzes also wherevpon our men issued out of the Toune but to no purpose And about the euenyng thei made an other sallie in whiche thei tooke a Victuallers wife of Groenyng who tolde them all the historie and successe whiche the Enemie had against the Lorde of Nieuorte and that he was returned to his Campe with greate losse and merueilous shame whiche thyng fell out happely The English mē driuen of necessitte to cate their horses bothe for vs and the Englishe men whom the Enemy had so distressed as that thei were driuen to eate their horses In so muche that our case stoode in poore estate had not the Lorde God prouide for vs the assistaunce of the Lorde of Nieuorte and his Friselanders The 25. of Ianuarie in the mornyng a sallie was made and two Countrey men taken who confirmed all that whiche the woman had saied All this daie was as greate shootyng of of Harquebouzes heard about Giethorne as was on the daie and night immediatly before And the Enemie also had set two houses on fire about the hye water Milles. He was also seene retieryng from the Wood with his baggage and this night was heard a greate noyse of Waggons and in the mornyng were a greate nomber of the Royters Waggons seen about the great Ordenaunce The 26. daie was a sallie made but all in vaine because that the Royters of the Enemie were ouer hastie in the chargyng of them And about the euenyng were seen a companie of Souldiers marchyng towardes Giethorne and at night were seene signes of fire There were likewise at sondrie tymes heard both of Cannon and Harquebouze shott aswell at Blockzill as also at Sainct Ihons Campe. The 27. daie were sallies made both euening and morning wherein a Page was taken who at large declared how the Enemie had been euill dealt withall at Sainet Ihons Campe and that his Souldiers mutined for their wages yea some of them would not sticke to saie that thei would teare in sunder their Ensignes And at night was a greate fire seen at Giethorne The 28. daie the Tounesmen sent a Dromme for the delinerie of certaine prisoners but it was to no purpose for the Enemie had other matters to doe This daie were fower sallies made whereof three were in vaine but in the fourth a Musquetier was taken who saied that the Souldiers helde a councell for their wages whiche was promised them within fower daies or els be brought into a better corner There were a great many of Souldiers seene marchyng to and fro laden with their baggage This night two Messengers came in and three went out from whom the signes of fire were seen The newes were good whiche thei brought from Sainct Ihons Campe and besides that the good Knight of Nieuort came with three hundred Wagons laden with Victualles The 29. daie certaine prisoners were deliuered vpon a Monethes wages and some without raunsome but spoyled of all their apparell The night ensuyng came out two Messengers and the last daie of this Moneth the Enemie beganne to cast his Trenche on the North Common and then was there two sallies made the one at the Wood gate and the other at Ouniger gate where one of the enemies was slaine and an other taken prisoner This night retourned the twoo last Messengers with the Lorde of Merodes Lieutenaunt Gouernour of Friselande named Adrian Mennickes The first of February the Enemy shewed hym self with ten companies of Souldiers in Westwike and with one Ensigne in Eastwike where he caused the place to be changed and caused also certaine peeces of Artillary to bee brought on the other side he brake likewise the Cannon Stockes and placed them in the plaine fallowe fieldes about Westwike keeping the depth of Ae altogether on hye This night also went out two Messengers but the Enemie chased them in again with heaue and hoe The seconde of this Moneth to witt the night followyng the saied Lorde of Merodes Lieutenaunt retourned towardes Oldmerct assuryng vs that we should eftsoone see our ayde The third daie the Enemie beganne an other Trenche adioynyng to the other in North Common This daie thei visited euery house and tooke an Inuentorie of all the Victualles and thei whiche saied thei had no Victualles the Victualles whiche thei had were taken from them and giuen to the Souldiers This daie came fliyng into the Market place three Partriges whiche the Souldiers tooke and eate whiche was a notable token sent from God betokenyng the tyme of the deliueraunce of the Citie for within three weekes after we were deliuered euen as Captaine Cornput had interpreted it The fourth daie the ayde came accordyng to the said Adrian Mennickes promise from Oldmerct to the Wood and the Enemie was driuen awaie by our Horsemen And after that the whole force of our Armie came together Then the Enemie shot of twise at the Toune And when he had so doen he planted his Ordenaunce vpon the Trenche in North Common He shot of also ten tymes at our ayde and yet did no hurte but our Ordenaunce paied them a little otherwise to the no small losse of his people This daie was begunne a Rampart at Northe newe gate by whiche our ayde meant to victuall vs for thei encamped at the foote of Hiddyngberg on Steenwike Toune side The fift daie beyng Sondaie a sallie was made and in the skirmishe yong Conrade the sonne of Captaine Conrade was slaine with an Harquebouze shott And on the other side thei in the Wood had a braue skirmishe with the Enemie then the Enemie couragioufly got vp against our men vnto the toppe of Hiddyngberg but he was lustely receiued and beaten backe to his losse Whiles the Enemie laye in the Wood Captaine Conrade and Ihon Berenbrooke sallied out and se●te Easterwicke Campe on fire and after retourned with a ●ollie spoile And the Enemie had discharged three score Cannon shot at our Armie The sixte daie the Enemie was driuen with all his forces to keepe a continuall Warde because our people oftentymes skirmished with them The seuenth daie our Souldiers tooke a prisoner who tolde vs that Captaine Snater was slaine the Sondaie before as he was leadyng his menne against our Succours But at this sallie it was twentie to one that the Enemie had not gotte Onniger gate but he was lustely and courageously resisted and repulsed This daie the Magistrate and Captaines Thei of Steenwike make a newe viewe for victualles made a newe vewe for Victualles as aforesaied and the same date was greater stoare of Victualles confisked in poore mennes houses then in riche and all because thei were hidden This night retourned into the Citie fower Citezens who brought good newes of certaine ●●de and deliueraunce The nineth daie our menne and the Enemie coupled together in a braue skirmishe who loste many horses The eleuenth daie of this monethe was an other skirmishe made so that our menne receiued three companies of

Souldiers And the nexte morrowe in an Alarme set fire on the Cannon stockes whiche were on the Mill hill and Common The thirteene daie the Enemie caste vp an other Trenche in the saied North Common keepyng Steendicque Trenche And although that this Trenche was hurtfull bothe to vs and ours yet was there nothyng saied nor doen against it So that the night ensuyng the Enemie beganne to caste vp an other Trenche in Ysueene waie holden all in with the Riuer of Ae whiche greatly hindred vs because that the messengers whiche were gone out of the Toune were enforced to retourne backe The fourteene daie the Tounesmen on the daie tyme had giuen vpon the Tower a signe of fire whiche thei of the Wood might well see whereby thei vnderstoode that Victualles grewe skant in the Toune And besides for want of Wood thei were faine to pull doune their houses to make theim fires The Tounesmen also sallied out vpon the hindermost Trench whiche was caste vp in Ysueene waie but it was to no purpose For thei were repulsed by the other Trenches because that thei whiche laye in the Wood would not once helpe them So that thei were driuen to retire without bryngyng to passe their purpose and deuise The fifteene daie fower Citezens entred the Toune without staie whiche was a woonder because the Enemie had sette a watche rounde aboute the Toune not aboue a stones cast one from an other This daie a signe with fire was giuen that the Tounesmen were readie with their Bridges to passe the Riuer of Ae accordyng to the Generall of the Armies commaundement The Tounesmen also caste vp certaine Trenches in the Garden diches on the Northe side of the Toune out of whiche the Souldiers of the Toune might skirmishe with the Enemie In the meane while the Bridges were with all possible speede laied ouer the Riuer of Ae to the ende that our aide should not haue any occasion to staie and in the makyng of this Bridge there fell out a meruailous straunge case For whiles the Citezens aboute nine of the clocke at night were busied aboute this Bridge the Enemie in the nexte Trenches tainted fower of them with the shot of one Harqucbouze one of whiche was Captaine Conrade and yet not one of them once hurte The sixteene date the Enemie made a Trenche of Wagōs against our Garden Trenches and the nexte morrowe a sallie was made out of Onniger gate wherin was taken a Souldier and a woman whiche woman was examined and forthwith a Dromme was sent towardes the Enemie to knowe whether he would deliuer the prisoner or no whiche he vtterly refused The night following the Enemie had a notable Marme giuen hym as if our aide would haue marched vppon hym but all in vaine because the Enemie with all diligence mustred hym self with all his forces vpon Northe Common The nineteene daie The Enemy chargeth them in the Wood. aboute the daie breake the Enemie armed hym self with all his forces to charge them in the Wood but he was so lustely repulsed as that he was driuen to make his retraict The twentie daie aboute 200. persones came to the Toune house criyng out for bread Not one 〈◊〉 of bread left in the toune and eche man had for his share one peece for hym and his Familie because there was a morsell of bread more left in the Toune This daie euen at broade noone daie came into the Toune fower Citezens and three souldiers who in despite of the Enemie came betweene the Warde and the Trenches and although the Enemie commyng out of his trenches pursued them yet was there not one of them once tainted nor hurte whiche so encouraged our aide that thei purposed the next daie in the mornyng to reuictuall the Toune The 21. day of this Moneth thei in the Wood The Toune reuictualled in the v●ewe of the enemy laded certaine Souldiers with Bread and Cheese and sent them the very same waie that the rest aforesaied had gone and although the Enemie skirmished to stoppe their passage yet passed thei in despite of hym with more losse to hym self then to our men and brought to the Toune about 250. Loaues and 150. Cheeses The night ensuyng thei of the Wood beganne to cast a newe Trenche some what nexer the Toune And in the daie the Enemie with all his forces pressed nere to Steendicque Common but it was not knowne for what cause He very busily trauciled also to bring his Artillarie behinde Easterwike but it was to no purpose This daie in the euenyng came a fliyng Post to the Toune with a letter And the night followyng the Enemie made a forte of Wagons at the passage where our men caried ouer the bread and Cheese The 22. daie the weather beganne to thaw and the Tounes men beganne to cast vp a newe Trench within the new Bridge without North newe gate About noone a skirmishe beganne to be coupled betweene the Roiters of the Wood and the Roiters of the Enemie In so muche that nine of our men issued out of their Trenches and came to North Common chasing out of the one of them the better parte of their Launces whiche caused the Enemie crye Arme Arme throughout all his Campe suddemly rushyng with all his forces vpon the Common how be it thei in the Wood would at no hande retire although thei were but a fewe Roiters and an handfull of small shott but most couragiously made hedde vpon the Enemie drawyng towardes the Toune waie wherevpon the Souldiers of the Tnune in su●he sorte issued out to helpe and ayde those of the Wood as that the Enemie receiued hurte enough And although the Enemie by reason of the multitude of his Royters wonne a passage yet what with those of the Toune behinde and those of the Wood before thei were gallantly hansled with Harquebouze shott and in the ende so handled as that his Souldiers squared somewhat out of order in so muche that it seemed rather a battle then a skirmishe for otherwise could not the Roiters bryng their souldiers to the fight And therefore many valiaunt Officers Captaines of Horsemen and others of name were there slaine In so muche that thei were driuen by reason of the raine to retier in order of battle This daie also the Cannon on either side plaied her parte lustely and the forte of Wagons whiche the Enemie had made the night before was broken in peeces and caried to the Toune About foure houres after the Enemie was got to rest The Towne againe reuictualled thei of the Wood had reuictualled the Toune with a pretie sprinklyng of some 75. Busshelles of Wheate Meale Cheese and Pouder Now the Enemie would by no meanes trouble them by reason that the Tounesmen had assailed the very nerest Trenche of that passage in whiche were two Ensignes of suche noble courage as that thei wonne the Trenche tooke the Artillarie slewe 17. Souldiers and caried awaie the rest that were hurt as prisoners yea and had drawne awaie

there was anon plentifull dealyng of Harquebouze shott on either side and besides the Enemie let flie a Cannon shott amongst the thickest Then beganne some of the Captaines of the Toune to make a counterscarfe before the Wood Gate which was an hazardous thyng to doe And soone after the Enemie fell on criyng out and saiyng ha poore soules get you out and looke for Walter Hedgemans Then aunswered the Tounesmen them againe saiyng It were very small honour to vs to serue suche traitours but ꝙ thei wee will goe to the Blacke Scluse and Meppell and wee doubt not but to finde there both Ensignes Armour Weapon and Paye of yours After midnight the Enemie once againe discharged three Cannon shott and the Horsemen of the Wood shocked on and eftsoones was a noyse in the Campe criyng Arme Arme. The 21. daie thei made a sallie and tooke a Page who being examined could saie nothing wherevpon thei shore his head like a Frier and then draue hym out of the Toune And about three of the Clocke in the afternoone the Enemie shott of seuen Caunon shott besides sixe balles of wilde fire one of whiche lighted in the plain before the Toune and an other vpon Marshall Tongeren his Barne whiche through the greate diligence of the Citezens was quenched The same daie also the Citezens and the Souldiers had deuised an enterprise against Eastwike how be it the Captaines frustrated their purpose This night also went fower Messengers out of the Toune whose conuaie caused a great Alarme in bothe the Campes The 22. daie thei went on with their said counterscarfe and the Enemy payd a prisoners raunsome who had been a Moneth prisoner it was thought that thei did it to the ende that by hym thei might the better vnderstande the state of the Toune This night ensuyng there came into the Toune twoo Messengers who brought with them 40. Souldiers cariyng on their backes 700. poundes of Gunpouder in leather bagges and an Ensigne whiche the Enemie had lost at the Blacke Scluse The 23. daie in the afternoone some of Meppell made a road to Steenwike and fiered certaine houses at Ounen When the Enemie sawe this he marched with a great companie towardes the place and the Tounes men sallied out and brauely skirmisshed with hym where many bothe on the one side and the other were slaine and yet but one Tounes man whose name was Francis Platt Then the Enemie caried a waie his dead bothe on horsbacke and also by wagon and lost besides a good sorte of Horses The Ensigne that was brought from the Blacke Scluse was caried in despite rounde about the Toune vpon the Rampars This night also certaine Messengers whiche were gone out of the Toune came in again by reason that the Moone shoone so bright fearyng thereby to bee discouered This night likewise the Enemie beganne to entrenche in Isseene waie but the next morrowe the Tounes men had cast it quite and cleane doune The 24. daie at night Captaiue Conrade of Steenwike Maister ziger-ter steigh and others went out of the Toune whiche those Souldiers had brought in the pouder aforesaied meaning to goe to Meppell to deuise and conclude with the Generall of the Armie and the councell for the warres about some enterprise and meanes that might best serue for their deliueraunce and ayde but as thei were about the little trench whiche was cast vp vppon the waie aforesaied and should passe ●uer a narrowe planke whiche remained vppon the passage of the East bridge The Enemy the tounes men encounter at a fourd the Enemie was come thether to cast vp againe the saied trenche and so soone as thei were mett either side was amazed but by and by let flye their shot one against an other Then sounded the Enemie the Alarme and therevpon our men retiered because thei knewe not the nomber whiche came against them And as thei went ouer the foresaied planke three Englishmen fell into the Riuer of Ae and so were drouned And foorthwith the Enemie had the Alarme giuen hym on either side to the end he should not vnderstande our peoples meanyng and deuise The 25. of the saied Moneth Captaine Francis Platt was buried in our Lady Churche and the 26. certaine Messengers were sent out to declare the state of the Toune The 27. daie at night the Enemie beganne to cast a trenche before Ouniger Gate to keepe them backe from fallyng This night also were certaine houses burnt at Onnen This daie likewise the Enemie made a passage from Easterwike Campe ouer the Riuer of Ae towardes the little trenche of Isueniger Bancke The 28. daie in the mornyng Onnen houses were againe seene on fire and it was thought that the Enemie did it to the ende that we should haue no shelter for our sauftie The Enemie also caused certaine long peeces of Timber to bee caried awaie and in the afternoone sent a Trompet to the Wood Gate sommonyng the Toune to render it self into the handes of George de Lalayng who was aunswered that thei could not doe it The Enemy sommoneth the Toune with out thei should lose their honor and breake their othe whiche thei meant not to doe so long as thei had one droppe of bloud in their bodies When the Captaines were retourned from the saied Trompet thei fearyng that some trouble herevpon might arise amongest the Citezens tolde theim that the Enemie had lost two Gentlemen and thinkyng them to bee taken prisoners by some of the Toune was sent to craue their deliueraunce in paiyng their raunsome The 29. daie in the mornyng thei sallied out at Onniger Gate but it was to no purpose because there was neuer a man come from the Campe. At night the Musketers were placed before the wood Gate who shreudly galled the Horsemen which shocked to and fro the Watche The 30. daie about the daie breake there came certaine messengers into the Toune who brought from the Estates 1600. The Estates sende moner to paie the Souldiers Florins to paie the Souldiers The same daie also came one of the Souldiers of the Enemie vnto Onniger Gate mouyng with vile and sclaunderous speaches and deedes the tounes men to anger who was slaine there for his great paines This mornyng Letters were brought from the Generall of the Campe and from Colonell Stayper by whiche one Ihon van Beerenbrooke Ihon Staypers Lieutenaunt was appointed Captaine in Captaine Francis Platt his place lately slaine and the saied Lieutenauntship was giuen to Michael Haghen of Embricke The 31. of the saied Moneth as our ayde had giuen the Alarme to Nieuene there sallied brauely out of the Toune Captaine Courade of Steenwike Ihon Verberg Captaine Cornput his Lieutenaunt and Lazarus of Austriche Captaine Olthoff his Lieutenaunt who so liuely coupled them selues in skirmishe together as that many on either side lost their liues therein A liuely skir mishe made with the Enemie For on the Enemies parte were slaine an Ensigne certaine Horsemen and a greate many Souldiers and on

our side were slaine Hans de Drees and some Souldiers In this skirmishe the Tounes men fought as couragiously as Lyons for thei draue the Enemie cleane out of all his Trenches of Westwike broke one peece of Ordnaunce and pegged or poysoned an other Thei tooke besides two Batches of hot bread and caried them to the Toune This night also the Tounes men beganne to cast a Trenche nere to Onniger Gate whiche ranne as farre as the enemies trenche whiche very fitly serued the Toune Souldiers for their salliyng and that greatly greeued the Enemie The firste of Ianuary 1581. ●581 The Enemie sounded a false Alarme in the mornyng placing his whole force vpō the plaine fallowes liyng vnder Onnen where an house was sette on fire he shott of also twoo peeces of Ordenaunce at the Toune thinkyng thereby and the helpe of the Mist to toule our men out of the Toune to be aduenged of their former daies losse as it was told vs by a Dromme who was sent that daie thether for twoo prisoners Howbeit the Lorde GOD who euer defendeth his shewed therein a wonderfull peece of woorke For our menne were no soner gone out of the Toune but that the Mistes brake vp and that the aire became so cleare as that our menne might easely perceiue and see all the ambushes whiche were lated for them in so muche that the Enemie loste moe of his menne then we had loste the daie before and so for that tyme wee retourned to the Tonne without any losse at all The 2. daie the Enemy discharged two peeces of Ordnance vpon the Pioners as thei were labouryng about the counterscarfe casting of the trenches And this night the Magistrate and certaine Eaptaines made a signe with fire whche deede no whit liked the reste of the Eaptaines by reason that thereby somthing was reuealed which thei would not haue had knowē The 3. daie an other Trenche was cast vp betwene Westwike and Ae because thei had loste suche a nōber of their people the laste daie of the former moneth This night about 8. or 9. of the clocke was a very greate thondring of the Cannon heard about Blockzill besides a great nōber of Harquebouzes Muskets and after that a signe of fire was made at Blockzill Mill. The fourth daie in the mornyng messengers came to the Toune who brought newes that the same cannonyng and harquebouzyng was dooen in a iollite and triumphe by Thierry Snoy of North Hollande who was gotten into his Trenches by reason of the victorie of Hattemerbridge Where Drossat that traitor his father and his schoole maister with many other moe were taken prisoners And that Walter Heghemans also and twoo of his Captaines were deliuered and that the Roiters of the Estates were at Gelumuide comming to aide them There was also this daie a sallie made with the losse of twoo or three horses and a souldier of the Enemie And besides the little Trenche of the Enemie ouer against Onniger gate was ouerthrowne without any resistaunce on the behalfe of the Enemie There were this daie likewise seen aboue an hundred emptie Wagons commyng out of Drenthe whiche were all laden with a parte of the campe The fifte of this monethe there beganne a very greate trouble and as it were a sedition to arise aswell emongest the Citezens as the souldiers that through a mischeuous mistakyng of a matter by reason of a ladder of coardes whiche the Magistrate and Eaptaines had caused to be wrought and made none els priuie to it so that it bredde a vengeable suspition in the heddes of many This night at tenne of the clocke Captaine Conrad of Steenwike Olthoff his Lieutenaunt and Lazarus of Austriche with thirtie souldiers moe went out of the Toune to goe to Meppell for the bringyng foreward of our aide Who the night followyng made a signe with fire declaryng thereby that thei were come thether saufe and sound The sixt daie our men woorkyng about the counterscarffe kept watche abroad that thei might the boldlier trauell and against this Ward certaine Launces and others set themselues howbeit thei loste by it about three or fower horses This night the Enemie about midnight shot of twoo peeces of ordenaunce and one after midnight whiche doyng was thought to bee as a watch word for the Tounesmen and thei also whiche lay in the Vaine or linkes tooke it bothe that night and the night ensuyng in steade of many and soondrie Alarmes The seuenth daie the Enemie had many Alarmes giuen hym before daie wherefore bothe thei of Westwike and also thei of Eastwike putt theim selues in battaile ara●e towardes Onnen wherevpon our men shreudly tossed them but did them no greate hurte Theight daie at night two messengers came and told that our aide would be come within tenne daies and couple with the Enemie but that was nothyng This night after the messengers were come in a signe of fire was giuen wherefore the Enemie shot of thrise for a watche woorde and then all his horse men and footemen got to armes The nineth daie of Ianuary the Enemie caused the Toune to bee sommoned once againe offeryng by his letters the laste grace that thei might saufly departe with bodies and gooddes These letters were written to the Captaines Burroughmaisters Souldiers and Citezens conteinyng at the first very louyng wordes but threatnyng in the ende to kill the children in their cradles Wherevnto the Trompette was aunswered by worde of mouthe That if so be there were no aide from the Estates neare at hande yet that thei could not with their honour render vp the Toune vpon these brauyng and threatnyng Letters and that it would coste a dearer price then a peece of written papar with which answere the said Trōpet returned This night about eight of the clocke there was a great fire in Weasterwike Campe. There went certaine messengers also out of the Toune who likewise carred the saied letters of George Lalayng to the Counsell for the warres who beeyng saufly come thether made a signe of fire vppon Colderuaine The Enemie that night had planted his Artillerie in other places of his cāp as though he intended to haue enterprised some other newe matter The tenth of this monethe the Enemie caused a prisoner to bee sent for that by hym he might vnderstande the state of the Toune but because there was ouer great a ransome asked he was not deliuered And our aide at Giethorne gaue the enemie the Alarme wherfore thei shot thrise of for a watchword About the euenyng the tounsmen sallied out but it was to no purpose The eleuenth of the saied monethe our people of Giethorne gaue the Enemie diuerse Alarmes daie and night and the Enemie shot of sixe tymes and then shewed hym self with sixe cōpanies of Souldiers and certaine horsemen in order of Battle about the hie water Milles. The twelft daie as the Souldiers of the Toune were breakyng the Ise there were certaine Roiters whiche troubled thē Wherevpon certaine Harquebouziers went