which the Lorde Admirall caused to be made were onely but to take breathe and to be aduertised of what his enemies meant to vndertake for so much as hee doubted least they woulde worke some newe Mynes whereof hee coulde not haue any knoweledge at all That daye as soone as euer it beganne to breake they saluted the Towne with a full Batterie For all the shotte that had beene before came from the platfourme of the Fauxbourg D'Isle whence they sawe them worke and countermine continuing the playe of the Cannon all the whole day long and not at one onely place not much of the night passing ouer but that they still remooued their Pieces from one place to another to make a newe batterie For from the seconde day they beganne to digge and carrie forth the earth of the Ditche on their side and shortly after they propped vp coueringes with great Timber vnder which they mought trauerse to and fro and enter within the Ditches without any man beeing able to doe them harme Because there were not any Flanckers at all to commaunde the Ditch where they mought eyther viewe or laye batterie vnto them And all the stones which they were able to fling at them coulde not endammage them by reason of the coueringes vnder which they creapte They began their Batterie at the Windemyll which was neare vnto Saint Iohns gate and afterwardes scowred this place as farre as the Tower on the water with such a furie that there was not lefte one sole Tower which was not rent and razed with the better parte of the Courtayne laying the Batterie in diuerse places with fiue and fourtie Peeces All those which were within were greatly cousined and deceyued in one thing that they thought the Masons worke and Cyment of the towres and courtines much more stronger and better then it was the steares and thicknesse of the walles being very large But the stuffe was so naught that as soone as the toppe was but a little shaken and loosed all the rest fell downe of it selfe in great lumpes whereby many were slayne and hurte with the crestes and battlementes of the Parapettes On the 4 day of their Batterie they carried twelue peces alongest the side of Bourg D'Isle and mounted them within the Abbey from whence they battered the gate where the fire was put into powder vntill they had made themselues Maisters of the Ditches S. Remy still well hoped to haue perfourmed some matter of worthe but when he sawe them once lodged within he tolde the Admirall that he was not able to doe them any more harme for that they had gotten the vpper grounde of him Reiterating many times that he neuer set his foote in so badde a place and that long before that hee had aduertised the late King thereof Not for that he was the more dismayed thereat or spoke of any pusillanimitie but angrie for that hee founde no remedie at all nor such meanes as he coulde haue wished being for the rest a man very resolute and wise From the very first day of the Batterie vntill the ende thereof the Admirall D' Andelot and S. Remy went euery night to viewe the damages and onvertures which the Artillerie had made and on the day resolued with those Captaynes of the Quarters whome it concerned of that which they had to execute After that the Batterie had continued foure dayes there was a great feare engendred among those of the Towne yea and the men of Warre themselues which the Admirall getting knowledge of walking by night to remedie the same hee helde one language common and generall to them all in a place where almost all the Captaines and many souldiers were assembled together which was that hee had firmely agreed and resolued in his minde to keepe that place with those men which he had and if any man did at any time see him varie or offer any speache of composition hee gaue him leaue to throwe him downe as a cowarde into the Ditches and in like case if he founde any of them to parley to the contrary he woulde doe no lesse by them And by this occasion there neuer passed ouer daye but two or three times hee woulde walke himselfe about the quarters and in passing by would demaunde the Captaines opinions conferring and communicating with them what was done in the rest of the places according vnto that which hee had prayed them the first day that he entred within the Towne that euery man woulde aduertise him of that which he esteemed best for the conseruation of the place The batterie continued vntill the sixte daye about two of the clocke in the afternoone that they likewise presented themselues in sundry places within the ditches as farre as the Parapettes at a pikes leangth At this presente the Sentinell from the steeple of the great Churche aduertised the Admirall howe that of all handes the Armie raunged themselues into battaile and that many footemen martched towards the Trenches The which he caused to be made knowne in all places and quarters of the Towne to the ende that euery man might stande vpon his guarde imagining that they meant that day to giue the assaulte and he himselfe wente to three of the nexte breaches vnto him to see what order was there kept Where hee founde euerie man in all apparaunce willing to perfourme his duetie the like whereof he also vnderstoode from all the rest of the places whither he had sente Gentlemen to viewe Which was the cause that himselfe returned backe agayne verie well content to the Breache Which he kept being that which he supposed the enemies meante to turne their principallest strength against for that they euer most sought to batter this place to leaue nothing which might serue for Flanckes especially for that it laye iust ouer against the entrie which they had made into the Ditche As they were all thus attending the assaulte the enemies put fire to three mines all which were right vnder the Rampire the principallest were in the quarter of D' Auphin But the dammage was nothing so great as they looked for being the cause that they gaue no assaulte that day So afterwardes they did not ouermuch heate them selues but were contented to goe and viewe the breaches on the Admirals side and descende into the Ditche which D' Andelot kept After that the Spanyardes were retyred the Admirall wente to viewe what hurte those Mines had made and founde that by that onuerture they were not very like to receyue or incurre any great danger but that for all that it was fitte to worke vpon it which hee deferred vntill night for that they durste not touche there or shewe themselues by day by reason of the full viewe which their enemies Artillerie had of them Nowe were there eleauen breaches many mines the ditche gayned and the Souldiers therein well couered the Armie great to gayne the breaches against eight hundred souldiers and men at armes of all sorts distributed as the Admirall
discretion their liues saued he would cause them al to passe by the edge of the sword so as hauing a while considered of the danger they yeelded themselues to the mercy and discretion of the Duke which happened in very good time for there remained no more but two bullets of a Culuerin left they being gone out to the end no leasure should be giuen to the French souldiers to amuse about the spoile fire was put in diuers places of the Towne as for the Prisonners the Duke of Neuers had alreadye giuen them leaue to departe when as they were as well known vnto the Captaine Sapoigne their neighbour Sonne to Gilles de Leuant sometimes gouernour of Luxembourg against whom Sapoigne declared vnto the Duke that the honestest man among them all had one hundred times deserued death and how hee should shew them too much fauour to saue their liues for if he should set thē at liberty it would be a means to make them do more harme to the French Therefore the greatest part of them were retained and carried prisonners to Satenaye afterwardes some were sent backe the principall being reserued cheefely the Captain Dalumont otherwise Malladerie and his ensigne named Arbonniere all these matters being thus happely atchieued in one onely day the armie returned the same very night to lodge at Satenay with all the companies except those of Mommedy who in respect they were neere hand retired as then from the place cōmandement being giuen that they should dayly repaire thither by hundreds to make euen with the ground the rest of Vireton which the fire was not able to waste or consume and on the next morrowe hauing dispatched S. Simon to carry newes vnto the K. who continually remained at Reims and cōmanded Despotz Gouernour of Satenay to receaue of the inhabitants within the town the oath of fidelity in the K. name he dparted towards the cōstable who caused the armye to temporise attending what the Emperour would attempt who finding all his forces assembled and the succours which he attended out of the low Countries being arriued took the high way againe towards Metz and was approched as farre as Sarabuc seuen leagues from thence and a few dayes after the D. of Alua Lieutenant generall of the Emperour and the Marquesse of Marignan Colonell of the Italian Fantassins with fourteene thousand foote foure thousand horse and sixe fielde peeces approched so neere as to discouer the Towne and the fittest places for to pitch their Campe in which was not doone without a furious and braue skirmish of the French souldiars who being sallied forth for a beginning made them well to perceiue and feele with what affection they were determined to defend themselues and maintaine the place wherein the French as then atchiued great reputation as well of the Duke of Guise as of their enemies who afterwardes retired themselues to S. Barbe two leagues back with small aduauntage and losse of neere hand eight or nine score men and of French men there was lost Marigny Picard issued out of the auncient and most renowmed house of Salezart and fiue Souldiers which were slaine on the place Sylly Mompha and the Captaine La Vaure dyed there of their wounds In the meane time the D of Aumalle standing well assured of all the plattes and sollicitings which they practised with the Marquesse Albert aduertised the K. thereof who was at Reims to the end to prouide of all sides as wel on that part as towards Picardie certifying him that the most expedient way was rather to set vpon him thē to suffer him to ioyne with the enemy and so to make him the stronger and to bring that to passe he let him to vnderstand that with such meanes as hee already had two hundred men at armes would be sufficient to defeate him The King made answere that hee liked his deuice very well prouided that it were wisely executed and without too much hazard and presently hee commaunded Bourdillon to goe and ioyne with him with a hundred men at armes and obey him wherein soeuer for his seruice hee would imploye him whereupon hee came towardes him within three leagues neere vnto which place hee readily aduertised him how by the Kings commaundement with all possible diligence he had made his repaire towards him to obey him beseeching him to signifie his pleasure and what he was to doe The D. of Aumalle answered him that he was maruelously contented at his so great diligence vsed and that the Marquesse hauing already passed ouer the riuer of Muze was ready likewise to goe ouer the other of Madon to retire himselfe to the Emperours Campe and he knew not any great means how to follow him any longer wherfore in breefe he determined to retire himselfe to Thoul to make warre against the enemie This answere was the cause that Bourdillon stirred not from Blanieau attending his returne Three daies after notwithstanding the D. of Aumalle sent his Trumpetter with letters to the Marquesse to suck alwaies some intelligence from him but so it was as finding him at the borough of S. Nicolas whether he was gone with a small companie to conclude with the Emperours Deputies making small account of those letters the Trumpetter was staied to the end that readily returning hee might not discouer the secret nor make reporte of what he had seene who maruelling greatlye at this strange entertainement went to the Marquesses truchman for it was tolde him that hee had beene brought vp in Fraunce thinking by that meanes that hee would haue carried some good affection to haue pleasured those of that Nation whence he had receaued all kinde of curtesie but contrariwise hee found him a braue and presumptuous Gallant who iudged himselfe of the highest valour by reason of the familiaritie which he had with his Master The Trumpetter be sought him to procure his dispatch and returne He contrariwise without making any answere at al to his request railed extreamely at the French and wishing vnto them a thousand curses he protested with great oaths that before it were long he would bathe himselfe in their bloud So the Trumpetter was enforced to tarrie vntill the Thursday before the day wherein the defeate should be accomplished as they tolde him and how that the morrowe after he should returne with his answere which came not to passe for all that for that day all things being changed to the worse the Trumpeter was more rigorously entreated then before led bound fast wrong hard and trained as if how-erlye hee expected nought else then to be hanged or dye miserably Thus the Marquesse had determined the next morrowe to take his way to the Emperours Camp and there rested nothing but to vnite and appease some of his Captains Souldiers who had no great minde to turne their face to take oath to the Emperor in respect of the euill entertainment which they had found both at his hands and the Spaniards in the wars passed The
to me poore Crookebacke and at the instant drawing out his dagger hee stabbed himselfe so farre into the bodye as hee fell downe starke dead which being knowne to his Father hee maruelouslye mourned and notwithstanding he spared not to sease of all his goods which caused a great tumulte in Mustapha his Campe but it was nothing in respect of that they did after they vnderstoode of his death In such sorte as Solyman with great daunger of his life was constrained to banishe Rostan and depriue him of all honors and dignities This death fell out very fortunatelye for the Christians to whome Mustapha was a sore enemye and tooke singular pleasure in shedding of their blood it was likewise taken so greeuouslye of the Turkes that from thence forth this prouerbe is growne among them Gietti Sultan Mustapha all is ended since that hee is dead all is done whatsoeuer we thought of for they imagined in their own fancie that it was he which should enlarge the bounds of their Empire in another manner of sorte then euer did his Ancestors which they could not expect at the handes of any other Let vs handle againe the siege of Teroene The Emperour lying at Bruxelles and being promptlye aduertised of the taking of Teroene conceaued a verye great pleasure thereat sweetening by the happe of this good fortune the bitternesse of his former disgraces so as throughout all the Countryes of Flaunders Arthois and Henaute were seene great bonfyers Afterwards he commanded that it should be razed and throwne down to the very foundations to the end nought might rest but the place where it might be sayd Teroene had beene Afterwardes hee sent the Prince of Piemont his Nephewe Lieutenant generall in his armye to quenche a sedition and a certaine enuye which the Princes and great Lordes bare to Binecourt a worthy Cheefe of these troupes But such is the malice among men that it was neuer nor euer shall bee but that enuye will bee among equalles albeit that often tymes it maye lye dissembled The King vnderstoode of these sorrowfull newes as soone as the Emperour which at the instant seemed as strange vnto him as any thing which they could haue made reporte of considering how hee had before receiued an entire contentment of that furious assaulte which the French had so resolutely sustained but being certified by diuers reportes how all the matter was handled hee was greatlye greeued at the taking thereof and much more bewayled his men which he thought to be in a farre greater number dead then afterwardes it was found to be Now albeit that among the French the plainte was great and the losse very preiudiciall yet necessitye the inuentresse and mistresse of all Artes sharpning the wits of men to assay strange things stirred vp the Kings spirit in a sorte ioynte with the sorrowe and greefe of the losse so that being aduertised how his enemies shortlye after this ruyne took their way and prepared themselues to come and do as much at Hedin he made ready all preparatiues to fortifie the same with men and all thinges fitting to staye them shorte or at the least vntill such a time as hee imagined his armye coulde be in a readines to the end to raise the siege and driue them into their owne Countrie Now the D. of Bouillon Marshall of France desirous more and more to perseuer in the K. seruice had long time before vndertaken the defence of this Castle to which would needes accompany him Horace Farneze D. of Chastres and the Earle of Villars with a great number of other Lords Gentlemen and good Souldiers who to make proofe of their courage of their own accord presented themselues to this seruice albeit that the K. stoode in some doubt of the force and validitie of that place and had no affection at all to expose thither such personages of such authoritie they notwithstanding preferring an immortall renowne before their goods or liues went to enclose themselues within this forte to this verye ende were dispatched couriers and commandements to the Captaines of the men of warre to haue in readines all their companies and as soone as it were possible to cause them to march and to render themselues neere Amyens where the Constable was hoping to assemble together there the Kings army commissions were distributed to the Captaines of the Fanterie to make their leuies as soone as they were able and to those of the olde Ensignes and entertained companies to furnish them compleate and wel armed to conduct them surely and without plaints vnto the Rendeuous there was also proclaimed throughout all the Realme that the Rirebands according to their dutie and the Kings ordinance should forthwith march and furnish themselues to the same place afterwards they aduertised and besought the Zuizer cantons of the French league to send to their succour a certaine number of footemen of their nation the best armed and compleate that they could according to the agreement between the Kings of Fraunce and them The King in summe caused great diligence to be made and commaunded that all thinges should be prouided for the putting of his power into the fielde where his enemies being aduertised and well assured that if they did not imploy that small time which they could get within which the Kinges army might be made readye so to purpose as they might enforce Hedin hardly they should attaine to the cheefe of their enterprise or retire without a battaile or other peiudiciall accident they aduaunced with such diligence their affaires that the Towne being voide of inhabitants who were fled and retired into France with whatsoeuer they could carry away of their goods was in very short time taken by them in respect it was not much defended by Souldiers who shutte vp themselues within the Castle esteeming it impregnable There they planted on the one side one of their batteries and the other towards the parke and the greatest of all by the Towre Robin where the French had already made theirs but notwithstanding any resistance which they within besieged were able to make they were not able to diuerte them This Castle being little which in al could contain but 2000. men and that hardly hauing in times past beene builded by the Dukes of Burgondie onely for the pleasure of hunting not to fortifie it in any sort so not loosing one sole hower by day or night to batter it so furiouslye as was possible they trauailed not onelye to throwe it downe by their artillerie but vndermined it so diuerslye and in so many places that it was impossible that a Cony berry could haue more holes and hollowes vnder the ground then were vnder the foundations of this castle all the countermines secrets within being known practised by many of the enemies the place besides being very subiect to this imperfection Now the enemies had already battered and digged downe the greatest parte of the parapette and rampire of the great breach