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A18742	A lamentable, and pitifull description, of the wofull warres in Flaunders, since the foure last yeares of the Emperor Charles the fifth his raigne With a briefe rehearsall of many things done since that season, vntill this present yeare, and death of Don Iohn. Written by Thomas Churchyarde Gentleman.	Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.	1578 (1578)	STC 5239; ESTC S105019	41,870	76

perswasion they spente thrée long houres But the Regents power being experimented Souldiours woulde lose no occasion to conquere their enimies And on that pointe they stoode so sti●…elye that they determined presentlye to gyue the commoners a battell and trie oute the matter by sworde and not by sweete persuas●…ons And to performe the same they sette all in order and were readye to marche into the Citie and méete with the people as by fortune they mighte any waye encounter them The Prince and the Nobilitie muche grieued with this bloudye resolution repaired towardes the people and tolde them all the matter and willed them to goe to their owne houses and he would sée that all thinges should be wel ended The people liked no whit that councell and gaue the Prince euil wordes and a greate number of them burst into my lodging And bycause the Prince hadde made of mée before and that they knew I hadde serued in the Emperoures dayes they called me forth and saide I shoulde be theyr leader whiche thing I refused as far as I durst alleadging I was ignoraunt of suche affayres wherevpon they bent theyr pikes on me in a greate furie I beholding the extreamitie I was in gaue them my faith and so came into the stréete among the reste of their companye where I was so receiued as fewe woulde haue beléeued the manner thereof but suche as had séene it Witnesse Sir Thomas Gressam Then knowing the daunger we were in and finding no way so good for our expectation as spéedily to preuent the harmes the ennimies mighte doe vs I drewe the whole power into a strong péece of grounde called Noua Vielle digged and defenced of it selfe and tooke out of the companye an eyght thousande souldioures well appointed and marched to one of the Gates And beatyng downe a little posterne with barres of yron we sallied out into the fieldes to encounter Monsieur Beauoys giuing cha●…ge to a thousande shotte to kéepe the posterne till we retourned in againe which duly did their endeuour as well for their owne liues as oure safetie But wanting horsemen to discouer the enimy and hauing no fitte grounde to auoide the charge of the enimies horsemen whiche came lustily on a great gallop to holde vs in play till their footemen hadde ouertaken them we softely and orderly retyred leauing in the face of the enimie a sufficient company of shotte that galled their horses held thē at a stay til we had recouered the towne againe whiche done we shutte vp the posterne and lefte men to guarde it and so came to our power that hadde in this season furnished themselues wyth weapon pouder shotte armour and all things necessarie for a battel At our cōming in the prince of Orange came to me gaue me thankes for sauing the liues of so many men that had bin abroade which Monsieur Beauoys was like ynoughe to ouerthrowe bycause he had a great band of horsemen in his campe The Regentes power in the market place hearing that oure men woulde fight and hadde prepared thinges for that purpose and séeyng oure companye encrease continuallye stoode in a doubt and durste not issue oute of the market place whiche was well fortified and guarded rounde aboute with greate chaines and greate péeces rammed full of haile shotte and other mischiefe méete for a murther Now I asked of my companie if they woulde fight and desired such as would be in their houses to depart whereat they flang vp a thousande Cappes and cryed arme arme Battallia Battallia viue le geuxe I hearing this crie and noting their courage as well as I could set them in order and tooke with all possible spéede the high way towards the Market place willing all those that woulde saue their houses from spoyling to ayde vs with Munition and suche things as we wanted And as soone as we came to C●…pper str●…et we sent foure thousand shotte to enter on a warning giuen on the backes of our enimies which they were readie to do when we ioyned in battell The day was faire and the people left in their houses reioyced so at our comming by them and made such a shoute and crye that we had good hope of victorie and to atteyne the same we marched a great pace cr●…ing all the way Viue le geuxe in so muche that the very noyse of thys crye came to the hearing of the enimie and neyther Drumme nor Trumpet could be heard of any side the crye that wée made was so greate the like of whiche noyse since I was borne I neuer hearde And as we approched almost to the mouth of the Cannon and view of the enimie the Prince of Orange and all the Nobilitie to saue bloud and the liues of thousands came betwéene both the armies and desired vs to retire declaring the enimie was stronger by meane of their good Souldioures and artillerie than we and as he sayde it was impossible for vs to enter vpon them At which words our people fell in so greate a rage that they cryed kill the Prince and surely had not some saued him I name them not he had bin slayne But both the Prince and a number of the noble men being frighted with the furious follie of the people retired so hastilie forwarde that their Horses fell downe and the Prince beyng conuayde safelie into another Stréete we tooke the aduantage of time And making a shew as though we had ouerthrowne these noble men we marched immediately vpon the enimie crying s●…ill Viu●… le geuxe and they beholding oure boldnesse and perceiuing the sho●…te that should haue entred on the backe side of them withoute gyuing fire to anye péece cryed in lyke sorte Viue le geuxe and yéelded themselues withoute any stroke stricken vnto vs in most humblest sorte and manner simply and playnely A thyng to be wondered at and coulde not be broughte to passe but onely by Gods ordinance Nowe hauing this peaceable victorie we soughte all possible meanes to reste in suretie and come by that wée desired whiche was as the people confessed the libertie of the Gospell And for oure most aduantage we tooke wyth vs diuers of the enimies chiefetaynes and foure and twentie Cannons and greate péeces whiche they hadde all readie charged and marching from the enimie we came to the Mear Br●…eg and there encamped chayning and choking the corners of euerie stréete with Cartes bigge timber Barrels and other necessaries to holde out the enimie and to debate the matter at the push of the Pyke if néede required And finishing these fortifications we thrust euerie windowe full of shotte that might serue for the ●…lancking of the stréetes and commande the rest of y houses in the compasse of our shotte that nothing might be a lette or hind●…rance to our desired hope By this time the Prince had the keyes of the Towne and no man coulde eyther enter or go out without the licēce of the people encamped in the Mear Broeg for we kept the watch and

Notwithstanding the Princes power augmented continuallie and plyed the seruice in such sort that the enimies perforce were driuen into their mayne battel But this bickering endured so long that the day was farre spent and numbers of oure men were hurte Among the chiefe a noble man and a speciall sparke of life called the Count De Hostraet was shotte through the legge of whych wounde after he dyed And as many stoute Souldioures that season serued well and worthylie so was none more to be commended than the Count De Lume a Leagoyse otherwise called Count De la Marsh who onely came to the Prince with a braue bande of Horsemen for the reuengemente of his Cousins deathe the Count Degmond which lost his head as before you haue heard Now what should more be sayd of this matter but that the Duke in this mean season had conuayed fiue thousand shotte the leading whereof hadde Iulian Romero to the bridge and strayte passage not farre from Tillemont And this Iulian as he was a maruellous valiant and good souldiour of greate experience fame forwardnesse and antiquitie so did he so cunningly in a woodde at this presente lay an ambushe that it was to be wondred at the manner whereof followeth First when he came to this strayte he caused the Spanyardes which in good sooth were noble Souldioures and resolute men to lye flatte on their faces and as closely as could be deuised withoute making brute or businesse and commaunded that no one man shoulde be so hardie as to stirre til he gaue a warning and watchworde Which the Spanyards obeyed in euery poynt for they are men of great obedience vigilancie where they ought to be readie at commaundement The Prince hauing a minde and good occasion to passe this straite before the night came on marched towardes the brigge and all the way the Duke wayted on him making many offers to haue giuen battell and still greate seruice was to be séene and the enimie was euer occupyed to bleare our eyes the better And yet the Prince to preuent mischiefe sente a number of Almayne shotte named the Forlorne hope to the selfesame woodde where Iulian Romero lay to be as it were a succoure to his armie if the Duke had charged on the reregard as was presupposed he woulde the aduantage was so great And this Almayne shotte were so carelesse that as soone as they came into the woodde they lay loking ouer a high dyke how the Princes cariages stragglers vangarde mayne battell and wings thereof should passe ouer the bridge and had no further consideration but gazed before them when behind their backs the enimie was priuilie placed Well in fine the Princes power came on and the artillerie the stragglers the cariages the vangarde the mayne battell and all sauing the reregard passed ouer the bridge but the reregarde bycause it was nexte the Duke and in danger to be sette vpon by the Dukes power was double garded with horsemen besides the ordinarie bandes it was wonte to haue And further the vancurrers and gallantest Gentlemen of person and manhoode attended on the reregard to sée the ende of the matter And so soone as the reregarde came betwéene the two wooddes the Spanyardes did shewe themselues suddaynely with suche a terrible shotte and thunder of Muskette and Calyuer that the Almaynes by terror of the same flang downe theyr péeces and woulde haue fledde but most of them were immediately spoyled and flayne The Horsemen of the reregarde were so amazed at thys aduenture that they scarce knewe what was best to bée done yet in conclusion a noble Captayne called Rides and diuers other bands of Swarfe Rutters whéeled about made head to the enimie and were readie to giue a charge on Captayne Iulian. And albeit a greate dyke was a lette for the charge yet the Rutters scambled ouer the same and as they myght in the woodde slewe diuers of the Spanyardes But the Duke plyed the matter so sharply vpō the backes of the reregarde that Monsieur Maulberg a Baron with a regiment and most of his band of braue French Souldioures were put to the sword or drowned and many Burgonyon Gentlemen and Souldioures of all sortes were likewise slayne or ouerthrowne in the water in whyche conflict we lost foure or fyue thousand men But the Prince beholding this murther and in danger of the shotte continually was dismayed no whitte for being on a high ground ful before the Dukes Camp he sente downe succoures to hys people and bent all his great Ordinance vppon the Duke and stayed his whole straggling armie in the very view and shotte of the enimie a thing most rare and strange to be séene The Dukes power as they mighte notwithstanding followed victorie and till the darke night did separate the armies the shotte on both sides neuer ceassed And looke what prisoners the Duke did take before the day went out of the Skye he caused them to be burnt all togither in one house the smoke and smell whereof came with the winde full into oure noses Thus we encamped in that presente place hoping for a reuenge the next morning at whyche season was Monsieur Ianlees to come oute of France to the Prince and with him two thousande Horse and four thousand footemen The Duke hearing of Monsieur Ianlees commyng wente to méete hym but woulde not encounter hym that tyme bycause the Princes Campe was so néere And Monsieur Ianlees came ouer the water at Namure where the garrison resisted him to theyr po●…er and lost a hundreth or fourescore Souldioures at that tyme Ianlees entring with bloud marched forwarde brauely with hys little Campe in the whyche hée hadde fyue good péeces of artillerie And at length he came in the view of the Duke of Aluaes Camp and being resolued to fight rather than retire he put his power in battell and tooke the nexte way to the Prince in most manly manner as indéede hée was a stoute Gentleman The Duke séeing his boldnesse and courage gaue him the looking on and let him passe and so our Camp and his ioyned togither Upon Ianlees comming who broughte a maruellous gallant companye of Gentlemen experimented Souldioures it was thought that without delay we should haue soughte out the Duke and haue giuen him battell and in that minde was oure whole power many a long day but what was the occasion to the contrarie I knowe not and what did kéepe vs asunder so long dothe passe the reache of my reason A wéerysome time in this sort poore Souldiours turmoyled who were visited with so many wants extremities that it would haue pitied any Christians heart and minde to consider of yet the willingnesse of people to doe some worthy acte or enterprise tooke away a péece of the heauie burthen and made the fardell of affliction the lighter to beare and the lesse repined at and it was a miraculous matter for men as some may alleadge to liue without bread béere ale or wyne so great a time as