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B10088	An account of the famous siege of Antvverp by Alexander prince of Parma, in the year 1584. Being the most memorable siege that was ever laid to any city. / Written in Latine by Famianus Strada: and Englished by T.L. ...	Strada, Famiano, 1572-1649.; Lancaster, Thomas, gent.	1672 (1672)	Wing S5776A; ESTC R184657	85,189	204

and with his presence greatly animated the dejected Citizens and Altapen charges the enemies fiercely charged the Van-guard of the enemies Then the Governour Elmont They fight By and by others also followes Altapens example and with both some Citizens joyn themselves others by their own conduct and with mutuall exhortation invade the enemies and taking up armes every where it was all the City over both in the streets and Market with different resolutions but equall obstinacy on both sides disputed These the love of their City care of their wives children and fortunes inflamed against the assailants and robbers these were encouraged with the glory of surprizing the City and the great booties which now were in their hands But whether EVERY one more carefully defends his owne then strives to take others or the armed croud of Citizens increasing for FOR THE most part a few begin high designes but are soon seconded by many the Hollachians were forc't to defist from plunder and fall to their own defence And were yet encouraged with hope of succours Holach being gone to call in more forces which for this purpose lay privately in a Neighbouring Village But an old man seeing the gate sleighted by the Holach departs to fetch in more forces Holachians privily crept down from an adjoyning Turret cutting in sunder the tyes and letting down the Port-cullis shut out and deluded the enemies being one thousand horse and Returnes with them But the gate being shut he is not admitted two thousand foot posting with all speed to the City and even then at the gates whereby it came to passe that the Holachians now fighting with unequall number and courage were all either shut up within the City and miserably cut off or voluntarily Then following the slaughter of the Holachians leaping from the Walls into the Ditch excepting a few were swallowed up by the Waters At which time it is reported that many also of the Citizens as yet ignorant of the delivery of their City in a precipitate flight and with vaine feare of them to whom they themselves were a terrour fell down headlong from the opposite part of the City Walls and so both the victours and conquered were alike drowned But it is more probable that they were not by ignorance of the Victory but guilty of Treason driven to flight that fate Amongst the dead were found Ferdinand Truchsesius brother to the deposed Imperiall Elector and the Prince of Oranges base sonne besides Count Holachs Lieftenant and some German Captaines of Pike-men Thus this City already taken was by one Corporall quitting his post lost and saved by the undaunted courage of Altapen And so accordingly the Corporall flying from the walls The keeper of the gate punished received his merited punishment who by Holachs command lost his head Altapen and Elmont Prince Alexander highly extolling them both were by the Kings letters as signals of his thanks honoured together with a Altapen rewarded gift sent to Altapen As the newes of this defeat entred Bruxels besieged is tormented with Famine Antwerp at the same time almost some horse and suddenly after foot also the reliques of the slaughter given by George Basta Commissary Generall of the horse confusedly fled into the City For Viluord a Towne neer adjoyning to Bruxels not long before being taken by the Royalists and Ambrose Landriano left there to defend it those of Bruxels were miserably tormented for lack of provision Wherefore the Mechlinians and the Antwerpians had thus agreed to releeve them that they should provide provision and these a Convoy But by They of Mechlin and Antwerp send them provision with a great Convoy chance this came to the Prince of Parma's knowledge who appointed George Basta from Tornhout and Edward Lanceavech from Liere Governour of that Garrison to joyne their forces and about Viluord to enambush them-selves And now at the close of the evening they saw nine But falling on an Ambuscado of the Royalists Troopes of Horse and almost thirteen ●oot companies to march before two hundred Carriages and but a slender guard on the Reer For by reason of the vicinity of Mechlin they suspected not any danger Whereupon the Royalists to make shew of greater forces with great and sudden sounding of Drummes and Trumpets charged the Van of the enemies horse then the foot and horse joining themselves whilst on both sides it was couragiously fought the Waggoneers conveyed away the carriages and drove most of them back to Mechlin from Are beaten and put to flight whence a little before they came whereby the Royalists with greater fury pursuing the fight slew at least two hundred and took many prisosoners but especially of Ragters horses With prey to the Victours for they brought away above four hundred kill'd and routed all the rest and thought it sufficient so to have disappointed the Antwerpians designe to their no small damage and to have dash't all hopes of releeving Bruxels now in great distresse for want of provision And indeed the The famine increaseth at Bruxels famine in that rich famous and most populous City grew almost intollerable although oftentimes many both men and women were sent out thereby to ease it But most of them by the Kings horse were either by shot forced back into the City or not returning were taken and hanged up but they commanded the women having their garments cut above their knees with that disgrace to return to be with their fellowes hunger-starv'd And truly every day there many miserably perish't for lack of meat yea it is reported that a mother of many children being inwardly tormented with their continuall lamentations A miserable example caused them to drink poyson and afterwards drunk it her selfe thereby to prevent the irksomnesse of a tedious death Then discord famines companion entred the City some of the Discord increaseth as the famine Citizens being in mind to surrender the City others still retaining their obstinacy with hope of help from France these with armed souldiers possess themselves of the Pallace those with like preparation of armes took the Market-place and Town-house Til at length in despair of the French succours and seeing all passages on every side the City to bee obstructed Viluord lost and Willebroeck the head of their chiefe Navigation together with the garrison taken by Igniquesius Regiment Templaeus Governour of the City the souldiery and They send to Alex to deliver up the City the Magistrates sent their severall Commissioners into the Camp to Alexander to render up the City to his mercy onely petitioning they might receive conditions not dishonourable to their City the seat of the Belgick Princesse adding that their constant fidelity to his mother the Dutchess of Parma deserved something at her sonnes hands Alexander after a short reprehension that that Faith to his mother and the King her Lord they By whom being reprehended had rashly changed and by a

the chiefe amongst whom were William Merode Lord of Duffle John Sconhove And●ew Hessell and Philip Marnixius Aldegund himselfe Con●ull of the City Who being received by his Excellency at Bevera I have heard that Aldegund in the name of them all and in the presence of the Royal and warlike Councell spoke Aldegunds Oration after this manner Wee come not hither most mighty Prince timerously to apologize for our whole years resistance in d●fence of our owne For who coul● have conceived the least feare of th● most potent City in all the Belgi● Provinces from so few besiege● and you your selfe I presume ● no valiant man can affect the c● wardly would rather have wished then approved of our facilit● and feare Wee had sufficient kno● ledge of the number of your souldiers the necessities of your Ca● were not concealed from us yo● Navy not considerable complain● rung through your Army and t● mults were daily expected Was ● likely that you with ten or eleve● thousand souldiers for those we● the most with which you first a● tempted this great designe coul● have continued the siege of such 〈◊〉 City block it up by land and sto● passage by water with your ho● make inrodes into Brabant an● hinder reliefe from neighbouri● Cities obstruct so vast a River ● bove against the forces of Gau● and below against the power ● Holland and Zealand invade ● many Castles on the bankes ● Scheldt oppose Navy against Navy which then you had not any make good the bringing in of provision unto your Army And fill all places with Castles guards and Sconces no surely had you had fifty thousand fighting men nay if every one of your souldiers had had a hundred hands a piece could you have been thought of ability to attend to so many things at once in places so distant and divided in effect so difficult in labour so continuall in necessity so urgent And yet with this handfull of men you have besieged Antwerp both by water and land possest your selfe of Flanders and Brabant by frequent stations every where placed conveyed provision and what else was needfull for your Army at the siege through a channell of your owne making Erected Castles and Forts upon narrow banks and in the overwhelmed fields and what wee onely could believe possible because we have seen it done coped with a River which had the Ocean to assist it yea subjugated the Scheldt or rather the Sea with a Bridge standing against the furies of the swelling Ocean against the violent encounters of the Ice amongst continuall conflicts with our Navies Yet we broke down the bridge not without your great losse yea your animosity thereby increasing in a trice repaired it Wee turned the Scheldt into the fields and sought passage els-where You following the River hither also by a new bridge divided it and objected that over-crosse Causey against our Navies We assayled the Causey digged it through and opened a way there for our shipping yet you repulst us thence when wee thought our selves Victours made up th● clefts and breaches and obstructed all hope of passage What Engines what stratagems have wee left unattempted What strength of navies what fiery wonders what inventions of swimming Castles can there bee we have not set forth as much as by wit as much as by art could be imagined we have performed The Heavens the Sea hell onely excepted we have call'd to our assistance wee have taken into our society And yet with all these we have neither removed you from our Walls nor struck you with the least feare but rather have ministred new fewel to your incensed breast for the conquest of other Cities and further dilating of your armes and victories You have atchieved most invict illustrious Prince an enterprize than which the past and present Annalls cannot produce a greater We often have read and sometimes beheld that a Generall laying siege to an hostile City whil'st hee forceth and taketh one hath lost another elsewhere You whilst with your Army you straightly attacque Antwerp as if secure of us at the same time in Flanders take Dendermund by force subdue Gaunt by famine In Guelders dis-arme us of Nievmeghen And in Brabant compell Bruxels and Mechlin to a surrender And so whilst you lay siege to one City you extend your victories rising from victories into three severall Provinces at once As if to fight with one enemy at once were too small a taske for your noble spirit But the recitall of all these daily disputes betwixt the besieged and besiegers tends onely to this that it may plainly appeare that we conscious of our owne forces did not rashly undertake our defence no● having had tryall of your fortune do cowardly give it up God and your valour O Alexander have afforded you the glory of subduing Antwerp and posterity will allow us also some honour for not yeelding too hastily One thing as well for yours the King your Uncles sake as our owne wee intreat and earnestly request that as by conquering you have understood how great a City you have overcome so in taking and possessing it you will diminish nothing of the majesty strength thereof nothing of the monument of your Victory nor any thing of his Majesties possession and tribute But diminish them you will if either by confining the Citizens minds to a certaine religion or imposing a garrison of externs over their bodies and fortunes you change the state and Government of the City Antwerp if any City in all Europe flourisheth for the present The number of Citizens and strangers can scarcely bee reckoned The Scheldt as large as it is cannot containe the Merchants shippes of all regions when warr hinders them not Lastly no Empory in the whole world conjoynes associates more Provinces together and wealth of countreyes by communion of traffick The fame of the place will endure as long as solitude of Religion threats of Castles and terrours of a ●arrison do not shut up this Sanctuary SAFETY is a nurse to commerce But what safety can the naked Merchants expect from armed souldiers accustomed to pillage Surely this City hath sufficiently had a lamentable grievous experiment of sacking burning and plundering For the prevention of which outrages that Antwerp may have no just cause for the future to feare your prudence most excellent Prince by this dayes conditions for which we are come hither to treat with you we hope will provide To these his Excellency Prince Alez answers the Agents in a few words made answer that willingly he accepted of the treaty with Antwerp And as hee referred the valour and acts of his souldiers unto Gods benignity and his blessed mothers assistance so the Antwerpians ought to acknowledge that all their forces leagues with Cities and Provinces and succours from forraign Princes were in vain against the power and right of the legitimate Lord of the Low-countreyes In stating the conditions he would bury in oblivion the

furious edict had made him exile to his own yet putting them in good hopes of his Majesties clemency dismissed them to President Richardott by whose especiall meanes they agreed on these They receive these conditions Articles The Citizens now received into his Majesties favour being no otherwise charged with any fine of money are onely commanded to repaire the Churches to restore the precious furniture of the Kings Pallace and the sacred Ornaments of his Chappell which they had plundered or else to pay their worth As for the goods they had taken from the houses of Cardinal Granuell Count Mansfield other rich men whether they were to be restored or no was left to be determined afterwards Lastly the Hereticks had leave to tarry in the City two years for the setling of their affaires and the souldiers which were about one thousand five hundred foot and foure hundred horse are permitted to march away with their armes bag and baggage but without either banners displayed or light matches their drummes and Trumpets silent and before they departed they were sworne the common souldiers not to beare armes against his Majesty of Spaine for foure moneths and the Officers for seven moneths At whose departure Anthony Lord of Goigney an ancient Commander even from the time of Charles the fifth was by Prince Alexander Lastly hee provides for the civill and sacred affaires appointed Governour of the City with some companies of Walloones and Spaniards Then Richardott was sent thither together with Garner one of the privy Councell to be over the Councell and new Magistrates and to regulate the civill affaires And in fine the charge of the Clergy was with like care committed to the Arch-Bishop of Mechlin to whose Diocesse Bruxels then belonged And within lesse then a moneth The render of NIEVMEGHEN Nievmeghen the Metropolitan of Guelders came into his Majesties hands SO THINGS conjoyned if once disjoynted they all suddenly go to wrack Count Meursius Governor of that Province intended to have increased the garrison at Nieumeghen there being already for its defence foure hundred foot and two hundred horse thereby to terrify the faction of the Catholicks in that City of whom he was jealous But new garrison souldiers were both to the Catholicks Hereticks equally unwelcome and therefore not admitted yea Vpon a contef● amongft the Citizens the Catholicks privately conspired amongst themselves to remove the old garrison whereof Alexander having notice to whom not any of the enemies designes lay concealed forthwith Altapen privately aideth the Catholieks appointed Altapen whom hee had placed in Guelderland to wait on the motions of Count Meursius that he should diligently attend to that prize Hee thereupon consulting with the Catholick Citizens sent secretly now and then some faithfull and valiant men into the City to strengthen the Catholick party Who when they were gotten to a sufficient head set open the gates and admitted Altapen And they prevailing is admitted with a select force of horse into the City who joyned with them standing ready in armes Whereupon the garrison souldiers affrighted with the with the sudden surprize without the least resistance or delay submitted And takes the City themselves and were forthwith sent away Whereupon the Nievmeghens sent their chiefest Citizens to his Excellency and obtaining what conditions they desired returned to their ancient loyalty and obedience Wherefore Prince Alexander commanded a solemne thanksgiving to the Divine goodnesse with as great joy through the Army as mutiny at Antwerp at the sad tydings first at the losse of With great mutiny at Antwerp Bruxels the Court of Brabant then of the surprizing of Nievmeghen in times past the seate of Charles the Great and by reason of the commodiousnesse of the River Waele of greatest importance in all Guelders So that indeed Aldegund with all his Rhetorick could not have repressed the tumult of the people if their dejected Which upon some good news is quieted spirits had not been animated at the newes of the vaine and bloody successe of the Royalists attempting Ostend and the recovery of Lief-kenshoeck with other Forts And truly the assult of Ostend by The attempt of OSTEND Valentine Lord of Mott doth much resemble both for its beginning successe and end that of Bolduc attempted almost at the same time as we have before related by Count Holach The Lord of Mott with some companies of Camillus Capissuccus Italian Regiment and drawing part of the Presidiaries out of the adjacent garrisons together with a Regiment of Waloones led by Lewis Memorancy Baron of Beury for his Father the Lord of Berse on the sudden slew the watch of Ostend plac't at the Sea-port then entring the old Town for Mottaeus enters the City Ostend is divided into two parts and killing all those that made head against them held it as Conquerer almost four houres But hee departing to fetch Cannons to open a way into the new Town in the interim most The souldiers falling to plunder of his souldiers disperst themselves greedy of plunder an accustomed evill which in such unfortunate attempts will alwayes be condemned in souldiers alwayes caused by covetousnesse It also happened that some of the Captaines to whom the sett And the Captaines making delay houre of assaulting the City was prescribed stayd beyond their limited time whereby the Townesmen and garrison souldiers joyning both their forces in a body easily mastered the assailants scattered up and down at their pleasures pillaging the City Hinder the victory And although Memorancy having gathered many of his souldiers together Which whilst Memorancy urgeth forward and ordering them in a ring as well as hee could omitted nothing whereby hee might valiantly re-inforce the fight yet the enemies number increasing he was slaine gallantly Is slaine fighting fighting in the very front of his souldiers and his body cast into the Waters whereby his children were deprived of that small comfort but they could not ecclipse the memory of his renowned valour which was too worthy to be buried in the Waters There were many slaine on both sides but farre more on the Royalists The overthrow of the rest amongst whom there fell foure Captains besides the losse of two Ensignes of the Italian Regiment which because they were a long time stoutly defended by their bearers and came not into their enemies hands but by their deaths it was permitted by the law of Armes to display new ones in their places The rest of the assailants after the death of their Commanders And flight fled away Three Captaines also Three Captaines therefore condemned were by Prince Alexander condemned to lose their heads but for the singular valour of one of these Captains often made proofe of in the Warres But afterwards set at liberty they were after some dayes imprisonment all set at liberty But the fleet from Zealand which as we have before The Navie of zealand