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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A95264	A true relation of the reducing the city of Naples to the obedience of the king of Spaine, which happened on the 5, of April 1648. Being Palm-Sunday. Together, with the imprisonment of the duke of Guise, and liberty of the duke of Tursis. With the resolution and declaration of the Spanish generall, concerning the French fleete, and their proceedings thereupon.		1648 (1648)	Wing T3034; Thomason E438_18; ESTC R204762	3,796	8

A true RELATION Of the reducing The City of Naples To the OBEDJENCE Of the KING of SPAINE WHICH Happened on the 5 of April 1648. Being Palm-Sunday TOGETHER With the Imprisonment of the Duke of Guise and liberty of the Duke of Tursis WITH The Resolution and Declaration of the Spanish Generall concerning the French Fleete and their proceedings thereupon LONDON Printed by J. C. for I. I. MDCXLVIII A true RELATION OF The reducing of the City of NAPLES to the obedience of the King of SPAINE THe troubles of the City of Naples begun and continued for these tenne moneths space with so great a destruction revolution of almost the whole Kingdome to the great distraction of the King of Spains forces and prejudice not onely of that peace of Italy but even of the universall peace so necessary to all Christendome which troubles were fomented partly by the French who in all diligence were preparing a succour of foure thousand foote and eight hundred horse partly by the private intelligence and practises with the Turke to invite him to the ruine of all Jtaly It pleased his divine Majesty to end in a happy and much desired peace and this with so much cas● and speed that he whose understanding is not blinded cannot chuse but confesse that Kingdoms and States are onely his gifts who is the God of Heasts I may not omit to relate unto you the glorious catastrophe of this Tragedy for though a more eloquent pen may undertake it none shall tell it more ingenuously and truely then I will do His Excel therefore the Coud d'Ognate Viceroy of Naples having been advised that the French Fleete was preparing in all diligence to come and succour the people and that the Spaniard was not in a sufficient forwardnes to prevent it and that the leavies made at Rome marched on but slowly and that even great part of them was of necessity to stop in the way to reinforce the cheif holds in Abruzzo supposing the perpetuall invasions the French made in that province having already taken some places and still reinforcing with new supplies of Souldiers Commanders and ammunition And further perceiving that the men he expected from Milan● came not he was extreamly aflicted apprehending that he shou●d not manage his Majesties affaires with that happynesse as he had promised unto himselfe Yet desiring at least to make his service appeare remarkable by some glorious enterprise having visited all the fortifications works the Spinads had the Castle of Saint Elmo providing each with all sort of ammunition on Thursday the second day of Aprill he imbarqued wi h the field Master Generall Dionysio d● Gusman and other Commanders to goe visit the Island of Nisita where he made accompt the French fleet would cast Anchor leaving there two peices of Artillery and fifty Spanyards a sufficient provision as was esteemed for that time This served as an issue to draw thither the bad humors and so to free the more noble parts of the body for the Duke of Guise resolving to secure that place where the Fleet he so much longed for was to anker hastned with 300. Horse to the Captaine of Pussilipo right against the aforesaid Island that he might there build a Fort which might command it This absence of the Dukes out of Naples seemed unto his Excellencie a most fit opportunity to put in execution the enterprise hee had designed Wherefore not confiding in the weaknesse of his armes but in the assistance he expected from heaven he resolved in the meane time to give an assault upon some of the Fortifications made by the people According to which resolution he gave order that the Commanders should be furnished with necessary provision and he demanded a list of the Spaniards which could be spared for this purpose the which he found to bee farre inferior in number to what was necessary for such an enterprise On Sunday at night the fifth of the said Moneth his Excellency acquainted his Highnesse Don John d' Austria with his designe who much approving so generous a resolu ion sent for the N●bility and laid before them their obligation and the example his Excellencie gave them who was come to Naples out of pure obedience to serve his Catholik Majestie at a time it seemed to every one impossible to reduce that people and part of that Kingdome to their duty exposing his life to so many dangers for his King and his subjects who were there present And he represented also unto them the want he had at that time of men and other provisions for such a businesse wherefore in correspondence of their affection towards him he required of them all to meet againe secretly in the same place at midnight with their Armes and such trusty men as they could lead on an enterprise where his Excellencie would appeare in the head of them They all ●ff●red their lives in his highnesse service as became loyall and faithfull vassals of his Majesty And though in regard the number was so small the Enterprise seemed not only hard but Rash yet the Duke of Guises absence gave him hopes of a prosperous successe But he did most of all rely on the assistance he expected from his Divine Majestie whose helpe he commanded all to implore and for that purpose ordered prayer to be made in all the Chu●ches forbidding all his Souldiers under most grevious and exemplar punishments all sorts of excesse and deboistnes At midnight the Nobillity met togeather with those they brought along with them and they disposed themselves for the attempt and marched quietly along to Iesus Church and his highnesse would needs accompany them who togeather with the Count and other Commanders entred into the said Church where after that they had prayed a while the Count went forth to see whether all was ready for the assault according as he had appointed his highnesse remaining ●till in the Church And his Excelencie having found all things in order he told them the signe at which they were to begin their assault and so returned back into the Church and soone after he gave the signe to fall on the trenches and other workes The onset began at the gate called Porta Alba where they found some resistance of the People some blood was spilt on both sides But finally ours brake through and Marched on to the other gates which they gain'd without any resistance and then they heard them cry out from within the City Viva Spagna At which acclamation his Excellencie entred the City with his men and his Highnesse expected at the Gates guarded by the Nobility unto whom he gave expresse command not to enter without his Order Upon his Excelences arrivall the same acclamations encreased and many of the more civill sort of people accompanied him with their swords drawn crying out all in one voice God save the King our Soueraigne Then the Cardinall Archbishop Filomarino mett him in Coache and his Exelencie also lighted But presently both