serve a noble Master and a bountifull King as this was yet he that lackes this ambition to be made companion to earthly Kings following this worldly warfare I would admonish him to be thankfull to the King of Kings for his peace and quietnesse at home and in his prosperitie to make his acquaintance with God that if adversitie come he may be the bolder with his Maker by prayer which is the key to open heaven and the meanes to remove our adversitie for to reach unto God wee must humble our selves by prayer uniting us unto him through the greatnesse of our love for if we love God we will be painfull to seeke him and to find him we must enter in the narrow way and if wâ—â— will be partakers of his meate we must first taste of his continencie if we will follow him to the breaking of his Bread like valiant Souldiers wee must not faint till wee drinke of his Cup and to gaine him wee must learne to lose our selves for his sake Let not then this saying be hard unto us Forsake your selves take up your Crosse and follow me if we faint at this and not prove as resolute Souldiers the next would be harder the reward of Poultrons depart from me you cursed unto everlasting fire I know you not While then we have peace and quietnesse I wish we may be familiar with this King of Kings the Lord of Hosts and say in particular Thou art my King O God enter into his Tabernacle and salute Iesus Christ thy Saviour and Redeemer the head of all principalities and powers and let thy desire be to be with him in the land of the living Then let the Heavens rejoyce let Sathan flee and Hell tremble and let thy Conscience cry Christ is my Saviour the world thou must despise Heaven thou must desire and in truth say Christ is my Saviour without this assurance all our knowledge all our glory all our honours are imperfect and of no effect lest therefore thou should'st check me being but a vaine Souldier saying it is a good world when the Fox begins to preach leaving thee to God I will returne to my observation on my Regiments March the continuance of it for nine yeares successive in breadth in length in circle in turning in returning in advancing to and from our enemies in weale and woâ— from the Baltick Sea to the Waser streame from the Waser streame to Rapiâ—e in the Marke from Rapine to Wesmar on the Baltick Coast from Wesmar by water unto Holsten toward Ouldenburg from thence by Sea to Hensberâ—ie in Holsten from thence to Denmark where in two yeares time we did Circuit the Iland with severall Marches by land and expeditions by water being alike able for both not like to the High Dutch whose head nor stomack cannot endure the water Being thanked of by his Majestie of Denmark having made peace with the Emperour in May 1629. from Denmark our expedition by water having taken service anew under the Lyon of the North the invincible King of Sweden did continue towards Spruce from thence to the Baltick Coast againe and from thence to the River of Danube that runs from the foot of the Alpes in Swaubland to the Adriaticke Sea and had our Master of worthy memory lived we had crossed the Alpes into Italie and saluted the Pope within Rome But the losse of this Lyon to lead us was the losse of many and of this old Regiment the remaines whereof are yet on the Rhine where with twentie thousand Scots like them I would wish to be to doe service to the Iewell of Europe the Daughter of our King the Queene of Bohemia and to her Princely Issue My first advancement to preferment through the love of my Colonell was on this first March being without contradiction though not without envie placed to command as Major over the Regiment in the Major his absence So Iacobs blessing bred Esaus hate nature having made some as Antipathits to vertue they were made sicke by my health But for me if another excell me in vertue I will make him my example to imitate not my block to stumble on If in wealth I 'le with him blesse God for his plentie seeing God hath enough for me and him both The killing of Captaine Boswell on this March should be an advertisement to all Cavaliers comming after a Regiment or Army upon March to looke well unto themselves not offering any occasion of offence being weakest for the Rascall sort of Communaltie are ever soone stirred to mischiefe especially an Army having past by which for the most part never goes through Dorpe or Village but some notorious Villaine commits some insolency or other for which oft times the Innocent doth pay Having joyned after our March to Generall Morgans forces upon the Waser being quartered in open Dorpes the enemy not farre from us it was my fortune to have the first nights watch as Captaine of the watch to oversee all Guards the Avenue to the Dorpe on all Quarters being well beset with convenient Guards and Centries under silence of night Generall Morgan accompanied with foure Gentlemen with fire-locks to try us being young Souldiers gaue fire on our outter Centry our Centry having discharged retired to the next Centry I called the guard to their Armes finding the Alarum continuing caused the Sergeant of the Guard with twelve Muskettiers advance to Skirmish with them to know what for Alarum it was and to see what hinder hault they had the Generall Morgan finding us discharging the dutie of understanding Souldiers gave presently notice unto the Sergeant what he was and desired to speake with the Captaine of the Watch whereupon the Sergeant conveyed his Excellence unto me to the place of my Guard being the Randezvouz for the Regiment in case of Alarum to draw up unto and finding the most part of the Regimenâ— on suddaine with their Colours in good order praising them for their good watch-keeping his Excellence asked for the Colonell and went to see him It is the propertie of our Nation an enemie being neere in time of an Alarum to be in readinesse before any other Nation though at other times on watches or repairing to their Colours on Marches or in Garrison they are more carelesse than others But once comming to earnest or in great extreamitie of danger to give them their due they are not inâ—eriour to any Nation so farre as I did ever see or learne of others older Commanders than my selfe Yet many false Alarums as we had on the Waser make Souldiers and the most diligent at last carelesse till they feele the smart of some suddaine surprise to rouse them the better to goe readily to their duties The want of pay at the Waser made our souldiers a little discontent seing the English get due weekely pay Neverthelesse I did never heare of our Nations mutinie nor of their refusall to fight when they saw their enemies though I have seene other Nations call for Guilt
of no Souldier will doubt Here also we see His Majestie made no difference of season or weather in prosecuting his enemie whenever he found any advantage And therefore it was His Majesties wise resolution to crosse the Rhine while Generall Tillies Armie in the Winter time was farthest from him and making but a faint here before Oppenham his ayme and designe was to crosse the Rhine at an other part by shipping that while the enemie was busied in defence of the Skonce His Majestie might crosse at an other part for the Armie once crossed the Skonce was lost for want of supplie and His Majestie once over the whole Paltz and Mentz were in feare Nothing is more powerfull to resist resolution than resolution for it is said of the Oake being hard timber for to cleave it a sunder there must be wedges made of it selfe that hardnesse may overcome hardnesse My advise then to all brave fellowes watching in trenches or guarding Cannon while as the enemie would try their valour by out-falling in assailing them at such times let the defender doe as was done here leaving the use of the Musket as being more unreadie let them make use of their pikes meeting their enemies in the teeth with a strong firme bodie of Pikes after the old Scots fashion used by our Predecessours that fought pell mell with two-hand swordes till one of the parties did quit the field for though they suffer losse sure they must winne credit that repulse their enemie rather than disgracefully suffer their Cannon to be nayled or their braines knockt out in trenches while as they take them to the uncertaintie of the musket Therefore let resolution be ever present repulsing force with force for if thou wouldest be esteemed amongst the number of brave fellowes thou must resolve to shew thy selfe resolute couragious and valiant going before others in good example choosing rather to dye with credit standing serving the publique than ignominiously to live in shame disgracing both thy selfe and Countrie Who would not then at such times choose vertue before vice glorie honour and immortall fame before an ignominious shamefull and detestable life Let then my deere Camerades of the Brittish Nation where ever they serve embrace this my exhortation and lay it up in the secret corners of their heart and minde that they may be ever mindefull of their credits preferring credit to life for the honour of the invincible Nation doing ever as was done here by their Countrie men in one night thrice at three severall partes whereof twice in sight of their King and Master His Majestie crossing the Rhine did take with him the Scots which were there of Sir Iames Ramseys Regiment of old Spense his Regiment and of My Lord Rhees being landed the Spanish horsemen having furiously charged the Scots with a little advantage of a hedge stood by His Majestie against the Spanish horsemen and with a strong body of pikes and salves of musket resisted valiantly the horsemen till the rest were landed to relieve them As also the next day the Musketieres of Ramseys Regiment that on all occasions were wont to shew their valour were the first stormed the walles at Oppenham as they were the first with their Camerades that accompanied His Majestie at his landing in the Paltz testifying how willing they were to oppose danger in sight of their King and Master revenging themselves on the Spaniard a cruell enemy to the Daughter of our King and Sister to our Dread Soveraigne the Queene of Bohemia whom before they had removed by force of Armes from the sweete land of the Paltz where at this time they were fighting to invest againe His Majestie of Bohemia her Husband and his Royall issue being under the Conduct of the Lyon of the North the invincible King of Swedeâ— their Leader who was carelesse as he said himselfe that night to incurre the feude or the enmity and anger both of the House of Austria and King of Spaine to doe service to his Deere Sister the Queene of Bohemia Who would not then my deere Camerades Companions not of want but of valour and courage at such a time being the time we all of us longed to see who would not I say presse to discharge the dutie of valourous Souldiers and Captaines in sight of their Master and King having crossed the Rhine fighting for the Queene of Souldiers being led by the King of Captaines and Captaine of Kings who would not then as true valourous Scots with heart and hand sustaine the Fight discharging at once the dutie of Souldiers and valourous Captaines by that meanes so farre as in them lay restoring the Paltz contemning death striving to get victory over their enemies and freedome of Conscience to their distressed brethren long kept in bondage and under tyranny of their enemies the space of ten yeares till the coming of this magnanimous King and great Captaine who in six moneths time after did free the Paltz of all Spanish Forces setting them at libertie having brought the Keyes of all Goales with him and opened the doores not onely of all prisons but also of all houses and Churches in the Paltz that had beene closed ten yeares before through the banishment of the owners bringing them backe to their houses againe and having removed the Idolatrous worship of Papists out of their Churches suffered them againe to serve God peaceably in their former true undoubted and onely pure profession of the Faith of Christs Gospell The twenty-fourth Dutie discharged of our March to Mentz and of the intaking of it HIS Majestie having laien here at Oppenham some three dayes till the rest of the Armie were come over at Oppenham and at Stockstat the Armie being come over the Spaniards were afraid to stay in any place that was not wondrous strong and their feare being so great they quit Stagne setting it on fire as also the Lotterings Garrison did quit Wormes having first abused the Towne with plundering and other intolerable damage and hurt they retired all unto Frankendall being strong by fortification they made it strong of men having retired above eight thousand Spaniards within it who being blocked up had never the resolution or courage once to have falne forth on the Swedens Forces but kept themselves close within walles His Majestie taking his march towards Mentz which before was blockt up on the other side of the Rhine next to Francford with Shippes and with the Landgrave of Hessens Forces his Majestie about the middest of December in cruell tempestuous weather for frost and snow coming before it on a Sunday in the afternoone and having himselfe rode about the Towne on the Paltz side and recognosced both workes and walles the Armie standing in Battaile his Majestie having first commanded the Horsemen some to quarters and some on dutie The foote Briggads were commanded towards their severall Postes where Colonell Hepburnes Briggad according to use was directed to the most dangerous Poste next the enemy and the rest
annis sexcentis bisque tricenis Nomine sub MVNRO stemma decusque vigens Hic pietate gravis ac servantissimus aequi Castus intrepido pectore bella gerens Militis effraenis rabiem dum voce coercet Vnius ingrati fulmine tactus obît Lugent hunc Sueones Luget Geâ—manica tellus Herois fidi dedecorâ—â—â— nece Imprimis unâ genâ—it quam matre propago Nati nempe novem nata quaterna dolet Cùm quadragenis quatuor bene vixerat annis Vt vivat meliùs mors inopina dedit Vrbs Rheno incumbens Bacchi quae dicitur Aâ—a Dat requiem membris hoc decorata bono Spiritus aethereas Heroum scandit in oras Ac desiderium linquit in orbe sui IO. NARSSIVS M. D. Ann. 1633. MONRO HIS EXPEDITION AND OBSERVATIONS The first Dutie discharged in Holsten at Crempe THE old Proverb is A good beginning makes a good ending and to lead a good life is the way to a happie death Immediatly after our landing at Loughstad on the Elve by command of his Majestie of Denmarke we were quartered in the fat and fertile soyle of Holsten nothing inferiour in fertilitie to any part of Dutchland except in Wines having Corne in abundance to the increase Communibus Annis of the twentie eight Corne Wheat and Barly in milke nothing inferiour to Holland and for the most part inhabited by Hollanders especially the Cities This Soyle hath also abundance of fresh and salt-water fishes their Gentry live like Noble men and their Communaltie live like Gentlemen During our enquartring with them our entertainment was answerable to our charges where some Officers had allowance of a peece a day for keeping good Order Lievtenant Colonell Arthur Forbesse had the Command over the Regiment in the absence of the Colonell being hindred by sicknesse Shortly after our going over the Lievtenant Colonell departed this life being a Gentleman of much true worth and a valourous Commander much regrated by the whole Regiment Immediatly after his death Captaine Sanders Seaton was by his Majesties Patent made Lievtenant Colonell to the Regiment who did bring a strong Company of well exercised Souldiers which were joyned to strengthen the Regiment Captaine Iames Dumbarre who did get Lievtenant Colonell Forbesse his Company was placed Sergeant Major Captaine Sinclaire Captaine Boswell and Captaine Ennis Companies were reduced to strengthen the other Companies of the Regiment which being made complete were mustred cloathed and payd of their muster-moneth Who then would disdaine to follow warres might be thought unwise The Baron of Fowles comming over a voluntier was allowed a free Table to entertaine an Earle being ordinarily above sixteene persons at Table his Visitors horses and servants entertained accordingly The Regiment mustered received colours wherein his Majestie would have the Officers to carry the Danes crosse which the Officers refusing they were summoned to compeare before his Majestie at Raynesberge to know the reasons of their refusalls at the meeting none would adventure fearing his Majesties indignation to gainestand openly his Majesties will being then his Majesties sworne Servants and for the eschewing of greater inconvenience the Officers desired so much time of his maiestie as to send Captaine Robert Ennis into England to knowe his Majestie of Great Britaines will whether or no they might carrie without reproach the Danes Crosse in Scottish colours answere was returned they should obey their will under whose pay they were in a matter so indifferent During the tedious winter the Regiment was well exercised and put under good discipline as well the particular companies as the whole Regiment so that mine eyes did never see a more complete Regiment for bodies of men and valiant souldiers as shall be seene in the discharge of their dutiâ—s begun with the sheding of Duch-bloud A Duch captaine having out of a mad humour mutilated a souldier of my Captaines company of one finger The souldier complaining to me I made my Lievtenant-colonell acquainted with the manner who sent to the Captaine to know his reason The Captaine not repenting of the wrong done but rather bragging he would second the first with a greater he comming through my Quarters I being exercising the company the Sergeant overtakes him and almost kill'd him who made no defence neither pressed ever to be repaired of his wrongs This duty begun with the shedding of Duch-bloud by one of my name and kindred In the continuance of the storie you shall heare much bloud shed of all Nations in Europe and of ours not the least But of my freinds and myne too much The first Observation THE land of Holsten full of prosperitie at this time having all things in a golden swimme and waving carelesly in a swallowing plentie having her heart full of pleasures disdaining what was to come ruine seazed vpon this land within six months after our rising from quarters to our first expedition towards the Waser streame At our comming into the land the proudest sort of them disdained souldiers saying they had no neede of strangers they were sufficiently able themselves to hold out the Emperors forces their passes were strong their power in Armes were mightie of Horse and foote as any Province in Germanie notwithstanding whereof in a short time they felt the wrath of Heaven and were ruinated in the middest of their fortunes I wish my Country by a timely prevention to avoide the like by suspecting the smooth streame being ordinarily deepest lest they should become subject unto their enemies their land wasted with fire and sword their buildings and plantings destroyed their riches and Iewels made spoyle of their wives abused and their daughters deflowred themselves banished and their Religion persecuted in so much that their Pastors flying to the Altar for refuge were cruelly put to death Since therefore their enemies are our enemies we ought to beware We ought also not to deny our betters in things indifferent lest the askers love waxe drie and his revenge grow great for to a generous spirit as it is hard to begge so it is harsh to be denyed Our Officers refusing to carrie the the Danes Crosse in their colours disobliged his Majestie so â—â—rre by their denialls of a thing indifferent that after the death of our worth Lievtenâ—â—â— Colonell Arthur Forbesse Lievetennant-Colonell Seaton was preferred against the Officers wills who once placed would refuse nothing unto his Majestie he would command By his Majesties authoritie against the Colonells will Captaine Duncâ—n Forbesse and Captaine Iohn Forbesse for alleaged insufficiencie were 〈◊〉 their command and their companies given to others whom his Majestie â—avoured But time that alters all things having favoured them they were restored to their companies againe When we have good dayes we slight them when they are gone we sinke under the wring of sorrow for their losse and want teacheth vs the worth of things more truely and it is a true saying Blessings appeare not till they bee vanished Our Officers that were discontented under the King of Denmarke without
had already possessed the whole Bulworke and shipping with their horse I asking my Colonells leave drew our whole Colours in front and our Pikes charged after them our musketiers drawne up in our reare by divisions fortifying our reare in case the Enemy should assault us in our Reare and then I advanced with our Colours alongst the peere our Pikes charged we cleered the Peere of the Horsemen suffring them to save themselves from drowning where they found the Channell most shallow and advancing thus to the end of the Peere we seazed upon one ship with some horses in it where we set our Colours and making that ship launch off a little from the shore for feare of being aground having mann'd the ship-boat with an Officer and some musketiers we sent to force other ships out of the Roade to launch in and serve us untill such time as the most part of our Regiment were shipped except some Villaines who were gone a plundering in the Towne but not knowing the danger they were in they stayed all night from us and were taken by the enemy the next morning Thus having shipped our men we were forced to quit our Horses and baggage the Officers that were most diligent as Captaine Monro and my brother Obstell were busied the whole night ferrying souldiers from the shoare especially the sicke and wounded who were not able to helpe themselves In the morning I shipped three boatefulls of wounded and sicke men till at the last I was beaten from the shoare by the enemies horsemen And my Colonells ship being under saile layd up to the winde attending my comming with the last fraught and then we followed the Route of the fleete seeing the enemies Army drawne up in battell horse foote and Cannon and our Army of Foote and horse opposite unto them where I did see six and thirty Cornets of horse being full troupes without loosing of one Pistoll give themselves prisoners in the enemies mercy whereof the most part tooke service As also I did see above five Regiments of foote being forty Colours follow their examples rendring themselves and their colours without loosing of one musket Iudge then judicious reader though we were sorrie for the losse of our Army if we were glad of our owne safeties I thinke we were and praised be God with no discredit to us or our Nation for none can be blamed that doth what he is commanded thus following our course the third morning we arrived before Flinesborrie where our Randezvouz was appointed and having sent a shoare for some victualls whereof we stood in great neede no man was blamed to provide for himselfe at such time when the whole Country was to be left to our enemies mercy His Majesty being there after hearing the certainty of his great losse resolved to secure Denmark having lost Holsten Yewtland we got orders with expedition all of us to ship and to hold forth our course unto Assens in Denmark where his Majesty promised to meete us to dispose further of us for his Majesties service and we making saile follow our course and orders At our parting the Rhinegrave with his Regiment did come thither the enemy at his heeles and he at spurres following the King till he had gotten the passe made good betwixt Holsten and Yewtland and his Majestie once safely arrived in Denmark the Rhinegrave quitting Yewtland unto the enemy follows the King unto Denmark We landed at Assens of our Regiment eight hundred Souldiers besides one hundred and fifty wounded and sicke men and being put in good quarters we rest us leaving the enemy to rest in the fat land of Holsten and Yewtland having a good broad and deepe fossey betwixt us we were by Gods mercy secured The seventh Observation HEre we see that the losse of a day is the losse of a great part of his Majesties Kingdome for the losse of his Armie was the losse of Holsten and Yewtland so that here below we have no assured estate from the King to the Clowne whereof we have frequent examples in Histories which should make none of all estates to glory too much either in their peace or prosperitie as the Holsteners did for though now thou be in peace and securitie as they were before this day thou oughtst to looke unto thy selfe and to prevent the worst better than they did Therefore to discharge a part of my dutie to my Country-men and friends I minde here somewhat to touch the misery of man through the inconstancy of humane affaires Isidore writes that it was the custome at Constantinople in the dayes of the Emperours Coronation while as he sate in his Throne a Mason came to him presenting stones that he might choose which he would to make his Tombe of thereby putting him in minde of the inconstancy of humane fragilitie We reade also of a simple Citizen in Italy that became one of the most powerfull men in Italy and coming to the dignitie of a Prince being thirtie yeares without interruption in great prosperitie tranquillitie and peace yea ever in the most dangerous time of warre and his Children raised to high honours and dignities this man thinking himselfe to be above the winde a whirle-winde of warres unlooked for came on him and his from Florence that he with his wife and children were taken prisoners and sent to Millane his goods confiscated he was shut up in close prison and died miserably the Venetians appropriating unto themselves all his money he had in Bancke We reade also of one Francis Force that through his heaping up of wealth came to be made Duke of Millane and after that intitled himselfe to be the Sonne of Fortune and the Oracle of the Princes of Italie being many yeares in prosperitie was afterwards chased from his goods as the Holsteners were then but having recovered his lands and goods againe he grew so insolent and proud of his prosperitie that at last he was taken prisoner and was kept till death in prison mockt of the whole world for his pride and greedinesse The same Author Guicchardine in his seventh Booke in the 157 doth record of the Bentioles chased out of Bullon where they long were in peace the subjects of Millane being forbidden to receive them the chiefest of them died of griefe having never before tasted the Cup of adversitie And so became of sundry in Denmark that for feare did send away their goods by shipping unto the Craggs of Norway to be kept there whereof some were lost by Sea and the owners afterward died of griefe not having the courage to undergoe patiently their Crosse. The Lord of his mercie preserve my Countrey and Friends from the like Visitation Let no man therefore flatter himselfe with prosperitie riches or honour as Agapetus adviseth us in his Politique Aphorismes All are borne alike come of dust our glory then should be of vertue and not in riches prosperitie or honours for we should esteeme of nothing so much as of Gods judgements praying his
by Lawes and if they love and respect their Officers for feare to offend even in their Marches for their Officers credits they will march so orderly with Armes in their Rancks and Files that you would thinke a whole Regiment well disciplined as this was were all but one body and of one motion their eares obeying the command all as one their eyes turning all alike at the first signe given their hands going to execution as one hand giving one stroake yea many stroakes all alike ever readie to strike or hold up as their Commander pleaseth and thus exercised they were that their enemies in all Rancounters could not but duely praise them calling them the Invincible old Regiment which alwayes rancountred with them on all occasions so that Mac-Keyes name was very frequent through the glorious fame of this never-dying Regiment never wrong'd by Fortune in their fame though divers times by their enemies valour they sustained both losse and hurt but would to God we had alwayes met man to man or that our Army had consisted all of such men and such Officers whereof I was the unworthiest If so had beene our conquest had extended so farre as the Romanes of old did extend the limits and borders of their Empire which for my wish I would bestow on the Prince Elector Palatine borne by the Iewel of Europe the Queene of Bohemia his Royall Mother and if it were at my distribution he should have all from the River Euphrates at the East to the Ocean Sea at the West the fertillest part of Africke at the South and the Rhine and the Danube at the North and yet I durst affirme that his Grand-father King IAMES of blessed and never-dying memory might merit a farre greater possession for his Grand-childe the Illustrious Prince Elector Palatine of the Rhine and to have an Armie of such men under his command to be avenged on his enemies I would wish their cloathes nor mine owne came never off till his enemies were made his footstoole to tread on or to shew mercie at his Highnesse pleasure And for my wish his Armie should be all of Britaines Dutch and Irish such as Vegetius describeth the Romane Souldiers of old and I as one though unworthiest of a thousand Britaine Officers would undertake to make such brave lads to dwell Summer and Winter in Tents ever in readinesse to fight with our enemies and to endure all incommodities for the credit of such a Master banishing far from him with valiant hands well armed all the craft power and subtiltie that his enemies were able to devise against him And we should for his sake be contented with such allowance as the Emperiall Lawes allow a Souldier being onely so much as might maintaine life or so much as Beasts get that are put to dyet and we should be content to march with such expedition without intermission without quarter or Garrison as neede requireth never staying behinde but alwayes advancing consenting willingly to undergoe correction if we did to the contrary but to march ever orderly in Rancks as the way lay rough or even foule or faire as our Colours and Leaders went before us Never quitting our Rancks but with licence till the cause were wonne or that our Masters Throne were established And if otherwise we went astray we should be content to quit our allowance and if this discipline were not strict enough we should be content to have his Highnesse and Royall Mother restored to doe as our Fathers did coming out of Egypt marching alongst the spacious and wide Desert that our Randezvouz might be appointed and set till we arrived in Cades that is to say in the holy Land where being victorious we should bid our Master farewell and rest with our Fathers The ninth Dutie discharged of Major Dumbarre his Service at Bredenberg THis noble Cavalier of famous and worthy memory having done notable good service at Beysenburg Skonce on the River of the Elve as was formerly set downe at his retiring to Lugstad he was commanded with foure Companies of Scots and certaine Dutch the enemy having falne into Holsten his order was to beset the Castle of Bredenberg being a passe but not strong nor fortified in Forma As I was informed by a valourous little Captaine Captaine William Lumsdell who then was Ensigne to the Major who onely at that time escaped with his life from the fury of the enemy being within the house while as the rest in the fury were put to the sword This Gentleman who informed me was with the Major walking abroad neare to the house at the enemies first approaching so that the enemy unawares did come so neare that they retiring to the Castle had scarce time to draw up the draw-bridge when the enemy with his forces being as was thought ten thousand strong led by Tilley had the house environed on all quarters The enemy sends a Trumpeter summoning to render the place which was refused Whereupon they entred to approach and the Defender resists The service thus begun Comoedian-like ends very Tragically the whole Court and lodgings running with bloud with which the walles and pavement are sprinkled with our Scottish bloud to be viewed and seene to this day To be particular in the discharge of this dutie at large not having seene the service I will not lest I should erre in giving notice unto the world of things I did not know but by report which ordinarily holds not so true as things we have both knowne and seene In this house of Bredenberg there was a great number of men women and children besides the Souldiers that had taken their flight thither as to a place of refuge at the enemies first coming into the land There was also in this house great store of riches belonging to the Lord of the house and to the Fugitives that was brought from the Country The Major valourously defended the place for six dayes untill the time they had approached unto the moate and shot two severall breaches in the wall and being so neare the enemy directed a Drummer unto the Major to see if he would Parle But the Drummer returned with an answer that so long as there was bloud in Dumbarres head that house should never be given over which answer so incensed the enemy against them that they sware if they got the upper hand over them they should all die without quarters Shortly after the answer was returned the Major was shot dead in the head with a fire-lock The rest of the Officers were ashamed to Capitulate for an Accord the Major having refused immediately after Captaine Duncan Forbesse was killed and after him Lievetenant Barbour and then Captaine Carmichell who had no charge there but came by accident to visit his Cameradâ—s before the Enemies coming whose fortune was not to eschew the payment of that debt by longer continuation The Enemy then passing the Moâ—te or Fossey with a generall storme scorned all quarters and being entred cruelly put all to
Here also was killed the valourous Captaine Mac-Donald who in valour succeeded his worthy predecessors for with his owne hands as is credibly reported he killed with his sword five of his enemies before he was kill'd himselfe Divers also of these Officers were hurt as Capt Lundesey of Bainsho who received three dangerous wounds Lievetenant Pringle who was hurt also and divers more they being made to retire their powder being spent to make their retreate good falls up Captaine Mac-Kenyee with the old Scottish blades of our Regiment to suppresse the enemies fury they keeping faces to their enemies while their Camerades were retiring the service went on afresh where Lievetenant Seaton his Company alone led by Lievetenant Lumsdell in absence of their owne Officers being then all under cure there was lost of Seatons Company above thirtie valourous Souldiers and the Lievetenant seeing Colonell Holke retiring desired him to stay a little and to see if the Scots could stand and fight or not The Colonell perceiving him to jeere shooke his head and went away in the end Captaine Mac-Kenyee retired softly from his enemy keeping faces towards them with credit till he was safe within workes And then made ready for his march towards Wolgast to finde his Majestie of Denmarke The nineteenth Observation HEre we see that when his Majestie of Denmarke did quit the protection of Trailesound unto his Majestie of Sweden Sir Alexander Lesly being made Governour following the example of Iustinian the Emperour to put his authoritie in practize He commanded out a partie and was obeyed by those he commanded which should incourage all brave Cavaliers to serve well and faithfully where they serve without spot or blemish that in the end they may expect so great a reward from so great a Master as we see here bestowed for valour and fidelitie upon our Country-man being trusted with such a charge on a frontier Garrison though a stranger before his Majesties owne Country-men where he againe following the example of Alexander the Great who caused a Combat to be fought with one of Darius Captaines before the Armie should fight and his Captaine returning victorious he I say tooke that as a good presage of his future fortune in beating of Darius his Armie Tacitus saith also that the Germanes were wont to fight and try their valour first after this manner by parties for presages of greater service to follow And we finde that the valourous Generall Scanderbegge King of Epirus did fight many Combats himselfe for to give good presages of future victories whose fortune was till his death to be ever victorious The like fortune I heartily wish to this noble and worthy Cavalier happie alreadie and blest in bringing honour to his Country being in all his time beyond apprehension happily excellent To conclude then this observation here we may see the benefit of good order where those that were in great danger are happily preserved by the goodnesse of good order and discipline and by the timely succours of their valourous Camerades taking the enemies blowes and shots in their owne bosomes to rescue their friends from danger to the great prayse of that noble Sparke Captaine Mac-Kenyee being full of worth as the purest orientall Diamond shining amongst the greatest Stones who did scorne to turne face from his enemies but retired orderly offending his enemy in defending his friends till both he and they were returned with credit though with losse for where order is kept as in this retreate was done by that noble Sparke all things flourish and thrive and I wish from my heart he had followed his profession for though he be honourable enough as he is none can blame me for wishing him better he having once commanded me and shall still while I live The twentieth Dutie discharged of the Regiments March to Wolgast and of their Retreate unto Denmarke HIS Majestie of Denmarke having given over the protection of Trailsound unto the King of Sweden immediatly after he did ship some forces of foote and horse in Denmarke which he did land at Wolgast in Pomeren of intention to patronize the Dukedome of Pomeren against the Emperour And being come to Wolgast his Majestie did recall the remainder of our Regiment from Trailesound who were not then foure hundred strong at their out-coming having lost in six weekes neare five hundred good men besides Officers the Regiment led then by Captaine Mac-Kenyee in the absence of his Superiours he continued his March towards Wolgast where they joyned with his Majesties Armie being no sooner arrived they were instantly commanded on service The enemy having falne strong against his Majestie he did plant fourteen pieces of Ordnance and playd on the Kings battell till his Majestie perceiving the danger not being bastant to resist the enemy retired confusedly in great haste to Wolgast and having lost without fighting the greatest part of his Armie our Regiment and the remnant of Spynies Regiment had beene cut off had not Rutmaster Hoome and some of his Camerades of the Rhinegraves Regiment of horse charged the Enemy thrice keeping them up till the most part of his Country-men were retired in safetie and then were made by their enemies to retire at the spurres themselves having endangered their owne safeties for the good of their Camerades His Majestie finding the enemy pressing hard fearing much to be surprized or taken he did give Captaine Mac-Kenyee charge to comand the whole Scots that were there and divers others and to skirmish with the enemy before the Ports till his Majestie were retired and then to make his retreate over the Bridge and to set it on fire which the Captaine did orderly obey doing his Majestie the best service was done him in the whole time of his warres not without great danger of the Captaine and his followers where the Bridge once burning he was then the happiest man that could first be shipped Ensigne Lindesey brother to Bainsho was shot with a Cannon-Bullet in his shoulder and notwithstanding was brought off and miraculously cured The Regiment thus shipped they met with their Colonell being come from Scotland with the Recreut who retired with his Majestie unto Denmarke and were mustered The twentieth Observation IN defence of this Towne of Trailesound our Regiment did lose neare five hundred men and of the remnant escaped both of Officers and Souldiers I doe not thinke one hundred were free of wounds received honourably in defence of the good cause Who will then say but that bloud was better lost than kept when it returnes with advantage having brought credit to themselves and Countrey Let none then mourne for the losse gotten so honourablie Let none then I say bedew their eyes for them we left behinde us seeing the gaine is equall to the losse if not more for them we had we knew were not alwayes to stay yet what we have gained is permanent and eternall those we lost I confesse we loved yet that love ought not to be so violent as to
our Officers and Souldiers to transport them for their country which accordingly was obeyed As also his Majesty did give orders to ordaine us both Officers and Souldiers free quarters in Alzenheur till the shipps were ready to saile So that we being free from our honourable Master his service we were ready to imbrace new conditions from a new Master The twenty-second and last Observation on our Danes service HEre concluding our Danes service we see that the end of warres is peace and that the end of this peace was the beginning of greater warre under a new Master Happy therefore is that man or that Regiment that can say while as they are thanked off we have served truely and with credit our last Master and then they may be assured of a second Master having wonne a good name as this Regiment did under his Majesty of Denmarke in whom the least omission could never be found much lesse to have committed any grosse errour worthy imputation And therefore we were Graciously dismissed and honestly rewarded according to the time Captaine Andrew Stewart brother to the noble and worthy Earle of Traquaire being soliciting businesse at Copmanhagen contracted a feaver and died there being in his Camerades absence honourably buried by the Stathoulders direction whose death as untimely was much regrated by all his Camerades he being a valorous and expert Commander Likewise Iohn Hampeseede an old true servant to my cozen the Barron of Fowles he dying of a feaver at Angle leager was honourably buried there This Danes warre thus ended was the beginning of a greater warre as is said for the Emperour in Summer 1629. The Danes peace being made in August 1629 did send assistance of men unto the Pole against his Majesty of Sweden under the command of the Felt-marshall Arnhem which the next summer did bring the sword of the Sweden against himselfe So that we see there is nothing here on earth to be expected by us more then a continuall warfare Lord therefore make us dayly to warre in that spirituall warfare serving truely the King of Kings and Lord of hosts fighting that good fight against our spirituall enemies where he that overcomes receives for a reward instead of worldly glory an immortall Crowne of Glory in the Heavens The Colonells Observation of the Kingdome of Denmarke HAving had the honour to have dined with his Majesty at his Table then in the gorgeous pleasant Palace of Freddesborree taking leave of his Majesty having kissed his hand I retired to Alzenheur where I began to thinke that this King could have said of his whole Kingdome as Scipio said you see not a man amongst all those but if I command him he will from a Turret throw himselfe into the Sea even so this Magnanimous King to my knowledge was of absolute authority in his Kingdome as all Christian Kings ought to be in theirs ever obeyed in the Lord without asking the head a reason Why doe you command us thus For we reade that the favour of the Lord was in Iuda in giving them one heart in doing and obeying the commandements of the King and of their Magistrates and Principalls as I did cleerely observe in this Kingdome of Denmarke the goodnesse of government for the florishing of the Kingdome wher 's Totus orbis componebatur ad exemplum Regis He commanding they obeyed both lived in prosperity the Ruler or King Heroick wise noble magnanimous and worthy The Gentry Citizens and Communalty obedient which made their joy and felicity to continue in despite of their mighty foes and that by reason of his Majesties Government in military discipline who doth entertaine a great number of Officers yeerely having good allowance for commanding of Souldiers trained up in peace against warre such as Colonells Lievetenant-Colonells Majors Captaines and other inferiour Officers which are still entertained at the countries charge in exercising of Souldiers for his Majesties emploiment being alike ever ready in all Provinces for peace or warre Would to God we were so well provided in our owne country at home and then we needed not to feare any forraine enemy that are enemies to God to our King and to our Religion And for the better maintaining of warre no Kingdome or King I know is better provided of a Magazin then this magnanimous King for Armes brasse ordnance whereof every yeere his Majesty doth cast above a hundred peeces being sufficiently provided of Amunition and of all sorts of fiery Engines to be used by Sea or Land together with Armour sufficient for to arme a great Armie of Horse His Majestie is also sufficiently well provided of shipping and yearely doth adde to the number which ships are built by two worthy Scottish-men called Mr. Balsoure and Mr. Sinclaire being both well accounted off by his Majestie who in like manner hath a Reprobane at Copmanhagen for making of Cords and Cables for his shipping and Kingdome where I was informed that in twenty foure houres time they were able to furnish the greatest ship the King had of Cables and of all other tackling and cordage necessary to set out the Ship Likewise by his Majesties Artizens within the Kingdome all sort of stuffes and silkes are woven sufficient to serve the Kingdome and his neighbours that please to buy Moreover this Kingdome is worthy commendation for the order of Iustice and Lawes having their Law-books deciding all controversies amongst them and if it come to any great difference the Kings Majestie as being above the Law sits in judgement as the Interpreter and Director of Iustice and according to his Princely dignity mitigates as pleaseth his Majestie the law and decides the controversie This Kingdome also is praise-worthy for the purity of their Gentry being as ancient and noble as any other Kingdome and can bragge of a purer and cleerer bloud of Gentility then many Nations can for they never ally or enter into marriage with any inferiour to themselves be they never so rich if they be Burgars or Plebeians they never marry with them and if one of their daughters will through love miscarry in her affection to marry a Citizen they will not thereafter doe so much as to honour her with their company but on the contrary shee loseth both her portion and honour not suffering her to carry the armes of her familie Moreover this Nation is praise-worthy for their entertaining of learning and of the liberall Sciences professed in their owne Vniversities where their children are well taught and trained up after a noble and heroick manner within their owne Kingdome not onely in their Studies of the liberall Sciences but also in their exercise of body as fencing dancing singing playing of Instruments and riding of horses and what else are noble Recreations as learning of forraine languages Spanish Italian French Dutch and such like and afterwards their youth being well travell'd returning from their Travells they attend on the Chancellarie as under-Secretaries to States-men to enable them to be profitable
our Body is the better guarded by good intelligence Thirdly by this meanes wee can the better provide our Army with thinges necessary Fourthly the passages without being kept they being next the Enemy wee can have the more timely advertisement of our enemies designes so soone as they are hatched This Cavaliere Kniphowsen though hee was unfortunate he had both the Theorie and Practick befitting a Commander whom once I did heare say that one Ounce of good Fortune was to be preferred before a Pound weight of Wit which hee knew well by his owne experience and to my knowledge though hee was unfortunate himselfe yet Cavalieres under his command could learne by him much good order and discipline And though in his life-time hee loved not our Country-men Neverthelesse for the love I carried to his vertues I would not omit to make mention of his worth No feare of danger or death can be an excuse to a man to serve the Publique in his calling Before I was commanded to enter this Towne the Infection was great yet none of us did forbeare to converse with the Sicke though daily examples of mortality were frequent amongst us for on our Watches wee knew not the cleane from the foule Neverthelesse it behoved us all to passe on our duties as wee were commanded and though I know no reason for it fewer Souldiers dyed of the infection than Burgers Yet one rare Sparke being a resolute â—ix Souldier with a Musket as ever I commanded dyed here of the Pest called Andrew Monro who being but Eighteene yeares of age though little of stature no toyle nor travell could overset him and as hee was stoute so he was merry and sociable without offence such another was his Cozen Iohn Monro Kilternies grand-child who dyed of a burning Feaver being alive without feare before his Enemy and of a merry and quicke disposition I made onely mention of their names because they lived vertuously and dyed with farre more credit then if they had dyed at home where their names had never bin recorded for their worth and vertues It is the duty of a Commander to whom a Frontier Garrison is put in trust timely to fore-see all wants and defects about the place hee is trusted with as to repaire the workes to provide it with victuals with powder with Ball Match and Armes for it were not good hee had his materials to seeke when hee is resolved to begin his worke Likewise his workmen if they bee not sufficiently furnished before-hand he will be forced to dismisse them before his worke be credibly ended his over-seers must be also good and diligent otherwise there may bee too many crevises in their building and he himselfe must give good example in overseeing all and in fore-seeing of all inconveniences not trusting unto others to discharge those duties hee is bound to discharge himselfe and in â—ase of extremity of danger hee must ever bee the first himselfe to looke unto it and the last in comming from it otherwise hee can neither maintaine the place nor his credit Hee must also be very modest and secret in not revealing the dangers hee fore-sees but be amending of them for feare to discourage others Likewise wee see here that it is alike with a Commander keeping a strength sometimes as it is with a body whereof some members are infected with a Canker that to preserve the body they must resolve to lose a member as it was with us at this time being forced to burne a part of the Towne to preserve the rest and our selves otherwise all must have beene lost But God favouring us by the winde that obeyeth when hee commandeth and the Element of the Fire also supplying the defect wee had of Water in our Graffe being but dry on that side wee were guarded with fire in stead of water and that bravely The Enemy being gone wee preserved the rest of the Towne in quenshing the fire Here also wee may see the benefit we reape when Frontier Garrisons are well beset if the Enemy fall into our Land as wee are able to affront him in his comming so in his going taking alwayes Prisoners of him and this is the right use of Strengths that when wee suffer losses in the Fields wee have time to draw breath againe our Garrisons being well beset as was sâ—ene in the Peace made betweene the King of Denmarke and the Emperour For if his Majesty of Denmarke had not built Luckstad on the Elve hee had hardly recovered Holsten againe even so this Garrison being set here gave time by the holding up of the Enemy to his Majesties Forces that were come from Statiâ— to bee before the enemy at Colberge for if they had fought better I had observed the more The third Dutie discharged of our March to Prymhaussen neere Stargard and from thence to Statin BEeing recalled from Shevelben wee joyned with the Felt-Marshall Horne at Griffinberg taking our march towards Prymhaussen a great Dorpe neere Stargard his Majesty being then at Colnoe drawing his Forces together hee intended to try the Enemy before Winter having met with the most part of his Forces at Prymhaussen the word was spred his Majesty had dealt out winter Quarters to move the enemie to doe the like that they drawing to Quarters his Majesties Armie being together they might take advantage of the Enemy being setled in their Quarters Wee having stayed with the Felt-Marshall till the Colonell went for Scotland accompanied with Major Monro Capraine Francis Sinclaire Master Hugh Mowat and Lieutenant Barrie they being gone his Majesty commanded I should march to Statin and joyne with the Regiment and to receive Orders from Generall Major Lesley beeing Commandant for the time where by the way at Colnoe I did speake with his Majesty who told mee hee was to preferre Captaine Bullion being one of my Captaines then to be Generall quarter Master to Horse As also shewed to me that hee had imployed my Colonell for new leavies and therefore he had recalled mee to remaine with the Regiment in his absence recommending unto me diligence in keeping good Discipline and in defending of the Postâ—s which should bee intrusted to our watching seeing wee were to watch on Here Tyvell his Poste Thus his Majesties admonitions received I was dismissed to continue our march to Statiâ— where wee being no sooner arrived but Generall Major Lesly appointed me my Quarters and Poste to watch at The next day his Majesty directed Captaine Dumaine to mee with an Order under his Majesties Hand and Seale to place him Captaine over Bullion's Company The Order I reverently received and appointed the Cavalâ—ere the next day in the afternoone to come to mee â—eeing the next morning I was to ride to his Majesty being loath his Maiesty should diminish my priviledge having the freedome by his Majesties capitulation to place the Officers of the Regiment as they were vacant and not his Majesty having once disposed of that priviledge Being come to Colnoe I moved Sir
and dangers and as Cornelius Tacitus reports one husband married but one wife being but one body and one life And Theogene the wife of Agathocles said she was companion of his troubles and adversity as she was of his prosperity and being in love my selfe with the vertue of such women rare to be found I will yet enrich this observation with a notable example that happened in the yeare 1466. betwixt Bonne Lumbard or Greeson and Peter Brunore of Parme as the Italian story records which I here represent in favour of vertuous women to incourage that sex more and more to the like vertue being so pleasant where ever it is found to be seene Bonne borne in the Woalkie of Talhine in the country of Greeson in which place Peter Brunore Parmesan one day walking alone a brave Cavalier and a Knight well experimented in warres leading his Army in passing by he sees this young Damsell feeding her sheepe in the fields being little of stature of browne colour not pleasant or faire to see to but very merry playing then with her fellowes wherein she shewed a câ—rtaine quicknesse of spirit that the Knight Brunore looking on her attentively observing all her gestures and hoping of some great good of her caused to take her and leade her away with him against her will that in time being accustomed with him he made her divers times change clothes and clad her at last like a boy by way of pleasure and recreation of spirit leading her oft a hunting and using her to ride and spurre horses and other exercises wherein shee shewed her quicknesse and dexterity and though the Cavalier did keepe her but for pleasure recreation and pastime neverthelesse she did set her selfe to serve him with a love and diligence incredible in such sort that willingly she could endure all manner of labour trouble or toyle of body or of minde that Brunore could not undergoe and went ever with him as with her Master in all his journies assisting him in all dangers following him on foote and on horsebacke through dales and mountaines by water and by land with an intire and faithfull obedience without over-leaving of him or without grudging in any sort she went also with him towards Alphonse King of Naples for at that time this Cavalier and Knight Peter Brunore did serve under Francis Sforce which party he after quit but having afterwards changed his minde he resolved to quit Alphonse King of Naples and to retire to serve his former Master the Count of Sforce and while as he was making preparation for his flight the businesse not being so privily carried but that the King perceiving it secretly caused to apprehend Brunore and cast him into prison where he was kept long without hope of reliefe Wherefore Bonne being restlesse till she should see the day when the Knight Brunore were at liberty she went to all the Princes and Potentates of Italy and to the King of France to Philip Duke of Burgoigne to the Venetians and to many more of whom she attained letters in favour of her deare and well beloved master so that Alphonse wonne by such requests and the intreaty of so great men was as it were constrained to set Brunore at liberty and gave him unto that valorous warrier that did for him who having gotten him loose to doe yet greater service to her Master did obtaine so much by her meanes at the Venetians hands that they accepted of Brunore unto their service and was made Leader to the Army of so great a Republique and there was a great pension ordained for his entertainment by which deeds of friendship the Knight did know the faith the vertue and the valour of his Bonne he esteemed it not honest to keepe her longer as a servant as he had done till then but married her keeping her as his lawfull wife making still great esteeme and account of her following her counsell in all his affaires of weight and importance during which time he attained unto great reputation under the Venetians his enterprizes still coming fortunatly and happily to passe This valiant Dame of his was still sâ—ene in Armes when occasion was offered to fight and when it was needefull to leade the Infantry going before she appeared like a Magnanimous Leader and warriour being very capable in warlike matters whereof she gave divers times good proofe especially with the Venetians against Francis Sforce at that time Duke of Millaine where she made her selfe knowne while as the Castle of Panon besides Bresse was lost her courage did appeare so great that every one did wonder at it for being armed from head to foote shewing her selfe more couragiously then any other at the storme the Targe on her arme and the Cutlesse in her hand she was the meanes the place was recovered At last the Venetians having great confidence in Brunore and in the counsell and valour of Bonne his Lady he was sent for the defence and keeping of Negrepont against the Turkes where by the Fortifications they two made while they remained there the Turkes had never the courage to hurt or impeach them in end Brunore dying and buried with great respect and honour Bonne his Lady returning towards the Venetians for to get her husbands pension confirmed to two of her sonnes and falling sicke caused to make a Tombe of great charges which she desired to be perfected before her death and being dead she was buried there in the yeare 1468. Therefore it was well said that there were three things seemed pleasant in Gods sight the love betwixt brethren the friendship betwixt neighbours and man and wife continuing in union and mutuall loyalty Who likes to reade a pleasant story to this purpose let him read Nauclerus treaty of the Emperour Conrade the third in his warres against Guelly Duke of Baviere who was forced for his safety to retire within Rhinesberg where the Towne being taken by accord by the perswasion of Ladies he would grant no other condition but that the women should transport themselves out of the Towne in safety with so much as they could carry and no more where one taking the Duke on her backe the rest of the wives their husbands the accord thus kept and the Emperour Conrade moved to compassion beholding their love and vertue pardoned the Duke and restored the Towne to their former liberties And Bodin in the preface of his history reports that Laurence de Medices was healed of a grievous disease by reading of this story without any other helpe I wish it may worke the same effect upon all those that made it especially the Female sex in making them follow the vertuous examples of these noble Ladies in loving their husbands beyond all other things whatsoever and those that will not be moved thereto I wish them the death of that Roman Lady reported of by Quintus Curtius and Titus Livius called Publia Cornetia Annea who lived twenty yeares without once offending of her husband and seeing
command a party I was sent with him as his second being ever much obliged unto him not onely for his love on those occasions but also for his good counsell he being long before me in the Swedens service And as we were oft Camerades of danger together so being long acquainted we were Camerades in love first at Colledge next in our travells in France at Paris and Poictiers Anno 1615. till we met againe in Spruce at Elben in August 1630. Nothing therefore in my opinion more worthy to be kept next unto Faith then this kinde of friendship growne up with education confirmed by familiarity in frequenting the dangers of warre and who is more worthy to be chosen for a friend then one who hath showne himselfe both valiant and constant against his enemies as the worthy Hepburne hath done who is generally so well knowne in Armies that he needes no testimony of a friend having credit and reputation enough amongst his enemies To conclude then this observation as I begunne it I cannot but commend his Majesties wisdome and fore-sight in bringing the Rex-chancellor Oxensterne on the Dutch bottome to be second to his Majesty and to free him of a part of his buthens by placeing him at Hall as Legate being Centrum Germaniâ— The ninteenth Duty discharged of our March from Hall towards Erfort in Duringland HIS Majesty having left Colonell Winckle at Hall as Governour with a strong Garrison to command the Towne he ordained and left the Duke of Anhalt as Stat-houlder not only over the Towne but also over the whole Stifft of Madeburg having taken leave of the Duke of Saxon after many protestations and promises of mutuall friendship our march did continue towards Erfort and before our up-breaking the Castle of Leipsigh was given over by accord unto the Duke of Saxon and the Dukes Army was also marching towards Silesia and Bohemia The seventeenth of September our first nights quarter was taken at a Dorpe two miles from Hall where those of Erfort being so displeased at our coming as unwilling to entertaine such Guests they being all Catholiques Iesuits and Monkes being mightily afraid they did send their Commissioners before them to treate with his Majesty but his Majesty did give them their answers by Duke William of Wymar that they should quit the Catholique faction and give their oath of fidelity to his Majesty of Sweden and that they should take in his Garrisons within their Towne and render up to his Majesty the Castle of Eryackburg with the Colleges to come in his Majesties will who should suffer them to be untroubled in their Religion paying their contribution to the warres like the other Burgers and country The Commissioners thinking their conditions to be hard they tooke leave of his Majesty promising to referre the businesse to the Towne and Clergie and they being departed the Duke of Wymar with a Regiment of horse was directed after them having charge to ride as hard as they could and entering the Portes with a few horse at the first commanded the Guard to lay downe their Armes which hardly they could refuse the rest being so neere they entred the Towne and marched peaceably unto the market place which caused an extraordinary feare amongst the Burgers and yet a greater terrour amongst the Clergy The Councell being called to come on the market place they were commanded to render the Towne keyes unto the Duke who getting the keyes the Towne was taken without bloud The twenty two of September his Majesty having quartered the greatest part of the Army without the Towne he entred the Towne with eight thousand men foote and horse which were all quartered within the Towne and Cloisters having all free entertainment in abundance some of the Clergy removed themselves those who pleased to stay were not troubled but in their meanes and his Majesty promised unto the Towne and Councell the free enjoyment of their former liberties His Majesty having rested the Army some few dayes Duke William of Wymar was made Stat-houlder who had absolute command over three thousand horse and foote getting also full power to take in the contribution and to give out Patents for leavying of horse and foote Regiments for his Majesties service My cozen the Baron of Fowles with his Regiment of foote being left there in Garrison tooke afterwards Patent of the Duke of Wymar for leavying a Regiment of horse which he after brought to passe His Majesty giving direction for repairing the fortifications of the Towne there were Orders given to the Armie to be in readinesse for to march over Durengerwalt unto Franconia and the Regiment had orders to provide their Souldiers sufficiently of Pikes and Muskets being desired to send unto Erfort for such as they stood in need of The nineteenth Observation HIs Majestie as he was valourous and diligent in conquering so hee was carefull to maintaine his Conquest the one being as necessarie as the other Likewise we see his Majesties wisedome in appointing the Duke of Anhalt in respect of his power in those quarters to be Stat-holder at Hall and over the Stifft of Madeburg till the Chancellor of Swedens comming where we see that His Majestie for his owne Aimes did make no difference betwixt Protestants and Lutherans but made a like use of them both For though the Duke of Anhalt was a Protestant he being powerfull in those Quarters to doe His Majestie service being Father in law to Duke William of Wymar this Commaund was imposed upon him Here also at Erfort being the first part in Dutchland belonging unto the Catholique League as appertaining to the Bishopricke of Mentz notwithstanding we see His Majestie clemencie towards the Papists in using no violence against them save onely Iure Belli as those who were conquer'd by the sword His Majestie did exacte of them contribution to the warres and their fidelitie in giving their Oathes to be true unto His Majestie in doing no harme unto his person or Armie by entertaining correspondence with his enemies and on those termes His Majestie was pleased to let them remaine untroubled in their consciences and those that were scrupulous to give this Oath were suffered to depart in peace and those who were contented to give it could not say they were injured Here then we see that Princes Charters are no others over their conquered lands than their sworde and the Oath of fidelitie It is reported of Peter Counâ— of Savoyâ— that he coming to give his Oath of fidelitie to the Emperour Otto the fourth he came presenting himselfe before the Emperour the one halfe of his body clad over with cloth of gold and his left side clad over with glittering Armour the one to testifie the honour and respect he carryed to the Emperour the other how ready he was to fight against his enemies or those that durst speake evill of His Majestie and being asked for his Charters which he had of lands given him in time of warres he drew his sworde saying here they
three dayes march to relieve it and to the end they might shew good example to others they were commanded with their fellowes being all Musketiers to crosse the Bridge and to beate the enemy from the water side and then to force a passage for the rest of the Armie towards the Castle the orders were as hard as the passage was difficult yet Cavaliers of courage being daring men and once resolved nothing could seeme difficult unto them to gaine honour and credit to themselves and Country especially being made choice of by a King out of his Armie to give testimony publikely in view of the whole Armie of their valour and resolution exemplary forcing their enemies to give ground for them and theirs having had not one foote of ground on that side of the water till they should gaine it at their landing for I was none of the actors nor yet of the spectators till I had viewed it the next day being informed particularly by my Camerades of the manner of their on-falling The bridge lay over the Maine with six Arches in length being a very faire and spatious bridge over which sixtie men could well march in front lying open unto the Castle batteries and workes the middle Arch whereof being broke a plancke was set over where with difficultie strong-headed Souldiers might crosse one after another under mercy of Cannon and Musket and while as they could but file over the enemy could receive them with full bodies of pikes and muskets which was a great disadvantage and the distance betwixt the water and the plancke would terrifie any to venter over for feare of drowning though he were in no feare of an enemy so that many who went with resolution to passe over returned againe choosing rather to crosse alongst the water in small boates Notwithstanding the enemy would emptie Salves of muskets on them before their landing Neverthelesse Sir Iames Ramsey and Sir Iohn Hamilton in obedience to his Majesties commands with a few Souldiers adventured to crosse the River with small Boates their Souldiers giving fire before their landing and in their landing against their enemies and being happily once landed and beginning to skirmish their Souldiers they left behinde them who before durst not adventure to crosse alongst the plancke seeing their Officers and Camerades ingaged with the enemy to helpe them they ranne over the plancke one after another so fast as they could runne till at last they past all and made a strong head against the enemy till by the valourous Conduct of their Leaders and their following they forced the enemy to give ground retiring unto their workes Their Leaders desirous to gaine further honour and reputation pursued the enemy so hard till they had beaten them out of a Torne they had fled unto At which time Sir Iames Ramsey was shot lame in the left arme and then his Camerade Sir Iohn Hamilton succeeding him both in command and courage notwithstanding of the enemies strength and great fury used against them having disputed with long service for the ground at last it was made good by Sir Iohn and his followers till such time his Majestie had set over after them the most part of the Armie so that they were blocked up on all quarters and forced to remaine within their workes till that against night the service being ceased we with the rest of the Armie were come from Carlstat and quartered that night without the Towne on the other side of the Maine His Majestie before day gave Orders to the Swedes and some Dutch Regiments to storme the enemies workes who having kept slight watch were unawares surprized by some Swedes that had entered with ladders over the wall so that a panick feare having possessed them they retired in disorder from their Poste and the Swedes and Dutch followed so hard that they had not time to draw up their draw-bridge neither yet to let downe the Portcullis of their inward Ports being so amazed our people flocking in after them cut them downe as they were found giving no quarters at all so that they that entred first made the best booâ—â—e though least service Here fortune favoured his Majestie miraculously at this time beyond mens expectation as formerly having got here a great deale of riches as also many Cannon and great store of Amunition and of all sort of victualls abundance The fury past his Majestie set a Governour on the Castle and a Garrison which was strong and he gave Orders presently to beginne to repaire the workes seeing Generall Tilly with his Armie were drawing neere and his Majestie having got intelligence that they were quartered within two miles off Wurtzburg according to his accustomed manner his Majestie with a partie of Horse and Dragoniers fell upon their neerest quarters in the night and defeated foure Regiments of their Horse and retired the next night unto Wurtzburg attending when the enemy would seeke for his revenge The twentieth Observation HIs Majestie at this time as formerly used great expedition in marching unto Franconia knowing it was one of the Circles of the whole Empire that was of most importance for the enemy being a straite and a strong Country by reason of the strengths within it And therefore it was that he divided his Armie in crossing the Vault at divers places that his Artillery might passe the sooner through For he knew who ever was Master of Wurtzburg he commanded the whole River of the Maine and consequently whole Franconia which fortunately happened according to his Majesties deliberation Here also we see the evill that comes of greedinesse in making generall Commanders to be hated by those that follow them for Bawtizen having got a great summe of money of these Townes by the helpe and service of the foote it became him according to right and discretion to have shared with the Colonells who commanded the Briggads and Regiments but seeing his want of discretion in not acknowledging them they being once joyned againe to his Majesties Army would never consent to be commanded by him a foot-step afterwards for ought his Majestie could doe having dealt so niggardly with Cavaliers of their worth so that his Majestie was forced to direct him to command elsewhere This greedinesse is the most pestiferous roote that ever grew in a generall Commander for on this march Souldiers were usually commanded to lie in the Fields and not suffered to quarter in the Townes which they had taken for feare to hinder the payment of the moneys imposed on them so that publique employment is ill bestowed upon a greedy person and this greedinesse in a man of warre to gather riches may losâ— him all his fortunes and avarice hath beene the losse of many Armies and of many Kingdomes also for no vice is more pestiferous in the extraordinary use than this to bring a man to be disdained of others especially of those would follow him Here also we see that of old our Nation was much esteemed of abroad especially the Clergie
those he commands ought to give the like obedience unto him though strangers as if absolutly they were of his owne Regiment and his care for them should be as for himselfe He ought also at the undertaking of the command or charge over them to foresee to be sufficiently provided of all things necessary for such service as he is commanded on of Amunition spades shovels materialls for his Cannon and Pettards with his Guides to convey him from one place to another till he come to the end of his intended march doing all things by wise and deliberate stedfastnesse in Command without wavering not altering his Orders as he must answer to his Generall to whom he is to give account and his best is to have his Orders in writing that in case of variance betwixt Commanders Writing may beare him thorough when Orders by mouth will be denied neither ought he in his command to be timorous or rash but rather resolute and remisse as occasion offers and on occasions apart when his Command must be relative to anothers direction that is but subordinate to a Generall he must deliberat wisely what to doe and he must foresee the best and worst of things but having once deliberated let him be as resolute in the execution as he can Likewise here we see in the Rhinegrave a rare example both of remisnesse and courage in one person For first being made forescene of the enemies comming he shewed his remisnesse having refused to give eare to the severall advertisments till in th' end he was pursued unawares and then he did testifie his inward courage and resolution in charging the enemy being three Regiments with foure troopes putting them to a retreat Neverthelesse we see him alike beholden to the Rut-master for his advertisment as for his safe retreat having first and last suffered the dint of the enemies Armes on him and houlding it off his Commander A brave example to be imitated and followed of all Cavaliers that would gaine honour and reputation The twenty sixth Duty discharged of the accidents occurred in our warres during our lying in Mentz THIS following discourse being no direct part of the discharge of duty intended of the Regiment neverthelesse for lacke of emploiment in my calling at that time being idle in Garrison I remarked so farre as I could by report the actions of others as they occurred then being out of action my selfe yet I can affirme what I relate will be found true if not let me be no more blamed than those that gave the intelligence His Majesty having gone to meete the Queene being come from Leipsigh to Hanow the twenty second of Ianuary 1632. his Majesty conveyed the Queene to Francfurt where all the Cannons went off after their entries At this time also the Rex-chancellour Oxensterne came from Spruce conveyed by our countriman Sr. Patrick Ruthven then eldest Colonell of Scots under his Majesty being then Governour of Mariburg and Colonell of a Dutch Regiment lay there with whom did come froÌ„ Spruce Lievetenant Colonel Hugh Hamilton who was Lievetenant Colonell then to Sr. George Cuningham his Regiment of Scots that lay in Spruce Captaine Mongomery came also with them who soone after was made Lievetenant Colonell to a free Squadron of foote and after that was killed in combat on horsbacke by the Generall Quarter-master Bullion at first Captaine under me At this time also came with him Quarter-master Sandelence who afterwards was Captaine Major and Lievetenant Colonell having ascended by degrees according to worth and deserving The Chancellor being come his Majesty and he sat ordinarily all day in counsell treating on weighty matters At which time the Cullens Ambassadour was treating apart with his Majesty for neutrality affirming he had given no assistance to the last League neither yet was he of the League As also he affirmed that at the last Westphalia convention he refused assistance to the rest of the League his Majesty replied to the Cullens Ambassadour how hardly and unchristianly they had dealt with the Evangelists Stends worse thâ—n if they had bin Iewes or Turkes in taking their Churches from them and in banishing themselves Neverthelesse there were some Articles proposed unto them concerning the Neutrality viz. First of all molesting the Evangelists under whatsoever pretence to be abolished and put away Secondly the free liberty of the Religion to be granted and suffered and that the Students of the Religion should be taken aswelâ— in the Colleges as the Papists Thirdly in all Cities the Evangelists to be as free to traffique as the Papists Fourthly they should give no assistâ—nce unto the Kings Majesties enemies nor no contribution nor Bills to answer monies on exchange Fifthly to give free passage through their land aswell to his Majesties Army as to his enemies not to hiâ—der them of it both alike Sixthly that his Majesty of Swedens servants should have the Passes opâ—n when they pleased to passe and repasse Seaventhly that his Majesties Agents might lie at Cullen to see the Neutrality were justly observed Eigthly that his Majesty of Sweden his friends and confederats should have free traffique in their Townes and Territoriâ—s The Cullens Ambassadour returned from Francfurt with these sleight points to be granted by their Bishop The Swedens were come so neere Cullen that the Superiours were reprehended for it by the Clergy out of the Pulpits for giving such liberty to Hereticks to come againe so neere unto their jurisdictions By this time the Landgrave of Hessen with his Army being neere ten thousand strong of horse and foote for our assistance did lie on the other side of the Rhine over against us and from thence they fell strong on the Spaniards which were in Rinâ—koe making them also quit those parts and the inhabitants for feare forsaking their houses his Majesty promised them his gracious protection to stay and remaine in their houâ—es they paying their weekely contribution which they payed before to the Bishop of Mentz Being here also at Mentz the French Ambassadour I did see get audience The reason of his coming being to shew his Majesty of Sweden that the Kings Majesty of France was offended his Majesty of Sweden had crost the Rhine against his paction and confederacy made with the King of France and therefore desired he should retire againe with his Army His Majesty answered he did but prosecute his enemy and if his Mâ—jesty of France was offended he could not helpe it and those that would make him retire over the Rhine againe it behooved them to doe it with the sword in their hand for otherwise he was not minded to leave it but to a stronger if his Majesty of France should anger him much he knew the way to Paris and he had hungry Souldiers would drinke wine and eate with as good a will in France as in Germany Therefore he hoped his Majesty would be better advised in sending the next Ambassage in milder termes This interchange of message went betwixâ— them till at
the eares wâ—â—h the King of Sweden alledging his Majesty of Swedens intention was fully to roote out the Catholique Religion and that he had already banished a number of them from their Cloysters which was an untruth for his Majestie of Sweden banished none but those who through feare did banish themselves But on the contrary his Majestie in all placâ—â— he had taken in suffered them the free libertie and use of their Religion untroubled without troubling of any mans Conscience in matters of Religion But his Majestie of France being better informed refused any assistance to the Catholique League against his Majestie of Sweden but 〈…〉 the Catholique League to remaine neutrall and that he would interpose with his Majestie of Sweden for obtaining the Neutralitie whereupon instantly they begunne to treate of the Neutralitie and Monsieur Seharnasse was sent Ambassadour to his Majestie of Sweden to that effect and his Majestie proposed and set downe the points he desired of them if he should yeeld unto the Neutralitie First they should give his Majestie and his Armie free passage through their Lands especially over the Danube Secondly they should take all their Forces from the Emperialists and be bound hereafter to give them no more helpe Thirdly they should restore the Palatinate unto the former estate and all others they had taken beside Fourthly they should contribute to the maintaining of the Swedens Armie The French Ambassadour having promised within foureteene dayes to get the foresaid Articles confirmed his Majestie granted a fort'nights Still-stand providing the Ambassadour would make Papenham retire his Forces out of Westphalia and Stifft-madeburg As also that those Forces the Duke of Bavaria and the League had in Bohemia should also retire and that such parts as his Majesties Armie had beleaguered or blockered they should goe on notwithstanding of the Still-stand till they came to an Accord or forced to quit them The time of this Treatie the Catholique League found many doubts First that it was hard for them being so much obliged to the house of Austria to forsake them in their greatest neede Secondly the Catholike Religion in that case did lacke a strong Protectour whose like they could not soone finde againe Thirdly the King of France had his owne pretentions in this Treatie to wit to weaken the house of Austria which his Majestie of France could easily doe by separating the League from the house of Austria It was easie then unto him to transferre the Empire unto another Family and the League embracing the Neutralitie the Crown of France had wonne their point against the house of Austria and if the Neutralitie were not granted or accepted by the League the Kings Majestie of France would not quit the Swedens faction but rather favourize all their enterprizes whereby in times comming he should have the lesse cause to feare the house of Austria but in the end the seeking of this Neutralitie was but for meere policie to hinder his Majestie of Swedens progresse till such time as that Generall Tilly could make a strong head againe and to winne time of his Majestie to prepare themselves for warre This Treatie turning to nought without any fruit neither were the Spaniards still this time but having drawne to strong head they came over the Mosell againe unto the Paltz and were beaten backe with great losse and the whole Paltz made free of them In which conflict Master Home in presence of the Rex-chancellor Oxensterne before the face of the whole Army with his owne troope and two other troopes of horse charged a strong body of the Spanish horsmen tooke nine Corneâ—s from them having hunted and chased them to their great shame and to the perpetuall credits of the pursuers especially of the Leader whose actions are worthy to be recorded to Posterity After this victory obtained over the Spaniard his Majesty of Sweden did propose certaine propositions and Articles unto the Duke of Bavier and the Catholique Stends that were confederat with him First to breake the Emperiall Edict that was published over the Empire Secondly both the Evangelists Religion to be let free and untroubled by the Papists Thirdly Bohemia Nerlin and Silezia to be restored in the old manner and the banished freely to returne to their lands and country Fourthly to set his Majesty of Bohemia free againe in the Paltz Fifthly the Dukedome of Bavier to be transferred on him againe Sixthly the Towne of Ausburg to be put in the former estate againe and the exercise of the Evangelists Religion to be free againe unto it as before Seventhly all Iesuits to be put away and banished out of the Empire as the Pest of the Common-weale Eighthly all Evangelists Cloisters to be restored againe as well as the Catholique Cloisters Ninthly all Cloisters in Wartenburgland to be restored againe Tenthly to choose his Majesty of Sweden as King of the Romans About the end of Ianuary Papinham gathered the whole Garrisons together that were in Brunswicke lands and west Falia and relieved Madeburg forcing Banier to retire on Calbe alleadging he had a mandat of his Majestie of Sweden not to fight Papenham who having relieved the Towne and gotten intelligence the Duke of Luneburg with a strong Army was to come on him from Wolfenbetle he having left Madeburg and taken out the Garrison having nailed the cannon and destroyed all he could in casting it into the Elve which he could not take with him on waggons having spoiled their best cannon leaving the bare walles to the Swedens which they immediatly beset againe with three Companies Papenham marched towards Wolfenbetle to meete the Duke of Luneburg Likewise Palsgrave Wolfegan William did also by his brothers intercession Palsgrave Augustus hould on with his Majesty of Sweden for a Neutrality but in vaine The fourteene dayes of still-stand being out they fell to worke againe every one for himselfe Bamberg also taken by Gustavus Horne Felt-marshall and shortly after was Tillie come thither with a strong Army from Nerlin unlooked for set on Gustavus Hornes forces the Towne being almost made fast by the Swedens Tilly with his Army falls on and the Felt-marshall having put his cannon away by water on the Maine retired in haste with losse upon Harsford after a long skirmish had with the Emperialists and having gotten intelligence of foure Regiments of Tillies that had past by Halstad he did breake up with the Cavalerie and in their quarter in Oberbyde being but halfe a mile from Bamberg falls on them two houres before day and defeats two Regiments to wit Planck Hartish and Meradish the youngers Regiment by fire and sword where he got but two Cornets the rest being burnt in the fire with their goods The Crabbats were forced to swimme the Maine the rest betooke themselves for refuge unto the Dragoniers quarters that lâ—y at Stafflebach and retiring to the Church-yard the Felt-marshall having no musketiers with him pressed to fire them out but in vaine so that he retired againe with
more and rare to be seene his Majesty of Bohemia in person came unto him to offer him assistance Royall in leavying of an Army for himselfe and was refused 〈◊〉 am willing other Armies should be in Dutchland to be participant of his glory but his owne Where we see Fortunes Favourit laught on by the world but how soone againe Fortune begun to frowne on his successour who having got but one Buffet all men would kill him his friends nomine tenus aswell as his enemies Where we see cleerely that there is no friend in adversity except it be a friend in Christ who will never forsake or leave us This then is the friendship we should make to league and confederate with our brethren in Christ with whom we have unity in Faith if that we would have our friendship durable and constant others will change as the winde blowes plenty or penury upon us being but temporary friends as many of the Dutch are but our brethren in Christ will never totally leave us no not in our greatest wants and extremity of Fortune Which should make us choose such and to live and dye with such fighting for them and their liberties who will never leave us though death sever us but after death they will prove constant friends to our successours as the Germans did not to the Chancellor of Sweden if they succeede unto us in the true and undoubted Faith And to verifie this I can beare witnesse that though the enemy did keepe our brethren in Christ that were in the Pultz under ten yeares bondage Neverthelesse that bondage nor the tyranny used unto them by their enemies made them never forget their fidelity and love to their King and Prince neither yet could their tyranny make them forsake or renounce their faith in Christ but as they continued true â—o God so were they faithfull in their love to their King and Master not only to his Majesty but also shewed their love and kindnesse unto us being his Majesties friends whom they knew to be one in faith with themselves And therefore they were ever ready and willing to undergoe alike danger with us against our common enemies as doth witnesse their assistance given to the Scots of Sir Iames Ramseys Regiment having Conjunct is viribus beaten their enemies on divers occasions The Kings Majesty of Sweden though before this time none of the greatest Kings yet in this warre having begun with a little Army of ten thousand strong in three yeares time he grew so great that he was carelesse of the threatning of the great King of France having entertained then in readinesse foure Armies at once his owne which he led himselfe under which I was still The Felt-marshall Gustavus Hornes Armie Generall Totts Army on the Wazer and the Marquesse of Hamiltons Army with whom Banier was joyned on the Elve These foure Armies his Majesty commanded alike and at one time having the Emperour the King of Spâ—ne the Catholique League and the Duke of Bavier his enemies And though the Duke of Saxon had an Army apart yet his Majestie would not suffer the King of Bohemia the Duke of Lunenburg the Land grave of Hessen nor the Dukes of Wâ—mar to lead Armies in Dutchland but as Subalternes to his Command And I thinke he had reason for if his Majestie of Bohemia had had an Armie in the fields it behooved the Swedens to have beene subalterne to the Dutch and Scots who were then strong in the fields in commanding strangers as they did their owne Country-men Notwithstanding of all these forces led and commanded by his Majestie of Sweden we see that the Empire is like a depth without a bottome that cannot be sounded For though they lost severall Battailes their power was so great that incontinent they made up Armies againe one after another for the space of twentie yeares together so that with difficultie they made the body of the Empire to stand though the wings were very neere clipped by his Majestie of Sweden who in three yeares time subdued the most part of the Empire and with his owne little Armie in one Winter freed the Paltz of the Spanish Forces except Heidelberg alone on which occasions those of our Nation that followed his Majestie shewed both their valour and their love especially those of my Lord Spence his Regiment seconded well by those of my Lord Rhees Regiment and Sir Iames Ramseys worthy Regiment were well seconded by Colonell Lodowicke Lesâ—yes Regiment which formerly were Sir Iohn Hamiltons These foure Regiments of foote having followed his Majesties owne person in all occasions were worthy their deeds should be Registred to all posteritie Other six Regiments of Scots under Generall Tott and two of English being yonger in the service than the former foure were also shorter of continuance whose actions I cannot relate but by Information Therefore I will be sparing lest I should derogate from their worth or oversee my selfe At this time also there were a great many worthy Cavaliers of our Nation under his Majestie who for their long experience and valour had attained to the honour not onely to be trusted before others with Governments but also were honoured in commanding of strangers both Dutch and Swedens whereof some were employed in Dutchland some in Sweden some in Liffeland and some in Spruce all alike serving their Master to his minde where he liked best to make use of them for the weale and advancement of his service Sir Patricke Ruthven Generall Major and Governour of Vlme Colonell over Dutch to foote and to horse Sir Alexander Lesly Generall Major and Governour over the whole Cities alongst â—he Balticke Coast Sir David Drummond Generall Major and Governour of Statin over a Regiment of Swedens Sir Iohn Hepburne Colonell over the Scots Briggad Generall Major King Colonell to horse and foote of Dutch Colonell Carrâ— Colonell to foote of Scots Sir Iohn Ruthâ—â—â— Generall Major Colonell of Dutch Colonell Robert Monro of Fowles Colonell to foote and to horse over Dutch The Earle of Crawford Colonell to foote oâ—er Dutch Colonell Baily Colonell to foote over Dutch Colonell Ramsey Governour of Creâ—â—snough and Commander of Dutch Colonell Alexander Hamilton Colonell of Scots Sir Iames Ramsey Colonell of foote over Scots Sir William Ballentine Colonell over English Colonell Dowglas Colonell of Dutch horsemen Colonell Hâ—me Colonell of Dutch horsemen Colonell Alexander Lâ—sly the younger Colonell to foote over Dutch Colonell Iohn Lesly Colonell to foote over Scots Colonell William Gunne Colonell to foote over Dutch Colonell Kiâ—â—iâ—mond Colonell of Swedens Colonell Hugh Hamilton Colonell to foote over Dutch Colonell 〈◊〉 Forbesse and his brother both Colonells to foote over strangers Colonell Iohn Forbesse Colonell to foote over Dutch Colonell Alexander Forbesse called the bald Colonell to foote over Dutch which all with the former twelve Regiments were employed severally upon the Dutch bottome during his Majesties time and since to the great credit of their Nation as likewise other Cavaliers of them were
and we to verifie the desire we had to be revenged on him did neglect no time till at last we found him out where we intended to try Fortune againe which never smiles alwayes on one but is ever variable keeping no constant course being whiles here now there and commonly we see that those who have beene most fortunate in their time as this old Generall was they have an insatiable desire of victory and prosperous fortune till neere their end that they are overcome themselves Here we see his Majesties diligence alike in following of his enemy as he fled before him as in his pursute at Donavert being the passe we were holden up at which his Majestie with diligence did get in his power being so hard pursued that the enemy got no time to relieve it though the Cavalier that defended it shewed himselfe resolute in defending of it as in out-falling on our Guards which were Swedens who having neglected their dutie were blame-worthy as their Captaine that commanded them who ought to have preferred death before life ere he had quite his Poste seeing his standing could have moved others to helpe him though the Swedens left him But his Majestie having got the victory over the Towne by the valour of the Captaines Country-men their intercession then procured his pardon though not his admission to his former Command Likewise here we see that stone houses are vaine defenses against cannon where the walles once pierc't those within are in worse case then if they stood on plaine fields Therefore at such times it is better to adventure forth unto the fields out of reach then to be smothered within walles as were many within this house both of horse and foote Here also as in the continuance of the Story we see the valour of Hepburne and of his Briggad praise worthy being first and last instruments of the enemies overthrow in grosse or by parties being commanded men where often we were well seconded by Ramseys men seeing those were ever commanded on desperat exploits being still appointed the fore-troopes of the Army well led and conducted by Major Sidserffe who was a Cavalier both diligent and valorous being also trusted on good occasions for his judgment in command As his Majesty was diligent in the taking of this passe so he was carefull to repaire it by helping of the ruins and in besetting it againe with a strong Garrison establishing good order and discipline having left Colonell Worbrane an Osterriker Freher as Governour being a man expert in making of cannon and in devising of fire-workes As also he understood well how best to fortifie irregular workes as these were And therefore his Majesty most wisely did concredit according to his gifts the maintaining of this passe to his care and diligence which both he did shew in fortifying the Towne even so farre as Art could be helpefull to nature The twenty ninth Duty discharged of his Maiesties forcing the passage over the Leacke and of the intaking of Ausburg DONAVERT being taken and beset againe with a Swedens Garrison caused a great feare and astonishment to seaze upon all the Papists in Bavaria which made the Iesuits and Monkes flie unto Tilligen Mynckine Neuburg and Engolstat where above twenty thousand of the Clergy were unwilling to fight with the Duke against his Majesties forces and seeing Vindligan the Castle of Oberdorffe and divers other places taken in by his Majesty those of Neighburg desired his Majesties safe-guardes in respect the Swedens were making great booty over all where ever they came hanging the Papists by their purse noâ— sparing to torment their shinnes as they did in Pomeren and in the Markes of Bâ—andenburg to the Protestants in exacting their monies which they were made to repay againe Lege talionis Generall Tilly by this time had intrenched his Army about the Rhine by the side of the Leacke to hinder his Majesties passage unto Bavaria with a strong Army which lay on the other side of the River right against Tillies Army where his Majesty did set over a bridge made with boates and plankes having planted seventy two peeces of cannon great and small on the borders of the River which did play continually into the middest of Tillies Army who were drawne up in Battaile on the other side to hinder his Majesties passage but our messengers were so swift and diligent that through importunity they obtained a grant of the passage where many were made to lie dead by our cannon for those that were not hurt by the Bullets they were lamed by branches and trees cut by the cannon being they stood in a thickewood which shooting continued a whole day being on the fifth of Aprill 1632 a day ominous to Generall Tilly who was shot in the knee with a cannon bullet a cruell blow for an ould man of seventy two yeeres who being carried from thence to Engolstat died within three dayes being cruelly tormented with the smart of his wound Tilly being gone the Army discouraged for their great losse sustained The Duke remarking his Majesty would force the passage he thought best in time to retire taking his flight confusedly upon Engolstat and Nuburg after that Altringer then a Colonell was shot in the head and above a thousand did lie dead on the place they stood on His Majesty having crost over with the Army he incontinent commanded certaine Troopes to follow the fugitives getting orders to cut them off as they were found This victory happily attained unto by his Majesty incontinent the Towne of Rhine being the first frontier Garrison in Bavaria rendered up and his Majesty having beset Rhine with a Garrison he marched with the Army alongst the Leacke side on Ausburg where by the way a Commissary from Nuburg came to his Majesty making their excuse for receiving of Tillies forces and withall they declared that the enemy had quit their Towne againe and therefore they interposed with his Majesty for neutrality which being refused unto them a Garrison was sent to keepe them in awe to bring their landes in contribution and to repaire the bridge which was broken by the Dukes command His Majesty having continued his march towards Ausburg the eigth of Aprill we lay downe before it and immediatly we set over a bridge over the Leacke during which time the Commandant spared not his Amunition but continually Cannonaded amongst us but our batteries being once ready they received their interchange and his Majesty offered the Garrison free passage and to retire in safety with his folkes whether he pleased otherwise there should no quarter be granted unto them if they pressed to hould out longer whereupon the Governour resolved to accept of his Majesties offer and having made his Accord on the tenth of Aprill he marched out and was conveyed towards Engolstat Incontinent thereafter his Majesty did beset the Towne with a strong Garrison and the next day before his Majesty entred the Towne all Papists were ordained to assemble and meete at Lâ—ckhousen
dayes attending what the Emperiall Armie would undertake having still an eye in our necke-pole We got intelligence that the Duke of Fridland Walestine and the Duke of Bavere did breake up with their Armies taking their march through Furt towards Boocke and then to Forcham burning off all the dorpes that lay nearest Nurenberg being all the valiant deedes they had done the whole Summer and the fourteenth of September being quite gone divers Burgers and Souldiers of the Nurenbergers with the Countrie Boores in all haste ranne unto their Leaguer where they found a thousand waggons besides those were burnt which they transported to Nurenberg together with a great quantitie of Iron above tenne thousand Centeurs of waight and a great quantitie of meale corne and flesh which all in foureteene dayes was not brought unto the Towne after their going whereat many did wonder The enemie also left behind them many sicke and wondâ—d Souldiers uncured amongst whom all that time death was very frequent aswell of men as of beasts for thousands of horse and cattell were lost Likewise in the Swedens Leaguer about the Citie were fallen above foure thousand horse and cattell and within the Citie were also many dead As Walestine was come to Forcham he directed Generall Major Galasse with some horse and foote unto the Woigkeland who in his march by Nurenberg did deale very slightly with Lawffe Griffenberg Welden and Harchbrook which he tooke in and Griffenberg he burnt and in the rest he caused to cut off divers Burgers and Souldiers making many poore men with plundering and cruell exactions of mony and from thence in Woiteland towards Egger and further till he joyned with Holke being both as Simeon and Levi continuing their march towards the Elve taking in Kemnets Friberg Meissen and divers other partes exacting great contribution and borneshets or compositions pressing an infinite deale of money out of the Duke of Saxons hereditary lands using great and extraordinary enormities over the whole lands belonging to the Saxon by reason the Dukes Armie lay then farre off in Silesia not being possible for him to releeve his owne Countrey Walestine also from Forcham marched towards Saxonie and the Duke of Bavaria to quench the fire that was already kindled there by the Swedens marched to Bavere The Emperiall Armie thus separated his Majestie laie still at Newstad till such time as he saw their severall intentions and then disposing of his Armie accordingly First the Marquesse of Hamilton was gratiously dismissed by his Majestie taking his journey from thence towards France unto Brittaine and having taken leave of his Majestie at Newstad his Excellence was most honourably conveyed by the whole Officers his Country-men that served the Swedens who having taken leave of his Excellence a mile from the Leaguer they returned and his Excellence accompanied with Sir Iames Hamilton of Priestfield Colonell Sir Iames Ramsey called the Faire Colonell and Sir Iohn Hepburne Colonell having taken good night of all their Noble Camerades they continued their journey unto Brittaine and we returned to prepare our selves for a march and a separation which immediatly the next day did follow his Maiestie having given orders to call in all Safe-guardes and the next morning to be in readinesse to march The thirty-seventh Observation THE separation of these two mightie Armies was wonderfull without shot of Cannon Musket or Pistoll the like we can hardly finde in any Historie We see then here that when the foundation of mans actions is laid sure by vertue the building hardly can faile especially when we lay our chiefe dependance on God and our cause being good the lawfull meanes used as was done here by the Lyon of the North the Invincible King of Sweden in defence of Nurenberg the libertie of dutch-Dutch-land and freedome of Christs Gospell then I say the event must needs be answerable to the ground laid to wit the freedome of this Citie and the preservation of his Majesties Armie both which we see by this separation where the enemy had not the heart to pursue us having Gustavus and his Fortunes with us Notwithstanding of their powerfull and mightie Armie which the Papists themselves did set and estâ—â—me to be threescore thousand men being then of opinion that that Summer they were able to over-swimme the whole Empire and all their enemies yet with all their bragging they durst never present themselves in the Fields with one Cornet Colour or Regiment before Gustavus being terrified at his presence which did prove their valour was not correspondent to their power in Armes otherwise they had given us greater reason to have esteemed better of their Conduct so that wee see there is neither wisedome force or power of counsell that can prevaile against that cause the Lord defends and who can thinke those could prosper better who formerly pressed by their crueltie to have subverted the truth of Religion by banishing the Gospell and Ministers of it forcing Commons against Conscience either to forsake their Country and possessions or to renounce the truth they professed persecuting those that would not conforme themselves to their Devilish Traditions what wonder then those Generalls could not prosper against the truth or against him that tooke the defence both of truth and people against the Tyranny of the house of Austria and their cruell Generalls that were not onely cruell to their enemies but also to their servants and Souldiers whom they left bleeding behinde them in their Leaguer destitute of all comfort not so much as once to cause to dresse their wounds that they received honourably for their safeties Truly I dare be bold to say the Lord will not suffer the negligence and inhumane crueltie of such Commanders to be unpunished that left unchristianly those poore Souldiers which were bould to open their brests to receive wounds for the safetie of those that had no compassion on them in their extremities O crueltie of all cruelties when we see a valiant Souldier naked hungry or pined with his wounds bleeding for our sakes and then to leave them destitute of helpe to the mercy of their enemies especially when we are not compelled to leave them This fault of all faults in a Commander or Souldier in my minde is most unpardonable which is too common Therefore I conclude such persons to be unworthy Command that preferre any thing before the health of those who were willing to give their lives for the safetie of their Commanders Sith then we see that the greatest part of humane happinesse doth consist in vertue let him that would prove wise fix his eyes and minde to judge other mens actions to the end he may grow the more circumspect and prudent pressing to doe good by continuance of time if he but observe the varieties of chances incident unto all estates from the Crowne to the lowest Cottage in the end through their examples he may learne to better himselfe and become wise in his profession for a diligent servant to such a Master
Paltz and Christs Gospell preached and the Sacraments duely administred which I saw and was partaker of singing thankes unto God for their deliverance He it was and none other under God who helped them to their liberties He it was and none other releeved Israell Notwithstanding whereof the unthankfulnesse of the people was so great that with my eares divers times I did heare some of them say he might as wel have stayed in his own country till they had sent for him so great was their unthankfulnesse Likewise they said if he had had much at home he had not come unto them over seas such a farre Iourney Was not this to recompence good with evill Was not this right the chiefe Butlers part that did not remember Ioseph but forgot him Was not this Ioas his part to Iehoida his Father O then this was the poisonable bullet of ingratitude of the people for which our King and Master was taken away Oh would to God the people had never bin so unthankfull that our King Captaine and Master had yet lived Moreover as these people were unthankfull so they were Godlesse many of them in the time of their troubles as I did behould oftimes with mine eyes a carelesse security amongst them thinking their victories were so frequent and their owne power so great they needed not the assistance of the Swedens nor of strangers and their pride was so great that disesteeming of strangers in their pride they led a life very insolent and deboist being given to the workes of the flesh adultery fornication uncleannesse lasciviousnesse idolatry c. In a word it was even amongst them as it was in the dayes before the flood as if the Lord had forgotten them or could not see their villany so it behooved God to have punished them by his Majesties death For in their hearts they said there was no God so that their mischiefe came on them unawares and this the peoples carriage caused his Majesties untimely death being shot the second time O would to God they had done otherwise and served God more truely that we might have had the presence and conduct of our Magnanimous King longer till the pride of Austria had bin more humbled and the whore of Babylon brought unto repentance of her Idolatries O would to God I could enough lament his death As also lament my owne sinnes and the wickednesse of the people that was the cause of this untimely death through their sinnes And his Majesties selfe also being a sinner as he himselfe oftimes confessed wishing that God would not lay to his charge the greate respect and reverence the best sort of the people did give unto him being but a sinfull man as they were for which he feared the Lord was angry with him shewing by his cōfession he did glory in nothing but in the Lord ascribing ever all his victories unto God and nothing presuming of himselfe For I dare be bould to say he was a man according to Gods minde if there was one on earth Such was our Master Captaine and King As was Abraham the Father of many so was our Master Captaine and King Was Noah in his time unreproveable So was our Master Captaine and King Was Iob in his sufferings patient So was our Master Captaine and King Was Ionathan true and upright in keeping his word So was our Master Captaine and King Was Iehosaphat in his warres penitent and busie craving the helpe of the Lord So was our Master Captaine and King Was Simeon good and full of the spirit So was our Master Captaine and King Was young Tobias mindfull all his dayes of the Lord in his heart and his will not set to sinne So was our Master Captaine and King like unto a stone most precious even like a Iasper cleere as Christall ever and ever And truely if Apelles with his skill in painting and Cicero with his tongue in speaking were both alive and pressed to adde any thing to the perfection of our Master Captaine and King truely the ones best Colours and the others best Words were not able to adde one shaddow to the brightnesse of his Royall Minde and Spirit So that while the world stands our King Captaine and Master cannot be enough praised Alas then it was our sinnes and the sinnes of the Army and the Land was the cause of our punishment in losing of him with that unhappy last bullet of the three shot through his head who was the head of us all under God our Father in Christ that did undoe us it was we I say that sinned against the Lord and his Anointed It was our misdeedes did thus grow over our heads that made us lose our Head and Leader Woe woe then to us that left the Lord till we made the Lord take him from us that was our guard and comforter under God in all our troubles What then ought we to doe that one day we may raigne with him in glory While it is to day we must cast off the workes of darknesse and embrace the light in newnesse of life repenting of the evill and turning away from our wickednesse by repentance not like unto Cain not like unto Saul not like unto Achitophell not like to Iudas Iscariot who all doubted but like those of Nineve in dust and ashes to fast and pray beleeving in the Lord and with David to say We have sinned against thee and against the Heavens be mercifull unto us o Lord like unto Peter let us ô Lord Weepe bitterly let us then repent and beleeve the Gospell beleeve yea and turne to the Lord with all our hearts with fasting and praying and mourning with Saul that said Thou art more righteous then I in shewing me good for evill much more ought we to lift up our voices and with teares of repentance mourne for the losse of our Master Captaine and King through our sinnes and unthankfulnesse Therefore to day while we have time let us acknowledge our sinnes before the Lord and repent lest a worse come unto us and that then we be cast into prison till that we pay the last farthing for if the Lord spared not his owne Sonne who was blamelesse and without sinne while he tooke on him our sinnes what shall then become of us No otherwise but except we turne from our sinnes we must also die the death Let us not then close our eares as at Meriba and at Massa in the wildernesse but with the forlorne Child cry Father we have sinned against thee and against heaven and are not more worthy to be called thy Sonnes Lord therefore be mercifull unto us and enter not into judgment with us Then let us all weare mourning and lament the death of the valiant King Gustavus Adolphus while we breath Yet what helpe Res est irrevocabilis et quod factum est infectum fieri nequit what is done cannot be recalled and should we mourne like unto those who have no hope Farre be it from us seing it
seldome seene command in one place and it is to be pitied how the Rhinegrave after the losse of Nerling not being bastant against the enemie was forced to swimme the Rhine on horse-backe and dyed soone thereafter who was a renowned valourous Cavalier as ever I was acquainted with of the Dutch Nation serving in those warres all these mischiefes were caused through the want of one Supreme Leader to conduct them as the enemie had Which should teach all men to submit themselves to authoritie lest by doing otherwise they procure their owne ruine XVII To repent a thing when it is done is most foolish which might have beene prevented with counsell for none that doe repent counsell can be esteemed wise Therefore a Counsellour should bee very faithfull never counselling his friend for his owne ayme lest he that is counselled perceive not his drift and then be deceived But counsell is taken from necessitie and follow'd And a good Commander deserves prayse as well for his wisedome as for his valour But evill counsell is a plague or judgement from the Lord yet those counsells are ever safest that come from him that will be partaker both of the danger and of the counsell Therefore it is not good rashly to use the counsell of a Traitor nor of an enemie but wee should rather examine and shift counsells and not trust easily and bee deceived Counsell then we see is the chiefe ground to governe matters well being secret true and free without flatterie or respect of persons just and holy casting aside all private gaines and utilitie foreseing the publique weale and if thou wouldest be truly counselled thou must take heed to those Caveats first that the speech be wholesome and unreproveable his counsell profitable his life honest his sentence pleasant not wavering like a childe or unconstant neither ought you aske many what you would doe but shew it to a few and trustie friends which are rare to be found and when thy neere friends cannot resolve thee flee to those for their counsells whose daily experience is approved for their wisedome in their owne affaires and then you shall doe well XVIII Militarie discipline is lost when the crueltie and avarice of Officers is extended in detaining of Souldiers meanes and Supreme Officers neglecting to content Cavaliers make the whole Armie turne rebellious as at Donavert The Concilium formatum and their Treasurer having not given the Armie one monthes meanes complet of the whole contribution they had collected the yeere after his Majesties death but payed themselves and their Secretaries dulie which raised great envie against them the Armie having mutined for want of pay which made them afterward want both the contribution and the Country through misgovernement of their Consilium XIX It is in vaine for a Cavalier to feare any thing but God and the offence of his Supreme Officer for being honest modesty hindering his flight makes him victorious in middest of danger and of his enemies as chanced me and my Collegues at Rugenwoulde in Pomeren having escaped danger by Sea were come to Land in danger of our enemies but the Lord and the dutie we ought our Maister made us abide the danger of our enemies which the Lord turned to our best giving us victorie and freedome Shall I then distrust this God having had this time and divers times before great experieâ—ce of his mercies God forbid No I will still trust in him doe to mee what he will for I know his mercies goe beyond all his workes and they endure for ever XX. A man unjustly hurt as many were that served the Sweden once escaped their Commanders are now their greatest enemies for the memorie of injuries received is ever more recent in the Actor than in the patient and is also more difficult to be reconciled as oft times experience doth prove Therefore I would advise my friend not to suffer injurie if he can if injurie be done him not to passe it over for flatterie lest in accepting of a slight satisfaction he should injure himselfe more than the other did But by the contrary I would advise him timely to repaire himselfe that he may preserve the former dignity Likewise the greater our injuries received are the greater they commove us the more ought our wit to moderate our revenge seeing to moderate our selves and to overcome our desires is the greatest prayse wee can have being revenged Yet injuries doe ever sticke neâ—rer unto us then the remembrance of benefits received for in remembring of benefits wee ascribe the good to our owne merits flattering our selves but on the contrary remembring our injuries received we call them to minde a great deale more cruelly than they were done without moderation I must then advise my friend that he not only prevent the deede of his enemy but also his counsells lest they bring detriment upon him for he ought to be alike with the offer of an injury being a Cavalier and with the intention as if the deede had followed The offering then of a stroke may be repaired with a sword the giving of a lie is repaired with a blow words not tending to disgrace are repaired with words againe the losse of goods is restored by restitution with circumstances convenient and to quarrell for a light occasion is want of understanding especially with thy betters in esteeme For there should be had respect of persons of times and of circumstances observed before a man should quarrell and having once quarrelled I would advise my friend not to be put backe without honourable satisfaction or at least great hazard not coming unto the fields for the first bout or bloud and then to returne with disgrace unthought of by thy selfe though much by others as I have knowne Cavaliers doe XXI In Battaile fighting with the enemy at the first be very slow against a fierce enemie that the enemy being weary your strength fresh and a little succours joyned unto you the enemy is soone beaten and having once begun warre follow it with sword fire spoile slaughter till the streets be full a Rover should never be a Rewer so long as his hands are unto it and you should never give time to the enemy to joyne forces but pursue them ever as they come never neglecting an enemy though he be weake but still keepe a good reserve by your selfe and pursue by parties supplying your owne as they neede and timely and without doubt you shall gaine honour and credit XXII Trust never thy selfe rashly to a reconciled enemy without pledges first had for keeping good peace and being desirous to possesse any thing belonging to thy enemy thou hast neede to use rather diligence then delay that thou mayest catch them unawares as Gustavus did Frankfurt on the Oder And nothing is more to be suspected then a neere enemy which Lansberg did finde after the taking of Franckfurt and nothing is more cruell then a Barbarous enemy as was found by our Regiment at Newbrandenburg and
inward gifts of the minde for if thou desirest to be a Souldier of Christ thou must be adorned with all vertues that inwardly thou mayest be such as outwardly thou doest appeare unto the world Thou must then learne to mortifie those vices to which thou art most subject taking accompt of thy selfe how thou hast resisted vice and what good thou hast done and say then when thou findest thou hast done nothing that is good Lord make us every day to renounce sinne and resist vice that our love and zeale to thee may be inflamed to well-doing even in the greatest extremity of adversity II. When thou seest the Kings Majesty thy Master or his Generall coming to looke on the battaile when all Front towards the King with due respect and reverence thinke then againe with thy selfe and say as for me it is good to draw neere unto thee O Lord for thou art my King and my God thee alone will I worship and love make me happy in thy love and for thy sake I will despise all things for thou art the strength of my head and my portion for ever for through hope we attaine unto thee by Faith III. When thou seest thy Camerads knitting all things about them handsome and fast before they march say thou then knit mine heart unto thee O Lord that I may feare thy name for he that loveth not thee must quake and feare and it is a fearefull thing to fall into thy hands for thy coming unto Iudgment is terrible thy roaring is like a Lyon and thy Sword a consuming fire no place can hide man from thy presence thou seest the heart and the Reines no secret is hid from thee and who can escape thy vengeance None except they repent Lord therefore save me from that bitter death and give me grace to repent that I may bewaile my misery before I depart IIII. When thou art entred in the troublesome way of thy march and sufferest toyle travell heate cold hunger thirst nakednesse perill being called to labour and to suffer and not to live in pleasure and idlenesse say then my sorrow O Lord is ever before me for in me dwelleth no good I offend day by day and which is worse I cannot repent sinne increaseth and the Fountaine of grace is stopped and I finde no comfort Say then againe O Lord spurre me and whip me with thy Rod before I perish and reserve not thy punishment lest at last I shall be made to pay the uttermost farthing Lord therefore create a new heart within me that I may prepare a habitation for thee to rest in a cleere conscience O Lord for thy Sonne Christs sake suffer me not to goe away empty for with thee is mercy and great redemption therefore I will be comforted whilst thou givest me time to amend my life V. When thou seest thy Camerads for love of credit and the favour of their Officers making no difference betwixt faire and foule way but with patience induring all toile to come to the end of their march thinke then with thy selfe that after this manner of old the servants of Christ for the favour and love of God and of his glory did serve the Lord in hunger and thirst in cold in nakednesse in watching and fasting in prayers in meditations in manifould persecutions and troubles contemning all pleasurs for Christ they sought the glory of God more then their owne fame Lord therefore make us contemne and slight all things for the love of Christ altering from vice to vertue mortifying our lusts that we may become Souldiers of Christ loving nothing so much as God and the salvation of our soule VI. When thou seest thy Camerade fix in his Armes and well exercised with Pike Musket and Sword then thinke with thy selfe that thy duty is to trust in the Lord and to doe good that thou mayest dwell in the land and beâ—â—ed â—ssrâ—dly thy delight must be in the law of the Lord and thou must be exercised therein day and night that thou mayest be full of hope and strength remembring thy end ever redeeming the time takeing heede of small sinnes that by time thou maist avoide the greatest and if thou shalt behave thy selfe godly in the day thou mayst be assured to be merry at night VII When thou hearest the Alarum given going to thine Armes thinke then with thy selfe that it is more then time to abandon the universall world and to imbrace God and say as for me it is good to draw neere to God and to put my trust in him that I may declare all his Workes For whom have I in heaven but him and on earth I desire none but him he will guide me by his counsell and afterwards receive me unto glory VIII When thou seest thy Camerade making ready and fix against his enemies girding his loynes that he may fight the more valiantly then thinke with thy selfe that it is thy duty to put on the spirituall Armour and to gird thy loynes against Satan the world and the flesh that thou mayst fight the spirituall combat bridling thy riotous appetite bringing under the flesh despising the worlds glory be at no time altogether idle but ever doing somewhat for the publique welfare discharging the duties of thy calling beseeching God for Christ thy Captaines sake to pronounce thee happy in the day of thy appearance IX When thou seest thy Camerade appointed to watch over himselfe and others lest he be circumvented by his enemies lost and utterly ruin'd then thinke with thy selfe that thy duty is to watch over thy selfe diligently lest the wrath of thine enemies seaze upon thee by Gods permission for thy punishment crushing thee to peeces and consider with thy selfe that as it is fearefull to fall into the hands of thine enemies so it is more fearefull to fall into the hands of the living Lord. Stand then in awe to offend him that infinitely loves thee let thy chiefest care be then to please God and to forsake unrighteousnesse that leadeth unto death and then surely thou mayst rejoyce though in trembling being merry in the Lord. X. When thou seest thy Camerades invironed with enemies and preparing themselves for Battaile then thinke with thy selfe that it is thy dutie also to arme thy selfe against thy spirituall enemies craving God his assistance that he leave thee not nor suffer thee to be tempted above thy strength and if thou fightest valiantly unto the end thou art happie being promised for thy reward the Ioyes of Heaven For the Spirit saith to him that overcommeth I will give to â—ate of the tree of life XI When thou seest thy Camerades give eare to the words of Command hearkning unto their Captaines instructions obeying the tucke of Drumme or sound of Trumpet then thinke with thy selfe that it is thy dutie to hearken unto Gods Word receiving comfort from the mouth of his servants for blessed are the eares that heare when the Lord whispereth and blessed are those who prepare themselves for the
When thou seest thy Camerade contraried in many things by his betters and also perhaps scandalized then thinke with thy selfe and resolve if thou wouldest be counted as a Souldier of Christ that would reigne with him thou must also resolve to suffer with him and not to care a rush for the reproaches of men but thou must take all scandalls in good part for Christ thy Captaine was despised in this world and at extremitie his very friends forsooke him Thinke then O Souldier that thou art in respect of him but dust and forsake this world if thou wouldest have rest unto thy soule for the Kingdome of God is righteousnesse and peace and joy in the holy Ghost put then confidence in God and he will handle thy cause right well care thou to have a good Conscience in all thy doings then thou art sure none can hurt thee for the Lord will defend and deliver thee XXI When thou seest thy Camerade vaunting or bragging of his owne deeds without modestie or discretion seeking his owne prayse as many vaine men doe then thinke with thy selfe that thy dutie is to contemne worldly praise as vaine coming from man for true and eternall glory contemneth worldly praise and as man judgeth of the deed God regards the intent and minde presse therefore to doe well but thinke little of thy selfe being the surest token of a modest minde for he that praiseth himselfe is not allowed but he whom the Lord praiseth Wee ought not therefore to wax proud but wee ought to watch continually for Sathan sleepeth not and the flesh is not yet dead XXII When thou seest thy Camerade dissolute vaine proud phantasticke arrogant windie railing back-biting vaunting of all sinne and mischiefe then thinke with thy selfe that these are the notes proper unto the wicked and if thou wouldest prove a Souldier of Christ thou must oppose thy selfe contrary to them all being thy dutie to be lovely strong patient faithfull wise meeke prudent circumspect modest just not daintie not light not given to vanities but sober chaste constant quiet and temperate in all senses even with paine living in vertue for without paine none can love God for if thou wouldest love God thou must be painfull in seeking of him never leaving him till he be found of thee and love thee bringing thee through his love unto perfection in Christ. For he that loves him will indure all things for his sake as valiant Souldiers fainting at nothing may happen yea thou must despise the inticements of Sathan and of thy fleshly enemies and that is the valiant exploit wherewith best thou canst please God XXIII When thou seest thy Camerade stand in awe to commit wickednesse both for feare of punishment and his love to his Commanders then thinke with thy selfe that thy dutie to thy heavenly Father obliges thee to love and to feare him with a filiall feare standing in awe to sinne against him for cursed is he that heareth the word of the Lord and despiseth it Blush thou therefore that takest more pleasure in vanitie than in the truth in time call thy sinnes to remembrance and that with sorrow let thy Religion be in thy heart not in thy mouth wish for heavenly things and contemne the world seeke to be made strong in the love of the Lord and constant to continue for nothing in heaven above or in the earth beneath is comparable to this love of God in Christ he that hath this love hath all in all Say then O my God and my love as thou art mine make me wholy thine XXIIII And last Meditation going before thine Enemie When thou seest thy Camerade for the love of honour and worldly credit not fearing to die but readie to open his breast like a valiant Souldier to receive wounds for his Masters sake then thinke with thy selfe that it is thy dutie as the spirituall Souldier of Christ not to feare to die but rather looking unto the glasse of life the rule of righteousnesse the light of the Soule the joy of the Conscience like a valourous Souldier for his love rather let all things seeme sweet unto thee for his sake who is and should be the end of all our thoughts of all our actions of all our speeches of our reading praying and meditating for through him we attaine unto salvation and everlasting life for his love we will not feare to die nor refuse to live Say then O Iesu how can I praise thee as I ought or thinke of thee as I am bound for thy infiniâ—e mercies Thee will I praise I will be readie to suffer for thee being assisted by thy grace I will magnifie and glorifie thee I humbly desire thy favour vouchâ—afe therefore to doâ— good unto me write my name in thy booke and let me never be blotted out but let me be accounted amongst the least of thine Elect I presume nothing of my selfe let all my comfort be in thy pretious bloud shed for me a sinner wherein I onely repose my desire is to be with thee in the land of the living in the Kingdome of heaven In the meane time I will behold thee in this life with the eyes of faith placing my joy in thee in this my pilgrimage and though I should be tossed too and fro yet will I retaine thee fast in my minde for thou art my brother that hast taken my flesh and bones on thee thanks be unto thee sweet Iesu that hast united thy humane nature unto the Divine unite me unto thee sweet Iesu and leave not my soule in the grave for thou art my Saviour and Redeemer for ever AMEN THE TABLE OF THE SECOND PART A. ANDREVV and Iohn Monroes both died at Shevelben in the Marke Page 10 Letter P. Authority laid aside he that obeyeth is as good as he that commandeth Page 14 Letter V. Ambition grounded upon vertue maketh the meanest Souldiers mount from the lowest centry to the top of Honour Page 14 Letter V. An Army sometimes is ruin'd by an idle and a vaine brute being brickle like glasse Page 16 Letter Y. Avarice hath bin the losse of Armies and Kingdomes Page 82 Letter Z. Ashamed we neede not be though poore being honest Page 90 Letter A. Altringer shot in the head Page 117 Letter Q. Ausburg given over by accord Page 117 Letter R. Foure Armies against his Majesty of Sweden at once Page 120 Letter I. Accidents of warre being infinite the knowledge of them can never be limited Page 155 Letter E. Articles of warre the strictest lawes that are Page 161 Letter R. A Christian Advertisment from over-mourning Page 170 Letter F. An Advise to brave Leaders Page 93 Letter W. B. The Benefit is great we have when Frontier Garrisons are well beset for the Enemy can be affronted in coming and going and we have time to draw breath Page 11 Letter Q. A rare example of the valour of Blanch Rubea Page 27 Letter M. A rare example of Bonne and her husband Peter Brunore of Parme.