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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B21037	The stratagems of war, or, A collection of the most celebrated practices and wise sayings of the great generals in former ages written by Sextus Julius Frontinus, one of the Roman consuls ; now English'd, and enlarged with a new collection of the most noted strategems and brave exploits of famous and modern generals ... by M.D.A.; Strategematica. English	Frontinus, Sextus Julius.; D'Assigny, Marius, 1643-1717.	1686 (1686)	Wing D287; Wing F2244A; ESTC R4210	174,765	364

Henry the VI. of England After this Kings overthrow the Lords sent to King James to desire him to disband his Army and not to molest the English Borders threarning him that if he did otherwise they would meet him in the Field He answered the Messengers That he was resolved to take the Town and Castle of Roxburg which he had besieged and that he was not to be driven away from thence by Words As King James was storming the Castle of Roxburg he gave fire to one of the great Guns himself and was suddenly struck dead The Queen then in the Army desired the Lords not to be dejected by the Kings death nor to forsake the Siege and told them that she would provide another King for them her Son James then about nine years old who was brought into the Camp and saluted King by the Army who never left off till they had taken the Castle and demolished it Thus this Couragious Queen undaunted at the unexpected death of her Husband continued in the Field to hearten the Soldiers and force the Enemy to surrender this strong Castle to the Scots King James the III. succeeding to his Father wanted not his Courage though he suffered himself to be too much govern'd by his passions which brought him at last to an untimely end To him succeeded James the IV. who in the year 1500 proclaimed a War against England in favour of the French and sent a great Fleet to their Assistance He was so resolved that when he was disswaded from a Battel with the English because of his small and weak number he declared to the Earl of Angus he would fight them if they were one hundred thousand strong The Scots according to the example of their King fought stoutly and though there were 5000 of them killed they slew as many of the English But the King lost his life in this Battel of Fluddon Field He was so zealous for the Christian Religion that he obtained from the Pope the stile of Protector of the Faith James the V. a Child succeeds his Father under several Regents At last the distractions of the Kingdom forced the Nobility to invite over from France John Stuart Duke of Albany 1514. to take upon him the Government of the King and Kingdom He was a wise and moderate man but much addicted to the French faction and interest He was a Nephew of King James the III. by his Brother Alexander It was the unhappiness of this and several of the former Kings to come to their Crown before they had knowledge and ability to bear them therefore divisions and factions in the State between great and Ambitious Men did miserably tear that poor Kingdom of Scotland and caused many calamities to fall upon the innocent Inhabitants When King James the V. came to be of Age he visited with a fleet all the Islands and punished such disorderly Rebels as regarded not his Predecessors commands He went over into France and marryed first Magdalen the French Kings Daughter but she dyed suddenly He marryed next with Mary of the House of Guise of whom was born that excellent Queen Mary of Scotland whose Rebellious Subjects and over-jealous Kinswoman brought her after much affliction and a long imprisonment to an undeserved Death She was conveyed into France and marryed to the Dolphin and her mother declared Regent in Scotland About this time happened great troubles all over that Kingdom by the bringing in of the Protestant Reformation which was opposed by the Queen Regent and her French Faction with the Roman Clergy but much encouraged by the People the Gentry and Nobility and especially by James a Bastard Son of James the V. who leaving the command of his Cloyster was created by his Sister Queen Mary Earl of Murrey Queen Elizabeth of England was not wanting to the Protestant party in Scotland she sent them both Men and Money and by the assistance of the English the French were driven out of Scotland Queen Mary after the death of her Husband the French King returns by shipping to Scotland where she found the Religion of the Country changed by an Act of Parliament and the Roman Faith abolished Though the Queen had the liberty of the Mass in her own Chappel the furious Zeal of the reformed party was scandalous and unsufferable for they offered many affronts to the Queens Domesticks of the Roman persuasion Therefore to strengthen her self against a contrary faction she calls home Mathew Stuart Earl of Lenox out of England where he had lived in Exile This Noble Man brought with him a Son named Henry commonly called the Lord Darly to the Court of Scotland where as soon as the Queen fixed her Eyes upon him she chose him for her Husband and dignified him with the Dukedom of Rothesay and Earldom of Ross to make him a fitter match for a Queen He was a person of admirable and comely presence and a zealous Roman Catholick After he was marryed and proclaimed King many of the Nobility grew discontented and fell into several parties labouring to breed a difference between the King and Queen which they found means to effect after the King had caused David Riz her French Secretary to be violently carryed away from the Queens presence and murdered she being then big with Child Afterwards she was brought to bed in Edinburg Castle of a Son named James who after the decease of Queen Elizabeth united both Kingdoms and put an end to the quarrels of both Nations The Queens Husband was afterwards inhumanely murdered by Earl Bothwel and other Conspirators The distressed Queen after many hazards and troubles flies for shelter into England where instead of a Sanctuary she finds a Prison and Death King James though Crowned young and governed by his Unkle Murrey proved one of the most excellent Princes for Wisdom Learning and all other Princely Endowments that ever any Nation was blessed with He was first govern'd by his Unkle Murrey but he being shot by one Hamilton in the Streets of Lithgo and killed Mathew Lenox the young Kings Grandfather was made Regent of Scotland during his Minority but he being also killed at Sterlin the Earls Morton and Mar were appointed to succeed But when the King was twelve years of Age he took upon him the Government and was assisted by twelve Noble Men as Councellours Then his Kinsman Esmerus Stuart the Son of John the Brother of Mathew late Earl of Lenox came over from France to visit his Cousin King James and was by him highly advanced made Lord Chamberlain of Scotland Captain of Dunbritton and Duke of Lenox His Father for his extraordinary Valour at the Battel of Baugy against the English had the Noble seat of Aubigny bestowed upon him by the French King Charles the VII King James met with many difficulties and snares out of which Providence and his own discretion led him safe to the Crown of England to the great Joy and Happiness of both Kingdoms He marryed with Anne Daughter

escape by flight resolved to encourage his small party to stand the encounter For that purpose he caused his Carabines to march up to the top of the Hill in sight of the Enemy and there to stand ready for a charge whilst he divided his Lances into three parts which he caused at a signal given to ride from three several places furiously towards the Enemy When they saw from divers places several Troops of Horse riding up to charge them and hearing the sound of the Trumpets which the Marquiss caused to be sounded in the Vallies as if there were a greater Body of Men coming up to charge them they all run away and gave an easie Victory to the Marquiss who in half an hours time killed a great many in the pursuit took three Colours two hundred Horses and and one hundred Prisoners Thus by the mistake and deceit of the eye-sight was this party routed and when fear causeth Men to fly away a small number is sufficient to continue the chase and hinder them from rallying CHAP. XLIV Of Henry de Lorain Duke of Guise and how he defeated the great Army of Germans in France THe Protestant Princes of Germany being sollicited by the King of Navar sent abouut five and twenty thousand men under the command of the Baron de Dona and the Duke of Boillion to his assistance The Duke of Guise with a flying Army of four or five thousand men waited upon them from the borders of Lorain to cut off Provisions and at all advantages to ruine and destroy them In their march towards the fruitful Country of Beauste the Germans came near Mountargis and the Baron with a strong party of Horse quartered at a small Town called Vimory The Duke having intelligence of the disposition of the Enemies Army marched out of Montargis by night with his small party through a long Plain and arrived at Vimory before day The Duke of Guise having divided his Infantry into three Battalions of about a thousand men apiece under the command of these Captains St. Paul Joannes Cheurers and Pontsenac and his Cavalry into four Squadrons led by the Dukes of Mayenne de Elbeut and Aumale The Duke of Guise led the fourth which consisted of 300 Horse When they were near to Vimory they sent four Horsemen to discover the entry in of the Village and found neither Scouts nor Guards nor Perdues nor any Baricado to hinder the Assault of an Enemy so secure these Germans lay Therefore the Duke of Guise entring the great Street of the Town which was full of Carts and Waggons belonging to the German Army soon overpowred those that first made resistance and then setting Fire to the Houses burnt and killed above a thousand Germans and took from them a great deal of Plunder with 1200 Horse But when the Baron de Dona had rallyed his Troops to make resistance the Duke of Guise fearing to be surrounded retreated back to Montagis with rich Spoils and much Honour This Loss though it was not great yet destroyed the whole German Army by breeding a discontent between Officers and Soldiers and causing them to distrust the capacity of their General who from Vimory led them into Beauste to the Town of Anneau where there was a Castle which a certain Captain had undertaken to defend against all the German Army The Duke of Guise with a very small party pursues them and resolves to beat up their Quarters once more And for that purpose having agreed with the Captain of the Castle to receive in by Night his Infantry he with all his Cavalry round about the Town stood ready to cut in pieces those that should offer to save themselves by Flight The Infantry at break of day sallying out of the Castle into the Town surprized the Germans unprovided kill'd about 3000 of them took five hundred Priseners with their Bag and Baggage and their Waggons and Plate The rest of the Army that quartered in the Neighbouring Villages were so discouraged that they sent to agree with King Henry the 3d. to suffer them to return home into their own Country So that of this great Army scarce 4000 were left alive for in their return they were destroyed by the Country People CHAP. XLV Of Gustavus Adolphus King of Swedeland and his brave Actions in Germany and Poland THis Prince has been successful in all his Wars first against the Muscovite and Polander for the King of Poland claimed the Crown of Swedes as his natural Inheritance The War continued very fierce many years but the Swedes for the most part had the Victory and took several Towns from the Poles Newburg and Straisburg were taken by a new Invention of a certain Ingineer named Elias Tripus who shewed the King how to shoot great Shot with Leathern Guns to batter the Enemies Walls During this War between the two Kinsmen the Kings of Sweden and Poland the Emperor of Germany gave Assistance to the Poles and made War against the Swedes from whom he took divers Towns Therefore as soon as the peace was concluded with the Polander the Swedish King proclaims a War by his Manifesto against Coesar who in Favour of the Roman Bishops had abridged the Protestant Liberties all over Germany taken from the Prince Palatine his ancient Inheritance plundred the Lutheran Cities invaded the Countries of Saxony and other reformed Territories and joining with the Spaniard resolved to promote and advance the Popish perswasion with Fire and Sword The King of Sweden a rigid Lutheran as he found himself engaged by many Obligations in this War against Germany he met with great Assistance and Encouragements from divers Princes and Cities who had been harassed and plundred upon the account of Religion In the year 1630. he entred the Isle of Rugia Stetin the chief City of Pomerania yielded to the Swedes so did the Castles of Wolgasten and Damgart and the Towns of Ribbenitza Winshem Colberg Griffenhage and all Pomerania Gustavus proceeded on in his Conquests and restored several exiled Princes to their Patrimonies in Saxony The Elector himself being grievously impoverished by the Imperial Army entreated Assistance from the King who at Lipsick joins with the Duke against Count Tilly. A furious Battel was here fought The King had the leading of the Right Wing the Duke of Saxony governed the Left At the first encounter the Imperialists had the Advantage of the Sun and Wind but the King of Sweden cunningly wheel'd about and got that benefit from them and to strengthen his Troops of Horse he caused some Ranks of Musketeers to be mingled amongst them which did notable service in that Station The new raised Forces of Saxony gave ground but they were soon relieved by General Horns Foot who were placed in Ambush in a little Wood. The Fight was obstinate and bloudy fifteen thousand lay dead upon the place but the Victory inclined to the Swedes and Saxons who the next day prepar'd again to Fight but when they understood that the Imperialists