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A14604	The appollogie of the illustrious Prince Ernestus, Earle of Mansfield, &c. Wherein from his first entertainment, are layd open the occasions of his warres in Bohemia, Austria, and the Palatinate, with his faithfull seruice to the King of Bohemia. Translated out of the originall French coppie.; Apologie pour le tres-illustre seigneur, Ernéste conte de Mansfeld. English	S. W., fl. 1622.	1622 (1622)	STC 24915; ESTC S119323	47,601	78

of the yeare is now contrary as also that the proportion of the assaylers to the assayled and the mutenies and Discords whereon you ground are vncertaine as likewise that the Enemies in this season making you beleeue their weakenes will haue aduantage against you But bee it as it will if you obtaine the Victory you shall deserue to be Crowned with commendations I pray you let me bee informed of your proceedings at Nurembergh If there be any man in the world who with all that hee hath to the vttermost of his power will doe you good it is hee that is and will be my Lord. Your most affectionated Friend to doe you what seruice he can CHRISTIAN Prince of Anholt A great courage accompanied with a good Iudgement effecteth strange thinges if there were difficulties the Lord Generall of the Artillery assured himselfe to finde the meanes to surmount and ouercome them all and vpon that assurance he went to besiege Pisacke But because he had not sufficient Cannot shot he sent for some to Prague And in the meane time while he stayed for them tenne or twelue dayes past ouer When they were come the Lord General set them so well on worke that within few dayes after that is vpon the sixth day of December he wanne the Towne I will not take on me to set downe or declare the great importance of that enterprise I am content to let the Reader know it by the Coppy of certaine Letters that were written to the Lord Generall touching that Subiect by the Prince of Anholt from Ambergh the 29. of Nouember St. V. in manner as followeth MY Lord I am aboundantly wel satisfied with the good newes which you haue imparted vnto mee by my Poast touching the taking of Pisacke which I esteemed to bee very difficult in so hard a time and specially in respect of the small prouision that might be sent vnto you wherein you haue once againe yeelded a proofe of your valour and vertue which I haue presently made knowne vnto his Maiesty who therewith will bee exceedingly well pleased and haue the greater opinion of your Valour And therefore as well in his Maiesties name as for my selfe I giue you most hearty thankes as also vnto all your Lieutenants Colonels Captaines and all your Souldiers for the paines trauailes and other endeauours by them taken and vsed in the taking of the Towne desiring no other but condignly to requite them all and euery one in particular for the same And therefore I thought it good to dispatch this present Bearer to assure you of the great accompt that I make of the taking of the said Towne My opinion at this present is that you must not refraine to assault the Castle of Straconits hauing the commodity of the Cannon so neare and that there is no appearance that the Captaine therein will long withstand you whome you must not pardon as you did at Winterbergh That done you must looke to your Cannon and if the wayes be too bad you may leaue them for a while at Pisacke But if it may bee done I had rather they should be left at Pilsen and that they should bee kept there till I giue you further order concerning the same In the meane time if you can affect any thing against the Fortes of Guldenstein as I haue heretofore written to the Lieutenant Colonell Poblis I assure you you shall much please his Maiesty And in effect it will be no small matter if you can take order there for Victuals and Munition and that you can spoyle the wayes toward Passaw which will put our Enemies on that side in dispaire And therewith I am of opinion that wee must content our selues for this Winter time vnlesse some good supprise happen by the way which for my part I will not let slip c. With another as followeth MY Lord it is his Maiesty that hath written this Letter hereunto annexed vnto you vpon the great contentment that he hath for the taking of Pisacke It is said in Nurembergh that you are able to enforce Nature I send you aduise c. I am my Lord Your most affectioned Friend to doe you any good I can CHRISTIAN Prince of Anholt His Maiesty the King of Bohemia wrote vnto him in manner as folloeth VVEE yeeld thankes vnto God for your happy successe and assure our selues that of his great benignity he will further shew vs much more fauour that by your Valour great Zeale and Wisedome In the end wee shall see all this Realme and Countrey deliuered out of the handes of our Enemies And as wee doe in no manner doubt but that in all occasions in time to come you will make knowne the great care and vigilancy which you haue hitherto shewen for the aduancement of our Seruice So wee promise to acknowledge your good endeauour by all the Fauours that wee can afford Nuremberg the last of Nouember St. V. FREDIRICK AFter all these exploites the Lord Generall retired his forces into the Garisons the season of the yeare in all places lesning the fury of Armes but not the fire of iealousie which the sound of his happy successe had caused to rise vp in certaine malicious Spirits A fire which in time to come will consume many good Designes in the first beginning of their birth to the great preiudice of the Crowne of Bohemia Plinie writeth of a small fish called Remora and saith that it is of such a quality that cleauing fast to a Ship though it be exceeding great it stayeth the course thereof in the maine Seas small matters preuent great enterprises Our Ship will set sayle but the stinking waters of euill will will produce so many Remores that on what side so euer it sayleth it will hardly arriue at any good Hauen The Reader shall see how it will fall out by the issue of this discourse then let vs proceede If it be greeuous to a particular man to lose that small substance that he hath It may easily be iudged how much it displeaseth great personages to lose Crownes and whole Kingdomes It was easily to be seene and perceiued that Crumaw and Budweis being lost Bohemia would be cleane quit out of the hands of the house of Austria And that how much the more those places were of great importance for the conseruation of that Kingdome so much the more the Emperour and all the Princes of that house would enforce and strengthen themselues for the maintainance of them The Lord Generall of the Artillery foresaw this and that to pull those two Townes out of their hands they must not goe empty handed thereunto Now for that the great Armie of Bohemia was in Austria and he in Bohemia with the rest of the Troupes he esteemed that the conquest of those two Townes was reserued for him as the rest of his taske In the Winter time he began to dispose of his affaires thereafter framed intelligences and lent his Spirit to looke after that which in any wise might