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A02239	A generall historie of the Netherlands VVith the genealogie and memorable acts of the Earls of Holland, Zeeland, and west-Friseland, from Thierry of Aquitaine the first Earle, successiuely vnto Philip the third King of Spaine: continued vnto this present yeare of our Lord 1608, out of the best authors that haue written of that subiect: by Ed. Grimeston.; Grande chronique. English	Le Petit, Jean François, 1546-ca. 1615.; Grimeston, Edward.; Meteren, Emmanuel van, 1535-1612. Historia Belgica nostri potissimum temporis.; Sichem, Christoffel van, ca. 1546-1624, engraver.	1608 (1608)	STC 12374; ESTC S120800	2,253,462	1,456

which we haue renounced and doe renounce by these presents for our resolute and determinat will is that nothing whatsoeuer shall bee of any force and efficacie against this donation cession and transport which hath beene made of the said Netherlands in the maner and forme aboue mentioned Whereupon we haue giuen our faith and taken our othe vpon the holy Euangilists which we haue touched with our hand to hold maintaine obserue and keepe and cause to bee held maintained obserued and kept punctually all that hath beene said without any excuse or exception nor yet to suffer any other to vse any The which we do affirme and promise by the word of a prince and that we shal giue all aid assistance for the ful accomplishment thereof for that it is our sincere and resolute will In witnesse whereof we haue caused these our letters patents to be made the which we haue signed with our owne hand and caused to bee signed by the secretarie of estate for the king my lord father for the affaires of the Netherlands and Bourgoigne and to be sealed with the great seale of his Maiesties armes hanging thereunto in strings of gold To these were present as witnesses Dom Gomes d'Auila marquesse of Velada our gouernor and lord steward of our houshold Dom Christophel de Mora earle of Castel Roderigo great commaunder of the Alcantara a gentleman of his Maiesties chamber and butler for our person Dom Ioan d'Idiaques great commander of Leon all three of the counsel of state and Nicholas d'Amant knight also counsellor of state and keeper of his Maiesties seales for the affaires of the Netherlands and Bourgoigne chancelor of his duchie of Brabant Giuen in the citie of Madril in the realme of Castile the 6 of May in the yeare of grace 1598. Paraphed M. E. R. T. Signed Philip and vnderneath By the commandement of my lord the prince A. de la Loo These two patents of the kings resignation and of the princes agreation were both sealed with one seale in vermilian waxe with strings of gold These instruments being thus read past signed and sealed in autentike forme the prince of Spaine rising went and kist the king his fathers hands thanking him for the good affection he bare vnto his sister then going to his said sister he did congratulat with her for the good which she had receiued that day who rising in like maner went and kist the king her fathers hands and gaue thanks for his fauours and benefits as in like sort shee did thanke the prince her brother and so the assembly brake vp The rest of the day was spent in ioy and sport in the court yet more had beene continued if the kings indisposition had not beene who began now to grow verie weake Two daies after which was the eight of May the empresse sister to the king and mother to the archduke Albert came to court being accompanied by the embassador of the emperour her sonne the marquesse of Vellada Dom Christophel de Mora Dom Ioan Idiaques and others whereas the mariage spoken of was confirmed the Infanta binding her selfe by an othe in the hands of the empresse to marie the archduke Albert of Austria according to his Maiesties good pleasure Whereupon the said ladie empresse bound her selfe reciprocally that the said archduke her sonne should take her to wife by vertue of a speciall procuration which hee had sent Then the Infanta aduanced to kisse the hand of the empresse her aunt and future mother in law but she retired her hand and would not suffer it and for a greater shew of her loue imbraced her very fast In the end after many kind speeches and mutual curtesies as the empresse retired the Infanta bending downe vpon her knee would againe haue kissed her hand which she pulled backe and making her to rise the empresse kist her cheeke and so they parted All this being thus performed the Infanta sent a procuration in qualitie of princesse of the Netherlands to the archduke her lord by mariage and future spouse as followeth Isabella Clara Eugenia by the grace of God Infanta of all the realmes of Spaine Duchesse of Bourgoigne of Lothier of Brabant Lembourg and Luxembourg Countesse of Flanders Arthois Bourgoigne Palatine of Henault of Holland Zeeland Namur and Zutphen Marquesse of the holy Empire Ladie of Friseland Salines and Macklin of the countrie and citie of Vtrecht of Ouerissel and of Groning To all present to come that shal see these present letters greeting Wheras as wel for the good of all Christendome in general as for the Netherlands in particular and for other good considerations it hath pleased the king my lord and father for the aduancement of my future mariage by the dispensation of our holy father the pope with our most deere and well beloued cosin the archduke Albert with the good liking allowance consent and assistance of the high and mightie prince our most deere and wel beloued good brother to make a gift cession and transport vnto vs of all the Netherlands and of Bourgoigne according to the letters patents which haue beene made and signed respectiuely with their owne hands the sixt of this present moneth of May with other our letters patents touching the acceptation of the said donation and transport To the end that the said Netherlands and Bourgoigne might bee by vs our heires and successors held and enioyed in manner and forme and according to the conditions particularly comprehended and exprest in the said letters patents by the which his sayd Maiestie hath granted vnto vs with absolute power and irreuocable of our owne priuat authoritie not beeing bound to require any other consent or agreation to take and receiue by vs or by procuration to our future spouse the archduke Albert the full and entire possession of all the Netherlands and countie of Bourgoigne and Charolois and to that effect to do in particular according to the said letters patents Wee therefore make it knowne for the reasons aboue mentioned and to follow in euerie poynt the will and pleasure of his Maiestie yea to aduance all that in that regard may be necessarie before our departure towards the said countries wee haue of our certaine knowledge and absolute power authorised and giuen full power and commission irreuocable as well generall as speciall to our future spouse the archduke Albert in our name and on our behalfe by himselfe or other his substitutes as hee shall thinke fit by vertue hereof at once or at diuers seuerall times to doe all things as well in our name and in our behalfe as in the behalfe of the Netherlands and the countie of Bourgoigne and Charolois in generall or by the Estates of euerie prouince in particular that shal be requisit and necessarie to be done and past respectiuely to take accept or retaine in our name the full reall and entire possession of all the sayd countries and of euerie prouince thereof and of

them of Vtrecht to his seruice they should bee bound to send him fiue hundred souldiers at their owne charge That there should bee a breach made in the wall of twentie foot by the which he should enter into the towne as a Conquerour and that he should haue one street in the said towne at his commaundement the which is at this day called the Hollanders street first a truce was concluded vntill Saint Martins during which time the aboue recited conditions of peace were set downe but they were not effected for that Cont William during the said truce went to make warre in East-Friseland where being entred without order and not knowing the passages of the countrey Iohn of Henault sonne to the Earle of Blois came to the Cloyster of Saint Odolphe where hee planted his campe in a faire plaine called Zuytbeuer on the sea side a part of his Hollanders not staying vntill the rest of the armie were landed went to skirmish with the Frisons chasing part of them into Staueren and the rest into Saint Odolphes where going to set vpon them in their trenches the Frisons defended themselues so couragiously that many of the Hollanders lost their liues there Cont William knowing nothing of this skirmish landed on the North side of the Cloyster and aduauncing with fiue hundred men burnt the first village he found and at the first charge he gaue against the Frisons with his owne hand hee slew a gentleman that was a captaine who had valiantly defended himselfe vnto the death and would neuer yeeld to bee a prisoner The other bands of Frisons seeing this captaine dead and the villages burne fell like mad men with great furie vpon this small troupe of Hollanders whom they defeated and there Cont VVilliam was slame vnknowne before the rest of the armie could aduaunce who marching in disorder were likewise charged The Frisons encouraged the more by the defeat of the first fiue hundred Hollanders and of the Earle their Generall did fight with such great furie and courage as they did put the Armie to rout with such confusion that many were slaine before they could recouer their shippes and there were as many drowned through hast as that saued themselues This vnfortunate encounter happened in the yeare 1346 vpon the foure and twentieth of September in the same place whereas the Earles of Holland were vsually accustomed to hold their seat of Iustice when they came into East-Friseland It was the eight yeare of the raigne of the said Earle Renauld the blacke earle of Gueldres had foretold his death as hee held him at the Font to bee christened by vttering these words This child shall bee one day slaine by the Frisons There were slaine in this defeat of the Hollanders about eighteene thousand men and almost as many drowned with some fiue hundred knights the most apparent whereof were these The Lords of Horne Lygny Walcourt Manin Antoin the Seignior of la Vere Floris of Borssele the Seigniors of Cruningen Romerswael Hamstede Merwede all Barons Gerard with the great beard VVilliam of Naeldwyck Symon and Didier of Meylingen Guido of Aspren Iohn Regnier William of Montfort Didier of Sandtfort Herman of Zwieten Floris of Merwe Oger of Spangen Gerard Euer Alfert of Bergerhorst Nicholas Oom William of Drongen Didier of Valewort and Gerard Florinuille all choice knights with a great number of other Nobles Knights and Gentlemen Tenne daies after this defeat Martin Commaunder of the knights of Saint Iohn in Harlem went into Friseland and sought for the Earles bodie the which beeing knowne by some markes hee caused it with eight other dead bodies of Noblemen to be brought to the cloyster of Fleurchamp neere vnto Boswaert The Contesse Ioan of Brabant his widow went to her father and was maried to Wenselin duke of Luxembourg second sonne to Iohn king of Bohemia of whom we haue formerly spoken Cont William the fourth left one bastard called Daniel vanden Poel the which hee had of a Gentlewoman called Alix vander Merwe of Ghertruydenbergh leauing no other lawfull child that might succeed him the Empresse his sister remaining his sole heire MARGVERITE EMPRESSE THE 24. commaunding in Holland Zeeland and Friseland Contesse of Henault 24 Margarita Imperatrix Earle WILLIAMS sister MARGVERIT●… the Emperors wife In Holland caus'd contencion and much debate and strife For though vnto her sonne her right she had assign'd With him she still contended for 't nothing could please her mind Her state was great her honour much n●… need her draue With him in Holland such continuall strife to haue Which in fiue yeares she was constrained for to leaue To him for that death end of all did her of life bereaue MARGVERITE EMPRESSE THE 24. commanding in Holland Zeeland and Friseland Countesse of Henault LEVVIS of Bauaria Emperor of Romains hearing of the death of Cont William of Holland slaine in warre by the Frisons whose eldest sister he had marryed and had left no children caused the Princes of the Empire to assemble to whom he declared that the Earledomes of Holland and Zeeland and the siegneorie of Friseland for want of heires lawfully begotten of the said William were falne vnto the Empire Wherevpon the Emperor interposing his authoritie for that the Empresse his wife pretended an interest as sole heire to her Brother saying that those fees were as well Feminine as Masculine as it did appeare by the succession which Iohn Earle of Henault had after the death 〈◊〉 Iohn Earle of Holland sonne to Cont Floris the 5. adiudged the said Earledomes an●… siegneories to the Lady Marguerite his wife This being done the same yeare 1346. the said Empresse being well accompanied with Princes Earles Barons Knights Ladies and Gentlewomen went downe by the Rhine into Holland where she was honourably receiued in all places with great pompe and acknowledged Lady and Princesse of the said Countries of Holland Zeeland and Friseland Hauing receiued their homages and fealties she did greatlie increase their liberties and freedomes and made a truce for two yeares with the Bishop of Vtrecht She did make forfeit all the goods which the Frisons might haue in her Countries of Holland Zeeland and West-Friseland whereof the Earles had beene long in quiet possession aswell Ecclesiasticall as Temporall the which she sould to diuers persons without any future hope of recouerie or restitution by reason of the death of Cont William her Brother Among other Cleargie goods there was solde the Village and siegneorie of Marcke belonging to the Abbay of Marien-garde of the order of Premonstrez scituated in Friseland which the Abbot and Couent had bought of Nicholas of Pers●… Lord of Waterlandt This Empresse Marguerite had by the Emperor Lewis of Bauraia her husband one sonne called William which was the eldest Albert the second and Lewis the yongest called the Romaine for that he was borne at Rome during the time of her husbands coronation which three sonnes were all intituled Dukes of Bauaria not that

heart of her owne kingdome As touching the loosing of friends the cause would bee so honourable and so good as shee should haue the kings of France Nauarre Portugal Denmarke Scotland other potentates her welwillers These reasons and allegations thus propounded and answered were communicated with the aforesaid deputies for the Estates who at that time made knowne vnto her Maiestie the estate and power of the Netherlands and what contributions the same were able to raise as also what the charges of an offensiue warre would be and what by loue and good gouernment might bee hoped for and gotten from such as were willing thereunto so as they might be maintained and kept in their freedomes lawes and auncient priuiledges for that it was well knowne and found to bee true that Holland alone since the pacification of Gant in 9 yeres besides their owne charges within the said prouince had contributed to the warres in the Netherlands in generall aboue 3500000 gulderns It was further declared how much it concerned the kingdome of England hauing beene long vnited to the Netherlands by many auncient contracts and bound to hold and maintaine the same in respect of the situations of both those countries for that the Netherlands had many great riuers and England an island lying right ouer against it who being enemies might doe great hurt one to the other and being vnited together might rule and haue the soueraigntie of the great ocean sea whereby they both get their liuings and without it could not maintaine themselues England hauing no strong forts but the high and steepe cliffes vpon the sea side the Netherlands many strong townes which liue most by their traffique by sea therfore are ful of ships sea-faring men whereby Englands steep banks might in time be made vnprofitable so easily assailed England also with the great store of good harbours hauens that are in it might greatly impeach and hinder the traffique of the Netherlands and therefore in times past these causes especially mooued them to make so many reciprocall contracts and alliances one with the other and not to suffer them to be inuaded or gouerned by strangers and that not onely betweene the princes of the said c●…ntries but also with the Estates of the same as perpetuall friends and welwillers These things on both sides well weighed debated and considered had mooued the Netherlands once againe to make a motion vnto England and likewise had stirred England to heatken vnto their request and the rather for that now by meanes of the vntimely death of their prudent protector the prince of Orange the losse of many townes and castles and the refusall of aide to them made by the king of France by the procurement and secret practises of their enemies they were brought into a miserable and desperate estate and therefore it was now much to be feared that by their mistrust and diffidence the rather because they had many weake members amongst them which were continually suborned and solicited by the subtilties of their enemies they might fall into some treatie of reconciliation and peace or agreement with their enemies and afterwards inuade England with their helpe and meanes to the which they bare no lesse enuie and hatred in their hearts than vnto the Netherlands as it not long since plainely appeared by the arresting of diuers English shippes in the hauens of Spaine without any speech or cause of breach of peace cruelly handling and hostilly tormenting the marchants and sailers of the same The Queene of England was herewith not a little in minde perplexed and troubled being a matter that much concerned both her owne person and her kingdomes and dominions and therefore could hardly be resolued therein The reasons why the Queene tooke not vpon her the soueraigntie and chiefe command ouer the prouinces of the Netherlands for an inheritance to her her heires and successors all wise men persuaded themselues to be these first that shee was a princesse in yeares past hope of hauing any children and that shee had not any man within her kingdomes fit in all respects to take vpon him the command and authoritie of so absolute a gouernment and to execute the same as it ought to be done that shee was not mightie enough to rule ouer both places because shee did not beleeue nor could be persuaded that the power and contribution of the Netherlands was so great and so much as it was affirmed to be wheras for good considerations they made it not knowne to bee so much as it was but to the contrarie shee thought the Netherlands beeing compelled by extremitie had made it much more than it was and that her counsell had not taken sufficient information of the estate thereof that shee would not put her selfe wholly to the hazard and aduenture not onely fearing the great pride of the king of Spaine but the inconstancie of France knowing her owne might and that her subiects were not accustomed to the warres and vnwilling to contribute any great summes of money for the same especially to aide and assist a forraine nation Thus did this wise and prouident Queene aduisedly measure and weigh her owne meanes and affections and yet shewed her care and commiseration shee had of the Netherlands in their miseries with the assurance of her owne estate first and chiefly to be respected and after that to aide and assist the Netherlands as time and occasion should offer opportunitie These and many other like reasons mooued both parties to the conclusion of a prouisionall succour for the releeuing of Antuerpe which at that time was besieged and much distressed and thereupon it was contracted concluded and agreed between the Queene of England and the deputies of the Netherlands by a contract made the second day of August that the Queene should send foure thousand men to releeue the towne of Antuerpe and disburse all such summes of money as should be paid for the presting and imbarking of these troops and to be paied them monthly for three moneths together from the day of their mustering which together with the transportation and other things necessarie was accounted to amount to the summe of fortie thousand gulderns and the three moneths paie to be 184600 gulderns which summe should be repaid againe within sixe moneths after the raising of the siege from before Antuerpe and if it were not done then to be paid within twelue moneths after the first daie of their muster for assurance whereof it was agreed by the deputies that the towne of Oostend or Scluse should within one moneth after bee deliuered ouer to the Queene with all the prouision of munition ordnance and other marshall furniture therein and that shee should take seauen hundred of the said foure thousand men and place them in garrison in the said towne alwaies reserued that the said town should continue concerning the ciuile gouernment vnder the iurisdiction of the Estates of the said prouinces and not bee burthened

violence by murthering spoyling burning and other execrable actions against the territories and subiects of the empire as also in changing and altering of lawes policies and religion which proceedings should be displeasing vnto the archduke yet they keepe still the townes of the empire in their possession and bragge that they haue gotten a great victorie against the forces of the empire as it may be sufficiently prooued hauing no intent to yeeld vp the said townes so vsurped but to hold them for their owne vse and commoditie Moreouer it was neuer more apparant than at this present that the Spaniards and their adherents designe is perpetually to disturbe and subuert the Estates rights and priuiledges of the Netherlands and vtterly to ruine them to the vnspeakable preiudice of all neighbour kings princes and common weals but especially of the Estates of the empire whom they seeke to ouerrule to keep the archduke with the Infanta their heires in perpetuall subiection not allowing them authoritie to yeeld any thing vnto the petitions of the Netherlands and the inhabitants thereof concerning the Catholike religion and other principall points belonging to the wel fare of the same We shal not need to speake of the letters by the which it is agreed that alwaies foure or more of the chiefe townes or forts in the Netherlands shall haue Spanish garrisons in them nor yet of the secret aduice giuen by the late deceased king of Spaine vnto the king that now is shewing by what meanes hee may alwaies take occasion to regaine the Netherlands but it shall suffice to produce the said pretended donation whereby the archduke the Infanta and their successors haue for euer promised and bound themselues by oath to follow the wills and appetites of the Spaniards not onely in regard of the freedomes rights and priuiledges of these countries but also for the disposition of the succession of the Netherlands the protection and bringing vp of their heires by the Spaniards and the power and prerogatiue which the kings of Spaine will haue to dispose of them and their childrens mariages or to giue in mariage to whom they please to hold the Netherlands of them in chiefe and to restraine them from their free nauigation and trading by sea and all and euery of these points vpon forfeiture of the same adding hereunto that they and their heires shall be bound to hold and maintaine the catholike Romish religion vpon the like penaltie as doth plainely appeare by the articles of the said donation hereunto annexed so as there is small reason for the emperours Maiestie the empire or these prouinces if they will maintaine their respectiue freedomes priuiledges and religion to enter into any treatie of peace with the archduke considering the late rigorous proceedings both in the Netherlands and vpon the frontiers of the empire And it is manifest that the treatie not long since made betweene the Queene of England the Spaniards and the archduke was according to their old manner vnder colour of a treatie to effect some further designe as the armie sent of late yeares out of Spaine to inuade England doth sufficiently witnesse as also in August last the like should haue beene done if almightie God by his grace had not diuerted that pretence forcing them to employ that fleet to follow our ships of warre which were then sent out vpon the coast of Spaine Besides the archduke and the Infanta haue such great spirits as notwithstanding they cannot pretend any right to the vnited prouinces by the said gift or by any other title yet by their proclamations they publish hold them for rebels actions vnworthie of so great princes the which can neuer bee forgotten Touching the second point wee hope not onely by presentation but actually to haue made manifest our iust and true intents vnto the emperours maiestie the princes electors and the Estates of the empire so as it seemeth strange to vs wee should be further molested and troubled for that wee seeke to bring our common enemie to reason and to abate his pride By these and many other reasons it may be thought vnnecessarie that for the preseruation of the honor of the emperors maiestie and of the whole empire your lordships should come hither to treat of the said points which wee also thinke not fit wherefore wee haue not sent you any pasport to that end hoping that the emperour and the Estates of the empire hauing seene these our letters will conceiue our meanings herein which is that wee hereby desire to ease your lordships of the paines and trouble which you may indure in this iourney humbly beseeching the emperours maiestie and your honours to haue a good conceit of vs and to aduance the cause of the Netherlands wherein the welfare of the emperour the seruice of the empire and our good consisteth and we will not faile alwaies to acknowledge and requite the same vnto the honours c. Dated in the Hage the seauenth of December 1599. This letter beeing deliuered to the emperours embassadours they returned an answer on the 8 of December as followeth Right honourable wee haue receiued your letters and vnderstand by the contents therof that you are informed ex relatione aliorum of our comming and of the effect of our embassage wee must confesse that touching the restitution of places belonging vnto the holy empire and the dammages receiued thereby we haue especiall charge to sollicite both parties in all friendly manner but concerning the other point it is not intended that we by the emperours commandement should enter into any new treaty of peace with you but onely for the furtherance of a treatie which was begun at Regsensborgh in the yeare 1594 the which the princes electors and the electors of the Estates of the empire referred to some other conuenient time And concerning the other points contained in your letters and copies touching the doubts risen betweene the kings Maiestie of Spaine and the Netherlands to the great dishonour and preiudice of all Christendome experience hath taught vs to iudge thereof as time and occasion shall serue And although wee haue commission from the emperours maiestie our gratious lord and soueraigne prince to treat with either partie yet you may assure your selues the emperours maiestie the princes electors and other Estates of the empire know how to remedie the wrongs done both by the Spaniards for their parts and by you of the vnited prouinces not to free the empire but also the oppressed members thereof from all vnneighbourly force and inuasion yet his Maiestie at the earnest request of the princes electors and Estates of the empire hath thought good to impose this commission vpon vs as your honours at our comming shall vnderstand more at large And although according to these our instructions gratiously giuen vs by the emperour we may not as it seemes by your letters be heard at this time nor allowed to shew thē vnto the general Estates yet we