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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08576	Further newes from Ostend Wherein is declared such accidnets as haue happened since the former edition, dilligently collected out of sundry letters and aduertisments, as haue beene from Zeland, Callice, and other places latley receiued. 1601.		1601 (1601)	STC 18894; ESTC S121010	9,370	17

Further Newes of Ostend Wherein is declared such accidents as haue happened since the former Edition dilligently Collected out of sundry Letters and aduertisments as haue beene from Zeland Callice and other places lately receiued 1601. LONDON Printed by V.S. for Thomas Pauier and are to be sold at his shop in Cornehill at the signe of the Catte and two Parrots 1601. Further Newes of Ostend Wherein is declared such accidents as haue happened since the former Edition dilligently Collected out of sundry Letters and aduertisments as haue beene from Zeland Callice and other places lately receiued IT hath béene declared in the former Booke Intituled The Oppugnation of Ostend that this Towne hath heretofore diuers times been attempted and beseeged by the common enemie but Gods name be praised therfore all was in vaine first it was besieged by the Prince of Parma in the yeere of our Lord God 1583. then by Monsieur la Motte Gouernor of Graueling in the yéere of our Lord God 1585 who were long before sollicited and importunated therevnto by the continuall sute and exclamations of the Flemings who forgot not to labor and instigate the Duke of Burgundi also euer since his comming into the lowe Countries to this péece of worke specially in the yéere 1596. after he had taken the strong Towne of Callice promising great summes of money towardes the same charge and paying some parte thereof into the Dukes treasury before hand But the duke knowing that others had attempted the same before him with ill successe doubted the like might happen to himselfe whereby the glorie of his former victories might be darkened and therefore suffered the matter at that time to sléepe Wherefore they of Flaunders to auoyde the incursions of the souldiers of Ostend and payment of contribution tooke apportunitie of the present time whilest the States forces were imployed at Bommel in the yeere of our Lord 1599 and made round about the Towne sundry fortes and trenches for the better assuraunce of the passages Yet finding since the making of them that the charges of those garrisons and spoyle made in all places of Flaunders by their owne souldiers did farre exceede their former losses sustained by their ennemies haue with much more importunacie than at any time before sollicited their Duke to entertaine this their honorable sute promising besides manie other necessarie seruices during the time of the siege to pay him thirty thousand pounds starling monthly towardes his charges and afterwardes if hee tooke the Towne nine thousand poundes starling euery month for the space of twoo yeeres next following And while they made all these gay and liberall promises they forgate not to alleadge vnto the Duke also that nowe euen at this present was the fittest time to take in hand this most glorious enterprise that had béene offered these many yéeres and might be accomplished by his Highnesse with much lesse difficulty than by any other Gouernour before him and that therefore hée ought in no wise to let slippe so fitte opportunitie the like whereof without all doubt was not to be hoped for in many yéeres to come and perhappes not so long as hee liued for they had certayne intelligence that the Towne was slenderly furnished with souldiers and much woorse with powder shotte and ordonance and no victualles in the Towne to serue those few souldiers eight dayes and further which was the chéesest matter and of greatest consequence among all other Graue Maurice with all the States forces was nowe before the Towne of Bercke in Dutchland which his Highnesse hadde with great foresight sufficiently prouided for with more than a competent garrison and al other necessaries fitte for the defence thereof from whence the States forces nor any parte thereof coulde be brought in so short a time but that by a sodayne attempt against Ostend he might not onely breake and make frustrate the designes of the ennemy before Bercke who without all question woulde in all haste raise his siege there with imagination to speede himselfe towardes Flaunders and yet loose Ostend before hee shoulde be able to come so farre with his forces in any due time to succour the same And further added heere unto that he was sure of one aduantage in this siege for that they of Ostend neyther had nor could haue any horse to incounter with his forces and therefore his horsemen would so bridle the towne that they shoulde not once dare to issue out of the Gates nor to offer skirmish or if they did his horsemen would easily ouerrunne them and cause them to retire The Duke not ignorant how commodious and honorable the taking of this Towne would be vnto him mooued partely by these reasons but especially by the want of mony to pacifie the mutined souldiers of diuers places and fearing the greater likelihood of greater discontentment to happen among his other souldiers and garrisons with whom he was behinde hand for aboue thirtie months pay thought it sittest for the present time and most acceptable to his subiects generally to imploy his souldiers in this halfe hopelesse attempt where hée might not with money but with his ennemies sword pay a great many of these mutinous companions their wages and preserue the rest from the like danger And because such manner of payment may be the better vnderstoode it shall not be impertinent to shew briestly the manner thereof vsed by the Priests Friars and race of the most cursed and diabolicall order of Iesuites who for the maintenance of their Romish Church perswade the common souldiers as they doe all others in their shriftes and when they lie on their death-beds to giue liberally to the Church to the end that Praters and Dirges may be made and sung for their soules such souldiers therefore as die or are slayne before they goe to any seruice bequeathe their pay to one monastērie church or other chappell all which the Cleargy giueth to the King or to their Duke for the maintenance of the warres and if any souldiers bequeathe their pay to their wiues and children or other friendes the same is neuer or but very seldome payde The Duke of Ossuna beeing Gennerall of the Dukes army was presently sent towardes Ostend and comming before it the fift day of Iuly stilo nouo or rather the fiue and twenty day of Iune as wee write héere in England planted his ordonance against the east end of the Towne and the next day beganne to shoote and batter downe the houses wherevpon Monsieur Vander Noote Gouernor of Ostend gaue present order that many of the houses and buildings should be taken downe and defaced and the stréetes vnpaued to the end that the enemies shot might the lesse offend the people and souldiers within the walls and commaunded also that al the women and children should be sent out of the towne into Zeland The nine and twenty day were 28. companies of souldiers sent into the towne from Zeland with great plenty of victualles and all other munition fitte