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A10589	A relation of all matters passed especially in France and the Low-Countries, touching the causes of the warre now in Cleueland. Together with such occurrences of note as have happened in Spaine, Italie, England, Germany, Hungarie and Transyluania, since March last to this present, 1614. Translated according to the originall of Mercurius Gallo-Belgicus.	Isselt, Michael von, d. 1597.; Booth, Robert, d. 1657.	1614 (1614)	STC 20862; ESTC S104590	34,365	50

mention made in our former bookes of the affaires of Aken and for them wee are now come to the Commination of the proscription Therefore the Elector of Heidelberge writing his letters to the King of France desired him that he would in time interpose his authoritie who without delay dispatched his letters to the Elector of Collen to dehort him from the execution of the sentence that the decree of the Emperor against the city of Aken to strike it with the thunderbolt of Proscription for those things which there fell out in the time of the vacancy in the name of his kinsman the Palatine Administrator and vnder the title of his Vicariat in the Empire was very displeasing to him therefore waighing the danger which by the execution of this sentence seemeth to threaten the Peace of Germany which it concerneth neerely that this citie should be preserued that hee as a Christian Prince whose part it is by all meanes to maintaine the publike Peace among the Confederate Princes of the kingdome that hee could not forbeare to put him in mind of the mischieuous and dangerous issue which peraduenture this execution may haue therefore that he desires that he would please to take notice from Praeaustie his Embassadour residing in Flanders of those things which he hath giuen him in charge especially on the behalfe of his kinsman the Palatine Elector These letters were sent to the Kings Embassadour Mounsier de Preux with other letters besides to him to this purpose That he hath sent to him the copies of those letters which he had receiued from the Elector Palatine in the matter of the Aken-busines which passed during the vacancie and when the Vicariate of the Empire fell to him that by them vnderstanding what he challengeth to belong to him touching the execution of the Proscription decreed against this citie and committed to the Archduke Albert and Elector of Collen and of the right which the Palatine Elector in this cause pretends to belong to him hee may obserue and discerne how much the Palatine doth promise to himselfe for the conseruation of the peace in Germany by the interseding of his authoritie with these Commissioners Seeing therefore there hangeth no small danger ouer whole Germany by this execution especially if the Princes ioyning together shall earnestly oppose themselues against it that he hath sent him letters written to the Elector of Collen chargeth him to deliuer them to him and that he would propound to his consideration the waight of the whole businesse as also the declaration of the right which he hath in hindring this endeuour of his against the Palatine Elector and the dangerous accidents tending to the mischiefe not onely of the citie of Aken but also of the whole Empire together with the demimution of the authoritie and honour of the Emperour and that hee write backe withall speed to aduertise him how farre hee hath preuailed with him In the former bookes we spake of the broiles which were raised in France with a commemoration of the grieuances exhibited to the Queene by certaine principall personages and the answere to the same And seeing it concerned the Common-wealth very much that the seedes of troubles should bee choaked in the very bud and the sparkles of fire quenched in the very kindling before they bee able to take flame Lewes the most Christian King when he vnderstood that a meeting was appointed by the Princes at Soissons the 7. of April incontinently sent certaine of his Councellors thither who should giue remedy to their grieuances and friendly compose all differences furnished with letters of credence to this effect that as before he had sent them to Soisson that they might treat with the Prince of Condie and others there assembled so at this time especially He the Queene Mother and the rest of the Counsellors and Princes consenting doth will and giue them full power that looke what conditions they shall thinke honest and indifferent for the mature composing of their troubles they should accept and assure in his name that they shall be faithfully obserued in Court and that they do all things which hee himselfe would doe if hee were there present And if so be that this Treatie shall require any more speciall commission that hee doth promise in the faith and word of a King that whatsoeuer shall in this businesse be done transacted concluded decreed and promised that hee will hold it ratum gratum that is it should bee as strong and as well pleasing to him as if he had done it himselfe and that he will by speciall edicts giue commandement that it be executed and this power shall euery one haue although they shall be hindred either through sicknesse or any busines that they could not bee there This Treatie failed not of his wished profit for they agreed vpon certaine articles of Peace which were afterward ratified at San-Manehold to wit that vpon the summons of a generall Parliament all the States of the kingdome should assemble at Sene the 25. of August and there it should bee lawfull for the deputies of the three Orders to propound those things which in their conscience they shall find to be profitable for the good of the Common-weale and ease of the subiects that so the King vpon aduice with his kinsfolke and other Princes may in conuenient maner publish wholsome constitutions renue ancient decrees and annull and abrogate Orders made to the destruction of the subiect That the marriages vndertaken with the Spaniard should remaine in their full force seeing the Queene Mother hath by her letters giuen sufficient reason for them to the Prince of Condie that the bulwarkes of the Castle of Messeron should be throwne downe and that the request of the Duke of Niuerne should bee satisfied touching a certaine summe of money which hee demands of the King for building of a house in liew of that which he had at Massera which was throwne downe when the castle was builded That the Castle of Blauet which in the time of these troubles was seased and began to bee fortified should bee razed to the ground and the place to be left in the same state as it was before the troubles the Captaine and guard remoued out of it which Order must be conceiued generally to extend to the rest of the castles and forts which were euery where raised in the Prouince during the troubles That for auoyding and discharging the charges and inconueniences which the subiects endured by the souldiers as well French as strangers which were hitherto leuied diuerfly scattered in the kingdome in the name of the King and Prince of Condie from the Kalends of Ianuary al souldiers on both sides should be dismissed and the strangers should within twelue dayes from the ratification of these Articles bee conueyed out of the kingdome by Commissioners deputed by the King and Prince and the French souldiers should within the said time withdraw themselues to their owne houses vnder

Franciscus Suares of Granada of the society of Iesu Doctor of Diuinity his defence of the Catholike and Apostolike faith against the errours of the English sect This booke being examined in the Parliament of Paris and found to containe in many places diuers propositions and doctrines contrary to lawfull Kings appointed by God and to their regall power and authority and against the peace and tranquillity of their kingdomes it was vpon mature deliberation decreed and sentenced that those doctrines and positions so scandalous seditious and inuented and published to the subuersion of kingdomes and countries and to arme their subiects against their Soueraigne Kings and Princes yea and also detected to be manifestly ful of lies and blasphemies euen in those places where the examples of Clodo●eus and Philip Pulcher are alleaged are therefore worthie to be burnt by the common hangman in the outward Court of the Castle This done it was by proclamation forbidden that no Printer should print that Booke or being printed should bring it into the kingdom reade it write out or keep it much lesse that any should reade it in schooles or giue vp the propositions contained in it to be disputed And a Decree further was made that the Decree of Theologicall faculty made by vertue of a Parliament order published in the yeere 1610. of renuing the censure of doctrines made anno 1408. in the Councell of Constance and also in the yeers 1578. and 1595. together with this late decree of Parliament should publikely reade euery yeere the fourth of Iune in the Colledges of the Theologicall faculty and also of the Priests and students of Claremount Colledge and of the begging Orders and that at the sute of the Kings Atturney General a diligent processe should be made against thē who had written any thing against this Prohibition Furthermore it was decreed that the Fathers of the society of Iesus Ignatius Armundus Rector of Paris Cotton Frontone and Sirmund should forthwith appeare in Parliament and there that they should receiue rebuke and taxation in that against their owne promise and decree made by their Generall anno 1610. the foresaid booke was printed and was brought into the City of Paris to annihilate the authority of the King to the dishonouring of his person and to the disturbance of the peace of the whole kingdome adding this charge to them besides that they should conferre with their Generall about the renuing of this Decree and publishing the same with all speed and within the space of six moneths next ensuing should publish and declare openly that thy haue obeyed and satisfied this commandement of the Parliament and haue by their letters prouided that no such bookes hereafter shall bee written by any of this society and published abrode Besides the Iesuites were enioyned that in their sermons they should disswade and deter the people from the liking of such kind of propositions and hereafter should teach and preach the contrary if they did otherwise they should bee pronounced and declared by the Parliament guilty of high Treason All these things were done and published the 27. of Iune in the Pallace of the Parliament in the presence of Ignasius Armundus Carolus Tourus who appeared for Cotton Frontonius Duke and Iames Sirmundus fathers who were specially required to be present at this businesse In the former booke we spake of Sigefride Collonitius how by an arrest made on him he was staied at Neostade who not long after was by night carried to Vienna and laid in the prison wherein wee mentioned that Guntherode had been kept before time Comming to Vienna by chance he spied a certaine Embassadour of Dresda whom he entreated to procure him the fauour of the Elector of Saxony who afterward did entreat in his behalfe to the Emperour in this manner That Rodulph the late Emperour did many times vse his seruice to excellent purposes against the Turkes who therefore held him in great account as indeed hee was for his vertue a wonder to all men and a terrour to his enemies Therefore that he besought the Emperour that in regard of his vertue and worth and the fame of his name hee would deale gratiously with him and restore him to his liberty especially since now he hath made his innocency manifest to the world By which act he shall not only bind the loue of Collonitius and all worthy souldiers to himselfe but shall take away from others all occasion of sinister conceit that this which he suffers is for his religion and conscience In like manner the Count of Thuron entreated the Emperour in his behalfe alleaging that it was not only permitted but also commanded by God that one should sue for another and therefore that hee trusting to the Emperours singular grace and clemency could not forbeare but at the earnest request of Collonitius to interpose his prayer and intreatie in his behalfe For he had been in former times his fellow-souldier in the warre against the Turkes wherein he carried himselfe faithfully and resolutely and by his famous exploits in that seruice and valiant deeds hath purchased a name that in those parts will neuer bee forgotten Now if vpon any weakenesse or ouersight hee hath committed any fault he doth beseech his Maiestie that in regard of the faithfull seruices which he hath done to the house of Austria he would please to pardon it as proceeding not of mallice and that out of his grace and goodnesse hee would discharge him of the arrest and suffer him to answer freely for himselfe To this time the Turkes with their incursions and depopulations into the countries adioyning did the Christians much mischiefe And hauing driuen a great multitude of cattell were at last encountred in the way by the Heyduccians in number about 800. who in a skirmish put the Turkes to flight halfe a mile from Agria and recouered the bootie out of their hands The Bashaw of Agria vnderstanding this defeate drawing foorth 1000. of his garrison souldiers renued the fight but was so receiued by the said Heyduccians that he was beaten hauing lost 200. souldiers and his horse slaine vnder him that he had much a doe to escape The Heyduccians encouraged with this successe marched further and on the sudden assaulting a castle vpon Solnocke tooke it and carried away great store of goods and cattell Others skowring the countrie towards Buda by chance light vpon a Lady going to be married from Strigonium to Buda whom they chased brought away a great deale of wealth which they tooke from the company Not long after hauing battered the castles of Balastera Micoluta and Fellaco they ouerthrew 500. Turkes and more and sacked and spoiled all those places about and when the Turkes asked why they so vniustly brake the Peace they answered that they gaue the occasion by the depopulations and excursions which they ●…de but they for their parts were good fellowes that nei●●er cared for the Roman nor the Turkish Emperour Some few yeeres passed there arose

with this condition if first he may vnderstand whether and how these other competitors doe submit themselues Secondly if it proceed not further then is fit to proceed in a friendly hearing and that hee may be at no preiudice if they cannot agree or any decree be made that is hurtfull to him but that all things bee left in the same state they were before the treatie vntill this businesse be determined in a lawfull manner Furthermore since he hath taken the possession of the Principality of Iuliers in a manner lawfull and by all law to bee allowed considering what the Archduke Leopald and the Bishop of Passauium haue done and that the Emperour himselfe hath passed his promise which he hath reason to beleeue to maintaine euery one in his possession nor to remoue him from it but by a lawfull decision of the businesse going before that it is a needlesse thing to trouble the treaty with the point of the possession which is onely to be directed to the point of chalenge for the right otherwise if they doe that hee will admit no treaty at all seeing also vnlesse he be admitted in the participation of the Fee yet without preiudice to others hee may easily perceiue that for the point of the challenge hee should bee neglected that hee doth beseech the Emperour that hee would also conferre vpon him this Fee as hath been done to others and so make him equall to the rest and that he hopes that the Emperour will chuse into this businesse Arbitrators honest and swayed with no preiudice nor enclining to either side but indifferent and equally affected to them both Lastly since he is not ignorant that certain haue gone about to perswade the late Emperour that he hath some interest as Lord Paramount ouer these countries that this dirictum Dominium so called and the prerogatiue of the Emperour annexed to it may not bee called into question that he desires of the Emperour that hee may vnderstand what hee may expect from him in this point and that with conuenient speed Therfore when he hath receiued answere to all these things and that the certaine time when this hearing shall begin bee set downe by the Emperour that hee will take care that no want bee found in him Other matters hee would haue referred to this future hearing but that hee beseecheth the Emperour not to bee offended with him but that he would preserue his right to him no lesse then to others That he could haue receiued this answere and his exception to the time that this Treatie begins but to saue time and expence and that the Emperour may see the sinceritie of his mind which he brings to the handling of this busines that hee was willing aforehand to open his mind to the Emperour before any entrance into the matter to whom hee professeth himselfe most ready to doe all seruice About the end of Aprill was taken a Pirats ship which carried in her aboue 60. brasse peeces and was very rich beside which lay in waite vpon the coast of Ireland for foure Holland shippes which a little after came out of Ginnie very richly laden with gold and spice shee was carried to Amsterdam There came at the same time into Holland Embassadours from Muscouia whom the Estates caused to be brought with a great traine from Leiden to the Hage the 11. of May being admitted into the Councell house they declared in a long speech that their great Duke did by all meanes desire the friendship of the Estates and desired them that they would furnish him with money and shipping against his enemies being there willed to exhibit in writing this their request they did so But when it did not appeare what profit might returne to the States out of Muscouie they fearing lest they might offend the King of Poland after deliberation made them this answere conceiued in writing whereby they might assure the great Duke of Musco of their friendly minds and great good will towards him and so dismissed them with roiall intertainement and great gifts Count Maurice presenting to them a gallant shew of a battell according to the true manner of Military discipline which they beheld with great admiration Suigelius the Master of the horse hauing assaied Dusseldorpe Cleue and other places when all his secret practises would not preuaile at the last was receiued into Gulick by the Gouernour Pythamius with whom hee had secretly plotted the same before bringing into the towne diuers companies of the Estates souldiers For when Pythamius did see that the Castle of Gulicke was in great danger by reason of the vnkindnesses which euery day grew more and more among the posseding Princes and their friends the Brandenburgian and Newburgian garrisons being ready to fall to blowes he thought it the fittest way to draw in these companies of the Estates The Captaines of the garrison souldiers as wel Brandenburgians as Newburgians being ignorant of any practise forth with tooke armes but being perswaded by the said Gouernor and Suigelius Hancrote Bonnus and other Commanders of those forces that it was for the good of both the Princes the Bandenburgians were pacified but the Newburgians giuing no credit to them made sharpe resistance till after some blowes and slaughter of diuers they came to agreement and were contented Which done Hancrote and Bonnus hauing commission for that businesse from Graue Maurice continued in the Castle with their forces and haue since strengthened the fame with 7. companies of horse and foote drawne out of the Vnited Prouinces making besides great prouision of victuall and other necessaries to keepe the place Which when the Prince of Newburge vnderstood he arrested certaine Officers and Councellers of the Prince of Brandenburg remaining at that time at Dusseldorpe and dispatching Messengers to diuers places exhorted the Officers of Cities and Gouernours of Castles that as mindfull of the oath they had taken they would keep diligent watch in their townes and vse all circumspection against such manner of traines and practises But for the defence of the Citie hee thought good to let in the souldiers which when the Burgers did earnestly withstand he inuited all the chiefe Senators to a banquet in which time certaine Musqueteirs slipping out at the Posterne gate made themselues masters of the towne watch and let in the Country souldiers who the next day were bestowed at the Gates their number increasing euery day and bulwarkes and forts raised against the gates In the meane time the souldiers of the Estates assaulted the Monastery of Scheiuenhem and they of Brandenburge the Monastery of Siburge but both in vaine But when the Archduke heard of the newes of the surprising of the Castle of Gulicke forthwith hee mustered his souldiers and made preparation for this iournie the Vnited Estates also doing the like which bred such a feare among the Countrie people of Iuliers that they took al their goods and carried them to Vtright Leids Collen and other places There was