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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

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Franke in stead of obeying the L. Marshals Commaunds which expresly forbad any suspected person but especially of the Enemies to come within Pilsen did all the quite contrary All sortes of people of the aduerse party had free accesse thither Messingers Souldiers Officers Captaines yea and their Colonels too who all went and came freely He himselfe went to visite Colonell Lindlaw in his Quarters without leaue of the L. Marshall The said Colonell Lindlaw comming also diuerse times to Pilsen was there feasted and entertained by the said Colonell Franke and the Captaines of the Garrison with asmuch familiarity as could be deuised amongst friends of the same party The L. Marshall who neuer mistrusted the said Colonell Franke as indeed he was not yet sented out of any being now aduertised what quarter he kept with his Enemies wrote to him but kindly exhorting him to abstaine hereafter from such vagaries as might bring all his Actions into suspition As the L. Marshall was on his way towards Heilbrun he receiued Letters from his Matie wherein was confirmed vnto him the charge of Marshall generall of the field for the Kingdome of Bohemia and the Vnited Countries with full power to do all that he thought would best aduance the seruice of his Matie and the profit of the Estates At his returne from Heilbrun to Amberg he got the wind of those plots practises still on foot in Pilsen whereupon he wrote first to one and then to another to continue constant assuring them he would not forsake them and that he would find the meanes to get thē their Pay as also to relieue their necessities Things going thus came his Auditor of the Camp who had bin at Prague about the busines afore mentioned who tolde the L. Marshall that to continue the Treaty hee must haue a larger Warrant from him then that he had receiued at Ellenbogen So that the L. Marshall caused one to be drawne for him in the amplest manner that could be deuised and renued his Instructions adding to the rest of the Articles that the Vpper Palatinate should be comprised within the said Treaty And with this Commission sent the said Auditor to Prague giuing him in charge to sound the depth of the enemies Designes in regard of a speciall Treaty they intended to haue with the Captaines And that he should perswade the said Captaines to be constant in his Maiesties seruice And finally to aduertise him carefully of all that passed This was to make the Wolfe the Shepheard The L. Marshall hauing had experience of his faithfull Seruice some yeares thought he had dealt vprightly in his imployment but hee had already supt the poyson of infidelity out of Portaes Cup. This was verily the same Auditor but chang'd within and quite another man from what he was before Momus had good reason in my opinion when hee had considered the stature of Mans body to finde fault that Nature had not made a wicket before the Heart of man that his thoughts might be discouered The want of this if I may call it a want hath beene the cause that a 1000. men haue beene deceiued by these Two men in whose sincerity they had good confidence not being able to see into their inward partes which God hath reserued to himselfe In briefe the Enemy forwarned by the treacheries of these two perfidious persons husbanded this occasion so well that they conditioned secretly with the Captaines for the yeelding vp of Pilsen while in outward shew they seemed to desire a Treaty with the L. Marshall So as the Captaines hauing already left the party and gone beyond the bounds of their Duty began now to speake more openly then before They wrote and causde it to be tolde by word of mouth to the Marshall that they purposed to expect no longer but would either be presently payde or at least be assured of their Pay and that if shortly they had not a resolution to their mindes and deedes accordingly they would prouide for themselues The said Auditor after Conference with Monsieur Tilly about his last Commission returned to the Lord Marshall without effecting any thing excusing it that hee was sent backe with threats and denyed Audience For that as he alledged the Enemy tooke it ill that the L. Marshall changing the contents of his first Commission had inserted this last Article concerning the Vpper Palatinate which had no depency vpon Bohemia But the troath is that they being then assured of the mindes of the Captaines cared no more to holde on the treaty with the Lord Marshall hauing held it with him all this while to no other end then to stay him from going forward And surely to confesse the truth both parties although they differed in their desires yet were they well agreed in this that one sought to entrap the other The Imperialists had two aduantages aboue vs that is to say Meanes which wee wholly wanted and the absence of the L. Marshall not to speake of the perfidiousnes of Porta And thus they got the game Now the Auditor by priuate Intelligence assured the L. Marshall of the secret Treaty and that his Captaines inclined wholly to the Emperours side making more of euery thing then it was The L. Marshall vpon these tidings dispatcht Letters into all quarters and did all he could to procure money in some sort to satisfie the couetous desire of these Traytors But all in vaine For that little which he could get could not staunch their hunger Meane time he omitted no oportunity which might make for the breaking off of these treacherous practises which he thought yet had floated vpon the waues of vncertainties and not landed at any Port hee imployes all the pollicies which his wisedome or dexterity could furnish him with And no doubt it had succeeded well had not so vnfortunately these very agents whome he vsed being before hand corrupted and made the Enemies as amongst others the Colonell Franke and the Auditor whom he sent againe to Pilsen aswell to obserue more narrowly the actions of the said Colonell Franke as to hinder the finall Conclusion of the treaty The L. Marshall assuring himselfe that he being a man knowne to all the Officers and Souldiers and of good dexterity would doe him able seruice as indeed he might haue done had he regarded Honour asmuch as profit But his ill meaning was to worke cleane contrary effects Moreouer the L. Marshall sent a Corporall of Captaine Becke Baslois Company with a packet of Letters directed to diuers Officers which Packet had verily strucke the stroke had it beene deliuered But this honest Messinger was betrayed going out of Amberg by one of Nuremberg so that entring into Bohemia he was taken by the Enemies The Colonell Lindlaw sent the Originals to Colonell Franke who read them and sent them backe without deliuering them to whom they were directed To conclude all thinges went backwards So that doe what the L. Marshall could the Impostume burst This fire that had long been raked