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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

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

he could not haue audience of his Highnesse all the while he was in Racoviz hee was constrained to follow him to Prague where the ouerthrow of the Armie decided the question before the said Ferenz could speake with his Highnesse and bring backe an answer Vpon new businesse as we say we must take new consultations The Lord Marshall hauing before taken his leaue of his Maiestie as was said minded nothing but his retreat but this new accident hauing quite altred all other things chang'd also his resolution finding himselfe alone in Bohemia after the other Chiefes had withdrawne themselues and engag'd in honour to keepe Pilsen he cast his eyes round about him to see if there were any likelihood of succours from any part His Highnesse some dayes after the battell wrote to him assuring him that shortly he would send him new directions these hee expected with great deuotion still hoping they would lead him out of these troubles but hauing long waited and hearing no newes from his Highnesse who after that time neuer wrote him so much as one word he found himselfe by so much the more perplexed The stopping vp of the passage of Germanie from whence he only hoped to be releeued doubled all these difficulties which of themselues were exceeding great already For being thus enuironed on all sides with enemies and hauing small store of munition and being bare of money his souldiers ill paid discontented and which is worse without any hope of succours euery man may imagine in what estate he was To be set to the helme when the winde is good is but a pleasure a simple Pilot may then steere the course but when the windes are contrary and the seas high-wrought and danger still thrusting vpon them then is the sufficiencie of a Master required The Imperialists being seiz'd of the Towne of Prague re-establisht by way of discharge the States in their ancient freedomes and caused them to write to the Lord Marshall and to his Captaines and souldiers of the garrison of Pilsen to this purpose That they would bee contented with a summe of money which they should presently receiue in hand with assurance of the rest hereafter and for this to render vp Pilsen and other places vnto his Emperiall Maiestie Furthermore that seeing the King was now retired out of Bohemia it was in the power of the said States to discharge the said Lord Marshall seeing that they had entertained him of themselues into their seruice and it was to them that he had taken his oath These conditions were taken into consideration and to say truth so it was that they seeing no other meanes to get their pay suffered themselues to be staggerd with this offer But the most part especially the Lord Marshall knowing that these were not the same States that had entertained them into their seruice for these were of the religion but those Catholicks thought it not his best not to hearken to them The Lord Marshall brought into these streights wrote to his Maiestie and his Highnesse and to all those that might be any way interessed in the keeping of that place made truce with the enemie entred a treatie with them and to that end sent Hieronimo de la Porta his Treasurer to Prague In the meane time to ease himselfe and to discharge Pilsen of part of the garrison he billeted some foot and horse in Heiden a little Towne where there is a reasonable good castle Thus there passed 5 or 6 weekes without hearing any newes either from his Maiestie or his Highnesse In the end weighing the profit that would redound to the publique cause by staying within Pilsen with that which might be made by withdrawing into some other place he resolued vpon a departure to see if he might either releeue some way the ruinated estate of the present affaires or else preserue it from an vtter fall he went from Pilsen with the rest of his horse about the middle of December leauing the command there to Colonel Frank and went to take in Tachaw then without a garrison and there to lodge his Cavallerie as well to be assured of the passage from thence into the Palatinate as also to enlarge himselfe and passe ouer the rest of the winter so much the more comodiously He wrote to Sir de Thilly Lieutenant Generall to the Duke of Bauaria and other Chiefes of the contrary party in Bohemia to assure them that this was not with any intention to breake the truce but the better to accommodate his Cauallerie hee wrote also to those of Equer who wauered already and enclined to the Emperor but vnderstanding his pleasure they returned to their obedience and held firme afterward This being done he takes his way towards Norimberg with an intention to goe to Wormbs to see the Lords the Princes but the time being too short for him and fearing to goe to farre from Pilsen when he was once returned to Norimberg he dispatcht one of his Captaines in post to Wormbs from whence being returned and hauing brought nothing but hopes the Lord Marshall after he had sent an expresse messenger to his Maiestie to aduertise him of what had passed he turned againe towards Bohemia and before he arriued there he had notice giuen how all went The enemie preuailing in his absence and beleeuing perchance he was gone for altogether wrought secretly vpon his Captaines thinking to corrupt them or at least to draw them to a speciall treaty contrary to that which the Lord Marshall had begun with Bucquoy at Prague Don Martin de Huetta Gouernour of Shuttenhofen first attempted to draw some of them to a priuate conference to which he being not able to bring them or they at least not at liberty to come out to him he wrote againe to them all in generall and more openly That vpon consideration of a summe of mony they would yeeld vp themselues and the place to the Emperour The Prince of Liechtenstein did second him with letters to the same purpose The foresaid Hieronymo de la porta ouercome by the large promises of the Imperialists in stead of doing for his Master as he was obliged did for himselfe and the aduerse party and wrote also to the same purpose endeuouring beside to perswade them that the Lord Marshall was gone neuer to returne againe This letter comming from the hand of such an Officer who had so good reputation with them and meeting with humours symbolizing somewhat with his intentions I leaue it to you to iudge whether this did stagger them or no. Casta est quam nemo rogauit T is the tryall that makes the man knowne This is not all Don Martin goes further and mixing rigor with courtesie the rather to prouoke our Garrison he breakes the truce and vsed brauing menaces and approaches and so forc'd them to breake out into open hostility and made pillage of all hee could get going and comming to and from Pilsen and in briefe did all he could to disturbe the said Garrison