A BRIEFE CRONICLE and perfect rehearsall of all the memorable actions hapned not onelie in the low-Countries but also in Germanie Itaâ—y Fraunce Spaine England Turkie and other Countries since the yeare of our Lord. 1500. to this present yeare â—â—â—â— AT LONDON Printed by â—ohn Wolâ—e A BRIEFE CHRONICLE AND perfect rehearsall of all the memorable actions happened not only in the Low-Countries but also in Germanie Italie Fraunce Spaine England Turkey and other Countries since the yeare of our Lord 1500. to this present yeare 1598. year 1500 IN this yeare vppon the 25. day of the moneth of Februarie the Emperour Charles the fift was borne in the towne of Gaunt in Flaunders and in the same yere about the beginning of Sommer in Germany and Luke-land there sell Crosses of â—iâ—ers colours â—uâ— of the 〈◊〉 vpoÌ„ 〈◊〉 câ—â—theâ— year 1502 This yeare there was so great a death in Germany that the common speech among them was that all those on whom the bloody Crosses fell the yeare before should die at the same time there fell such a Haile by Vitupord in Brabrant as the like was neuer seene for the haile stones were as big as any Tennis ball year 1503 This yeare about the last of Iulie in the afternoone all the Towne of Herderwicke was burnt in the space of three houres so that there remained but three or foure houses by the which fire there were smothered aboue 1500 men and al that was within the houses kurnt The same yeare there were 200. houses burnt in Gorcum and at Belle in Flaunders 500 houses year 1504 This yeare died Isabell Queene of Spaine year 1506 About the beginning of Ianuarie preparation was made to bring king Phillip and his wife into Spaine The same yeare when king Phillip was gone into Spaine the Gelders began againe to war vppon Holland and Brabrant The same yeare about the 27. of September died Phillip King of Spaine and Granado presently after his Coronation year 1507 The Towne of Tienen was taken by those of Gelder with the aide of certaine Frenchmen which was done vpon Saint Michaels day and Turnholt spoyled year 1508 The 8. of September there arriued two ships at Teruere in Zealand that came fro the Canaries being the first ships that euer sailed out of Zealand into Spaine or the Islands they were laden with Canarie Sugars the ships went to Antwarpe there offered the Suger to be sold for two blankes a pound but they could not sell it for so much The same yeare the Prince Charles with the Emperour Maximilian his Grandfather made his entrye into Gaunt year 1509 On the xiiij of October there was an Earthquake in the Cittie of Constantinople that continued for the space of 18 dayes so that the walles of the Citie and all the houses vpon the Sea side fell downe and the sea rose so high that it flowed ouer the walles of the Towne and drowned aboue 14000. men year 1510 There happened wars betweene Hans King of Denmarke and the Townes of Holland zealand Frezeland against certaine Townes lying vppon the sea as Lubecke Rostocke and their adherents which continued for the space of two yeares year 1511 The Emperour Maximilian held a Parliament of the states of Germanie at Ausberg where there was 〈◊〉 maÌ„ brought before him that was so great that he eate a whole Calfe and a Sheepe raw at one meale and yet was not suffized year 1512 There was such a Frost for the space of nine weekes that in many places men went on foote vpon the salt water year 1513 This yeare Henry the right King of England landed at Callis with a great power of men from thence entered into the frontiers of Flaunders to make warre against the king of Fraunce and at that time hee tooke Turwin Turney and built a Castle in Turney year 1514 In the moneth of Ianuarie at Wittenberge in Saxonie there was three Sunnes seene in the aire and in each Sunne a bloody sworde the eleauenth of the same moneth ware three Moones likewise seene The 7. of March there were two raine bowes seene in the aire that stood backe to backe The same yeare in Layden there was a Child borne without a heade with eyes mouth in the brest the armes and handes sticking close by the sides and beneath it was round without legges or feet year 1515 The first of Ianuarie died Loys the eleueuth King of Fraunce The same yeare vppon satterday after candlemas day Prince Charles entred into Andwarpe and the next day after hee was inuested Duke of Brabrant receiued homage of al the 17 Prouinces year 1516 The 20. of October the order of the Golden Fleece was holden by Prince Charles at Brussels and Leenuerden was besieged by the Guelders year 1517 The same yeare Charles Duke of Austria went into Spaine there to bee Crowned king The same yeare the Frost was so great at Anwarpe that they went on foote ouer the Riuer of Scheld people roade with Horse and wagons ouer the water into Brabrant year 1518 Prince Charles was crowned King of Spaine within the towne of Valedolet and by Vento about 1200. souldiers were slaine that were named the Blacke company the same yeare likewise there was an accorde made betweene Brabrant Flanders Asperen was won from the Gelders year 1519 The 12 of Ianuarie died Maximilian the Emperour Grandfather to Charles King of Spaine The same yere in the month of February Francis de Valois King of France bought the towne of Tourney of Henry king of England for a great summe of money The same yeare wheate was sold for 12. stiuers and Rie for 9. stiuers the quarter year 1520 This yeare vpon the 23. of October Charles King of Spaine was elected Emperour and at Acen in Germanie hee receaued the Imperiall Crowne with great triumph The same yeare in the moneth of October there was three hundred houses burnt in Romerswald year 1521 The Emperour Charles in presence of the King of Denmarke laide the first stone of the foundation of the new quier of our Ladies church in Andwerpe and spread the morter with a trowell The same yeare vppon the 19. of Nouember there was 70. parishes in Holland ouerflowne and drowned by force of the water that entred into the land and in the same moneth the Towne of Turney was besieged by the Emperour and vpon Saint Andrewes day it was taken since which time it hath bin holden vnder the king of Spaines subiection year 1522 The Island of Rodes was wonne by the Turke and while it was besieged there rose a muteny in Andwarpe the people saying that the bakers were the cause of the dearth of corne which as then was verye deare the like did the women of Machelen and Brussels against their Bakers The same yeare in the moneth of Aprill by Egmont in Holland there was a Fish taken being of 80. foote long in greatnes correspondent whereof they made 160. barrels of Fish besides the
Lisbon for Gronie whereof the like had neuer bin heard of which was the Fleete that meant to haue done great hurt to England and the Low Countries but God mercifully deliuered vs out of their hands In Iuly the muteny at Gertrudenberge was appeased The xiiij of September the Earle of Lec ester died in England The same moneth Sir Thomas Candish an English Gentleman came out of Indie with a ship laden with gold and siluer hauing sayled round about the world The vij of October there was great mutenie in Vtrecht where Captaine Clarehagen was stabbed but died not of that wound About this time the Prince of Parma besieged Bergen vp Zome and went from it againe not without both losse and shame About this time Sir Martin Shenk made a Sconce aboue the towne Bommell vpon Voorne The xix of Nouember the Prince of Parma departed from Bergen vpon Zone after hee had besieged it for the space of sixe weekes The xxv of September Bon was deliuered vp to the Prince of Parma In October the Earle of Mansfelt besieged Watchtendour and the xx of December hee agreed with the souldiers that they should issue out all armed with Ensignes displayed The thirteenth of December the Duke of Guise was slain by the king of France which the Guisart meant to haue done to him and the next daie the Cardinall of Guise his Brother was likewise slaine year 1589 This yeare Gertrudenberge was besieged by the States long battered but in the end they left it off the Souldiers within it solde the towne for fifteene moneths pay vnto the Prince of Parma which they deliuered vpon the tenth of Aprill The thirteenth of Aprill the Prince of Parma tooke the house of Lobben but within three dayes after hee lost it againe The seuenteene of May the Spaniard tooke the sconce of Deeueren by Heusden The twentie two of May the Prince of Parma tooke the house of Hemart The twenty fiue of Iune he tooke the house of Blienbeeke The sixteene of Iuly he tooke the houses of Proyen Brakel but now are left againe and cleane burnt with the Dorpe The fifteene of Iuly the Prince of Parma besieged Heusden and from thence hee went with shame enough into France The first of August Henry the third King of France was murthered by a Frier The eleauenth of August Sir Martin Shenke was drowned by Nimmegen thinking to haue taken the towne The twentie foure of August the enemie tooke the house of Heel in Bomelsweert year 1590 This yeare vppon the fourth of March Graue Maurice tooke the towne of Breda by meanes of a ship of turfes wherin were about 70. mē their leader beeing Captaine Argier of Lambrecht The xxvij of September Hemert was yeelded to Graue Maurice The third of October hee likewise tooke the house of Heel The xxix of October Steenberghen was yeelded to the States The same yeare in the moneth of March Graue Charles came before the Sconce of Seuenbergen with a great force thinking to take it but with shame and losse of almost 1000 men he was constrained to leaue it year 1591 In Paris victuals were so deare that it was compared to the destruction of Ierusalem for a townesman therein constrained by hunger hung his wife and children which done he set a bill vpon his own breast wherin he wrote the cause of that action then hanged himselfe for at that time within the towne they eate Horses Asses Dogges Cats Rats Vine leaues a pound of butter was solde for two Crownes and an Egge for twelue solx and great numbers died for hunger The same yeare vppon the twenty sixe of May Sutphen was besieged and deliuered into the handes of Graue Maurice The thirty one of May Deuenter was besieged and after it had receaued 3700 shotte against it they yeelded it vnto the States The twentie eight of Iune Graue Maurice went before Delffile with three and thirtie great peeces and the second of Iuly it was yeelded vnto him The fift of Iuly hee came before the Sconce of Opslach and with 160. shot battered it which was yeelded to the States Vpon the seauenth of Iuly the souldiers therein issuing disarmed The next day Graue Maurice went to the Sconce of Immentil and after 36. shot at the same they yeelded it vnto him vpon the eleauenth of Iuly The twenty foure of the same month fiue Cornets of horse of the Prince of Parmas troupes were ouerthrowne in Betue wherof one was the Prince of Parmas Guard The twenty sixe and twenty seuen of Iuly the Prince of Parma left the Sconce of Knodseburg The xix of September Graue Maurice desieged Hulst which the xxv of the same month yeelded vnto him The xiiij of October Kimmeghen was belieged and th xxii of the same month yeelded to Graue Maurice This yere Steenwicke yeelded vnto Graue Maurice year 1592 vppon the fift of Iuly The xxjj of September Couerden yeelded to the States This yeare vppon the xxviij of March year 1593 Graue Maurice with a great power went to besiege Gertrudenberge and the vij of Aprill the enemy yelded vp the Steelhofes Sconce by composition The xxiiij of Iune the Bulwarke was takē by force by Captaine Haen and Buury whereby the towne was forced to yeelde to Graue Maurice who let the souldiers issue out with their armes but no colours The xiiij and xxj of May Graue Maurice with 120. companies of foote xxvj Cornets of horsemen departed from Swool to releeue Couerden which had bin besieged for the space of sixe months together by the Earle Harman and Verdugo but hearing of the states forces they left their forts and departed and so the towne was deliuered The xxij of Iuly Graue Maurice tooke the towne of Gronning This yeare vppon the xxviij of March year 1595 about nine of the clocke a◠night the diche by Gorcum by a high water brake through and ranne vnder the Papendrecht The xxiij of Iuly they began to digge without the spuyport of Dort to enlarge the towne The eleauenth of August foure fortie Dunkerkers and Spaniards were hanged by Roterdam The 2 of September Earle Phillip of Nassau passed at Ramsburg ouer the Lip with fiue hundred men where with other Earles hee fought most valiantly with Monsieur Dragons regiment in which sight the said Earle Phillip and the yong Earle of Solmes were slaine yet Dragon lost thrice as many men as Graue Maurice did This yeare the seauenteene of Aprill Albertus Cardinall of Austria wan Callis from the French King year 1596 The thirtie of Iulie the Englishmen with certaine Holland and Zealands ships by force took the town of Cadyz Malis in Spaine which they spoiled pilled and burnt bringing great treasure from thence The sixteene of Iuly there was a Comet or blazing starre seene in the Low Countries The seuenteene of August the Cardinal tooke Hulst in Flanders by composition after he had lost 6000. of his best souldiers before the towne This yeare vppon the twentie foure of Ianuarie year 1597 Graue Maurice with sixe thousand men met the enemy at Tuelsheheyde by Turenhoult where he set vppon them being a great number who beeing aduertised of his comming fled away whome he followed and hauing ouertaken them he slew of them to the number of two thousand men among the which their Generall the Earle of Ferrara was one The eleauenth of March the towne of Amyens in France was by treason deliuered to the Cardinall for the King of Spaine The nineteene of August the towne of Renisberg by composition was yeelded to the States The twentie foure of August the Cammille Sconce yeelded to Graue Maurice The second of September the towne of Meurs yeelded by composition vnto Graue Maurice FINIS
and beere vppon the riuer before Andwarpe This yeare vppon the fift of Aprill year 1566 the Nobilitie and Gentlemen of the Low Countries presented a petition to the Dutchesse of Parma requesting the moderation of all placarts published touching Religion Vpon the fourth of Iuly Religion began openly to bee preached in the Low Countries The same yeare vpon the twentie of August Images in Andwarpe and other places were throwne downe This yeare those of the Religion year 1567 stoode armed vppon the Marebrug and the Papists at the bruge foot one readie to set vpon the other but by the Prince of Oranges means they were pacified The one and twentie of Aprill the Prince of Orange hauing had intelligence what was determined in Spaine touching the Low countries and hauing aduertised the Earle of Egmont thereof hee went into Germanie The twenty two of August the Duke D'Alua with great triumph althogh vnworthie was receiued into Brussels The same yeare vpon the ninth of September the Earles of Fgmont Horne were committed to prison by the Duke of Alua and kept in the Castle of Gaunt The seauenteenth of October the Castle of Andwarpe was begun to be made The last of December the Dutchesse of Parma departed out of the Low Countries and presently after the Duke of Alua imprisoned diuers of the people that were of the Religion and such as had borne armes This yeare in Easter Holidaies the Earle Lodwicke tooke the house of Weden in Freeseland and Dam in the which enterprise the Earle of Arenberch and diuers Spaniards were ouerthrowne The first of Iulie the Duke of Alua caused the two Lordes of Batenborch and sixteene gentlemen more to be beheaded The second of Iuly the Duke of Alua sent his forces into Freesland against the Earle Lodwicke that stayed for him but because the Dutch Souldiers would not fight he was forced to saue himselfe and swam through the riuer of Embdze The fift of Iulie the Duke of Alua caused the Earles of Egmont Horne to be beheaded in the towne of Brussels The tenth of September the Earle of Bueren was taken in Louen conueied into Spaine In the moneth of October the Prince of Orange passed the Riuer of the Mase at Stochem with certaine Dutch forces but the Dutchmen when they should fight asking for mony were the cause that hee could not fight with the enemie whervppon he went into France to ayde the Hugonots This yeare vpon the thirteenth of march year 1569 the Prince of Conde being taken prisoner was trayterouslie shot into the body by Montesquion This yeare vpon the sixteenth of Iuly year 1570 the Duk of Alua published a generall pardon within the towne of Andwarpe The twentie fiue of September Anna of Austria took shipping in Zealand to sayle into Spaine This moneth Ladron gouernour of Valencia was by his Souldiers committed Prisoner because they would haue the pay of nyne companies of souldiers the mony where of he had played at dice which he promised them to satisfie and to the same end he gotte diuers of them to Andwarpe where he committed and executed at least two forty of the principall mutiners This yere Harmon Ruyter tooke the Castle of Loeuestein year 1571 which the Spaniardes not long after tooke from him againe and hanged both him all his companie In the moneth of December the mony that the Duke of Alua should haue receaued out of Spaine was taken by the Queene of Englands ships and carrried into England This yeare in the moneth of Februarie year 1572 the Duke of Alua sought to haue a tribute of the tenth penny but he could not obtaine it The first of Aprill the Brill was taken by Lumine and not long after Flushing and Enchuysen yeelded to the Prince of Orange against the Duke of Alua. The ninth of Aprill Bossu with certaine Spaniards desired to passe through Roterdam where traiterously he murthered diuers Burgers tooke in Delfeshauen The twentie foure of May Earle Lodowicke tooke Bergen in Henegon which the Duke of Alua presently besieged and tooke Bergen Valechyn againe In August the Prince of Conde with his armie beeing at Duesborge passed ouer the Rhein and tooke Ruermonde Lennen by composition Mechelen yeelded of it selfe that done he went to Bergen Henegon to help the Earle Lodowick but by reason of the great murther in France hee could no helpe his Brother and so passed through Mechelen into Holland The second of September the Earle Lodowick by composition yeelded the towne of Bergen to the Duke of Alua vppon condition that hee should bee conuaied safelie vnto the borders of Germanie which was performed The second of October Mechelen was forcibly taken spoyled wherin many Burgers were murthred women and maides deflowred because they receaued the Prince of Orange into the towne The twenty of October Monsieur Dragon passed his men through the water at Southberland towards Dergosen The thirteenth of Nouember the Spaniards tooke Zutphen where they vsed the Burgers very cruelly The twentie of Nouember Don Fredericke entred into Narden where contrary to his faith and promise he murthered diuers of the Burgers burnt the towne year 1573 This yeare Don Fredericke came before Harlem The twentie three of Aprill Sancy Dauila Captaine of the castle in Andwarpe with a great armie of ships came before Flushing where hee all his shippes were takē by the Flushinghers The thirteenth of Iulie Harlem yeelded to the Spaniards committing themselues to the Kinges mercy which they did for want of victuals The fourth of October the Castle of Ramekins in Zealand yeelded to the Prince of Orange and not long after Gertrudenberg was taken by Poyet Liefetenant to the Prince The eight of October the Spaniards besieged Alcmar but by reason of the water they were forced to leaue it The twelfth of October the Earle of Bossu with a great Nauy of ships came before Enchehusen where hee was taken sent prisoner to Horne In December the Duke of Alua went into Spaine year 1574 This yeare the King of Spayne sent Don Loys de requesentie Commander of Saint Iacobs order and of the house of the Dukes of Cosa into the Low Countries to bee Gouernour he thought to haue raysed the Princes siege before Midleborow but the twenty foure of Ianuarie after his mē were ouerthrown at Bergen The sixt of Februarie Monsieur Dragon Gouernour of Midleburge yeelded vp the towne to the Prince of Orange The fift of Aprill the Commaunder published a generall pardon within the towne of Brussels The twentie foure of Aprill the Spaniards ouerthrew the Princes armie at Mokerheye their Generall being Duke Christopher son to the Palsgraue of Rhein Earle Lodowicke and Earle Henry of Nassawe who were neuer found eyther dead or a liue The twenty sixe of Aprill the Spaniards in Andwarpe cried fuere fuere Viliacoes because they would bee paid The xxvj of May the Spaniardes came again before Leyden and besieged it where before it they made