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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A38866	An Exact account of the siege of Namur with a perfect diary of the campagne in Flanders, from the King's departure from Kensington, May the 12th, to his return to London, Octob. 11th, 1695 / by a gentleman attending His Majesty during the whole campagne.	Gentleman attending His Majesty during the whole campagne.	1695 (1695)	Wing E3582A; ESTC R31463	32,650	60

AN EXACT ACCOUNT OF THE Siege of Namur WITH A PERFECT DIARY OF THE Campagne in Flanders FROM The King's departure from Kensington May the 12 th to his Return to London Octob. 11 th 1695. By a Gentleman attending his Majesty during the whole Campagne LONDON Printed for Tim. Goodwin at the Queen's-Head against St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet 1695. THE PREFACE THE Vse of HISTORY in general is too well known to need a Demonstration and all the Difficulty that arises in our esteem of Particular Histories consists only in their Validity to which nothing contributes more than the Ability and Circumstances of the Author these furnish him with Opportunity of knowing that with Capacity of Conveying the Transactions he makes choice of to Posterity For the first none can be more fit than an Eye-witness for the second than a man of just observation who omits nothing Material nor rakes together supervacaneous and trifling Occurrences how far the following Sheets will agree with this your perusal will inform you But this I shall venture to say without partiality the Writar has been always with his Majesty from his leaving England to his happy and triumphant RETURN and that may ensure the Truth of what he tells us But the Validity of a History is not the only Motive of reading the Importance of the Action comes in for a large share with a sensible Reader For a Romance that presents us with the true Model of a Brave Commander is for delight at least preferrable to a dry Truth that contains nothing of Pleasure and little of Profit But I am of opinion that there never has been a War of greater Consequence than the Present betwixt the Confedrates and the French King either as to the Parties engaged or the Cause for which they fight that is the most powerful Monarchs of this part of the World for the LIBERTY or SLAVERY of Europe France has for near Two hundred years been growing and fixing the Foundations of that Greatness they now possess and it is no wonder that after such Master-Builders as Henry the Great Richlieu and Mazarine it proves so hard a Task to batter it down 'T is more wonderful to me that the Neighbouring Nations could with so much Vnconcern look on it till 't was almost too well fortified for all their Endeavours to demolish And I may venture without Flattery to say That nothing but the Providential Accession of his Glorious Majesty WILLIAM THE THIRD to the Crown of England and Head of the most Royal Confederacy that ever was we must soon have felt Our selves under the most absolute and lasting Tyranny that ever Europe was subject to for the situation and other advantages of France renders it more fit for the Monarchy it aim'd at than the Dominions of the House of Austria formerly But Our Sacred King deriv'd from a Race us'd to give Liberty to Europe and oblige Mankind the Noblest and most Sensible Way put a Stop to the Fatal Fabrick and by taking Namur has so far underminded it that we may hope soon a Breach large enough for a successful Assault It has shew'd us that the French can be forc'd from their Fastnesses in the Eye of a Numerous Veteran and well Disciplin'd Army AN EXACT ACCOUNT OF THE SIEGE OF NAMUR ON Sunday May the 12th the King went from Kensington to Gravesend where he dined and about Six in the Evening embarked on Board the William and Mary Yatch but there being little Wind 't was midnight ere we could reach the Buoy of the Nore where we came to an Anchor until Four in the Morning His Majesty notwithstanding the time of night was saluted by the firing of Guns and repeated Hussaes from the men of War commanded by the Lord Berkley On Monday by 4 in the morning we got up our Anchors and His Majesty sailed again the Wind being fair and joined the Convoy at the Gunfleet under the Command of Sir George Rook consisting of 22 Men of War and Frigats whereof 8 were Dutch about Noon the Cambridge Admiral touched on the edge of the Galloper Sand but by Sir George Rook's good management and care she was got off again in an hour's time without any damage and pursued their Voyage with a fine gale which carried His Majesty over by the next morning The 14th about 9 in the morning His Majesty landed at the Orange-polder where His Coaches were ready to carry him to Naeldwyck a House of Monsieur Reynenburg's there His Majesty dined and was attended by the Pensioner Monsieur Odyck Monsieur Dyckvelt and divers other Persons of Quality and made it 8 in the Evening before he arrived in the Hague His Majesty's usual manner of preventing a publick Reception by the Burghers in Arms c. which they made up by their great Acclamations and Joy for His Maiesty's safe Arrival on their Shore the Confederate Forces being now ordered to draw together with expedition the English and Scotch near Deinse and about two Leagues from Ghent where the Prince of Vaudemont went this day to command until the arrival of His Majesty Another Body is forming near Newport commanded by Duke Wirtemburg and the Elector of Bavaria has formed another at Sellick a League from Brussells where the Forces from Liege and Maestricht under the command of Count Claude de Tilly joined the 11 25 th of this Month making in all about Thirty thousand Wednesday the 15 25 th His Majesty was waited on and complimented on His safe arrival by the States-General the States of Holland and the Council of State as likewise by all the Foreign Ministers which took up all the forenoon after Dinner His Majesty went to the Assembly of the States-General 16 26 th His Majesty was present in the Assembly of the States of Holland and afterwards in that of the Council of State near two hours This day arrived here an Adjutant from the Duke of Holstein Ploen to give His Majesty an Account of the condition our Troops are in as also to receive His Majesty's Directions for the march of them which will not be ordered until the arrival of the Quarter-master-General Monsieur Dops who is hourly expected Sir George Rook was yesterday in conference with the Deputies of the Dutch Admiralties to concert measures before his return to England 27th New stile which I shall observe during the Campaign His Majesty dined at Souestdyke and after having diverted himself for some hours with shooting Pheasant c. return'd to the Hague in the Evening The 29th His Majesty's Bed with the necessary Baggage was sent towards Loo but were to halt at Zuglestien until farther Orders 30th His Majesty went from the Hague to Zuglestien a Seat belonging to the present Earl of Rochfort where His Majesty lay And 31st hunted and afterwards went to Loo where His Majesty received an Account of the Enemy's Motions That the Mareschal Duke de Velleroy was return'd from the French Court and assembling the Army he is to