to kepe the reste Then with his campe he tooke the waye to Ingulstat where the enemyes entended to campe It is from Rattesbone to Ingulstat .ix. leagues whiche .ix. were deuyded in foure iourneys so he came with his campe to a place vpon Danubia called Newstat there was a bridge but he caused two other to bee made of the barges whiche he brought in his campe for he determined to passe the riuer in any wise ¶ His maiesty being thus purposed he was enfourmed that the duke of Saxon and the Lantgrane with al their campe vpon the other side of Danubia had taken the way to Rattesbone an enterprise well vndertaken His maiesty sent foure hundred Spanyardes hackbutters horsed .ii. baners of Dutchmen the whiche by their diligence the same nighte y t they were sente entred into Rattesbone the whiche was now sure For yf the enemyes came not it was safe And if thei came they might defend vntil thei might haue rescu froÌ„ the caÌ„p which might wel be had Danubia beyng betwixt vs and our enemies But they seing that Rattesbone was prouided or because thei perceiued that his maiestye would passe the riuer and lyiÌ„g at their backes might take away theyr vitayles beyng within iii. leagues of Rattesbone thei gaue a turne toward Ingulstat makyng great hast to be out of the woodes streyte passages where it was thought they might haue bene well ouertakeÌ„ But we hauing no know ledge of the countrey so that they with extreme diligeÌ„ce did geat the playne field so that when our lyght horsemen had passed the wode they wer nere into Ingulstat His maiesty in two daies passed the riuer and lodged his campe in a valley vpon a litle mouÌ„tayn nere vnto the riuer and this lodgyng was two myle froÌ„ Ingulstat This passage was of great importaunce for it did not onely cause the enemyes to bee aduised but also to be drieuen together and not to goe lyke Lordes in the fields as thei had done For this shewed them that his determinacioÌ„ was to fight when tyme and place might serue There our campe was fortified with a litle trenche for the duke of Aluoy had so takeÌ„ the grouÌ„d that it neded not to make any other There was alaruÌ„ although it was not true our souldiers were so well ordred that it might bee euidentlye sene how willyng they wer to fight ¶ At the ende of two dayes the Emperour parted from theÌ„ce wheÌ„ he hadde newes that the enemyes were lodged on the other parte of Ingulstat sixe myles Wherfore he made spede to take theyr lodgyng that they had lefte the daye before that he departed from his Nowe it was conueniente that the Emperour should make haste towarde Jugulstat and not to leaue it in peryl to be taken with the enemies For why from thence they myght lightlye haue distourbed monsuer de Bure from ioynyng with oure campe or elles they myght haue taken theyr lodgyng betwixte it and the place where we hadde lodged But the Emperour consyderyng howe muche it did importe beeyng now so nere vnto the enemies to be euer their superiour in lodgyng he sente to viewe two lodgynges the one was a league from Ingulstat whiche I haue spoken of and in oure waye And the other neare vnto Ingulstat vpon the other syde for it behoued to take that nexte vnto the towne before the commyng of oure campe the other in oure waye was good to be taken Before that his maiestye shoulde sette foorth his campe his intencion was to haue these two so that if he mighte not occupye that nexte vnto Ingulstat yet that he myght lodge in the other and therfore the daye before he hadde sent John Baptista Gastaldo mayster of the Campe generall for to bee particularlye viewed â–ª And he with al spede that might bee the next daye in the mornyng remoued his campe the whiche went in partz vawarde battayle The baggage and artillery vpon our left hand vpoÌ„ the riuer side Our horsmen vpoÌ„ the ryght hande and the footemen iÌ„ the midst The duke of Aluoy did leade the vaward and the Emperor the battayl With the Duke weÌ„t the marques Albert and his horsemen and the master of Pruse And with the Emperour the Duke of Austriche and the prince of Pyemont the marques John of BrandeÌ„burge The Hispanyardes Dutchmen and Italyans moued confyrmably to the order that was geuen them so they went in the vawarde in the battayle The Emperor marchyng approched the firste lodgyng that I haue spoken of and there he rested a litle whylest the batail was coÌ„myng For now the vaward was euen at hande and there he toke the duke of Aluoy and .xx. horsmeÌ„ with hym and rode vnto Ingulstat for to be holde the other lodgyng nere thereunto ¶ It is nedeful particularly to know that the same day the Emperor seÌ„t the duke of Aluoy the prince of Salmona and Don Antony de Tolledo with part of the light horsmen and two hundred hackbutters Hispanyardes horsed for to haue knoweledge of the enemies with whom they had a fayre and 〈◊〉 skyrmish the enemies being come forth therto with great streÌ„gth But the skirmishe beyng the one parte the other retired they turned again and came foorth increasing so theyr â–ª number in Esquadrons that the Emperour was certified that they wer comming with al their campe to battayle so it was necessary to set al thinges in order The Emperor coÌ„maunded the duke of Aluoy y t he should take hede in al pointes to the proceding of the enemies He turned into y e place where he had staide the vaward and the batail in y e lodging aforesayde being in the waye chosing a place mete for to fight He sette the footemen in place conuenient and the artillerye and horsemeÌ„ where thei should staÌ„d And so they stode loking for the comming of the enemies which made countenance y t thei would fight I thinke vnder correccion of better iudgement y t if thei had come y t daye to fyght with vs by the way they might haue put all thinges in greate auenture although we had taken a place fauorable ynough for oure auauntage But it semed to the Emperour that thei would not fight that daye seyng that thei had differred the tyme so long for it was somwhat late but the duke sent him worde for to stay for he thought the enemyes made a greate muster to passe forwarde but incoÌ„tinent he sent hym word to kepe on the waye with his campe for the enemyes beganne to retyre vnto theyrs This varyaunce was a cause of the late departure For the Emperoure seeyng howe muche more he shoulde aduenture in tarrying then to come late that nyght and howe muche he shoulde geue vnto his enemyes to geue them one nyght parte of the other day and space to ameâ—â—â— thâ—ir lodgynges that they had erred when that thei had not disturbed our caÌ„pe by the wai he came although it was late vnto his lodgyng whiche
I doe not knowe to whom a manne should geue the thankes to y e Laūt graue or to his captaynes But this I can say y t it hath bene diligentlye bestowed as I haue seē After that the Emperour had seen the trade of the enemies he perceiued that they would take the way toward Guingane standing a league from oure campe He returned to his campe y e enmies to their lodging There was at this tyme a skirmish but of litle effecte It hath bene thought by some that day that it had bene good to haue geuen them battayle but al thynges counted and debated the trueth is that we had no space nor tyme to haue sette foorth our menne in esquadrōs because of the wodes and the spedye takyng of the yr lodginges And espectallye the riuer of Prence being betwene both cāpes and if there wer a faulte the faulte was this That our enemies were found after y t the dede should haue be done And this was through dyuers relacions of the skoutes for when the trueth was knowen the time was past ¶ I haue considred one thing in this warres whiche I haue diuers times sene that for the most part we haue lacked good guides although thei haue bene naturallye borne in the coūtrey yet of a trueth we haue gone groping as menne dooe in the darke by coniecture and all for lacke of good guides and skoutes I cannot saye what is the cause except it he as Cesar said by Considio a valiāt souldier and of great experience Ceasar sente hym for to haue knowledge of his enemyes Considio roode foorth and dyd se menne thinkyng that he had sene the enemies He returned to Ceasar and sayd that he had sene his enemyes And that the mountayne that he hadde appoynted Labiano to take was taken and occupyed wyth the Frenche menne and that he hadde seene theyr banners and armes This erroure of Considio was the cause that Ceasar was all that daye in a staye and dyd nothyng vntyll the enemyes hadde tyme to mende theyr lodgynges So Ceasar sayeth that Considio being afrayde he thought he had seen that thing that he hadde not sene Now this is to our purpose for oure discouerers eyther they haue not sene their enemies or when thei haue seē them thei haue had litle regarde to say the trueth ¶ The Emperour being in his lodgyng the enemyes mustarde certayne esquadrons of horsemen ouer agaynste hym hauyng a lytle skirmishe as I haue sayde they retourned vnto theyrs the whiche although it was deuided by slackes and runnyng brookes yet they had a strong lodging for their purpose ¶ This nyght his maiestye spake of goyng to Vlme but after many oppinions Finally the nexte daye he did take resolucion for the mouing of his campe for why he was certified that the enemyes had sente vnto Vlme thre thousand suichiners and xv C. souldiers of the same countrey menne sufficient to defende that citie The whiche so being it was no reason to goe theragaynste Leauyng one armye at oure backes of foure score and .x. thousande menne for it is cleare yi we hadde left our lodgyng they woulde haue been shortelye therein where they myghte easily haue taken awaye oure vyctualles for they coulde not come anye other waye They shoulde haue been Lordes of all the townes vpon Danubia Therefore the goyng to Ulme was reuoked by the reason of these particulers afore sayde For the manour of the warre shoulde haue turned from lodging to lodgyng and euerye daye skyrmishīg where unto y e enmies came continuallye The duke of Aluoy appoynted to make them a skyrmishe more then ordinarye So the nexte daye in the mornyng he made an Imboyshe of three thousande hackebutters in a wood towarde the enemyes standyng vpon Prence He sente the prince of Salmona with certayne of his horsemenne to geue them a bayghte nere vnto theyr campe and there he sette vpon the Straglers there came oute in grosse after theyr custome some loose some in Esquadrons and the prince withdrewe hymselfe towarde the place appointed There was a greate skyrmysh with horsemenne and hackebutters there were many ouerthrowē and laye alonge in the fieldes with the bendes of theyr coloure In this skyrmishe they dyd much helpe themselues with theyr artyllery but oure hackebutters hadde the vpper hande by the helpe of oure lyghte horsemenne Howe bee it thei charged stoutelye in grosse but there were of the principal horses of all the nacions that serued his maiesty But the order y t the duke had taken the night before dyd not fully take effecte because of some neglygence His maiestye commaunded the skirmishe to retyre to the which the enemyes were so wyllynge that the retrayte was all at once ¶ Hys maiestye parceyued his enemies to be so lyghtly prouoked he entended to geue them a notable onsette So he appoynted on a daye the lyghte horsemenne to assayle theyr trenches so that by skyrmishes they myght be brought abrode He deuyded the Dutchemenne couertelye in tenne partes of the woode and lykewyse the Hyspanyardes and Italyans hackebutters and all the reste to bee in a readinesse if nede shoulde requyre and moreouer certayne peces of artyllerye to bee layde secretelye He also commaunded that the Prynce of Salmona with hys lighte horsemenne to dooe accordyng to the order that was taken Whyche was to allure the enemyes out of their camp as he hadde done the daye before There came foorth of theyr campe two greate Esquadrons of horsemenne whiche woulde not for anye thyng that coulde be done departe from theyr artyller Aynd thys I thinke was for one of these two causes eyther they had knowledge what order we hadde taken or because they hadde been so skirmished with y e other skirmish past that they durste no more come in the place where theihadde so much loste ¶ The Emperour seing there coulde no other thyng bee done because their campe was so strong he procured to prouide for the night a Camesado in the whiche he appointed the footemen Hispaniardes and Madrucho with his charge The great master of Prence and y e marques Albert with his horsmen With this Camisado the next nyght the duke of Aluoy made towarde theyr campe The Emperour was abrode secretelye in a place for to haue knowlage from the duke what was to bee done But when the duke was within halfe a mile of the campe he perceyued theyr watche to bee reforced He commaunded them to staye vntyll he hadde farther knowledge for then shortelye he dyd parceiue that they hadde warnyng for theyr linkes might be seen from one warde to an other Then the place consydered and howe it was fortifyed and prouyded it was not thoughte good for to hazarde vpon suche a chaunce For after we had knowledge that thei hadde warnyng fowre houres before oure commyng by an espye out of oure campe So the duke retourned to his lodgyng before it was daye and the Emperoure at the same tyme. Nowe it semed that this warre was newe to
the kyng He commaunded the horsemen Hungarians the whiche with the Emperours horsemeÌ„ now began to passe before the enemyes wente out of the towne aforesayde They hadde made a litle skirmish but oure hackebutters entred into the water and defended so lyuelye with shootyng of â—o thicke that our horsemenne were as safe vpon the other syde as vpon oure part But when the enemyes beganne to breake there was no more hope to kepe them foorth then they made towarde a town called Troga and if they myghte not take this aduauntage â—hen for to goe to Viertemberge or elles to fighte by the waye iâ— they might not haue tyme to dooe one of these two thinges ¶ The Emperour did take an order and commaunded the Duke of Aluoy that the Hungarians and the Prynce of Salmona with hys lyghte horses shoulde take euerye eche one a hackebutter behinde him and to passe ouer with the menne of armes of Naples taking with hym duke Morris for these were the horsemen of the vawarde Then the Emperoure and the kyng of Romayns with theyr Esquadrons came to the riuer The Emperour rode vpon a darke dun Spanishe horse presented by monsure de Ry knyght of the order and his first chamberlayne he rode in white armour gilt hauing no other apparell but a brode bende of Taffata Crimsen and a dutche murrione a Demilance like a iauelyng in his hand He rode as thei wryte of Julius Ceasar when he passed the Ribicon speakyng these notable wordes and without any doubte it was a proper comparison to vs beyng there to haue the representacioÌ„ of the sight of Ceasar passyng a ryuer armed and with an oste armed and on the other part not for to treat but of victorie for the passage of the riuer was onely with this hope and determinacion so that with the one and the other the Emperor did take the water folowing the milner who was our guide He did take y e waye more vpon the ryght hande aboue in the streame then the horsemen whiche were past before the grouÌ„de was harde but the depe was aboue the knees of the moste of the horsemenne and in some places they did swyme a lytle stretche In this sort we passed the riuer the forde extendyng thre hundred paces ¶ The Emperour commaunded for to be geueÌ„ to the guyde two horses and one hundred crownes nowe the bridge was made with our barkes those whiche we had gotten of our enemies and the Hispaniardes began to passe and aâ—ter the Almains according to the order that the Emperour had taken and nowe the Hungarians sette downe the hackebutters whiche they hadde sette ouer the riuer and rode before to skirmish to intertain y e enemies which made great hast without leauing of any souldier in Milbrucke as it was thought at y e first he would haue done this was one of the respectes for the passage of y e hackbutters with the lighte horsemen But with their caÌ„pe thei dyd geat euer y e aduauntage of the ground parting their fotemen in two esquadrons y e one greater then the other ir staÌ„derds of horsemen deuided in suche sort that when our lighte horsemen should ouertake them they mighte turne and geue them the charge so that their fotemeÌ„ in the meane time might marche forewarde ¶ The Emperour with a hygh trot as men of armes might suffer folowed the way after his enemies in the which way he founde a crucifix standing as â—â— is commoÌ„ly vsed it was shot with a hackbut iÌ„ y e midst of the breste This was of the Emperoure so abhorde that he coulde not dissemble his Ire seyng so vyle a de de he looked vp toward the heauen and sayde O Lorde if it bee thy wyll thou arte of power to be reuenged These wordes spoken he rode out through the plain opeÌ„â—ield But the dust that came froÌ„ the vawarde was verye great and the eyre did driue it in our eyes The Emperour rode vpon the right haÌ„d and this was for two causes One was for to haue syght at libertie the other to prouide for such perylles as we haue seen in our tyme folowe when Esquadrons goe not in order as it is sene by experience y e vawarde broken the battaile lost wheÌ„ it is not set in order as it ought to be ¶ Therefore the Emperor prouided agaynst suche inconuenyences settyng the kyng apart with his Esquadrons so that if our vaward shoulde haue been in peryll he was at hande for to succour settyng vpoÌ„ our enemyes who went so strongly y t it was necessary so for to prouide ¶ Now the duke of Aluoy with his menne in the vawarde skirmished so nere that they made a stond and began to shote of al their artilerye wherewith the Almayns be very great doers The Emperour hasted to bee egall with the vawarde oure footemen had but .vi. peces of artillery being farre behynd out of our sight it was no meruayle for y e bridges could not be soshortly made This was then thre dutche leagues from the Albes and the Emperour made great spede with the horsmen because he woulde vndertake to defeate his enemies for if we shoulde haue taryed for the rest of our fotemenne they should haue had time place to atchieued their enterpryse Therefore here it maye be clearelye seen what maye bee done in greate thynges when counsayles be determined ¶ The horsmen in our vaward wer these iiii C. light horses with y e prince of Salmona with doÌ„ Antony de Toledo .iiii. C and. L. HuÌ„garians He had seÌ„t .iii. C. out of our campe this morning to viewe Troga a. C. horsmeÌ„ hackbutters Hispamardes .vi. C. speres with Duke Morts two C. hackbutters horsmen two C. and .xx. men of armes out of Naples with the duke of Castor here you may see our battayle whiche went in two Esquadrons The Emperoure might bee .iiii. C. speres .iii. C. hackbutters dutchmenne horsed the kyng was .vi. C. speres and iii. C. hackbutters horsmenne These were al our horsmeÌ„ and I ensure you I make the number no lesse then it was our Esquadrons ordered indifferently from the Dutchemenne for they made the front of the Esquadrons of their horsemenne sharpe The Emperor made his of seuentene in a ranke and so the fronte was brode and they shewed a greate noumber and represented a fayre sight And to my iudgemente this is the best order and the moste sure when the dysposicion of the grounde maye suffer it for why the front of one Esquadron of horsemenne beyng large there is not so muche rowme to bee coumpassed by the Flancke whiche maye bee done when the Esquadron is poynted and streyghte and seuentene in rancke and seuentene in fylar suffice for y e shocke This hath bene seen by experience at the battayle that the menne of armes of Flaunders did geat of the menne of armes of Cleues at y e towne of Sitrade in the yere a. M. D .xliii. ¶ The enemyes went in
beginne agayne for the enemyes were so setteled they coulde not bee remoued ¶ Then the Emperoure began to searche an other entrye but in the meane tyme we hadde continuall skyrmishes with takyng their vytaylles and killing their forragers with larums in the night which is a thyng noyful vnto all nations ¶ At this tyme his maiestye tooke an order that the Prynce of Salmona with his light horses and the Lorde of Brabansone knyghte of the order of the golden Flece Flemmyng with the Erle of Bures horsemenne shoulde goe in a skoute as the enemyes dyd They mette with two great bendes of horsemenne not farre from their campe where was ouerthrowen slayne and taken a greate parte of them a standerd and the standerd bearer was taken There was a chaunce whiche I haue thoughte good to bee wrytten It is so that the same horsemanne that dyd take the standerde was belongyng to mounsure de Bure whiche the same daye in twelue monthes had kylled a standerd bearer and taken a standerde from one whyche was brother to this same standerd bearer This done the Prynce retourned to the Emperour after that he hadde slayne and taken manye of the enemyes bryngyng a greate noumber of horses cartes whiche turned them to great hynderaunce losse and detriment ¶ At thys time the Emperoure determined to chaunge his lodging for diuers causes one was because of the greate infyrmitye and sickenesse amongest oure souldyers and also it was so full of mudde and mire that oure artillerye was welnere immouable so that we coulde not helpe our selues therwith wherfore it was thought moste conueniente to retourne to Longinguen as to a place moste mete for al thinges necessarie In this lodgig died y e Coronel George oâ— Rausburge which in al the Emperors warres had done good seruice At this same time y e Cardinal Fernese nenew to y e Pope returned to Rome ¶ The Emperour departed froÌ„ this lodging of Sultan with the order accustoined and came to Lau gingam This daye the enemyes made no shew but with one esquadron of .iiii. C. horses There haue bene diuers oppinions that yf the duke and y e LauÌ„tgraue had woulde thei might haue geuen battayle to their aduauauntage for thei had inforced their campe with .xv. M. men of Uiertemburge whiche they call choorles but suche choorles as thei bee they haue of late geuen an ouerthrow to .xxv. M. Suichiners Nowe thei bee in strength and we lacking for the Almayns of the ouerland and of the netherlande bee fallen in sickenes and of the Hispaniardes a great nuÌ„ber There could not be founde .iiii. M. Italyans for the reste were dead and gone vnto their countrey but as I haue saide the enemies made no demonstracioÌ„ for to take any aduauntage of any coÌ„moditie that thei mighte haue for to fight After y e Emperor departed from Sultan and was lodged at Laugingam he had newes from y e kinges brother that he had the victory in Saxony that he y e duke Morris hadde taken the most part of the estate thereof the whiche for to be more spedelye signyfyed vnto our enmyes or for because thet did knowe that we hadde knowledge there was sent a great salutacion of artillery ¶ All the tyme that the Emperoure was lodged in Longynguen he rode daylye aboute the campe as it is his ordinarye custome in all hys warres and into the fieldes for to beholde where the enemies mighte occupye anye place agaynste hym or he againste them Thei hadde been two or three times spying aboute a castell in the keping of the Hispanyardes a myle from oure Campe but euer at suche tymes when they coulde not bee ouertaken When the Emperoure hadde diligentely considered all thynges he soughte for to haue an other lodgyng so that hys dooynges hence foorth might take better effecte He found one for his purpose and after he turned to his campe which was so full of mudde and mire that our men of war were sore trauailed weryed Wherefore there wer diuers opinions but al agreed that hys maiesty should dislodge and to auoyde hys meÌ„ by garysons and so for to make the warre but he was of a contrarie opinion and that was to folow the warres and thys was the best as it hath proued since by experience ¶ Nowe being in our lodging so foule and myrye that our cartes nor yet wagones could coÌ„e in wyth victuals he determined to remoue to y e other which he had afore sene leading the campe in twoo partes the footemeÌ„ and artilery in the one parte and in the other part the horsmen toward the enemyes This day I thinke that the enemyes myghte haue geuin vs battaile for they had the plaine fieldes to come aga ynste our horsmen our footemen artylery farre of I dooe not knowe the cause except they did not know our passage in the which the Emperour was forced to deuide by partes as I haue sayde The waye was of suche sorte that this muste nedes be done ¶ The Emperour being lodged as it is said it was a great pleasure to al the army in so muche that it was called in prayse the Emperours lodging for it was diffarent and dyd excede that whiche we had leâ—t for there was muche wood and water a strong place and for the resorte of victueles commodious A mountayne vppon the fronte agaynste our enemyes muche lyke vnto the woorke of handes wherevpon we layd oure artilerye from whence we myghte shoote into the fyeldes Vpon the ryghte hand we hadde a Marrys and vppon the lefte hande a greate woodde the whyche dydde extende vppon oure backes Wee were so nere vnto the ennemyes that oure warde and theyrs skirmyshed ordinaryly The Emperour commaunded to cutte theyr vyctualles the whyche was done by suche dylygence by the lyghâ— horses and hackbutters that all the waye goyng to Norlyng Tynckespoole and Vlme dydde lye full of deadde menne broken cartes and vyctualles scattered And of oure part there were geuen so many skirmishes in the daye and larums in the night that they could neither eate nor slepe in rest ¶ Nowe our campe being lodged in thys place called the Emperours lodgig our aduaÌ„tage began for to appeare our enemyes to be more slowe in skirmishes for they came not out with such vigour nor so lustely as they had done but our men assayled theyr trenches out of the whyche they came but seldome times Thei shewed only with their artilery what wyls they had to skirmysh for now with their goÌ„nes thei begynne to make a forte and many times prisoners wer taken nere vnto theyr campe they were not only oppressed in thys but they began to be in great penury for lack of bread insomuche that dyuers prysoners coÌ„fessed that they had bene .v. daies wythout it And moreouer that thei were in great feare seeing that they had thought that the Emperor had bene gone afarre of and yet he was returned more nere at hand then he was before and with his campe he
agaynste me in fauor of my enemies in the aide of theyr campe But I hauing a respect that we haue been brought vp together so longe time and to youre repentaunce trusting that hence forward that you wyll serue me as you ought for to dooe and other wayes then you haue done then I am pleased to pardon you and to forgeat all that you haue done agaynste me and so trustyng that with newe deseruynges ye wyl deserue the loue and amitie wherewith I receyue you The Earle sayde he tooke great repentaunce in knoweledgyng hys offences sufficientely As I thought and other that stoode by the teares fell from his eyes in the mekenesse that he shewed It moued menne to pâ—eâ—ye for to see a Lorde of a house of so muche antiquitie and of the Emperours bloude so honourable and principall that whyte head discouered the teares in his eyes verelye it gaue a gret force to his discharge From thence forewarde his maiestye treated hym with the familiaritie past althoughe he hadde then receiued him with seueritie necessarye ¶ Nowe the Lordes of Vlme make suche spede for to reduce theÌ„selues into the seruice of his maiesty at the same tyme that the Countye Palentine was in halle they came vnto the Palace desyryng to bee before his maiestye They were broughte into his chamber where thei founde hym sytting in a chaire and the Earle standing before him thei kneeled downe shewyng a countenaunce of their mindes TheÌ„ their principall sayd in summe these woordes ¶ We of Vlme make knowlage and confesse the offences that we haue done whiche hath been all in oure defaulte and of other that hath deceyued vs but nowe seyng there is none so great a sinne but God doth pardon them which do repent wherfore we truste that youre maiestie will emit hauing a respect to our repentaunce and to receyue vs into youre mercye and so we beseche you for the passion of Christ to haue pitie vpon vs and to receyue vs into your fauoure seyng that we do submit our selues vnto your seruice to serue you as true and good subiectes with body and goodes as we owe of duety to so good an Emperour ¶ His maiestie aunswered that y e comming to knowledge of their errour was a great part to haue their pardon and moreouer that it was a great signe being repentant for y t which was past y t thei would serue hym truelye in tyme to come as good and true vessayles to the Empire it shoulde bee a cause that he woulde bee the more wyllyng to graunt their pardon and so he admitted them to his grace reseruyng vnto hymselfe that whiche was conueniente to bee done in their Citie to the wealthe and quietnes of the Empire This is in suÌ„me al y t there was done ¶ Shortelye after his maiestye because although the duke of Viertomburge beganne for to fele the banners imperiall approche and to flatter a litle it was not so muche but yet it was more necessarye that the Emperour with weapon in hande shoulde bryng him to obedience for the Emperoure hauing at Vlme so nere a neyghbour of the Duke of Viertemburge that it was not conueniente to leaue him free in strength and to depart from hym to goe aboute anye other enterpryse for why his maiestye beyng absente it myghte haue bene an occasion to haue hadde newes For Auguste beyng one foote ioyned with that estate there myghte lyghtlye haue been some reuolucion in Vlme for this hath been euer in a readinesse through the neighbourhoode that they haue hadde together with other neyghbours whiche naturally be troublous and euer haue desyred to tourne his affayres when they haue bene moste quiet I saye this by the Frenche men the whiche Viertemburge beyng out of obedience of his maiesty thei haue had euer an open porte to range about in Germanye The Emperour for this respect or for other whiche he oughte for to knowe better then thei that knowe no other thing but that which toucheth their handes he toke vpon hym the eÌ„terprise of this estate and sent y e Duke of Aluoy before with the Hispanyardes and the regimente of Madrucho and the Coronell Examburge and the Italians that were left the whiche were so fewe that I make no number and to my iudgemente the cause was this that the continuall trauayle in oure campe made that there lacked many souldiers of al these nacions and moreouer then this the slowe paymente of wages which sith the commyng from the riuer of Prence had euer eÌ„creased in our caÌ„pe y t LauÌ„tgraue hauing enforced his as it is sayde yet gaue vs no battayle as he had so ofto promysed to them of the league ¶ Nowe the duke of Aluoy is gone with the parte of the armye whiche I haue spoken of with the Dutchehorsemen and the thre hundred meÌ„ late come out of the realme of Naples His maiestye came after with the reste of theyr horsmenne the regimente of the Almaynes whiche of late hadde bene in the conduite of George of Ransburge and nowe at the leadyng of the Earle of Massoulte Thei went streight to Alprime a towne imperiall and of the league standyng vpon the entrye of the three wayes that goe to Viertemburge the waye to that towne is moste open and playne for to carrye Campe and ordenaunce The Emperoure beyng at Alprime the duke of Viertemburge beganne for to make readye his businesse for by the waye dyuerse townes were come vnto the duke of Aluoy for to yelde And goyng forewarde they came in to obedience all excepte some stronge holdes whiche by the disposicion of their Scituacion were inprenable But the Duke of Viertemburge takyng a more holesome counsayle was refourmable to all thynges that the Emperoure dyd demaunde and gaue hym three of his stronge holdes whiche shoulde please his maiestye to take and these were Ahsbridge a greate Castell full of ordinaunce and vittayles Ruramberge which hadde prouision for manye yeares The thirde is called Porendorse whiche was prouided for two thousande menne for manye yeares of ordinaunce and vittaylles conformable to the same In these Fortresses were founde muche artillerye of the Duke of Saxons and Launtgraue the whiche they had left there because they might make the more haste and in especially in this towne beyng Ladye and the keye of the entrie into that estate theÌ„ he gaue vnto his maiesty two hundred thousande Duckettes promisyng to be at his commaundement nothing except ¶ The Emperoure hauyng in shorte tune thus subdued the Duke of VierteÌ„burge hauing these fortes in his power and the countrey assured he hadde knoweledge from the Earle of Bure that Frankeforde was geuen his maiestye and that he was therein with twelue baÌ„ners Two dayes after came the Burgemaisters of the same citie whiche he receiued accordyng and with like condicions as the other reseruyng it to the conuenient wealth of Germanye The nexte daye after came seuen cities together al of the league emongest the whiche were Menengam and Quintain so
dispraise the the enemies althoughe the Emperour who hath ouercome them semeth to be greater but to say the truthe sythe I am a wytnes for there was nothing done but I haue bene nere vnto hym froÌ„ Newremberge which was the way the Emperour did take for to mete with the king and duke Moreys at y e towne of Egner where by oportunitie of the place it was apoynted for to make the A masse of the warres that the kyng shoulde be there wyth hys horsmen and certayne banners of footemen and bryng wyth hym duke Morres with his nomber for so it was determined the time appointed to be done The king parted froÌ„ Tressen a towne belongyng to Duke Morres and to the Duke of Fraâ—brige leauing the strength of the enemies vpon the ryght hande They entered into Boeme for to come ouer the mountaines wherewith it is al enuironed and to ioyne with the Emperour in Egner but the Boemose made a muster then of their inteÌ„cions declaring that the great truste was not in vayne that the Duke of Saxon had in theÌ„ the why â–ª he extended so that it was the cause of manye opinions whiche I dooe not wryte because I dooe not know so much of a truth as it requireth to be wrytten ¶ Nowe the Emperour beyng iij. iourneys from Newremberge there came a Gentleman from the kynge of Romaynes wyth knoweledge that sithe that the king duke Morres were entred into Boeme with theyr horsemen and footemen A knight of the countrey had gathered a great nomber to cut down the woodes in dyuers partes to stoppe the passages and the waies by the whyche the kyng was purposed to come to Egner wherefore he must go about thorow the mountaines the castels beloÌ„ging to the knightes there being with him Wherefore he required a nomber of hackbutters Hyspanyardes for to passe more strongly and for to haue the Lordshyp of the wood The Emperoure prouided for al thinges conuenient albeit that after it was no neede to haue the Hyspaniardes in thys passage for the knightes of the country whyche were come to serue didde so muche that they wer al broken and disparsed Thys knyght of Boeme came not wyth the men whyche he had assembled hys name is Gasper Flucke a principal man in that couÌ„trey from whoÌ„ in tyme past the king had taken landes and goodes and notwithout deseruing and sence liberally he gaue them to him again but it seemeth that he hath remembred more the takyng then the geuing thankes for the gyfte for it is euer the fyrst poynt of ingratitude to forgeat benefytes receyued ¶ It is sayd that these knightes whyche mette together for to defende thys passage hadde made a bancket and after caste lottes who shoulde be theyr Captayne Generall They dydde take suche an order that it fell to Gasper Flucke and not for that he was more apte then the other for thys charge but because he was moste in power for to furnyshe wyth men and money or elles it myghte be that they dydde it because that if theyr enterpryse shoulde not haue good successe euerye manne woulde rather see the paryll vppon the head of an other then vppon hys owne But let it be as it was for the most parte of that kyngdome made a ruynous demonstracion against their prince ¶ Now is the king of Romaines passed by the Castels aforsayde the Emperoure was commyng three leagues from Egner the which is a citye of the kyngdome of Boeme standing vpon the borders of Saxoni but it is out of the mountaines for Boemeis coÌ„passed about wyth great thicke woods but towarde the parte of Morabia it is more plaine for on all other partes it seemeth that nature hath fortyfyed it for the thickenes of the woods the marrises which be in them maketh the passages in the enteryng maruelous diâ—â—iâ—il how be it the lande which lyeth compassed aboute wyth these woods is playne and fertyll ful of castels and cities The people thereof be naturally valiant and of good disposicion Their horsmen in armes be like to the Almaines the footemen dyffer for they keepe not lyke order to the Almaines nor thei vse not like weapon for one beareth a halberd an other a Jauelin other staues of one faddame and a halfe of length with great pykes of iron other beare shorte handgoÌ„nes wyth brode hatchettes with y e whych they cast .xx. paces very haÌ„dsomli These Boemose haue beene in tyme paste soldiers of great estimacioÌ„ but now not so much in reputacioÌ„ The most part of Saxoni bordereth vpoÌ„ Boeme from Egner keping the mountaynes of Boeme vpon the ryghte hand vntil it passe the Albes which is a ryuer of Boeme and entereth into Saxony nere vnto y e citye Laitemers This I haue thought good to be wrytten for the better vnderstanding of other thinges past ¶ The Emperour nowe being at Egner thither came the king his brother duke Morres the Marques John of Brandenburge soÌ„ne to the Electour for now hys father had taken an order wyth the kyng for to serue the Emperour so sent his sonne for to serue in this warre The nomber of the horsmen wyth y e king myght be .viij. c â–ª Duke Morres brought one M. the Marques John .iiij. c. as well apointed More ouer the king brought .ix. C. hungarians whyche to my iudgement be the best light horsmen in the world and so they shewed theÌ„ selues to be in the warres of Saxoni the .xlvi. nowe this the .xlvij. Their weapoÌ„s be long speares stiffe great where wyth they geue greate incounters They beare Targettes or Tabbelines which beneathe be large vnto the middest and froÌ„ the middest vpward they be made sharpeniÌ„g with a point aboue theyr heades Some weare shirtes of Maile but in their Targets they put paint poyses deuises after their fashions whiche do besome theÌ„ very wel Thei beare long stiffe arming swordes hand haÌ„mers called Martlets with long â—â—eles with y e which they helpe them selues haÌ„dsomely They shew themselues great frendes to y e Hispaniardes for as thei say the one and the other came of the Scithians These were the horsmeÌ„ which came with y e king footemeÌ„ he brought none for he had left .iiij. baners in Tressen and the rest in the entryng into Boeme went home to theyr houses He had but one baner whyche tarryed wyth him thys he sent to Egner Duke Morres put al his footemen in Lipsâ—a and Subisa The Duke of Saxon beyng thereby with .viij. M. OutchemeÌ„ good soldiers and a great noÌ„ber of foremeÌ„ which he had made in the couÌ„try 3 M. horsemeÌ„ armed wel chosen for y e other .xij. baners the rest of his horsmeÌ„ wer with Thumserne as it is sayde and deuided in diuers partes ¶ The Emperour came to Egner a citie christened which is no litle maruel standing so nere Boeme and SaxoÌ„ for why in the one there be but fewe christened men and in the other there be none
any enterprise howe diâ—â—icile and harde so euer they bee Nowe the Emperoure dyd take the waye throughe Turing a countrey fruitfull and full of strayte passages the whiche they of the countrey hadde so muche fortyfyed that it semed that they putte a truste muche differyng from that y e folowed for they hadde suche a confidence in the strength of their Lorde that they loked not for the Emperour â—â— bee there victorious for 〈…〉 wer 〈◊〉 that iâ— had 〈…〉 〈◊〉 been iÌ„possible 〈…〉 warre of y e LauÌ„tgraue agaynst the Duke of Brunzwique and of them of Breame with the yonge manne Duke Henrique of Brunzwique and with GrouÌ„gue Vierspergue and other particularities for I wyl not enlarge my ComeÌ„tarie nor take awaye from them whiche haue in charge to wryte these and other this that I putte here maye be a help to theyr remembraunce and also because I wyll not lese for my parte these worthye dedes aboue al other as these be of the Emperour ⧠In this waye of Turyng came to submitte hymselfe vnto the Emperoure the eldest sonne of the Duke of Saxon whiche had been in Gotte and ratified all that hys father hadde graunted and when he came to Bamberge he receyued there a legate from the Pope And from thence to Nuremberge where he abode certayne dayes lokyng for to take resolucion of the citie where he was disposed to kepe the diet for in Vlme it was thought not to be commodious as it behoued for all the princes and cities of Germanye to come together especiallye for health ¶ At this tyme the Citizens of y e mightie cities of Lubique came before the Emperoure declaryng that they hadde neuer offended and trueth it is for they neuer dyd thing agaynste his maiestye Breame takyng the kyng of Denmarke for theyr intercessour labored for their pardon The duke of Pomerana and Lunemburge laboured with excuses prayers and iustificacions Theyr affayres Brunzwique Hilson and Breme came to Auguste to bee at the Emperours mercye for why they dydde see theyr correccion at hande for it should not haue been nede to haue his person nor yet any of his armye to chastice them but to haue sent to the lordes theyr neyghbours to make them warre the whiche they desyred as a thyng muche for theyr profyte Hamburge came to surrender to the Emperoure beyng in Nuremberge And so the head Cities Maritane standyng vpon the Sea came to surrender mâ—â—yng great paymentes submyttyng themselfe to the obedyence Imperiall which they haue not knowen vntyll nowe and other thynges to bee done as it shoulde please the Emperoure to commaunde ¶ Nowe the Emperoure hath broughte to passe all these thynges in Germanye whiche haue been so hyghe in the toppe of pryde and with so greate power that it semed to the heades of them that theyr pryde was no presumpcion but all reason and withoute anye doubte theyr power was so greate that it semed to all menne that there was not strength in the reste of christendome for to resyst But he that may dooe all thynges hath suffered the Emperour to haue the victorye for the whiche his name shall remayne more cleare then anye of the other Emperours of Rome consyderyng the greate dedes and the causes wherefore so that al princes be bounde whiche stande in the determinacion of the churche as the countye Palatyne the Duke Morres the Duke of Viertemberge the marques of Brandemburge Elector and all they of their names And they of Almayne whiche semed to bee most impossible as the selfe Launtgraue with other princes and ioyntlye all the cities of the Empyre from Auguste where his maiestye kept the diet He sente with the Cardinall of Trente large relacion to his holines ¶ The greatnes of these warres deserue a relacion more at large then this of myne but I with thys briefe remembraunce maye helpe them whiche write more particularlye but surely this I say y t when Ceasar had conquered Fraunce in x. yeres he filled the world with his Comentaries And Rome made supplicacions to the gods wheÌ„ thei had passed the Ryne and had been x. dayes in Almayne he thoughte y t it suffised to haue y e authoritie the dignitie of the people which gouerned the worlde The Emperoure in one yere hath subdued this braue prouince witnesse the Romayns of our tyme. Charles the great in xxx yeres subdued Saxony The Emperour in lesse then fowre monthes was lorde of all the whole prouince The greatnesse of this warre is woorthye a greatter stile then mine is for I cannot write but y e naked trueth without anye affeccion but yet the remembraunce may be perpetual according to the deseruing of the greatnes of the enterprise the whiche and of the yere passed hath been gouerned by the Emperour so streight that if it had been guyded otherwayes it hadde not come vnto the ende that we haue sene it for at al tymes when it hath bene nedeful to be gouerned by arte the order hath been obserued to that effecte necessarie And also when it hath bene conuenient to woorke by force the determinacion hath bene so executed with suche courage streÌ„gth as hath bene nedeful Wherfore his fame is worthy to bee so muche superiour to the other Capitayns in time past so much as in the vertue goodnesse he is to them all ¶ A letter sente from the kyng of Romayns vnto the Emperour his Maiesty vpoÌ„ y e successe of Boeme THis that we haue here new sith the third day of July is that the tewesday last thei of y e citie of Prage beyng as it may be thought in pride and malicious intenion and we hauyng deferred y e terme of the Sitacion at theyr supplicacion vntil the Friday thei begaÌ„ aboute the middest of the daye to shoote of their hackebuttes at oure menne beyng on this parte of the ryuer so that they were forced to do the same We tooke an order for to defende their breakyng out vpoÌ„ vs for as yet the marques of Marenano was not come with his menne But we hadde knoweledge at that tyme that he was within fowre leagues We sente a Gentlemanne in poste to haste his commyng thei of the citie perseuering in their purpose and not contente with y e shotte of their hackbutters they shotte of their artillery with the which they kylled fiue or sixe parsons and beganne to fortify themselfes to make theyr rampiers and sette forth their ordinaunce vpon the porte of the bridge And in the mornyng folowyng they did the same and we hadde knowledge when it was late that the borderers on the other parte of the riuer wer commyng for to enter into the citie that nyghte We sente one number of horsmen armed and HuÌ„garians and Charles â—aradin with them to passe the riuer by ford and first to admonish them to kepe theyr houses in peace and yf they would not so doe for to kyll make slaughter When it was day they of the citie seing oure horsemen on the