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know_v what_o concernment_n the_o bos_n be_v of_o be_v fain_o to_o give_v this_o answer_n that_o he_o be_v sorry_a he_o can_v not_o help_v they_o have_v no_o more_o power_n than_o they_o to_o do_v it_o yet_o at_o length_n because_o of_o the_o great_a importance_n of_o the_o place_n some_o canon_n and_o ammunition_n be_v send_v by_o ship_n thither_o but_o come_v therewith_o to_o gorcum_n they_o have_v the_o tiding_n that_o creveceur_n be_v lose_v and_o therefore_o not_o possible_a to_o bring_v it_o to_o the_o bos_n therefore_o the_o field-marshal_a wurts_n command_v there_o unlade_v the_o canon_n to_o use_v then_o for_o the_o defence_n of_o gorcum_n they_o of_o the_o bos_n have_v quit_v the_o sconce_n engelen_n and_o orten_n and_o bring_v the_o canon_n into_o the_o city_n with_o all_o which_o they_o have_v scarce_o enough_o to_o defend_v the_o brill_n as_o be_v requisite_a the_o garrison_n also_o be_v but_o weak_a the_o 13._o july_n they_o see_v the_o enemy_n at_o ulymen_n and_o part_n 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bommel_n soon_o master_v it_o forthwith_o put_v force_n into_o the_o small_a town_n heucklon_n asperen_fw-mi and_o leerdam_n the_o 14._o dito_fw-la the_o king_n march_v over_o the_o bridge_n by_o nimwegen_n to_o the_o grave_a and_o arrive_v the_o 16._o dito_fw-la in_o his_o leger_n before_o the_o bos_n be_v in_o person_n the_o 21._o dito_fw-la at_o vugt_v from_o whence_o he_o betake_v himself_o again_o to_o boxel_n not_o only_o the_o netherlands_o but_o all_o christendom_n stand_v astonish_v to_o see_v the_o enemy_n already_o approach_v within_o two_o dutch_a mile_n of_o amsterdam_n there_o keep_v post_n have_v in_o so_o short_a a_o time_n conquer_v so_o great_a a_o number_n of_o city_n and_o fort_n a_o list_n of_o the_o city_n and_o fort_n conquer_v by_o the_o enemy_n since_o the_o 1._o of_o june_n to_o the_o 19_o july_n in_o the_o dukedom_n cleef_n orsoy_fw-fr rhijnberck_n burick_n wesel_n and_o the_o lippe-sconse_n rees_n and_o the_o sconce_n emmerick_n in_o the_o county_n of_o groeningen_n winschoten_n oude_a sconce_n boonder_v sconse_n new_a sconce_n in_o east-friesland_n and_o friesland_n d'eyler_n sconse_n slijkenburg_n or_o kuind_a sconce_n in_o gelderland_n spijckfoort_n schencken_n sconse_n tol-house_n ysseloort_n hattem_n elbrug_n harderwijck_n aarnhem_n wageningen_n knotsenburg_n nimwegen_n grave_a tiel_n bommel_n sconse_n te_fw-fr vooren_n sconce_n st._n andrews_n the_o retrenchment_n of_o the_o yssel_n in_o brabant_n crevecoeur_n sconse_n te_fw-fr engelen_n orte-sconse_n in_o the_o county_n zutphen_n ysselburg_n anholt_n be_v heeren-berg_a zevenaar_n heussen_n dotechem_n brevoort_n grolle_fw-fr lochem_n doesburg_n zutphen_n in_o overyssel_a deventer_n hardenberg_n ommer_n sconse_n rouveen_n sconse_n zwoll_n and_o the_o retrechment_n nimmegen_n schans_n de_fw-fr vorn_n schans_n s._n andries_n bommel_n creveceur_fw-fr with_o three_o sconce_n campen_n with_o the_o scon_n hasselt_v swartsluce_n geelmuyen_n fullenhove_v blockzijl_n steenwijck_n in_o the_o drente_n meppel_n coeverden_n in_o the_o twente_fw-it enschede_v oldenzeel_v degnecham_n almelo_n delden_n goor_fw-mi diepenhem_n rijssen_n in_o utrecht_n province_n rhenen_n wijck_fw-mi te_fw-mi duurstee_n amersfoort_n utrecht_n ouwater_n ysselstein_n montfoort_n in_o holland_n buuren_n kuylenburg_n vyanen_n heucklom_n leerdam_n asperen_n woerden_n naarden_n the_o province_n of_o zealand_n only_o be_v free_a whole_o from_o they_o england_n itself_o be_v jealous_a because_o of_o these_o success_n unwilling_a that_o france_n shall_v become_v master_n of_o all_o think_v it_o therefore_o high_a time_n to_o see_v how_o the_o work_n lay_v and_o speedy_o send_v buckingham_n arlington_n and_o hallifax_v as_o plenipotentiaries_n to_o the_o king_n of_o france_n with_o a_o commission_n date_v 31._o june_n these_o lord_n arrive_v at_o the_o hague_n 4._o july_n and_o depart_v the_o day_n after_o to_o the_o army_n of_o his_o highness_n at_o bodegrave_n without_o further_a declare_v themselves_o except_o in_o exorbitant_a demand_n the_o 6._o dito_fw-la in_o