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A03136	A true and briefe relation of the famous seige of Breda beseiged, and taken in vnder the able and victorious conduct of his Highnesse the Prince of Orange, captaine generall of the States armie, and admirall of the seas, &c. Composed by Henry Hexham quartermaster to the regiment of the honorable Coronell Goring.	Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?; Hondius, Hendrik, b. 1573. Baronnie van Breda.; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, 1584-1647.	1637 (1637)	STC 13265; ESTC S104008	46,456	76

be lent them to carry their baggage and other goods to Machline including therein all manner of Armes as also for the souldiers of the garrison absent dead sick hurt or runaway and that the said waggons shall in no wise be searched 7 And those which desire to haue their goods transported by shipping to Machline shall haue good shipping appointed them to passe through Holland saueing all manner of wares or Commodities And it is granted them ouer and aboue to make choise of men that shall haue a care of the bringing of their goods and baggage thither which shall not be searched nor arrested in any place vnder what pretence soeuer but maye passe freely to Machline 8 That the Gouernour Captaynes Officers Councellors of Warre and souldiers takeing pay from the King of Spayne aswell Spirituall as Temporall men none excepted as also widdowes with their children whosoeuer of them which haue any houses inheritances rents in this Citty or vpon the States of Brabant in this quarter or haue any houses in the Towne or any inheritances of perticular goods maye enioy them two yeares after the date and sealing of this composition to transport them according to their desire to sell them to morgage them or otherwise to dispose of their goods and during this time shall enioy the rents and hires of their houses and the fruits of their goods or such as they may get vpon any condition Whatsoeuer 9 That the officers and souldiers in what seruice or State soeuer they bee may Leaue their wiues and children in the Towne and that during the time of two yeares shall dispose of their goods moueable or immoueable lying within this Citty or else where none excepted so that noe man shall confiscate them neither shall any confiscation take place of them 10 Neither shall any officer or souldier be arrested or stayed at this present or in future times for the hire of their howses wherein they haue dwelt neither their baggage for any debts whither they march out with the garrison or stay behinde being sick or hurt when they are well they shall depart from hemce 11 All souldiers prisoners aswell on the one side as on the other of what quality soeuer they bee shal be set at liberty without paying any thing for their ransomes but onely for their dyet according to the taxation of the quarter as also the preachers and other prisonners shal be set free paying their dyet 12 That all the boote which hath bin made before or since the seige shall not be required of them but shall remayne their owne 13 That after the signing of the articles of this composition it is granted to the Gouernour of Breda that he may send an expresse Messenger to his highnesse the Cardinall Infant with free conduct and safety to aduertize him of all things happened in this seige which the Gouernour may doe the very same day as these articles are signed 14 These conditions being attested the Gouernour and the souldiers shall haue two daies respite giuen them at the least to make themselues ready for their departure which time being expired the Gouernour and Officers of the same garrison shall promise to depart to witt vpon Satterday next being the tenth of October 1637 new Stile 15 With intention that during the time of two dayes none of the towne shall come into our army nor any of our army goe into the Towne to the end all disorders may be preuented and all men shall conteyne themselues within their trenches and fortifications without being permitted to approach neerer or to shew any hostility one against an other for the assurance whereof Hostages shal be giuen on both sides 16 That before and ere the garrison shall depart two Sufficient Hostages shall be giuen who in the behalfe of his highnesse shall march with the said garrison armes and Baggage to Machlin withthem and on the otherside two Hostages shall remayne there from the Gouernour till the two Hostages on his highnesse side shall returne back againe with the waggons and that his highnesse shall send to them the aforesaid Hostages remayning in the towne with free Conduct and assurance to Machline 17 That the Officers Souldiers comprehended in the Articles of this composition hauing any armes Barkes sloopes or other equipage of warre belonging to particular persons maye either sell or transport them without being mosested or stayed for any such things as they shall haue sould or will transport 18 That there shall be made noe restitution of any horses Armes Marchandizes moueables and other commodities sould or held for boote for which no man shal be stayed Giuen in the Army before BREDA the 7. of October 1637. Stilo Nouo THE COPIE OF THE ARTICLES AND Demands propounded by the Spirituality the Drossard Schout Burgomasters Aldermen and the Councill of the citty of BREDA to his highnesse my Lord the Prince of Orange Lord and Baron of BREDA with his highnesse Answere thereunto I. Demand IMprimis that all fautes enmitie and offences howe great and of what quality soeuer they bee or maye be held to be without exception of any either of any spirituall or temporall men present within or without the a foresaid citty whither in generall or perticular which haue bene committed shall be forgotten and forgiuen as if they had neuer hapned I. Answere His highnesse hauing seene and examined the Articles aboue mentioned hath declared declareth by these that he granteth this Arcicle vpon condition that all persons mentioned therein shall hence forward carry themselues as they are bound to doe II. Demand That in the aboue said citty of Breda now and allwaies the exercise of the Catholique Romish Religion shal be publikly taught in the great Church in the Cloisters and Nunneries as it hath bin in vse these last twelue yeares so that noe man of what quality soeuer he be either ciuill or militarie shall giue any hinerance obstakle or scandall in Churches or vpon streets by word or deede vpon arbitriall punishment II. Answere The two Cloisters of Nunnes shall be held in the same manner as they were before the yeare 1625. vnder the gouerment of the high and mighty Lords the States Generall III. Demaund That the Magistrates shall be made indifferent of persons as well indifferent of the Romish Catholiques as of those of the reformed Religion and that all permanent offices yea those Administrations that were the yeare 1625. of men now deceased and afterward such as were conferred by Count Iohn of Nassaw maye be continued III. Answere The Magistrates shall be chosen out of the best and qualifiest persons of the citty according to the Lawes and Priuileges of BRABANT and of the citty of BREDA aforesaid IV. Demaund That the Masters of the Chapiter with their Supposts the Pryor and the Nunnes Cloister of Saint Catherins-dale the Pastor the Colledge of the Society of Iesus the Conuents of the Fathers Capuchians the gray Fryers the Nunnes court and the clergie of the Gesthowse with

A TRVE AND BRIEFE RELATION OF THE FAMOVS SEIGE OF BREDA BESEIGED AND TAKEN IN Vnder the Able and Victorious Conduct of his Highnesse the Prince of Orange Captaine Generall of the States Armie and Admirall of the Seas c. Composed by HENRY HEXHAM quartermaster to the Regiment of the honorable Coronell GORING Printed at Delft by JAMES MOXON And are to be sould at Hendricus Hondius neere the gevangen Port in the Hagh Anno 1637. TO THE RIGHT HONORABLE AND MOST Noble Lord HENRY LORD RICH of KENSINGTON Earle of HOLLAND Captaine of his Majesties Guard and Gentlemen of the Bed-Chamber Chancellor of the Vniversity of CAMBRIDGE Knight of the most noble Order of the Garter and one of his Majesties thost Honourable Privie Councill c. RIGHT HONORABLE YOVR LORDSHIPS GRACIOVS ACCEPtance of my former Booke intituled The Principles of the Art militarie hath giuen mee encouragement to annex a second addition to it in the Practick of the famous seige and taking in of Breda this yeere by his Highnesse the Prince of Orange our Generall Marquesse Spinola of famous memorie one of the best Generals that euer his Maiestie the King of Spaine had in his Netherlandish warres blockt it vp in the yeeres 1624 and 1625 eleuen months and odd daies and had his Herman Hugo a Jesuite who in commendations of the Marquesse wrot a relation of some memorable actions touching this seige to posteritie and did it well It is now my turne according to my weake ability to writ some thing also to succeeding ages in the honour and memoriall of his Highnesse the Prince of Orange and those chiefe Commanders Gentlemen and Souldiers vnder his Commaund that were at the seige this yeare and I hope truely without giving offence to any man Heere your honour shall see the difference betweene a Towne blocked vp which is a languishing death and a Towne brauely beseiged taken in by Approaches which in a Souldiers opinion is accounted more honorable Againe if your Lordship compare the times of the one and of the other Generall together you shall finde that there was neuer Towne so strongly fortified hauing 3000 able men to defend it regained in so short a time to wit in 50 daies from the 18 of August namely the night that wee first brak ground against this towne till the sixth of October following that the Enemy cald for a parley your Honor may see the admirable expedition notwithstanding all opposition within and without to relieue it his hignesse made which the oldest souldiers in these Warres haue not seene the like This breife relation then craues that vnder your Lo gracious patronage it may finde fauour to come out in English to the view of the world to giue satisfaction to some of our owne nation that were at this seige which if it be acceptable to your honour as my former was then I am bound in a double Obligation to pray vnto the Almighty to blesse your noble family with much encrease of honour in this world and to crowne you with eternall felicity in the next resting Your Lordships deuoted Seruant euer to Commaund HENRY HEXHAM AN INFORMATION TO THE READER OF the State of BREDA Formerly CVRTEOVS READER the Cittie of Breda taken in this yeare by his Highnesse the Prince of Orange lying in the Land of Kempen is a part of the Dukedome of great Brabant and the Head-Towne of a braue Barrony hauing 16 villages and a walled Towne vnder the Jurisdiction thereof Among the which there is Steen-bergen a Towne newly fortifyed with a Strong-Fort or two vpon the hauen Rosendale a great and a very pleasant village and Osterhout a goodly Lord-ship This Citty is situated vpon a riuer called the Marck whose headspring beginneth some foure English Miles aboue Hoogh-strate It lyeth one and twentie English miles a halfe from Lier one and twenty from Anwerpe 15 from Bergin op Zoom 15 from Turnhout 9 from Seuenberke and 6 from Getruydenberke This Citty and Barronie fell by marriage to the illustrious house of Nassaw Anno 1404 two hundred three and thirty yeares agoe For that yeare Count Englebert Eare af Nassaw Espoused the Lady Io ane the onely Inheritrix of this Barronie of Breda and the Land of Leck for a long time it was the Court and ancient ressidency of the Earles of Nassaw vntill such time that Duke D' Alva by his tirannie droue Prince William the old Prince of Orange and Earle of Nassaw his Highnes Father of famous memorie out of his ancient inheritance It hath in it a goodly Castle double moated founded by Count Henry of Nassaw which if it had bene finished according to the model thereof it would haue bene one of the beautisullest goodliest Structures of Brabant Since the Warres began it hath bene strongly fortified with many Bulwarks Horneworks Halfe-moons Rauelings and a large moate round about the Towne in some places 14. rod or 180 foote broade 9 or 10 foote deepe with a good Counterskarfe without it This Towne hath suffered much by the warres as by surprises blocking vp Seiges hath beene subiect to many changes some times being lost and other-wiles regayned on both sides For in the yeere of our Lord 1585. Prince William of famous memorie enioyed it peaceably till Hautpenny one of the Ennemies Commanders surprized it that yeare on the 25 of Iune plundred it and burnt diuerse houses in it and so it continewed vnder the power of the King of Spayne vntill Prince Maurice of famous Memorie by a braue Stratagem vnder the conduct of Captaine Herangier who with 70 other vailliant and resolute men hid vnder a Turfe-Schip comming into the Castle by night broke out of that couert Ambuscado cutt of a Corps degard and tooke in the Castle Prince Maurice marching with part of the States Army to second his dessigne tooke in both Castle and Towne on the fourth of march in the yeare 1590. After this being an ill neighbour to the Busse Anthony Schtes the Gouenour thereof and Lord of Grubbing donck had an other enterprizce vpon it and falling on in the night with 4000 foote and eleuen troupe of horse those of Breda takeiug the alarme betimes he finding them in a readenesle to entertaine him was beaten off with the losse of a hundred men Againe Marquesse Spinola haueing Anno 1622 layne long before Bergin op zoom and lost and hurt in the space of twelue weekes a matter of ten thousand men before it being so repulsed by my Lord Morgan then commaunding with the Gouernour the Commanders Captaines officers souldiers of all Nations that he could not get so much as a foote of ground of them though he attempted and assaulted oftentimes the outworkes with the losse of a great many mē who at last by the cōming of Prince Morrice of happie memorie and Count Mansfeild to Rossendale with the States Armie not willing to stand them on a sudden brake vp and quitted the seige in the

all other spirituall men of what state or order soeuer they bee who haue bene accepted by the citty before the date hereof maye continew in the peaceable possession off all their goods rents donations tenths and incomes whatsoeuer they be aswell within as without the citty without any exception to receiue them a new or to surrogate others and as all and euery one haue held possessed and enioyed the same heitherto without doing any hindrance dāmage or hurt vnto them and all Canonists and Benefices which shall come to be vacant shall be giuen to the Romish Catholiques according to to the fundamentall Lawes and Statutes made thereof IV. Answere That all Spirituall persons shall enioy and haue the administration of their goods as they had in the yeare 1625. And as for those which will depart out of the Citty they maye take their goods and moueables a long with them as also if they haue houses or other things they maye sell them as the Burgers doe V. Demaund The yearely reuenew of the goods belonging to the Orphans Hospitall in the said citty aswell by inheritance as by will and Testament which they now enioy or may enioy hereafter either by will gift purchase or otherwise gotten shall be dristributed Prorate and according as the number of the poore Orphans shall be found of the one and the other religion they shall haue a Lodging and masters a part and the goods collections and almes of the Holy Ghost and the man-house vpon the end of the Gest-house situated vpon the Haghs dicke shall be gouerned and distributed by persons and giuen to the poore of the one and the other Religion as it hath ben to this day on which side soeuer the towne was V. Answere That the goods Collections Almes of euery Almehouse mentioned aboue shall be employed and administred as they were before the yeare 1625. without hauing respect of what Religion soeuer the persons bee which shall be employed thereto VI. Demaund That the Citty of Breda and the Jnhabitants thereof shall hold all their priuiledges and freedomes and that noe more taxations shall bee imposed vpon them then those which were instituted there from the yeare 1590. to the yeare 1625. during the time that it was vnder the Gouerment of the vnited Netherlands and seing the Citty with this hard seige is wholly ruinated to recouer the decay thereof that they may be free from paying of Licent for the Space of two yeares The VI. Answere His Highnesse agreeth vnto this article but for that which concerns the point of Licences He will recommend that for their good to the High and Mighty Lords the States Generall VII Demaund That all Burgers and Inhabitans of the afore said citty as well such as are present as those which are absent and fledd of what quality soeuer they bee whether they were in the King of Spayne his seruice or no according to the tenour of this treaty maye depart out of it whither they will with their families moueables writtings and other moueable goods or if they desire to continew their dwellings in it still they may for the time of foure yeares next ensuing then to resolue within the said time whither they will continew their habitation there or no. And during the afore said time that they maye freely conuerse and goe into the Country to see if they can finde a place conuenient for them to dwell in according to their desire as also for other their particular affaires And if so bee that they within the foresaid terme of foure yeares or at the expiration thereof resolue to depart the Towne they may doe it freely with their wiues children and goods whither they please either by water or by land without paying any toles Licences or searching of their shipping yea allthough any one of them during the time of foure yeares a boue said had bin in any particular ministration and that they maye freely dispose of all their goods make saile of them morgage or make transportation of them or by letters of atturney maye entrust others with their goods that maye receiue and dispose of them and if it should happen that they come to decease within or without the afore said citty testate or intestate the same goods shall come vnto their instituted Heires or to these of their next blood and kindred ab intestato respectiuè and all their moueables goods Marchandizes and others that they may carry them away at their will without seeking for any other pasport then this present treaty and those that will dwell in newtrall lands or resolue to dwell in the plaine Countrie maye come to dwell againe in the said citty at their pleasure without desiring any other consent VII Answere His highnesse granteth this request for the time of three yeares next ensuing especially for those that haue left the Towne vpon condition that those which shall dwell in newtrall Lands or in the plaine Country and are desirous to dwell againe in Breda shall be bound first to giue his highnesse or the Gouuernour knowledge thereof VIII Demaund That those which are desirous for their particular affaires to goe into the Countries and townes vnder the commaund of the King of Spayne may doe it during the time of the aforesaid foure yeares as often as they please and euery time may returne freely againe into the towne to remayne there or to depart from thence as is abouesaid The VIII Answer They maye depart during the time of three years into the Enemyes Countries and townes and returne againe into Breda with the foreknowledge and consent of the Gouernour The IX Demand Jn this Contract all Burgers and Jnhabitants of the abouesaid citty shall be included as also all Pastors and spirituall persons fled into the Citty as likewise all Pesants or husbandmen which are fled into the Towne or else where out of the Country who by vertue hereof maye freely returne into their villages and houses or may remaine in the towne during the time of the foure yeares at their pleasure And the Pastors of the Barronie of Breda being present or absent and their successors may returne againe vnto their parochiall Churches and Benefices that they may excercise in them their pastorall functious ministry and keepe their incomes as they did before the retorsion was made The IX Answer This article is graunteds for so much as concernes the Burgers but for the Pastors and other Spirituall persons mentioned herein they maye depart out of the Citty but afterwards shall gouerne themselues according to the edicts of Retrosion made by the Lords the Statess vntill some other order be taken touching that point The X. Demand That all sentences pronounced by the Magistrates of the aforesaid Citty and by the high-bench from which noe appeale hath bene shall continew in full vigour power and effect as likewise all contracts made before during the time of the seige whatsoeuer they bee The X Answer This article is graunted according to the

contents thereof The XI Demand That all Accovnts passed by the Towne and likewise all those which were made by the Magistrates shall stand good and be of valuation The XI Answre This article is likewise aggreed vnto as it lies vpon condition that all Charters Records and writings concerning fee-simples Domaines others either touching spirituall or temporall goods and Lands belonging to his Highnesse shall be deliuered into the hands of those whome his Hignesse shall commit thereunto XII Demaund That those which haue rents and debts from the citty they maye be payd them euery yeare without any deduction XII Answer This is Likewise condiscended vnto XIII Demaund That the citty of Breda shall not be bound to make repaire or maintayne the walles ramparts Bridges Corps de Guards and other workes of Fortification neither to giue fire and candle light to the Corps de guard like as they haue benefree thereof these last 12. yeeres vnder the gouernment of the King of Spaine XIII Answere Those of the citty shall governe themselves herein as it was before the yeare 1625. XIV Demaund That the Souldiers of the garrison which shall be layd in the sayd citty as well foote as horsmen shall be lodged in Baracaes or otherwise without any charge to the Towne and Burgesses thereof And in case any Souldiers be billitted vpon the Burgers that then they shall receiue seruice mony for them without any charge to the Citty XIV Answere The Souldiers shall be lodged vpon service mony as they are in other Townes of the vnited Provinces Given thus in the Army before Breda the 7. of October 1637. Stilo Novo THE ENNEMIES DEPARTVRE AND MARCH OVT of BREDA on Satterday the 10 of October 1637. New Stile THe articles of Composition abouesaid being signed on both side a great many of waggons karres to the numder of 800 were prouided out of the Army and the Barronie of Breda to carry the Ennemy away Which ouer night and on Satterday Morning the tenth of October went into the Citty to loade their goods vpon them About eight of the Clock the Princes guard and the Companie of Monsieur Witz Sariant Maiour Generall came and stood before the Busseport where the Ennemie was to march out with foure troups of Horse and fiue Companies of foote and from thence all along to the quarter of Count Harrie Casimier Gouernour of Frizeland euen to the village called Heusenhout and so to the vtmost line of Circumvalation there stood fiue or sixe Companies of foote of euery Regiment in Battaile and troopes of horse beating their drums and sounding their Trumpets according to euery Nations march makeing a gard for the Ennemy to passe through hauing beside aboue 30 thousand Spectators Gentlemē Gentlewomen Burgers women and children which came from all parts to see them march out as also the Princesse of Orange came hirselfe with a greate suite of Ladies and Gentlewoemen in 3. Coaches each Coach hauing sixe goodly horses to draw them to the vtmost trench where vpon a hill there were tents pitch vp whither also came his Highnes the Prince of Orange with his Sonne the Yong Prince accompanied with the Prince Elector Prince Rupert Prince Maurice Count William of Nassaw Count Henry Cassimier my Lo Brederode my Lord Grandisson diuerse other Nobles and men of quality and a braue troupe of horse standing vpon the Crosse-way as you goe to Heusenhout About eleuen of the clock the Ennemy began to march out of the towne The order of their march was thus first there marched in their Avantguard 42 rankes of musketteirs fiue in ranke consisting of Burgonians Walloons and some other nations all ranged under 16 Burgonian Coullours which marched altogether this was their first diuision next vnto them followed 50 rankes more of pikes and muskettiers of all sorts of nations vnder three coullours these two diuisions made the Auantgard After them followed a number of waggons laden with Officiers wiues gentlewomen women children and baggage Their Battaill consisted of 15 coullours which marched altogether vnder which they had ranked 53 rankes of Muskettiers pikes firelocks among which there were some boyes sick souldiers After them also followed many waggons and Karrs loaded with piks and musketteirs Casks and other instruments materialls of warre haueing also some Clergie men sitting vpon them and some others as Gray friers Preaching priests which went a foote Next vnto them followed three Coullors makeing 77 rankes of Pikes and musketteires After them came fiue Coullours more makeing 89 rankes of pikes and Musketteirs After these came a great number of Waggons and six good peeces of ordinance foure of them were halfe Canon and 2 Culuering the two greatest had 29 horses to draw them and the two other demy Canō had 17 horses a peece to draw thē the two lesser peeces had eleuen after the Canon came two morters the greatest drawn with 13 horses the lesser with nine hauing two empty Carriages twelue Barrels of powder for their ordinance with other necessaries belonging to the warre After these followed Monsieur Gomer Fourdine the Gouernour who was taken prisoner by vs when Count John of Nassaw sayled from Antwerp with his fleete in Sept. Anno 1631. Who also was turnd out of Skincksconce the last of Aprill 1636 and now out of Breda this yeere 1637 in a closse coach hauing bin sick of a feuer but cōming into the feild neere the prince he came out of his coach and gott a horse back and comming nigh vnto his highnesse he light from his horse and two persons that was with him the Prince seing him coming towards him lighted likewise from his horse and after some salutations and curtesies showed one to an other hauing had some short speeches one to an other he tooke his leaue of the Prince in most frendly manner But the Drossard of the citty had longer conference with his highnesse After him followed a great many waggons vpon the formost of them sat 10 or 12 Iesuits who did not so much as once moue their hats to the Prince so much they stood vpon their pontificalibus after them followed 30 rankes of Souldiers vnder foure Coullours which marched together then came a good many of waggons againe after them a procession of 16 Capuchian Fryers marching with great deuotion the formost of them bearing a redd wooden crosse in signe of the passion hauing hanging vpon yt a rodd a hamer a paire of tongs nailes a spunge and a crowne of thornes and these brought vp their battaile Lastly their Arriergard consisted of 150 Spanyards and Nepolitans ranged into 27 rankes vnder sixe Coullours which as before marched betweene the two middle rankes of the pikes Alferus de Belle that had acted the dead mans part and was taken prisoner in the Horne-worke for the kinde curtesie and humanity he had found from the English especially from Coronell Colepeper and the Captaynes and officers of his Regiment showed himself a gratefullman saluted all the