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B14953	Septemb. 2. Numb. 37. The continuation of our forraine avisoes, from the 20. of the last moneth to this present Containing the confirmation of the newes published the 20.th of August, concerning the severall encounters betwixt the King of Sweden and General Tilly, with the three dayes welcome given him, upon his project of nayling the K. of Sweden ordnance. An apologie of the King of Swedens (formerly published in the Dutch) not vnfit to give satisfaction to the world, concerning his not releeving of the citie Magdenburgh, wherein you shall finde a briefe relation of the Kings proceeding ever since hee began the warre in Germanie. The landing of the L. Generall, the Marquis Hamilton at Stralsunt, with all his men sound and well.	Butter, Nicholas, d. 1664, publisher.; Bourne, Nicholas, publisher.	1631 (1631)	STC 18507.221; ESTC S118669	10,075	17

shall receive great light of most of his Maiesties proceedings this last yeare past and the distresse and extremity his Maiesty hath maded thorough and what comfortable successe the Lord hath affoorded him notwithstanding his manifold obstacles and oppositions IT is an apparent and naked truth That the Burgamasters councel and Citizens of the City Ma●●e●burgh could in no wise be drawn and perswaded to disburse a reasonable summe of money upon good assurance for the advancement of the levying and raising of forces for his Maiesty of Sweden tending to the reliefe and deliverance of the said distressed itty in particular and reducement of the common Germain Liberties and Priviledges in generall Much lesse would they any wise consent and permit the least quarter or billetting to his Maiesty and his grace the Administrators of Magdenburgh their conjoyned forces till at the last by reason of the enemies blocking of them up this last siedge they were compelled thereunto Which was the cause that both the horse and foot-forces neyther might nor would aggregate in such a compleat number and so opportunely as both they could haue done and was requisite insomuch that the enemy gained conueniency and opportunity to blocke up and besiedge the said Citty by the meanes wherof his Mai. was of necessity constrained somewhat to desist and his intention ayming at the generall and publike good was thereby withdrawne and exceedingly hindred But to the end that all men may fully be acquainted with the causes which moved his Mai. to this resolution to assemble a convenient and reasonable army in that place afore mentioned We must know that even than where his Princely grace the Administrator of Magdenburgh in the end of Iuly in the yeare past 1630. came into the Citty the whole Bishoprick of Magdenburg was very destitute of Imperiall troupes and furnished with very weake garrison So that his Princely grace wanted no thing except the aforesaid monies for the raising of souldiers which if upon earnest request and soliciting of the said Citty Magdenburgh he could have obtained in a very short space he might very easily have raised and assembled together certaine thousands of men and by that meanes haue prevented and put by the siedge which Papenheym hath then begun with very few forces yea he might than have diverted the whole State of that warre have withdrawn all warlike provision and necessaries from the enemy and assembled his forces even within the Citty He might also have built an inexpugnable fort or Tower and have constituted Sedem Belli to second and defend all the adjacent places against the unspeakable Tyranny and perceiving impositions of his adversary And here we omit to speake of all other important and many consequences of warre Especially this is to be regarded that this Citty by this meanes might so long have bin preserved vntill his Mai. of Sweden had quite expelled and ruinated all the Emp. forces in Pomerania and upon the river Oder Howsoever the common people of this Citty are in this matter very excusable who by reason of the potent favorites and traitors which the enemy had drawn to him in that Citty were not able to proceed with a couragious and manly resolution Which may sufficiently appeare by the woefull and lamentable ruine of the said Citty which the treacherous Machination of those traytors of their owne Countrey brought upon the same and is meerely to be imputed unto them for in all this they have prevailed But notwithstanding all this it may easily appeare and by those Citties themselves be made manifest what vigilant care and diligence his Mai. hath taken and bestirred himselfe for the obtaining of the said monies by exchange from the Citty Hamburgh and Lubeck and transported the same to Magdenbu●gh because they by reason of the Scituation of that place had not opportunity and could not furnish such meanes notwithstanding it could be proved easily that it was not so impossible for them as their excuse would make it So that this fault in the very first beginning is not to be ascribed to his Mai. nor his Princely grace the Administrator of Magdenburgh But to those traytors and founders of mischiefe on the one and to their consorts and adherents who furnished the enemy with munition provision c. on the other side And although that his Mai. since that time hath made ouer great summes of money for the maintenance of the souldiers and also hath transported much provision and all warlike necessaries to Magdenburgh and promised the said Citty his Kingly ayd and deliverance at severall times Neverthelesse those that are acquainted and skilled in Pollitick and warlike affaires doe know that those kind of promises are regulated according to conveniencie and according to the po●sibility of men and the state of things And are not to be taken so absurdly as if the Kings maiesty of necessity must for satisfaction of his promise made endanger and hazard the common welfare the deliverance of so many hundred thousand soules and consequently his whole royall State his Kingdome and Countrey or rather ruinate and utterly undoe the whole worke begunne and leave all in a desperate state and Condition Whereas at the first this Citty might easily have bin holpen with the least supply And yet furthermore we doe shew and declare that his Mai. notwithstanding them aboue mentioned reasons hath used and reached forth his best and extreame endeavour to relieue and deliver this Citty but hath bin hindered and prevented and kept back by such obstacles and hinderances as were impossible for him to shun Which being demonstrated we are fully perswaded that no man being unpartiall and voyd of passion and in his right sences and temper will any longer in this point accuse and impute any cause unto his Majesty It is well knowne not onely to the whole Empire but throughout the whole Christian world that an huge Emperiall army being enquartered in the two Dukedomes of Pomerania and Mechlenburgh had than already cut off the passage from the East-sea to Magdenburgh which great army in Champagne especially in horse forces did farre exceed the army of his Maiesty of Sweden which was the cause that it proved impossible for his Maiesty with his weake Army to strike thorough so puissant an Army beeing enquartered in so strong a passage and passe quite thorough his Enemies the length of forty Dutch miles unlesse first hee had confirmed himselfe in some place and had some footing in that strange Countrey It is also sufficiently knowne that notwithstanding his Maiesty used all possible meanes laboured as soone as possible might bee to advance his chiefest Troupes and induct them into those parts Neverthelesse it was in the moneth November 1630. before these forces arrived Which when hee had received and reduced into his army under him the whole cold Winter ayming especially to attaine to the deliverance of the sayd City Magdenburgh It is to bee doubted whether or no any man in so rigid and sharpe a Winter

and in the middest of so many inconveniences and passing thorough so many obstacles hath ever effected so much and in so short a space For by meanes of this his Maiesties incomparable labour in this hard time it pleased Almighty God from whom proce●ds all ●i●tory to deliver up into the hands of his Maiesty with admirable victory those two mighty passages of Gartz and Griffenhagen Which if his Maiesty had not obtained it had bin impossible for him and very unadvisedly done to have proceed●d any farther unlesse his Maiesty contrary to all rules a●d Instructions of warre and contrary to reason and politicke prudencie would haue hazarded and endangered the common welfare and his owne state and ruinated them both Now by reason of this admirable victory which it pleased Almighty God to afford his Maiesty he obtained so much advantage of his Enemy that he might easily have fallen uppon the very head of him and utterly ruinated all his forces and consequently by Gods assistance without great hinderance or losse have delivered the said Citty Magdenburgh If his Maiesty could but have obtained the passage and thoroughfare through the strong and mighty fortresse Custrin which he sought and required of the commander Krachten who then commanded there with earnest intreaty and supplication upon good assurance Hereupon did follow very great inconveniences His Maiesty through want of victualls and furniture was constrained to let his enemy escape and retire to Lantsbergh His Royall Army also by reason hereof happened into severall dangers and extreamities The Catholick blood-thirsty Enemy by this meanes was not ruinated who otherwise was brought into a remedilesse confusion Neither could his Maiesty wholly purge the River Elue and all the Countrey betweene the Elue and the Eest-sea from these bloody and cruell Enemies Much lesse could his Maiesty relieue and second the rest of the Evangelicall Princes with a victorious hand Who now are extreamely in danger to loose all spirituall and temporall liberties and priviledges All these inconveniences did hence proceed because his Maiesty could not obtain the aforesaid passage of Custrin from the Commander Krachten If any one object heere that his Majesty ought to have conducted and brought his Army into his Enemies face the Generall T●lly and rouzed him up with his Army Wee have already shewed that his Maiesties army was exceedingly wea●ied and that whole winter grievously weakened And by reason of the refusall of the passage of Custrin not onely debilitated but decreased and therefore not capable and sufficient to oppose so great a power as Tilly than had Neither did his Maj. hold it expedient and commendable to proceed desperately and to hazard the whole matter in a dangerous fight Which if it had not well succeeded as apparently it might not the good City Magdenburgh had fared never the better When Tilly was retired out of Pomerania and Mechlenburgh than was the City Magdenburgh assaulted with the greatest and extreamest power so that it is in no wise to be imputed to his Maiesty that the sayd City was not delivered Concerning the time whilest this siedge did continue it is not unknowne that the Emperors army being strong before both of horse and foot and having taken those aforesaid passages by the Oder did refortifie themselves and adde unto their forces 12000. and came into a perfit state and posture in the Nieumarck O●kermarek especially at Francfort Lantsb●r●h and the Countrey of Steynbergh and the Province of Crosses Moreover the Generall Tilly with many thousands both foot and horse being enquartered on this side of the Elve and Mockeren was very vigilant and did duely attend all occasions Insomuch that it was not plausible for his Maj. to leave such an Army as was before mentioned behind his back and meeting the Generall Tilly by that meanes to thrust himselfe between the doore and the hindge Inter Malleum incunem Notwithstanding all this his Majest of Sweden to shew and manifest his Christian resolution and good intention for the restoring and recovering of the Germaine liberties and priviledges of the Protestant Churches for the discharging of his Majesties Conscience and for his reputation with a Heroicke courage did assault the very heart of the whole Imperiall Army within the City Francfort than being at least 700● strong Where with extraordinary victory which it pleased God in respect of his Christian intention to afford him hee defeated overcame and utterly ruinated them so that now hee had no such cause more to feare his enemy behind him Howsoever this is to be considered that in a very short space 6000. men were againe recollected together under the Cōmander Schouwenburgh at great Glogau in Silesia which 6000. men by all likelihood by reason of the confluxe of many forces from Silefia Mehren Bohemia and Hungaria might have beene exceedingly augmented Notwithstanding but disregarding all this as also that Generall Tilly could easily adjoyne his forces to the rest transporting them over the Elve by meanes of the Bridge layd neere unto Magdenburgh his Maj. did so much respect and tender the good City Magdenburgh that not fearing the great danger after good deliberation himselfe in person with his whole Army marched to Berlyn there to obtaine the strong fort Spandau to the end that his Maj. in time of necessity might have a sure retreat Which having obtained his Maj. proceeded forward on the way to Potzdam hoping that whereas the saving of the City Magdenburgh did so deeply concerne the Prince ●lector of Saxony that his Princely Excellence would assist him with some troupes and certaine pieces of Ordnance munition powder shot c. for the furthering of this great and heauy enterprize of relieving the City Magdenburgh or at leastwise affoording him a free passage and thorough-fare over the Dassaw-bridge by which meanes his Majesty might have received all manner of necessaries from Meyssen and more conveniently have passed along the River neere unto the City intended Therefore his Maj. did to this end send severall messengers with divers moving and extreame patheticall letters The chiefest whereof were basely kept backe aboue 14. dayes Lastly when now the time of delivery was approaching and necessity required no longer delay and therefore his Majesty had brought up his Army to undertake the maine businesse and now or never to effect some notable thing for the common good The Elector of Saxony frustrated his expectation and flatly denyed him all his former requests appealing to his duty and devotion which they vowed and the obligation wherewith they were obliged to his Imperiall Majesty As concerning the Marquis of Brandenburgh his Excellence notwithstanding his Maiesty might have depended upon his assistance did not deliver or at leastwise could not deliver unto his Maiesty those necessaries of victuals and shipping in such time and measure as was expected and requisite But rather had a respect and did appeale to the example and resolution of the Prince Elector of S●xony In summe the Duke of Saxony and the Marquis of Brandenburgh have both of them so managed the businesse ●nd caried themselves that his Maiesty could not perceive wh●ther they were friends or enemies Wherefore the p●emisses being granted all his Maiesties chiefe Commanders have beene ●ound to confesse and all experienced in matters of Warre cannot deny it That if his Maiesty had ma●ched forward without being assured of provision from Saxony That such a tyred and unwilling Army though Tilly had beene alone in his Posture through want of su●tenance and heate of weather and faintnesse of necessity most part of the same had p●o●ved fugitive part of the same famished and the Arm it selfe intirely destroyed Hereupon his Maiesty not many da●es after being informed concerning the Lamentable destrustion of the ●ayd City was constrained to retre●t not without great g●iefe and sorrow of heart and by reason of su●h an important alteration casu●e his proceeding by other meanes and ●●enter volen●e of necessity proceed by such meanes which would seeme very difficult unto the ignorant and unskilfull But the nature of Warre and the common necessity doth require farre more difficulty All which beeing ballanced and unpartially perpended by all those that are skilled in Warlike and Politike affayres the same will serve for a sufficient discharge of his Maiesty both before God and all the world Especially since hee●e it doth appeare that his Maiesty hath used his uttermost power and endeavour FINIS

Septemb. 2. Numb 37. THE CONTINVATION of our forraine Avisoes from the 20. of the last Moneth to this present CONTAINING The confirmation of the Newes published the 20th of August concerning the severall Encounters betwixt the King of Sweden and Generall Tilly with the Three dayes welcome given him upon his project of Nayling the K. of Swedens Ordnance An Apologie of the King of Swedens formerly published in the Dutch not vnfit to give satisfaction to the world concerning his not releeving of the Citie Magdenburgh wherein you shall finde a briefe Relation of the Kings proceeding ever since hee began the Warre in Germanie The landing of the L. Generall the Marquis HAMILTON at Stralsunt with all his men sound and well LONDON Printed for Nath Butter and Nicholas Bourne 1631. To the Impartiall Reader IN our last Avisoes the 20. of August which was devided into 2. parts wee printed severall passages of the late good successe and Victories of the King of Sweden against Monsieur Tilly as wee received them from forreine parts which was published by us without addition or subtraction might have given some credit to the same and deserued a more favorable construction from the most malevolently affected yet from some it could receive no better approbation than that all was lyes and that the King of Sweden was kild or taken Prisoner and his Army utterly defeated as at this houre some shame not impudently to maintaine both heere and beyond sea at Antwerp Bruxels and else-where Wherefore wee doe now publish as wee have received them from better hands a confirmation of the Truth thereof with some circumstances not in our former and against which let the most barking curre open his mouth and say as formerly God grant him the multiplication of the like victories and good successe untill all his Enemies be vanquished and a generall Peace setled in all the parts of Germany Amen The Continuation of our Forreigne Newes From Stetin the last of July Stilo vet THe King of Sweden having defeated the Imperiall regiments I wrote of in my last retired againe and satisfied his Campe the best he could for he knew Tilly would not long tarry but come and visite him But before Tilly came on himselfe hee had sent certaine spies and sent word to some other he had in the Kings army to do him such seruice as he thought would assure him of the totall victory over the King They therefore having undertaken to naile the Ordnance of the Kings Campe at least towards that part where Tilly had especially commanded it and by that meanes make the same quite uselesse for the King when he should most have need of it one of those spies or traytors feeling some remorse in his conscience discovered the plot to the King and was cause that the other were apprehended Now Tilly hoping things were performed according to his pleasure beganne to discharge his great Ordnance against the Kings quarter and having spent aboue 60. shots yet he did no harme thereby except that one shot carried away the head from the shoulders of a gentleman that having serued Tilly had but a few dayes before beene taken prisoner and an arme from another souldier For the King having put things in order did endure all without making one shot in answere whereby Tilly was the more assured in his hope and resolution and therefore he sent on some of his troopes to attempt the Kings trenches where they found no great resistance which Tilly seeing he supposed he should quickly force and take all that quarter and to that end advanced and pressed on with his army when on a sudden the Kings ordnance playd at once amongst the same and with chaine shot and what other shot else was thought fittest to destruction made a great butchery of Tillies army And the King at the same instant sent forth Baudis with three regiments of Horse who set so rudely into Tillies Currasseers that he slew a great many and turned them to flight And it is supposed that if the King had seconded him with the rest of his army he would have defeated all his enemies and few would have escaped Thus Tilly having sped no better in this his reuenge then his Vantgard had done before him made his retreat which was not much unlike unto a running away leaving a number of his men prisoners and more slaine behinde him Vpon the 28. of Iuly my Lord Marquis Hamilton arrived with all his fleete joyfully at Stralsunt and all his men were in good health From thence he dispatched presently a gentleman to the King and we shall now daily heare of his marching further and of his exploits which God doe prosper Out of another Letter the 2. of August The plague bginnes to be very furious in Silesia but yet notwithstanding the Emperour hath given order to make an army there also against the King of Sweden which shall consist of 15000. men and the said army is already very strong and hath this great while besiedged the Swedes in Crossen but have as yet done them no harme The King of Sweden hath sent for his forces that were in Silesia to come to him and thereby it is supposed that the said King and Tilly who is somewhat retired back untill his army be reinforced againe will not part before they give one another a bloody battell And at the Citty of Hall all the water of the ditches about the towne was of late turned all into blood and hath beene seene by many hundred men of good sort who doe averre the same Besides this on the last day of Iuly last in the afternoone there happened in these Countries an exceeding great storme and especially along the Elbe and about Magdenburgh where it was so great that the violence of the wind had certainly carried both Tilly himselfe with his tent and pavillion standing not very farre from Werben away into the Elbe had he not beene rescued and saved by his attendants and Souldiers From Dessaw the 9. of August Tilly being much displeased at the losse of the Cavalry which were defeated by the King of Sweden on the 27th of Iuly did breath nothing but revenge against Sweden and therefore having advanceed with his maine army towards the King of Sweden he had severall enterprises and gave many onsets and assaults against the Kings Campe which was well fortified and provided as that King is accustomed to doe wheresoever he doth encampe himselfe Tilly seeing he could not doe any great matter against him by force did vse also some other plots to bereave the King of the use of his ordnance Whereby the King did mightily annoy him and having some secret inteligence with some souldiers that served the King he corrupted them to naile the said ordnance against St. Iames day which day Tilly intended to assault the Kings Campe. But one of those souldiers or Traytors discovered the matter unto the King who keeping it secret gave order for that dayes worke