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A07032	A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, otherwise called Flanders Wherein, is sett forthe the originall and full proceedyng of the saied troubles and ciuile warres, with all the stratagemes, sieges, forceble takynges, and manlike defenses, of diuers and sondrie cities, tounes, and fortresses of the same, together, the barbarous crueltie and tyrannie of the Spaniard, and trecherous hispaniolized Wallons, [and] others of the saied lowe Countreis. And there withall, the estate and cause of religion, especially, from the yere 1559. vnto the yere 1581. Besides many letters, commissions, contractes of peace, unions, articles and agrementes, published and proclaimed in the saied prouinces. Translated out of French into Englishe, by T.S. ge[n]t.; Chronyc. historie der Nederlandtscher oorlogen, troublen enn oproeren oorspronck, anvanck enn eynde, item den standt der religien, tot desen jare 1580. English.	Stocker, Thomas, fl. 1569-1592.; Marnix van St. Aldegonde, Philips van, 1538-1598, attributed name.; Rijckewaert, Carolus, called Theophilus, fl. 1577, attributed name.; Henricpetri, Adam, fl. 1576. General historien der aller namhafftigsten unnd fürnembsten Geschichten, Thaten und Handlungen.; Le Petit, Jean François, 1546-ca. 1615, attributed name.	1583 (1583)	STC 17450.3; ESTC S111524	324,446	432

beseeche your Maiestie that if it so bee that I haue any way offended you to pardon and forgiue me and haue pittie on my deare wife my innocent children and my poore seruauntes commending my selfe for the present to the mercie of God Giuen at Bruxelles the 5. of Iune 1568. subsigned Prepared to die Amurathes de Egmond WHen the Count of Egmond had written and sealed vp this letter hee deliuered it to the Byshoppe of Ypre beseeching him that hee woulde sende it to his Maiestie which the Byshop promised vpon his fayth to doe and so performed it The Count of Hornes woulde not from the beginning be shriuen by the Bishop saying I haue made my confession vnto God Neuerthelesse at the great entreatie of the Byshop hee in the ende was shriuen of him Upon Whitson eue in the morning the Count Egmond boldely called vpon them that he might finishe his dayes seeing it was neyther good nor profitable for a condemned man to remayne long tyme in suspense in the tormente and anguishe of death And about Noone the Count Egmond was brought vnto the great market place accompanied with the Byshop of Ypre and other Church men after them followed the Maister of the Campe to the Spaniardes and Captayne Salines with nyenteene ensignes of Spaniardes who marched on in order of battayle very well appointed for the staying of all disorders and troubles or for defence if any of the Citizens shoulde haply make any stirre by reason of the sayde Count. The Count was not bounde nor manacled neyther yet guarded nor helde by any of the Seriauntes For he had promised in the fayth of a knight that he woulde goe quietly to the place of execetion In the market place was a Scaffoulde set vp couered all ouer with black cloth and aboue vpon it two blacke Cushins and two long yron poles Below the Scaffolde was the knight Marshall carrying a red wande in his hande and the Hangman vpon the Scaffolde The Count aforesayde went vp with the Byshoppe and kneeling vpon a Cushin after he had a while talked with the Byshoppe the hangman according to the maner besought him of Pardon and the Bishoppe withdrawing him beehinde the Count the Count after he had cast off his nyght gown of redde Damaske and his veluet cloake layde on with parchement lace of Golde and his blacke cappe garnished with white feathers couered his owne face with a Coyffe which he ware vnder his Cappe Then hee ioyning his handes together and kissing the Crosse recommended him selfe to the mercie of God looking for death The bodie was forth with put into a Coffen and the place stayned with his blood was couered with a blacke cloth When this was done the Count horne was brought foorth who besought GOD to forgiue him his sinnes and wished all blessed felicitie to al the standers by taking his leaue of them and pulling a wimple ouer his eyes after hee had layde downe his veluet Cloake was executed as the other Count was When this execution was accomplished the Spaniardes retyred from the market place sauing two ensignes that kept the heades which were set vpon the two iron poles which were taken away about three of the clocke in the after noone and laide with their bodies Nowe Egmonds bodie was caried to Saint Clares Abbay and Hornes to the Cathedrall Church and buried amongst their predecessors tombes The Count Egmonde his seruauntes had according to the custome nayled vp his armes at his Court gate but the Duke of Alua caused them to bee taken downe immediatly All the worlde greatly complayned the death of the sayde Count and merueiloufly mourned for him These two Countes from the beginning tooke exceptions to Iohn du Boyes attourney generall as an vnlawfull Iudge and therein continued For they being Knightes of the order coulde not be condemned nor iudged but by the Knyghtes of the same order Neuerthelesse the Duke of Alua hauing thereto no regarde proceeded on caused the sayde sentence to be pronounced Many great men in auethoritie and learned and infinite number of others were marueylously abashed at this cruell sentence and execution pronounced and executed against the lawes and priuileges not onely of knightes of the order but also agaynst all the whole lowe Countreys yea against all ciuile and common lawe seeing that the Count Egmond his araignement had not the full and ryght course of the lawe in such a case prouided Neuerthelesse they whiche nowe had the copye of the resolution of the Inquisition of Spayne giuen by information which was taken by the Inquisitours here aboutes and sent ouer into Spaine which resolution was graunted in the citie of Madrid the sixt of Februarie 1568. and besides the sentence that his Maiestie pronounced in the sayde Citie the 26. of the said moneth ensuyng may cleerely perceiue from whence this tyrannie and iniustice had theyr first beginning and no whit maruell at all the tyrannie which the said Duke of Alua committed But a great deale the rather maruell that there should or coulde bee yet euen at this present suche a number of men in the lowe countries so fauouring the Spaniards as that they will put in aduenture theyr bodies and goods for defence of theyr quarrell bryng them in yet once again to haue the gouernement of the lowe countries seeing that not one of them more then any of the rest shall be exempted from their tyranny as may manifestly appeare by the said resolution and sentence the tenure wherof ensueth A resolution of the office against the people of the lowe Countries THe office of the most holy and sacred Inquisition requireth in the presence of his royall maiestie to speak and resolutely set downe somewhat of the abhominable offence of Apostasie and heresie committed by his maiesties subiects in the low countries after it had seene and diligently considered as well of his maiesties information on those thinges as also vppon the viewe of the letters mynutes autentique documēts or instructions worthie the credit annexed to the said information by the officers of the sacred holy inquisition faithfully sent ouer from the low countries saith and fully resolueth vpō that which toucheth the diuine and holy profession and conscience That all and euery subiect of the said lowe countries and the whole corporation and body of them except onely such as are seuerally noted in the information as wel in regard of such as are publique and manifest Apostates heretikes and backeslyders from God our mother holy Churche and commandement of the catholike king and his obedience as also in respect of the rest of the counterfet catholikes haue not done theyr duetie wherein both towards God and his maiestie in respect of the catholike religion and the oth which they haue made they are and ought to bee bounde to haue withstood with all their power myghte all open and manifest Apostates heretikes and rebels and haue suppresse their wicked and cursed faction which at the first beginning of the troubles

souldiers And ouer and besides fiue companies of the Regiment of the Count of Arenbergue Howebeit all these people could doe Counte Lodwicke no hurte because his armie dayly encreased The Duke of Alua sent thither Sir Iohn of Ligny Count Arenbergue who was newely come out of Fraunce with a Regiment of Spaniardes and fiue ensignes of Almaynes to set vpon the enemie whiche hee did in deede but to his great losse before the Count Megue was come The first skyrmishe was very brauely handled in a place where a thousande shot of the Count Nasious lay in wayte for the comming of the Count Arenbergue Howebeit the night separated them and the Spaniardes retyred vnto their Campe but the Count Nassou in the night raysed his Campe. When the day was come the Spaniardes thought that the Count Nassou and his people had fled and therefore they followed them But when Count Lodwicke vnderstoode that there were no more horsemen but Curtius Martinengo his bande hee charged the Count Arenbergue with three hundred horses and ouerthrewe tenne ensignes of Spantardes and fiue companies of Almaynes The Count of Arenbergue for the sauing of his honour defended him selfe valiantly Howebeit his horse was slayne vnder him and he falling to the grounde was suddenly surprised by a shotte and slayne The Count of Arenbergue ●layne notwithstanding that hee cryed out and sayde saue my life for I am a Count but all woulde not serue and so his noble blood was there splite Certayne of the Spaniardes fledde vnto a Monastery not farre from the place where the ouerthrowe was giuen called Heiligher Lee to hide and saue them selues Howebeit they were forthwith sette vpon where at the very first assault was slayn Count. Adolfe of Nassou Count Adolf of Nafsou slayne count Lodwicke his brother and his Chauncelor The rest of the Spaniardes and Almaynes saued them selues in the town of Groening By this ouerthrowe the Duke of Alua lost sixe peeces of great Ordinaunce with all their munition but chiefly the count of Arenbergue who was all his comfort Ouer and besides the great store of money which they had brought with them for the paying of their souldiers their plate and other ritches which the Nassouans made good butin of This battell was fought the 23. of May 1568. betweene Heiligher Lee and Winschote in Friselande The Count of Arenbergue was buried in the Church of the saide Monasterie and the Count Adolfe at Welden The 29. of May the Duke of Alua caused a Proclamation to bee placlaymed at Bruxelles That all such as were departed their Countrey shoulde returne to their place of aboade vppon payne of confiscation both of body and goodes The welthie fugitiues were expressely named howebeit fewe or none returned because they hoped of a better way and a more conuenient time to do it This discomfiture greatly greeued the Duke of Alua but hee was auenged for it vpon the noble men and Gentlemen and other welthie Citizens whome he had in prison whose liues he tooke away For the first day of Iune he caused eighteene Gentlemens heads to be striken off in the Horsemarket at Bruxelles The tyrannie of the Duke of Alua. to wit Gysbert and Thierry of Batenbourgh Barons Peter de Andelot Philip de Winglen Maximilian Cocke Philip Triest a Gantois Iohn de Blays Bortholomew de Val Sir Beyma a gentleman of Friseland and Harman Galama a gentleman of Friselande also Iames de Pentan Ferdinand Peletier Constantine of Bruxelles Iohn de Rumaul Lewis Carlier of Cambray Peter and Philip de Altz brethren The next day beeing the seconde of Iune were put to death the Lorde of Vilers and the Lorde of Due who were taken at the ouerthrowe of Dalham Quintin Benit and a minister of the worde named Cornille Nyeen a very learned and famous doctor vpon all these persons aforesayde vomited he vp his cholor The thirde of the saide moneth hee caused to bee brought foorth the Count Egmond and Philippe de Memorencie count of Horne knights of the order two very famous gentlemē both for their language and honour as also for their notable feaces of armes especially the Count Egmonde for the good seruice which he had done his Maiestie in the viage to Saint Quintins where the Constable and many other Frenche noble men were taken and afterwarde in the voiage to Groening where hee valiantly ouercame the Frenche to their great losse both of men and otherwayes Howebeit all these his notable good and faithfull seruices stoode him in no stead These two Countes were brought from Gand to Bruxelles in a wagon with a conuoye of tenne ensignes of Spaniardes and a bande of Horses and ledde to the markette place of Bruxelles and lodged at an house called the Breadhouse about three of the clocke in the after noone and there were indited and sentence pronounced as followeth The Duke of Alua his highnesse Marques of Coria gouernour Lieutenant and Captayne generall for his Maiestie our redoubted and beloued Lorde in his lowe Countreys and Lorde chiefe Iustice in the Counsayle of life and death ouer his Maiesties prisonners hauing seene the Attorney generall his declaration and information and also the mynutes documentes depositions and letters by him exhibited but especially the confession and propositions of the prisonners their answeres and defence and the billes by them exhibited by which the L. that are But nowe to returne to my first matters whiche I was in hande withall The Count of Egmond his answere vnto the sentence when the Count of Egmond hearde of this seuere sentence hee saide Truely this is an harde iudgement I do not beleeue that euer in all my life I haue so offended his Maiestie as to haue deserued so seuere sentence Neuerthelesse if so be that I haue offended I beseeche the Lorde that my death may take away all my sinnes to the ende that neyther I nor none of mine be any more dishonored and that my deare wife and feare and my innocent children suffer no more torment after that my bodie and goods shall bee confisked my good seruices haue deserued not to haue any such grace granted vnto me But sith it is the pleasure of almightie God and my Lord the king that thus it shal be I wil patiently suffer death And afterwarde he wrote vnto the king this letter The Count Egmonde his letter to the king I haue hearde the decree of your Maiesties sentence giuen vpon mee although I neuer eyther ment or thought to commit any thing that might be hurtfull vnto your person seruice or the ancient Catholike religion But I take in good parte what so euer it shall please the Lorde to lay vpon mee and if I haue during these troubles in the lowe Countreys any way offended or suffered any thing that might haue happened to others and not to my selfe the same hath come from a loyall and faithfull heart to the honour of God your Maiesties seruice and as the time required Wherefore I most humbly

betweene the parties aforesaied an euerlastyng and firme peace Confederacie and Vnion vppon the conditions hereafter ensuyng First that all offences iniuries faultes and damages Articles of the pa●tion 〈…〉 committed by reason of the troubles betweene the Enhabitauntes comprised within this present Treatie or in what sorte soeuer shall be pardoned forgotten and taken as though thei had neuer beene so that no mention hereafter shall euer bee made of those matters or yet any man accused about them 2 The saied Estates of Brabant Flanders Artois Haynault c. and also the Prince The Estates of Holland Zealand and their Associates doe without hypocrisie and in truthe accordingly promise hereafter to obserue and cause all the rest of the Countries to performe and keepe a firme and inuiolable amitie and peace and likewise at all suche tyme and tymes as occasion shall serue to helpe one an other both with their counsell deede bodies and goodes but especially for the driuyng and keepyng out of all Spanyardes and forraine Souldiers from the Lowe Countries who with teeth and naile haue gone about contrarie to all lawe and equitie to put to death all the Lordes and Noble men because thei them selues would haue holde occupie and enioye the riches and wealthe of the foresaied Countries and besides would reduice and bryng the people into perpetuall slauerie And therefore that thei would both for that and for all other matters to be furnished with all thynges necessarie for the withstandyng of as many as would in deede take vpon them to oppose them selues against the saied Confederates and Allies promising to be alwaies readie to yeeld vnto all necessarie and reasonable contributions and impositions 3 It is ouer and besides agreed that soone after that the said Spanyardes and their Adherentes shall be departed and that all thynges shal be at quiet and in safetie either partie shall be bound to procure and that very speedely and carefully a conuocation and assemble of the generall Estates in suche maner and forme as 〈◊〉 as in that tyme whereas Charles the fift Emperour of most famous memorie graunted and assigned ouer these Lowe Countries into the handes of his Maiestie our soueraigne and redoubted Lorde for the orderyng of the Affaires of the Lowe Countries both generally and particulerly aswell in the matter and exercise of Religion in Holland Zealand Bommell and other places their Associates as also for restitution of the Fortes greate Ordnaunce Shippes and other thynges appertainyng to his Maiestie by the saied Hollanders and Zealanders taken duryng the saied troubles or otherwise as to the seruice of his Maiestie the prosperitie and vnitie of the Countries shall appertaine where neither on the one side or yet on the other shall be any more contradiction lett or delaie in respect of the ordenaunces sentences and resolutions whiche there were made and ordained then for the execution of them what soeuer whereunto the parties aforesaied fully and wholy haue in truthe submitted them selues 4 That the Enhabitauntes bothe on the one side and on the other of what Countrie soeuer hereabout or of what estate qualitie or condition soeuer thei bee maie notwithstandyng frequent and also come tarrie and traffique here bothe freely and safely in the trade of Marchaundize or otherwise Prouided alwaies that it shall not bee lawfull nor tollerable for the Hollanders Zealanders or any other of what Countrie condition and qualitie soeuer thei bee to attempt hereabout out of the saied Countries of Holland Zealand and the places their Associates against the common quiet and peace especially against the Catholique Romishe Religion and exercise thereof to wrong or stirre vp either in worde or deede neither yet by any suche like meane giue offence vppon paine to be punished as a disturber of the common quiet to the example of all others 5 To the ende that no man in the meane while might vpon the suddaine bee ouertaken or come within daunger It is further agreed that all the Commissions heretofore made and published as touchyng Heresie together the ordenaunces vpon life and death made by the Duke of Alua with the pursute and execution of them shall surcease vntill suche tyme as the generall Estates shall therein haue taken other order Alwaies prouided that there be no offence giuen as before hath been saied 6 That the Prince shall continue Lorde Admyrall and his Maiesties Liutenaunt of Hellande Zealande Bommell and others their Associates and be all at his commaundement as presently it is with all the self and same Iustices Officers and Magistrates and no waie to be chaunged without his will and consent and the same also to stande through all the Cities Tounes and places whiche his Excellencie presently holoeth vntill suche tyme as the generall Estates after the departure of the Spanyardes shall set some other order therein 7 That as concernyng the Townes and places comprised within his Maiesties Commission by hym receiued whiche are not now at the commaundement and vnder the obedience of his Excellencie Shall in that point surcease vntill suche tyme as the saied Townes and places hauyng ioyned them selues with the rest of the Estates in this vnion and accorde his Excellencie shall haue satisfied them in all suche pointes as thei could iustly finde them selues agreeued and in whiles he gouerned deminished whether it were in respect of the exercise of Religion or otherwise aswell to the end that the Prouinces might not be dismembred as also for the auoidyng of discorde and dissention 8 That in the meane tyme no Commissions Proclimations Tollerations nor exploites of the saied Countries vnder the saied Prince his Gouernement shall take any place other then suche as shall by his Excellencie or his Counsell be decreed and allowed either els by the Magistrates or Officers there appointed and those also to bee suche as shall in no case in tyme to come bee preiudiciall to the iurisdiction of his Maiesties greate Counsell 9 It is also conditioned that all men which haue been taken Prisoners by reason of the troubles passed namely the Count Bossu shall bee sett free without any Raunsome saue onely the charges of the Prison although the Raunsomes before the date of these presentes were paied or agreed vpon to be paied 10 It is moreouer couenāted and agreed that the said Prince and all the rest of the Nobilttie Knights perticuler Gentlemen and Subiectes of what estate qualitie or condition soeuer they bee together their endowed Widowes Children and Enheritours shall mutually be restored as if thei had neuer been attainted and repossesse all their Landes and Possessions Gooddes Prerogatiues Actions and Debtes which are not solde in suche maner and condition as the aforesaied thynges presently are and to this effect therefore are all defaultes Rebellions Arrests Sentences Saisures and Executions which haue been graunted and made from the beginnyng of the troubles in the yeare 1566. aswell concernyng the cause of Religion as also for the takyng of Armes and what soeuer ensued thereon made vtterly