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A17473	Diatelesma. Nu. 3 The moderne history of the vvorld, expressing the principall passages of the Christian countries in these last six moneths, whether politicall, or polemicall brought downe from Aprill last to this present. VVherein is comprised much varietie. The contents whereof you shall finde in the ensuing table.; Diatelesma. Part 3.	N. C.	1637 (1637)	STC 4293.4; ESTC S107081	87,191	152

Sept 14 24 encountred betwixt Quesnoy and Aimaries with 300 Spanish horsmen well armed and imployed as a Convoy to 260 wagons loaden with corn beere and cheese for the use of the Infante's Army charged upon them and assaulted them so furiously that they slue upon the place 42 of the best souldiers the Captain and his Lievtenant wounded above 60 dangerously took many prisoners and routing the rest got possession of that prize It was too great for them to carry away they seized on the best corrupted the rest and broke their wagons in pieces carrying away a great and rich booty of 300 horsloads besides the gold and silver which they found there with which they supplyed their Confederates whom they met ranging abroad to the same purpose as they had done and brought into the Campe above 200 Pistolets Another party the day following hearing that the Cardinall Infant had sent another company to the Castle of Aymaries went to field with three companies of souldiers amounting to about 120 men at Armes Two Companies of the Gatrison at C●mbray defeated with an intention to surprize it but that being brought into the Castle before they could overtake it that they might not return without some testimony of their activity they marched up towards Cambray and there to tempt the Garrison to come abroad they sent some few vant Curriers towards the City hiding themselves in an ambuscado for their better advantage The bait took the Commander seeing the French colours in the field so neer his wals and the small number of men that g●a●ded them with an intention to chastise their insolency drew out a few of his souldiers and sent them in two Companies under Maugray his Lievtenant Colonel against them the number of the Spanish adventurers was not above 150 besides some officers of foot which thrust themselves into the action their imagination had already presented these French Cavaliers unto them as a prey and toward them they posted speedily the French knew how to tread their measure and paced according to the Musique that played they had their cue and observing a proportionable distance from the enemy they fled before him adding more wings to their speed when they came neer the Ambuscado whither where the Spaniards pursuing them were so violently assaulted by the French that rose from their lurking places that 100 of them were slaine upon the place among which was found one Lievtenant of the Infantery and all the rest wounded except certain few men which were taken prisoners It was a fortunate exploit and both advantageous and honorable for the undertakers who besides their captives returned to their garrisons of Ham and Saint Quintin with a booty of above 50 horse gotten in this enterprize Ferte-Imbault the Field-marshall the same day that La Capelle was surrounded by the French Army was commanded by the Great Master of the Artillery with 500 horsmen in 10 Companies Gleon a Castle taken by the Fr. Freldmar Ferte-Imbault without blows drawn out of the Regiments of the Vidame of Amiens and de la Marine 3 Canons to lay siege against two Castles distant from La Capelle about six English miles The one of them called Glaon appertained to the Countesse of Isanguin and without blowes upon the bare sight of the French Army yielded but the other named Trelon situated in a Borough of 400 Families being guarded by 300 men and 14 peeces of Ordnance well mounted though not well levelled for offence would not surrender though it was summoned to the ruine of the village their care for keeping the Castle bringing the Dorp to a quicke destruction without any advantage to the more hardy then discreet defendants The towne was not fortified at all but lay open to the mercy of the Master of the field who enraged with the affront done him by the Governour in denying to yeeld first burnt the Village to the ground and then planted his three great Gunnes point blanke against the Castle His shot was returned from the Citadell with the advantage of 10. for one He spent but thirty volees against the Fort the garrison let flye with the 14 pieces above 200 severall times upon the Army but neither was the camp much endammaged thereby nor the Castle The Field-marshall intended not to make much more use of his Canon seeing he had spent so many bullets to so small purpose and applyed himselfe to his Bombards and great Granadoes which wrought so effectually their shivers flying and bounding in the lodging chambers that the Mar quesse de Trelon who commanded in person within the Castle which properly appertained unto him sent out his Almner with a semblance of desiring to treate but in truth onely to descry the French forces and he at his comming intreated tearmes of composition Trelon a Castle surrendred to Ferle Imbaul upon composition but his eye being noted by the Field-marshall to have been more busie in viewing the French postures and preparations then his tongue in propounding the conditions required by the besieged or his eares in attending to the French Commanders offers and in the end desirous to returne without concluding any thing concluded the project was discovered though he personated a Commissioner he was apprehended as a spye and Ferte Imbault sent a trumpeter to the besieged with this expresse that if they made one shot more against the Camp he would cause him to be trussed up before their eyes The Almner was a man beloved by the Marquesse and he to preserve his faithfull and endeared servant from such an ignominious death like himselfe an honourable minded man wisely preferring the life of a discreet and faithfull Counsellour so he reputed him who had formerly done him good service both by directions and actions before that pile of earth and stone the Castle which in all probability he could not hold above eight or tenne dayes longer capitulated and upon conditions of life saved and departing with his baggage surrendred the Fort to the Field-marshall who found in it besides the 14 pieces the least whereof carried a bullet of eight pounds 40 Harquebusses with fire-locks 1200 pounds of powder sixe Muids of bread corne each Muid containes 5 quarters and 5 bushels of London measure thirty Muids of Oates with other commodities and because it was a place of some importance distant but two leagues from Vervin sited in the middle of a wood he put in the Vidames regiment to garrison it For these two Forts he had expresse commission another there was which offered it selfe to his eye Argon comes in by president the Castle of Argon within halfe a league of Trelon and that he resolved to take in too though it might seeme a worke of supererogation he was not long about it the presidiaries there were few in number and not well provided for defence they surrendred upon the summons with the conditions granted to the Castle at Trelon He put in 60. of his owne men to keep

departure are related diversly some ascribe it to the frequent incursions of the Bayonnois into Spain and the Frontiers of Navarre from whence they never returned empty of pillage horses beefs and such other booty the inhabitants there being unable to make any head against them Others to the necessity of the Catholike Kings Dominions which by the rage of plague and pestilence had their Garrisons so abated that the remaynder of the presidiaries therin was not able to mayntain them especially in Navarre and Pampelona which were so depopulated by these maledies especially by the purple that these Conquerours could not expect any succours thence were they never so distressed other to a Panick feare caused by a three dayes continued fight of two Eagles in the Aire which being not determined without the death of one of them made the superstitious people entertain horrid conceits of direfull and terrible consequents But this of all the rest is most improbable and so farre from having any semblances with truth that it cannot be thought a concurrent much lesse the adequate cause of the Spanish Dukes sudden departure An heroick heart is not affrighted with prodigies and yet the fight of the Eagles birds of prey cannot be accounted such Doves supposed by antiquity to be made up without gall upon the choice of a mate have done the like and then it is not to be wondred if these royall inhabitants of the aire shall entertain so sharp a conflict The most likely causes were these two first feare of impendent want of victuals which though they yet felt not leaving two houses filled with bisket at Ciboure yet they had cause to imagine must necessary soone over take them their friends were not able to relieve them nor could they get them in the King in France his Dominion the Duke of Valette having by order from his Majesty raised three strong Forts upon the adventues of their inrodes the one at Espelette the second at Saint Pe. and the third at Biariz upon the Sea side betwixt them and Bayonne which secured that Province from their incursions Secondly an Epidemicall disease called by them in their own languages Tavardillos i. a pestilent spotted Fever so raging amongst them that it had swept away already 8000 men of the Dukes Army by both which they were made sensible of that losse which made them relinquish their holds in Guienne wherof they had foure within one league viz. Bordegain la Carriere where they had raysed a Fort-royall Socova and Ciboure and their Fortifications about Orogne and Handaye where not without great expense they had made a circumvallation able to contain two thousand men much regret and unwillingnesse as may be more then collected by those three Escripts left as the French say behinde them and found after their departure The first was found upon the Altar at Orogne and contained these words Adios Sen̄ores Franceses Dios os bendize mil maldiciones os echamos y nos bolvemos en nuestra tierra In English thus Adiew you French Monsieurs God blesse you wee give you 1000 curses and are now returning into our own Country The second was found in the Fort of Bordegain in these words Nuestra miseria haze en Guyenna lo que vuestro valor ha hecho en Languedora which is Our misery hath done in Guienne what Your valour hath done in Languedock The third was exprest in these termes Si nosotros es●●vier amos tan savios como se suena y vosotros tan locos que lo estuvistes nuestros negocios serian los vuestros y los vuestros los nuestros That is If we were as wise as the World esteems us and you as foolish as you have bin at other times our successe had bin yours and yours had bin ours Indeed the businesse of Languedock struck deep it was a great blow which the Spaniards received there and should be now related but I must adjourne the Reader for 14 dayes till the second Part of this History contayning besides Languedock the Actions in Italy Piemont Lorraine the Dukedome of Burgundy the French County Holland the West Indies and the Marine Occurrences with some passages in Turkey be published wich shall be within the prefixed time FINIS