nor woman yong nor old that was not verie heauie and sorrowfull then hauing consulted together vpon this accident they resolued to burie him secretly in a house in the said village of Hoochtwonde to the end that in time the memorie and the reuenge thereof might be forgotten It was a strange thing that neuer a man neither on foot nor horsebacke of the whole armie came thither to succour him and that the Hollanders did not pursue their first victorie although they knew their king to bee dead For without doubt they had that day conquered all that quarter by the defeat of these West-Frisons if they had proceeded but they were so stroken and amazed for the death of the king their prince as they lost al iudgement and courage so as the commanders retired with their armie into Holland Behold how king William died miserably after that he had gouerned his inheritance of Holland and Zeeland one and twentie yeres and the empire seuen His bodie being found in this village of Hoochtwonde was carried and interred in the abbey of Middlebourg in the isle of Walchren in the yere 1255 then was accomplished the prophesie which said That one William king of Romans shouldbe slaine by the Frisons The same day there died in a battaile which they fought in their retreat all the inhabitants of Dordrecht except three hundred and their standard was taken and most part of those of Delft after they had slaine many of these Frisons The lady Elizabeth his wife died in the yeare 1265 and lyes buried by her husband This king of Romanes Earle of Holland and Zeeland gaue vnto the said towne of Middlebourg their principall priuiledges and among others hee graunted that in all the Beweterscheldt none should haue high iustice and iudge of life and death but the said towne and that all the criminall causes of the countrey should bee decided there and that offenders should be kept in the Earles prisons there causing this towne to be repaired and fortified FLORIS THE FIFTH OF THAT name the nineteenth Earle of Holland and Zeeland Lord of Friseland 19 Florentius Quintus In iust reuenge of fathers death thou splid'st the blood Of Frisons that had him destroid and thee withstood And hauing taken his bodie from the place where 't lay Intombedst it in Middleburgh from whence thou took'st thy way To Flanders to abate their pride that quietly Gaue thee their princesse for thy spouse and for her dower Whole Flanders but when thou to hunt in woods wast gone Thy foes thee slue when thou hadst rul'd full fortie yeares and one AFter the lamentable death of William king of Romans Earle of Holland and Zeeland his son Floris being but six monethes old succeeded him and was the to Earle Floris his vncle brother to the king gouernour of Holland was his tutor who discharged it faithfully for the space of four yeares It was he which made lawes and customs in Zeeland the which they obserue at this day Floris being one day at a tourney in the citie of Antuerpe was very sore hurt wherof he died and was buried by the king his brother in the abbey of Middlebourg in the yeare 1258. Then Henry duke of Brabant sonne to this infants great vncle tooke vpon him the guardianship the which he did administer for a time till in the end through the dissolutions exactions and concussions of his officers he was chased out of Holland He being displaced the barons lords nobles with the estates of this countie did with one consent chuse Otto earle of Gueldre to vndertake the gouernment against whom those of Holland did chuse the lady Alix contesse of Henault aunt to yong Cont Floris to be his gouernesse and viceregent Which partialitie was afterwards the cause of a great battaile at Voerwoetzee whereas many were slaine on either part but the Hollandser won the battaile and the earl of Gueldres remained sole gouernour and guardian to the yong Earle In the yeare 1268 there were strange apparitions seene in the aire as armed men fighting and other strange and prodigious things after which there followed great calamities for the commons of Holland did rise against the nobles and Cont Floris being yet very yong those of Kennemerlandt did rise and bandie themselues against the nobles of the countrey destroying and pulling downe their castles houses in the country and places of pleasure the knights and gentlemen were forced for their better safetie to retire themselues into the towne of Harlem to be freed from this rable of rascals who had resolued to expell all the nobilitie of the countrey of Vtrecht to rase their castles and houses and to make all the countrey common The Frisons and Waterlanders did ioyne with them so as all together made a huge bodie of an army with the which they fel vpon the quarter of Amsterlandt Ghysbrecht seignior of Amstel seeing that he could not make head against so great a multitude of mad-men resolued to ioyne with them promising them all fidelitie and assistance Hauing therefore made choyce of him for their leader he with his people ioyned with this mutinous troupe Beeing made their captaine generall he thought to reuenge himselfe of all his enemies about Vtrecht and to ruine them beating downe their castles and houses For his first exploit he went to besiege the castle of Vredelandt the which had been expresly built by the bishop of Vtrecht against him and the seignior of Woerden his cosin but he found it so well fortified with a good garrison and of all other things necessarie for defence as he was glad to leaue it And finding that this troupe did eat and wast all his territorie of Amsterlandt he persuaded them in a faire night to make an enterprise vpon the town of Vtrecht the which they resolued and meaning to make a present proofe thereof before that it was day they had inuested the said citie round about The bourgesses and those of the guard of Vtrecht knew not what it might be thinking they had beene Scythians or Tartarians or some other strange nation that came to assaile them being in armes vpon their walles and in their towers they demaunded what they were and what they required Whereupon one of these Kennemers a man well spoken said vnto them You bourgesses and inhabitants of Vtrecht our good friends know that the franke Kennemers salute you and send you word that you chase away all the noblemen and gentlemen which oppresse and ouercharge the people and that you diuide their goods and riches among the poore in common He had no sooner ended this speech but presently there grew a tumult among the people of the towne incouraging one another with the persuasions of this Kennemer and so taking armes they chased away all the nobles and men of knowledge and authoritie in the citie or that were of the counsell and did administer iustice with fortie gentlemen of name Then they created a new magistrat aldermen and ancients
our soules And we do also confesse that by reason of your bishopricke you haue much land and many rents tithes possessions and other reuenues which haue beene giuen by my auncestors vnto the church of Vtrecht for the honor of God and the entertainment of divine service the which I would be verie loath any way to impeach or hinder As I also would intreat your lordship your subiects to vse the like moderation towards me and my vassals and so he ended his discourse After these two goodly victories which Cont Thierry had gotten against Adelbold bishop of Vtrecht he resolued to reuenge the death of his father in Friseland for the effecting wherof he was assisted by the Emperour Henry the 2 who sent Godefroy with the great beard duke of Lorraine vnto him with goodly succors of souldiers The Earle hauing also leuied a goodly armie of his owne subiects leading the bishop prisoner with him entred into the countrey of Friseland where going to affront the Frisons armie a sodaine terrour and feare seized vpon the Hollanders without any apparant cause which made them sodainly to disband flie as if they had been chased and followed at the heeles by their enemies so as it was not possible to stay them to fight euery one seeking his owne safetie The Frisons seeing this vnexpected rout pursued them at their ease in which pursute the Duke of Lorraine was taken and the bishop escaped from the Hollanders retyring himselfe vnto the Frisons incensing them more and more against Cont Thierry who hauing made his retreat to Harlem he speedily gathered together his scattered armie with the which he marched directly to Heyligerlee where he met the Frisons with the bishop who came boldly and resolutely to charge him hauing forced the Duke of Lorraine to accompanie them to the battaile the which was fierce and very bloudie whereas the Earle had the victorie with great slaughter of the Frisons the Duke being freed from their hands and ioyned with the Earle after that the bishop beeing wounded had saued himselfe with great danger of his life they both together with their vnited troups fell vpon the country of Friseland putting all to fire sword destroying the whole countrey vnpeopling it of men and cattell taking and carrying away all they could find And thus the Earle reduced all the countrey of Friseland vnder his obedience the which he gaue to his yonger sonne Floris and forced the inhabitants which remained to acknowledge him for their lord and to take an othe of fealtie holding the said seigniorie notwithstanding in fee of the Earle his father who returned victorious into Holland Floris remained in Friseland the which he gouerned with power and authoritie all his lifetime Cont Thierry finding himselfe at rest from all his wars hauing subdued all his enemies he went accompanied with the lord of Arckel his faithfull subiect and a great traine of gentlemen to Ierusalem where the said lord of Arckel died of sicknesse and was honorably interred there by Cont Thierry who being returned into Holland after that hee had finished his pilgrimage liued some yeares intrest and quietnesse with his wife and children then hauing ended the course of his life he died in the yere 1039. hauing raigned 46 yeares and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Egmont by his fathers The lady Withilde his widow returned into her countrey of Saxony where she died foure yeares after In the said Abbey of Egmont there was found preserued from ruine the Epitaph of these three Earles Thierry the 1. 2 and 3. Earles of Holland and Zeeland Lords of Friseland of the lady Gena wife to the first and of the lady Hildegarde wife to the second as we haue extracted and inserted them here for the reuerence of antiquitie The odericorum tria corpora magnificâ—…rum Hic sita sunt titulis quaeque not at a suis. Hi fundaâ—…rant loca nostra Patresque fuerunt Istsus ornatus ordinis atque status Hic Comitissarum sociantur membraduarum Virtus est quarum non celebrandaparum Genna prior dicta tum pracipue benedicta Hildâ—… garda suo digna legititulo Auropraeclâ—… am tabulam quae struxit ad aram Multiâ—…dis donis iure sequendabonis Progenies borum mores imitare tuorum Quos coeliregio sumpsit ab exilio In the said Abbey is also found the Epitaph of Sicco or Ziffrid of Holland first lord of Brederode sonne to Arnould brother to Thierry the 3. Earles of Holland as followeth Status sepe morum statu immutatur honorum Quod Comes exegst quem lapis iste tegit Siccogâ—…nus Comitum Comitatum ponit auitum Dum quod amat sequitur sic minor efficitur Sed fundis seruis aerisque nitebat aceruis Inferior solo Principe fratre suo Qui dum perpendit quo mundi gloria tendit Iuris multa suitradit huic domui Stâ—…rps de Siccane processit in hac regione Florens diuitijs viribus ingenijs Iulius in Nâ—…nis tulit hunc vt conditionis Cui vera sit quies perpetâ—…sque dies THIERRY THE FOVRTH OF THAT name and fift Earle of Holland and Zeeland Lord of Friseland 5 Theodoricus Quartus Nine yeares I liued Earle of Holland fortunate Not knowing nor yes caring what belongd to mariage state The Germans I compeld the towne of Dort to leaue That sought by all the meanes they could my life for to bereaue Who being ouercome and put vnto the flight Turn'd backe and shot a shaft at me which in my thigh did light The names of three of my forefathers I did beare And with them in their sepulcher my bones interred were THIERRY the 4. of that name after the decease of Thierry the 3. his father was the fift Earle of Holland and Zeeland and Lord of Friseland Hee was neuer married and therefore he left not any children to succeed him On a time a torney being appointed in the citie of Liege whither came many Princes and Noble men Cont Thierry went thither in like sort accompanied with many Noble men and Barons his vassals As the Princes Noble men were at the torney it happened by an vnfortunat blow that the Earle slew the brother of the bishops of Cologne and Liege so as the noble men of Germanie sought to reuenge the death of this yong knight Thierry vnable to make his partie good retired secretly with all his traine out of the citie The Germains aduertised of his retreat pursued him and hauing ouertaken the last of his traine they slew some among the which were two knights Cont Thierry hauing recouered Holland without danger went to Dordrecht and caused all the ships of Cologne and Liege to be burnt tooke all the Germaine marchants prisoners and put them to great ransoms to reuenge the death of his two knights and of his other seruants The bishops of Liege and Cologne bearing this indignitie impatiently sent an armie vnder the command of the Marques
first are found in the Church of the Abbey of Egmont as followeth Ecce iacent fratres Regni spes gloria Patres Regum stirpe sati vermibus aesca dati Bello magnificus prior horum Theodoricus Hostibus in Patriam iure negando viam Per Caprae sydus dum Ianus volueret Idus Caesar erat fomes quo cadit iste Comes Florens flos florum Florentius alter eorum Splendidus eloquio viribus ingenio Cui Troiae rector bellanti cederet Hector Dum nimis emicuit hoste latente ruit Morte viri flendas quarto decimoque Calendas Iunius axe gerit cum Comes iste perit Destructor mortis vitae reparatio fortis Raptos valle soli collocet arce Poli. GERTRVDE WIDOW TO CONT FLORIS Mother and Guardian to young Cont Thierry sonne to Floris 7 Gertrudis Saxoniae I was by blood and line of Prince HEMMES house And to the first Earle FLORIS was his first and onely spouse In widow-hood I rul'd the Countrey full a yeare With care for my young infants weale as plainely did appeare The Frison sought of me a second mariage state Which I accepted but such was my hard and cruell fate That death restored me vnto my former loue To lie with him in earthly tombe my soule in Heauen aboue ROBERT CALLED THE FRISON Aduocat Generall to young Cont THIERRY second husband to the Countesse Gertrude Robertus Cognomento Frisius Like Hector valiantly my Countries defence I sought resisting th'emperour and draue the Germane thence Becomming amorous I married FLORIS wife And did defend her sonne and her in bloodie warre and strife Protecting them eight yeares by my victorious hand Cypres Salamine Amathont I wan in Heathen Land But shunning of my foe within my natiue soyle At Cassel death encountred me and put me to the soyle AFter the death of Cont Floris the first of that name and the sixt Earle of Holland and Zeeland and Lord of Friseland successiuely being slaine in battaile neere vnto Heusden as we haue formerly related the lady Gertrude his widow daughter to Heyman duke of Saxonie gouerned these foure Countries in the name of Thierry her eldest sonne being in his nonage Afterwards in the yeare 1063. with the consent of all the Nobilitie and the Estates of the Countrey shee married againe with Robert the Frison a wise and valiant knight sonne to Baldwin of Lisle de Bucke earle of Flanders who by the valour of this Robert his sonne ouerthrew the Emperour Henry the fourth in battaile and for his vertues was by the Estates of Holland and Zeeland made guardian of yong Cont Thierry sonne of the Earle Floris and of the said Lady Gertrude who in this second marriage had three sons by Robert that is Robert the yong who went with Godefroy of Bouillon to the conquest of the holy Land and after the decease of his father was Earle of Flanders then Philip who was father to William of Ixre and the third was Baldwin bishop of Teroanne She had also three daughters by him the eldest was called Alix or Alice married to Canutus king of Denmarke and of Norwey by whom she had Charles which was Earle of Flanders the second Gertrude who was Countesse of Louaine and afterwards married to a Landtgraue of Elsatia mother to Thierry of Elsatia who was also in his time Earle of Flanders This Robert the Frison was not so called as if he had beene borne in Friseland but as the Chronicle of Holland sayes for that he was strong big and couragious as a Frison borne in such esteeme and reputation of valour those of Friseland haue alwaies beene as when they would speake of a strong man or commend him for his force they said Strong as a Frison the Chronicles of Flanders say that hee was so called for that hee subdued the Frisons imitating the ancient Romanes who called Scipio the Africane and others by the names of the Provinces which they had conquered and subdued This Robert was a valiant and a vertuous Prince and who had liberalitie in singular recommendation the which mooued the Nobles of Holl◅nd Zeeland to chuse him for their gouernor during the minoritie of their prince Thierry wherein he carried himselfe both wisely and valiantly for the space of eight yeares Hauing at his cōming to the gouernment subdued them of Friseland hearing of the death of Baldwin de Mons his brother Earle of Flanders he demanded to be admitted to the Earledome grounding his pretencions vpon a certaine diuision the which he said Baldwin de Lisle his father had made among his children at Audenarde by the which he had decreed that the said Robert the Frison should succeed in the said County to Robert de Mons notwithstanding any lawful heires that he should leaue But he found so great opposition made by the Countesse Richild widow to Baldwin de Mons and by her two sonnes being fauored by the Nobles and Commons of the Countrey as for a time hee did forbeare to attempt any thing Afterwards the said Richild behaued her selfe so insupportably in her gouernment as shee became odious to all the Flemings so as they sent secretly to call in Robert the Frison who came and ouerthrew the king of France in a great battaile so as there was an accord made betwixt the said Robert and the Countesse Richild and her sonne Baldwin who remained satisfied with the Countie of Henault so as Robert remained peaceable Earle of Holland where hauing setled a good order for his affaires he was desirous to go in pilgrimage to the holy Sepulchre and to Mount Synai from whence being returned into Flanders he died in the yeare 1077. at Wyendael and was interred in the Cannons Church of Cassell the which he had founded GODFREY THE CROOKED DVKE of Lorraine the ninth in number of the Earles of Holland the which he vsurped for a time 9 Gothiphredus Lotharīgae Gibbus I am if you will know that crooke-backt GODFERY That by the fauour of Vtrecht wan Holland valiantly Whereas in foure yeares space to shew my great renowne I built the goodly Towne of Delft in the Septentrion The Frisons I subdu'd that could me not withstand And manfully maintained warre both on the sea and land Till I in Antwerpe traitrously my death did get And left no issue but now serue to crawling wormes for meat THe quarrell of them of Vtrecht against Holland as Bishop Adelbold prisoner to Cont Thierry the third had prophecied vnto him not able to be reconciled William sonne to Widikind prince of Gelderland the 21. bishop of Vtrecht mindfull of the taking of his father in a battaile which the bishops of Cologne and Leege together with other Germane princes had against Cont Floris father to the Infant Thierry Earle of Holland thrust on by ambition and an insatiable desire to augment his estate although it were but too great for the maintenance of a Church-man and one that made profession of sanctitie went to
Friseland 16 Guilielmus Primus This WILLIAM by great policie did breake the chaine Which crosse the Hauen of Damiet the Sarasins had layne Whereby the Harlemers great honour did obtaine Record whereof within their Towne as yet doth still remaine Two wiues he had whereof one out of Geldre came The second MARY called was a princely English dame Full nineteene yeares he rul'd and peaceably possest His countries and in Rhynsburgh died whereas his bones do rest WILLIAM the sixteenth Earle of Holland and Zeeland Lord of Friseland hauing as we haue said in the time of the Contesse Ada expelled the earle of Loos remained in quiet possession of the said prouinces He had by his wife Alix daughter to the earle of Gueldre Floris who succeeded him in the said Earledomes Otto bishop of Vtrecht and William who was lieutenant of Holland the which was father to the lady Alix married to Didier lord of Brederode and two daughters whereof the one was Abbesse at Rhynsbourg and the other at Delft This Cont William did homage to the Emperor Frederic the second for his Counties of Holland Zeeland and Friseland Afterwards vpon a priuate quarell he went and besieged the castle of Aspren hauing taken it he rased it to the ground Cont Gerard vander Are brother to Didier bishop of Vtrecht in reuenge therof went and besieged the town of Dordrecht into the which he cast wild fire which burnt almost halfe of it Soone after Cont William and the bishop were reconciled together and they made an accord by the which Cont William should pay vnto the bishop a thousand pounds and restore vnto Henry of Craen all that he had taken from him for that as wee haue said before he had once put him in prison by the cōmandement of Cont Thierry his master brother to the said Cont William Item that all the Earles subiects being in the bishoprick of Vtrecht should from that time forth be vassales to the bishop as well as all his vassales remaining in Holland Item that Cont William with a hundred knights attired onely in linnen cloth and bare-footed should present themselues before the Cathedrall church of Vtrecht and being there the Earle should aske him forgiuenesse for that he had before laid hands vpon him and taken him prisoner although he were rescued in the Abbey of Staueren All which articles the Earle did accomplish fearing his excommunication and from that time the Earle and the bishop continued good friends Behold the simplicitie of Princes and the pride of prelats in those daies brauing all the world with their thundering threats At that time died Henry king of Scotland vncle by the mothers side to cont William of Holland leauing no children There was a great nobleman in Scotland who with the helpe of the king of England got possession of the realm The Earle of Holland pretending a title to the Crowne as the neerest kinsman son to the deceased kings sister imployed all his friends for the obtaining thereof and to bring it to effect being imbarked with a goodly armie he landed in Scotland where at the first he tooke many townes and castles In the meane time Lewis earle of Loos knowing Cont William to be absent and that he could not easily come out of Scotland although he had wholly conquered it leuied men secretly to make a new conquest of the Earldome of Holland but Cont VVilliam being aduertised thereof desiring rather safely to enioy his owne inheritance which he had gotten with much paine than to striue to make a doubtfull conquest in a strange countrey and farre off he returned speedily into Holland The earle of Loos hearing of his returne proceeded no further for he feared him much hauing made so good triall of him who afterwards gouerned his countries peaceably during the remainder of his dayes In the yeare 1218 the lady Alix wife to Cont VVilliam died hauing left the children aboue named and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Rhynsbourg Afterwards the said earle maried with Mary daughter to Edmond of Lancaster son to Henry the third king of England by whom he had no children About that time the inhabitants of Ziricxee in the Island of Shouven in Zeeland began to build great shippes for marchandise to traffique throughout al seas as well North as South and to make their towne famous as it was for a time by reason of their nauigation hauing fit and conuenient hauens and rodes the which haue since beene much stopped with barres of sand so as of late the inhabitants of that towne haue made a new hauen going directly to the sea before Noortbeuelandt The Earles of Zeeland who were also Earles of Holland had a palace in the towne of Ziricxee the ruines whereof are to be seene at this day It is the second towne of Zeeland We haue in the life of Cont Thier◅ the seuenth and of his daughter Ada rela◅ed briefely the deeds of this Cont VVilliam the first of that name FLORIS THE FOVRTH OF THAT name the seuenteenth Earle of Holland and Zeeland Lord of Friseland Florentius Quartus My daughter in one day as many children bare As daies within a yeare complete by vs accounted are Twelue yeares I liued Earle Mars durst me not defie But iealous loue was cause that I was murthered cruelly My wife grieu'd at my death and her so hard fortune At her owne charge for women built the cloyster of Losdune VVithout the towne of Delft my sister edified Another which le champ royal she nam'd wherein she died FLORIS the fourth of that name by the death of Cont William was the seuenteenth Earle of Holland and Zeeland his brother Otto was made Earle of Friseland in his fathers life and William the youngest was hereditarie gouernour of Kennemerlandt this William had one daughter called Alix the which was married to Didier lord of Brederode who had by her Alfart father to William of Brederode who was General of the Horse to the king of the Romans the eighteenth Earle of Holland Cont Floris had to wife Mathilda daughter to Henry duke of Lothier and Brabant by whom he had the said king William his successor and Floris who was gouernour of Holland then Alix which was Contesse of Henault and Marguerite wife to Herman earle of Henneberg who had that great number of children whereof we shall speake by and by In the time of this Earle Floris there was neere vnto the towne of Arckel a little castle vpon the place of Wolfard belonging to Iohn lord of Arckel about the which there liued some poore fishermen at which place the riuer of Meruve began to ebbe and flow for that the riuers of Meuse and Wahal the which before the towne of Tyel in Gelderland was very narrow and could not enter into that of Linge fell into it These poore fishermen called themselues Gorreckens whereof the towne of Gorrekom now Gorrichom tooke the name This lord of Arckel caused all the houses of
estate and traine appointed him as if he had beene the Dukes owne Sonne In the yeare 1460. died the sayed French King Charles the seauenth called the Gentle The Duke of Bourgongne being aduertised thereof assembled all his Barrons and cheife Nobility to conduct Lewis Daulphine of France and to see him take possession as the eldest Sonne of the deceased King of the Realme and Crowne of France The King being crowned by the helpe of the Duke of Bourgongne being desirous to shewe himselfe thankefull for so great a seruice hauing as it were led him by the hand vnto the Crowne gaue him great thankes and to recompence him in some sort he gaue vnto the Earle of Charolois his Sonne certaine townes and castells in France with a yearly pension The King would haue make an exchange with the Duke of some townes but they could not agree so as many yeares after the King discouered a spleene and dislike which hee had conceiued against the Duke and that before hee had confirmed the donation made vnto the Earle of Charolois of the sayd townes and castells The Earle of Charolois besides his seigneuries of Bethune Chasteau-Bellain Archel Putten Streyen and the Country of Goyelandt receiued in the yeare 1461. by Adrian of Borselle his Atorney in that behalfe the possession of the moeity of the Seigneury towne and castell of Aspren by reason of a certaine murther committed by one William van Buren vpon Rutger of Boetselaer lord of the other moeity And in the yeare 1462. the sayd Earle was receiued lord of the towne of Henkelom being but a quarter of a league from Aspren by the forfeiture of Iohn of Henkelom and Otto his Sonne who in the ende did resigne it vnto him by agreement And so this signeury of Henkelom returned to that of Arckel from whence it issued at the first At that time there fell out great troubles in the Duke of Bourgongnes Court for the causes which followe Iohn lord of Croy had in his youth bred vp a poore boye in his house named Iohn of Koestein whome hee aduanced to be first an assistant and then a groome of the Dukes chamber who carried himselfe so loyally and vertuously as the duke esteemed him very much giuing him great meanes and hauing made him knight hee was his taster for his drinke By which aduancements both in goods and honours hee grewe so proude and arrogant as hee beganne to contemne others yea Barons so gracious hee was in the Duke his Maisters fauour as hee seemed to bee the onely man to mannage his most important affaiers At the same season Iohn of Croy and Iohn of Lanoy Gouernor of Holland conceiued a secret hatred against the Earle of Charolois the dukes Sonne their Prince for that hee had obtained of his Father the countrie of Arckel the which the Duke had giuen a little before vnto the sayd lord of Lanoy and the gouernment of Namur and Boulenois to the lord of Croy who had inioyed it manie yeares for which guifts the Earle had growne in hatred of these two Noblemen who notwithstanding did wholie gouerne and possesse the dukes person who by their means shewed his Son the Earle of Charolois no good coūtenance The Earle finding it left the duke his Fathers Court and retired himselfe into Holland hoping that this dislike would passe and die Some of the cheife Noblemen of Brabant and Flanders came vnto him and furnished him with all that hee had neede of These two Noblemen of Croy and Lanoy full of spight to see his traine so great and the cheife Noblemen runne after him consulted for the better maintenance of them selues how they might supplant and ruine the Earle the which they did impart vnto Iohn of Koestein who fearing likewise to bee disgraced and put from his Offices after the dukes death beeing also wholie bound vnto the lord of Croy for his aduancement gaue ◅are willingly vnto them and tooke the charge vpon him corrupting a poore younger brother a Bourguignon with the promise of a great sum of money and sending him into Piedmont to buy poison descouring vnto him to what ende it was This gentleman called Iohn d'Iuy hauing performed his voiage and brought this poyson to Koestein demanded that which he had promised him the which he not onely refused to pay him but also abused him with iniurious words ◅Iuy discontented at this answere complained to an other gentleman of Bourgongne called Arguenbant and discouered vnto him the whole secret This Arguenbant being wonderfully amazed aduised Iuy to goe speedily and discouer the whole truth of this matter vnto the Earle of Charolois saying that if he went not hee himselfe would goe and accuse him Iohn of Iuy without any farther stay went vnto the Earle and casting himselfe on his knees before him he beseeched him humbly to pardon him the offence which he would reueale vnto him and then layed open the whole truth of the matter The Earle being much amazed thereat went presently to the Duke his Father to descouer vnto him all that hee had heard of this villanous practise crauing iustice of the Author thereof naming Iohn of Koestein The duke hauing promised to do him iustice the Earle went vnto his lodging commanding Iohn of Iuy to goe vnto Rupelmond and to attend him there as he did The next day morning Iohn of Koestein beeing a hunting in the Parke at Brusselles the duke called him commanding him to go with the lords of Aussy and Creueceur to Ruppelmond to make answere to a gentleman that did greatly taxe his honour Koestein answered him proudly after his accustomed manner that hee feared no man liuing whervpon he pulled on his bootes and went to horse-backe with fiue seruants and so went to the lord of Aussy whome hee found on horse-backe with the lord of Creuecaeur with fifteene or sixteene Archers of the Dukes garde Being come to Ruppelmond soone after arriued Anthony bastard of Bourgongne the Bishoppe of Tournay with the lords of Croy and Goulx The Earle of Charolois came also and caused Koestein to bee put into a Tower of the which hee him-selfe kept the keyes so as no man might speake vnto him but in his presence These foure Noblemen made the processe of the sayd Koestein after that hee had beene confronted with Iohn of Iuy declaring him guilty and condemning him to loose his head and his bodie to bee cut in foure quarters Beeing brought to the place of execution which was vpon one of the highest Towers of the castell hee disired to speake with the Earle of Charolois who went vnto him and heard him long in secret which made them presume that hee accused some one namely the sayd lords of Croy and Lanoy the which the Earle dissembled Hee intreated that his bodie might not bee quartered the which beeing graunted him hee lost his head This done Iohn of Iuy was called of whome the Earle demaunded if Koestein had kept his
speech and yet subiect to choller high minded and not willing to be braued of any how great soeuer as hee did often shew to King Charles the 7. and Lewis the 11. of France he was very curious to entertaine peace with his subiects whom hee loued and sought their quiet so in his time all his countries flourished in wealth and aboundance Hee was a wiseman discreet charitable and a great Almes-giuer by reason whereof hee was called the good but full of reuenge and very ambitious desiring to make himself great by what means so-euer as appeared by so many fals bounds which he played to the contesse of Holland his cosin He exceeded all his Predecessors Dukes of Bourgongne in riches Seigneories greatnes of state and pompe so as in his time there was no Christian Prince that for his qualitie might be compared vnto him He tooke pleasure to breed vp and nourish sundry strange and wilde beasts He had a Gyant and many Turks among his houshold seruants which he had caused to be baptized The Duke being dead the Earle of Charolois his onely sonne and sole heire called for the Seales the which he presently brake This done after that he had giuen order for the dead body vntill his returne he tooke poste and went to Lille where he sealed vp the chamber and the cofers of his fathers treasure appointing gardes that none might touch them then he returned presently to Bruges where hee perfourmed the funeralles of his father with great pompe and state his heart was buried in the Church of Arras and his body was layed in a coffin of leade and left in the Church vntill that it should be transported from thence to Ierusalem and interred neere to the holy Sepulchre hauing giuen great giftes to the Couent of Fryars of the said Sepulcher The Lady Isabel his wife dyed the 17. of December in the yeare 1471. in the towne of Aire and was interred in the cloyster of Nunnes at Gouvay by Bethune afterwards her bodie and the duke her husbands were carried to the Chartreux by Digeon in Bourgongne where as they lie vnder a stately tombe of brasse guilt richly curiously wrought About that time the art of Printing was inuented wherof those of Harlem in Holland challenge the first honor yet afterwards it was brought to perfection at Mentz by one that had been seruant to Laurence Ianson of Harlem the first inuentor and ranne from him to Mentz with his tooles they write his name was Iohn Faustus as they of Harlem do constantly affirme Carolus Dux Burgund CHARLES THE WARLIKE THE 1. OF that Name the 31. Earle of Holland and Zeeland Lord of Frizeland Duke of Bourgongne Brabant Lembourg Luxemburg Earle of Flanders Arthois Henault and Namur Lord of Salins and Macklyn Of so many goodly Countries successor to my father Of three wiues I had but one only heire At Montlehery I defeyted the French brauely At Macklyn I erected my heigh Parliament Being incensed I made the Liegeois feele my splene If against the Cantons I had not taken Armes I had beene more happie and cruell death Had not shewed his force against me at Nancy The Argument of the fourth Booke CHARLES Duke of Bourgongne in the life of his father the good Duke Philip was called Earle of Charolois the 31. Earle of Holland c. At his first entrie into Gant the Inhabitants maintayned against him but he brought them vnder The Liegeois breake the peace and entred into warre against the Duke he defeats them in Battaile wherevpon the Towne of Liege yeelded The Duke of Bourgongne makes a peace with the French king who comes to the Duke to Peronne hee was in feare there least the Duke should haue detained him The Liegeois arme a newe against the Duke of Bourgongne he forceth King Lewis to go with him to the fiege of their Towne the which he ruines practises to ruine the house of Brederode The Duke makes war against the Frisons He entertaines many Princes with the hope of marrying with his daughter The french king the Duke of Bourgongne seek to deceiue one another The Constable of S. Poll growes odious to thē both they resolut to ruine him He seeks to reconcile the duke of Gelders his son besiegeth Neuse The motiue of the war against the Swisses A truce for nine years betwixt the Duke and the French king they sweare the Constables death who in the end is beheaded at Paris The duke makes war against the Swisses he is defeated by them first at Granson then at Morat wherewith the Swisses were inriched the Duke besiegeth Nancy where he was slaine in battaile by the treason of the Earle of Campobachio an Italian Marie of Bourgongne his only daughter succeeds him and was the 32. commanding in Holland c The French Long seazeth vpon the townes of Piccardie and Arthois with an intent to ruine her this Princesse being in the Ganthois power suffers much putting her cheefest seruants and Councellors to death the Flemings defeated and the yong Duke of Gellers slaine A marriage betwixt Maximilian of Austria the Emperor Fredericks sonne and the Lady Marie of Bourgongne CHARLES of Bourgongne called the Warlike for that hee had been so great a Warrior succeeded vnto Duke Philip of Bourgongne his father in all his Estates Siegneories was Duke of Bourgongne Brabant Lembourg and Luxembourg Earle of Flanders Arthois Henault Bourgongne Holland Zeeland and Namur Marquis of the holy Empire and Lord of Friseland Salins and Macklyn His father hauing left him great treasures of Gold and Siluer hee bought or as some write had in morgage of Sigismond Arch-duke of Austria the Earledome of Ferret in the Countrie of Elsatia neere vnto Basill in Swisserland vpon the Rhin somewhat neere to the Dutchie of Bourgongne and too farre from Sigismond to defend it from the incursions of neighbour Princes Hee was 33. yeare olde when hee succeeded all these goodly Estates Katherine the daughter of King Charles the 7. of France was first promised him to wife but she dyed yong before she was married Afterwards hee married Elizabeth daughter to the Duke of Burbon his cousin by whome hee had one daughter and onely heire called Marie This Dutches Elizabeth being dead he marryed Marguerite daughter to Richard Duke of Yorke and sister to Edward the fourth King of England by whom hee had not any children His father gaue him in his youth to maintaine his estate the Earldome of Charolois which is in the Contie of Bourgongne otherwise called Franch Contie with the Siegniors of Bethune Arckel and Bellain In his fathers life time he wanne from the Sea a great circuit of countrie opposite to Rotterdam causing a Village to be built there the which hee called with the whole countrie by his name Charolois and so it continues vnto this day Hee had begunne a great fort in the towne of Gorrichom vppon the Riuer of Wahal but it remained during his life
their magistrates to examine them giuing them an assistant of the house of La Marke a mortall enemie to the Lorde of Humbercourt In the beginning they examined them Why they had caused the Lord of Cordes to deliuer vp the cittie of Arras vnto the King but they stucke but little vppon that point although they could not haue conuinced them of any other their passions were not busied about the notable losse of such a Cittie neither did they care â—…o see their Princesse grow weake nor were the capable to comprehend and iudge how preiudiciall the losse of that Towne might bee hereafter The Commissioners or Iudges of the Ganthois stood onely vpon two points the one was vpon certaine gifts and presents which they obiected they had receiued and especially for a sute which the Cittie of Gaunt had lately gotten by their seâ—…tence and pronounced by the Chancellor against a priuat person wherein they accused him To haue sold iustice and to haue taken a bribe of them to haue their right Whereunto the accused answered That in that they had obtained their sute it was according to equitie and iustice that they had iudged it and as for the money which they had receiued they demaunded it not but tooke it when it was offered The second matter wherewith the Commissioners did charge them was That during the time they were in seruice with Duke Charles their Maister and in his absence his Lieutenants they had done many things against the Priuiledges and Statutes of their Towne and that any man that attempted any thing against their Priuiledges must loose his life Herevnto the accused answered That therein there was no matter to charge them withall being neither Bourgesses of the Towne nor any way subiect vnto it and therefore they could not breake their Priuiledges That if Duke Charles or his father had taken any from them it was by a composition made betwixt them after many warres and rebellions but those that had been left them had been well obserued Notwithstanding all the excuses and iustifications of these famous and worthy men vnto those two crimes obiected after they had tormented them cruelly without all order of Lawe the Magistrates of Gaunt condemned them to die They hearing this cruell sentence were much amazed and not without cause seeing themselues in their handes whereas reason had no place notwithstanding for that the soueraigntie of Flanders depended on the crowne of France they did appeale to the Parliament at Paris hoping at the least that it might giue some delay to the execution of the sentence and in the meane time their friends might help to saue their liues There Processe continued but sixe dayes and notwithstanding the sayd appellation being condemned they gaue them but three houres libertie to consider of their affaires and to dispose themselues to death This short time being expired they led them to the Market-place vpon a Scaffold to execute them by the sword The Princesse hearing of this condemnation went to the Towne-house to sue and intreate for these two Noble-men but it preuailed not from thence she went into the Market-place whereas all the people beeing in armes shee saw these two Noble-men that were condemned vpon the Scaffold shee was in a mourning weed and a plaine kerchief on her head which should haue mooued them to pittie Being there shee beseeched the people with teares in her eyes and her haire hanging about her eares to take pitty of her two seruants and deliuer them vnto her Some of the people would haue had her will fulfilled and that they should not die others would haue the contrary and began to bend their Pikes one against another and were ready for murther but those that would haue them dye were the greatest number who cryed out vnto the Officers that were vppon the Scaffold that they should dispatch them wherevppon they lost their heades and this poore Princesse returned desolate to her house After that the Ganthois had done this execution they did sequester from their Princesse the Dutchesse Dowager of Bourgongne her mother in law and the Lorde of Ravensteyn her kinsman for that they had set their hands to the Letter which the Chancellor and Humbercourt had carryed to the King was the cause of their death and did seaze absolutely of the authoritie and gouernment of this poore Princesse Shee might well bee termed poore not onely for the losse of many good Townes which the King had taken from her by force but to see her selfe in the power and subiection of ancient Rebels and very persecutors of her house and that which was the greatest miserie of all was to see her selfe so depriued of her liberty sequestred from her most familiar friendes They of Gaunt hauing forcibly seazed vpon the gouernment of State and of their Princesse person put two Noble-men to death chased whom they pleased out of their Towne and spoyled all the ancient seruantes of the House of Bourgongne of their goods Now they began to studie of alteration first they drew the yong Duke of Gelders out of prison who had beene taken neere vnto Namur and then sent to Gaunt and made him head of an Armie which they raised among themselues and their neighbours of Bruges Ypre and other places and sent it before Tournay where hee onely burnt the Suburbes without any profit There was within the Towne foure hundred men at Armes who sallied foorth and charged these Flemmings in the Reere as they made their retreate who presently fled with disorder The yong duke of Geldres who was a valiant Prince made head against them that pursued that his people might haue the better meanes to retier but beeing ill seconded hee was slaine with a good number of his people The Princesse of Bourgongne and those that loued her were glad of this defeat and of the death of the Prince of Geldres for it was sayd that the Ganthois intended to force her to marry with him else shee would neuer haue done it with her owne good liking for his great disloyaltie and cruelty against his father In the meane time there was a speech of diuers marriages for the Princesse of Bourgongne all men concluding generally that shee must haue a husband to defend all the rest of her Seigneories or els that shee should marrie the Daulphin of France that shee might enioye all in peace Some did much affect that Royall marriage especially shee her selfe before that her letters carried by the Chancellor and Humbercourt had beene discouered Others tooke exception at the Daulphins young and tender age and the marriage of him promised wiâ—…h the daughter of England There were others that laboured for the prince of Cleues Others for Maximillian Arch-duke of Austria the onely sonne to the Emperour Frederick This Princesse had conceiued an extreame hatred against the French King for the discouerie of her letters for shee imagined that hee had beene the cause in giuing them
〈◊〉 〈◊〉 that is to say The break of day chaseth away euill On the left hand was an altar with the fire of sacrifice kindled and there was written Deo Patrum nostrorum as if hee would say To the God of our Fathers to whom we sacrifice for the deliuerie of the country and victorie ouer our enemies This figure was interpreted after diuers manners some said these two heads were the earles of Egmont and Horne others the prince of Orange and cont Lodowic his brother But Aries Montanus had alluded this bodie beaten downe to the Netherlands which was gouerned by the three estates whereof the duke had subdued two leauing the clergie in his full power the two heads represented the nobilitie and the people of the six armes three were applied to the nobles holding the paper which was the petition presented to the duchesse the toarch the counsell and the mace their force the other three agreed with the people holding the hammer and the hatchet instruments wherewith they had beaten downe the images and the purse the support of money which the people furnished the maske is vnderstood of himselfe Others may interpret it after their owne fancies The earle of Lodron being in garrison at Valenciennes with his regiment of Landtsknechts the most part Grisons and of the countrey of Tyrolle was kept prisoner by his souldiers mutining for their pay whom he pacified with good words and solemne othes in receiuing the sacrament of the altar that nothing should be imputed vnto them Hauing found meanes to pay them he required a new othe of them some of the captaines would not yeeld to it saying That there was no trust in an Italian but they should rather carrie him with them into their countrey and there breake their colours such as were of this opinion â—…tired the rest suffered themselues to be persuaded alledging their pay which did bind them to serue the king They were drawne out of Valenciennes with good words to Bourgerhout neâ—…re vnto Antuerpe there to be mustered but they were presently enuironed by the Spanish horsemen who slew a good number of them kept many prisoners who were afterwards executed by the sword and hanged both within and without Antuerp Such as could escape this furie fled into Germany and so into their owne countrey who were afterwards reuenged for this treacheâ—…ie vpon the lands and subiects of the earle of Lodron beeing neere neighbours to the Grisons countrey We haue formerly spoken of the prouost Spelle named Iohn Cronelt which was one of the cruellest instruments that the duke of Alua could haue imployed this tyrant was conuicted of many concussions and to haue put many innocents to death vnder counterfeit names and to haue released some for great summes of money and also to haue taken money of the kinsfolkes of some and yet afterwards to haue put them to death â—…estoring nothing of that which he had receiued for which crimes the duke of Alua caused him to be hanged at Brussels with two of his instruments so as that which he had done wrongfully to many was done rightfully to him according vnto iustice He had without any â—…espect or discretion put many thousands to death as also the duke of Alua had sometimes vanted that he had caused aboue 18000 by good account to passe through the hands of his executioners the which he tâ—…rmed by the name of Iustice. At that time the duke was at rest fearing no enemie imagining that hee had subdued and expelled all hee therefore now dreamed of new meanes to oppresse to Netherlands and to draw home and get into his clawes those that were fled into the neighbor countries as into France England Germanie the East countries and elsewhere hee cals them home by a generall pardon published in Iuly but they were not so foolish nor simple to trust vnto it only some artisans and poore creatures did hazard themselues for whom beeing so few in number and the purchase so small the duke would not violat his faith but left them in peace gouerning themselues according to his pardon And withall the said pardon was so restrained as it was not in a manner but for the innocents for such as had in any sort offendâ—…d during the troubles were not comprehended As after the defeats of the Protestants in the Netherlands at Waterloo Austerweel Valenciennes and S. Valerie many which had then escaped had not the means to get out of the country fearing least they shold be incountred in the way vpoÌ„ their retreat by the Prouosts marshals who pursued them and had charge to put as many to death as they could take that had carried armes against the king his lieutenants and officers they put themselues in troups into the woods and forrests as at Nieppes in Flanders Richbourg Olhain and Verdres in Arthois Mourmal and others in Henault and carrying themselues vnder the name of the prince of Orange they made warre apart against the priests and officers of iustice who they said were their enemies killing spoyling and ransoming them without doing any wrong to farmers or countreymen who in the night fuâ—…nished them with victuals One day they tooke the prouost marshall of Arthois named Dentelin Gondebleâ—… their great persecuter whom they did miserably spoyle with all his men in a farme belonging to one Israel of Escluse a banished man They tooke foure and twentie horse which they carried in the night hauing in the day time their retreat into the woods to sell in France Of all the prouosts men there escaped none but the hangman verie sore wounded and left for dead vpon the dunghill They called these men Boskets or Bosquillons for that they kept in the woods and forrests They kept a certaine discipline among them not to hurt any marchants or other passengers if they were not of the iustice whom they put to death or church men whom they drew into the woods and ransomed deteining them there vntill the money were come If they found that there were any theeues in the said woods which vnder their names did rob the passengers they pursued them and hauing taken them they deliuered them to the Prouosts men at the entrie of the wood not suffering them to approach within harguebuse shot neither durst the others come any neerer Their armes weâ—…e a â—…arguebuse hanged at their backes in a scarfe a hanger at their girdles and a halfe pike on theâ—… shoulders with the which they leaped ouer ditches were they twentie foot broad men actiue and resolute in great numbers When as the prouost could take aâ—…y of them he burnt them or râ—…sted them with a small fire On the other side those that were fled out of the realme as into England Germanie the East countries and to Rochell went to sea vnder the princes name and it may bee vnder his commission making warre against all ships of the Netherlands that came or went into Spain whom they did take and spoile making their
were iudged and for that their action was not found to proceed of malice but of meere cowardise or want of experience had saued their liues whervnto also the weakenesse of the countrie at that time was some helpe who could hardly punish them hauing many friends In the beginning of this springe Count Ernestus of Nassau was called by Duke Henry Iules of Brunswicke to bee Lieutenant of his army against them of the towne of Brunswycke in whose aide the Hans townes of the East countries leauied certaine men The said Duke gaue vnto Cont Ernestus one of his daughters in marriage the which was celebrated at Wolffenbuytell where the Duke keepes his court The Barron of Barbanson brother to the Earle of Arembergh did leauy at that time for the Arch-duke a regiment of three thousand Germaine foote the Earle of Busquoy one of two thousand fiue hundred Wallons and the Lord of Luxembourg an other of the like number which was to fortefie them vpon the iealousie they had of the duke of Bouillon brother in law to Prince Maurice least he should haue some secret intelligence with the French King and that both of them hauing ioyned their forces togither should fall vpon him For as the duke beeing in disgrace with the King was retired to Sedan where hee leauied men for his defence so the King made preparation of an armie to goe and assaile the duke but by meanes hee was reconciled to his Maiestie vpon these distrusts the Arch-dukes sought to fortefie their army with new leauies sending one part of all his forces into Luxembourg and an other into Henault Arthois Namur and other frontier countries but the Duke beeing reconciled to the Kings fauour the King dismist his army and the Duke discharged his men The Earle of Busquoy hauing gathered some troupes togither in march about Keesers-weert he made shew as if hee would build some new fort vpon the Rhine neere vnto Berck But vpon the foureteenth day of the month about mid-night hee surpriâ—…ed the towne of Brevoort the gouernor and some of the souldiars seeing the townes thus taken retired into the Castle which they defended against the enemy The Estates horsemen which had conuoyed Cont Ernestus towards the Duke of Brunswick were by good hap returned the day before out of Germany into those quarters who presently cut of the enemies victualls so as the pesants could not bring them any thing vnto the towne Cont William of Nassau gouernor of Freezland and Groning hearing of this surprize and that the Castle held good for the Estates sent presently all the horse and foote hee could gather sodenly together in his gouernment who went and beseeged them that had surprized the towne Cont Henry Frederec of Nassau was also sent from the Hage and captaine du Bois hauing charge to command all the forces they could get of Breda Berghen and other places to follow them Prince Maurice meaning to bee there present him-selfe parted from the Hage the twenty one of the month carrying all his owne horses with him with his tents and all his other bagage fit for such an exploit But as they were vpon the way they had newes that the enemy had beene forced to abandon the towne againe where-vpon he determined to returne to the Hage In the begining of the yeare 1606. Philip Earle of Hohenloo Baron of Langerbergh Lieutenant generall of Holland Zeeland West Freeseland Bomell and Thieldwert c. being sicke of a long lingering disease which grew to be a generall lamenes both of hand and feet so as hee could not stire nor helpe him-selfe died at Iselstein vpon the fift of March being aboue fifty yeares of age A man of a tall comely stature and of good experience in Marshall affaiers but somewhat stout and hasty hauing serued about thirty foure or thirty fiue yeares in the Netherlands in great and continuall troubles especially after the death of the Prince of Orange when as the vnited Prouinces were wonderfully perplexed Prince Maurice his sonne being then very young so as then there was not any man that seemed able to take ther cause in hand to direct their marshall affaiers and to be tutor to Prince Maurice but onely this Earle to whome euery man had a respect to the end he should vndertake their affaiers in regard of his authority and credit amongst the soldiers as also for his skill in marshall affaires being also very rich and withall very bountifull and affable hee married the eldest daughter of the Prince of Orange borne by the Contesse of Buren who died without children his lands hee gaue to his brothers children whereof Ernestus Earle of Hohenlo was then in the Netherlandes with him and commanded his cornet of horse being a gallant young gentleman of great hope his funerall was apointed to be kept at Iselstein vpon the 6. of April with the accustomed ceremonies where Prince Maurice and others of the house of Nassau were present with the Deputies of the general Estates the counsel of Estate and the counsel of Holland and others but by reason of the taking of Breuoort it was put of for a while his body was set in a coffin in the Church of Iselstein vntill his kindred came out of Germany to fetch it and so carried it to the country of Hohenlo The Arch-duke being freed of the feare he had of the French King the garrisons of Flanders attempted a certaine enterprize vpon Sluce being conducted by Frederik Vanden Bergh which was very secretly vndertaken but not fortunately effected Not long before there were two Spaniards who hauing for a time serued in Sluce ranne from the Estates againe and gaue intelligence to them of Flanders how that the watch house without Sluce which stood vpon the bridg of the East gate was burnt downe so that as then there was no gard held that bridg serued to come from Coxy Cadsant and from all the parts of the drowned land into the towne being very long with two draw bridges and a good pale on the one side but onely where the sconses which had beene broken downe stood thinking it very difficult that the enemy should attempt any thing on that side in regard that the drowned land was round about fortefied with sconces being almost impossible for them to passe that way The towne gate as then was very weake being onely of double plankes nayled one vpon the other and along by it but a slight low wall which they might easely climbe ouer Mounsier vander Noot the gouernor of the towne being partly aduertised of an enterprise to be made vpon that part of Flanders had sent to all the sconces and forts round about to giue them warning thereof he him-selfe talking his ease not once fortefiing his gards neither had he any suspition for which his negligence hee was afterwards much blamed It was an enterprize well managed and better executed then that which was led by Mounsier de Terrail but by GODS prouidence
children of Cont Tbierry Cont Thierry chaseth the Flemings The Frisons will acknowledge no other soueraigne but the empire Warres bewixt the Earles of Holland and Geldres A new quarrell betwixt the two Bretheren of Holland The Earles of Holland and Geldre reconciled 1198 Trouble in Frizeland The Earles of Holland and Geldre fall vpon the bishop The bishop reuengeth himselfe of the Earle of Holland An accord betwixt the two Earls the duke of Brabant the bishop 1203 Cont Thierry sicke The death of Cont Thierry The Nobilitie of his time The Contesse of Holland maried Cont William sent for to vndertake the gouernment of Holland Cont William comes into Holland He puts the yong Contesse in guard and becomes master of the countrey Cont William conquereth Zeeland The Kennemerâ—… pacified The Zeelanders call back Cont William CoÌ„t Williams children The castle of Aspren rased 1218 The Contesse of Holland dies His wife and children The beginning of the towne of Gorrichom in Holland Cont Floris a louer of iousts and tourneys Cont Floris slaine The earle of ClermoÌ„t slain The bishop of Vtrecht guardian to the yong Earle of Holland A wonderfull del 〈◊〉 of 365 children An Epltaph of the Contesse of Henneberg mother to so many children The chiefe Nobilitie of Holland The wife and children of Cont William How Cont William was chosen king of Romans The king comes to Vtrecht and ratifies their priuiledges 1253 The contesse of Flanders pretends to conquer the isle of Walchren by arms A great deseat of the Flemings The contesse goes â—…o succours into France The duke of Aiou comes to succour the contesse The wise answer of the king S. Lewis to the duke his brother The duke of Aniou retires The birth of Cont Floris 5. The contesse labours to be reconciled The pope sends for the king of Romans to come to Rome The king being in Vtrecht is traitorously wounded with a stone The king miserably slaine being sunke into the ice They burie him secretly in a countrey house The kings body found and interred at Middlebourg in Zeeland Factions for the gouernement of the Earles person and of the countrey Great trouble an Holland Cont Floris takes armes against the Frisons The Frisons defened Foure eâ—…es â—…lt by the Earle to subdue the Frisons Friseland wholy subdued The Earles of Flanders and Holland reconciled The Earle makes war against the lord of Amstel and Woerden 1290 Cont Floris his voiage into England and why A mariage betwixt Cont Floris eldest son and the king of Englands daughter The earle of Flanders pretends to assaile Zeeland The chiefe nobilitie A historie of the death of Cont Floris the 5. The violent death of Cont Floris the fifth The wonderfull loue of 〈◊〉 grey hounds The end of the conspirators The reuenge of Cont Floris death Too cruell a reuenge The Frisons send to the king of Denmarke to be their protector The gouernment of Holland diuided during the absence of Cont Iohn The Frisons defeared The Frisons ioyned to the bishop of Vtrecht are defeated The teâ—…or of the letters of reparation submission made by the Frisons Mourmont taken and rased Troubles at Dordrecht A foolish answere of the magistrat of Dordâ—…echr The death of the Earle of Holland Who the gyant Claes van Knyten was The beginning of two wicked factions in Friseland The Earle of Henaults brethren Iohns wife and children 1301 The Earle seekes to ruine Iohn de Renesse The bishop of Vtrecht taken prisoner by his owne people The bishop goes to armes The bishop slaine in battaile being ouer-bold 1301 The Epitaph of this bishop Iohn without mercy slame 1302 1303 1304 The Earle of Flanders pretends to land in Walchren The Hollanders armie defeated The earlâ—… of Flanders wins a good part of Holland Great alteration in Vtrecht The lord of Hamstede defeats the Flemings The lord of Hamstede chaseth â—…he Flemings out of Holland A great defeat of the Flemings The Hollanders besiege Iohn de Renesse in Vtrecht The death of Iohn de Renesse 1305 Death of the earle of Flanders The death of the Earle of Holland The chiefe nobilitie The wife and children of Cont William 1311 1316 An extreame famine in Holland Amstel Wâ—… erden vnited to Holland 1323 1327 1328 The Earle ouerthrowne from his horse 1332 1336 A historie of a bailife of South Holland for a cow A memorable example of iustice The death of good Cont William The chiefe nobilitie in Holland and Zeeland The chiefe families of Friseland in those daies The wife of this Cont William 1338 1342 1345 Vtrecht besieged by the Hollanders Those of Vtrecht reconciled to the Earlâ—… Cont William slaine and leaues no lawfull heires 1346 The Earledomes of Holland and Zeeland adâ—…dged to the Empresle sister to cont William She takes possessió of those countries Confiscation of â—…cclesiasticall goodâ—… The emperoâ—… children by the empresse 〈◊〉 William of Bâ—…uaria the empresse son gouernor of Holland The bishop of Vtrecht goes to liue priuatly in France The bishop of Vtrecht goes to field He defeateâ—… the Hollandeâ—…s The Empresse resumeâ—… againe the gouernment of Holland The Earle her sonne retires into Holland 1349. The bishop of Vtrecht makes warre in Holland The Hollanders deâ—…eated A truce betwixt tâ—…e Hollanders and Vtrecht 1350. 〈◊〉 in Holland of Cabillâ—…ux and Hoeâ—…ks The fruites 〈◊〉 factions to stir the sonnâ—… against the mother Cont Williaâ—… receiued in Holland A battaile betwixt the mother and the sonne 1351. The sonne raiseth a 〈◊〉 armie The sonne dâ—… fines his mothâ—… to battaile A second battaile The mother defeated 1351. An accord betwixt the mother and the sonne The factions cease not Cont Williams wife had no 〈◊〉 135â—… The Earle de fies the bishop of Vtrecht Two strange knights â—…aken pâ—…oners The Eaâ—…le enters the country oâ—… Vtrecht with â—…n armie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fâ—…om the bishop The bishop takeâ—… Wâ—…p by assault and then Muyden The 〈◊〉 of Montâ—…ort 〈◊〉 from the bishop A combâ—…te betwixt two commanderâ—… 1357. Cont Williâ—… himselfe enters into the country of Vtrecht A finall accord betwixt the Earle and bishop 1358. The Eaâ—…le of Holland becomes mad Diuision betwixt the two factions for the gouernement Albert duke of Bauaria called by the Hoeketins He is receiued for gouernor Hee agrees with his sister in lavve Alberts wiues and children By this Marguerite the earldome of Holland Zeeland and Henault came to the house of Bourgongne The Cabillautins seeke to kill the yong lord of Brederode The castell of Hemskerke besieged for Cont Albert. The Delfoi reuolt Cont Albert besiegeth Delf The inhabitants speake of a composition The captaines oppose The captaines retire in the night The towne of Delf yeelded The duke of Gelders defies the Earle of Holland The warre ended by marriage 1365. 1367. The Baron of Enghien beheaded in Henault which caused great troubles 1373. The castell of Ghildenburch 〈◊〉 to defâ—…d the sluses The lord of Vianen and those of Dordreâ—…ht discontented for the sluses Cont â—…ert spoiles the Frâ—…sons