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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A70217	A trve and briefe relation of the bloody battel of Nievport in Flanders found betwixt Prince Mavrice of happy memory and Albert arch-duke of Avstria vpon the second of Iuly 1600	Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?	1641 (1641)	Wing H1656A; ESTC R40974	18,700	14

Captaines many Lieutenants and Officers The Arch-duke having gott this Victorie wrote to Brugges that he had over throwne the Avantgard of Prince Maurice and that he was so farre engaged with the rest of his Armie that they could not escape out of his hands in so much that this day they began to triumph at Brugges and the adiacent Townes in ringing their bells as though they had gayned already the Victorie Now the newes of this defeate put the Lords the States into a great perplexity considering what a danger the countrie was in if any misfortune should happen to our Armie which laye before Nieuport and encamped on both sides of the Haven the Souldiers being separated one from an other which droue them into a great feare And therefore being in such an extremitie when all humaine meanes failed them they tooke their refuge to the Lord of Hosts by prayes and assembled themselves and all their traine with diverse Officers and people of the Towne of Ostend into their chambers where their Minister Vtenbogaert made prayers vnto God for the preservation of the person of his Extie the Lords Chiefes and Commandours which were with him yea the whole Army that God would be pleased to give them a happie successe The Archduke being encouraged with this advantage and defeate which he gott so quickly over our men marched in all hast towards Nieuport imagining to finde his Extie and all his Army so amazed by this overthrow that he might easely put our men to route But God had his eye of providence vpon the State of these Countries and the defense of his Church in them giving his Excie such wisedome that he commanded away all the shipping boates from Nieuport towards Oftend with all gave order that all his troupes should be ready to passe the Havē of Nieuport at a lowe water to gett on the other side with a couragious resolution to make head against the Ennemy to give him battell according to which his Excie went from troupe to troupe to animate and encourage his Souldiers That seing they had the sea on the on side and the Ennemies Armie on the other side betwixt them and saw that there was now noe meanes in the world to escape but to fight it out and beate through their Armie considering that his Exties reputation depended thereon yea all their honours their liues and the good of the countrie lay now all the stake that now they would carry thēselues brauely couragiously with assurance that God would give them a blessed issue The like also did all the chiefs Commanders Captaines to there Souldiers Prince Henry now his highnesse did likewise encourage also his Wallons or new Geux being of his Regiment to doe the like The rest of the Armie was commanded to march to the water side by the breake of day to passe over the Haven with the first ebbe being then Sr Francis Veres his turne to have the Avantgard which made him carefull not to be wanting in his duty so as in due time his troupes were at the place appointed and because the water was not yet passable he went to his Excie to know his further pleasure whome he found by the bridge with most of the chiefes Officers of the Armie where not longe after newes was brought him that the Ennemies Armie was passing the Downes and marching towards vs wherevpon Sr Francis Vere advised his Excie that all possible speede must be vsed to passe the Furrs before the Ennemy was possessed of the other side of the Haven His Excie willed him in all things to doe as he saw cause and calling to him Count Lodewijck of Nassaw who then commanded the Horse as Generall badd him goe along with Sr Francis Vere and follow his directions so Sr Francis Vere left the Prince and went to his troupes and as soone as the tyde serued he passed his men which stood there in three Battailions The Souldiers would haue stripped themselues to have kept their cloaths drie as Sr Francis Vere willed them when he crossed the haven first but afterward thought it not expedient the Ennemie being so neere at hand and therefore he willed them to keepe their cloaths on and not to care for wetting them seeing they should neede none that day or else haue better and dryer cloaths to sleepe in that night Count Lodwijck passed first with his fiue Cornets of Horse whereof two of them were Harquebussiers and advanced towards the Ennemie and entertayned shirmish with two of the Ennemies troupes and then followed all the rest which were scare gott over on the other side of the shore but they saw the Ennemie stand in full Battaille betweene them and Ostend insomuch that if the Ennemie had but advanced he might haue prevented his Excie from passing his foote over the haven Now the Ennemy not knowing how many of our men were passed over the haven because of the great dust which arose and blinded their sight made a halte a longe time by the sea shoare which gaue his Excie time leisure to passe over the English Frize Regiments with his Excie gard Count Hohenloes all commanded by Sr Francis Vere Then followed the French Regiments the Walloues Swissers which made the Battaile as is said commanded by Count George Everard of Solmes and after them almost all the rest of the horse The Regiment of Count Ernest Gistelles Huchtenbrookes made the Reere The Regiments of Gistelles and Vtenbrooke which were vnder the Conduct of Count George Everard of Solmes were left before the Towne of Nieuport to block it vp with charge to stand vpon their gards and vpon his Excies first order to beready to passe over the bridge which was made with boates and plankes ouer the haven of Nieuport how the Armie was disposed into the Vantgard Battaile Reere as yow haue heard already When the troupes of the Vauntgard were passed Sr Francis Vere left the footemen standing ranged in their order betwixt the Downes or Sandhills and the sea and with the horse he advanced towards the Ennemie whome wee discouered a farre of comming towards vs alonge the sea side not to engage a skirmish or fight but to choose a fit place to attend them in which was now the onely advantage wee could by industrie gett of the Ennemie for by situation of the Countrie that skill and dexterity wee presumed to exceede our Ennemies in which was the apt agile mo - of our Battaillions was vtterlie taken from vs for the space betwixt the sea and the Sandhills or Downes was commanded by the Sandhills which consisted of many heads reared and commaunding one an other conteyning so much bredth in most places that our troupes could not occupie the whole and every where so confusedly packed together so broken steepe that our troupes could neither discouer what was done a stones cast before them nor advance forward in any order to second one another if neede required And