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A72300	A iornall of certaine principall passages in and before the towne of S'hertogenbosh from the 18. of August till the 1. of September, at what time they fell to capitulation concerning the rendition of the towne. VVhereunto is added, a sermon made by the Bishop of S'hertogenbosh in S. Iohns Church, (before the towne was rendred) to appease the burgers and inhabitants, which were in an vprore.	Ophovens, Michel van, 1571-1637.; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, 1584-1647.; 's-Hertogenbosch (Netherlands)	1629 (1629)	STC 13248.4; ESTC S102780	8,330	23

On the same day we haue throwne great store of bavins and earth into the ditch so that there doe vvant but tvvo Rods and vve thought betvveen the 29. and 30. to fill the rest of the ditch but those of the tovvne did play so fiercely vpon vs that it vvas vnpossible they throvy novv every night vvith pitchd crausses for to see vvhereabouts ours doe vvorke vve hope neverthelesse next monday to myne againe Those of the Tovvne haue this night made a fire vpon the steeple vvhereupon vve presume that it vvill not endure long vvith them The 30. is here taken Prisoner a Boor vvhich did take money of both sides The Ritmaster Pannecouck vvhich vvas slaine in the defeating of the said convoy is buried to day At Middleborrow a man called Cock whose Father had beene Borromr of Flushing was beheaded on the 23. because he had advertised the Enemies the designes and enterprises of the Prince of Orenge in former times as also the secrets vvhich hee could heare of the East and West India Companies that hee vvas familiar vvith great persons of State The 24. vvas at Revesteiu quartered a Traytor vvhich thought to yeeld the Tovvne being a Captaine des armes Here followeth a Sermon made by the Bishop within the Towne in S. Iohns Church to appease the Burgers and Inhabitants which mutined before the delivery of the Towne of S'hertogenbosh THE BISHOPS SERMON MY loving Friends and true Romish Catholickes all yee that are here assembled vpon defire to heare me your good and true teacher admitted by our most holiest worthiest Father the Pope of Rome Gods Lieutenant vpon the earth by whose authority is given vnto me power to exercise this holy high and worthy office because I haue heard and vnderstood by our good and faithfull brothers the Clergy and I see also with heavie and sorrowfull eyes how that yet every day more and more doe increase your mutinies and alterations and in stead of giving one to an other a good and couragious heart and minde to withstand the violence of the heretickes you are in great amazement and feare though not without great perill and danger because that since the beginning of this tedious siege there are in the town already deceased so many thousand soules But yee O true good Romish Catholickes should thinke at all times how happy such men are which in this so holy place during this siege are deceased yea I know and assure you that the same and all those which yet may die after they haue beene a little while in Purgatory shall bee released and bee Children of the eternall and everlasting life I speake of them which dyed with a good and holy conscience in the olde Romish Catholicke faith My loving Burgers and true men of warre yee which are yet aliue sight now manfully for the Mother of God and the holy Church and doe constantly beleeue that by Gods grace they will not suffer the destruction of their people by the vnfaithfull heretickes the Geuses Take a new courage it may be it is but a short time that we shall be oppressed which you may beleeue the rather because the winter is drawing neere and they can not stay any longer in the field for the great misery which they shall endure Let this bee the onely aime for your eyes That yee good people doe know that all the Saints in heaven to wit Mary Queene of the heavens and also all the loving Apostles still doe pray for vs vnto the Father yea not onely for vs which are yet living but also for such which during this fiege are dead what a great comfort what a great glorie is this for you to heare That those of your kindred either Father or Mother Brother or Sister Vncle or Aunt Cozen or Neece are gone to such a glorious and worthy voyage Good people if you did but know in how great and vaspeakable a felicity and ioy they are now in with all the Saints of God I assure you ye should not seare death but should present your selues vpon the walles and runne in despite against your Enemies that the sooner ye might come into such a blessednesse and happinesse All what I say here my good Catholickes ye may well belecue it yea I will pawne my life therefore where be now the Geuses haue they such teachers would or could they assure their people I warrant you they will not they will not they haue not the power as we haue to forgiue the sinnes and the sinners They haue not a Pope sitting vpon Peters Apostolicall chaire as wee haue from vvhence should come the povver vnto them they haue no Cardinals no Prelates no Bishops no Priests no Purgatorie no Saints no miracles Also they doe denie the fiue Sacraments the Confirmation the Priesthood the Marriage the Auricular Confession the extreme vnction They denie also the adoration of the Saints and will not suffer their pictures in their Churches to be as bookes of remembrance they doe no Pilgrimages no Invocation of Saints c. I could rehearse an hundred things more that they yet doe denie but the time vvill not permit it though I most tell you this they dare stoutly deny that our most holiest vvorthiest Father the Pope of Rome hath not povver to forgiue sinnes vvherefore doth then the holy Apostle Masthew vvrite in his eighteenth Chapter Verily I say vnto you whatsoeuer ye shall bind on earth shall be bound in heauen and whatsoeuer ye shall loose on earth shall be loosed in heauen These are the words of Christ who dare deny them and because it is knowne to all the holy Romish Catholickes what power our most holiest worthiest Father and Pope of Rome hath who is admitted of the most Highest as a Lieutenant on earth ouer men at present sitting vpon the holy Romish Seate of the Apostle Peter hauing full power when it pleaseth his Holinesse to put in and out of banne and paine all Kings Dukes Princes Counts also all Spirituall and Temporall persons yea he hath power of the most Highest if any body doth offend and resist against our holy Mother the Romish Church to pursue proceede and prosecute against the same with power and sorces and seeke to destroy these Heretickes and Sectaries our most holiest Father the Pope of Rome will presently breake their attemps intents and desines also bring their Leager to nothing and vs oppressed Catholickes he will release and deliuet chiefly this our holy Towne of S'Hertogenbosh which was neuer taken nor inhabited by the Heretickes albeit this towne hath suffered seuerall hard sieges but neuer so fast round about as it is now though it seemes vnpossible for vs to be relieued and because the Heretickes the Geuses haue vnexpectedly taken the strong towne of Wesell which Count Henry vanden Berg might and could well haue helped therefore wee feare that our most holiest Father can but little helpe vs in this our vttermost need O my good true Catholickes all which are here assembled let my words enter into your eares and remember them well in your hearts because wee are now all hopeles to be relieued from without so will I according to my power comfort you whereby yee may get againe a good courage Good people remember how in times past the Cittie Bethulia was besieged and almost famished by Holofernes so that there was no hope of reliefe for them to expect yet by the desine of a woman to wit Iudith is Holefernes put to death his Leager destroyed and the towne relieued this was not onely by Iudith but by the prayers and fasting which they within during the siege vncessantly continued and confessed publikely their great sinnes and offences which they had done before Therefore ye true Romish Catholickes Yee which are in like case heare the words I shall say vnto you what yee shall doe and it shall helpe vs Confesse your sinnes before God then before the Priest and then yee shall doe Sacrifices and offrings vnto Mary the mother of God also to all Saints which are in heauen vnto them shall yee call that they may be your Intercessors and pray for vs that this our holy towne may not fall into the hands of the Heretickes for the prayers of the Saints shall be sooner heard by God then our prayers and no doubt Mary the holy mother of our Lord Iesus Christ shall easily and surely command her deare Sonne to release vs out of all our miseries wherein we are at this present Meane while good people pray and fast vncessantly in the morning when you rise yee shall say ouer thrice your Beades or Roosencrosses and fiue Aue Marias with two Pater nosters at dinner yee shall read one Roosencrosse and three Aue Marias at night againe fiue Roosencrosses with three Pater nosters and one Credo it may be true Romish Catholickes and deuoute hearts that will helpe vs I doe not doubt of it be ye no more so mutinous among your selues I pray you good people be contented yet for a day three or foure if ye are not helped then as I haue said in my Sermon so doe then what you please and so I take my leaue of you and be yee mindfull at all times of that which I haue taught here by this my Sermon So I commend you to God the blessed Mary the holy mother of God with all the Saints Amen To the Reader You friendly Readers heare how that this foolish Prelate Poore peoples eyes would bleare with fabl's he doth relate In stead of giuing glory to God and Christ our hope To trust in his false story and Pardons of the Pope And that to get forgiuing of their offences all The way is to beleeue in and on deafe Saints to call It 's time to open your eyes you of the popish faction Truth makes men bold and wise crownes with successe each action FINIS