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A08159 Coppies of letters sent from personages of accompt vnto divers personages of worth in London truely relating all such remarkable occurrences as haue hapned in the Palatinate from the 30th of May to the 11 of Iune. Amongst which, the prise that Count Mansfield hath taken from the Bavarian. As also the mis-hap of the Duke of Brunswicke in his passage over the river of Mayne. Likewise a relation of divers strange and miraculous accidents, falling out thereabouts. By Doctor Welles and others. Printed this 22. of Iune 1622. 1622 (1622) STC 18507.56A; ESTC S107085 3,797 16

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COPPIES OF LETTERS SENT FROM PERSONAGES Of Accompt vnto divers Personages of Worth in London Truely relating all such remarkable Occurrences as haue hapned in the Palatinate from the 30th of May to the 11th of IVNE Amongst which the Prise that Count Mansfeild hath taken from the Bavarian As also the Mis-hap of the Duke of Brunswicke in his passage over the River of MAYNE Likewise a Relation of divers strange and miraculous Accidents falling out thereabouts By Doctor Welles and others Printed this 22. of Iune 1622. LONDON Printed by I. D. for Iohn Bartlet and are to be sold at his Shop in Cheap-side at the gilt Cup in the Gold-smiths Row 1622. ❧ To the courteous Reader COurteous Reader These are to advertise thee that these Letters are Printed without the privitie of those that sent them but I suppose that they will not take it offencively that all such as are well-willers to the cause of the Palatinate should bee made acquainted with the common occurrences which fall out there and I suppose they would the rather suffer it if they knew or were made acquainted with the false Rumors which often passe heere for current vntill wee heare the contrary by such Letters as these are I haue not prefixed any long preamble to the ensuing Relation neither is it stuffed with any superfluous coniectures but you haue them printed in the same wordes and phrase in which I received them Vale. COPIES OF LETTERS Sent from personages of accompt vnto divers personages of Worth in London truely relating all such remarkeable Occurrences as haue hapned in the Palatinate from the 30th of May to the 11th of IVNE FRom Hannaw within these two dayes are come together all the Forces the Emperor Bavaria and the Bishops can make within six Germaine myles of vs. The King hath his Forces together the one halfe in Ments Lands the King in Darmstradts Lands Brunswicke is not yet with the King he is this day about a myle from Freesburg in the Watterewe foure myles from vs. The King hath or shall haue from Franckford an 100000. Reeks Dollars The Bavarian souldiers fall daily to Mansfield I haire seene it and haue heard it of his officers that they goe twelue or sixteene in a day out of a Company And two dayes agoe there was money going to pay for foure Moneths but Mansfeilds Souldiers tooke it There were three Hathorn Trees by Darmstadt which were spotted all over on the leaues as with blood they are in Franckford to be seene when they are washed they will go off but come on againe For three weeks word came from Valtaline from the Grisons that the folke had slaine all Leopoldus Forces he had left there for he had also put the Valtalines to the sword for them of their Religion and that after such crueltie as the like hath not bin heard of This weeke Newes came that in a towne called Bunfen there were but fiftie men left in habitants and many women who putting themselues into mens apparell slew at severall times two thousand of the Papists their enemies it is accounted here a worke and a wonder of God MAINHEM 2. of IVNE Mainhem the 2. of Iune 1622. Old Stile MY L. Chichester arived here on Thursday last to my Lord Generals great comfort and the whole troupes Barron Tilley strengthened with his fresh supplies which were 5000. foote and 1000. horse marched towardes the Maine to hinder Count Mansfeild and Marquis Baden from meeting with the Duke of Brunswick Now the passage aimed at on both sides was Ashenburge a Towne of the Bishop of Ments vpon the Maine where there is a Bridge The Count Mansfeilds Army came about Darmstat one Thursday was sevennight and there staid the comming of the Marquis which was Sunday to conclude it was Teusday before they marched from their quarters in the Lantgraues Countrey towards this Ashenburge when beeing by Dippergen a small Towne which ransommed it selfe at 15000. Lor. advertisement came of the Barron Tillies hauing possessed himselfe of the passage and that hee marched directly towards them with a great power weied to bee by the coniecture of the Barron Anhalts forces and most of Gonsales with him 30000. and the horse fully armed from top to toe as they say Our Armie then thought of a faire retrait and applied to it by the same way they advanced and lay the same night in Armes on Wednesday they retreated towards Openheim bridg and lodged about Girah On thursday which was a very great march they came on this side Bensheim The Enemie all this while following without any thing done on Fryday morning our two Armies hauing so disposed of themselues marched by severall passages to Loresh least the enemie should cut betweene them and Mainhem but were no sooner risen but the Enemie appeared and with a body of Cairassiers charged the rereward of the Marquis of Baden wher his Lieutenant General Colonell Golstein a man much lamented for his courage and vnderstanding was at the first shot slaine But since that written newes came from the Enemies Leaguer that hee is liuing shot in the head but not mortally and his horse put to the worse but the presse of the enemy was kept vp by the Rereward of Count Mansfields horse the Regiment of Colonell Megant and were forced to a disorderly retreat Note the enemies foote neuer came vp which if they had the whole must needes haue beene engaged Thus skirmishing continued in the rere somewhat sharpely by fits till towardes night the danger on euery side was by the Chiefes vigilance preuented and the estimate of men slaine on both sides is betweene 3. or 4. hundred but till a particular view bee taken of the particular companies by each Captaine the iust number of those that are wanting cannot be knowne In this skirmish his Maiesty shewed himselfe as before most forward and valorous to the encouragement of others The Landgraue of Darmstart and his yonger sonne are inuited hither and lodged with the King at the Citadell the King of Bohemia came suddenly and vnexspectedly vpon the Landgraue of Darmstat so that hee came to meete the King withall speeding demonstrations of affection and much complement which hee would haue spared if the king had not brought a force with him able to fleece the Landgraue the King notwithstanding did not trust him but shewed him an intercepted letter of his whereat he was silent and most of the Cattle in his countrey are driuen into the Pallatinate to make supply of flesh there The Arch Duke Le●poldus at my since his retreat from Hagenaw hath bene in a grea● consumption what with muting and a great different betweene the Spanish and Dutch souldiers a● also by the Switzers who are sayde to haue killed a great number of them The Count Leuensteine in a letter to my Lord takes notice of a Castle betweene Ca●iere and Zurich taken from the Spaniard with three peeces of Canon which the Citizens haue now before Mainfelt We here nothing