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A03134	A iournall, of the taking in of Venlo, Roermont, Strale, the memorable seige of Mastricht, the towne & castle of Limburch vnder the able, and wise conduct of his Excie: the Prince of Orange, anno 1632 VVith an exact card drawne first by Charles Floyd (nowe ensigne) and since lessened and cutt by Henricus and Willihelmus Hondius dwelling by the Gevangen Port in the Hagh. Compiled together by Capt. Henry Hexham quartermaster to the regiment of the Lord Generall Vere. As also a list of the officers, voluntiers, gentlemen, and souldiers slayne, and hurt in this seige. With the articles of composition.	Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?; Hondius, Hendrik, b. 1573, engraver.; Hondius, Willem, engraver.; Floyd, Charles, fl. 1632-1633, cartographer.	1633 (1633)	STC 13263; ESTC S104007	41,030	60

vvieck vvhere they fortfied themselues most stronglie as if they had bin in a towne the Companies of our Nation vvere these Captaine Killegrey Captaine Essex Captaine Scudamore Captaine Courtney Captaine Morton and Captaine Inglebie Thus the Armie being setled and all quarters entrenched the approches furnished and all out-vvorks and by-guards orderlie Kept releived many other strong vvorks of Fortification as Redoubts double ditches Halfemoones Horneworks Spurres Traverses vvere made along the lyne of circum-valation and prepared for the Enemyes attempt who vvas daylie expected to come and fall on vpon some part of our Armie for the releife of the towne and therefore a Fort Royal vvas made called the English Fort ouer against the English quarter And an other strong Fort called Belfide but more commonlie Brederodes Skonce because it laie neere to the Baron of Brederodes Quarter for defence of that part of the Leager and of the lower bridge vvhich vvas there layed for the passage of our Forces over the Riuer as occasion should require In the begining of the seige those in the towne annoyed vs much in our quarters vvith their great Ordnance and many vvere slayne in their huts and tents especiallie in the Scotch quarters so that vvee vvere forced to make Baracadoes and blindes in most places for the defense of our quarters and the Prince of Orange being to neere remoued his tents to the top of the hill neere the French quarters The 16. Colonell Pakenham commanded in the approches and many vvorkmen vvere sent to vvorke in the trenches This day it vvas ordanied that a Sargeant Maior should goe a grand-Round euery night betweene Count Henries quarters and ours Likewise orders vvere giuen out to all Captaines and their Sutlers to prouide victualls for their Companies for ten daies and that to begin vpon Sunday following after the expiration of those ten dayes there was once or twice a vveeke Ammunition bread brought to euery Regiment to be equally dealt among the souldiers for their moneys The 17. Certaine vvorkemen out of every Regiment vvere sent to finish the vvorks begun this night in the trenches The letters and declarations of Count Henry of the Berke touching his revolt from Spaine this daye came into our Army in print This night the Scotch Colonell Broguë his Regiment begining tooke their turnes to watch in the approches from this day to the 22 our approches went well forward the Enemy many tymes sallying out but were commonly beaten back againe with losse The 22. about 4 of the clocke in the afternoone the Enemy sallyed out about 200 strong an hundred fell into the Englishe trenches and as many into the French The Horse troope which had the guard at the entrance into our trenches fell out on the French side beate them in and the Captaine of the guard Shot with a bullet and Captaine Skippon on the English side fell out of our trenches with some 80 men and did encounter them in the playne feild the Enemy stodd it out in the open feild but after some skirmishing retyred this night wee aduanced our works in the approches without interruption The 23 they of the towne made a triumph with peales of Ordnance and Volleys of Musket-shott which made vs expect they would attempt something vpon vs that night or the next day following This day wee had a Conuoy from Nimwegen of 20 Ships loaden with meale Ammunition and diuerse materialls of warre The 23. of Iune Colonell Pakenham commanding in the trenches was shott in his face Vpon Thursday the 24 the Enemy sallyed out of the towne about 100 strong to beate in our workmen and fell into our trenches An Alferus or Ensigne of theirs who had the Command of 30 men followed the assault almost to our Corps-du-guard but at last they were put to retreate and the Alferus slayne with most of his men A parley was had for a certain tyme to fetch of the Alferus his body and other prisoners Into this Alferus his pockets were closely conveyed some Coppies of the letters of Count Henry of the Berke his reuolt in this fight Captaine Hickmans Sergant and some Souldiers of his Company were slayne The 25 also Marquis Sancte Croce came in the eueing with the Spanish Army to Tongeren where hee lay to victuall his Army two dayes Munday the 28 of Iune the Spanish Army came and quartered in the Villages on this side Tongeren not aboue an houres going from his Ex cie quarter there Reere being come vp they made a great noise with their ordnance and discharged foure tymes 24 peeces of Cannon one after another and hung out lights vpon the steeple there abouts to encourage their freinds in the towne and to signifie vnto them that they were not farr of Those of the towne answered them againe and shot al their ordnance three times off round about the towne their Bullets grazing and raking throw our quarters This night the Prince sent a guarde of Musketteirs with lights to search a Caue which was imagined to go vnder the ground into the towne they entred the Caue on the side of the Maze in the hill of Luchtenberch Castle found it to be hewen out by mens hands through a rock of free-stone and came forth on the other side of the hill neere vnto the walls of the towne Tuesday the 29 the Enemy marched from his quarters in the sight of our Army towards the heath A spye which marched with them three dayes brought intelligence that their Army consisted of 178. Companies of foote 76 troopes of horse 70 peeces of ordnance great and small and 900 vvaggons and marched in Phalanges and great Battalions with their Carriages baggage and wagons after euery Battalion This night they tooke vp their quarters in the Village by the hooght Cloyster a little below the Baron of Brederods quarters where wee lay the night before wee sate downe before Mastricht and where they remayned This night also a morter was planted in the English approches which Shott two great Granados of 80 pound weight one of them fell in the Enemyes half-moone before Brussells port the other in the towne and blew vp a house The 30 of Iune our horse and the Enemyes skirmished together their horse standing in Battalia while their Foote marched forward our horse skirmishing with them slew some of them and tooke others prisoners The first of Iuly our approches being well aduanced there was a traverse of the Enemies which lay some 30 paces in the playne field beyond the further point of our Sapp His Ex cie gaue order that this night it should be assaulted The Earle of Oxford then commanded in the approches and great store of Brushe was brought downe and workmen appointed for that service my Lord of Oxford gaue order to assault it in this manner That Sergeant Bagnall my Lord Veres Sergeant off Dort Company should fall on first with ●5 men then Lieutenant Garth Lieutenant to Sr Henry Herbert with 40. men and the

each Company to 300 strong This afternoone wee had orders to prouide victualls for three dayes and to be ready to march att the breake of the day the next morning The fifth of Iune vvee marched from Venlo to Roermondt being a long and a wearisome march by reason of the abundance of rayne vvhich fell that day and night soe that many of the souldiers vvere left behinde and could not gett vp to the quarters till the next morning the order of the march vvas this Count Earnest his Brigado being sent before to Roermondt vvas accompted for the Van-guarde the French the Battle and the English the Reare this night vvee begā to make our approches towards the towne The next day being sunday the sixt of Iune the States Magistrates and souldiers of Roermondt sent messingers to his Ex cie intreating him to giue them good quarter which hee granted thē the agreemēt being on both sides confirmed the Enemy marched the same day out of the towne vvith bag and baggage being sixe coullors in all about three hundred strong and these Companies vvere to goe to Rhijne-bercke Seauen Dutch Companies of Foote and one troope of horse marched out of our troopes into the towne and Monseur Randwijcke a horse Captaine vvas made Gouernour of Roermond and these Companies also had orders to strengthen each Company to 300 strong It vvas generally supposed that those of Roermondt yeilded vp the towne with so much the more speed fearing that his Ex cie vvould vvith violence haue assaulted it vvithout giueing them any quarter in reveng of Count Earnest his death vvho vvas shot and Slayne before it The seauenth vvee marched from Roermondt betimes in the morning and came about 4 a clocke that afternoone to Maseycke vvhere we tooke vp our quarter that night This day the French had the Van-guard the English the Battaile the Dutch the Reare This euening two souldiers and a Drumer were apprehended and hanged vp for robing and pillaging certaine pesants who brought in bread and other prouision for the releife of our Army The eight wee lay still before Maseyck to stay for the Punts which were not yet come vp to make a Bridge ouer the Maze and also to victual our Army before that towne being newtrall they brought out great store of prouision which the souldiers bought of them for their moneys This day there came newes to his Ex cie that Count Iohn had put in two thousand choise souldiers into Mastricht with munition and other materialls of warre The Arch-Duchesse perceiuing his Ex cies dessigne sent with all expedition to the Spanish Army in the Palatinate to leaue those parts and to come to helpe to defend her owne whose command they obeyed and marched so fast downward that they left many men Cannon baggage behinde them and the Rhijne Grave pursued them close at their heeles Sittert a small walled towne in Gulick-Land lying about two houres going from Maseyck wherein were certaine parties of the Enemy horse andFoote was given ouer into the hands of the Prince of Orange vpon the first summons VVee had orders to march the next day very early vpō wensday the 9 wee marched from Maseyck in extreame continuall raynie weather and that day the Army passed ouer the Bridge on that side that Maseyck lyeth and that night quartered an houres going short of Maestricht betweene two Villages called Harne and Rick-ham neere vnto the Lord of Petersons house the Hoog-Cloister belonging to the principalitie of Leige The order of the march this day was The English had the Van-guard The Dutches the Battaile The Frenches the Reare From this quarter Mons Perceuall the quarter-maister Generall and diuerse other Officers of good experience were sent with a strong guard of horse to view the scituation of the cittie of Mastricht and the most convenient places and grounds for the quartering of our Army about it which was speedilie done and a quarter-master of euery Regiment with a Sergeant of every Company went before to take vp their ground and to draw out their quarters against the coming of the Army On the tenth wee marched to our quarters before Masiricht Count Henry of Nassau had the Van-guard the French the Battle and the English the Reare This day the Army was devided into foure quarters the Lord of Brederodes his Ex cie owne quarter Count Henryes vpon the hill and Colonell Pinsons by the vpper bridge where provisions came from Luke The 11 of Iune the quarter-maister Generall gaue the ground to the quarter-maister of every Regiment for the entrenching of their seuerall quarters which was performed by the Officers and Souldiers with great diligence and the quarters that night where made defensible The 12 five peeces of ordnance were planted vpon the brow of a hill neere vnto colonell Pinsons quarter these did the towne little harme because the Battery was to farre distant The 13 and 14 Orders where giuen out that every Souldier should with all speede builde vp their huts and cabbins with Bed-steads from the ground which was done accordingly This night wee began to breake ground to make our approches towards the towne on the west-side towards Wymering port and ran two lynes towards the highest and strongest part of all the towne It was ordred that Count Solms Count Maurice and Count Hannaws Regiments should alwayes keepe their turnes and watch with the Frenches in the approches which came to their turne every scauenth night and after the 4 English Regiments had furnished the watch in the approches 4. nights one after an other the Scotch taking their turnes after the English watched in the trenches with their owne nation three nights till their Companies had all watched over and what they fell to shorte of the last night the English were to make vp out of their Regiments so that every Regiment English Scotch had the watch in the approaches every seuenth night This night wee had also orders that those Companyes which had the watch in the approches should draw in Parado every night to the quarter of the Colonell that cōmanded to sing a Psalme and heare Prayers the Companies to be ready to march into the trenches at 7. of the clocke in the euening without sound of Drumm and without head-peeces and taces And the Quarter-maisters of euery Regiment were commanded to fetch materialls the commanded workemen of our Nation were 40 of each Regiment and 80 of my Lord Generall Veres Monsieur Niels his Ex cie Inginier appointed to goe with the English Scotch And Collonell Harwood vpon the 14 Iune of in the night first broke ground in the approches before Mastricht The 15. 16. our approche went well forward a batterie was made The 17. there was sent by his Ex cie cōmand 18 companies of foote of diuerse Nations vnder the comād of Count Maurice of Nassau Collonel of the vvallon Regiment and quartered on the side of Falkenborch ouer against

double entrenchements Ditches Skonces Ravelings and halfe-Moones on the other side of the River were defēsible which made vs beleive that as God fought for vs before the Busse with drye weather so now hee did the like by wett weather made the heavēs to favour vs. Tuesday the sixte off Iuly the beseiged fell out vpon our workmen in the sappe off the traverse my Lord Morgan then commanding beate them twice out off it hee himselfe was shott vpon his brest and some others hurt and slayne This night the Enemy sprung a myne vnder the traverse in the English approches but did little harme This sixte off Iuly also his Ex cie hearing that the Enemy intended to fall on hee sent Mons r Stackenburch Lieuetenant Generall off the horse to giue them a sound alarme which was done in this manner following Hee had with him some 80 horse some 80 firelocks and tooke with him many trumpetts and Drums which where to sound and to beate a charge in sundry places and coming neere them hee fell on with his horse firelocks the trumpetts sounding the Drums beating gaue them such a terrible allarme that the Enemy supposing as the runewayes and prisoners reported that his Ex cie had giuē on with his whole Army did so pusle them that they run too and fro like men amazed and could not get into Armes Mons r Stackenburch broke into their trench and cut off a corps de Guard wherein a Spanish Captaine was slayne and takeing diverse prisoners returned backe into his quarters The 7. our men brought in 20 horsemen prisonners with a Drossard and 9 Carrs laden with provisions which were declared good boote The 8 they brought in likewise some kar●s laden with wyne provision which was for Count Iohn off Nassau The 9 an 10. our approches were well advanced The 11 of Iuly a convoy came frō Nimwegen with money victuals The 12 off Iuly wee had intelligence that the Marquesse Sancte Croce was in Armes had deuided his troopes into three Battaliōs with intent to attempt some thing vpon vs and to see if they could have brooke through our lyne but bethinking themselves they returned back againe into their quarters This day also sixe Souldiers off the Enemies came out off the towne with their Armes advertized the Prince of the State of the towne where their Mynes lay they were sent to take entertainement of count Henry of the Berke which they themselves desired More over this daye the French approches were so well advanced that a Soudier called Wild-boare of my Lord Veres Company of Dort and 4 other souldiers for 800 gilders vndertoke to sapp into the Counterscarfe of the towne this day also there came nyne Dutch Companies from Groning to our Army which were quartered on Weick side Tuesday the 13. of Iuly certaine forces of the Enemy marched towards Maseyck the Prince fearing that they might get over the Maze or take in the house of Count Henry of the Berke in Steevens-weert sent thitherward Count Stirum with diverse Foote Companies and the Duke off Bouillon followed him with some 20 troopes of horse more The 14 the Enemy found out a Myne in the French approches and stole the Powder out of it The French likewise found out a Myne vnder one of their Corps du guard and served them in the like Manner This daye five women were taken coming out off the towne whereoff one had a packett of letters found about her The 15. this daye in the morning those off the towne fell vpon the French works and tooke in part off their sapp and began to cast it vp against them but in the afternoone the French falling on vpon them recouered the most part of it againe with the losse of some men This night the Duke of Bouillon tooke in the Castle of Argenteau scituated on a high Hill betweene Luke our army to secure our provisions Vpon Fryday the 16. of Iuly the Enemy had in a readinesse another Myne and springing that filled the French sapp with earth some foure rodds where vpon the French Colonell Monsieur Maison-Neusve that commanded desired his Ex cie that the French might spring their myne and haue a revenge which the Prince not only granted but also was present there himselfe The myne then being sprung the Frenches fell on brauely and droue the Enemy into their Moate and followed them so close that they cryed out Mesieurs Faitez Nous Graces the French lost aboue 40 men among which Ensigne Fay was slayne and the Enemy aboue 100 slayne and hurt that day as they themselues confessed The springing off the Myne tooke but little effect yet not with-standing the French Voluntiers Gentlemen Souldiers fell on pursued them the Enemy shooting so thicke with their Cannon and small shott from the walle and their out-works that they could not lodge in the Myne nor cast vp the earth against the Enemy where driven to retyre againe into their workes The VVallons relieuing the French about one of the clocke in the night fell on againe vpon the Enemyes worke and beate them out off it but fresh seconds falling out of the towne the vvallons retreated into their works In this fight were slayne Monsieur Beza a French Captain that commanded a French Lieuetenant and a VVallons Ensigne beside some 30 Souldiers slayne and hurt The Enemy lost also in these seuerall encounters 82 men as they themselves reported and about 60 hurt whereof some of them died of their wounds afterwards The 18 a Burger of Mastricht came voluntarily ouer into our Army This day also there came 60 Musketteirs from Leige which were taken vp there and raysed for vs. A woman also was apprehended and taken goeing with a letters to the Spanish Army Also a Spaniard was taken in pesants Cloathes and brought in which had letters from Sancte Croce to the Gouernour of Gulick Letters were likewise intercepted frō the Infanta to Papenheim wherein shee offered him present pay for two monthes if hee would helpe to releiue Mastricht and come into the Land of Luke as an Enemy Vpon Munday the 19 the Enemyes Horse of Sancte Croce his Army surrounded and made a brauado before the Princes Quarters chased and tooke many of the waggoners horses and slew some Foremen our ordinance playd vpon them and our horse charged them and slew a Captaine of theirs and made them to retreate The Princes Captaine of his troope of Harquebusiers was slayne this day our men also slew some of the Enemy and tooke others prisoners The Lord of Vpdam haueing 100 horse vpon the Maze neere vnto Stockham brooke out of an Ambuscado suddenly charged three of the Enemies troopes of horse put them to flight and pursued them so fast that they tooke 12 horse and 25 horsmen prisoners The 20. Nothing of consequence was done Wensday the 21. of Iuly proclamation was made that hee w ch could take any going in or out of the towne

a Company of brave and worthy men who desirous of honour lost their lives there yet they did so startle the Ennemy that they durst not stand out a second assault as yee shall heare the daye following Vpon Saterday then the 21 in the morning a parly was beaten for the fetching off of our dead bodies on both sides S r Ieamet Sanderling then commanding in the approches the dead being brought off our men begann to shoote againe but it seemes the Ennemie fore-seeing an other storme and for the prevention off a further daunger tooke hold off this oppertunity calls for a parly and desired that one or two of them might speake vvith his Ex cie vvhich S r Ieames graunting caused his men to leave shooting and sent word to the French approches that they wold doe the like also so his Ex cie sent downe Sariāt Maiour Generall Monsieur Witz into the approches and hostages were sent out and in and the Articles of Composition agreed on and accordingly performed on both sides According to the Articles of Composition herevnto annexed Munday the 23. of August the Ennemies Garnison marched out of the Towne 29 Coullours a foote being about 14 comen in all and a troope of horse They had also vvith them nine peeces of ordnance two three quater canon Carrying a bullet of 3● pounds weight two halfe Canon three ●ling peeces and two Faulcons the Prince at their request out of his bountie gave them two peeces more then at the first was agreed vpon but they taking three his Ex cie caused one of them to be carryed back againe into the towne They had also a hūdred of our vvaggons to carrye awaye their hurt and sickmen their bagg and baggage vvhich brought them to the Marquesse Sancte Croce his Armie A great many of them taking their leaves of their frends in Mastricht were foxt and in going out discharging their Musketts and firelocks one more malicious then the rest having a bullet in his firelock shott dead a horsemans sonne of ours for which offence he was apprehended and presently executed The 24. Count Papenheym having marched to a village called Esder neere vnto a litle towne called Vysell attempted to have put a bridge over the Maze to have hindred and cutt of our provisions betweene Luke our Army but hearing that Mastricht was come to a parly that his Ex cie had sent some forces to prevent him that the boores round about rose vp in Armes against him not willing to suffer the insolences of his Souldiers who neere visell had murthered some of their pesants in revenge whereof the bores cutt the throats of some of his stragglars he bethought himselfe and returned back againe to his owne quarters The 25. a daye of thankgiving was solemnized to God the Authour and giver of this Victorie The 26. Papenheym marched againe with 6 or 7 thousand men into the Countrie to pillage plunder yt vvhere his men committed cruell Insolences breaking vp Churches Cloisters Gentlemens houses spared not the Romish Catholiques themselves especially his men payd those of the Reformed Religion Among the rest some of his Officers Souldiers fell vpon a Gentlemans house brooke vp their Chests Truncks and Cubbarts and tooke aboue 20000 gilders in ready coyne from him this did not onely content them but also to satiate their fylthy lusts ô horrible villany ravished his wife and daughters notwithstanding the many teares cryes they made vnto them for the preserving of their chastetie The 27. Sancta Croce removed part of his quarter frō the Hooght Cloister and came and laye with some off his men neerer Stockham to guard his bridge vvhich was layd over the Maze to goe into and to come from Count Papenheyms quarter The 31. the Duke of Niewburch came againe into our Armie to excuse Papenheyms coming against vs now hee had declared himselfe an Enemy aswell in his owne behalfe as in the Bishop off Cullens but they sayd hee had noe great audience The first of Septēber we heard there was agreat contestation betweene Count La Motterie the Baron of Leyde his Vice Gouvernour and Sancte Croce his Spaynards hitting them in the teeth that they had layne there all that whyle and attempted nothing for the reliefe of Mastricht The fifth of September Papenheym being marched awaye towards Cullen Sancte Croce tooke vp his bridg and lett some of yt drive downe the streame he kept it a daye or two longer fearing least wee should have falne in the brich of Papenheym and have cutt off his passage The next day he marched awaye with his foote towards Diest in Brabant leaving his horse in the reere of his quarters His Ex cie went with our horse to see his going off and some of our horse entertayned skirmish with them and bulletts changed betweene ours and their centinells And thus the great braggs they made that they would give vs battle and fight with vs before wee came home came to nothing The Ennemy being gone our ordnance were drawne off from all Batteries and sett in order in our quarter Vpon Sunday the 5. of September two sermons were preached in Saint Mathews Church in Mastricht There was a great auditorie of Souldiers the inhabitants as full as ever the church cold hold After the fore nones sermon was ended Mr Conrade Merkinius the States preacher comming downe from the pulpit there was an old womā that had bin of the Reformed religion all her life time whom God preserved from death vvhen the Prince of Parma tooke in the towne with an assault when so many were Masacred drownd in it by the Spanyards This good soule hearing the sound of the Gospell againe in Mastricht was so over ioyd that as Symion did to our Saviour shee catched the preacher in her armes embrassed him and blessed God for yt This caused also a great reioycing to the standers by w ch made some of them shed teares weepe for ioye This night towards evening his Ex cie Comaunded Monsieur Stakenbrock Lieutenant Generall of the Horse Colonell Pincen who comanded the foote having with them certaine Dutch companies foure peeces of ordnance two Morters and sufficient ammunition laden vpon vvaggons to march vnto Limborch sixe dutch miles beyōd Mastricht on mundaye morning the sixth of September they came before yt made a Batterie planted their Canon vpon the Castle which by nature and art was exceeding stronge scituated vpon a sleepe Hill overlooking the towne after they had made some 34 shott against the Castle they came to aparly and yeelded finding in yt ten or twelve peeces of good ordnance and so the States and his Ex cie became master of the first Dukedome of the 17 Provinces It is a montaynous Country and full of high hills in which there are Mineralls found and great store of Calamine stone and copper it is credibly reported that these hills especially one of them were farmed for

workmen and after him Captaine Roockwood with 80 men more all which was performed accordingly and they beate the Enemy out off the ●raverse and maintained it a good while The Enemy this night had drawne out of the towne about 800 men with intent to haue given vs a Camissado and to have falne vpon our works but this alarum of ours prevented them howsoever they were in Armes and in a readines to receave vs which made the fight more hard for falling vpon their traverse to regaine it they cast aboundance of hand-Granadoes in amongst our men which did much annoy them and indeede it was doubtfull for a while whether ours or the Enemyes men should carry it vpon this Sr. Symon Harecourt being then present with my Lord of Oxford was sent with freshe men in all expedition to second Captaine Roockwood The fight grew hott by reason the Enemy shott so much among our men diuerse were slayne and hurt among the rest Captaine Roockwood had his arme nere vnto his Shoulder shot in peices Sr. Symon Harcourt shot through his cheeks by the Pallate of his mouth and his thigh sorely torne with a granadoe and Lieuetenant Garth receaued a mortall shott through his body whereof hee dyed shortly after These Officers being brought off my Lord of Oxford sent Captaine Caue with 20 Pikes and 20 Muskettieres off my Lord Generall Veres Company off Dort and after him Ensigne Sydenham with some Gentle-men and Souldiers off his Company off Delff they fell on and beate the Enemy out off it againe and mayntained it not withstanding that the Enemy shott mightly and cast abundance off granadoes amongst them almost an houre Calling for workemen to turne it vp which fayling them seing that it was not tenible because it lay to open to the vvalls off the towne the Counter skarfe their halff-moone and outworks quitted it and retired againe into our works Diuerse Voluntieres Gentlemen and Souldiers off my Lord Veres two Companies were slayne and hurt as Captain Hauwton Reformado Mr Knowlls Mr Ewins Mr Wittington Mr Sedgwicke besides diverse Gentlemen and Souldiers off other Companies To prevent the Spanish Armye Coming over the Maze there was sent diverse Companies of English Scotch French and Dutch to lye along the River side in those places which were like-lyest for the Enemye to come ouer and every night men were sent likewise to the Lord of Brederodes quartiers where there was made invincible works to hinder the Enemye from approching towards his quarter and our lower-bridge The Enemyes Army lying so neere vs it was now a tyme of action for euerie night the whole Armye at the shooting off of the warning peece was in Armes and drew to the lyne every Companie standing 100. or 150. paces one from another and the horse troopes behinde them this lasted for sixe weekes every night till we had taken in the towne The first of Iuly also out long runing trench began to be made on the other side of the Maze beneath the Lord of Brederodes bridge for the safeguard of our men that went daylye at noone to guarde the water side even from the Bridge to the house of Geul where Count Stirums quarter was the Enemye had planted ordnance vpon diverse Batteries along the water side and shott at our men marching to their Guards but did them little harme The second of Iuly in the morning sixe French Companies of the Duke of Candales Regiment the Marques d'Esteaux his Leiftenant Colonell commanding had the guard on the other side of the River to hinder the Enemye from putting over the Maze below the Lord of Brederodes quarter The Marques distrusting the Enemye would attempt some such thing in the night layed some of his men in Ambuscadoe among the Reedes and in the Corne and suffred the Enemye to put over two punts full of his men about 300 strong and another punt full followed them The Enemye being landed high Dutches and Wallons fell to worke with their Spades to make good that peece of ground where they intended to lay over their bridge had cast vp three Crosse Batteries on the other side of the River that vnder the favour of them hee might passe over his men and had lodged some 3000 Muskettiers along the River side in a brest-worke cast vp in the night to play vpon our men The Frenches seing them at worke burst out of their ambuscadoes fell vpon them Pell-Mell and gott betweene the River and them and charged them vp to the very middle in water The Enemye played cruellye vpon the Frenches from their Batteryes which flanckered that place and their Cannon bullets raked through he French Companies slew many of them and shott of the Armes leggs of divers of them some of them were shott with Muskett bulletts from over the River Howsoeuer the Marques and his men carryed them selues so well that they beate the Enemy backe and sunck one punt with men in it so that there was drowned slayne taken Prisoners of the Enemye vpon this action about 400 men where of five or sixe of them were Captaines two or three Alferusses and 70. Souldiers The Marques d'Esteaux who had bestirred himselfe so bravelye when all was done in coming of was slayne with an vnhappye cannon bullett of the Enemies and with him also were slayne Captaine Foullon Captaine du Fresnes Monsieur Bois his Leiftenant and Leiftenant de Fay besides divers voluntiers Gentelmen and Souldiers to the number of fifty which lay dead vpon the place and a greate many hurte men were brought of This afternoone the Enemye sent a Trompetter to demaund his Prisonners hee speaking with his Ex cie for their releasment commended much his clemencie and mercye that they were not all put to the sword and also what good quarter was given to the kings men the yeare before at Bergen op Zoom when wee tooke their punts and Shalloups and that if ever they should haue such an advantage vpon vs hee hoped they would doe the like Saturday the third of Iuly our horse tooke five carrs laden with bread and other provision which was going to the Kinges Campe. The next day being the fourth the Regiment of Colonell Belford being in the trenches Sr. Iames Levistone his Leift. Colonell who then commanded the Enemye gaue them an Alarme Sr. Iames standing vp to see what the matter was receaved a dangerous shott vpon the crowne of his head whereof thanks be to God he recovered The fourth of Iuly also our horse firelocks tooke 60 waggons and carres laden with wyne beare and victualls for the Enemies Armye and brought in 103 Pesants whereof some proved Newtralls the other Enemies The fift of Iuly without the losse of any men our sapp was cut into the Enemyes traverse which the English before had assaulted About this tyme it was a very wet season greate store of Raine fell so that the River swelled and the Enemye could not forde it over till our works

with letters should haue two hundred gilders for his labour The Count Warfuse Maister of the King of Spanies finances or reuenewes revolted and declared himselfe at Leige against the Spaniards and published his reasons This day 25 firelocks sallied out of the towne neere vnto the place where S r Robert Honywoods troope had the guard hee fell vpon them slew sixe of them and tooke three prisoners This night the Enemy attempted againe to come over the water and sent ouer two hundred Italians in Sloops on our side of the Maze but Colonell Varick sett vpon them slew diuerse of them among the rest a Colonell which had the command in that action and tooke some 70 prisoners and a Sariant Maior six Captaines the most of thē Reformados two Alferuses The Dutch lost in this sight Captaine Bruyn no others This day also while the English gave the Enemy an allarum in their trenches the Princes guard and the vvallons sprung a mine in the French approches and fell vpon a Traverse of the Enemies before their halfe-moone they fought a long tyme with the Enemy till their Amunition was spent and the alarum being hott Leiutenant Viuian Lieuetnant to Sr Iohn Manwoods Company was sent with all expedition with 40 fresh Musketteirs out off the English approches to second them and some Dutch he fell vpon the Enemy and put them to retreat and made the place good till the workmen turned it vp lodged some of our men in it the Enemy holding one side of the worke and wee the other Count Haynaw who commanded the Regiments of the guards did carrie himselfe valiantly in this action charged the Enemy in the playne feild with his sword drawne in his hād was there slayne whose death the Prince much lamented Three vvallon Captaines were hurt and diverse Gentlemen and Souldiers slayne in this service The 22. of Iuly towards noone the Enemy sprung a myne neere the point off the English sapp which cast vp abundance of Earth and falling into our sapp filled it vp a rodd or more and likewise stopt the entrance into our myne This cast vs behinde and wee were driven to worke yt out againe and cleere both our sapp and our myne before wee could aduance forward VVhen the Enemyes men sprung their Myne vvee had three or foure men a sapping forward the earth fell vpon them and buried two off them 12 or 13 foote deepe vnder it in the mouth of our sapp my Lord of oxford vpon Thursday night commanded a little before the breake of the day these two Souldiers of Sariant Maior Generall Witts his Company which were buried vnder the Earth when the Enemies myne was blowne vp lying in the concaue thereof wrought themselves out with their hands and a spade and tumbled into our sapp among our men who supposing they had bin the Enemy were ready to give fire vpon them which they seeing cryed out that they were our owne men thus it pleased God miraculously to preserve these two poore men which lay buryed vnder the Earth 15 houres from Eleuen a Clock in the day till 3 a clock in the next morning Lieutenant Colonell Proude who commanded that day in the approches when the myne was sprung was shott dead in his head with a firelock bullet This day Count William off Nassan returned from Antwerpe and came into our Armye with 30 Companies who were quartered betweene Count Maurice his quarter and the lower bridge Vpon the 24 in the morning the Enemy sprang a Myne in the French Approches but did little harme The English also sprung their Myne fearing that the Enemy had discouered it would haue prevented them the Earth fell short of the Enemies worke This day two pesants were taken coming out of the towne whereoff one off them had letters found about him The 25 two new Companies were raised at Leige w ch came vnto vs. About this time the States raised nine troops off horse About sixe off the clock this morning the Enemies troope off horse which lay in the towne laying some firelocks in Ambuscado for their retreat sallied out vpon Weike side came vpon the spur into a Village about an English mile from the towne thinking that our horse troopes which lay there had him vpon the watch and so to have pillaged their lodgings in their absence but our men staying some thing longer them vsuall taking the Alarum charged them with three troopes off our horse and falling in among them made them returne with greater speede then they came and followed them soe close vn till they came to the Ambushe off ther firelocks which brake out and gave fire vpon our men and the Cannon out of the Towne played among them which made the Enemies horse take courage againe and turning faces about charged our men but our men broke them so that their foote casting away their firelocks ran away after them their horse whome our men charged home vp to the very port though they shott much with their ordnance from the wall In this skirsmish we lost 4 or 5 horsmen and the Enemy lost many more Captaine Hurryes troope a Scotch Captaine was very much comended for this service This day one of our sapps was so farr advanced that it touched one of the Enemyes works this being S t Iames his day wee were verilie perswaded that the Marques Sancte Croce would have fallen on vpon our lyne and outworks to see iff hee could have releived the towne but wee kept so strong a watch that hee did not try what their Patron-Saint would doe for them The 26 the Enemy sent some of his troopes towards Maseyck Tuesday the 27 of Iuly the beseiged sprung a Myne in the English trenches which defaced our sapp did a little hurt to one of our mynes This afternoone the Enemy sprung two Mynes in the French approches the vvallons haveing the guard there had hurt slayne 18 of their men among whom Captaine Duke his Ensigne was slaine The Enemies horse of the towne salied out on Weike side but were presently beaten ile This night also a Corps du guard and a Battery was made in the ille aboue the towne and a morter planted the which played with granadoes and two small peeces into Weick The 28 of Iuly about one of the clocke in the night the Enemy shott frō their leaguer diverse peeces of ordnāce but did not attēpt to put over The French this afternoone sprung a Myne and fell on vpon it but the earth lying so open toward the towne retreated with the losse off Captaine Lavilletta and some others Thusday the 29 of Iuly that afternoone the Enemy fell out and shott much in the English trenches of ours there were some 20 men slayne hurt among the rest Captaine Courtney who commanded Colonell Pakenhams Companie had his thigh broaken with a Granadoe whereof three dayes after he dyed And in the night the Enemy sprung a Myne which did some harme to our

sapp The 30 of Iuly the Prince went downe into the Frēch approches to see the gallery which was newly begun In the English approches a Battery was made advanced neerer the wall having two halfe Canon planted vpon it the one played vpon the Brussels Port and the halfe-moone before it and the other to dismount a peece of the Enemyes which lay vpon the Rondle of the wall and did much harme to our men but the Enemy from the same Rondle with their peece put one of our Canons to silence and slew a Cannonier The last of Iuly S r Ieames Sanderling commannding the Scotch haveing the guard in the trēches a sapt was brought into the Enemies spur which lay before their Counter skarfe which the Enemy seeing shott continually from 10 of the clock in the morning till 7. a clock in the Evening with Cannon Slings Firelocks and Musketts vpon them and threw hand granadoes among them with all they fell on with flayles forkes and clubbs full of nayles and sett fire on our blinde which made our worke lye open to their shott not withstanding the Scotch mainteyned yt bravely In this fight was slayne with a Canon bullet worthy Lieutenant Bruce who carryed himself very vaillantly this day fought in his shirt and oftentimes came to push of the Pike with the Ennemie vpon the top of the worke and puld their flayles and clubbs from them with his hands Ensigne Riddle also a hope full yong Gentlmen received their his mortal wound whereof with in two dayes he dyed And Captaine Leviston Lieutenant Douglas were hurt To conclude the scotch had hurt slayne this daye some 30 of their men whereof Colonell Broughs owne Companie had hurt and slayne about sixteene The first of August our newe Batterie which was put to silence before began to speake againe to shot vpon the Ennemies Roundle to se iff they could dismount their ordinance throw the port-holes they putt thē to silence yett for all that nowe and then they shott very dangerously with their sling peece vpon our men This day also the Ennemy sett fire vpon two of out blinds and slew some of our men The second of August our men with often shooting with two halfe-Canon from the French Battery did so shake beate vpon the wall ouer against the French approches that it sunck downe some three rodes w ch made the Ennemie to quitt a part of their counterskarfe And the French advanced well their great covert gallerie vnder the dry Moate The third of August the Enemy was not so lavish in shooting awaye their powder and bullets as wouts they to be but did beginn to husband yt against a time of more neede so that this night wee had not one man shott onely Colonell Harewood gott a sligh hurt with a granado This night the English sapt into the Enemies counterskarfe to the brinke of their moate and made there two or three small guards to maintaine the sapp and to offend the Ennemie The fourth of August wee brought an other sapp vp on our right hand into their moate and made likewise two or three litle Corps off guard to secure yt It was admirable to see when wee had gott into their counterskarfe and the brinck of their deep ditch howe many windings and turnings lines flancks and sapps we made they were like a Maze wherein one might have lost himself if hee had not knowne them well They braunched out one both sides of our great gallerie and diverse pyenests small gards were made beyonde the Entrance into yt to flanke● along the moate to playe vpō the wall which did so much overloke vs. Our great gallerie was so vnder propt with supporters of timber and plancks aboue yt that foure men might march in Frunt in yt Every daye and night wee got a rode or more it was 160 paces long and went shelving downe some 8 foote vnder the bottome of their dry moate which was of a hugh deepth and then rising vp againe to come to the foundation of their stone wall Having then as is said gott into the Ennemies Counterskarfe dry ditch or moate they by degrees litle lite quitted part of yt and retyred toward their halfe-moones before both their ports casting vp small traverses vpon their Counterskarfe and the brinck of their moate to hinder vs from sapping forward so that they disputed every patch of ground with vs wee were forced to cutt them out of them or else to fyre them out of them The Enemie had planted a small peece in their halfe-moone shot into our sapps and from the Roundle vpon our right hand which slew some of our men Among the rest Sargant Parker Conductor to Mr Niel his Ex cie Inginier The fift Count Stirum putt 300 men into Sittert this caused the Burgers to come to his Ex cie to beseech him that hee would with drawe his men out of yt or else putt a stronger Guarnison into yt to hold yt against Count Papenheym who was passed ouer the Rhyne with 12000 foote and 3000 horse and was marching towards Mastricht pillaging plundring all the villages and Gentlemens houses that laye in his waye The sixth our horsemen tooke 20 of Papenheyms horsemen iust as they were a breaking vp of a church and plundring of yt and brought them prisonners to the Prince but his Ex cie sent them back to their Generall Without any ransome because he wold not give the first occasion of breaking the newtralitie This day his Ex cie to prevent the Ennemies from approching and making of Batteries to shote into his owne and the French quarters from a village not farre of where our mē had discounered some worke w ch the Enemie had cast vp caused high Barrocadoes to be made with in the line along his one the French quarters ran aline from the trench into the feild to meete the Ennemy made a royall fort at the end of yt to have planted ordnance vpon yt which the Ennemy perceiving spared both the labour and the charge This day also the great English Gallerie was begun vnder the Earth The Prince comming into the French English approches which he did comonly every day so hazarerd his person more then the Officers were willing to see escaping narrowly many a shott espied in the English approches a small traverse which the Ennemy held on the one side and wee on the other from whence the Enemy threw many Granadoes into our sap among our men which did much annoy them Colonell Broughs Regimēt this night had the watch in the trenches Sr. Ieames Sanderling his Lieutenant Colonell commanded his Ex cie gave him order that the Scotch should assault yt to beate the Ennemy out of yt which they did and about eleven a clock in the night during the fight our ordnance and small shott from the French and English Batteries played much vpon the Enemie they gave fire vpon the wall the

Craven in the trenches vvee heard ten or twelve rousing Canon goe off from the brow of the hil vvhere Papenheym laye It seemes there vvas some secret intelligence betweene Papenheym and those of the towne to have falne on both at one time if hee had bin ready or the howre had not bin mistaken The night before the Marquesse Sācte Croce had sent Generall Papenheym three Italian Regiments and some of his best Canon Papenheym then thundring with his ordnance from his great batterie vpon Count Maurice his quarter and vpon the line came marching downe the hill in full Batalia some 6. or 7. thousand horse and foote drawing downe two feild peeces before them vvhich they planted within musket shott of the place were they intended to Enter The place vvas vpon a litle church yard called Ammy vvhere our line was not yet perfected where there were hedges orchardes and trees which did shelter them much from our shott They tooke our men iust at dinner and the alarme being so hotly given our men leaving their victualls behind them ran in all expedition to answere yt The Italian Regiments had the honour to give vs the first charge and fell vpon this church-yard and came to pushe of the pike with our men vpon the topp of the trench The Italians gave on three or foure times did their best endeavour to have entred but our men gave them such a welcome and did so repulse them that some of them were slayne vpon the brest worke and tumbled downe into the ditch and others were knockt downe with the stocks of Musketts and had their braynes beaten out with brick batts And our ordnance playing from all our Batteries which flanckred those feilds raked throw and throw the midst of Papenheyms Battalions powred vvhole voleyes of small short among them Papenheym seeing the Italians thus beaten retreate as Marques Spinola did at ●ergin vpō the English charged them in the Reere with his horse to force them to fall on againe but at last seing yt was in vaine that they cold not enter gave waye to their retreate In this fight worthy Captayne Morton was slayne His Ex cie also being at dinner and hearing this hott alarme calls for his horse and tooke diverse foote companies along with him two peeces of French halfe canō made all the speed that possibly he could to ge●t to count Maurice his quarter The foote companies were placed along the lyne some 30 troops off our horse stood in Battalie that iff Papenheym had entred not a man of them had gott off His Ex cie being come to count Maurice his quarters presently plāted there the two peeces w ch he brought along with him w ch did so rake throw Papenheyms battalions that often times a bullet swept away five or sixe off them at a shott their horse horsemen tumbling downe and sprawling vpon the Earth This fight continued along time from one off the clock till 8 or nine in the night before they could come cleare off In this fight powder nor shott were spared on neither side Count Papenheym wold faine have bin gone sooner but hee was engaged to staye the longer for the carrying off of his dead hurt men and the drawing off his two feild peeces which cost many off his men theirs dearest lives It was credibly reported that in this fight hee lost 1400 or 1500 hundred men himself hurt For the daye following the Boores comming in tould vs that there were 24 vvaggons appointed in the night to fetch of their dead and hurt men vvhereof some of them had their leggs their armes shot off These waggons went often to and againe in the night and by the churchyard vvhere the Italians fell on their lay 140 of their dead bodies stript our men did them the honour to cast Earth vpon them to bury them in the ditch off our trench The 〈◊〉 the three Italian Regiments were sent back by Papenheym to Marquesse Sancte Croce well beatē And it was reported that count Papenheym vpbrayded the Spaynards for not attempting in some other place while he strived to relieve Mastricht whē the newes was brought to Sancte Croce vvho was at playe that count Papenheym was beaten hee told his playe followes that hee knew as much before for hee had not to doe with his Muffs so gee●ing at him bad them playe on This day also the Enemy sallyed of out the Towne vpon our saps but the English being aware of them beate thē back againe presently with the losse of some of their mē The 19 S r Thomas Culpepper Lieut. Colonell to Colonell Packenham who was hurt comanded in the approches our great galletie this morning was so advanced that our Mineurs myned too farre that coming to the inside of the wall apeece of it fell downe into the Towne that a man might put his head in at the hole thereof se into the towne which the Enemy discouvering one of thē peeping in at the hole was slayne with a pistoll two Gentlemen of ours standing on either side of the hole with their pistolls spanned This accident so happing S r Thomas Culpepper sent quarter-maister Watkins in all hast to advertise the Prince thereof who instantly sent his Inginier Mōsieur Niels to comand the Capt of the Miners that hee should stopp the galery backwards and make chambers for the powder vvhich was begunn vvith all expedition The next daye being fryday the 20. the Lord Generall Vere his Regiment had the guard in the approches and was comanded by his Lieut. Colonell Holles after dinner Colonell Harewoods Corps was to be carryed out of the trenches all the Colonells Captaines and Officers who had not the guard were invited to his obsequies meeting all at his tent and hut to goe alōg with yt The Lord Generall Vere being come thether fynding his Ex cie not there rodd vp to his Ex cie tents where it seems speaking with the Prince hee leaving the Cōpanie gave him order to goe presently downe into the approches Sariant Maiour Gener●l S r Thomas Culpepper Sariant Maiour Cromwell followed him and being come downe into the trenches mett with Sariant Maiour Holles They went all into the Colonells first Corps du Guarde where putting the souldiers out shutting the portall thereof held their a Councill of Warre what companies should besent for into the quarters what workmen were sufficient who should command the workemen howe in what manner the breach should be assaulted S r To Culpepper the quarter m r that was there present with them to helpe to Execute their comaunds were sent into the quarters for ten English Companies vidz Generall Morgans Capt. Griffins Colonell Packenhams Colo. Herberts Vicount Wimbletons S r Tho Culpeppers Sergāt Maiour Cromwells S r Iohn Manwoods Captain Skippons Capt. Dudleys and Colonell Brough S r Ieames Sanderling his Lieutenant Colonell this night being to relieve