I doe not knowe to whom a manne should geue the thankes to y e Laūt graue or to his captaynes But this I can say y t it hath bene diligentlye bestowed as I haue seē After that the Emperour had seen the trade of the enemies he perceiued that they would take the way toward Guingane standing a league from oure campe He returned to his campe y e enmies to their lodging There was at this tyme a skirmish but of litle effecte It hath bene thought by some that day that it had bene good to haue geuen them battayle but al thynges counted and debated the trueth is that we had no space nor tyme to haue sette foorth our menne in esquadrōs because of the wodes and the spedye takyng of the yr lodginges And espectallye the riuer of Prence being betwene both cāpes and if there wer a faulte the faulte was this That our enemies were found after y t the dede should haue be done And this was through dyuers relacions of the skoutes for when the trueth was knowen the time was past ¶ I haue considred one thing in this warres whiche I haue diuers times sene that for the most part we haue lacked good guides although thei haue bene naturallye borne in the coūtrey yet of a trueth we haue gone groping as menne dooe in the darke by coniecture and all for lacke of good guides and skoutes I cannot saye what is the cause except it he as Cesar said by Considio a valiāt souldier and of great experience Ceasar sente hym for to haue knowledge of his enemyes Considio roode foorth and dyd se menne thinkyng that he had sene the enemies He returned to Ceasar and sayd that he had sene his enemyes And that the mountayne that he hadde appoynted Labiano to take was taken and occupyed wyth the Frenche menne and that he hadde seene theyr banners and armes This erroure of Considio was the cause that Ceasar was all that daye in a staye and dyd nothyng vntyll the enemyes hadde tyme to mende theyr lodgynges So Ceasar sayeth that Considio being afrayde he thought he had seen that thing that he hadde not sene Now this is to our purpose for oure discouerers eyther they haue not sene their enemies or when thei haue seē them thei haue had litle regarde to say the trueth ¶ The Emperour being in his lodgyng the enemyes mustarde certayne esquadrons of horsemen ouer agaynste hym hauyng a lytle skirmishe as I haue sayde they retourned vnto theyrs the whiche although it was deuided by slackes and runnyng brookes yet they had a strong lodging for their purpose ¶ This nyght his maiestye spake of goyng to Vlme but after many oppinions Finally the nexte daye he did take resolucion for the mouing of his campe for why he was certified that the enemyes had sente vnto Vlme thre thousand suichiners and xv C. souldiers of the same countrey menne sufficient to defende that citie The whiche so being it was no reason to goe theragaynste Leauyng one armye at oure backes of foure score and .x. thousande menne for it is cleare yi we hadde left our lodgyng they woulde haue been shortelye therein where they myghte easily haue taken awaye oure vyctualles for they coulde not come anye other waye They shoulde haue been Lordes of all the townes vpon Danubia Therefore the goyng to Ulme was reuoked by the reason of these particulers afore sayde For the manour of the warre shoulde haue turned from lodging to lodgyng and euerye daye skyrmishīg where unto y e enmies came continuallye The duke of Aluoy appoynted to make them a skyrmishe more then ordinarye So the nexte daye in the mornyng he made an Imboyshe of three thousande hackebutters in a wood towarde the enemyes standyng vpon Prence He sente the prince of Salmona with certayne of his horsemenne to geue them a bayghte nere vnto theyr campe and there he sette vpon the Straglers there came oute in grosse after theyr custome some loose some in Esquadrons and the prince withdrewe hymselfe towarde the place appointed There was a greate skyrmysh with horsemenne and hackebutters there were many ouerthrowē and laye alonge in the fieldes with the bendes of theyr coloure In this skyrmishe they dyd much helpe themselues with theyr artyllery but oure hackebutters hadde the vpper hande by the helpe of oure lyghte horsemenne Howe bee it thei charged stoutelye in grosse but there were of the principal horses of all the nacions that serued his maiesty But the order y t the duke had taken the night before dyd not fully take effecte because of some neglygence His maiestye commaunded the skirmishe to retyre to the which the enemyes were so wyllynge that the retrayte was all at once ¶ Hys maiestye parceyued his enemies to be so lyghtly prouoked he entended to geue them a notable onsette So he appoynted on a daye the lyghte horsemenne to assayle theyr trenches so that by skyrmishes they myght be brought abrode He deuyded the Dutchemenne couertelye in tenne partes of the woode and lykewyse the Hyspanyardes and Italyans hackebutters and all the reste to bee in a readinesse if nede shoulde requyre and moreouer certayne peces of artyllerye to bee layde secretelye He also commaunded that the Prynce of Salmona with hys lighte horsemenne to dooe accordyng to the order that was taken Whyche was to allure the enemyes out of their camp as he hadde done the daye before There came foorth of theyr campe two greate Esquadrons of horsemenne whiche woulde not for anye thyng that coulde be done departe from theyr artyller Aynd thys I thinke was for one of these two causes eyther they had knowledge what order we hadde taken or because they hadde been so skirmished with y e other skirmish past that they durste no more come in the place where theihadde so much loste ¶ The Emperour seing there coulde no other thyng bee done because their campe was so strong he procured to prouide for the night a Camesado in the whiche he appointed the footemen Hispaniardes and Madrucho with his charge The great master of Prence and y e marques Albert with his horsmen With this Camisado the next nyght the duke of Aluoy made towarde theyr campe The Emperour was abrode secretelye in a place for to haue knowlage from the duke what was to bee done But when the duke was within halfe a mile of the campe he perceyued theyr watche to bee reforced He commaunded them to staye vntyll he hadde farther knowledge for then shortelye he dyd parceiue that they hadde warnyng for theyr linkes might be seen from one warde to an other Then the place consydered and howe it was fortifyed and prouyded it was not thoughte good for to hazarde vpon suche a chaunce For after we had knowledge that thei hadde warnyng fowre houres before oure commyng by an espye out of oure campe So the duke retourned to his lodgyng before it was daye and the Emperoure at the same tyme. Nowe it semed that this warre was newe to
determined to put them to flyghte the which they might wel perceiue seing the place y t he had taken And because he would the more oppresse them he caused a mount ouer them for to be takeÌ„ so that they might easely be beaten in al partes At thys tyme the citye of Norling intreated to yelde the which hadde there did nede no other aduantage for to dislodge the enemies for one Garison beyng therein theyr victuals might be taken whereby they might be in famyne more harde and sharper then any artilerye ¶ At thys tyme the Duke of Saxon and the Lantgraue wer at a consent for to write a letter to the Marques John of BraÌ„denburge brother to the Electour the whiche shoulde be written in the name of a knyghte seruaunt to the Electour The substaunce whereof was that the knyghte shoulde pray the Marques John that he woulde speake wyth the Emperour and saye vnto hym seeyng that he was a Prynce enclined vnto all reason he thought it should be good y t by some meanes peace mighte be â—ounde laying before hym the wealthe of Germany And to thys they offered certayne capitulacions touchyng relygyon whyche were to the great aduauntage of the Catholiques but not so great as hys maiestye by the help of God dyd entende Thys letter was wrytten by thys knyghte called Adam Trope chaunceler to the Electour of BraÌ„denburge it was brought by a trumpette to the Marques John whereof he made relation to the Emperour and by hys consent it was answered â–ª that if the Duke and the Launt graue would put theyr parsones and estates into hys handes he would be content to speake of peace or els not They hearing thâ—s aunswere wrote agayne saying that the affayres touchyng parsons of estate required delyberacion wherefore they thought it good that he and the Erle of Bure with y e duke the Lantgraue might comoÌ„ together in soÌ„e place apointed The Marcas wrote vnto them agayne by the Emperours consent the very same wordes as he hadde before wrytten ¶ Nowe they of Norling ether by dissimulation or for because they wer not of power to put out of their Citye the banners there lefte by the Duke and the LaÌ„tgraue they treated so long y t the Emperor thought best to take the vpper hand and for to dislodge the enemies parforce for being there it could not be done but he was determined in anye wyse it should be done So the next day we raysed our campe He coÌ„maunded theyr campe to be beaten for sythe that Norling did so tracte the time he would take an other order This was in the latter ende of NoueÌ„ber in which time was taken the Lantgraues brother in law by his other wyfe which he had taken for so they kepe the lawes which they fynde in theyr gospels ¶ At this tyme the Emperour had newes that the enemyes were vp and going but this was aboute the middest of the day for the Spie although he was natural of y e couÌ„trey had lost his waie therefore we had no knowledge vntyll they had hurnt their lodginges and seÌ„t theyr cariage and great ordinaÌ„ce before And at midnight theyr footemeÌ„ began to marche leauing in the rereward theyr horsinen and smal artylery which were wont to go before The Emperour hearyng of this he sent certaine light horsmen for to be clearelye certified of theyr parting The certificacion was that theyr campe was altogether forsakeÌ„ The Emperour rode foorthe wyth the horsmen of Monsure de Bure and commaunded the Dutche menne to come after and the footemen to be in order and ready at the sending for them He commaunded sixe hundred Hispaniardes hackbutters to be set forth as spedely as myght be and then with the horsemen that he had taken he rode to the campe of the enemies there they had left many sicke meÌ„ for of a truth that made great haste Then he commaunded the horsmen to followe and to keepe them in skirmysh The Duke of Aluoy desyred the horsmenne of the Earle of Bure for to folowe after But nowe the horsmenne whyche were sent to kepe them in skyrmysh turned agayne wyth the straglers whych they had taken of theyr rerewarde but theyr campe dyd keepe on the way geattyng of ground towarde a hyll where they hadde one thousande hackbutters theyr horsmenne passed ouer on the other part all excepte twoo standerdes which taryed thereuppon wyth the hackbutters But when they dyd see his Maiestye commyng wyth his horsmenne bothe theyr Hackebutters and the horsemenne dydde forsake the hyll goyng downe towarde theyr Armye The Duke of Aluoye dydde make all the haste possyble for to take the hyll that they hadde forsaken from whence it myghte well be seene where they hadde taken an other hyll a myle froÌ„ thence The â—â—nce betwene these two hyls was all playne and dyscouered They did lay vpon that hyl .vj. peeces of artilery with the whiche they did beate al the plain fieldes Now they being gone downe into y e valley and the Duke of Alnoy vpoÌ„ the hyl aforesaid theyr footemen might be sene marching along leauyng a great wood vpon theyr right hand Their horsmen wer deuyded in the plaine in .viij. or .ix. partes Oure light horsmen did begin for to skyrmish in the valley then one banner of blacke harnes was sent down by the Duke for to engrose hys skyrmyshe This was at the commyng of the Emperour with other horses but the enemies with a hye trot had gotten ground on the other syde of the hyl vnder theyr artilerye Then they began to shoote of at our men in the valley theyr hackbutters at the corner of the wood made away for to be with the footemen whyche kept the ordenaunce vpon the mouÌ„tayne aforesayde ¶ Nowe the Emperour wyth a fewe horsmenne came to the hyll whiche we had taken for the other came after as men of armes might come He abode there for to take aduise what might be done to kepe theÌ„ there but nowe the daye was farre past and the enemies being vpoÌ„ the hyl aforesaid began to kindle theyr fyers in many places And hys maiesty seing that it was not possyble for to ouer take theÌ„ that day for lack of warning as it is aforsayde he determined to take the other hyll and to leaue the Duke of Aluoy wyth his horsmeÌ„ there And when it was late he returned to the other lodgiÌ„g for to set forth the footemenne that night because the enemyes shoulde haue no time for to dislodge For y e Emperours determinacioÌ„ was for to haue theÌ„ in chase so that he might finde one place to geue theÌ„ a brake and vtterlye to breake their campe or els to driue them from lodgyng to lodging as he euer had done ¶ Foure times in these warres the Emperour hath dyslodged theÌ„ as it semeth to be ij tymes by arte and twoo by force First at Ingulstat as they confessed them selues they were constrayned by force for to retier The second tyme at Tonauert by arte
to kepe the reste Then with his campe he tooke the waye to Ingulstat where the enemyes entended to campe It is from Rattesbone to Ingulstat .ix. leagues whiche .ix. were deuyded in foure iourneys so he came with his campe to a place vpon Danubia called Newstat there was a bridge but he caused two other to bee made of the barges whiche he brought in his campe for he determined to passe the riuer in any wise ¶ His maiesty being thus purposed he was enfourmed that the duke of Saxon and the Lantgrane with al their campe vpon the other side of Danubia had taken the way to Rattesbone an enterprise well vndertaken His maiesty sent foure hundred Spanyardes hackbutters horsed .ii. baners of Dutchmen the whiche by their diligence the same nighte y t they were sente entred into Rattesbone the whiche was now sure For yf the enemyes came not it was safe And if thei came they might defend vntil thei might haue rescu froÌ„ the caÌ„p which might wel be had Danubia beyng betwixt vs and our enemies But they seing that Rattesbone was prouided or because thei perceiued that his maiestye would passe the riuer and lyiÌ„g at their backes might take away theyr vitayles beyng within iii. leagues of Rattesbone thei gaue a turne toward Ingulstat makyng great hast to be out of the woodes streyte passages where it was thought they might haue bene well ouertakeÌ„ But we hauing no know ledge of the countrey so that they with extreme diligeÌ„ce did geat the playne field so that when our lyght horsemen had passed the wode they wer nere into Ingulstat His maiesty in two daies passed the riuer and lodged his campe in a valley vpon a litle mouÌ„tayn nere vnto the riuer and this lodgyng was two myle froÌ„ Ingulstat This passage was of great importaunce for it did not onely cause the enemyes to bee aduised but also to be drieuen together and not to goe lyke Lordes in the fields as thei had done For this shewed them that his determinacioÌ„ was to fight when tyme and place might serue There our campe was fortified with a litle trenche for the duke of Aluoy had so takeÌ„ the grouÌ„d that it neded not to make any other There was alaruÌ„ although it was not true our souldiers were so well ordred that it might bee euidentlye sene how willyng they wer to fight ¶ At the ende of two dayes the Emperour parted from theÌ„ce wheÌ„ he hadde newes that the enemyes were lodged on the other parte of Ingulstat sixe myles Wherfore he made spede to take theyr lodgyng that they had lefte the daye before that he departed from his Nowe it was conueniente that the Emperour should make haste towarde Jugulstat and not to leaue it in peryl to be taken with the enemies For why from thence they myght lightlye haue distourbed monsuer de Bure from ioynyng with oure campe or elles they myght haue taken theyr lodgyng betwixte it and the place where we hadde lodged But the Emperour consyderyng howe muche it did importe beeyng now so nere vnto the enemies to be euer their superiour in lodgyng he sente to viewe two lodgynges the one was a league from Ingulstat whiche I haue spoken of and in oure waye And the other neare vnto Ingulstat vpon the other syde for it behoued to take that nexte vnto the towne before the commyng of oure campe the other in oure waye was good to be taken Before that his maiestye shoulde sette foorth his campe his intencion was to haue these two so that if he mighte not occupye that nexte vnto Ingulstat yet that he myght lodge in the other and therfore the daye before he hadde sent John Baptista Gastaldo mayster of the Campe generall for to bee particularlye viewed â–ª And he with al spede that might bee the next daye in the mornyng remoued his campe the whiche went in partz vawarde battayle The baggage and artillery vpon our left hand vpoÌ„ the riuer side Our horsmen vpoÌ„ the ryght hande and the footemen iÌ„ the midst The duke of Aluoy did leade the vaward and the Emperor the battayl With the Duke weÌ„t the marques Albert and his horsemen and the master of Pruse And with the Emperour the Duke of Austriche and the prince of Pyemont the marques John of BrandeÌ„burge The Hispanyardes Dutchmen and Italyans moued confyrmably to the order that was geuen them so they went in the vawarde in the battayle The Emperor marchyng approched the firste lodgyng that I haue spoken of and there he rested a litle whylest the batail was coÌ„myng For now the vaward was euen at hande and there he toke the duke of Aluoy and .xx. horsmeÌ„ with hym and rode vnto Ingulstat for to be holde the other lodgyng nere thereunto ¶ It is nedeful particularly to know that the same day the Emperor seÌ„t the duke of Aluoy the prince of Salmona and Don Antony de Tolledo with part of the light horsmen and two hundred hackbutters Hispanyardes horsed for to haue knoweledge of the enemies with whom they had a fayre and 〈◊〉 skyrmish the enemies being come forth therto with great streÌ„gth But the skirmishe beyng the one parte the other retired they turned again and came foorth increasing so theyr â–ª number in Esquadrons that the Emperour was certified that they wer comming with al their campe to battayle so it was necessary to set al thinges in order The Emperor coÌ„maunded the duke of Aluoy y t he should take hede in al pointes to the proceding of the enemies He turned into y e place where he had staide the vaward and the batail in y e lodging aforesayde being in the waye chosing a place mete for to fight He sette the footemen in place conuenient and the artillerye and horsemeÌ„ where thei should staÌ„d And so they stode loking for the comming of the enemies which made countenance y t thei would fight I thinke vnder correccion of better iudgement y t if thei had come y t daye to fyght with vs by the way they might haue put all thinges in greate auenture although we had taken a place fauorable ynough for oure auauntage But it semed to the Emperour that thei would not fight that daye seyng that thei had differred the tyme so long for it was somwhat late but the duke sent him worde for to stay for he thought the enemyes made a greate muster to passe forwarde but incoÌ„tinent he sent hym word to kepe on the waye with his campe for the enemyes beganne to retyre vnto theyrs This varyaunce was a cause of the late departure For the Emperoure seeyng howe muche more he shoulde aduenture in tarrying then to come late that nyght and howe muche he shoulde geue vnto his enemyes to geue them one nyght parte of the other day and space to ameâ—â—â— thâ—ir lodgynges that they had erred when that thei had not disturbed our caÌ„pe by the wai he came although it was late vnto his lodgyng whiche
was on the other syde of Ingulstat towarde the enemies hauiÌ„g the town vpon oÌ„ur backes and Danubia vpon our left hande and a marris vpon the right hande and at the froÌ„t the plaine fieldes The duke of Aluoy caused to be closed vp with gret diligence the most part thereof It was thought if the enemyes hadde come the next daye it myght haue turned vs to gret trouble But they had such a confidence in their great nuÌ„ber so stoute that thei thought al times places might haue serued for to achieue their enterprise For the Launtgraue had promised theÌ„ of the league that he woulde dryue the Emperour out of Germanye in iii. monethes To these woordes the lordes and the cities gaue such credit y t as to a thing done some of theÌ„ dyd geue hym more then he did demaund And so he caried .iii. or .iiii. score thousande footemen and moe Then .x. thousand horsemen one huÌ„dred and thirty peces of artilery but that night thei styrred not with any horses abrode in the fyelde ¶ The next day the Emperour prouided for al thinges necessarye agaynst suche thinges as the enemyes myght take in hand but that day they made no mouyng nor stirryng at all ¶ The other daye folowyng he went to view theyr strong lodgyng aforesayde .vi. little Italian miles from oure lodging in a stronge place for vpon the righthande and on the fronte they hadde adepe ryuer and a marrish kept with a Castel staÌ„dyng vpoÌ„ the said riuer vpoÌ„ theyr backes a great woode vpon y e other syde a mountayne whereupoÌ„ they had layde theyr ordeinaunce There was at this view a skirmish but it was of litle effect ¶ The next day after the enemies set forth their horsemen fotemen in arraye it was thought that they would come to our campe but it was not but to take the muster of their folkes When thei had taken it they returned to their lodging sithe the next day after they raysed theyr campe from thence and came with in three myles of ours in a strong place emongest lytle hylles hauing the water somewhat farre of The Emperour was purposed to cut theÌ„ from that ¶ The duke of Aluoy consulted with his maiesty and sent Don Aluaro de sand Arze with one M hackbutters geuing them instruccions what thei should do guides which knew thei countrey And thei passed through a wood and brake into the lodging of the enemyes about one or two of the clocke in the nyght and killed the watche many other before the campe could bee set in ordre Thei gaue theÌ„ a great alaruÌ„ lost but .2 or .3 souldiers one of our souldiers had gotten a horsemans standerd I thinke thei were kylled with theyr owne men for the nyght was very darke After thys OctauiaÌ„ with John Baptista Sabello captayne of the horsemen and Alexander Uitello captayne of the fotebeÌ„d of y e ItaliaÌ„s apointed with theyr men to geue them a skirmish and so they set foorth the next daye but the enemies apointing the same they had taken a place in the woode that was chosen by duke Octauian and his other captaines for the same purpose But the enemies began to set vpon our menne in a barne nere vnto the woode and there was that daye a skyrmishe but it came not to passe as it was purposed The enemyes receyued losse by the reason of the hackbutters that came with AlexaÌ„der There was on both partes slayne and taken ¶ These two Campes beyng but three myle a sunder and beyng betwixt theÌ„ but a litle riuer whiche in many partes myght bee passed the passages more nere vnto theyr Campe then to ours so that the skyrmishes could not bee made but the one parte muste passe by leasure al thynges came vnto this terme It was deuysed howe they might be greued for tarryiÌ„g or not tarryiÌ„g ther it must nedes be done hauyng a respecte by what pollicye it might be done But earely y e next day they raysed theyr campe in order with al their artiliery the which they might easily carrye the fieldes being so open and playne And so in the morning thei wer passed the ryuer afore said goiÌ„g ouer against our camp The Emperor coÌ„mauÌ„ded althinges to be in order y e day begaÌ„ to wexe clere y e mist did breake so y t we might the more clearely see them as I thought thei wer in forme of a new mone UpoÌ„ y e right hand there was a marrish which lay vpon oure left hand to Danubia and vpoÌ„ that side rode a gret esquadroÌ„ of horsmeÌ„ x. peces of ordinance vpon their left haÌ„d did ryde one other with .xx. peces of ordinaÌ„ce so al their horsmen were deuided scattred in the fieldes not in raÌ„ckes but in partes because thei would shote of therefore thei set forth their artillery and horsmeÌ„ Their foâ—emeÌ„ marched after in raÌ„ckes On this sort went the Lantgraue to fulfil y e promes y t he had made to the cities of the league Oure campe was set in an order to fight according to their quarters as thei wer lodged The Hispaniardes stode in y e front of the enemies they had y e marish vpoÌ„ y e left haÌ„d The Almains of y e regimeÌ„t of George dyd staÌ„d on y e right haÌ„d with a winge of hackbutters Hispaniardes by by stode turning toward the ryght haÌ„d y e most part of y e fotemeÌ„ of Italy for part of theÌ„ wer in y e fort y t was made in y e marrishe Nere after theÌ„ euer folowing vpoÌ„ the right hande stode y e Almains of y e regimente of Madrucho froÌ„ theÌ„ to y e town it lay opeÌ„ so part of that space was shut with y e timber of our bridges And y e rest was set with our horsmeÌ„ in .iiii. esquadroÌ„s for because if y e enemies horsmen shoulde come vpon y t syde our horsemen beyng set in y t holde we might fyght with them And likewyse it was a conuenient place for the charge So by the parte that the trenches stode most low stode y e horses for this purpose there wer left some spaces betwixt our Esquadrones of fotemen the whiche because for to be better vnderstand it is thus set forth in portrature ¶ At this time the enemies began for to approche shoting of their artillery with the order that they had taken to girde in our camp froÌ„ y e marrish y t was vpon the left haÌ„d as it wer the half of the plain fielde lying vpon oure right hande euermore shoting so nere that many peces of theirs especiallye those that lay vpon the right hand did shoote within .vi. C. paces of our EsquadroÌ„s Our artillery was shotte of but theirs had helpe by the disposicioÌ„ of the grounde more then we had His maiestie had bene round about the campe and dyd see what order the duke of Aluoy had sette And horsed and armed as he was he turned agayne and dyd
stande before our Esquadrons and sometimes he went amongest the Almaynes On y e one side the other there was great shoote of artillery which was litle regarded seeyng his maiestye emongest them There it myght clearely be seene in suche thynges howe muche is worthe the presence of a prince that hath a good oppinion emongest his souldiers The enemyes hadde approched so nere where they thought they myghte beate vs at theyr pleasure They made a stonde with theyr horsemen and footemen and began to tempest on al partes with al theyr artillerye and to beate vs so nye and with so great furye that verelye it appered to be a storme of pellettes for in the trenches and esquadrons there was nothing sene but GunstoÌ„s and pellettes The duke of Aluoy stode with the Hispaniardes at the poynt of the campe where the battery of the enemyes was nerest at hande A pece wherof toke away a souldier standyng next vnto him as he was prouydyng for euerye thing necessarye They made couÌ„tenaunce openlye two tymes to set vpon vs. The duke tooke an order with the hackbutters to bee aduised not to styrre vntyll the enemyes shoulde bee two pickes of length from our trenches for in this forte none of the shote of our hackbutters which wer many and good shoulde be loste And yf they should shote afarre of y e most part should be iÌ„ vain Also he coÌ„mauÌ„ded y t the first salutacioÌ„ which is euer y e best should be at haÌ„d The enemies did euer beat so y t it semed y t thei begaÌ„ again they sette forth auauÌ„ced their esquadroÌ„s our artillery was shotte but as I haue said y e disposicioÌ„ of y e grouÌ„d did helpe so much y t there was no great hurte done emongest theÌ„ So hath it plesed god to preserue vs so manye as hath bene sent froÌ„ them insomuche that nere to the Emperor there hath fallen many Gunstons pellettes Insomuche that many left lookyng to their own peryll for y e Emperor Especially one pellet was so streight so nere y t the peril was manifest but it pleased god y t it tooke y e earth before his fete An other pece kylled one of his garde all other brake a standerd other .2 killed .2 horses This was the hurte that was done about his maiestie .vi. peces of ours dyd breake that day one of theÌ„ kylled .vi. souldiers Hispaniardes and hurt two ¶ The enemyes preased vpon vs so muche that they thought to dislodge vs with their terrible shot of artillery in geuyng shotes with their fury infernal And for all thys fury y t neuer ceassed there was not one ray brokeÌ„ nor any souldier that stirred his head to loke if there wer any more safe then he This battery continued .viii. houres when it semed that the enemies wexed wery and to take an other way and not to come to battayle with vs seing that we were more stoute then they had thought we had bene His maiestie parceiuing this seing now y t they began to fagge he commauÌ„ded the horsmeÌ„ to retier into their campe to be al ready if necessitie should require to returne to the trenches on fote Here it may bee asked to what purpose horsmeÌ„ should be entreÌ„ched To aunswer this y e trenches were made y e night before so low that y e horsmen wer set in place where they lacked And wher y e meÌ„ of armes of oure enemies mighte enter there stode ours for so it was ordeyned y t if they came to fyght there we were redy to defeÌ„d Al the tyme of this batery the duke of Aluoy had set forth certain hackbutters Hispaniardes which skirmished with y e enemies y t kepte their artillery whiche did lye nere vnto a gret house prepared for to defeÌ„d theÌ„ .vi. C. paces froÌ„ our treÌ„ches so that at one self time they did beate with their ordinance and our souldiers skirmished with theÌ„ that kept their artillery Nowe had they continued .ix. houres and began to retier nere vnto the house and the litle riuer aforesayde where aboue nere vnto a mylle they had set their tentes and pauillions Now beyng late thei withdrew theÌ„selfes where thei had pitched their campe so that the point towarde the marrish was viii C. paces from our campe the other point vpoÌ„ the left hand .ii. M. and .v. C. paces ¶ This night the Launtgraue being at supper toke the cup after the maner of Almayn and dranke to Exertel saying these woordes Exertel I drink to al those that we haue killed this day with our artillery Exertel answered my lorde I do not know how many be ded this day but I knowe y t those y t be alyue haue not lost one fote of grouÌ„de It was sayd y t Exâ—rtel was of opinion y t day for to geue vs battaile at our treÌ„ches but the LauÌ„tgraue would not as I think he had coÌ„sidred y e better for in such thinges be manye aduentures chaunces And for to iudge according to reason the meÌ„ y t y e Emperour had there would not haue bene lightly dislodged that y e LauÌ„tgraue did know verely by experience seing y t we had bene so furiously beateÌ„ that he could perceiue no kind of weakenes in our campe For our souldiers stode not only at defeÌ„ce but thei also stepped foorth skirmished at y e mouth of their artilery So it is sayde that the duke of SaxoÌ„ couÌ„celled to geue vs battaile the other day at our coÌ„myng But in the ende they tooke an other order and that night it was prepared y t al the cartes in the field should bryng faggotes to raise the repares of our trenches and euery souldyer did labour in their quarters y t in y e mornyng the campe was fortifyed so y t we might be behynd them surely defended And moreouer with this the duke of Aluoy eÌ„larged our trenches with takyng in parte of the field and set therin sure watche and warde ¶ The next day y e enemyes let rest their artillery sent foorth certayne hackbutters scattered to prouoke vs to skirmish so we sent forth ix C. hackbutters Spanyardes they skirmished with their enemies in y e plaiÌ„field The skirmish was so that our enemies were constrained to set forth a M. horsmen in fauour of their hackbutters these came in .iii. esquadrons The first myght be C. horses whych wente lose dyspersed the other two came in order one after another Our hakbutters were .iij. or .iiij. C. scattered abrode And in the rereward came 5 .c. The hundred horses of our enemyes coming lose set vpon our first hackebutters puttyng their truste in the plaine fielde in the whyche for the most part horsmen haue aduantage against hackbutters But ours receiued them in suche sorte that they made them to turne fliyng so that of necessity the secoÌ„d esquadroÌ„ came to succour with a staÌ„dred of Guels gyuing the charge vpon our hackebutters But they gaue them such a rush that they did breake in
SaxoÌ„ LaÌ„tgraue and that they had taken the way toward Newburge Tonauert which wai the Erle enteÌ„ded to come It was thought best to gyue him warniÌ„g therof he being so nere vnto FraÌ„kfort doutiÌ„g that the enemies wold haue takeÌ„ the same way ¶ The Earle of Bure brought thre M. horsmenne at hys charge and .iiij. M. which wer come to him belongyng to the Marques Albert of Brandenburge to the Master of Pruse and to the duke of Austriche The which not beiÌ„g of power to passe the Ryne they tarryed for the coÌ„ming of the erle of Bure which brought .xxiiij. baners good Soldiers of the Netherlande and iiij baners of Hispaniardes which had serued the kyng of England against the Frenchemen ij of Italians from the same warres wyth ii C. hackbutters horsmeÌ„ and .xij. peces of artilery The enemyes at the defence of the Rine were xxxvi baners one M. ii C. horsmenne The erle of Bure set ouer v. M. soldiers one night .iii. leages aboue the enemyes dyd take a towne standyng vpon the same passage where al the rest of the armye myght passe wythout any disturbance And after at Frankforte was foughten a great scirmyshe where many of the enemyes were slayne and dryuen into the towne These newes came to the Emperour but not wythoute great difficulty so many townes of the enemyes being betwene The Duke and the Lantgraue beyng .ij. dayes in Newburge in which tyme diuers newes came to the Emperour some sayd they passed Danubia to enter into Bauer And other sayd that they wold take the way to Tonauert His maiestie determined to tarry for to see theyr fetche And at the end of two daies they moued theyâ— campe and in .ij. lodginges they came to Tonauert leauiÌ„g in Newburgâ— 3. baners for to kepe y e town Here was one other great errour for there they had one great a strong lodgiÌ„g with wood water al maner of virtuals with the bridge at Newburge vpon the riuer of Danubia a great countrei of villages forages for horses al at libertie throughe Bauer vp to Minique thei were sure of Lico the riuer of Angust wyth the towne of Rain so that if we shuld haue gone thither we should haue had Neweburge vpoÌ„ our backes nether could he haue gone to Anguste but they woulde haue bene there before him nor to Vlme for they stande in the passage but they looked not vppon all these qualityes or paraduenture they had a respect to other thynges They went to Tonauert and as it is thoughte by many to theyr great losse ¶ The Duke of Saxon and Launtgraue beyng at Tonauerte two or three dayes the Lantgraue went to a towne of the Duke of Bauers two leagues froÌ„ Tonauert called Limbygane whyche was to hym yelded He set there Commissioners for the prouision of vyctuals he tourned to Tonauert where they hadde strongly pytched theyr campe ¶ In al this time wrot the Lantgraue vnto the cities of the league geuing theÌ„ accouÌ„pte of all thinges that was done putting them in coÌ„forte of moe thinges theÌ„ was done in bosting of their skirmishes with killinge and takinge manye of the pryncypalles and thys he fayned but in theÌ„ end of hys letters it was euer more for mony which I think vnto them was not much agreable for now the tyme drewe nere that he had promysed to dryue the Emperour out of Germanye or for to take hym But they parceiued hys busynes order and facultye not to be as he had promysed them nor as they had thought At this time the Emperour had knowledge that the LaÌ„tgraue had taken the waye to Bendengan agaynste the Erle of Bure for so it was sayd in the Campe of the enemyes that he wold do He seÌ„t gides of the same Country for to conduct the Erle to hys maiesty by an other way and it was determined that if thys might not be for to folowe the enemies and for to enclose them for the one or the other was the reason of the warre and not to suffer the CaÌ„pe of the enemies to go agaynst the erle of Bure Nowe his maiestie turned towarde the principall Cities whiche were lefte prouided by the Duke of Saxone and the Lantgraue for it should haue bene a thing in vain to besiege them and a greate parell to hazarde the principal part of our armie against the nomber in the caÌ„pe of the duke of Saxon LaÌ„tgraue being now ioyned wyth the .xxxvj. baners whych had beene in the defence of Ryne as it was thought the enemyes erred yet in this that thâ—â— being at Tonauert al this time and had passed Daunbia with .x. or xij M. fotemen and certayne peces of artilery Thei made a forte vpon the riuer of Lico nere vnto Rayne they lodged there as meÌ„ that would make an ende of the warre in the place that they had taken For with the passage of Lyco they were sure of August and with Tonauert vpoÌ„ Danubia thei wer sure of Vlme but they content therewyth contynued a greate space in spendyng of tyme in theyr lodging At this time the Erle of Bure had passed FraÌ„kforte he came by Rotemberge and nere Noremberge out of the waye and daunger of hys enemies Hys maiestie abode in Ingulstat for the toÌ„ming of the Earle of Bure after hys commyng he rode into the fieldes to his caÌ„pe which was faire and well furnyshed wyth horsemen and footemen ¶ After that he had bene there two daies he determined to folowe the enemies first to Newburge for he woulde not leaue so strong a towne so wel prouided at his backe especially standing vpon Danubia a principall ryuer and so necessarye to serue a Campe. Wherefore he woulde go hym selfe to vewe it takyng with him the light horsmen a nomber of hackbutters Hispanyardes So early in the morning he set forthe and went to Newburge where he lyghte on foote to take the vewe thereof They sent pellettes but to a lytle effecte ¶ The nexte daye in the mornyng he raised his campe and caused brydges to be layd ouer Danubia so that in short tyme he passed ouer lodged j mile froÌ„ Ingulstat in the wai to Newburge froÌ„ thys daye forewarde our Campe went in an other order theÌ„ we had gone for we had gone but in two partes vaward and battaile because if we should haue made a rereward euery part of the .iij. had bene to weake for our enemyes they beyng superiour in number Therfore our vawarde battaile went in euery one of them .ij. esquadrons of fotemen and .ij. of horsmeÌ„ for to be the more strong whatsoeuer myght chaunce But after the coming of the Erle of Bure we made arerewarde In this sort his maiesty tooke the waye towarde Newbrocke where at the first comiÌ„g the Burgemasters did yeld vp the toun And the captaines therein set by the Duke of Saxone and LaÌ„tgraue it was yelded to his maiesty to do wyth the one and the other according to his
pleasure It was muche to be thoughte that so strong a hold and so wel prouyded hauing the passage rescue so nere did so lightely surrender At thys time the enemyes haue forsaken Rayne onelye sustainyng the forte vpon the riuer of Lico Before thys tyme there hath beene dyuers opynyons that hys maiestye should not set foorth toward Newbrocke being so strongly defended but he was determined therein He left two baners of Dutchmen and ser the men of warre in an Ile nere vnto the Castel for that nyght The nexte daye hys Maiestye wyth the order that he had taken lodged in the orchardes suburbes of Newbrocke and there was takeÌ„ the armoure and weapon from the soldiers where he myghte as well haue taken theyr lyues beyng Rebelles to theyr Prynce he toke their othes and let them go He dyd the same to the Captaynes saying he dyd knowe that they were begyled They aunswered not onelye begyled but also enforced ¶ Hys maiesty being thre daies in Newbrocke he made a generall muster in the whych he fouÌ„d ir M horsmen .xxix. M. footemeÌ„ How be it they had bene a greater noÌ„ber but they were nowe mynyshed by hurt slaughter infirmiti After he had taken the fidelitie of the towne he set a garyson there and after he would seke the enemies for his inteÌ„cion was to finde theÌ„ in place where he might geue theÌ„ battaile He determined to pas Danubia by y e bridge of y e same town for to make toward Tonauert for it was said that they had caÌ„ped that there they woulde make an end of y e warre in .ij. daies his maiesti aproched within a leage of their caÌ„pe where he came to a village called MarqueseÌ„ the distance was not much but y e difficulti was more because of a thicke wood standing betwene the .ij. caÌ„pes hauyng no other passage but .ij. or .iij. cartwaies This wood begaÌ„ at our caÌ„pe extended vnto theirs his maiesty coÌ„mauÌ„ded to vewe the ward to see by what possibility an army myght passe whether by the dispositioÌ„ of the place the caÌ„pe might lye so nere the enemies to make vs lords of the wood He seÌ„t the duke of Aluoi with a noÌ„ber of hakbutters which wer deuided in y e wood as it was thought Then he wyth .xxiiij. horses passed thorow the woode so nere vnto their trenches that he was wythin the shoote of a saker The Duke tooke wyth him thre or foure and went on foote where he dyd see the scituacioÌ„ of our enemyes they were so busye in labour that they had no other regarde There the Duke perceyued that the wood stretched so nere their campe that there was but a lytle playne of .iiij. or .v. paces and at the vtter part thereof one steppe going downe and a lyke goyng vp And vpon the toppe of the banke they made theyr trenches so that vpoÌ„ the left hand it ioyned wyth the woode This vallei serued as a ditche Vpon the ryght haud they were fortified with Danubia so that there was no place to lodge our campe Wyth this relation he turned to the Emperoure who seeyng that it was not possyble to aproche our enemies for the causes aboue sayd hys maiesty imagined by what meanes he might remoue them out of theyr strong lodging for being there and the woode betwene it coulde neuer be brought to passe but this warre should be euer at large Then he coÌ„cluded that we shoulde go with our campe on the right hand towarde a towne called Bendengen leauing our enemyes vpon the right hand IT is to be vnderstande that the Emperou hath trauailed muche in Germany wherby he doth not alonlye knowe a greate part therof but moreouer he hath a discrescion and a vniuersal knoweledge of al the whole couÌ„trey so that when nede shal require verelye he doth deserne coÌ„prehend the scituacion of the cities townes and how they stand with theyr dystances the one froÌ„ another fo that it apeareth that he hath bene there parsonaly rather theÌ„ by syght of painting so that it was his opinion that hys campe being at BendeÌ„geÌ„ we might be lodged at Norling there being wee should haue a good couÌ„try for victuals at the backes of our enemies and a place wherby might be taken from them al that came froÌ„ thence Al the time the Emperour was in this determinacioÌ„ there wer coÌ„tinually scirmishes in the wood by forragers but no great slaughter on the one part nor on the other And wheÌ„the dai apointed was coÌ„e the Emperour coÌ„maÌ„ded for to dislodge in the order acustomed beiÌ„g a great mist we caÌ„e to MonehuÌ„ a town in the liberties of Newbrok The day folowing his maiesty dislodged caÌ„e in a litter because of his Goute At his coÌ„ming to BendengeÌ„ the Duke of Aluoy seÌ„t him the Burghmasters which did yeld theÌ„ theyr towne into his haÌ„des Now his maiesty was certified that the horsmeÌ„ of our enemies appered after our rereward wherfore he coÌ„mauÌ„ded it to be reforced with hakbutters for accordiÌ„g to the disposition of the way they were most necessary therefore to be set in place wher thei might be ê“fitable if the enemyes should take the way to make any other prouision Thys day we lodged betwene BendeÌ„gen and Norling euer kepiÌ„g this order The vawarde stoode euer in araye to the commyng of the battayle the whych in commyng made theyr esquadrons The vawarde and the battayle lodged they abode the comyng of the rerewarde thys was the order in al hys warres The campe of the Emperoure being lodged did come knowledge that Norlyng had receyued .ij. baners from the duke of Saxon and Lantgraue for the whyche doyng they did muche repent as they confessed after In al this tyme the mouiÌ„g of the enemies was not knoweÌ„ but that they had set two baners in Norling that night After the caÌ„pe was lodged were seÌ„t forth light horses for to search the waies towarde the enemyes by whom we wer certified that one parte of the footemen were discouered and .ij. esquadrons of horsmen with theyr carriage but no knowledge what way they wold take This referred to the Emperor he coÌ„mauÌ„ded the campe to be in order before the day At this time came an other warnyng that they marched streight towarde our campe thys was a lytle before the day so the campe stode al in a readines and when it was day the mist was so darke that it differd but a lytle from the nyght hys maiesty was then muche payned wyth the Goute neuerthelesse he coÌ„mauÌ„ded horsmen and footemeÌ„ to be readye in esquadrons and not to looke for the breakyng vp of the myste so that if the enemyes came to fyght they shuld not finde vs out of order or if they should paraduenture take an other waye and the place might geue vs occasioÌ„ to preseÌ„t theÌ„ battail ¶ At this time the mist continued so darke that verelye we coulde not see the enemies nor our campe wyth our esquadrons standyng
Beauer and Sueuer And at this time the enemies hadde al those betwixt Vlme and Tonauert and so they were lordes of great plentye of vytayles For thei had the passage of Angust at theyr pleasure then he seeyng that the geattyng of them shoulde bee to their greate detryment and disaduauntage and that moreouer he myghte haue places necessarye bothe agaynste Angust and Vlme two principal heades of the league He considred what was beste to be done and so he deuysed in this sorte He commaunded a muster dayly to be made agaynste our enemies TheÌ„ he sent one night duke Octauian with the horsemen and fotemen of Italy And Examburge with his Almayns and .xii. peces of ordinance with al diligeÌ„ce to Tonauert from our campe .iii. leagues geuing them instruccions what was to be done Wherby with great diligence they came vnto the towne earely in the morning where they began to beate without raÌ„pire or trenche And so with open staling they entred There went out fleyng ouer the bridge two baners of fotemeÌ„ which wer set there by the duke and Launtgraue ¶ Now I haue thought good for to declare one thyng whiche the readers may desyre to knowe How many souldiers be a banner .ii. or iii because I haue spoken ofttymes of banners and not of the number A banner of Dutchemen is commoÌ„ly of .iii. C. men or aboue This towne gotten they left theyr two banners the rest returned to the campe The enemyes had no knowledge of this vntyl the next daye in the mornyng for although they lay nere vnto our campe it was done with such dilygence that they had no vnderstanding therof This was of great importunitie by reason of the scituacioÌ„ of the place In one day his maiestye raysed his campe and remoued to Tonauert and there lodged and the towne at his backe vpoÌ„ the left hande Danubia That daye the enemyes moued not for to geue anye disturbance in our way whereof I haue maruayle beyng so gret a noumber of horsemen and knowyng the countrey and the passages so muche oute of order for in passyng we haue bene oftentymes in staye and loosyng of tyme and forced to bee subiecte to manye inconueniences Howe bee it his maiestye hadde prouided agaynste all sinister chaunces He sette the hackebutters Hyspanyardes and Italyans in a place apte for theyr purpose The rerewarde was fortified accordyng to the disposicion of the waye whiche gaue no place but to goe in range At lengthe he came to Tonauert and from thence to Tillingam aboue vpon Danubia which is a towne of y e Cardinals of Angust There is a good bribge and a plaine waye hauyng Danubia vpon oure lefte hand and vpon oure righte hande a greate thicke wood standing betwixt vs and oure enemies euer folowyng vntyll we came to the ryuer of Prence whiche is three myles aboue Tâ—llingaÌ„ entreth into Danubia and so we went leauing the wood vpon our ryght hand In the whiche there bee two wayes from Norling to Tillingam His maiestye takyng that wayes there came to hym to bee surrendred the towne of Hoâ—hscot with a stronge Castell standing vpon Danubia Lykewyse was surrendred the towne of Tillingam whiche was taken from the Cardinall of Auguste wherin was a banner of garde but thei fled when thei heard of his coming He lodged that day betwene Tillingam LondgingueÌ„ There is a brydge vpon Danubia and a stronge holde reasonablye fortyfyed There wer three banners and that whiche went out of TillingaÌ„ They were syted by the duke of Aluoy for to yelde They aunswered stoutelye that they woulde not for they trusted to bee rescued the nexte daye by the duke and the Launtgraue But seyng the batterye prouided they tooke an other counsayle and in the nyghte they wente from thence and tooke the waye to Anguste The Burgemaisters submitted themselues wyth one excuse that they had been constrayned by menne of warre and not willingly to do any thing agaiÌ„st his maiestye ¶ At this tyme the Emperour had knowledge that the duke and the Launtgraue were commyng streight toward Lodgingen to this he gaue credit in so muche that the menne of warre whiche had bene there looked for rescue He caused the campe to bee in order and a certayn passage to bee taken where the enemyes must of necessitie fight or turne backe agayne If they woulde fyghte his maiestye hadde the place for aduauntage And yf they woulde turne backe they shoulde loose theyr labour Then for doubte of the one or the other they sette theyr enterpryse asyde But al thinges beyng at this point the towne of Langinguen came to surrender to his maiestye it was knowen of them that not onelye they looked for succoure from the duke of Saxon and the Launtgraue but moreouer that Exertell hadde beene there that nyghte and that he hadde fetched awaye the fowre banners to Auguste Shortelye after Longinguen came into a towne called Gunelâ—inguen standyng vpon the ryuer Prence The Emperor commanded John Babtista Sabello with the Popes horsemenne and Aldadano Aguilera to pursue Exertell and these foure banners with their two companions and Nicholas Seco with his Italians which by great diligence dyd ouertake Exertell where they hadde a greate skirmishe wherein was taken manye souldiers with three peces of ordinaunce whiche they carryed froÌ„ Longinguen to Anguste With this John Babtista Sabello turned to the Emperour y e which IhoÌ„ the same daye lefte in Longinguen two baÌ„ners the Emperour lodged with al his campe WheÌ„ he had passed the riuer of Prence in a village standing therupon called Sulten three leagues from Vlme for hys maiestie woulde goe to Vlme intending to take the townes staÌ„ding vpon Danubia for he beeing there afore the enemies yf they woulde come to rescue the battayle myght bee to his aduauntage The whiche he was sure they woulde procure to doe except they would lose it So he coÌ„cluded the next day to part froÌ„ thence But when the Campe was risyng certayne lyght horsemenne whiche his maiestye hadde sente the daye before certyfyed that the enemyes were in gate And then it was necessarye to knowe whereupon they woulde determyne before that his maiestye shoulde dyslodge hys campe He sente foorth other to see what waye they woulde take They hadde gone that daye a long iourney Our horsemen had not discouered them for being strauÌ„gers in the countrey it was longe before that they coulde fynde the right wai Some Almains brought newes but they agreed not all in one vntyll the enemyes wer so nere that our scoutes hard their druÌ„mes and one part of their menne appeared ¶ At this time the enemies were come so nere that the duke of Aluoy being abrode he hard their druÌ„mes and dyd see some of theyr folkes He certified his maiestye whiche wente vpon a mountayne where he might see the vawarde of the enemyes with greate strength of horsemen and the footemen nere vnto a wood side with certain held peces wherewith the Launtgraue professeth himself to be a great doer
The nexte day after the coÌ„ming of the Emperoure the kyng came to thys cytye where they abode the passion weeke and Easter holy daies and after he remoued when he had sent y e Duke of Aluoy before with the footemeÌ„ part of the horsmen the whiche sent iiij baners of footemen iij. bandes of light horsmen with Don Antony de Tollido to a towne where there was .ij. baners of the duke of Saxons but after they had skirmyshed a lytle they yelded vp theyr baners and armour ¶ All the countrey of Saxony borderyng vppon Egner is full of mouÌ„taines woods marishes but after wee came to a towne called Plao .vij. leagues froÌ„ Egner there the countrey begynneth to be more open playne there be faire fieldes and meddowes with many castels and townes This prouince was so set in armes furnyshed wyth the dukes soldiers that there was no place free without his baners euer coÌ„quering and geatting of grouÌ„de At thys time the Emperour with al diligence made ready towarde the enemies for his desyre was to finde them in the fielde with al their power because thei should not take these iiij strong holdes which be VierteÌ„berge Got Sonobalde Eldram the which he had taken a litle before from the Earle of Manfelte for eueriche one of these was of streÌ„gth sufficieÌ„t for to prolong the warres many yeres wherefore the Emperour with al diligence did take the wai to Messene a town of the duke Morres taken by the duke of Saron and therein dydde lye wyth his campe for that was a place apte for whatsoeuer he woulde apoint to be done for there were bridges vppon the ryuer of Albys and nere vnto Boeme from whence he looked for to haue great ayde of horsemen and footemenne and lykewise for to goe to Viertemberge if neede shoulde requyre So beyng in thys place and the Emperor folowing y e way diuers townes there about came in for to yelde and also the companyes whiche the duke of Saron had lodged abrode in these partes were in chase for in one day y e prince of Salmona put to flight three baners an other day lykewyse was done by a captaine of the hackebutters Hyspaniardes called Aldana and certaine Hungarianes wyth hym At an other tyme one captaine called George Eâ—peche with .vij. banners of Dutchemenne and certain horsmeÌ„ did geue an ouerthrowe to .viij. baners which the duke hadde lefte in a place called Exemburge they were al broughte to the Emperour so that our campe was euer doyng thinges worthy to be wrytien more at large ¶ In this time the Emperor aproched Messene wyth hys campe and beyng at hys lodgyng there came newes that Thumserne was but one league and a halfe from thence wherewith Duke Morres the king of Romaines wer much altered so that they beleued it as if thei had sene the enemies with their eyes Moreouer they thoughte it good to prouyde more then it was nedefull for our folkes being come wearye and in great heate and the newes being vncertaine it was but to geue a greater trauayle to oure campe But the Emperour whych could prouide for al thinges necessarie sent .ij. C. Hungarians for to discouer the fieldes and so dyd let rest the campe which to my iudgement was better then to haue trauayled men with an enterprice so much vncertaine The Scoutes came to the place where y e enemies should haue bene they could not finde them nor yet haue any newes that horse or soldier had bene seene there that daye but one which had bene taken wyth a Spaniard in the morning of whoÌ„ it was knoweÌ„ that the duke of Saxon was in Messene vpon the other syde of the ryuer of Albeis where he fortified his lodgyng The Emperour abode there two daies for to refreshe hys footemen for they hadde gone .x. daies with great laboure trauayle Then he determyned to marche towarde Messene there to make brydges of barckes for the duke had burnt those of the towne but he woulde procure to fight on y e other syde of the ryuer but he hadde newes that y e duke was vp gone from thence that he had taken the way toward Viertemberge ¶ I haue many tymes sene the Emperours setting forth take good efferte but I did neuer se any come so to passe as this for from the tyme that he remoued from hys lodgyng vntil he had made an end of y e iourney there was nothing left vndone y t he had apointed nor yet succeded otherwaies theÌ„ he had determined He nowe coÌ„sidering that y e goyng to Messene with his campe which did stande vp aboue vpon the riuer he should lose so much tune y t the duke of Saxon whiche was on the other side of the riuer might be at Vierâ—eÌ„burge which stode below benethe vpoÌ„ the ryuer therfore he soughte for to haue a forde to be in his way and before his enemye He was enfourmed by one of the country thâ—â— iii. leages froÌ„ theÌ„ce beneth vpon the riuer there were .ii. fordes but they wer like to be kept defended with the enemies vpon the other parte ¶ At this tyme there came certaine hackbutters horsineÌ„ Hispaniardes with captaine Aldana which had bene sent abrod to discouer the enemies of thys captaine it was knoweÌ„ that the night past they had lodged in Milburge on the other side of the riuer .iii. leagues froÌ„ oure campe there as they sayde was a ford but their horses had passed swiming The emperour ê‘ceiuing that it was not time for to delay the iourney he seÌ„t for the duke of Aluoy and coÌ„mauÌ„ded to prouide for euery thiÌ„g â—oÌ„uemeÌ„t for he was determined for to passe the ryuer by ford or bridge to fight with y e enemies vpoÌ„ this determinacioÌ„ ê“uided for al thinges conâ—iâ—mable thereunto the which to manisemed to be a thig impossible The enemies being on y e other part of the riuer the waye long and many thinges lacking it semed to be a greatlet But the Emperour wolde in any wyse that his determinacion should take effecte commaunded the artilerye and the barkes of the bridge to be speedelye set foorth that day and the footemeÌ„ Hispaniardes at midnight and shortelye after the regimeÌ„tes of Almaines and all the horsemen in the order accustomed but in the morning there fell a very thicke mist so that there was neuer a part of the army did see how other did go and of this the Emperour coÌ„plained said these mystes do euer folow vs when we be nere vnto our enemies but wheÌ„ we came nere vn to the riuer the mist begaÌ„ to breake vp so that we might see the Albeys and our enemyes lodged vpon the other side This is the Albies so many tymes named by the Romaines and so seldome sene of them ¶ The duke of Saxon lodged on the other parte of y e ryuer in this towne of Milbroke wyth .vi. M. footemeÌ„ olde soldiers about .iii. M. horsmen
the kyng He commaunded the horsemen Hungarians the whiche with the Emperours horsemeÌ„ now began to passe before the enemyes wente out of the towne aforesayde They hadde made a litle skirmish but oure hackebutters entred into the water and defended so lyuelye with shootyng of â—o thicke that our horsemenne were as safe vpon the other syde as vpon oure part But when the enemyes beganne to breake there was no more hope to kepe them foorth then they made towarde a town called Troga and if they myghte not take this aduauntage â—hen for to goe to Viertemberge or elles to fighte by the waye iâ— they might not haue tyme to dooe one of these two thinges ¶ The Emperour did take an order and commaunded the Duke of Aluoy that the Hungarians and the Prynce of Salmona with hys lyghte horses shoulde take euerye eche one a hackebutter behinde him and to passe ouer with the menne of armes of Naples taking with hym duke Morris for these were the horsemen of the vawarde Then the Emperoure and the kyng of Romayns with theyr Esquadrons came to the riuer The Emperour rode vpon a darke dun Spanishe horse presented by monsure de Ry knyght of the order and his first chamberlayne he rode in white armour gilt hauing no other apparell but a brode bende of Taffata Crimsen and a dutche murrione a Demilance like a iauelyng in his hand He rode as thei wryte of Julius Ceasar when he passed the Ribicon speakyng these notable wordes and without any doubte it was a proper comparison to vs beyng there to haue the representacioÌ„ of the sight of Ceasar passyng a ryuer armed and with an oste armed and on the other part not for to treat but of victorie for the passage of the riuer was onely with this hope and determinacion so that with the one and the other the Emperor did take the water folowing the milner who was our guide He did take y e waye more vpon the ryght hande aboue in the streame then the horsemen whiche were past before the grouÌ„de was harde but the depe was aboue the knees of the moste of the horsemenne and in some places they did swyme a lytle stretche In this sort we passed the riuer the forde extendyng thre hundred paces ¶ The Emperour commaunded for to be geueÌ„ to the guyde two horses and one hundred crownes nowe the bridge was made with our barkes those whiche we had gotten of our enemies and the Hispaniardes began to passe and aâ—ter the Almains according to the order that the Emperour had taken and nowe the Hungarians sette downe the hackebutters whiche they hadde sette ouer the riuer and rode before to skirmish to intertain y e enemies which made great hast without leauing of any souldier in Milbrucke as it was thought at y e first he would haue done this was one of the respectes for the passage of y e hackbutters with the lighte horsemen But with their caÌ„pe thei dyd geat euer y e aduauntage of the ground parting their fotemen in two esquadrons y e one greater then the other ir staÌ„derds of horsemen deuided in suche sort that when our lighte horsemen should ouertake them they mighte turne and geue them the charge so that their fotemeÌ„ in the meane time might marche forewarde ¶ The Emperour with a hygh trot as men of armes might suffer folowed the way after his enemies in the which way he founde a crucifix standing as â—â— is commoÌ„ly vsed it was shot with a hackbut iÌ„ y e midst of the breste This was of the Emperoure so abhorde that he coulde not dissemble his Ire seyng so vyle a de de he looked vp toward the heauen and sayde O Lorde if it bee thy wyll thou arte of power to be reuenged These wordes spoken he rode out through the plain opeÌ„â—ield But the dust that came froÌ„ the vawarde was verye great and the eyre did driue it in our eyes The Emperour rode vpon the right haÌ„d and this was for two causes One was for to haue syght at libertie the other to prouide for such perylles as we haue seen in our tyme folowe when Esquadrons goe not in order as it is sene by experience y e vawarde broken the battaile lost wheÌ„ it is not set in order as it ought to be ¶ Therefore the Emperor prouided agaynst suche inconuenyences settyng the kyng apart with his Esquadrons so that if our vaward shoulde haue been in peryll he was at hande for to succour settyng vpoÌ„ our enemyes who went so strongly y t it was necessary so for to prouide ¶ Now the duke of Aluoy with his menne in the vawarde skirmished so nere that they made a stond and began to shote of al their artilerye wherewith the Almayns be very great doers The Emperour hasted to bee egall with the vawarde oure footemen had but .vi. peces of artillery being farre behynd out of our sight it was no meruayle for y e bridges could not be soshortly made This was then thre dutche leagues from the Albes and the Emperour made great spede with the horsmen because he woulde vndertake to defeate his enemies for if we shoulde haue taryed for the rest of our fotemenne they should haue had time place to atchieued their enterpryse Therefore here it maye be clearelye seen what maye bee done in greate thynges when counsayles be determined ¶ The horsmen in our vaward wer these iiii C. light horses with y e prince of Salmona with doÌ„ Antony de Toledo .iiii. C and. L. HuÌ„garians He had seÌ„t .iii. C. out of our campe this morning to viewe Troga a. C. horsmeÌ„ hackbutters Hispamardes .vi. C. speres with Duke Morts two C. hackbutters horsmen two C. and .xx. men of armes out of Naples with the duke of Castor here you may see our battayle whiche went in two Esquadrons The Emperoure might bee .iiii. C. speres .iii. C. hackbutters dutchmenne horsed the kyng was .vi. C. speres and iii. C. hackbutters horsmenne These were al our horsmeÌ„ and I ensure you I make the number no lesse then it was our Esquadrons ordered indifferently from the Dutchemenne for they made the front of the Esquadrons of their horsemenne sharpe The Emperor made his of seuentene in a ranke and so the fronte was brode and they shewed a greate noumber and represented a fayre sight And to my iudgemente this is the best order and the moste sure when the dysposicion of the grounde maye suffer it for why the front of one Esquadron of horsemenne beyng large there is not so muche rowme to bee coumpassed by the Flancke whiche maye bee done when the Esquadron is poynted and streyghte and seuentene in rancke and seuentene in fylar suffice for y e shocke This hath bene seen by experience at the battayle that the menne of armes of Flaunders did geat of the menne of armes of Cleues at y e towne of Sitrade in the yere a. M. D .xliii. ¶ The enemyes went in
order as I haue sayde beyng .vi. M. fotemenne in two Esquadrons and .ix. standerdes of horsmen of two M. and .vi. C. horses and a Gueten accoumpanied with .viii. or .ix. C. horses This was the duke of Saxon whiche wente prouidyng emongest his Esquadrons which at the firste had discouered but our vawarde for the dust dyd kepe the syght from the battayle wherefore he thought that he myght well resyst those horse men But a marshal of his campe called Wolf Kraytes who ê‘ceiued vs better called hym a parte and shewed him the battayle discouered where the Emperour and the kyng came together In this Esquadron with his maiestye wente the prince of Piemont the kinges two soÌ„nes who led his Esquadron ⧠When the duke of SaroÌ„ had sene al our horsmen and that he had clearly ê‘ceiued in our order going al our determinacion he tourned again emoÌ„gst the Esquadrons determiniÌ„g with all spede possible to take a wood which did stand in his way thinking to bee there with his fotemeÌ„ so stroÌ„gly y t in y e night he myght go to Viertemberge for y e was hys purpose for at Troga he thought he coulde not bee surely for as he hath said sence he had heard shotyng of guÌ„nes iÌ„ y e morniÌ„g which eueÌ„ iÌ„ dede did shote at y e skoutes which wer seÌ„t by y e Emperor but he had thoughte we had been but the one halfe sent to folowe hym with the Duke of Aluoy that the other had been gone with the Emperor to Troga Therfore he woulde not take the waye to Troga for there was none of hys counsayle that woulde aduise hym thereto so that at the ende he coÌ„cluded to take the wood in the way towarde Viertemberge and yf that he must nedes fight yet y t it myght be to his aduauntage and for to folowe one of these two effectes he thought for to geat the wood which is full of marrishes and streyghte waies he sente his hackbutters and light horsmeÌ„ to geue the charge vpoÌ„ our light horsemen so that his footemenne might take the place in the wood that he had appoynted ⧠Now at this tyme as it is said the Emperor had made mete with the vawarde he spake chearefullye to duke Morris and to the men of armes of Naples the woordes beseming a captayne in suche a day as this and to the souldiers geuing theÌ„ the name that was Sainct George imperial Sainct James Spayn so going towarde y e enemyes a pace that was conuenient These esquadrons going thus egally the battell fell into a marrish vpon the ryghte hande wherein dyd fall many horses wherfore it was nedefull for to drawe in the battayle so that the vawarde might passe without intermedling one esquadron with an other to bee both out of order for this cause it came to passe y t goiÌ„g by it passed y e vaward before the time y t the enemies woulde geue y e charge as I haue sayd the which they gaue vpon our light horsemenne in good order ⧠At this tyme the duke of Aluoy perceyuing good occasion sente vnto the Emperor y t he would geue y e charge and so he dyd at a wynge with his men of armes of Naples the duke Morris with his hackebutters vpon the other parte incontinent their menne of armes oure battayle which now went turnyng to geat the right hand did mete thei moued againste the enemies with such vehemency that sodainly they began to turne our horsemen brake in with such violence that they had no place but for to flie and began to forsake their fotemeÌ„ y e whiche at the first made a litle resistaÌ„ce thinking for to take the wood but now al our horsemen wer so farre forwarde amongst theyr horsemeÌ„ and fotemen that in one momente they were all brokeÌ„ and scattered in sunder The Hungarians with the lighte horses dyd take a syde and with a merueilous quicke spede they began to execute the victorie vnto the whiche these Hungarians haue a meruaylous great industrye They sette vpon crying Spayne Spayne For of a truth the name of the Empire of an olde hate is not to them agreable ¶ In this sorte thei did take the wood in y e which there was so many weapoÌ„s so much harnes scattred y t it was a greate trouble to theÌ„ that executed the victorie The dead and hurt wer many some at the encounter other with great cuttes some with hackbuttes of diuers sortes there were so manye prisoners that manye of our menne had .x. or .xii. runnyng aboute them manye dyd lye dead other dyd lye wallowyng in their bloud There ye might haue seen howe thei offred their fortune to theyr takers Some wer slayne some were taken euerye manne as he woulde the dead menne dyd lye in manye places on heapes and other in partes as they were taken flying or fightyng The Emperour folowed the chase one myle al the light horsemenne and parte of the Dutchemenne and men of armes of the kinges folowed thre leagues ¶ Nowe we beyng in the midst of the wood the Emperoure beyng there stayde and commaunded the menne of armes to requoyle for all wente so dispersed and out of order that the winners and loosers were ruffled together wherfore he would make sure the victorie if anye inconuenience should succede to them that wente before for it is a thing to bee noted that a captayn do thinke so that he dooe not saye afterwarde if I hadde thought as many haue sayd but this is a foule woorde of a captayne ¶ The Emperour and the king came together which verely shewed the courage of a kyng The Duke of Aluoy came from the chase in whyte armoure gylte and a bende of redde vpon a baye horse withoute anye other garnishyng but of the bloude of the wounde that he brought The Emperour receyued him ioyfully not without cause there being it was sayde vnto the Emperour that the duke of Saxon was taken and his prisoner pretendyng to be the principals two men of armes Hispaniardes of them of Naples and thre or foure light horsmen Hispaniardes and Italyans one Hungarian a captain Hispaniarde The Emperour commaunded to bring hiÌ„ so he was brought before him He came vpoÌ„ a griseld horse in a great shirt of mayle and therupon a payre of blacke curates beyng bloudye of a wounde that he had in his left syde The duke of Aluoy came vpon his ryght haÌ„d and presented hym vnto his maiestye The duke of Saxon would alyghte one foote takyng of hys gloue for to haue touched the Emperour by the hande after the maner of Almayne but the Emperor would neither the one nor the other And for to say the truth he was sore trauayled through the heate and with the wounde that he came so weary and heauye that he thoughte that the Emperour had had a more respecte to this then he hadde deserued Then he beyng bareheaded sayde vnto the Emperour accordyng to the custome of Almayn Moste
mightye and most gracious Emperoure I am youre prisoner To this the Emperoure answered Now ye call me Emperoure thys is an o her name then ye haue geueÌ„ me in tymes past And this he sayd for when the duke of Saxon and Launtgraue did leade the campe of the league they dyd wryte hym in theyr letters but Charles of Gaunt therfore our Almayns wheÌ„ they heare of this they saye lette Charles of Gaunte alone for he wyll shewe hymselfe to bee an Emperour Therefore the Emperoure aunswered hym so And after he said that his deseruing had brought hym to this To these woordes the Duke of Saxon made no aunswer but hurcled vp his shoulders and hanged down his head with a couÌ„tenaunce like woorthye to bee blamed As a barbarous braggyng proude manne as he hath been Yet the Duke spake agayne beseching hym that he myghte bee entreated as his prisoner To whome the Emperoure aunswered that he shoulde bee entreated as he had deserued And commaunded the Duke of Aluoy to leade hym strongelye to the lodgyng vpon the ryuer whyche was gotten the same daye at the takyng of the forde The ioye of this victorye was generall for the wealth that is come thereby is euerye daye knowne more and more The Duke Morres that daye goyng in chace one of the enemyes hadde charged a hackebutte behynde hym readye to fyre but he was cuâ—te in peces and his horse with them whiche were there about the Duke ¶ There was slayne of the footemenne of the enemyes two thousande and manye hurte and beeyng lefte there dyuerse wente awaye and saued themselues in the nyght folowyng The next daye were taken .viii. C. footemenne and of horsemen were slayn v. C. and a great noumber takeÌ„ but emongest our Almayns the nacion being al one there were many coÌ„uaid but those which came to knowledge were so many that the Hungarians light horsmenne and other menne of armes had taken there came not to Viertemburge of fotemen and horsemen fowre hundred There wer takeÌ„ .xv. peces of artilerye two long Coluerins and .iiii. demye Coluerins .iiii. demye Cannons .v. Fawcenettes great pleÌ„tie of municion The next day was taken other .vi. peces there was taken all their carriage where oure horsemen did find great aboundaÌ„ce of good stuffe money Also there were taken .xvii. banners of fotemeÌ„ and .ix. standerdes of horsemen and the Geaton of the Duke of Saxon was taken the Duke Hernest of Branzwique was taken â–ª He in the warre paste whiche had the settyng foorth and leadyng of al the skirmishes the eldest sonne of the duke of Saxon was hurte in the hand and he kylled hym that hurte hym and after he fledde to Viertemberge manye of the principalles were taken that daie of ours there dyed â—l horsemenne and other whiche died afterward of theyr woundes This battayle was the fowre and twenty daye of Aprill M. O xlvii vpon Saincte Markes euen twelue dayes after that the Emperoure parted from Egner it beganne vpon the riuer of Albeis aboute .xi. of the clocke and was ended at seuen of the clocke at after noone from the geattyng of the forde he was folowed as it is sayde euer fyghtyng vntyll he was taken His footemenne and horsemenne broken with suche courage and good industrye that it may bee sayde by hym ille sapit solus voliâ—ant alu velut vmbrae ⧠This greate victorye the Emperoure dyd attrybute vnto God as a thyng geuen by his hand and therefore he sayde these three woordes of Ceasar chaunging the thyrde as a moste Christen prince oughte for to doe knoweledging the goodnesse of God Veni vidi vici ¶ The moderacion of the Emperoure appeared vnto all menne in the vsyng of the duke of Saxon one other Conquerour might haue been that yf he hadde so offended coulde not haue tempered his Ire as the Emperoure dyd whiche is a greatter difficultie sometyme then to vanquishe the enemie Now being late the Emperour returned vnto his lodgyng at a leuen of the clocke in the nyght The nexte daye artillery municions harnes weapons with y e sixe peces wer brought together and the light horsemenne Hungarians brought in yet a great noumber of prisoners for three leagues beefore the chase they hadde folowed the victorie The Duke of Saxon was deliuered by the Duke of Aluoy to Alonso Biuas maister of the campe of the Hispaniardes of the kingdome of Naples and also with hym duke Harnest of BraÌ„zwique which was taken by a Duchemanne borne vnder the king of Romaynes and seruaunt to duke Morres ⧠In this place the Emperor abode ii dayes At this tyme Troga did surrender and the Emperor with al his armye intended to goe against UierteÌ„berge the head of the estate of the Duke of Saxon principall towne of those of the eleccion and so he kepte it moste importunate and fortifyed it continually for the space of xxv yeres past with a great number of artilerye The waye lyeth by Troga where standeth a Castell one of the moste fayrest that is in Almayn In the which place duke IhoÌ„ did take most ordinarilye his solace and pastyme and there it was knowen by the prisoners that thei looked for Thumserne with his meÌ„ y t he had brought oute of Boeme wyth .xx. banners which they of that kingdome had seÌ„t him and a nomber of horsmen with them but the quicke spede of y e Emperor hath cut away al their leages succour and aides from him ¶ The Emperor passed y e riuer of Aâ—bes benethe halfe one league from Uiertemburge by a brydge made of hys barkes and of those whyche he had taken from the enemies I thinke it is a thing worthye to be had in remembrance this that hath bene sene and knowen of thys riuer At that time that y e Emperor paâ—ed by forthe althoughe it was depe yet the day after it coulde not be passed in ani pâ—aâ—e without swimming Here it semeth that God maketh thinges light to them which go in his seruice Other two thinges I wyl write because I haue seene theÌ„ One is y t in the passage of the footemen of Spaine an Eagle came soryng ouer them a greate space In the meane time a Wolfe came running out of the wood and was kylled with the soldiers in the myddest of the playne fyeldes thys was a thing ê‘mitted of God or by chauÌ„ce so that it was a great maruell to theÌ„ that did beholde it ¶ Thys daye it was a greate heate the Sunne apeared in colour of bloud vnto vs that did beholde it verelye it was not so lowe and as it was thought it shoulde haue bene at y t houre It was a notable syghte and in the opinion of all men to be true so that I dare not saye the contrary it was noted that same daye in Newremberge and in Fraunce as the kyng dothe saye and in Pymount it was seene in the same colour These thinges were so mu he noted spoken that I haue thought good to write The Emperour
Lutherans and of the league with August This first enterpryse was because they thought it conuenient to haue this passage beig next vnto theÌ„ so they sent thyther .v. M fotemen and one M. horsemeÌ„ with Sebastian Exertel which had been in times past haulberder to the Emperour Syth a tauerner in Rome after in the warres of Sandersay he was made a prouoste marshall where he became riche and in great estymacion in the citye of August Wherfore they chose hym to be theyr general in this enterprice so coÌ„tynued al the warres after So with these campe they came to Fiessen whych was taken by Exartel with out any contradiccioÌ„ theÌ„ to Eluse where he entred without shutte or stroke there wer a litle from thence foure or .v. M. Almains for the rest wer at Rattisbone about his magestye They shewed themself wylling to fyght but theyr captaines would not suffer it seyng the other to haue so great aduauntage Then these our Almayns came by hys magestyes commaundement to Rattysbone and like so dyd George of RaÌ„spurg wyth his bend lying nere vnto the city of Vlme At thys tyme the enemyes whych had taken the Eluse went streyghte to Insburg intending for to take it which was a enterprise of great importunitye yf they shoulde haue so done then they myght shortly haue gotten the reste for being their they might haue byn lordes of .ii. wayes of the whiche I haue spoken lienge 〈◊〉 Tyrol into Bauer and more 〈◊〉 the waye whiche lieth to come out of Italy and TreÌ„t to Insburg so that they might haue shut vp and maystered the way so that no men Money nor Victuales might haue come to the emperour But they of Insburg ê“uided so wel y t thei wold not suffre them to come nere theyr towne for in .vi. or .vii. dayes they were .x. or .xii. M. men Castelal the inge their Captayne Now the enemies began to dispayre in this enterprice and turned backe agayne leauinge Cluse and Fiessen prouided Thys Castelalt is one of the eldest Captaynes in Almanye belongynge to the Kinge of Romayns whoe after in thys warre recouered the Cluse At this time the men which were sent by the Pope out of Italy be coÌ„ming and likewyse the Hyspanyardes of Lumberdy and they of Naples had shipped in Pule and were landed in the lande of the Kyng of Romayns nere vnto the VenisseÌ„s in a towne called Fume in Damacia and from thence to Corinthia to Estria for to come to Salebrug so to Bauer The enemies returned to August after they had prouided the passage of Ratisbone with .ii. C. Hackebutters This enterprice was to them very Importunate but more iÌ„portunat it might haue been if y t when they parted froÌ„ August thei had gone to RattisboÌ„e for then they should haue found the Emperour so dispurueyde that hys remedy had beeÌ„ to haue gone down by the ryuer of Danubia out of Almany for as yet were not come the bendes vnder the conducte of Madrucho of George But the Hispanyardes of Hungarye came to the Emperour alone and his number whych is worth much in Germany Thys was our army ordynaunce we had none but we taryed for that whych should come from Viene so that al thynges wer vnprouyded so that yf the enemyes had come they should haue obtayned theyr purpose without any withstondyng Thys was theyr fyrst errour At thys tyme the Duke of SaxoÌ„ and Launtgraue wrote a letter to his magestye The summe whereof was that they dyd vnderstand that he would chastice certayn rebels accordyng to theyr desertes and that they wer much desyrous to knowe because thei would be ready to serue his Magestye And yf he founde himself greued in any thing against any of them they would be ready at his commaundement to make satisfaccion according to reason To thys letter his magesty made no aunswere for not aunsweringe therto was his aunswere For wheÌ„ they wrote this letter a great parte of their Campe was on foote and had sente to the Cities and Lordes of the League to sende their numbre according to their pomises And Sebastiane Exartel was now goÌ„e from Auguste to Insburg from thence to Tonauert as the names do sygnifie for to defende Danubia for the defence of y e Duke of SaxoÌ„ and Launtgraue beinge in Tonauert with great prouisioÌ„ for August for there was the Lordship of the water of Lico whiche is a passage through August and deuideth Bauer and Sueuerland Danubia is a passage for all maner of vituales from Vlme and VierteÌ„burge so y t the scituacion is sufficient to lodge an army for all thynges necessarye Shortlye after Exartell with hys Campe ioyned wyth the Duke of Saxone and the Launtgraue so y t they al together made a mighty army gathered of the Cities lordes of y e league betwene .iii. iiiiÌ„ score M. footmeÌ„ ix or .x. M. horsemeÌ„ a hundred peces of Artilerie mouÌ„ted At this tyme hys maiesty was in Rattisbone but wyth such a number as I haue spoken of before nether Artilery but .x. peeces which he had borowed of the Cities there about for his ordinauÌ„ce was not yet come froÌ„ Viene The newes that he had from hys men was that ExaÌ„burg had hys Coronell in a redynes at Mount Naegra which with great difficulty must passe the Countrey belongynge to Vlme an enemye a stronge and a myghty Citie and throughe Vierteuiburg the strongest Prince of the League therefore must be fetched a great coÌ„passe by the Lake of Constance and by Cyroll a playne way and more out of perill then the other Also we had newes that the Hyspanyardes of Naples were shipped and the Hispanyardes of LuÌ„berdi were coÌ„miÌ„g and the Prince of Salmona Captayne of the light horsmen with .vi. â— horses and the artileri was coming in Barkes by the Riuer from VieÌ„ but the enemies being so nere it required a longe time in the whyche the Duke of Saxone LauÌ„tgraue might haue come to Ratisbone and haue founde themperour ther wyth x. or .xii. M. meÌ„ with litel ordenauÌ„ce lesse victualles nor yet the towne so stronge for to defende thoughe it had byn yet it was not meite for themperour to be set about hauyng no other rescue theÌ„ he had their So that to my iudgement if the Duke of Saxone the Launtgraue had come at that time they had driuen y e emperour out of Rattisbone and yf they had so done he had ben driuen out of Germanye and their coming had byn lyght for they had lefte nothynge at their backes to desturbe them but one bande of footmen lyinge in Rayne A towne of the duke of Bauer a league from Tonauert and .ii. baners of footmen in Ingulstat which done Peter Gushmane a Knight of themperours house as for the people of Vauer there was no trust in them so that they left an enterprice to doe as I and other thought well left Thys was theyr seconde errours that they came not together to
so nere together coulde not deserne one another The enemyes by the helpe of the mist which for a truth maye be called helpe they folowed the way to Norling They passed ij passages before they could be discouered wyth our horsmenne so that by â—ij of the clocke in the daye they had passed these two streygtes and daungerous ryuer and gotten the mountayne going toward NorliÌ„g They had a great time for they weÌ„t al the night and after in the day in the myst so close that it serued them as well as the nyghte They marched so dyligently and wyth suche speede that it woulde neuer haue bene thoughte that the Almaynes whych seme to beslouthful heauy would haue made suche speede but we haue sene the experience in thys warre that they can warlyke rayse theyr caÌ„pe in good order their cariage together with their artileri in place coÌ„uenieÌ„t at al times wheÌ„ nede shal require And seing that I haue said so much I wil say more of that we haue experience of thys nacion This it is they can rayse their caÌ„pe as I haue sayde and chonse sure strong lodging haing a respect to al coÌ„modities that may be for a caÌ„pe yet ther is an other thiÌ„g that I note muche in them that in their skirmyshing they come out stronglye retier warrely beginning with theyr lyght horses which they cal blacke taking the name of theyr blacke harnes which they beare with sieues of mayle shorte dagges of ij palmes of length and iauelyns with which they are very handsome And as for theyr footemen they keepe good order caÌ„ take great aduaÌ„tage wyth artilerie They can breake victuals from theyr enemyes set emboyses and other lyke feates of warre to good purpose Thys was the dylygence of our enemies by the help of the night after of the mist Nowe his maiesty had seene our campe in order and when it was cleare day the duke of Aluoy came and certyfied hym that he thought they wold geue battaile for he had sene them in order ready for that purpose To the which his maiesty aunswered In the name of god For yf the enemyes would fight so would he These wer his woordes in suÌ„me sitting on horsebacke for because of y e goute he might not stand on foote He did take his curates braselets and moued the campe in this ordre ¶ The duke dyd leade the vaward with hym y e Erle of Bure with al his horsemen and foremen In this vaward went al the fotemeÌ„ of Spayne and shortly after wente his maiestie the horsemen of hys house and court and the bendes of Flaunders which went with theyr standerdes There went the prince of Pyemont to whom his maiestye had geuen charge in those warres with y e esquadron of his house and the court There went also Maximilian the prince of HuÌ„garye with al his horsemeÌ„ The marques IhoÌ„ of Brandemburge with his The fotemeÌ„ of the battaile wer the regiment of Madrucho and the Italyans the rerewarde was conducted by the great maister of Prence and the marques Albert the regimente of George of Ranspruge The vaward did leade sixtene or seuentene thousaÌ„d fotemeÌ„ in thre esquadroÌ„s thre thousaÌ„d horses The rereward might be .viii. thousand fotemen ii M. horsemen in one esquadron The horsemen of these three partes wer deuided coÌ„firmably for y e necessitie setting y e black harnes in place conueniente the menne of armes with their launces in their places The rereward the battayle went as it wer egal for why his maiesty would honor the captaynes whiche wer willing in such a day to mete y e enmies in froÌ„t not to be left behiÌ„d ¶ It is to be vnderstande y t before the breaking vp of the myste the Prince of Salmona hadde begonne a skirmish with the enemies at the commyng of the Emperour It was so hote that his maiesty seÌ„t the Earle of Bure with his horsemenne to bee nere vnto the riuer whatsoeuer might chauÌ„ce Al thiÌ„ges being in these termes now y e battail of his matesty had made egal with y e vawarde coÌ„ming to y e shore And ther he toke y e duke of Aluoy other captains weÌ„t vpoÌ„ a mouÌ„taiÌ„ where he might se what y e enemies did In some thiÌ„ges ther it did appere y t thei would accept y e battel come down into the plain lying betwene y t hils the riuer To y e whiche they were muche procured on our part with a new skirmish of back butters y t wer sent ouer the water But they kepte the mouÌ„taines going toward Norling and now their vaward had takeÌ„ their lodging His maiesty made the campe to stay but now the Erle of Bure had proued the passages with certaine horsemen but it was streyte trauelous to be done late and farre of the day But this day it had beeÌ„ foughteÌ„ without any dout if the miste had not couered the enemies so long time vntyll they had passed the streightes passages aforesayd feding vs with skirmishes to their aduauntage for our horses could not passe the ryuer in any order our fotemen wadiÌ„g through the water should haue foughteÌ„ with great trauaile but they tooke an other counsel for they dyd take a lodging easy to be kept with lesse power then they hadde but nowe as I haue sayd it was late and tyme to turne vnto our campe and the enemyes in the mountaynes dyd the same This night they loste manye souldiers cartes which our horsemen did take ¶ The other day his maiestye thought best to rayse his campe and to goe nere vnto the enemies and so in the self and same order as the day before he went ouer against them toke a place for his lodgiÌ„g one mile and an half froÌ„ theyr campe where the same day was foughten a skyrmish of horsmen In the which the marques John of Brandenburge with .xxx. of his horsmeÌ„ did fyght agaiÌ„st one of y e dukes of BruÌ„zwique which came with y e campe of y e enemies he was hurt after died of his wouÌ„des at Norling other notable meÌ„ of theirs which wer hurt slain y t day some of ours likewise ¶ His maiesty beiÌ„g there lodged certain daies sekiÌ„g by al meanes to haue theÌ„ in chase but thei wer so setled to their purpose for vitailes that he did know it was necessary for to moue the reason of the warre and not to lye caÌ„ping and lesing of time without anye profite agaynste the enemies whiche were so stronglye lodged that for to remoue them it behoued rather to vse pollicye then force ther about he was determined to worke And thought whiche way he might take awaye from theÌ„ Danubia the which was so necessary for both y e campes y t to my iudgement a great parte of the victory did consiste in the geatting thereof for the townes standing therupon be of great importance to be lordes of the bridges for to goe into
beginne agayne for the enemyes were so setteled they coulde not bee remoued ¶ Then the Emperoure began to searche an other entrye but in the meane tyme we hadde continuall skyrmishes with takyng their vytaylles and killing their forragers with larums in the night which is a thyng noyful vnto all nations ¶ At this tyme his maiestye tooke an order that the Prynce of Salmona with his light horses and the Lorde of Brabansone knyghte of the order of the golden Flece Flemmyng with the Erle of Bures horsemenne shoulde goe in a skoute as the enemyes dyd They mette with two great bendes of horsemenne not farre from their campe where was ouerthrowen slayne and taken a greate parte of them a standerd and the standerd bearer was taken There was a chaunce whiche I haue thoughte good to bee wrytten It is so that the same horsemanne that dyd take the standerde was belongyng to mounsure de Bure whiche the same daye in twelue monthes had kylled a standerd bearer and taken a standerde from one whyche was brother to this same standerd bearer This done the Prynce retourned to the Emperour after that he hadde slayne and taken manye of the enemyes bryngyng a greate noumber of horses cartes whiche turned them to great hynderaunce losse and detriment ¶ At thys time the Emperoure determined to chaunge his lodging for diuers causes one was because of the greate infyrmitye and sickenesse amongest oure souldyers and also it was so full of mudde and mire that oure artillerye was welnere immouable so that we coulde not helpe our selues therwith wherfore it was thought moste conueniente to retourne to Longinguen as to a place moste mete for al thinges necessarie In this lodgig died y e Coronel George oâ— Rausburge which in al the Emperors warres had done good seruice At this same time y e Cardinal Fernese nenew to y e Pope returned to Rome ¶ The Emperour departed froÌ„ this lodging of Sultan with the order accustoined and came to Lau gingam This daye the enemyes made no shew but with one esquadron of .iiii. C. horses There haue bene diuers oppinions that yf the duke and y e LauÌ„tgraue had woulde thei might haue geuen battayle to their aduauauntage for thei had inforced their campe with .xv. M. men of Uiertemburge whiche they call choorles but suche choorles as thei bee they haue of late geuen an ouerthrow to .xxv. M. Suichiners Nowe thei bee in strength and we lacking for the Almayns of the ouerland and of the netherlande bee fallen in sickenes and of the Hispaniardes a great nuÌ„ber There could not be founde .iiii. M. Italyans for the reste were dead and gone vnto their countrey but as I haue saide the enemies made no demonstracioÌ„ for to take any aduauntage of any coÌ„moditie that thei mighte haue for to fight After y e Emperor departed from Sultan and was lodged at Laugingam he had newes from y e kinges brother that he had the victory in Saxony that he y e duke Morris hadde taken the most part of the estate thereof the whiche for to be more spedelye signyfyed vnto our enmyes or for because thet did knowe that we hadde knowledge there was sent a great salutacion of artillery ¶ All the tyme that the Emperoure was lodged in Longynguen he rode daylye aboute the campe as it is his ordinarye custome in all hys warres and into the fieldes for to beholde where the enemies mighte occupye anye place agaynste hym or he againste them Thei hadde been two or three times spying aboute a castell in the keping of the Hispanyardes a myle from oure Campe but euer at suche tymes when they coulde not bee ouertaken When the Emperoure hadde diligentely considered all thynges he soughte for to haue an other lodgyng so that hys dooynges hence foorth might take better effecte He found one for his purpose and after he turned to his campe which was so full of mudde and mire that our men of war were sore trauailed weryed Wherefore there wer diuers opinions but al agreed that hys maiesty should dislodge and to auoyde hys meÌ„ by garysons and so for to make the warre but he was of a contrarie opinion and that was to folow the warres and thys was the best as it hath proued since by experience ¶ Nowe being in our lodging so foule and myrye that our cartes nor yet wagones could coÌ„e in wyth victuals he determined to remoue to y e other which he had afore sene leading the campe in twoo partes the footemeÌ„ and artilery in the one parte and in the other part the horsmen toward the enemyes This day I thinke that the enemyes myghte haue geuin vs battaile for they had the plaine fieldes to come aga ynste our horsmen our footemen artylery farre of I dooe not knowe the cause except they did not know our passage in the which the Emperour was forced to deuide by partes as I haue sayde The waye was of suche sorte that this muste nedes be done ¶ The Emperour being lodged as it is said it was a great pleasure to al the army in so muche that it was called in prayse the Emperours lodging for it was diffarent and dyd excede that whiche we had leâ—t for there was muche wood and water a strong place and for the resorte of victueles commodious A mountayne vppon the fronte agaynste our enemyes muche lyke vnto the woorke of handes wherevpon we layd oure artilerye from whence we myghte shoote into the fyeldes Vpon the ryghte hand we hadde a Marrys and vppon the lefte hande a greate woodde the whyche dydde extende vppon oure backes Wee were so nere vnto the ennemyes that oure warde and theyrs skirmyshed ordinaryly The Emperour commaunded to cutte theyr vyctualles the whyche was done by suche dylygence by the lyghâ— horses and hackbutters that all the waye goyng to Norlyng Tynckespoole and Vlme dydde lye full of deadde menne broken cartes and vyctualles scattered And of oure part there were geuen so many skirmishes in the daye and larums in the night that they could neither eate nor slepe in rest ¶ Nowe our campe being lodged in thys place called the Emperours lodgig our aduaÌ„tage began for to appeare our enemyes to be more slowe in skirmishes for they came not out with such vigour nor so lustely as they had done but our men assayled theyr trenches out of the whyche they came but seldome times Thei shewed only with their artilery what wyls they had to skirmysh for now with their goÌ„nes thei begynne to make a forte and many times prisoners wer taken nere vnto theyr campe they were not only oppressed in thys but they began to be in great penury for lack of bread insomuche that dyuers prysoners coÌ„fessed that they had bene .v. daies wythout it And moreouer that thei were in great feare seeing that they had thought that the Emperor had bene gone afarre of and yet he was returned more nere at hand then he was before and with his campe he
in the geattiÌ„g of the couÌ„trey at theyr backes in takyng of their victuals and setting vpoÌ„ Norling a citye of great reputacion and in keping of the same from Norling he put theÌ„ an other time bi arte for his maiesty did take from them Tonauert and gat al the cities and townes vpoÌ„ Danubia vnto Vlme He did take away from theÌ„ the forward waies to such cities where they might haue any succour or aid being the principals of al the power by the losse whereof all their enterprise did stand at an adueÌ„ture The fourth time was this At Gangone where nowe they haue bene dislodged parforce reason of the warre as it may be euidentlye knowen by thys that I haue written I wil not leaue one thyng vnwrytten although it be but a Soldiers terme it maye come to the purpose to thys that I haue sayde The Almaynes haue a saying that when the Lantgraue doothe manase anye manne he threatneth hym saying I wyll make thee to go a loofe This is the name of a town where he gaue one ouerthrow to one army whereof the makes his great boast The soldiers reken vpoÌ„ this saying the LaÌ„t graue hath threatned vntyll nowe that he woulde make vs go aloofe but for to paye hym withal we haue sent hym nowe froÌ„ Gangone This in theyr tounge hath a propertye of grace in wordes amongest soldiers as Poyses myllitar whyche hathe strength and vertue ¶ Nowe to tourne to the purpose the Emperour returned to his lodging and because he woulde get tyme for the next day he caused the footemen and artilery to be spedely in order and then after a litle collacion he parted froÌ„ thence in a darke snow At two of y e clocke after midnight he came to the lodging where he had left the Duke with the horsemen and hackbutters Hispantards as I haue said The footemeÌ„ came diligently after we dyd see their fyers that they hadde made and they might see ours but leauing their fyers burniÌ„g they weÌ„t on their waies so that when it was mornyng they had passed the ryuer of Preuse taking there a lodging nere vnto a castel belonging to the Duke of Viertemburge ¶ Thys nyght Lewes Onixiâ—â— captaine of Lumbardy weÌ„t for to see the doinges of the enemyes who made relacion that he had sene them and that they were on foote ready to depart thys was referred to the Emperour wheÌ„ it was lyght daye but the snowe which was fallen in the night and then snowyng was two foote depe wherefore our Soldiers were so weary and so dispersed sekyng where for to warme them that it would haue grudged a man for to haue seene them and the horses troubled wyth the euil night being wythoute meate sadeled and brydeled all daye before it was a double trauayle but neyther the tyme nor the inconuenience nor yet the strong lodging of the enemyes myghte suffise but that the Emperour would folow except he should haue other disturbaÌ„ce as not haue vyctualles or not to haue lodgyng nere vnto hys enemyes or for lacke of forradge for oure horses the whych wythout great trauayle then coulde not be had All those partes beyng gotten and destroyed wyth the hoste of oure ennemyes so that thorowe theyr longe beyng there and by the rodes that we had made it was impossible for horses to endure For wee were broughte into the same necessitye whereunto wee hadde broughte our enemyes for they hadde the fruitefull Countrey of Viertemburge vppon theyr backes whyche waye they made theyr muster Wherefore the Emperour beyng inforced of necessitye by famine most terrible of all other in warres and moreouer wyth the harde and sharpe weather the enemyes hauing the forewarde so that it was thoughte inconuenyent to continue the campe but hys Maiestye was determynes for to followe them and seeynge vpon the other part that the wether was so terrible as it begon to be he wold not they should lacke meate drinke or lodging So that night we came late to the lodging with al the caÌ„pe which was necessary to all men for we were sore trauailed but wee refreshed our selues with victuals some rest so that we myght the better labour and folowe our busynes afterwarde ¶ This dislodging of y e Duke and Launtgraue at Gangon was the substancial pointe of the warre for from that time foorth they were vtterly broken dispersed as hereafter foloweth But before that I wryte I thynke best to touche one thing that in al this warre thei haue not offered vs occasions I do not say that we myght fyght wyth anye aduantage nor yet egallye that we myghte so doo sithe this being of a truth as it is offering hath not bene euen in dede but set aparte for battailes be venterous as wee maye geat so may we leese as it is daylye sene If we had lost it is clearly sene what we had lost if we had won it was impossible to be without great losse of bloud in our army a great part therof to be broken the cities in Germanye being whole So although we had had the victorye we should haue bene constrained wyth a brokeÌ„ army to haue resisted a new power and thâ—â— appeareth clearely sithe nowe the enemies be broken the campe of his matestye standyng whole now the cities of Germanye may haue a respect to that thei haue taken in hande so that to my iudgement it had bene a greater honour to the Emperour to deface his enemies hys armye being whole then wyth any losse thereof It is a common prouerbe bloudy victory attribuite to the soldiours vyctory without bloud honour to the Captayne ¶ Nowe to tourne to the order of my wrytyng I say that the Emperoure lodged two dayes in thys lodgyng called the Emperours lodgyng there he hadde knowledge that the enemyes were gone from Laugingam and deuided in twoo partes the one was of the folkes of the cities which did take the way to August to Vlme the other were y e horsmen of the duke of Saxon and the Lantgraue as it apeared thei did take the way toward FraÌ„nckonia and without dout if thei might haue bene lordes of that prouince warres should haue bene new to begyn for they might haue rauÌ„somed many riche townes bishoprickes they might haue leaued a great som of mony with great aboundance of victuals good lodging which be â— thynges sufficient to succour a caÌ„pe going broken traueled The Emperor being aduertised what y e enemies inteÌ„ded to do as he had before suspect he raised his campe marched toward NorliÌ„g in a troublous weather of frost snow in .ij. lodginges he came within a mile of the towne â–ª to a village called Boâ—ingaÌ„ for this was the right way to RoteÌ„burge wher he enteÌ„ded to be before the coÌ„ming of the enemies there for to fight with them by the way it was easye to be taken the forehand for they roued farre about and out of the waye but his Maiestye
came strayghte vnto Bosingane The Burgemasters came forth agaynst him to yelde vp their towne and a Castel staÌ„ding aboue it belongyng to the Erles of Ottingame and the men of warre therein yelded to hys maiesty howe be it they had made a litle brabling before ¶ The next dai thei of Norling came to geue vp their towne for the campe was so nere that there was no other thing to treat vpon He put therin .iiij. baners for the. ij baners which were left there by the Duke and the Lantgraue were gone that night to a castell a myle from Norling where they found other .ij. baners beloÌ„ging likewise to the Erles of Ottingam These .iiij. baners â—et out soldiers to skirmishe wyth â–ª oure meÌ„ that lay a litle froÌ„ the castel they made a couÌ„tenaÌ„ce for to come down but the Emperour sent the Earle of Bure with his men ordenance theÌ„ they yelded The Earle brought the .iiij. standers to the Emperour let the soldiers go free they woulde haue serued the Emperour but he coÌ„maunded them to folow the duke of Saron the Lantgraue Nowe Norling being surrendred and meÌ„ of warre therein he made gouernor of the countrey of Ottingame a brother of the said Earles which is catholique he left the Cardinal of Angust in Norling for certayne prouision that shoulde be made there He went from Bosingame to Tinkespoole a towne imperyall and of the league they muster to hold fast but the Duke of Aluoy was sent by the Emperours coÌ„maundemeÌ„t with artilerie certain Hispaniardes and Almaynes He gaue monicioÌ„ to theÌ„ of the towne and if the artilery wer laid agaynst them they shoulde be geuen in spoile to the men of warre then they gaue vp the towne The Duke brought the Burge masters before his maiestye then being nere vnto the towne and there being one day he left two banners of Garde He remoued thence and in .ij. daies he came to Rotenburge wyth great labour and trauaile the weather being so foule roughe They of Rotenburge came out against his maiesty the daye before hys commyng thither offering theyr towne to him saying that they neither sent menne nor mony against hym and that is truthe ¶ The Emperour had knoweledge that hys ennemyes were not farre from thence and they intended to haue the Lordship of Franckonia and therfore he made greate speede to Rotenburge where the waies might be best foreset where the ennemyes intended to passe for now it is necessarye to vnderstande that when his maiestye was at Bosingane the weather was so rygorous wyth froste and snowe that it semed to be intollerable Wherfore the most parte of his campe and of hys Captaynes as al of a vowe adnysed hys Maiestye to lodge hys campe in Norlyng other townes whych he hadde gotten vppon Danubia and about Vlme August to this they layd sufficient reasoÌ„s His maiestye was of an other opynion differing from his Captaines and to choose a way more importaÌ„t which was to defend Franckonia and to lye before the enemyes that they shuld not lodge at August nor Vhne for why thys was an enterprice that if it myghte be obtayned althinges might be done wyth more facility afterward But if thei shuld be suffered to come together and to recouer strengthe in Franckonia it shuld haue bene hard to haue come to any ende because the cities were yet in hope seeing that their campe was not yet altogether broken therfore notwithstanding al these difficulties offered at this present he determined to cut theÌ„ their waye or to coÌ„strain theÌ„ to take an other where by they might be dryuen in sunder and dispersed And this was a good forecast as it hath sence apeared by experience For the enemies hauing knowledge that the Emperor was in Rotemburge they left the way to Franckonia for to take an other on the left hand and with a great rode they made thorow the mouÌ„taines where of necessitie they left parte of theyr great ordinance deuyding it by cariage into the Castelles of the Dukes of Viertemburge beyng there by so that when his Maiestie came to Rotemburge they wer 24. mile from thence being but. iâ— the day before They go now so broken that these two heades their guydes parted them selues the Lantgraue went with .iij. C. horses toward his house and passing by Frankeforte the gouernours of the towne came to speake wyth hym as to a neyghbour and captayne generall of the league asked him counsayle what he thoughte was best to be done in time of so great necessity He answered them saying this that I thincke best is that euerye Foxe keepe hys owne tayle ¶ Lykewise the Duke of Saron did take an other way gathering vp the reliques of the fyelde that he coulde catche Wyth a great code he went towarde hys countrey compounding wyth Albies by the way taking of them money to paye hys Soldiours for therefore they folowed hym ¶ The Emperoure beyng at Rotenburge and seeyng the ennemyes so altered and that the tyme and place serued not to ouertake them he determined for to geue lyrence to the Earle of Bure for to retourne into Flaunders wyth the campe that he hadde broughte and that he shoulde go to Frankeforte and procure by force or otherwayes for to get the towne whych is great and ryche Then the Emperoure parted wyth the reste of hys armye where the busynes hadde beene in tymes paste but the great reputacion of the vyctorye nowe made the warre in Germanye for the Emperoure At thys tyme dyuers cytyes sent to Rotenburge their Embassadours for to yelde other began for to intreate to doe the same Hys maiesty remoued froÌ„ thence wheÌ„ al the cityes and townes imperial vnto the Ryne and some of Suauer came for to yelde them ¶ The Emperor parted from Rotemburge and in .ij. lodginges he came to Hale in Sueuer one of the cities geuen vp and of the most richesse of the prouince and one of the league and there for the indisposition of the goute he taried longer then he had thought to haue done ¶ At this time the CouÌ„tey Palatine began to treate as a maÌ„ repeÌ„ted because he had shewed himselfe against hys maiestie These treatise and rogacions were so set forth that his maiesty amitted hym to his clemencie for at the ende this is the vertue of Ceasar so they saide at the beginning that it might please him for to remeÌ„ber al thynges but theyr offences The CouÌ„te Palatyne caÌ„e to Hale to his courte a day was appointed to come to y e palace he was brought into a chamber where his maiesty was set in a chayre for the indisposicion of his fete The Earle came in with great reuerence and began for to knowledge his faulte and that he hadde offended wherefore he did muche repent His maiestye aunswered saying And verelye I haue lamented in extreme that in youre laste dayes and beyng of my bloude and broughte vp in my house that you haue shewed youre selfe so
that before his partyng from Alprone al the Cities of Sueuer excepte Auguste were come to his obedyence for as I haue sayde the victorie of the Emperour did fyght for him in Germany ¶ His maiestye parted from Alprone did take y e way to Vlme passyng through the Duchie of Viertemburge and in â–ª vi dayes he came thither but thei of the citie had sent vnto their Borders and confines with a greate companye of embassadours to receiue hym and there knelyng in the fielde they made hym an oracion in spanishe because they thought it as they say moste reuerente to be spoken in the tongue whiche most naturally was his and more tractable then theirs they offred him their citie with their bodyes and goodes as men determined for to serue their prince He aunswered them in Spanishe graciously as they saye shewyng them selues well contente and ioyous to beare good wyll to the which now they be come generally in all Germany In so much y t y e meÌ„ of warre call hym commonlye â–ª Vnser fater that is to saye Our father These woordes were spoken one day by a prisoner of the enemyes brought in by the Dutchemen before his maiesty He asked him it he knew him he sayd yea I knowe you ye be our father Vnto whoÌ„ his maiesty saide ye be villayns ye be not my sonnes these good menne that stande about me be my sonnes and I am their father This was a great rebuke to y e prisoner and a ioy to the DutchmeÌ„ y t stode about him Moreouer then this with all other he is loued and desired for they that haue beene againste hym in the warre moste parte offer to proue that thei haue bene begyled and not to bee of knowledge to goe agaynste hym insomuche that there is amongest them a principall Earle which hath stricken hymselfe seyng his own defaulte and no meruayle of this for the force of vertue is so muche that it moueth them that be euyl to quarell well and so nowe all menne esteme muche more to bee in his fauour then for to saue theyr goodes whiche without hym may be lost I write as I haue sene and know ¶ His maiestie being in a town belongyng to Vlme came to hym embassadours from Auguste for there had bene geuen the earnest of our Campe yet although they sent for to yelde them to hys maiestye it was in coÌ„dicions such as he would not excepte For theyr supplicacion was for to haue pardon for Sebastian Exertell and yf that it pleased hym not yet at the leaste hys Castels and townes myghte remayne vnto his chyldren But hys maiestye woulde not graunte vnto this They declared vnto him that Exertell was in Auguste and that he hadde two thousande menne and a great parte of the citie with suche strength that they wer not able for to deliuer it His maiestye aunswered that they shoulde not nede to trouble themselfe with that for he woulde bee there shortelye and dyspatche that matter When they were retourned to theyr citye with this resolucyon from hys maiestye the people were so afrayde that they gathered together concludyng for to yelde and they of the Senate being in the halle of the citie Exertell came in and sayde vnto them Lordes I can tel whervpon you treate it is to be at a composicion with the Emperoure but because you shall not lette for me I am determyned to goe myselfe for parauenture in so doyng and other thinges that I thynke for to doe maye bee a meane for to obtain my pardon These wordes spoken he went to his house as secretelye as he coulde It is sayde that he tooke the waye to Suisa They of Auguste came to Vlme at the days and howre appoynted they were brought before his maiestie sitting in a chayre with all the ceremonies imperial accustomed Thei kneling vpon their knees one of them spake in this maner fyrste seyng the ordinarye tytles vsed vnto Emperours ¶ We of August hauing a respect to our offences and lyke so to the correccion that we haue deserued but knowyng by experyence your clemency to be so much that al thei who hâ—â—e offended you after being repented of their errours asking you mercye haue founde it in you Now syth we haue repented with al our heartes we be so bold to call for the succour of your clemencye beseching you that this whiche hath not fayled you in other that it be not lackyng vnto vs. And seyng that we submitte our self vnto your wyll we be seche you that the disfauour which we haue deserued may turne vnto fauour as from so pitiefull a prince it is looked for His maiesty aunswered confirmably as to theÌ„ of Vlme fewe wordes more or lesse and commaunded them to rise thei came touched his handes as the other cities did ¶ After y e yelding vp of August Vlme and Frankfort there lacked but Argentine of all the fowre principal heades of the Empire but she seing that August Vlme Frankfort had obtained to be admitted of his maiesty thei sent to Vlme for to haue safeconduit for their Burgemaysters y e which came for to geue vp their citie to be obediente vnto his maiesty For now thei haue knowen that the pitifull victorie of the Emperor may do more then the inducinges promises of some other for their own ê‘ticuler respectes hauiÌ„g treated with theÌ„ of other thiÌ„ges ⧠The coÌ„dicions with y e which generally that he hath receiued the countie Palatine the duke of Viertemburge and other knightes and al the cities besyde those which particularly I dooe not knowe beyng league perpetual with them of Austriche 1. ¶ Thei shal set at nothyng al other leagues y t thei haue made heretofore with any other 2. ⧠Thei shal declare themself to bee enemies to John Duke of Saxonye and to Philip of Hesson Launtgraue 3. ¶ They shall chastise all those souldiers y t haue gone or shall goe oute of theyr countrey to serue any other agaynste the Emperour 4. ⧠Thei shall receiue men of warre in those places where it shall please his maiesty as Examburge with his coronel in August y e Earle ThoÌ„ of Nassoult with his in Vlme and the .xii. BaÌ„ners de monsure de Bure in Franckforte with other coÌ„dicions whiche bee reserued vnto a time conuenient ¶ This warre hath tracted with this most furious nacion .vi. monthes in all this time his maiestye hath lacked no care perill trauayle nor watching that for to atchieue such an enterprice hath been nedefull in the whiche I dare saye although it hath bene done with felicitie the Emperors fortune was neuer greater theÌ„ his industrie For who that wyl consider froÌ„ that daye that he sette his campe and hath sene the enemies shall see that he hath gone euer geatting of ground and in putting them backe and also dislodged them at Ingulstat forcibly synce from Tonauert from Norlyng with great industry And after the laste of all from GuingueÌ„ by force and reason of the
warre where they wer so broken that they loste all theyr force but onelye those whiche duke John might gather together for to goe agaynste duke Morris And the Launtgraue retired into his countrey his maiestye reserued for a tyme conuenieÌ„t what was to bee done with these two in the meane time For these thinges other like he woulde take his reste for a certayne tyme in Vlme for to purge himselfe there with the Pale of the Indes that for his Goute is wont to be profitable ¶ The duke of Viertemburge came to kysse the handes of his maiestye offeryng hym essensuallye hymselfe with all his power he tarryed fowre myles from Vlme for there he was taken with the Goute with the whiche he is muche vexed ¶ Who that considereth well the progresse of this same iourney shall see howe manye importunate effectes were these fowre tymes that the enemyes haue bene disâ—odged and howe muche more it hath beene for his maiestye to folowe them agaynste the tyme and agaynste all other lettes that haue been layd before hym For as this appeareth vnto me in this onelye dooeth consiste the accomplishment of the victorye for there hath been no lacke in tyme of enuious parsons to procure and to disturbe the progresse hereof But God that hath parmitted and wyll parmitte his greatenesse to goe forewarde for hys maiestye with the same industry and felicitie that he hath gotten this Empyre with y e self same likewise he shal conserue it For why with these artes that y e Empire is gotten with those it is a thing easy to bee sustayned had sente that he hadde no tyme for to take anye rest in Vlme but must begynnne for to take an order for a newe enterprise whiche was as necessarye to haue hys parson as that whiche was past For duke John with the menne that he hadde gathered had recouered his estate al excepte onely Subisa nor he hadde left duke Morris but Trissen and Lipsia whiche he kept with strong hand so y t it might be sayde y t he dyd hold Saxonie Boeme in such sort y t thei coÌ„fessed him to be their frend without any remembrance of their kyng But for the duke all y t myght bee done they were so shamelesse that with one honeste dissimulacion they did take and kepe by force the Castel of Prage ¶ When the Emperour had set all thinges in a readinesse at Vlme he did take vpon him this new trauaile of his parson and sent .viii. baners of fotemeÌ„ and .viii. C. horses with the marques Albert of Brandemburge which had also with him one M horses And other .viii. banners also He sent Pence whiche be the sinowes of the warre if these should ioyne with y e king and duke Morris thei might be superiour to the duke John al thinges framing as it was prepared for the more as herafter foloweth for it was otherwaies ê“uided for y e king then he had thought The Emperor sent downe Aluaro de SaÌ„de master of y e campe with his terce Hispaniardes y e marques of MarnaÌ„ with 8. banners of dutchmeÌ„ but thei wer coÌ„mauÌ„ded to tary for y e affaires of Saxonye bee come vnto this that of necessitye he muste goe parsonally in this warre and he determined not to pardon anye of his labour or trauayle therein seing howe it did stande not onlye to the kyng and duke Morris but also to all Germanye for that fyer lefte burnyng it might kindle so that the victory paste might haue been consumed and broughte into the termes that it was before This considered the Emperour departed from Vlme when he had prouided for the footemenne of Spaine to parte from their lodgyng with the ordinaunce that he had in Vlme ¶ The duke of Viertemburge because of his infyrmitie myghte not come when he was appoynted but nowe beyng amended he came the same daye that the Emperour parted from Vlme to dooe his obedience as a Prynce vanquished oughte for to dooe vnto his vanquisher and Lorde Heabode in the halle vntill his maiestye hadde dyned sittyng in a Chayre wherein he was broughte with fowre menne for it coulde bee no other wayes The Emperour passed by but he saw him not but the duke dyd beholde him styll The Emperoure dyd sette hym downe with the Ceremonies accustomed The Marshall of the Empyre stoode by with a naked sweorde the Chauncelour of the duke and all his counsayle knelyng vpon theyr knees Then after the ordinarye tytles declared to the Emperoure in the name of his mayster he sayde these woordes ¶ I with all humilitie according vnto my duetie present myself before your maiestie and openly coÌ„fesse that I haue greuously offeÌ„ded in these warres past that I haue deserued all the indignacion that ye haue hadde agaynste me wherefore I am sorowfull and repent as it is reason and come humbly to beseche your maiesty for the mercy of god and for the natural inclinacion of your maiesty to pardon and to receiue me into your grace for onelye you and no other I acknowlage for to be my natural and supreme lorde vnto whom I promes in al partes to serue with al mine as an obedient prince vessel and subiect with obedient subieccion and thankes according vnto my duetie for to deserue the most greatest grace which I nowe receiue And moreouer I offre to accomplish and faithfully to fulfill all the Chapters whiche hys maiestie hath geuen me ¶ The Chauncellour of y e Emperour at his commaundement answered the maiesty of Cesar Most pietiful Lord vnderstanding this that the duke Vldrike of Vtertemburge hath humbly proponed and seyng his repentaunce and that he openlye confesseth his greuous offences agaiÌ„st his maiesty and how woorthilye he hath deserued his indignacion hauing a respecte that he hath bewayled and that for in the name of the mercye of God he asketh hys pardon his maiesty Ceasaria for the honor of God by hys naturall clemeÌ„cy because y e poore people which haue not offeÌ„ded shall not suffer he is contente to forgeat all the indignacion that he hath had agaynste the duke of Viertemburge vpon condicion that he obserue and kepe al thynges which he hath offred and is bound to parfourme The duke of VierteÌ„burge gaue great thankes to his maiestye promising for to bee euermore hys most faithfull the duke sittiÌ„g bare-head in a chayre for his Embassadours wer sent before to besech hys maiesty that he might come as hys infirmitie permitted for on foote nor vpoÌ„ his knees although it was to aske pardoÌ„ it might not be This was to them of Vlme a great admiracion seeyng theyr myghtye neyghboure so call for pardon This passed his maiestye did take his iourney toward GaÌ„gon where the enemyes had lodged he dyd see theyr nomber and parceyued howe thei had fortiâ—ied the place where he had thought for to haue geuen the Camisado where they myght haue had a great aduaÌ„tage He went troÌ„ thence to Norling where he was taken wyth the goute so
dispraise the the enemies althoughe the Emperour who hath ouercome them semeth to be greater but to say the truthe sythe I am a wytnes for there was nothing done but I haue bene nere vnto hym froÌ„ Newremberge which was the way the Emperour did take for to mete with the king and duke Moreys at y e towne of Egner where by oportunitie of the place it was apoynted for to make the A masse of the warres that the kyng shoulde be there wyth hys horsmen and certayne banners of footemen and bryng wyth hym duke Morres with his nomber for so it was determined the time appointed to be done The king parted froÌ„ Tressen a towne belongyng to Duke Morres and to the Duke of Fraâ—brige leauing the strength of the enemies vpon the ryght hande They entered into Boeme for to come ouer the mountaines wherewith it is al enuironed and to ioyne with the Emperour in Egner but the Boemose made a muster then of their inteÌ„cions declaring that the great truste was not in vayne that the Duke of Saxon had in theÌ„ the why â–ª he extended so that it was the cause of manye opinions whiche I dooe not wryte because I dooe not know so much of a truth as it requireth to be wrytten ¶ Nowe the Emperour beyng iij. iourneys from Newremberge there came a Gentleman from the kynge of Romaynes wyth knoweledge that sithe that the king duke Morres were entred into Boeme with theyr horsemen and footemen A knight of the countrey had gathered a great nomber to cut down the woodes in dyuers partes to stoppe the passages and the waies by the whyche the kyng was purposed to come to Egner wherefore he must go about thorow the mountaines the castels beloÌ„ging to the knightes there being with him Wherefore he required a nomber of hackbutters Hyspanyardes for to passe more strongly and for to haue the Lordshyp of the wood The Emperoure prouided for al thinges conuenient albeit that after it was no neede to haue the Hyspaniardes in thys passage for the knightes of the country whyche were come to serue didde so muche that they wer al broken and disparsed Thys knyght of Boeme came not wyth the men whyche he had assembled hys name is Gasper Flucke a principal man in that couÌ„trey from whoÌ„ in tyme past the king had taken landes and goodes and notwithout deseruing and sence liberally he gaue them to him again but it seemeth that he hath remembred more the takyng then the geuing thankes for the gyfte for it is euer the fyrst poynt of ingratitude to forgeat benefytes receyued ¶ It is sayd that these knightes whyche mette together for to defende thys passage hadde made a bancket and after caste lottes who shoulde be theyr Captayne Generall They dydde take suche an order that it fell to Gasper Flucke and not for that he was more apte then the other for thys charge but because he was moste in power for to furnyshe wyth men and money or elles it myghte be that they dydde it because that if theyr enterpryse shoulde not haue good successe euerye manne woulde rather see the paryll vppon the head of an other then vppon hys owne But let it be as it was for the most parte of that kyngdome made a ruynous demonstracion against their prince ¶ Now is the king of Romaines passed by the Castels aforsayde the Emperoure was commyng three leagues from Egner the which is a citye of the kyngdome of Boeme standing vpon the borders of Saxoni but it is out of the mountaines for Boemeis coÌ„passed about wyth great thicke woods but towarde the parte of Morabia it is more plaine for on all other partes it seemeth that nature hath fortyfyed it for the thickenes of the woods the marrises which be in them maketh the passages in the enteryng maruelous diâ—â—iâ—il how be it the lande which lyeth compassed aboute wyth these woods is playne and fertyll ful of castels and cities The people thereof be naturally valiant and of good disposicion Their horsmen in armes be like to the Almaines the footemen dyffer for they keepe not lyke order to the Almaines nor thei vse not like weapon for one beareth a halberd an other a Jauelin other staues of one faddame and a halfe of length with great pykes of iron other beare shorte handgoÌ„nes wyth brode hatchettes with y e whych they cast .xx. paces very haÌ„dsomli These Boemose haue beene in tyme paste soldiers of great estimacioÌ„ but now not so much in reputacioÌ„ The most part of Saxoni bordereth vpoÌ„ Boeme from Egner keping the mountaynes of Boeme vpon the ryghte hand vntil it passe the Albes which is a ryuer of Boeme and entereth into Saxony nere vnto y e citye Laitemers This I haue thought good to be wrytten for the better vnderstanding of other thinges past ¶ The Emperour nowe being at Egner thither came the king his brother duke Morres the Marques John of Brandenburge soÌ„ne to the Electour for now hys father had taken an order wyth the kyng for to serue the Emperour so sent his sonne for to serue in this warre The nomber of the horsmen wyth y e king myght be .viij. c â–ª Duke Morres brought one M. the Marques John .iiij. c. as well apointed More ouer the king brought .ix. C. hungarians whyche to my iudgement be the best light horsmen in the world and so they shewed theÌ„ selues to be in the warres of Saxoni the .xlvi. nowe this the .xlvij. Their weapoÌ„s be long speares stiffe great where wyth they geue greate incounters They beare Targettes or Tabbelines which beneathe be large vnto the middest and froÌ„ the middest vpward they be made sharpeniÌ„g with a point aboue theyr heades Some weare shirtes of Maile but in their Targets they put paint poyses deuises after their fashions whiche do besome theÌ„ very wel Thei beare long stiffe arming swordes hand haÌ„mers called Martlets with long â—â—eles with y e which they helpe them selues haÌ„dsomely They shew themselues great frendes to y e Hispaniardes for as thei say the one and the other came of the Scithians These were the horsmeÌ„ which came with y e king footemeÌ„ he brought none for he had left .iiij. baners in Tressen and the rest in the entryng into Boeme went home to theyr houses He had but one baner whyche tarryed wyth him thys he sent to Egner Duke Morres put al his footemen in Lipsâ—a and Subisa The Duke of Saxon beyng thereby with .viij. M. OutchemeÌ„ good soldiers and a great noÌ„ber of foremeÌ„ which he had made in the couÌ„try 3 M. horsemeÌ„ armed wel chosen for y e other .xij. baners the rest of his horsmeÌ„ wer with Thumserne as it is sayde and deuided in diuers partes ¶ The Emperour came to Egner a citie christened which is no litle maruel standing so nere Boeme and SaxoÌ„ for why in the one there be but fewe christened men and in the other there be none