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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	captain_n	colonel_n	lieutenant_n	1,180	5	9.4650	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A01157	A discourse of that which is past since the kings departure from Gouy, to pursue the prince of Parma: euen til the first of May. 1592. The last letters thereof came on the fourth of the same month according to the English computation. with new additions by later letters.		1592 (1592)	STC 11270; ESTC S116492	6,298	18

their braue and riche attire with their scarfes of fauour besides the great number of men and horsses that were hurte at that time And being not contented with this as they saw certeine regimentes of foote comming behind the hedges to surprise them they ioined with the Flemings that were come to the Alarme and making togither about 500. or 600. pikes and 300. or 400. harquebushers went to charge those that came to surprise them so resolutelie that they slue about three or foure score of them and draue the reste before them into their trenches without any greater losse of the Englishmen then six men and twentie hurt It was thought that Friday next a day particular to the Duke of Parma for his enterpryses and a feast of saint Iames whom the Spaniards hold for their Patron they would haue had their reuenge but being contented with their losse without hazzarding themselues any further their trenches haue beene their resting place without any shew of a desire of sallyeng foorth Which his maiestie seeing hath set such order in the affaires of his Armie that victuals are there in great store and abundance and hope will not faile there heereafter Since this victorie and from the next morning forward his maiestie will vse all meanes possible he can to drawe his Enemie to a battell with such a resolution not to leaue them before he hath defeated them which his Maiesties hopes to compasse yer it be long either by a victorie of a battell if they doo accept it or by necessitie which shal force them to abandon their trenches which is suche alreadie in their Army that all things are three times dearer then in our Campe. And this by the grace of God whoe is the Lord of hostes protector of the Kinge reuenger of all vsurping powers in whome at all times the King hath onlie put his trust confidence Aduertisement is giuen by letters from the fourth of May that the duke of Parma is greatlie discontented with the Frenchmen that are with him sayeng that they doo betraye him He is verie ill of his hurt and hee hath an ague which weakeneth him very much and forseth him to keepe his bed three bones or shyuerings are drawne out of his wound The Duke Longeuille tooke the third of this month manie of their chariots and cartes loaden with victuals Their Frenchmen run dailie away for want of necessaries They are not able to tarrie there long The sicknes is great in their campe In the skirmish that was vpon the fourth day of May the horsse of the yong Prince was slaine and he escaped very dangerouslie and hardly The King seeing the Enimies to fortifie thēselues within a wood which did lie betwixte him and the troupes but fiue hundred pases ioyning vpon their trenches where they might plant some ordinance and foreseeing the damage that might ensue by it resolued by the aduise of his Princes Lords and chiefest captaynes to raise them from thence by force with a village therevnto belonging being one of their chiefest quarters and to that effecte it was appointed that all the troups should meet vpon the appointed Rendeuous to set vppon that wood in the breake of the daie but the darkenesse of the night hauing beene partelye the cause that they were not so diligent it was neere night before al were arriued which took away all hope to effectuate any thing that day The enemie seeing our forces assembled it gaue them occasion to beleeue that it was vpon intention to enterprise some exploit vppon them Wherevpon they put themselues in battell aray and vsed suche diligence in fortifieng of themselues in the wood besides the Ditches and trenches which they had cast alreadie that the king was of opinion to haue slacked his enterprise till another time but seeing all his troupes full of courage and boldnesse hee resolued to make a triall of it causing it to bee assaulted on sundry sides VVhere the Englishmen VVallons French and Lanceknightes carried themselues so valiantlie that the firste that were of the forlorne hope forced all the said trenches with a gret fight of pikes of both sides forcing the enimie finallye to abandon both the wood and the village being in number about two thousand men whereof remained dead vpon the place more then three hundred Spaniards with certaine VVallons and among the rest six or seauen Captaines with their Liefetenant Collonel de la Bolette with out losse but of three or foure men of the kings and seuen or eight hurt The king gaue at the same time to Baron Biron fiftie horsses of those that were with him conducted by Monsieur le Vedame de Chartres who pursued them that did retire til twentie pases from their intrenchement where all their Armie stood in battell and slue yet sixe or seuen score more with the losse onelie of one of ours and bearing himselfe so forwarde that he was slaine euen vppon their trenches Some of our horsses were slaine and manye hurt After this we remained yet eight houres in battell to present then the combat where they did vs some harme at first with their great Ordinance which they had placed in a place of aduauntage without their trenches but wee tooke another place where the Cannon could not do vs more harme and so hauing notstaied for them thus long and the night to approch that they made no showe of comming foorth the king sent euerie man to his quarter till other occasion were offered to exploit more hauing sufficiently shewed to the enemy and that to their losse that our Infantrie is better then theirs whereof they haue had the triall oftentimes and yeeld that honour vnto our horsemen I hope that God will fauour vs as to continue our good successe Two daies after the king had perforce taken from the enemy the wood that on his side did couer him as is aforesaid the enemies finding no great safetie in their campe resolued to dislodge and so departed vpon Wednesday last the sixth of this moneth before day without sound of trumpet or drumme in a rainie and windie weather which in recompence of the hinderance that is ministred to their marche brought them the commoditie to helpe to couer their departure so that the king coulde not be so readie to followe them which notwithstanding hee did about six of the clocke in the morning with a thousand or 1200. horse causinge also his armie to come forwarde so that easily hee might haue ouertaken them in case they had prosecuted their iourney towardes Roane as it was likely they did intend But within one houre after his departure he found them alreadie lodged in a strong place and of aduantage their taile reaching euen to Caudebee wherefore he also resolued to lodge that day at Iuetot and the next day to set forward to get afore them toward Roane but being come to the Rendezuous that he had giuen to his whole armie he vnderstoode by such as he had sent to discouer the enemies doinges

that they made no semblance to stirre whereupon hee tooke againe his former lodging from whence he was gone and made it conuenient For they imagining him to be passed forward there were some of their troupes found marching to seize vppon the same lodging from whence they might afterward haue easily escaped and could no more haue been entrapped but seeing their way still stopped such as were gone abroad returned And since they haue kept themselues in their lodgings Three daies togither by reason of the bad raynie wether the king was driuen to let his army soiourne in their trenches and could do no more but dayly go himselfe his cosens the Marshals Biron Aumont Bouillon The Baron of Biron marshal of che campe and other the captaines to take a view of their feate and of the waies to come to the enemies campe to the end vppon the first oportunity to march to set vpon them Then hauing seene and well noted all that might be done the king yesterday determined to go and giue an onset This morning hauing brought all footmen neere and the most part of his horsemen with three peeces of artillerie who came so early to the place appointed that about eight or nine of the clocke they strooke into a bottome that made the head of their camp where were lodged seuē cornets of the ordinances of the low countries and twentie of light horse seuen of Carabins and all their rutters who all were ouerthrown with the slaughter of two or three hundred among others of sundrie Captaines whose names as yet wee cannot learne The booty amounted vnto aboue 150000. crowns Most of their baggage being taken with almost 4000. horse some of carriage and some of seruice with foure Cornets that were wonne We trust that God continuing his blessinges toward the good and iust cause wil shortly make an end of the Spanish ambition and tyrannie and graunt happie peace vnto his Maiestie and all his good subiectes whereof wee are dayly most earnestly to desire him By other letters comming at the same time that these did and signifiyng as much as herein is set downe they say also that in the Prince of Parma his campe that a munition loafe whiche is of verie blacke bread and is about the bignesse of one of our halfepenny loaues is there sold in his campe for two shillinges and sixe pence and that a pottle of spring water is also sold there for seuen pence farthing True newes from the kings Canpe by the Kings owne Letters which came on the 4. of May. 1592. On Thursday last at night there was a great conflict vpon the horssemen of the Enemye wherein were taken as followed Seuen cornets of Launces Twenty Cornets of lighthorsses Seuen Cornets of carbines All the Switzers put to flight Almost all the cartes burned Foure thousand horsse taken Three hundred men of Account slaine vpon the place The spoiles worth 150000. Crownes The Duke of Parma deadly sicke at Caudebeck Three traitors comming to kis the K. hanged The kings wife dead The Gouernour of Roan hath caused manie botes to be brought to the duke of Parma being in Caudebeck vppon which boates the Duke made a bridge wherevpon he did passe ouer the water with his armie but the Kinge followed him so nigh that he could haue no leizure to breake his bridge by which means the king followed him ouer There were 500. men of the duke of Parmaes at Lisleboune which were charged by the kings men and were euerie one put to the sword The Duke cannot retire but by one of these three waies the one which goeth towardes Roan the which is very daungerous because there is about seuen miles of very thick wood to passe and a very foule waie besides Another waie is going towards Ponteandemer which is a verie strong and well fortified cittie garded by the Lord Lauardin with two thousand soldiors besides the townesmen And the third way is going betweene Ponteandemer and Pontlesuesque a waie truly most dangerous both for the deepe muds muche wood and a great many rude clownes yet verie valiant which are dwelling towardes that waie FINIS