The thinges which happened vpon the Prince of Parmas retire since the 20. of Nouembre till the 27. of the same Moneth With the newes from Dauphine Published by authority LONDON Printed by Iohn Wolfe for Andrew White and are to be sold at his shop at the Royall Exchange ouer against the conduit in Cornehill 1590. The thinges vvhich happened vpon the Prince of Parmas retire since the 20. of Nouembre till the 27. of the same Moneth THe 20. of Nouembre she king being departed from Coeuures to pursue the Prince of Parma and the Duke de Mayne who were together met in a great playne a companie of naturall Spaniardes which he discomfited in the sight of the Duke de Mayne where the Baron du Fort was hurt with a musket shot Since the 25. of the said moneth his Maiesty remoued from Feres in Tartenois vpon notice that was geuen him of the Prince of Parmas departing from Fismes a small towne where the riuer of Voeste passeth thorowe and marched directly after him accompanied with eight hundreth launciers and as many carbines commanding the Baron of Biron to take 15. light horsemen and send them for spies to get the watch word In the meane while hée went into a wood lying vpon the right hand accompanied onely with 25. horses The spies of the said baron of Biron brought newes that the enemy was departed from a smal village called Bazoge and that they marched towardes Pontauers where the riuer of esne passeth thorow Vpon the same time the king came into the said village where he found none but certaine farmers and husbandmen armed and readie for to fight in his Maiesties behalfe The king sent Monsieur de Fronterac Chicot and Dauerus to espie vpon S. Martins mount if the enimy had no ambushes at the foote of the hill but they saw them plainely in an open plaine their faces turned towardes Pontauers His Maiesty passed the riuer of Voesle in the foresaid village and commanded Monsieur de la Noue to march in all hast with his forces towardes Pontarsy to stop the passage of the riuer of Fsne when in the meane while hee went to pursue the enemy And being somewhat forwarde in the plaine espied some horses to follow him with foure regiments of footemen who arriued in the said towne of Fismes and were appointed to conuoye the tronkes and bagage If his Maiestie had bene supported with fiue hundreth horsemen more then he was he would haue set vpon them but searing that his men would linger about the stuffe and carriage it made him not to venture but marched a great league within the plaine sending the said baron de Biron with 25. lanciers before his cornet of light horse Commanded also Monsieur de la Noue to send him ten soldiours out of euery companie and to lodge and refresh the rest of the armie which he did Then his maiestie made fiue small squadrons of horsemen of 50. or 60. horses in euery troupe The carbines of the enimy began to draw towardes the baron of Biron whom his Maiestie did back a farre of accompanied with the Lord Alfonze Lorse and at the same time the said baron charged the earbines in somuch that of them eight or nine were slaine vpon the place The king being ioyned with him the said Lord Alfonze shewed unto his highnes the Duke of Parma who wore at that time a flat crownd hat a great ruffe and a short mandilian furde and was mounted vpon a gray horse laying his hand vpon his sword for to make his men to retire and in a brauerie making his horse to leape six or seuen times the king doing the like of his side being distant one from an other not much more then 100. paces His Maiestie dougting that this refrait of the enimie was onelys but to draw him further in and so to compasse him with the whole bodie of their armie at the arriuall of Monsieur de la Noue who tolde him that he had séene vnto his thinking all the enimies cauallerie and infanterie in battaile aray commanded presently a retrait and not thinking that the retire would fall so long was forced to remaine foure houres in battaile aray before the enimy who came armed vnto him Whereupon he left to backe him the Baron of Biron with his troupe of light horsemen conducted by Monsieur de Sandall who had left Captaine Broust and two companies of light horse twenty paces behinde him to keepe the carbines in breath An indiscrete souldiour and one of his Maiesties troupes being fallen into the handes of the enimies light horsemen began to crie aloude for aide three went to helpe him where captaine Broust receiued a shot in his left eie wherewith hee fell dead from his horse Hereupon the said baron de Biron returned directly towardes the enimie and causing the dead bodie to be laid vpon a horse and to be carried vnto the towne of Longauall made a ferme standing vpon the top of the hill from the which he could not come downe into the said village inclosed with a lowe bricke wall but through a straight and narrow way His Maiestie thinking that the baron of Biron was indāgered would haue commanded Monsieur de Sandall to giue a charge with his light horses but ere long notice was giuen how he had preuented the enimie and that his backe forces being ioyned with him had together pursued the enimie more then a thousand paces in the playne The king knowing that besides the narrownes of the way where he was forced to passe through his enimies did vrge and presse him verie néere thought it better to hazard certaine carbins that were with him then to venture and cast away his Nobilitie caused therefore two companies the one of S. Denis and the other of S. Feliz to light and by these meanes there began a very hote skirmish In the meane while all his Maiesties caualerie retired the carbines also dismounted and came furiously running from the hill into the said towne of Longauall where his Maiestie was The shot also retired thither but Capitaine Felix in the retrait was slaine with one of his small shot and one of his Maiesties light horsemen and foure or fiue horses of the deadmens The said hargebusiers had notwithstanding yet leasure enough to bring the Captaine away drawing him by the legges into the village and therewith they shut the gates vpon the enimie who with their swordes gaue many blowes vpon the gates and through the flites there of with their pickes and launces Our shot in the meane time kilde a great nomber of them through the loop holes that were in the wall which when the enimie did sée he went to assault the place at an other side in hope to come within the village where he found the gates shut but hauing gotten meanes to open it by the helpe of a countrey man sixe of them entred where presently they met Captaine Bonomouer Captaine S. Denis an a shot The Captaine
Bonomouer went directly towards them and hauing throwen one downe with a short picke caused the said shot to discharge his piece who kilde an other The rest seeing this they abandoned the place againe and thereupon the said S. Denis shut the gates The hargebusiers tooke their horses and folowed the king who lest the town where into the enimie presently entred Betwéene this village and the towne of Pontarsy there lyeth a woode at the side whereof his Maiestie placed his lanciers in battaile a ray to make thir standing sure and so passing the wood got the towne of Pontarsy where all his troupes passed the riuer The enimie went directly out of the village standing still a while by the way for feare of ambush of shot that might be lodged in the wood but at last they passed through it and met with the baron of Biron who gaue them a charge and slewe fiue and twentie or thirtie of them His Maiestie caused Captaine Langemis company to light who saluted the enimy with such a value of shot that they kilde a great nomber of them and thus they retired to the towne againe and passed the riuer The duke of Parma began likewise to retire encamping him all night there about fearing an alarum thinking that Monsieur de Neuers came behind him Next morning 25. or 30. of the enimies carbines hauing lost their way came before the saide towne enquiring for the Prince of Parmas quarter and being suffered to enter into the town the inhabitants therof hauing disarmed them threw them from the bridge into the water and drowned them His Maiestie ioyned with Monsieur de Neuers the 27. of the said moneth as also with Guiret and Parauall who brought him certaine troupes verie well appointed with the which they parting the said day from the Castle of Nisy persued the enimie marching towards Larbre de Suyse The surcesse of which pursute you shall fourth with receiue Nevves from Daulphine THE Lorde Diguires hauing receiued the Kings commaundement by two letters of his Maiesty to warre against the Duke of Sauoy thought it good to delay no longer the execution of his will But vpon the receipt of his Letters which was about the latter ende of Maie hauing delayed his purpose vntill then but onely for the lets and hinderances hée had in Prouence which was assaulted in diuers places by the leagers of Sauoy Lionnois and Daulphine purposed to put in all haste the Kings commanndement in execution This deliberation was yet stayed for the aide which he in person was forced to giue to the Lord de la Valette in the moneth of Iune and Iuly which were almost wholy spent in the affaires of Prouence where they had so good a successe that the enemy hauing refused the combate and lost the field abandoned in token of his cowardnesse the Townes and Castels of Peruis Pumichet Vallansele Montaignac Soluiers Pignauers and Lorgis some of them brought vnto the Kings obedience by force and some by composition During this absence the Captaine la Cazette being his Maiesties subiect but yet affectionated vnto the Duke of Sauoy compounded with the Duke vpon the taking of the Townes and Castels of Briancon and Essiles kept by those of the Neutralles and hauing receiued commission to that ende to leauie souldiours expected the arriuall of foure and twentie Spanish companies for to bring his enterprise the more easier to effect by their aide and assistaunce The Lorde Deguisires informed of long time of his practizes and foreséeing the importance of that losse which should hinder and shut vp the passage of the Artillery and French armie and leaue no way to come by any meanes in Piemont practised so purposely with the chiefe inhabitants of the ballies that by their means the house of Cazette was blowen vp and he slaine the fiftéenth day of Iuly And so the Duke was there for that time preuented of his purpose This newes being brought vnto the Lorde Deguisires it caused him to turne backe into Daulphine and to march in all haste towardes d'Ambrum where the deputies of the saide vallies did méete him who after they had declared vnto him the treasons of Cazette by the Papers which were founde in his house bounde themselues by oathe to be faithfull vnto the King and so they were sent backe againe to bring the people that had sent them more affectionated vnto his Maiesties seruice and obedience In the meane while the saide Lorde Deguisires béeing aduertised of the wauering which the said death voluntarie yéelding of that people and the Towne of Briancon did cause and knowing also that those which were of the Kings side within the Towne beganne to be incouraged caused foure Cannons to be drawen and brought before that place Which when they were planted and a breach made the enemy did parlée in so much that the Towne and Castell thereof were rendred at the last being the sixtéenth day of the moneth of August by Clauison who was appointed Gouernour by the Duke de Maine of that place From thence the Lorde Deguisiers went to Montgeure to take Essiles vpon a contract which he had made long before with the Gouernour thereof And séeing that this bargaine was made but in wordes onely and that he was not sufficiently prouided to force the saide place and that the Lorde de la Valette did daily sosticite him to geue aide to Saint Maximine beséeged by Martiningo hée was contented to take for that time the oathes onely of the communaltie who shewed themselues greately affectionated vnto the Kings seruice After this hée tooke his way towardes Prouence and lodged the fiftéenth day of August neare-vnto Barcelone-Salines an olde Spanish Captaine being chiefe Colonell of the light horsemen of Piemont during the Kinges warres departed at that time from Barcelone whereof kée was Gouernour vnder the Duke and assaulted one quarter where one companie of the Infanterie of Boysâ—t and twelue launces of the Lorde Brickmorte were lodged who receiued them so valiantly by the ayde of twoo other companies of footemen that came running thither in all haste vppon the noyse they hearde that Salines lefte sixe score of his men dead and thirtie Spaniardes taken sauing himselfe but with sixe other Voluant Capitaine of the Dukes guarde was there also taken and hurte whereof he died wythin a day after receiuing by his death a iust rewarde and punishment according vnto his deserts because he had solde vnto the deceased Duke of Sauoy after the death of the Marshall de Bellegarde the Towne and Castell of Cramanolle where he and his sather were Gouernours of for the King The nexte day following being the sixtéenth day of August the saide Lorde tooke by composition the Castell of Rosolez which is the Dukes and had there in garrison two companies of footemen that were permitted to departe with their armour but lefte their colours behinde After this exploite continuing his waie hée came into Prouence so fitly for those of Saint Maximine that Martiningo
aduertised of his comming his army béeing very weake and disordered remooued his siege And the Lorde Diguisiers now entered in the country to the end that hée might there leaue some token of his comming caused thrée Cannons to be brought before the Castell of Barles to batter it And after a siege of eight dayes tooke it at his owne discretion the last day of August During these iourneys the Duke of Sauoy being accompaned with thrée thousand footemen or there-aboutes and foure hundreth light Horsemen came to besiege and batter with thrée Cannons a Church called Saint Paules which the saide Lorde Diguisiers had but in passing by fortiffed scituated in the dominion of the said Duke foure or fiue leagues from Ambrum and tooke it by composition the garrison thereof going away with their armour coulours and drumme in battaile aray the verie same day that Barles was taken The same day also the sawe Lorde Diguisiers béeing aduertised of the séege of Saint Paule Marched in all haste and diligence to succour it with intent to offer the Duke a battaile vsing to that ende so great a celeritie that the third day of September hée lodged in Varret thrée leagues from his Highnesse whe béeing dismayed at his sodaine and vnlooked for arriuall tooke the paines to retire in person the same night from the mountaine of Larche and marched all that night with Linkes béeing the nerte day followed by his owne forces whereof some in the rerewarde were slaine and taken and amongest other Don Pedro de Vegiers a Spaniard and archer of the Dukes sooteguarde was taken The nexte day following which was the firte day of the sawe moneth the Lorde Diguisiers was resolutely determined to force and assault Saint Paule againe and although he had not his Cannons ready at hand yet did hée lay séege vnto it assaulting it with handiblowes and hatting blowne vp the gates and made a breach caused twoo hundreth of the souldfours that were within it to be put to the Sworde taking none prisoner but the Captaine de Strata gouernour of the said place and his Ensigne ralled Hercules Couero of Millan This Forte remained but foure dayes in the ennemies hande and was taken againe in a skirmish which continued thrée houres wherein of the Kings side but one Captame was flaine called Bolleuene and some fewe Souleiours hurte although that the Forte had Flanquers and Ditches round about it At the same time that the Duke did batter Saint Paule he had caused his army with some parte of the forces of Sauoy and Piemont to march towardes the valley of Essiles hoping by his forces which were of foure thousand footemen and thrée humdeth horse to sake and spoils all the Countrie of Briancon to batter Guilester and ouer-runne Lambriuois But the lorde Deguisiers béeing hereof infourmed and desirous fo disapporint the Duke of his purpose presently after the taking of Saint Paule which he racrd vnto the grounde tooke his tourney towardes Briancon and knowing that the ennemie who was lodged in Cheumont made preparation to force the passage of Selte kopt and fortified by the inhabitants of the valleis sent thither Monsieur de Morges his nephew with his company of fiftie horsemen and two Ensignes of footement and arriuing thither vppon the point and instant that they were in a skirmish he lighted with his men and setting them in battell aray incouraged so much the heartes of euery man that the ennemy affaulting in thrée sundry places the Forte and Bulwarks with fiftéene hundreth footemen and foure score or a hundreth men of armes was repulsed leauing sixe score of his men dead vpon the place which happened vpon the ninth day of September The thirtéenth day of the same moneth the lorde Deguisires arriued in Douley thrée leagues from Essiles where newes was brought him that the Duke hauing sent one parte of his forces vnto Monsieur de Sonnes was gone himselfe to Nice which did cause him for to iudge that the saide Sonnes béeing nowe strengthened with a newe supply of men would aduenture and hazarde the bolder the combate Whereunto the saide lorde desirous to drawe and bring him determined to batter Essiles and to that ende brought foure Cannons from Ambrum making them to passe the mountaines and to be planted in sight of the place not ceasing neuerthelesse to shewe himselfe euery other day before Chamois where the saide Sonnes was Who being gréeued with his importunacie lefte Chamois and retired to Suze where the saide lorde Deguisiers following him the sixe and twentith day of September to view the place and to marke the countenaunce of his ennemy encountred him by chaunce not farre from Ialasle and halfe a league from Suze accompanyed with fiftéene hundrethe harquebuziers and fiue cornets of horsemen whome he assaulted so furiously at the entring of the plaine that the ennemy being charged with one hundred and thrée score horsemen was discomfited and put to flight leauing foure hundred launciers dead vppon the place Amongest whome were Clapot the elder sergeant of the battaile the lorde Montaignes and Valuernes There were seauentéene head Captaines or chiefe officers slaine and taken And amongest the prisoners was Clapot the yonger Marishal or the campe who also dyed two dayes after Labras lieuetenant of the Marquesse of Traforts cornet the gouernour of Bresche Captaine Trisolts of Sauoy Captaine de la Riuier and the Captaine S. Orens And if they had not retired in time not one shoulde haue escapes As touching the Generall Sonnes he was lost in so much that his men supposed him to be slaine till about midnight that he came before the gates of Sauze The day before being the fiue and twentith day vpon aduice that the ennemy shoulde make a course in Prerallo Monsieur de Briquemault was sent thither and arriued in good tyme with his cornet of light horsemen and founde the ennemy vppon his retire of whome hie caught a dozen The seuen and twentith day the lord Diguisiers finding hunselfe renforced by those of Ponts and Briancon who had sent vnto him two hundred Souloiours as well of their troupes as of the goueruours and S. Sauuois companies and two or thrée hundred shot chaunged and altered wholy his purpose vpon Essiles which beganne already to parlée The rest of that moneth was spent in the séege of Essiles whereof the gouernour called Ponsonnes and was there by the Duke de Maines appointment séeing the ill estate of the Duke of Sauoys affaires the Cannon planters the lorde Diguisiers fortified with newe supplies all the communatty bent against him and no likelshoode of any aide and reléefe yéelded at last the towne vpon composition that all the Souldiors shoulde fréely departe with bagge and baggage which happened the last day of September And by these meanes the passage of the mountaines remained in the Kings power And Daulphine was limited with his olde limites long bofore fortified by the French Kings during the warres of Italie Nerte day after this yéewing the lorde