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enemy_n	charge_v	horse_n	troop_n	2,183	5	9.5433	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A64421	The Character of His Royal Highness, William Henry, Prince of Orange	Terry, Edward, 1590-1660.	1689 (1689)	Wing C2017A; Wing T779; ESTC R9704	6,014	8

directs his March to Binch but being to pass through very difficult Ways and Lanes the Prince of Conde knowing his Advantage suffers the Van-Guard and some part of the main Body to pass by him and then silently drawing out his Army and putting them into Battalia furiously falls upon the Prince of Vaudemont who was to secure the Rear-guard with 4000 Horse Vaudemont sends to the Prince of ORANGE for Two Battalions of Infantry the Place where he engaged being not so proper for Horse and has Three sent him and withall the Troops that lay on the other side of the River that runs by Seneff the French could not force them from their Post but passing the River a little higher and joining all their Forces the Confederates wanting Elbow-Room and the French falling upon them from all Parts the Confederates were inforced to retire having lost several Principal Officers Then the Prince of Conde pushing on his advantage fell on vigorously on the Horse commanded by the Prince of Vaudemont and put them to the Rout and afterwards on the Duke de Villa Hermosa who commanded 16 Battalions of Infantry who valiantly withstood their Charge but at last was forced to a disorderly Retreat and so put those that came to his Assistance into much Confusion whereby the Prince of Conde became Master of the Baggage of the Dutch Army Things being in this ill Posture it was high time for the Young Belgick Lyon to rouze his Courage he embattel'd the Imperialists and Spaniards in the Left Wing and his own men in the Right in such Excellent Order that being joined by General Souches who was advanced some hours March before with the Van-Guard that altho the French were never observed to Fight before with such obstinate Resolution yet he put a Check to the Progress of their Victory The Valourous Prince of ORANGE ran with his Sword in his Hand and stopt the flight of his Fugitives then threw himself into the midst of his Enemies so that his Army being animated by so Glorious an Example Fought with incredible Bravery Neither had the Prince of Conde any better Success in his Attacking the main Body or the Right Wing of the Confederates altho he charged them with his Curiasseers and the Troops of Horse of the French King's Guards for the Prince of ORANGE with a Prodigy of Valour maintain'd the Fight until Nights Black Mantle shrouded the Prince of Conde who under that Covert made a disorderly Retreat with his Army and left the Field of Battel the certain Sign of Victory to the Conquering Prince of ORANGE who snatch'd the Wreath of Bays that Conde had won at the beginning of the Battel from his Brows and placed it on his own I shall give you but one Instance more of his Martial Prowess and that is the Wonders he performed against the Duke of Luxemburg a Renowned and Experienced Captain at the Famous Battel of Mons Luxemburg was so advantagiously posted and slighted the Prince's Design of Attacking him so much that he was pleased to say He would not rise from his Dinner for the Attempts of the rash Boy but the Prince Charged him with such a Manly Courage and Fury through all the Storms of Shot and Fire altho he was to March up a Hill before he could reach him and afterwards through deep and difficult Lanes and Ways and thick Woods that he not only made him lose his Dinner but forced him to seek a new Lodging for he drove him out of his Camp and possest himself of it his Tents and Baggage And thus I have given you a short view of the Martial Actions of this Heroick Prince and will now only Instance a few of his Politicks relating to the Civil Government There have been many Illustrious Men carried on by the Heat of Youthful Courage whom Success hath Crowned with Victory that have been esteemed great Conquerors but all History cannot produce a Parallel of a Person of the Age of this Young Prince to have been so great a States-man and so well skilled in the Politicks of Government When he was declared Stadtholder at the Age of about 22 Years he found the Government quite out of Frame the Laws prevaricated or overturned and such a Regulation in Cities and Corporations as we lately had here in England all the Just Grave Worthy Magistrates turned out and only such put into their Places tho never so undeserving as favoured the Faction of the De Witts And as the City of Dort first led the way and made him their Stadtholder he not only setled that City but West-Friezeland and the City of Middleburg which were all in Uproar and Confusion he no sooner appear'd amongst them but their Differences and Mutinies vanished the Fame of his Success against their Enemies abroad and the Sweetness and Moderation which he exprest at home gained him so much Reverence that their Arms fell out of their Hands the Ancient Magistrates were restored and all those States and Cities to their former Peace and Tranquility He never had the least Relax from his Martial Employments but he applied himself in that spare time in Reformation of the Government he caused New Elections to be made of Persons to officiate in the College of Counsellors Elect and a New Choice to represent the Body of the Nobility and placed Men of Integrity and Ability to be of the Magistracy and Councils of the several Cities he drew up such Orders for their well-Government for the future which he was so far from imposing on them that after they had debated them in their several Assemblies they not only Joyfully approved of them but in requital setled the Offices of Governour-General Captain and Admiral General on him and his Male Issue Thus this Valorous and Prudent Prince redeemed his Country and Religion from the slavery of the Potent French King and resetled the Government upon its Ancient Basis which had been in a horrid Confusion through the Treachery of the De Witts and the Disorders which the French Invasion had contaminated it withal and in the Year 1678 that Victorious French Monarch was forced and did conclude a Peace with the Prince of ORANGE much to his Glory and Renown and as much to the Advantage of the States of the Vnited Provinces the French King quitting by this Peace all that he had taken from them But as if he were designed by Heaven not only to be the Saviour of his own Country and Religion but the Champion of the Lord of Hosts to deliver his true Church from the Fury Treachery and Tyranny of its Enemies the Church of England being surrounded with Dangers that threatned her on every side those Laws that were made and accounted as the Bulwarks against Popery being all made invalid The Judges and Chief Ministers of State then in Office corrupted and such as sought her Ruin. The King himself tho of Excellent Qualities yet poysoned by Jesuits Powder and other corrupted Officers by whom he