Selected quad for the lemma: enemy_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
enemy_n	footman_n	great_a	horseman_n	1,099	5	9.8381	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A08575	Newes from Ostend of, the oppugnation, and fierce siege made, by the Archeduke Albertus his forces, commanded by the Duke of Ossuna who came before the saide towne, the fift day of Iulie last past (after their writing) 1601. Shewing what hath hapned since the time of the saide siege. Now newly imprinted; whereunto are aded such other newes and accidents as haue lately hapned at Ostend, as we haue bin certainely informed. Diligently translated out of Dutch into English, according to the Dutch copie, printed at Amsterdam.; Oppugnation, and fierce siege of Ostend.		1601 (1601)	STC 18893; ESTC S112852	9,864	17

to hinder the incursions of the garison which deuice was put into their heads and the plotte layde downe by a certaine Corporall of the Towne called Noel who hauing before long serued in the towne and hauing good experience of the secrets thereof vppon some discontentment receiued forsooke the Towne and ran to the seruice of the enemy But as the experience of the last yeare giueth sufficient proofe that all the strength of these Fortes is not able to hinder or defend the entrance of an Hoste so also it is most manifest that by the continuall charge of the Garrisons of these Fortes the Country hath receiued more domage and discommoditie then before it did by the contribution to their enemies and Towne of Ostend wherefore they haue been forced to renewe their Importunate sute vnto his Highnes and to sollicit him againe to the besieging of Ostend and especially at this instant knowing our forces to be remoued farre from them and to be sent into Dutchland lying at the siege of Berck where they should as they imagined haue long worke And for the better perswading and more easily drawing of the Archduke to harken to this their sute haue promised to pay him extraordinarily thrée hundreth thousand gilderns Monthly which is 30 thousand pounds stārling during the time of the siege and after the taking of the towne to pay him farther for the space of two years ninety thousand gilderns euery month which is 9000. l starling Hereupon thārchduke gathred together al his souldiers yea such as were about the riuer of Ryne the Mase for the succor of Berck were sent for to make their repaire into Flaunders and to serue vnder the commaund of the Duke of Osluna who not long since was to that end sent for out of Spaine by reason that the Archdukes campe thorow the long imprisonment of the Adinirant of Arragon and the last ouerthrowe in Flaunders was wholy left destitute and vnprouided of a sufficient Commaunder and experient Leaders and for that the naturall Lordes of the land are in no wise respected nor trusted VPon the sift day of Iune after the new stile the enemie came before Ostend about noone with eight regiments of footmen which were eight thousand men strong desides the horsemen notwithstanding the Spaniards generally disliked of this enterprise and counselled the contrary who as is reported do wholly dislike of this siege and among the rest twoo common souldiers that hadde béene the last yeare prisoners in Ostend obstinately maintaining the invincible strength of this Towne were presently taken and hanged for the extreame want of the thrée hundred thousand gilderns to be payed monthly as before is saide comming very fitly for the payment of the mutined souldiers and also the hope to drawe our forces from the siege of Bercke into Flanders for the better furnishing of him selfe preuenting of such wants as might happen to Ostend and perhaps thinking sodainly and with al his force to ouercharge the towne before it should be succored haue bin the resons to bring th Archdukes forces now before Ostend The Duke of Ossuna presently sought to pacisie the garrison of Issabella which had before mutined for their pay and the next day folowing being the fixt day of Iuly mounted six péeces of ordonance against the east side of the towne vpon the Downes and with the same beganne fiercely to play vpon the Towne There were then in the towne in garrison one and twenty Ancients of sundry Regiments and one company of Burgers or Townesmen all vnder the direction and commaund of Captayne Vander Noote These presently prepared themselues to their defence making harmelesse and displacing some of the enemies artillerie And labouring hard to make a new way or hauen betwéene the heads to the end the passage of boates and shipping might be fréeed from the ordonaunce of the ennemy And the ninth day of Iuly after that they had sent away the most parte of their wiues and children they receiued into the towne out of Zeland 28. cōpanies of souldiers with great abundance of victuals and all other prouision of war The tenth day sir Frances Vere with eight companies of Englishmen entred into the Towne also who presently issued out of the Towne with his people entrenching himselfe on the drie plottes of ground next vnto the walles on the west side from whence the enemy might haue endomaged the towne and battered the walles The thirtéenth day of Iuly the sayde sir Frances Vere with great force and resolution sallied vpon the enemy with eight hundred men on the west parte of the towne and set vpon the Campe which lay farre off diuided from each other with waters and marish grounds and can not easily or in short time come to ayde each other In which sally the ennemy lost as was certified by Letters from Antwerpe aboue eight hundred men and among the same one cornet of horsemen and if the whole force of the ennemies horsemen had not the sóoner come to their ayde it was most apparant to all mens iudgements that sir Frances had drouen the footemen to great confusion and taken from them their Ordonance The fiue and twentieth day sir Frances Vere did agayne issue out of the Towne with fifteene hundred men and beganne to intrench betwéene Issabella and Grootendorst on a high ground which in times past was an old Churchyard where they of Issabella and Grootendorst were accustomed to bury their dead and is a very fitte and apt place to seperate and cutte off these two Fortes from each others helpe and to open a faire way to those of Ostend to the flatte and plaine land To which place of buriall the next day béeing the fiue and twentieth day of Iuly the ennemy came with thrée thousand men and after hée had béene thrice repulsed and put to the woorst tooke the place but was presently with great force and dexteritie driuen from it agayne The same day tenne companies of souldiers arriued at Ostend and were receiued into the Towne which were sent thither by her Maiestie from London so that now the Towne was furnished within the walles and without with sixtie and seauen companies which made vp neere the number of seuen thousand men these tenne companies aforesayde were presently employed against the enemy who shewed themselves very valorous and did both then and since passing good seruice although many men were of opinion that they would prooue vnsitte for any seruice by reason they were rawe and had not béene trayned On the other side the Arch duke daily strengtheneth and encreaseth his Campe as well with souldiers as with ordonance playing continually on the west side with 26. péeces and on the east side with nine péeces of ordonance but most of his shotte liteth vppon the houses whereof many are defaced and beaten downe For this sixe and twentieth day of Iuly and before there had beene discharged vppon the Towne sixtéene thousand shot and against the ennemie from the Towne had béene

counterchanged six thousand Moreouer there were also receiued into the Campe some parte of the new souldiers which came out of Italie and had béene appoynted for the succour of Berke for first there arriued eight hundred men of those companies and afterwards fiue and twenty hundred more were sent for part Italians and part Spaniards and besides these xx men more out of all the other Ancients vnder the gouernment of the Erie of Barlamont and Bucquoy who for this cause were forced to discharge their wagons and other prouisions before by them taken vp and meant to be vsed in raising the siege before Bercke There are eightéene companies appoynted euery night out of the Towne to garde sir Frances Veres trenches on the south west parte of the Towne who daily falleth out vppon the ennemy with other souldiers of the Towne and haue oftentimes slayne many of the ennemies wounded more which haue béene sent to Bruges from the Campe so that their Hospitalles are full of wounded souldiers and many Captaines and men of great accompt aswell Spaniardes Italians and others haue béene slaine in these conflictes and amongest the rest a Colonell of the Spaniardes was brought to Dunkerke and there first buryed in his armour and afterwardes taken vp againe and put into the earth in a Friars wéede with great solempnitie On Sonday being the sixe and twentieth day of Iuly last past was a great skirmish with the ennemy which continued very long and was with great furie valour and resolution maintained on both sides the ennemy supplying his souldiers with fresh companies bringing thrée foure and fiue companies at a time and they of the Towne seconding their parte continually with newe supplies and with like numbers so that in the end it seemed rather a little battell than a skirmish sometime our people being ouermatched with the fresh companies of their ennemies were forced to giue ground but presently againe with their new supplies from the Towne couragiously pressed into the thickest of the enimies making them likewise to retire into their trenches and thus it continued long sometimes the one parte and sometimes the other giuing ground vntill the ennemies horsemen came in to succour their footemen wherevppon our men returned into their trenches and into the Towne after they had slaine and spoiled many of their enemies both horse and foote But if our men had béene furnished with horsemen the ennemy had lost many more men than hée did both in this skirmish and all others before but héerein the enemy hath had the vantage of vs during this siege notwithstanding it hath béene written from Callice that after this fight there were carried out of the Campe to Bruges thrée score and ten wagons laden with wounded men and in euery wagon was tenne men at the least but when they were brought to Bruges they of the Towne woulde not receiue them saying that they had their Hospitalles alreadie full and coulde receiue no more and therefore required that they might be conueyed to some other townes It was afterwardes reported that the ennemy lost in this shirmish 450. men besides those that were wounded neyther was this attempt accomplished without losse on our side Saterday being the first day of this present moneth of August they of the Towne issued againe vpon the ennemy and with great furie after they had continued skirmish som halfe houre forced them to retire to their trenches slaying some 80. of their enemies as néere as could be iudged but the horsemen of the enemy comming in vpon our souldiers they returned into the Towne with small losse on our part It is reported by some that came very lately from Callice that on wednesday last being the fift day of this present moneth of August there was a great Skirmish begunne by those of the Towne to hinder the enemies approach vnto the walles which was with fierce resolution long continued on both sides and that they of the towne with great slaughter of their enemies had taken thrée or fiue péeces of ordonance and brought the same into the Towne but how certaine this is being but a reporte I cannot write the trueth thereof will he hereafter better knowne Sir Frances Vere without the Towne doth daily fortify his trenches and the Gouernour within the Towne with earth raiseth the walles thereby to auoyde the daunger of the enemies shot which his Highnesse spareth not but bestoweth so liberally vpon the Towne as if he found shot and powder aboundauntly in the Downes or sand-hilles and withall laboreth to raise a new Cauallirie with bauen and earth thereon so plant more ordonaunce and to shoote into the Towne on the south southwest side Thus they are earnestly busied on all sides the one nor the other sparing any cost or labor to annoy their enemy and to defend themselues and that thing which to day is not thought vpon is the next day put in practise with new deuises and warlike stratagems the one raising vp the other with his ordonance beating downe his ennemies works that the same may not be finished or brought to perfection It is also written from Antwerpe that the Infanta is in person come into the Campe and that the Archduke is in Ondenburgh to the end he may himselfe in person giue order in these affaires time will teach vs to knowe what profite hée shal reape by these his trauels inestimable charges But at her returne from the Camp to Bruges shée broght with her sundry Companies of Souldiers but they of the Towne denyed to receiue them saying they had no néede of any new Garrison but if it pleased her highnes to come into the Towne with her accustomed trayne shée should be welcome but as for her Souldiers they were not minded to take them into the Cittie Such as haue come out of Ostend very lately and likewise from Vlushing reporte for certaine that within the Towne of Ostend there wanteth not any thing fit for the defence thereof and that all victualles are very plentifull English béere is solde for twoo stiuars the kanne great measure for which there is no excise payde Sir Frances Vere giueth the enemie daily so much to doe and kéepeth him so well occupied that he knoweth not well which way to turne him or what hée may well beginne to annoy the Towne and it is thought by many men of good iudgement that hée wisheth he had not come to besiege Ostend seeing he findeth so small hope to carry it but would rather be with his camp from thence if he knew how with credite to departe Lately the enemy remooued nine péeces of his ordonance from the east to the weast side his ordonance made it verie dangerous to enter by the accustomed hauen except it were in the night time but since the making of the last or middle hauen all things are carried in and out without any daunger of the enemies shot And on the southwest side the ennemy bringeth great store of brush and bauen fagots towards the