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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A09828	A True reporte of the taking of the great towne and castell of Polotzko by the King of Polonia with the manner of the assaults, batteries, undermininges, skirmishes and fyreworkes, that were there vsed from the 11 of August to the 30 of the same month 1579.		1579 (1579)	STC 20092.5; ESTC S4832	3,183	15

¶ A true Reporte of the taking of the great towne and Castell of Polotzko by the King of Polonia VVith the manner of the Assaults Batteries Vndermininges Skirmishes and Fyreworkes that were there vsed from the 11. of August to the .30 of the same Month. 1579. ¶ A true Reporte of the taking of the Towne and Castell of Polotzko by the King of Polonia the 30. of August 1579. THe last of Iune the King of Polonia beinge at a Towne called Wilde brake vp his Siege and came to Suerum to muster there in whiche place his Maiestie called together his Lordes and Captaines and men of warre to know after what order they should prouide for the safegarde and defence of their Countrey and how for to keepe the enimie which was the Moscoue furre from them and there his Maiestie agreed to beseege the Citie of Polotzko because that Towne lyeth in the border of the great Dukedome of Litto and principallye of the Towne of Villo and there lyeth no Fortresse betweene that and the Wilde and if he had not taken the waye to the same Citie he should haue geuen his enemie waye to haue entered into the Dukedome of Litto and also to the Wilde and therfore his Maiestie found it needefull to looke to because he tooke this war in hande not onelye to recouer that same Towne to the Crowne of Poland againe as it hath beene in times past but to withstand the enimiy to keepe him back In his Country the winter is very hard with verye great raines snowes fogges and continuall trostes and therefore very perillous to make war in which the king of Poland hath found verye daingerous in passing from the VVilde to the saide Cittie of Polotzko by reason of the clammye ground with the great thawes and caines and deepe ryuers with the great trouble of his caryage of his great ordinaunce powder shot munition and all other kinde of artillerye with the losse of his horses and other beastes for want of sustenaunce trauailing those barrame wildernes and heigh mountaines yet nothing could discorage this mighty prince frō taking of this enterprise in hand although manye of his Noble men and wise Captaines did show what perill it were for him to passe with so great an Armye and telling of him the strength of the Towne and the Castell with all other inconueniaunces yet could hee not be perswaded from his opinion but rather the more encouraged gathered his people together and hoping that if hee could take that Towne it would be a great discouragement to his enimies and a great incouragement to his owne Soldiors because this Citie is the strongest and greatest in all his Dominions And his Maiestie did send out of Suero the honorable Nicolaum Radzinil chiefe Gouernour of the Towne called the Wilde with a certain nūber of Horsemen Footemen with a certain nūber of Hungarians with the Honorable Casper Bekize to the Citie of Polotzko to stoppe the high wayes that there might com no succour from the Prince of Muscoue And for al that he tooke great paines for to be sodenly there yet the wayes was so fowle and the passages so crooked that it was long or euer that they could come there And because that the King of Polon had sent defyaunce to the Muscouo King hee doubting of the besiege of them of Polotzko sent ●…yde to them of Polotzko which came two daies before the Honorable Nicolaue came there but hee comming thither did so stoppe the passages that he could send no more succoures thether And immediatlye after the King of Polon with his whole campe ordinaunce bag and baggage with great paines hauing fowle wayes with the continual raine that fell and the fowle wether was constrained to make very small i●rneyes and in the meane tyme his forewarde tooke three Castels called Cosianua Crasne and Situo in their iorney which they quickly spoyled and burnt And the 11. of August his Majestie with all his power came neere to the Tower of Polozko and pytched his Campe not far from the Walles of the Towne and then his Maiestie caused his Campe in three places to bee intrenched against the Towne And as the Towne being very strongly fenced with very strong Bulwarks and other Fortresses and being very well prouided of all manner powder shot and other Engines and putting great confidence in the Castell which stoode without the Towne issued out of the Towne and forced the king of Po●on to withdraw him selfe from that parte of the Towne where the Subber●●s were in which place the Castell stoode but in the end the Polanes had the victorye and chaeed the Moscoes into the Towne the Castell set the Subbarbes a fyre And in shorte time wholly destroyed it And after this they did dayly vnder minde the ground till they came vnder the cheefe gate of the Castell but the almyghtye God at this time shewed his mightye power for manye dayes without ceassing we had great raynes so that all laboure and diligence of the Soldior was hindered yet for the desyre that they had to ouercome their enimyes nothing could discourage them but dayly they did their endeuor against the towne and Castell And those within the Towne and the Castel although their enimy with out was fearce and daily did shoot at them with great ordinaunce and neuer c●ased daye nor night shooting and throwing of wilde fyre into the Towne and although their houses were couered with strawe and reede and such thinges apte to take fyre yet they nothing dismayde did daylye defende them selues with making prouision with raw Hydes and other thinges fit for that purpose for to withstand the violence of the fyre and verye valiantlye defended both the Towne and Castell and as fast as anye was stroken downe an other would steppe ouer him and fyght stoutly in his roome wherby it is seene that the Moscoues are verye valiaunt in keeping of a Holde yet at the length GOD of his mercy shewed vs a fayre day For the 29. of August our people with great diligence and no small perill waded thorough the ryuer carying wilde fyre in one hand and their weapon in the other and manfullye runne vp the Hill and made an assaulte to the breces of the Castell set thē on fyre and so with the shooting of the ordinaunce on the one side the casting of the fyre on the other the enimie was forced to forsake the Bulwarke and to retyre which gaue our Soldiors such courage that they did follow the enimye thorowe the fyre and thought to winne the Castell but they did fayle of their purpose because the force of the fyre was great and the force of the enimy greater they were forced to retyre with the losse of 27. of their menne and verye manye wounded And of our enimyes were slaine 200. The verye same daye the enimy did make a sygne as though hee would haue yeelded but they ment nothing lesse For they had prouided new Bulwarkes and blinded our menne with the flames of fyre therefore the Kinges Maiestie was fullye bent to show the vttermost that he coulde doe because the enimye shoulde haue no tyme to fortifye him And therefore the next daye beinge the 30. daye of August he caused all his armye aswell Horsemen as footemen to make an assault to the Town and caused certaine Horsemen and Footmen to make an assaulte to an other parte of the Towne where they had vndermined the Wall and throw downe a great peece of it and set fyre one parte of the Castell and the place where they were the day before they recouered where they found the Musco digging and defending of him selfe but the Polon droue him backe and had him wholy in his power and so the king of Polon being mooued with pittye lothing to shed any christian blood did giue pardon to all them that he found in the Castell and them that would serue hee tooke into seruice which was a great number because they would saue their goodes they that would hee gaue them safe conduct to go into Moscoui and those that would not yeelde wer these the honorable Basilius Iuanowitz Telateuski Nicolēski Demetrius Michalowitz Schitbathi Oholeuski Matthe Inanowitz Rzowki Iwan Hrechoriowitz Susin Petrus Inanowitz VVolenski Lutzian Tretiakow Kakouse whiche were all Captaines and Officers in the town and Castel and therfore the king tooke them forceablye prisoners and garded the Towne and Castell with his owne Soldiors The nūber of the Moscoues that defended the Castell were 6000. which moste parte was slaine and found dead in dyches and of them in the Towne there was no certaine number known because a great number fled And also there was found within yse town and Castell such store of ordinaunce with powder shot and lead and all other kinde of Artillerye that there was thought there was not the like Towne nor Castell in Christendome And therfore his Maiesty seeing that GOD hath geuen him such victory ouer his enimyes more then he deserued or looked for gaue commaundement thorough all his Realme to geue God praise and thankes FINIS ¶ Imprinted 1579.