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
A68165	A discourse of the great ouerthrow giuen by the French King vnto the leaguers in Poictiers, in Februarie last With the names of all such men of account as were slaine or taken prisoners. Truly translated according to the French coppie, printed by the Kings printer at Tours.; Discours de ce qui s'est passé en Poictou sur la deffaicte du vicomte de la Guyerche, & de toutes ses trouppes, durant le mois de febrier de l'ãnne presente. English.		1592 (1592)	STC 13133; ESTC S106093	6,352	20

hard vnto him He also willed the Gentlemen which were within to deliuer vp the place otherwise hee would burne their houses which were neer vnto Guien and punish them rigorouslie when he had taken the place whereof he hoped verie shortly to be possessor To which commaundement they in the end consented for the causes abouesaid and yeelded the Castle the fifte daie of Februarie three houres within the euening which was contrarie to the old mans will Which Castle the Lord Campagnoll did take possession of with twentie Soldiers onelie which thing fell out happilie for that the Vicont arriued that day following about three of the clock with all his troupes meaning indeede to besiege the Towne and Castle with those which were before besieged The Vicont with his forces made an assault vnto the Suburbes neere adioyning to the bridge which was the quarter defended by the three Companies before named and forced them to retire but they recouering the forces droue him back againe and forced him to departe hauing first had intelligence of the yeelding of the Castle and resolued to passe the riuer of the I le where he had a house at commandement very neere the passage The day being come the Lord de Sallerin with the Lorde d'Abain resoluing to prouide for the garde of that place wente with fourescore good horsemen and two hundred Harguebusies on horseback to the intent to doe all the honour to the Vicont in conducting him to the gates of Poictiers and to recompence him if it might be by the way for the great paines hee had taken Also he followed them euen to the Suburbs of the castle of Vieux being distaunt from Guierche three leagues he encountred one of their companies of Harguebusies which went to refresh themselues the which he quickly put to flight without anie great resistance And the said Lords to follow their first resolution hauing first discouered those which did retire At the last then they pursued them with their light horsemen being led by the Lord Baron de Abain and Bors la Vigne which sought all meanes to know their enemies forces to take their aduauntage in the battaile to which they were so lately bent But being hindered by the often skirmiges they had with them as they followed and the place where the Vicount was vnknowen vnto them the Lordes de Sallerin and d'Abain resolued to march to the right side of the Tower de Oyzay being a verie high place where they might beste descrie their enemies forces whereof as yet they were vncertaine And in the meane time the Lord Preaux who as he had heard was his great friend and was comming along the Riuer of Vienna with one hundred and fiftie or two hundred footmen and fortie horsmen being as well of the high tower as of the garrison might ioyne with him in the plain neere the riuer by them The Lord de Sallerin leauing his companie went to find the L. d'Abain Bois la Vigne who were gone with 12. or 15. horse to descrie the order and force of the enemies which they did so effectually as it came to such euent as they looked for and therfore with all their force marched foorth to finde out the L. de Abain Preaux who abode about 100. paces from thē expecting the battel which to begin they sent 20. horsmen 50. hargueb guided by L. Sallerin The L. des Preux aduanced foorth his footmen backt with his caualleri who went valiantly to assaile the infantry of the enemie lodged by the enemie for most aduantage This troupe receiued many canon shotte from the castle of the I le and the harguebusiers of the shot of the enemies and of those which lay in couert did execute very braue exploites of armes the French Spaniards fighting valiantly hand to hand but at last by the braue resolution of M. de Preux the Lords d'Gardeuil Mesignac Barredon de Vaure la Bruere and de Cruere who with their troupes behaued them so valyantlie that they took the ditches gained the mountain and the medow and the spaniards halfe ouercome retired to their main battell being pursued very closely L. Baron d'Abain and de la Vigne hauing vlerque la Cauallerie the whole companie were put to flight and vanquished more by sight of our courage then by our force where in the flight was made a great slaughter of the enemies who were so liuely folowed and hardly pursued and seeing the passage on that side of Chauuigni in the height of the riuer to be kept with the troupes of the Lorde Abain and Sallerin and that they could not escape the edge of the sword they cast themselues into the Riuer where all that did so were immediately drowned The Vicont himselfe hoping of better fortune then the others had with many of the principall Leaguers put themselues into a great Boat and assaied to passe but the Harguebushers with their shotte made such a bramblement within their boat as also that many of those which were in the water did catch holde of the boat thereby to saue themselues so that the strength and weight of them did oue-turne the boate the vpside downe A woonderfull thing then was it to beholde this spectacle which resembled a patterne of the deluge and to heare the horrible cries of men and horses The riuer beeing couered with hats and clokes and men and horses drowned and halfe drowned which had sunke and diued vp againe Of some their heads appeared of others their legs and armes the most of them armed and booted Which dreadfull thing doeth shewe the iust iudgement of God vpon these miserable Leaguers who hauing made such ruine of good men receiued from God the guerdon of their periurie and the chastisement which they had merited and iustly deserued The Vicont himselfe being knowen of one of his owne friends was taken prisoner who tooke him out of the water and carried him on a mare vnto the foresaid Chastelleraut In this ouerthrowe the sixte of February there were slaine and drowned more then fiue hundred men Amongst the which at the least were fourescore Gentlemen and Captnes and by report of the Trumpetter the pesaunts and women which came from Poictiers to search the dead did finde that of eight hundred men which wente from thence there returned but fiftie the rest being dead or taken This worke of God is admirable and not to be praysed sufficiently that the enemies had three for one and yet we had not one man either slaine or wounded vnto the death only foure or fiue Souldiers are lightly hurt and those that are most dangerouslie wounded may be healed in twelue dais and of ours were three horse slaine The night drawing on and waxing exceeding darke and the want of Boates was the cause that they were forced to geue ouer and could not followe the victorie on that side the riuer which wee passed before the conflict so that the said Lord de Abain and de Sallerin lodged in the Villages