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A68022	Certaine letters declaring in part the passage of affaires in the Palatinate, from September to this present moneth of April Together, with the articles of agreement betweene the princes of the Vnion and the Lord Marquis Spinola.	I. B.	1621 (1621)	STC 1037; ESTC S104443	11,014	20

Bohemia and some hopes they haue that England will help to repaire that losse of which the world makes it too blame whiles the treatise of peace foreslowed some helpes for it and shadowed the resolution of the enemie but this perpaps is but a part of that libertie which men take to judge of colours by candle-light Before that late battell by Prague was fought one Pr●torius Minister of Adorpe in the Palatinate called Treshiem addressed himselfe to the Kings Councell at Heidelberg and perswaded them to hasten a Poste to the King to wish him to shift for himselfe for within eight dayes Prague should be taken which indeed fell out adding that the King in or before 1623. should with an army recouer that kingdome and be made Emperour Of the latter men thinke the more because the former fell out so right In the Palatinate the distresse is great and greatned by scare that the Empererours forces left in Bohemia will make their way through the upper Palatinate unto Spinola in the lower and if Bethlem Gabor divert them not by inuasion of Bohemia or Austria it is probable The bishop of Tryer hath reedified a sort vpon the Rhine beyond Tryer which the King of Bohemia had some foure yeares since suddenly in one night surprised This is now finished and furnished with 3000 men and sixteene peeces of Ordinance and lyes sit to cut off all succours which might from those parts come to vs or to be a bridge for the enemie into that part of the Palatinate which lieth on the East side of the Rhine and is yet untouched Count Iohn of Nassaw who commanded the natiues of this countrey and the trained Boores is censured for suffering this worke but he dischargeth himselfe on the Princes of the Vnion in that he did weekly aduertise them of it therefore the people do blame and boldly call their fidelitie into question not considering that if they had sent forces conuenient to stop that worke they should haue exposed the Citie of Wormes Frankindale and other townes neare the enemie to apparent danger their at my being weake enough to encounter the enemy when it was all together The Dorpes are miserably taxed and forraged by the enemy and almost asmuch by their owne horsel whose outrages haue darkened those of our troupes and gotten vs reputation Our troupes haue bin very disorderly and vile in pillages and quarelling amongst themselves and chiefly in swearing and drunkennesse against which the noble Generall and some of his Officers and my selfe in my place haue made what resistance we could my selfe with some danger and though we haue not bin able to stem the current yet haue we by Gods mercie much preuailed of late so we labour with much griefe and some hope Pray for vs and for me God hath also set vpon vs for about 300 of ours are dead of a contagious Feuer which as our wine and drunkennesse thereby abounded did increase both in quantitie of infection and mortalitie of disease and on some persons by botches and spots appeared to be the Plague Those which by example or tolleration of their Captains were most notorious haue borne this stroke in proportion among whom this also fell out that some of the first disordered with drinke fell euen then into madnesse with their sicknesse which euen arrested them and never left them till they died which being obserued and by my selfe publikly prest caused some to haste from vs into England with their faults on their backs and some others by Gods mercie do scare and refraine This rod of God is in a manner remoued for sew fall sicke of late and of them scarce one dieth yet haue we not bin smitten as our enemies for of them we haue of certaine that 10000 are wasted and most by sicknesse Three thousand of Spinoldes men lately returned into Flanders being those which were last sent vpon Count Henries coming and ours they in their returne summoned Fryburg an Imperiall Citie as stake in Nassaw took it by composition and after contrary to promise carried thence fiftie peeces of artillery and great store of come downe the Rhine which caused them of Frankford to abhor the rendring of the Citie into their enemies hands to which they were before inclined How good is he that drawes good out of euill Our troupes neuer came to blowes but are eager of it beyond all beliefe and now by daily experience well brought to know their weapons Or their valour the Country takes generall notice and namely of their defending thirtie of them an open Dorpe from the forraging of 200 horse of their owne partie wherein the English repulsed them stoutly and made them retire with losse Oh if God would give vs more to feare him how would he honour vs By this you see what need I haue of many prayers and this poore people also and how it concernes our nation to yeeld what comfort they can to this afflicted state and Church to which God enlarge all mens hearts Frankindale Ianuary 29. 1620. SInce our coming Spinola hath bin stopped and himself three seuerall times bin forced rather to retraite then ioyne battell with vs so far hath God blessed our small ●roupes and made them defenders though not deliverers ●of the Palatinate And though our troupes by that mortalitie we had and by the departure and running away of many were much lessened yet are they filled vp with such as from vnder Coronell Gray and others haue come to vs out of Bohemia so as with Officers and all wee are not lesse then 2000 men who being exercised with the use of their armes will be vnto vs twice themselves if God will use them You haue a contrary opinion of vs in England but this I say is true The Princes of the Vnion are wonderfully cheared with the mony message which his Maiestie sent them by Sir Albertus Mourton and are now drawing toward Holbrun where their diet is appointed on the 28 of this Moneth to consult of further courses Some conceit they haue of peace but besides our Kings mediation for it I heare not of any ground they haue vnlesse the working of their desires which you know produceth oftentimes the fume of false hope no hope indeed In Bohemia Count Maunsfield hath taken some small Townes and assured some others to the King and Prague it selfe is so weary of their curbe that if any meane succor be sent them it is probable they will it is certaine they desire to shake it off The King and Queene of Bohemia do beare their afflictions with such patience piety as haue added more true honour to them then victory could haue done and makes me hope that God will in his time lift them vp againe to the astonishment of their enemies and joy of his people From them lately came a command for a solemne day of fasting and prayer besides their monethly bid dayes and daily Church-prayers which was accordingly performed January the 14. The Queene was brought

English in the Van next after the guard of the Princes the Dutch foote next after ours who with ours made vp the number of 6200 foote About halfe an houre past two wee came in sight of some of our enemies troupes and perceiued some skirmishing in a bottome in which wee after heard of foure of our horse and two of our men shot but wee did not know what dammage they did On wee marched but Spinola rewarding him very royally that brought him the newes of our marching smiling his sticke on the ground saying Battalio Battalio yet vpon view of our comming vpon him and of the number of our horse which were one third part more then his as his foote was almost a third more then ours hee drew backe almost two miles and within two of Openheim placed himselfe in Batalio horse and foot vpon a hill whither by reason of a deepe valley wee could not approach but by one passage of but reasonable width in which hee planted his artillery which that wee might know to bee there was discharged eight times at a cornet of horse that lay under a wood and slue a dog or else did not hurt Right a gainst this of his we planted our artillery on another hil embatteld our horse drew our foote into the valley before it where the Dutch guard pleased to glue our English leave to take the Van by this time it was 3 of the clocke and thus we stood at a mile and half vs distance facing one the other still expecting order to charge till the night and the newes of an impassable way tooke off our hopes There also tooke I vpon mee to goe to the heads of our English troupes to euery deuision apart to incourage them which they received with much affection and generally shewed the brauest resolution to fight that could be seene or wished of men It was the hand of God that did strangely disappoint vs of that worke by which if it had succeeded this poore afflicted people might haue beene relieved and the war in a manner ended in one day or at the least Openheim and the bridge might haue beene taken yea without stroke of battell if we had but put our armie betwixt Spinola and it which was moued by some but not followed Count Henrie and Generall Vere as loth to ouergage their horse too farre and distrustfull of the foote being most High Dutch and vnexperienced though well disabled The Princes of the vnion which had lyen about Openheim remembred not the passage in time till the aduantage was lost The night came on at the approch whereof Spinola was retired without sound of drum or Trumpet and shouted for joy when they had thus escaped and leaving vs in the field all night returned to his quarter neuer I suppose more glad of any escape which hath rather taken from his glorie then added to ours It is true that when we came after the day to discouer our possibilities we are much more ready to censure our greatest Commanders for that ouersight of aduantage then to acknowledge their foresight for our preseruation The opinion is that except the Prince foote bee reinforced by more English of whom they haue a great opinion the Princes will hardly give battell to the enemies and consequently the poore people be eaten vp as well of their friends as enemies The Townes which Spinola hath taken are of no strength and yeelded without any stroke also did also some strong forts possessed by the Boores whom the very name of a souldier conquered In the meane time God pursueth our enemies with mortall sicknesse and iudging them fit to bee punished but not by vs nor doe I maruell at this our outrage considered for even we that in respect of the cause fight for God doe in our behauiour fight against him I speake not of all but of many of our troupes who doe pleade greater abuses in other instead of their owne vertues and reckon some deboyses to their callings which onely spring from their owne personall wildnesse Since the fourth of October wee haue twice remoued and now lye at Nitersein betweene Wormes and Frankindal vncertaine whether wee shall be called to businesse or garrison On the morrow after our returne some went to Arwen the place where our enemies stood and there found some 7. or 8. Italians and 26. Spanish women which Captaine Proud tooke there prisoners The same morning Spinola sent certaine troupes of horse to obserue our rising whereof 600. were charged by the Duke of Brundswicke and Sir William Dalford with 300. of our horse who also cut off and tooke six of the enemies Frankindale Ianuary 9. 1620. COncerning the late lamentable defeature of the King of Bohemia his armie I suppose you haue heard enough perhaps more then truth The losse of men was little for on both sides there fell not aboue 22 hundred insomuch as some did blame the cowardize of our partie which others called trecherie The losse of honour munition of treasure and baggage was great but the losse of the Kingdome much greater which except one place of strength is said to be reuolted to the stronger party though of that so ill intreated as if occasion were they would quickly shew to whom their hearts were subiect euen the Romish part it selfe The King and Queene great with child hauing receiued the oath of Allegiance from those of Silecia and promise of their uttermost assistance as being firme in their Religion haue retired themselues into the country of Brandenburg together with the Prince of Anhault and there both of them the Queene especially do make all commers to be witnesses of their singular moderation patience deuotion and confidence in God And this I would haue you to beleeue that the world in many ages did hardly see such a paire of that ranke and surely this tribulation shall do them good A report was spread in these parts that the Queene was dead in child bed a moneth since but I spake with one that came from her presence within these nine dayes and and left her in good health and daily expectation of deliverance which God grant and I trust we shall heare well Bethlem Gabor beheaded the Generall and some other officers of those forces he sent into Bohemia as soone as they returned into Hungaria for their cowardly running away and threatned that if hereafter any of his made the like fault he would raze out their posteritie those troupes were 10000. VVe say without variance that he prepares to aide the King of Bohemia with 30000 men which hee may the better do because the Polanders which found him worke at home haue bin lately broken by the armie of the Turks and Tartarians which lately slaughtering 20000 of them haue succeeded farre into that kingdome and are like to possesse it A remedy worse then the disease There is much speech here of the King of Denmarke his purpose to shew him selfe in person and with an army for the King of