otherwise that it lay in him to giue the Dutchie of Luxenburgh to whom hee listed which might haue beene a good present to the French King being joyn'd with Mets in Loreine Duke D' alua remained quiet in the Kings state at Brussels with some tyrannous Spaniards about him who from the highest to the lowest gaped for the spoyles and confusion of the poore Netherlanders These God knows at that instant were better fed then taught in marshall discipline except a few of their Nobility men of war who were all at the deuotion of Duke d' Alua by means of the ignorance obstinacy of Count Egmond who was deceiued lulled asleep in his vaine glory by certaine treacherous tyrannous and vngrateful Spaniards Insomuch as they refused neither the tenth pennie nor any other demaunds that pleased Duke d' Alua to charge vpon them Duke d' Alua hauing intrapt the Counts of Egmond and Horne with diuers others of great qualitie sent for them to counsaile At their entrie into a chamber where he was the great Prouost arrested them of high treason taking from them their Rapiers and armes You may easily iudge their sentences when they were to be tryed by the Cardinall Granuill and his friends So for the boxe on the care and other follies Count Egmond lost his head with diuers others and principally the men of best quality whom they feared and mistrusted to haue any vogue with the popular or meanes to annoy them either with forces or Councell At this instant Count Charles Maunsfelt had with him a vigilant politicke companion which his father the olde Foxe had foysted into the seruice of Duke D' Alua onely to aduertise him and his sonne of their proceedings This espy-all ranne to Charles into a tennis-Court and brought him presently into his lodging where they mounted themselues speedily to recouer Luxenburgh which they did although Duke D' Alua sent diuers others on the spurre to bring them to him dead or aliue These mist them narowly For they had not passed the bridge of Namurs but the others were in the place within one houre Returning to Duke d' Alua he was in great choler for not intrapping Count Charles and not without reason For hauing him he might haue held him prisoner for the better assurance of his father Duke d' Alua dispatched present posts to the great Prouost of Arden who was altogether at his deuotion by reason of a Picke betwixt Count Maunsfelt and him By good espy-all Count Maunsfelt was aduertized of their practise which was that the Prouost should vse all diligence and meanes to intrappe the father or the sonne If both hee should doe the King and him great seruice Count Charles being aduertized of the match vsed all meanes possible to meet the Prouost at equall handes This Count was rather desperate then valiant in all his quarrels but politicke and full of wit in all his affaires By good espy-alls he met this Prouost hauing with him about twenty horsemen all or the most his owne seruants The Count had about twelue the most or all Captaines and Souldiers This encounter God knows was farre against the Prouosts wil considering the match For most men of iudgement in those affaires value sixe chosen men well mounted worth twenty ramassets as the brench tearme them The Count as of greatest courage beganne to speake as followeth Master Prouost I doe vnderstand Duke d' Alua commands you to bring my father or my selfe vnto him and that you gaue your word you would doe it All honest men ought to maintaine their words and promises especially great Officers of qualitie like your selfe I must confesse you ought to obey the Kings Lieuetenant but not to make promise of more than you are able to performe You know my father my selfe and you are neighbours children and kinsmen a farre of Wherefore for all your small picke you might haue vsed the Duke with lesse assurance But to giue him and all his proude Spaniards to vnderstand that a Netherlander carrieth as good resolution as any Spaniard and to terrifie such base fellowes as thou art from the like attempt there is for thee And withall strooke him with a pistoll in his bosome downe from his horse Himselfe and his company mastering the rest executed no more all yeelding to his mercy The Count told them vpon condition that some of you will tell Duke d' Alua that I wished him here with his Prouost I giue you all your liues and leaue to goe where you list Tell him also I am gone to the French King and from him to the Turke rather then to yeeld to his mercie The Count being in France was greatly fauoured well vsed by the French King and remained there vntill Don Iohn d' Austria came into the Lowe Countries to be Gouernour and Captaine Generall As I sayd before Count Peter Ernest would neuer hazard himselfe at the mercy of Duke d' Alua notwithstanding there passed courteous letters of dissimulation betwixt them Duke d' Alua all this while plaied gloria patri as pleased him thinking his worke at an end in the Lowe Countries sauing the finishing of two Citadels the one at Antwerpe and the other at Flushing In the meane time he the Cardinal others perswaded the King all they might to vndertake the conquest of England thinking thereby to oppresse religion in all other places Being resolued both in Spaine and Flanders he dispatched his great Captain and Marshall Chiapine Vitelly vnto her Maiesty with some fained message but by all likelyhood they had intelligence of our discountents For immediately after Vitellies retreit out of England the Earles of Northumberland and Westmerland were in armes in the North-countrie And the Duke of Norfolke was charged as faulty presently after At which time Duke d' Alua had ready in Zeland some ten regiments to embarke for England But by Gods prouidence our stirs were quieted before they could embarke Also God blinded his affaires in such sort that hee vndertooke to finish the Citadell of Antwerpe before that of Flushing to his vndoing as I will shew in this discourse Count Lodowicks entry into Frizeland and the defeat of the Count of Arenbergue I Can speake little touching the first iourny Count Lodowick made into Frizeland but I heard the Prince report that Count Lodowick marched into Frizeland with some two thousand and fiue hundred horsemen and seauen thousand footemen all Germanes And hauing intelligence with the Counts of Schowenburgh and his brother in law the Count Vanderbergue hee tooke the Castle of Wedle with diuers other places in Frizeland hauing ingaged Groining The Counts of Arenbergue and Meguen were dispatched from Duke d' Alua to stop his courses hauing with them the master of the Campe Don Gonsalvo de Bracamount with his Tertia of Sardinia and some companies of Wallons Geldrois and Almans with the two bands of Ordinance of the Counts about
shoare where the Commendador stoode many were fast on the sands diuers were burnt the rest made all the sailes they could to recouer the riuer of Antwerpe Amongst these was Santio d'Auila notwithstanding he had grounded his own vessell in seeking to come to fight The Nassawians followed them into the riuer of Antwerpe defeating and taking many as they ranne away By the Spaniards owne reports they lost in this battaile aboue threescore saile of all sorts forty seauen ensignes aboue sixe hundred brasse pieces of which aboue 200. were taken out of the Cittadle of Antwerpe slaine and taken aboue six thousand souldiers and mariners Few were saued that came to their hands but all or the most that were taken were slaine or drowned Amongst many of their Commanders and men of good account their Admirall Beauoir was slaine valiantly at the push of pike So was Santio Dauilaes vice Admirall The victorious escaped not scotfree For their Admirall Boiset lost his right eye with the blowe of a pike the Admirall of Holland sore hurt with a shot in the thigh Boenyre Boisets vice Admirall was slaine with many other of good marke besides at the least sixteene hundred souldiers and mariners Thus was tke battell of Romers-wall begunne and ended Perhaps some will say because there was no greater slaughter and confusion it may not be tearmed worthy and comparable vnto diuers others But in troth I heard diuers report besides the Commendador who had been at Lapanta and heer that the fury there was nothing comparable vnto this number to number For my part I neuer saw any thing so furious I may well speake it for there are some of good quality yet aliue can testifie the same But for Iulian Romero himselfe I had bin blown vp with his Alfere yet I escaped with as great hazard as any other of his followers But I will dispute against any souldier that no fight hath been comparable vnto it by sea these fiue hundred yeares sauing that before Sluce fought by our famous King Edward the third against the French King and the Earle of Flanders and that of Lapanta FINIS The Spanish counsaile touching the Lowe Countries Duke D' Aluaes commission The intelligence of the Prince of Orange His policie Cardinall Granuill taketh a boxe vpon the eare Count Egmonds nature The Prince of Oranges fauour popular The Kings letters Peter Maunsfelt and the Lord Barlemount will not signe Count Egmond repenteth Is pacified Combination of the Nobility with the Prince Egmond offended Charles Maunsfelts councell concerning Egmond To take the streights against Duke D' Alua. The forces of the Lowe Countries The disposition of the Neatherlanders Egmond draweth all to the Spaniard The Prince of Orange seeketh conference with Egmond His aduertisement Egmonds answere The Kings dissembling letters The Princes reply The Protestants at Antwerpe Their ouerthrow at Osterwell The Prince of Orange his Ouersight Hee openly taketh part with the Papists Perswadeth the Protestants to quietnesse A pitifull Captaine The Prince of Orange into Germany Duke D' Alua arriueth in Loraine Count Maunsfelt vpon his guarde Duke D' Alua courteth him Duke D' Alua surpriseth the chiefe of the Nobility Count Charles Maunsfelt flyeth Duke D' Alua pursueth him Duke D' Aluaes trechery against Count Maunsfelt The Prouost of Arden the instrument Charles Maunsfelt meets the Prouost Killeth him Goeth into Fraunce Count Lodowicke into Frizeland Count Arenburge and Count Meguen sent against him Bracamount master of the Campe. The pride and insolency of certaine spaniards Lodowicke a braue commander Lodowickeâ— forces The order of the Spaniards Lodowickes order to traine out the enemy The Spanish discipline Lodowicke besiegeth Groning Vitelli in ayde of Groning Is dared to battaile by Lodowicke Refuseth and yet giueth hope thereof D' Alua approcheth Lodowicke retyreth Fortifieth himselfe at Iemming Seeketh to stop the enemy Relieueth his Curriers His Germans cryed for guilt and are payed by the Spaniards His braue resolution in greatest distresse The valour of Count Adolfe Count Lodowicke defeated Adolfe slaine The cause of Lodowickes dating Vitells The Prince of Orange towards Brabant Commeth to Liege D' Alua sendeth to Liege Liege enemy to the Prince Sendeth forces to affront the Prince The garrison there annoyeth the Prince Louaine refuseth a Spanish garrison But yet yeeld him money victuals The Prince retyreth His policy to keepe his army from mutinie He commeth to Valentia Auoydeth the danger of his mutinous souldiers Biddeth d' Alua battaile Hee hanged one of the Trumpetters Refuseth to fight Vitelly persuadeth to fight The danger of the losse of the battaile to the Spaniards The Prince marcheth to the place assigned Count Lodowicke hath the vantgard and beats in the Dukes guards Counselleth to force his tents D' Alua followeth Vitelly cutteth off straglers Is forced to run by Lodowicke D' Alua retyreth The Prince in Fraunce The causes of the Princes bad successe What townes are defensible The Duke D'Aluaes error in not building fortifying the the Cittadle of Flushing England Scotland Fraunce Germany Mercenaries Italie Venice Genua The great houses Clergy Portugall Denmarke Sweden The Hauns townes Poland D'Aluaes pride The massacre of Paris Lodowicke craueth ayde in France Obtayneth the Kings consent The French humors M Secretary Walsingham Lodowicke dispatcheth his instruments to Mounts The stratagem for gaining the towne The surprizing of Mounts Lodowicke entreth the town Assembleth the Magistrates He speaketh to them The Papists perplexed The spaniolized Mountâ—is depart with good leauâ— The King of France his aduertisement to Duke D'Alua D'Alua distrusteth the FreÌ„ch Lodo wicke disarmeth such as he distrusted Hee giueth theÌ„ leaue to depart They choose to stay and for what causes Lodowicks horsmen spoyle the Country Chiapine Vitelly encloseth Mounts Lodowicke sallieth and in what order Poyet and la Noue in ambush Roueres left in the towne The first medley La Noue chargeth Retyreth to draw the enemy to the ambush The ambush sheweth it selfe Poiet chargeth Lodowicke retyreth his footemen into the Towne The enemies order for entrenchments The holding of an Abbey without the towne For what cause Fortifieth the place Vitelly finisheth his worke begunne Maketh a new for t D'Alua setteth forth Roueres salyeth vpon Vitellyes quarter Mendoza succoureth the quarter Roueres order for retreit Roueres retyreth Duke D'Alua arriueth Entrencheth himselfe Battereth the Cloyster Payet abydeth one dayes battery and retyreth by night Battereth the towne The furie of the batterie A breach made Preparation to the assault Iulian Romero hath the poynt Preparation of the defendants The assault The retreit Iulian Romerees danger losse The Counts losse Roueres slaine D'Alua will no more assault The ouerthrow of Ianlis Duke D'Aluaes forces Chiapine Vitellies ambush to entrap Ianlis His order to traine him to it The order put in execution The French fall into the ambush The disorder of the French march Mouy escapeth I anlis prisoner Executed at Antwerpe D'Aluaes order against his arriuall
Attempt to Duke d'Aluaes trenches The Almans forced to retire A second attempt with great losse A Camisado on the Princes army by Iulian Romero Iulian Romeroes order for the Camisado He chargeth Only not seizeth vpon the princes person A dog saueth the Prince The princes care of himselfe He recouereth his boâ—se hardly Iulian retireth As hardly bestead Yet he saued himselfe his roupes Iulians councell to defeat the Princes army The danger of following it The retreite of the Prince of Orange and his fine stratageme and speeches to escape from his mutinous army His retreit Count Lodowickes composition for Mounts He commeth to his brother the Prince The Prince departeth from his army by night Malins receiueth the Princes garrison Is sacked by the Duke d' Aluaes appointment Lodowickes errour The Princes errour Pacheco appointed Gouernor of Flushing The Cittadle begunne A garrison to be brought in Barland Conspire against the Spaniards Seize vpoÌ„ him Hang him with Duke D' Aluaes Commssion about his necke And 25. of his followers Beauoir retyred to Middleburgh Beauoir want of resolution Flushing vnfortified The Burgesses fortifie Succours into Flushing Wallons Flemmings 400. A muster before the Queene at Greenewich Duke d'Alua sendeth forces against Flushing He pauseth vpon the arriuall of the English Beauoirs Ruffelloes faintnes They endeauour to amend their faults By attempting the dike They lay in ambush The garrison fallieth Beateth back the shot of the Spaniards The losse of the Spaniard Another sally to dislodge the enemy The English haue the vantguard Captain Morgans order for the skirmish The enemy chargeth the English very hotly Who acquit themselues valiantly The retire Captaine Morgan at the push of the pike The enemie retireth Captaine Morgans ensigne rescued The losse of the garrison The enemies losse Count Dela Marke attempteth the Brill Landeth his men The Spanish countenance The Count fiercth the gate The towne entred The Princes courtesie to the Hollanders The Counts disorder Towards women Towards the Papists The ciuill behauiour of the English The Flushingers affection towards them They suspect Saras would make Captaine Morgan Gouernour Who maintaineth Saras Is not ambitious Sir Humphrey Gilbert the first English Colonel in the Lowe Countries Count Bossue towards Roterdam Lyeth in ambush Commeth to the gates Is refused Desiteth to speakâ— with the Burgomasters 〈◊〉 answere The Count shareth the Guarde with wine They open the wicket Hee rusheth in Seizeth the port Taketh the Market-place Sacketh the Towne The Prince perswadeth other townes to garrisons They accept them The Prince promiseth reformation of Count De la Marke The Count takes Strinland Entreth Dort Three more English companies Collonell Gilbert at Flushing Saras and he entred Flanders With 2400 men They attempt Sluce with ambush Knew not how to take the aduantage The garrison sallieth Is beaten into the towne The Gouernor ouerreacheth the chiefs of the Flushingers Dallieth with them They approach the towne He plagueth them with his ordinance Aduertiseth Duke d' Alua with his purpose He strengtheneth Bruges They summon Bruges Count de Reux answer Sir Humfrey in a chafe The Flushingers retire Come to Ardenburgh He executeth the Burgesses The Flushingers stand at Ardenburgh Heare of a conuoy Send to surprise it a certaine number of souldiers Who laid an ambush The order of conuoy It entreth the ambush Which breaketh vpon it And defeateth the Spaniards Conueying away the munition The Flushingers retire to Flushing They resolue to assiege Tergoose Land their men The Tergoosians in ambush Pacheco Gouernor of Tergoose The ambush breaketh vpon the English Forced to retire Captaine Morgan chargeth them They retire The losse of the English The Flushingers enter Barland Before Tergoose The enemy sallieth Is repulsed The order of Pacheco Sir Humfrey Gilberts order The Flushingers retire to their ships The ambush by the French Captaines Disappoynted by a foolish Officer The Flushingers embarke Land vnder their towne March to Southland Camfier reuoltâ—th The Victualers giue aduertisement Beauoir chargeth the guards Forceth them to runne Winneth the Artillery Is beaten backe Rechargeth Is ouerthrowne The losse of the enemie And of the Flushingers The English commended for their seruice The second attempt of Tergeose Their landing In two places Come to Bifling Direction to take the fort The fort assaulted Quitted by the enemie The Flushingers enter the Suburbs Pacheco salieth Fired the salt-houses Is forced to retire The number of the garrison Ordinance planted A breach made The Pieke betweene the thiefe of the Flushingers The scalado giuen The Flushingers repulsed The Prince aduertized of all Writeth for succours Their ignorance in seruice The Tergoosians iu want Certifieth D. d' Alua. Who sendeth them Mondragon with 3000. strong Hee entreth the Iland at a lowe water The hazard of his entrance The error of the chiefes of the Flushingers Mondragon in sight of the towne Who sallieth Mondragon commeth vpon the Flushingers Forceth them to the fort Thence to their ships Sir Humfrey Gilberts discouragement and desire to return into England Ziricksee taken by Vorst Sir William Pelham vieweth Flushing His iudgement The Prince Lord of all Holland Dnke d' Alua against Holland In winter His Chieftains Don Fredricks quarter The forces of the towne The order of the siege Two skonces at the mouth of the water The Princes care of the towne He dispatcheth an army to the Cage Which landeth at and entrencheth the Sase Duke d' Alua before Harlem with 30000. Vieweth the seat of Battenb Affronteth him with forces Makes his approaches The towne sallieth with good successe The battry The towne receiued the assaâ—ants To their losse Who retire D' Aluaes stratagems Cages erected Which are beaten downe Mynes Blow it vp and sally vpon the enemy And recouer their ground Duke d' Alua giueth order to force the towne He maketh a cut in Harlem Meere Passeth 45 ships into it Besiegeth the two forts Preparation for a sea fight Collonell Morgan ariueth out of England The English refuse to march without money Battenburgh wanteth men to man his Nauie The Nauies approached each other The brauery of the Spaniards The Princes Generall and Admirall flie The rest discoÌ„sited The two skonces lost The town seeks to passe away their vnprofitable people The Prince attempteth to relieue the towne by land Battenburgh leadeth toward Harlem Commeth to Hellingham Retyreth Saras sent to the Princes Campe. The Princes power towards Harâ—em 〈◊〉 moueable skonces The Spaniards keepe close The townsmen make a sallie Are hindred by wet straw fired Dâ— d' Aluaes order against the Towne Sendeth forces of the retreit of the Princes power Appointeth foots to charge them And horse against their horse The order of the Princes armie The battaile The horsemen charge Carlo slaine The footemen defeated The errour of the Prince The Towne yeeldeth The cruelty of Duke d' Alua. Balford Duke d' Alua against Alkmer A mutienie amongst the spaniards They chuse an Electo His quality and gouernment His authority Chiefes appointed by States A Chiefe appointed by the mutiners The Spanish mutiny against Vtricke The towne defended by Mounsieur de Hierges The mutiners retire Rayle on their King Are pacified by D' Alua. Send away their Electo Don Fredricke D' Alua followeth Alkmer strengthened by the Prince The towne ingaged Pontones for the ordinance The Cannon planted The battry The distance of the battry The feare of the towne No way to flee The breach Not assaultable Pontons for assaults The assault The Spaniards repulsed The siege leauied D' Aluaes disgrace His experience for warre His error Mounsieur de Poyet landeth his troupes in the night His order for the surprise Malion eâ—treth Poyet secondeth him Resistance in the market place The garrison defeated The Gouernour escapeth Baldeso sent into Holland Entreth the Hague The seat thereof Baldeso fortifieth Riswicke Placed his first guardes at the bridge towards Delfe The States garrisons In Leyden Captaine Chester in Delfe In Roterdam In Delfs hauen In Mayston-sluce Delfs-hauen fortfied Mounsieur de Poyet in Leyden Baldesoes attempts vpon Delfe AduertisemeÌ„ts to d'Alua D'Alua retyreth to Brussels Sendeth Iulian Romero to assist Baldeso With Mounsieur de Capers Fronsberke Six Cornets of horse Iulian General Verdugo D'Aluaes retire and to what end Iulian Romero attempteth Mayston sluce His order Taketh the dyke the Sluce stands vpon dismounteth the artillery of the forte Mounsieur de Terlon departeth Iulians boats in the Mase The wâ—aknesse of the fort towards the water Iulian placed his artillerie vpon a Ponton The forte yeeldeth Delfes-hauen vnattempted The error of the Spaniard in remoouing D'Alua Walkheren besieged with ships by the States Iulian Romero out of Holland The CoÌ„mendador sendeth a Nauy towards Walkheren The Ramkins attempted by the States From the ships By the myne Yeelded vp Collonel Morgan arriueth The Spanish in sight Trained into danger of the shot Retire into safety Defended by the Cannon from land Saile toward Hague Are affronted by land from Flushing The danger of Flushing The Spaniards land at the Hague Relieue Middleburgh Are affronted by the Princes souldiers Who intrench themseues Are charged by the Spaniards Who are forced to retire The English aduance The Spaniards second charge The Princes souldiers flee The Spaniards enter the trench Giueth chase to the Princes souldiers Retireth Is pursued Put to flight and executed Mondragon in Middleburgh The Spaniards returne to Antwerp Are charged by the Prince his fleet Capt. Yorke Boiset The Spanish borded Flee 32 sailes of theirs taken The Prince againe besiegeth the Iland His preparation Mondragonâ— distresse Mounsieur de Poyet sent into Walkheren The English malecontent The Spanish preparation to relieue Middleburgh Iulian Romero Santio d'Auila Generalls The Princes Nauie The nature of the sea The best ships for that sea The Princes Nauie at Siricksey 3 Squadrons of Spaniards Santio d'Auila at Tergoose Iulian Romero and Boiset Want of Marriners among the Spaniards But not of souldiers The Commendador giueth a Signall Santio de Auila aduanceth The order of the Nassawians Iulian Beuoir aduance The ioyning of the fight Boiset Iulian boardeth each other So Beuoyr the Admirall of Sirickesey The length of the fight The Nassawians better sea-men then the Spaniards Iulian flyeth And Santio d'Auila The Spanish losse The Nassawians losse The furie of the fight