to bring him to the duke These two came to Wyke for the lord of Brederode and the Baylife Amerongen before they were deliuered the bishop would haue the lord of Brederode put againe to the Rack in the presence of Noblemen and that before hee was laied vpon it hee should take a sollemne oth to answere the truth to that which should bee demanded him wherevpon a Notarie and certaine witnesses were called this proceeding continued two whole daies hee was once stript and layed vpon the banke but seeing they could drawe nothing from him without greater torments nor from Amerongen they suffred them to goe with the sayd Comissioners who led them to Berghen vpon Some to the duke but they found him not there being gone to the seege of Amiens so as they conducted them to Ruppelmond in Flanders wheras they were detained almost a whole yeare At the dukes returne the processe beeing referred to the iudgements of the knights of the golden fleece to heare the sayd lord in his iustifications his Accusers were cited to bring proofe of their accusations seeing that by tortures hee did not confesse any of those crimes wherewith hee was charged But none of his Accusers appeering the duke sitting in his seate of iustice with the knights of the order among the which were Engelbert Earle of Nassau Barron of Breda the lordes of Crequy Lalain and others to the number of twelue Barrons the sayd lord of Brederode was adiudged free and absolued of all crimes imposed vpon him and was restored to all his Estates goods and honours to the great content of all these Noblemen and knights who complained much of the great wrong that had beene done him and he was honorably receiued of all men Hee liued not aboue two yeares after hee died in the yeare 1473. and was interred at Vianen let vs heereby consider of what force enuie is which spareth neither great not small Two yeares after Iohn of Amerongen was found innocent of the crimes that were obiected against him notwithstanding his confession vpon the Racke and in like sort absolued inlarged and restored to his Office of Baylife to the great content of the Bourgeses of Vtrecht As for Ghysbrecht Prouost Cathedrall brother to the lord of Brederode before hee could recouer his liberty hee was forced to resigne his Prouostship to an other and to sweare neuer to keepe his residence in Vtrecht the which hauing performed hee was set at liberty in the yeare 1470. and went to liue at Breda where hee died a yeare after and was buried at the Chartreux by Geertruydenbergh Duke Charles not satisfied with the annuall contribution or tribute which the Frisons payed him according to the last appointment writ vnto them that they should send their deputies to the towne of Enchuysen the seauenth of Aprill 1470. to heare what should bee propounded vnto them on his behalfe They sent their Deputies But the duke beeing troubled with the warres of France came not in person but sent Philip of Wassenare lord of Woerburch and others his commissioners There were many things ambiguously and doubtfully propounded and debated and so many cauillations found out to intrappe the Frisons as it did much displease the Noblemen of Friseland who retyred themselues and would not treate in that fashion desiryng to goe plainely and roundly to worke Yet the Clergie and Deputies of townes remayned who willing to haue a finall ende desired to knowe what the dukes demaunde was It was sayd vnto them that hee demaunded a siluer pennie of his coyne vpon euerie chimney for all the countrie of Friseland in generalll The Deputies demanding of what valour this penie should bee for that they had no charge from the Estates to yeelde to aboue three Liards or a soulz at the most the which the dukes commissionars would haue referred to the dukes discretion The Frisons in like sort demanded a day of aduise to make report thereof vnto the Estates The report made they would no waies yeeld vnto it but concluded that if the duke would force them they would defend themselues and hinder his entrie into the coūtry The duke at his returne into France came into Holland hauing heard by his Deputies the intention of the Frisons hee resolued to force them to his will by armes and therevpon caused a great fleete of shippes to be prepared to imbarke his men at armes and to land in Friseland But it fell out happely for the Frisons that Edward the forth King of England being expelled his realme came into Zeeland to the duke his brother in lawe to demande succors of him against the Earle of Warwike who had chased him out of his Kingdome The which the duke promised sending this fleete appointed for the ruine of the Frisons to succor the sayd King Edward the which carried him backe into England Afterwardes the duke had so great warres against the French Suisses and Lorrains in the which in the end hee was slaine as the Frisons remayned in peace without any further disturbance In the yeare 1470. Lewis the leauenth the French King had a great desire to bee reuenged of the brauary which the duke of Bourgongne had done him at Peronne practising vnder hand to haue the townes vpon the Riuer of Some reuolt the which being hard to effect by secret practise hee must attempt it by open warre true it is that hee had iust cause to apprehend the dukes affronts at Peronne who had forced him to make a peace and to go against the Liegeois that were before his friends yet hee beganne it some what fearefully although he had a great desire to it The Earle of Saint Pol Constable of France and the duke of Guiennes people desired warre rather then peace betwixt these two Princes for two considerations the first was for feare to loose their Estates the other was they perswaded the King that if hee had not some forraine warre he should haue ciuill dissention at home The Constable offred the towne of Saint Quentin pretending that hee had great intelligences in Flanders and Brabant where hee would cause many townes to rebell The duke of Guienne offred for his part to serue the King with fiue hundred men at armes The King meaning to beginne this warre with solemnity called a Parliament at Tours whereas many Iudges assisted there it was concluded according to the Kings intention that the duke should bee adiourned to appeere in the open Parliament at Paris The King assuring himselfe that hee would answere proudly or that hee would doe some-thing contrarie to the authority of the court hee should therefore haue more iust cause to make warre against him An Vssher of the Parliament went to Gand to adiorne him being vnder the souerainty of the crowne of France which he did at his comming from the masse whereat he was much amazed and discontented hauing caused the Vsher to be put in prison yet soone after he suffred him
which was fallen vnto him by the decease of his great great grandmother Ada daughter to the king of Scotland who died without heires male wife to Floris the third of that name and thirteenth Earle of Holland which Cont William the first by the death of Henry king of Scotland his vncle by the mothers side did not prosecute by reason of the rebellion of some noblemen of his countrey which hindred him besides the Frisons were reuolted and the earle of Loos during his absence thought to reconquer Holland as wee haue said before Cont Floris being then with king Edward who dissuaded him from this war of Scotland for the great difficulties he should find there they concluded an alliance together which was That Iohn sonne to Cont Floris being then but young shall marie Elizabeth the kings daughter by which mariage they should remaine for euer good friends and allies as since England hath alwayes beene and is at this present well affected to Holland and Zeeland and to the other vnited prouinces of the Netherlands Guy of Dompierre earle of Flanders repining at this friendship and alliance betwixt the king of England and Earle of Holland leuied an armâ—… in the countrey of Catsand to inuade the isle of Walchren during the absence of Cont Floris but Didier lord of Brederode and Iohn of Renesse knights the one in Holland the other in Zeeland made hast to leuie men to oppose against him Cont Floris hauing hewes therof imbarked without any delay and came to land at Flessingue Cont Guy staying too long vpon his passage the seignior of Renesse by commandement from Cont Floris past into Flanders burnt the towne of Scluce and spoiled the whole countrey about This done the lords of Brederode and Renesse enter ioyntly with their troups into the isle of Catsand which they destroyed also The Flemings who were not faire from them being about 4000 men thought to compasse in the Hollanders but the seignior of Renesse who had but 300 Zeelanders choyce men and he a braue and hardie knight went first to charge them and put them to rout so as there were a great number slaine and drowned besides prisoners and the bootie which he carried into Holland returning a victor to the Earle his Prince This happened on Simon and Iudes day in the yeare 1296. The Flemings being retired after this defeat Cont Floris fortified his countrey of Zeeland with good garrisons against their inuasions and spoyles then hee returned into Holland to his court at la Haye One day among the rest he bethought himselfe that in the great wars which hee had had against the Frisons Flemings and others he had lost a good number of his knights and of his best noblemen besides many were dead of the plague the which had beene very violent in his countries so as to his great griefe he was then very destitute whereupon he resolued to send for one day in Christmas to his court at la Haye fortie of the chiefest and most substantiall of all his subiects that were not noble the which had good meanes and great reuenues to entertaine the traine and estate of a knight With these fortie good men specially chosen he held open court made them knights and gaue them armes and blasons In this sort did he honour his good and vertuous subiects who by their wealth might well maintaine their estate in the seruice of their prince Withall he did repeople his countrey with nobles and did beautifie his traine and court for the more noblemen a prince hath the more is hee honoured and feared True it is that in the beginning the antient nobilitie did scorne and hate these new knights it may be for that they had not so great meanes but in succession of time their sonnes grand-children and great grand children were taken for good gentlemen The chief knights and gentlemen issued from antient nobiline and knighthood in the time of this Earle Floris were these that follow Iohn of Holland his sonne Herman earle of Heneberg husband to Marguerite his aunt who had so many children Didier the Gentle lord of Brederode William lord of Theylinghen Iohn lord of Heusden Iohn lord of Heesben Arnoult lord of Escluse brother to the lord of Heusden Iohn lord of Arckel Hugh Butterman lord of Buttersloot Iohn lord of Heucklom Otto seignior of Aspren and of Abkoy Peregrin seignior of Lederdam his brother Ieams lord of Wassenare Didier of Theylinghen Nicholas Persin seignior of Waterlandt Simon of Harlem Ghysbrecht lord of Amstel Arnould of Amstel his brother Herman of Woerden Iohn of Leck lord of Polnen Hugh of Vianen Ghysbrecht of Yselsteyn Wolfard lord of Vere Iohn of Renesse Witten bastard to Cont Floris the first lord of Hamstede and William his brother Nicholas lord of Putten and of Stryen William of Egmond Gerard of Egmond his sonne Baldwin of Nueldwick Ieams Vander Vuoude Arnould of Heemskerke Henry of Heemskerke his brother Didier vander Goude Gerard van Velson Gerard of Heemskerke Didier of Raephorst Gerard of Raephorst his brother Hugh of Craelinghen Werembault Witten Hage Albert his sonne Gerard of Harlem Iohn Dortoghe and Floris of Duynen all knights And in Zeeland the chiefe noblemen were the lords of Borssele of Brigdam of Zandtwick of la Vere of Cats of Cortgoen of Mourmont of Renesse and of Ornyninghe all which carried the Earles order which was a coller of gold interlaced with cockle shels and the image of S. Iames hanging at it There was in the Earls court a valiant knight put in the rank of these nobles named Gerard van Velson whom the Earle held a whole yeare in prison after that he had caused his brothers head to be cut off through the false reports and pernitious counsell of some that hated them The Earle being afterwards better informed of the truth and of their innocencie hauing set Gerard at libertie he sought by all meanes to repaire the wrongs that had beene done him and to honour and aduance him among all the rest and to make him the more affectionat to his seruice the Earle thinking therein to doe him honour and sauour would haue giuen him his minion in mariage the which was a faire gentlewoman But Gerard disdaining her like a generous man would none of her The Earle insisting still to haue him mâ—…ie her in the end Gerard angrie at his importunities answered him plainly That he was not so abiect not base minded vsing a common Dutch phrase as to put his feet in his old shooes which is as much to say as to marie his leauings or strumpet The Earle displeased at this answer said vnto him And truly thou shalt haue my leauings Gerard who regarded not the Eaâ—…ls words goes from court and a while after maries the daughter of Herman seignior of Woerden neece to Ghysbrecht of Amstel Cont Floris hearing afterwards that Gerard was maried and that hee came no more to court by the persuasion of his minion he sent for him being
his brother Mathieu vanderburcht VVilliam Osthorne Adam van Schotlandt Didier of Assendelf Nicholas Oom and Floris of Adrichom all knights Frederic of Seuenter VVilliam of Assendelf Gerard Schoten Ieams of Bakenesse and Floris of Bockhorst all squires and many other gentlemen Among the chiefe families of Friseland were these of Laminga Helbada Roopta Ockinga Eysinga Decama Tyebinga Martena Beyma Offinga-huysen Aylewa Hiddama Hittinga Botnia Roorda Hottinga Mamiga Herema Hannia Wiarda Hanniama Oustema Ripperda Ioppama Simada Gerbranda Grattinga Reynalda Wybalda Gronstins Douwa Harweysma Calama Hiddama Ieppama Their Podestat or Gouernour at that time which made head against the Normanes and Danes was Regnerus Hayo à Camminga WILLIAM THE FOVRTH OF THAT name the three and twentieth Earle of Holland and Zeeland Lord of Friseland and Earle of Henault â—…3 Guilielmus Hanonia I am the selfesame man that with a courage bold Within Numidia ventured my ensignes to vnfold And did besiege and take the strong and mightie towne Of Vtrecht by the which I wan great honour and renowne For which good fortune I ordained once in euery yeare Procession to be made the same in memorie to beare In Friseland I was slaine in face of th' enemie And by Bolsweert in Fleurchamp my corps intomb'd doth lie WILLIAM Earle of Ostreuant and of Henault after the death of the good Cont William his father was the three and twentieth Earle of Holland and Zeeland and Lord of Friseland Hee had to wife in his fathers life the lady Ioane eldest daughter to the duke of Lothier Brabant and Lembourg by whom he had not any children He was a hardie and warlike man much giuen to armes making his high chiualrie famous at his first comming to these Earledomes and Seigniories This Earle hearing that the Spaniards had great wanes against the Saracens and Moores in the Realme of Grenado caused a great number of shippes to bee rigged in the yeare 1338. and went into Spaine where hauing made an alliance with the king they went with their vnited forces to assayle the Moores and to besiege the towne of Grenado the which they battered and in the end tooke by assault putting all to the sword that would not be baptised and embrace the faith of Iesus Christ then passing farther into the countrey they spoiled and burnt all they encountred From thence Cont William hauing taken leaue of the king of Spaine of whom he receiued by way of courtesie many rich presents bent his course towards Ierusalem where hauing visited the holy Sepulchre of our Lord hee returned into his countrey Afterwards he went with the Emperour Lewis of Bauiere his brother in law beeing accompanied with the Earles of Gueldres of Zutphen of Cleues of Iuilliers of Blois his brother of Monts of Marcke and of many other Princes and Barons with a goodly Armie to succour Edward the third king of England his other brother in law and to make warre against the king of Fraunce the which the said Edward pretended to belong vnto him but both Armies being readie and prepared to fight an agreement was made betwixt the two kings by the mediation of some and euery one retired to his owne home In the yeare 1342 Cont William held open Court at la Haye in Holland whither he inuited all Princes Noblemen Barons Knights Ladies and Gentlewomen that would come The feast being spent in many goodly exercises of Chiualrie in Iousts Tourneys and other sports which done and ended the Earle went with a goodly trayne of his Nobilitie to a Tourney that was proclaymed in the towne of Beauuois in Beauuoisin whereas hee purchased great honour aboue all other knights Returning from thence into his countries he prepared to go into Prussia to make warre with the Teuton knights against the Infidels Russians where he behaued himselfe so valiantly as there was no speech but of his prowesse and valour And after that he had runne ouer all Lithuania Liuonia and the frontiers of the Russians hee returned into Holland his men beeing laden with the wealth and spoyles of these Barbarians Passing by Cologne being followed by foure hundred horse hee kept open Court there for all the princes of Germanie by whome hee was also very honourably entertained yea they would haue chosen him Emperour notwithstanding that Lewis duke of Bauiere his brother in law was possessed thereof but it was by reason of the thundering excommunications of Pope Clement the which hee flatly refused saying That hee was not capable of such a charge neyther would hee doe that wrong vnto Lewis In the yeare 1345 Cont William prepared a mightie Armie to subdue the East-Frisons Whilest that they made this preparation for warre there past some bitter speeches betwixt them of Holland and Vtrecht for the which the Earle defied them They seeing themselues thus defied aâ—…ed and went to field daring to attend the Earle in battaile where he defeated them twice the last was at Marendyck betwixt Vtrecht and Montfort where there died many of the Traiectins the rest fled confusedly into their towne of Vtrecht The Earle being victor and master of the field went presently with a hundred and fiftie thousand men to besiege the towne of Vtrecht with an intent to ruine and destroy it There were in his armie the duke of Lembourg thirteene Earles two and fiftie Barons two thousand eight hundred knights and much Nobilitie of the countrey of Vtrecht it selfe who beeing discontented with the bishop and temporall prince had taken armes against him among others Asuerus of Aibconde and Ghisbrecht his sonne Arnold Seignior of Iselstein Iohn Vicont of Montfort Henry Seignior of Vianen Ghisbrecht Seignior of Starkenburch Arnold Seignior of Woluen and Frederic of Hamme The Earle began to inuest the towne on S. Odolphes day and did batter it continually with great furie six weekes together but seeing that such a towne with such strong and high wals was not easily woon by assault meaning one night to sound the depth of the towne ditch hee was shot with an arrow in the muscle of the thombe and was carried backe into his Tent whereof notwithstanding hee was soone cured Robert of Arckel Gouernour of the Towne Countrey and Diocesse of Vtrecht in the absence of the bishop his brother beeing out of the countrey for the causes before mentioned writ vnto the said bishop in what sort hee was besieged by the Earle of Holland in the towne of Vtrecht and the necessitie hee was in praying him to make hast to succour him Hereupon the bishop posteth thither and by the assistance and persuasion of Iohn of Beaumont earle of Blois vncle to Cont William he obtained a peace by the which it was said That fiue hundred of the chiefe bourgesses of Vtrecht should come bare headed and bare footed before the Earle of Hollands Tent and crie him mercie for the iniuries and infamous speeches which they had vsed against him and against his honour and when it should please him to call
being seconded by many Noblemen Knights and Gentlemen of the country of Vtrecht it selfe who ioyning with the Earle for some discontent did also defie him among the which were Arnold of Yselstein Iohn of Culenbourg Ghysbrecht of Vianen Iohn of Culenbourg sonne to Iohn lord of Woudenbourg Iohn of Haerlaer Iohn seigneor of Langerack Ghysbrecht of Nyeuwenrood Knights then the siegneors Iohn of Blomstein Zouthin Vanden Rhin Hubert van Schoonhouē Zuveer vā Nesse Gerard van Vlyet the siegniors of Sleydon and of Dyckelen strangers came to succor the Earle which 2. strangers being entred into the territories of Vtrecht thinking to go to Oudwater being vnskilfull in the passages and wayes they approched too neere the towne of Montfort which was of the Bishops party and well affected vnto him as their soueraigne Lord and depending on him The Bourgesses of Montfort hauing discouered them although that Assuerus Vicont of the said towne was not there being then at Vtrecht went out in Armes and fell vpon these two Knights and their traine whom they defeated and tooke prisoners Cont William hauing a goodly armie readie accompanied with a good number of Princes great Noblemen Barons and Knights of Holland Zeeland Friseland and Henault entred with ensignes displaied into the territories of Vtrecht to forrage and destroy it Approching neere vnto the Towne of Wiickter-duyrstede he went and lodged ioyning to the village of Motten where hee camped eight dayes to see if the Bishop who was a souldier would come forth to giue him battaile during which time his men spoiled all the villages about The Bishop would willingly haue hazarded a battaile if the inhabitants would haue gone forth and followed him to the field But the Lords of Yselstein Culenbourg and Vianen were so well beloued and had such good correspondencie with the chiefe of the towne as they would not take armes against Cont William And withall those of the great Bourg of Emenesse were againe reuolted from the Bishop and ioyned to the Hollanders causing themselues to be written among the members of Holland During the Earles stay in this village of Motten Iohn of Egmond marched with a troupe of Hollanders towards Bunschoten those of the towne sallyed forth vpon them comming to skirmish with them but they were so well entertained as they had no better leisure then to seeke for their towne gates leauing some seuentie men behind them This done the Earle returned with his armie laden with good booty The Bishop much greeued and discontented to see his country ruined euen vnder his nose sought all the meanes hee could to be reuenged of the Hollanders And the yeare following 1356. hauing leuied a small armie went and campt before the Towne of Wesep the which hee battered in such sort as hauing made a great breach the fourth day of the siege hee tooke it by assault the inhabitants leaping ouer the walles into the ditches to saue themselues then he tooke the towne and castell of Muyden a quarter of a league from Wesep and then returned to Vtrecht halfe reuenged carrying with him great spoiles and many good prisoners The same yeare Assuerus Vicont of Montfort then Marshall of the campe to the Bishop by the meanes of Arnold of Yselstein treated an accord with the Earle of Holland and reuolting from the Bishop to gratifie the said Earle hee freed out of prison the siegneors of Sleyden and of Dyckelen with their squires and all their traine sending them free vnto the earle the which the bishop tooke very impatiently for that he maintained the said prisoners to be his the said Vicont being his marshall whereof vntill that time he had neuer giuen him any accompt A while after Ghysbrecht of Nyenroode a Knight and a braue Captaine by the commandement of the Earle of Holland gathered together a good troope of men both of foote and horse-back of the countrie it selfe to take reuenge for Wesep and Muyden hauing drawn them to Naerden he marched directl to the towne of Zoest the which he spoiled and burnt Otto of Lare then Marshall to the Bishop went forth with all his forces to Emelandt meaning to fight with Ghysbrecht and his Hollanders These two Captaines hauing ioyned in fight together the siegneor of Nyenroode was wounded almost to the death and carried speedily out of the presse Those of the towne of Amersfort who were with the Marshall Otto were so roughly charged by the Hollanders as they began to wauer and there the said Marshall was slaine with 36. Amersfordins in the end the Hollanders remained Maisters of the field then hauing put the siegneor of Nyenroode being wounded in a safe place they retired by the marshes Fens and entred safe into Naerden The bishop marching to succour his Marshall with fresh men arriued too late In the yeare 1357. Cont William reioycing at the victory which his men had gotten against them of Amersfort entred himselfe in person with his armie into the country of Vtrecht he camped at Hooghewoert destroying all that was there-abouts sending Iohn of Egmond with some troupes to besiege the Castell of Stephen of Nyeuelt the which he battered for the space of sixe weekes with great and mighty Engins wherewith he brake downe the walles and although the said siegneor of Nyeuelt were well prouided and furnished of all things yet he yeelded vp the place by composition to the Earles mercy The Hollanders hauing it in their power set fire of it and ruined it to the ground hauing receiued no such command from the Earle their Prince After all these petty warres and spoiling one of another in the end by the mediation of some good Noblemen there was a peace concluded betwixt the Earle and the bishop of Vtrecht by the which it was ordered that either of them should returne to his owne home laying aside armes That those of the Bourg of Emenesse should returne as they had been accustomed vnder the Bishops obedience That the Lord of Vianen with the assistance of the towne of Vtrecht should build againe his Castell of Ghoreel That all prisoners on eyther part should bee set free without ransome and especially that the seuen Gunterlins banished out of the towne of Vtrecht should re-enter freely that was Henry Vanden-Rhine Prouost of the collegiate church of Saint Ihon in Vtrecht Pelerin his brother Iohn of Woerden Ghysbrecht Gunter Hoogue-land Gerard and Didier Bolle brethren Iohn Witten sonne to Rodolphe and Peter Kanmaker all which had beene to succor the Lord of Vianen at the siege of Ghoreel with many others After this Iohn of Arckel bishop of Vtrecht liued two yeares in rest without any warres the which he had not done during all the time that he had gouerned his bishoprick In the yeare 1358. on Saint Georges day Edward the third King of England kept a sollemne feast and open Court for all commers Princes Barons Knights Ladies and Gentlewomen whether William of Bauaria Earle of Holland
promise with him and payed him the somme as hee agreede vpon whether hee would then haue reuealed the fact the poore foole answered no and therefore hee presently caused his head to bee cut off About that time Lewis the leauenth King of France made a proclamation throughout the Earldomes of Flanders and Arthois that none should presume to inrowle him-selfe in the seruice of Edward King of England nor any way assist him He would also haue raised an impost vpon the sault in Bourgongne the which had neuer beene practised before But the duke would not admit of the one nor the other for hee was a friend and had made a truce with the King of England Wherevpon hee sent the lord of Chimay to the French King to shewe him the causes why hee could not allowe of such innouations in his countries and to intreate him to forbeare But the sayd lord was long at Court before hee could haue audience Seeing one daie that they fed him still with delaies hee attended so long before the Kings chamber as in the ende hee came forth When the King had seene him hee asked him what manner of man the duke of Bourgongne was Is hee of an other mettell then the rest of the Princesse of my Realme yea my Leege answered Chimay beeing a bold man and of great courage the Duke of Bourgongne my Maister is of an other stuffe then the Princes of France or of all the Countries about for hee hath kept you nourished and supported you against the will and liking of the King your father and all others whom it did displease the which no other Prince would nor durst doe At these words the King held his peace and returned into his chamber Afterwards the sayd Lord of Chymay returned making his report vnto the Duke The French King being resolued to pay vnto the duke of Bourgongne 450000. crownes and redeeme the townes which were ingaged vnto him in Picardie on this side the riuer of Some by the treatie of Arras he gathered together great store of treasure from all parts of his kingdome for there was no Abbay Chanonlerie nor riche Marchant that was esteemed to haue money throughout all France but did eyther giue or lend him And hauing recouered the sayd summe hee sent it to Abbeuille to the Duke of Bourgongne from whence the Duke caused it to bee brought to Hesdin where hee then kept his court Soone after in the yeare 1463. the king came thether in person the Duke went to meete him and receiued him with great honour and state and lodged him in his owne lodging in the Castell where hee promised to accomplish all that remained of the Treatie of Arras but hee fayled afterwards in some points During his aboad at Hesdin the duke sent diuers messengers to the Earle of Charolois his sonne being then in Holland to come and doe his dutie vnto the king But hee refused to come saying That so long as Ihon of Bourgongne Earle of Estampes and the Lords of Croy and Lanoy should be about the King hee would not come holding them for his mortall enemies for these Noblemen had left the Dukes Court and retired them to the kings seruice for hee knew well they were of his secret councell charging them with the practise of Ihon of Koesteyn and to haue councelled the Duke his father to accept of the money for the redeeming of the aboue named townes The Duke was wonderfully discontented at his sonnes refusall and would not for a long time after see him The King parting from Hesdin the Duke intreated him to confirme those seruants which hee had placed in the redeemed Townes in their offices Hee granted it but hee performed little changing all the Gouernours Captaines Prouosts and Magistrates thereof appointing and committing in their places such as hee thought were not greatly affected vnto the duke as the Lords of Lanoy Croy and Estampes The discontentment betwixt the Duke and the Earle of Charolois his sonne continued so long vntill the States of the Netherlands to whom the Earle had made his complaints especially of the lord of Croy had reconciled them together according to whose aduice the Earle accompanied with many Noblemen Knights Gentlemen and the chiefe Deputies of the sayd States came to Bruges where the Duke was All the chiefe Noblemen of the Court and the Magistrates of the Towne went to meete him conducting him to the Duke his fathers lodging where hee lighted and went vp vnto his chamber as soone as hee saw him hee kneeled downe three times and at the third time he sayd My most honored Lord and Father I haue vnderstood that you are offended against me for three things declaring the same three points which hee had made knowne vnto the deputies of the States whereof he excused himselfe Notwithstanding said he if I haue in any other thing moued you to anger I most humbly cry you mercy As for all your excuses answered the Duke I know the trueth speake no more of them but seeing you are come to aske forgiuenesse be you a good sonne and I will bee a good father to you then hee tooke him by the hand raised him vp and pardoned him all This done the Deputies tooke their leaue of the Father and the Sonne being glad to haue performed so good a worke The same day that this reconciliation was made the Lord of Croy parted early in the morning from Bruges and retired to Tournay to the French King who was there then In the moneth of Iune 1464. the French King came to Amiens and from thence to Saint Pol where hee found the Duke of Bourgongne The Earle of S. Pol feasted them with great state then they went together to Hesdin whereas the king required him to yeeld vnto him the gouernment of Lille Douay and Orchies satisfying him the sum of two hundred thousand Liuers and paying him 10000. Liuers of yearly pension for which summes of money hee said the sayd Gouernment had beene ingaged by a King of France long since to an Earle of Flanders Wherevnto the duke answered that when his Grand-father duke Philip called the Hardie sonne to Iohn King of France tooke to wife the Lady Marguerite daughter and onely heire to Lewis of Male Earle of Flanders the said Chastelenies were giuen to him and his heires males for euer by the King and in case he had not any then to returne vnto the Crowne for the sayd summe and yearely rent The King made certaine other demands vnto the duke but he would not hearken vnto them for that they were vnreasonable The duke for his part made three requests vnto the King the first was that he would receiue the Earle of Charolois his sonne into his grace and fauour for that he heard the King had beene displeased with him The second was that he would not force the Gentlemen his subiects and resident in his countries holding any fees
resolued without any further delay to fight with the Liegeois The Duke sent the Lorde of Saueuse vnto him with his Troupes commanding him not to fight vntill hee himselfe were there in person But being some dayes after ready to goe although he were but weake of his last sicknesse the Earle writ vnto him that those of Liege were come vnto him bringing the Treatie of peace such as he had set downe sealed with the great Seale of the cittie of Liege and that the Liegeois craued pardon which treatie hee had accepted with th◅ good liking of his Lord and father The which the Duke vnderstanding hee remayned still at Brussels The treatie was seen by the Earle and accepted vpon amendable profitable reparations the which being performed the Earle did pardon them The profitable reparatiō they should make was to pay vnto the Duke 600. thousand florins of the Rhine in 6. years by equall portions And that the Earle when he should be Duke of Brabant and all other Dukes after him should be Mombours that is to say Gardiens and Captaines of all the Countrie of Liege haue 2000. florins of the Rhine yeerly pension And that the Liegeois might not after that time attempt nor begin any thing of Importance either of warre or peace without the leaue and liking of the said Curator There were many other conditions in the said Treatie which for beuities sake I omit and the rather for that the Liegeois soone brake it and would not performe any thing The treatie being thus concluded the Earle caused the peace to bee proclaimed in his Campe and made a revewe of his armie in the presence of the Ambassadors of Liege he went from squadron to squadron to thanke his Capatines excusing himselfe for the small pay they had receiued and promising better satisfaction and so he departed from them and went to the towne of Saintron whereas the Liegeois did an affront to his men vnto their cost so as if the Eale had not arriued in time the towne had been spoiled and many inhabitants slaine Soone after the Earle went to Brusselles where he was ioyfully receiued by the duke his father hauing stayed there some dayes hee went te visite his townes of Picardie Passing by Bethune the Earle of Neuers came vnto him and asked him forgiuenesse for the wrong he had done him who pardoned him all and they liued for a time good friends The Earle of Charolois went from Bethune to Peronne where he was aduertised that the French King had leuied a mightie Armie and yet by his letters hee still entertained the Earle with kinde wordes and all shewes of loue yet hee gaue no great credit vnto them doubting still the Kings inconstancie and therefore hee made himselfe strong and stood vppon his gard knowing that the King did deale with the English by the Bastard of Bourbon the which hee sought to preuent by Anthonie of Bourgongne his bastard brother In the yeare 1466. Those of Dynant being wearie of the peace which they and the Liegeois had bought dearely of the Duke of Bourgongne and his sonne the Earle of Charolois began to make roads into Henault and Namur firing villages forcing Churches and doing all the mischiefe they could The Duke went thither in person with the Earle his son The Dinandois scorning them and their armie offered them many indignities Whereat the Princes father and sonne being iustly insenced besieged them straightly made great Bridges ouer the Meuse neere vnto Bouines battered it furiously and resolued to giue a generall assault The besieged seeing their towers and walles beaten downe sent eight of their principall men to sue for mercie but they preuailed not for the next day the Towne was taken by assault and all that were found armed put to the sword The Duke caused 800. prisoners to bee drowned before Bouines The towne being taken the Earle caused the gates and walles to be beaten downe then he sired the towne and razed it to the ground The same day that Dynant was taken the Liegeois came in great troupes to succor it Duke Philip for that hee was very old retyred himselfe but the Earle marched towards him with his Armie Then came the Deputies vnto him beseeching him to take pittie of that people The souldiers of Leige in a brauerie would not avowe the words of their Ambassadors yet after two or three messages it was agreed that they should pay a certaine sum of money presently promising for an assurance of the saide accord to deliuer 300. Hostages named in a Rowle by the bishop of Liege by 8. of the clocke the next day but it was Noone before the Hostages came the Earle his counsell disputed whether they should charge them as they retyred confusedly in disorder some sayd I others no. The conclusion was that they should send a Trumpet vnto them who going met with the Hostages so as all that difficultie was ended wherevppon they sent the Deputies presently to Liege to confirme this peace The skum of the people apt to speake ill reported vnto them that they durst not fight vsing other insolent speaches The accord beeing made and signed the Earle returned into Flanders In the yeare 1467. the Duke of Bourgongne beeing in his castle of Scluse in Flanders sent for all the Noblemen and Barrons of his Countries inuiting many of his kinsfolke friends and Allyes where as they treated of diuers matters the Duke labouring to reconcile them and to make them good friends before his death At the same time the marriage of the Earle of Charolois with the Lady Marguerite sister to Edward the fourth King of England was concluded and Anthonie Bastard of Bourgongne deputed with 400. gentlemen to fetch her who conducted her to Scluse to the Earle her husband and from thence to Bruges to the Duke of Bourgongne who receiued her very louingly as well for his sonnes sake as for the King of Englands her brother Soone after the Duke being aged and weake fell into a newe disease wherevnto in his latter daies he was much inclined The Noblemen that were about him hoping that he should recouer as he had formerly done did not presently aduertise the earle his son being then resident at Gaunt but the third day following seeing that he declyned more and more and that the Phisitions dispaired of his recouerie they aduertised the Earle of the Estate of his sicknes desiring him to come speedily to Bruges The Earle came in post where being arriued he found his father labouring for life who within a short time gaue vp the ghost the fifth of Iune 1467. being 73. years old after that he had gouerned the contries of Holland Zeeland Friseland and Henault as well with the title of Earle and Lord as Gouernor about fortie yeares Hee was a valiant Prince and of great courage feared generally of his enemies he was of a tall stature and of a good representation sweet in his
speech and yet subiect to choller high minded and not willing to be braued of any how great soeuer as hee did often shew to King Charles the 7. and Lewis the 11. of France he was very curious to entertaine peace with his subiects whom hee loued and sought their quiet so in his time all his countries flourished in wealth and aboundance Hee was a wiseman discreet charitable and a great Almes-giuer by reason whereof hee was called the good but full of reuenge and very ambitious desiring to make himself great by what means so-euer as appeared by so many fals bounds which he played to the contesse of Holland his cosin He exceeded all his Predecessors Dukes of Bourgongne in riches Seigneories greatnes of state and pompe so as in his time there was no Christian Prince that for his qualitie might be compared vnto him He tooke pleasure to breed vp and nourish sundry strange and wilde beasts He had a Gyant and many Turks among his houshold seruants which he had caused to be baptized The Duke being dead the Earle of Charolois his onely sonne and sole heire called for the Seales the which he presently brake This done after that he had giuen order for the dead body vntill his returne he tooke poste and went to Lille where he sealed vp the chamber and the cofers of his fathers treasure appointing gardes that none might touch them then he returned presently to Bruges where hee perfourmed the funeralles of his father with great pompe and state his heart was buried in the Church of Arras and his body was layed in a coffin of leade and left in the Church vntill that it should be transported from thence to Ierusalem and interred neere to the holy Sepulchre hauing giuen great giftes to the Couent of Fryars of the said Sepulcher The Lady Isabel his wife dyed the 17. of December in the yeare 1471. in the towne of Aire and was interred in the cloyster of Nunnes at Gouvay by Bethune afterwards her bodie and the duke her husbands were carried to the Chartreux by Digeon in Bourgongne where as they lie vnder a stately tombe of brasse guilt richly curiously wrought About that time the art of Printing was inuented wherof those of Harlem in Holland challenge the first honor yet afterwards it was brought to perfection at Mentz by one that had been seruant to Laurence Ianson of Harlem the first inuentor and ranne from him to Mentz with his tooles they write his name was Iohn Faustus as they of Harlem do constantly affirme Carolus Dux Burgund CHARLES THE WARLIKE THE 1. OF that Name the 31. Earle of Holland and Zeeland Lord of Frizeland Duke of Bourgongne Brabant Lembourg Luxemburg Earle of Flanders Arthois Henault and Namur Lord of Salins and Macklyn Of so many goodly Countries successor to my father Of three wiues I had but one only heire At Montlehery I defeyted the French brauely At Macklyn I erected my heigh Parliament Being incensed I made the Liegeois feele my splene If against the Cantons I had not taken Armes I had beene more happie and cruell death Had not shewed his force against me at Nancy The Argument of the fourth Booke CHARLES Duke of Bourgongne in the life of his father the good Duke Philip was called Earle of Charolois the 31. Earle of Holland c. At his first entrie into Gant the Inhabitants maintayned against him but he brought them vnder The Liegeois breake the peace and entred into warre against the Duke he defeats them in Battaile wherevpon the Towne of Liege yeelded The Duke of Bourgongne makes a peace with the French king who comes to the Duke to Peronne hee was in feare there least the Duke should haue detained him The Liegeois arme a newe against the Duke of Bourgongne he forceth King Lewis to go with him to the fiege of their Towne the which he ruines practises to ruine the house of Brederode The Duke makes war against the Frisons He entertaines many Princes with the hope of marrying with his daughter The french king the Duke of Bourgongne seek to deceiue one another The Constable of S. Poll growes odious to thē both they resolut to ruine him He seeks to reconcile the duke of Gelders his son besiegeth Neuse The motiue of the war against the Swisses A truce for nine years betwixt the Duke and the French king they sweare the Constables death who in the end is beheaded at Paris The duke makes war against the Swisses he is defeated by them first at Granson then at Morat wherewith the Swisses were inriched the Duke besiegeth Nancy where he was slaine in battaile by the treason of the Earle of Campobachio an Italian Marie of Bourgongne his only daughter succeeds him and was the 32. commanding in Holland c The French Long seazeth vpon the townes of Piccardie and Arthois with an intent to ruine her this Princesse being in the Ganthois power suffers much putting her cheefest seruants and Councellors to death the Flemings defeated and the yong Duke of Gellers slaine A marriage betwixt Maximilian of Austria the Emperor Fredericks sonne and the Lady Marie of Bourgongne CHARLES of Bourgongne called the Warlike for that hee had been so great a Warrior succeeded vnto Duke Philip of Bourgongne his father in all his Estates Siegneories was Duke of Bourgongne Brabant Lembourg and Luxembourg Earle of Flanders Arthois Henault Bourgongne Holland Zeeland and Namur Marquis of the holy Empire and Lord of Friseland Salins and Macklyn His father hauing left him great treasures of Gold and Siluer hee bought or as some write had in morgage of Sigismond Arch-duke of Austria the Earledome of Ferret in the Countrie of Elsatia neere vnto Basill in Swisserland vpon the Rhin somewhat neere to the Dutchie of Bourgongne and too farre from Sigismond to defend it from the incursions of neighbour Princes Hee was 33. yeare olde when hee succeeded all these goodly Estates Katherine the daughter of King Charles the 7. of France was first promised him to wife but she dyed yong before she was married Afterwards hee married Elizabeth daughter to the Duke of Burbon his cousin by whome hee had one daughter and onely heire called Marie This Dutches Elizabeth being dead he marryed Marguerite daughter to Richard Duke of Yorke and sister to Edward the fourth King of England by whom hee had not any children His father gaue him in his youth to maintaine his estate the Earldome of Charolois which is in the Contie of Bourgongne otherwise called Franch Contie with the Siegniors of Bethune Arckel and Bellain In his fathers life time he wanne from the Sea a great circuit of countrie opposite to Rotterdam causing a Village to be built there the which hee called with the whole countrie by his name Charolois and so it continues vnto this day Hee had begunne a great fort in the towne of Gorrichom vppon the Riuer of Wahal but it remained during his life
the factious disposition of the Ganthois who would not faile to attempt some newe thing against their Princesse and sti◅re vp some sedition in her Estate knowing how they had alwaies carryed themselues to their Princes and Lordes whilest that the King was before Arras there came certaine Ambassadors vnto him from the thre Estates of the sayd Princesses countries who were then assembled in the cittie of Gand for whome the Ganthois did not much care doing all things after their owne mindes and ouer-ruling their Princesse whome they detained among these Ambassadors there were also some deputies of the towne of Gand. The King heard them among other speeches they sayd that what they had propounded to his Maiesty touching a peace did proceed from the motion and will of their Princesse who in all things was resolued to gouerne herselfe by the aduice and councell of her States desyring his Maiestie to desist from making of warre as well in Bourgongne as in Arthois and that it would please him to choose a daie for a friendly treatie and that in the meane time there might bee assurance of armes The King tooke hold onelie of that which they had sayd That their Princesse would not doe any thing without the councell and aduise of the three Estates of there countries and answered them that they were ill informed for hee was well assured that shee would gouerne her affayres by priuate persons who desired not any peace and that they should bee disauowed Whereat the Ambassadors were much perplexed and like indiscreete men answered sodenly that they were verie well assured of what they sayd and that they could shewe their instruction if neede were Wherevnto some replied that if it pleased the King hee could shewe them letters written by such a hand as they would beleeue it the which did import that the Princesse would not gouerne her affaires but by foure speciall persons they answered that they were assured to the contrary Then the King shewed them a writing which the chanceller of Bourgongne and the Lord of Humbercourt had the time before brought vnto Peronne whereof part was written by the Princesse and part by the Duchesse Douager of Bourgongne widow to duke Charles deceased and Sister to King Edward of England then raigning and part of it by the hand of the lord of Rauestein brother to the duke of Cleues neere kinsman to the sayd Princesse So this letter was written by three sundrie handes although it went in the Princesses name onelie the which had beene done expresly to haue the more credit It was a letter of credit for the Chancellor and the lord of Humbercourt And moreouer the Princesse did declare that her intention was that all her affaires should bee gouerned by foure persons The sayd Ladie Douager her mother in lawe the Lord of Rauestein and the sayd Chancelor and lord of Humbercourt beseeching the King that whatsoeuer hee should please to haue managed with her might be by their hands and that he would be pleased to direct himselfe vnto them and not to confer with any other When the Ambassadors had seene this letter they were wonderfully troubled and perplexed being incensed more more by such as treated with them for the King In the end the same letter was giuen them and they had no other dispatch of importance Wherevpon they returned directly to Gand wheras they foūd their Princesse accompanied with the bishoppe of Liege and the duke of Cleues There was also William of la Marke a valiant goodly Knight but cruel il conditioned whom the bishop had taken into fauour although hee had alwayes beene enemie to him and to the House of Bourgongne holding the partie of the Liegeois to whom the Princesse had giuen 150000. Florins of the Rhin in fauour of the Bishop to reconcile him But soone after he banded against her and against the Bishop his prince hauing attempted by force and the fauour of the French King to make his sonne Bishop of Liege Afterwardes he defeated the said Bishop in battaile slue him with his owne hand and caused him to be cast into the Riuer where hee remained three dayes The Duke of Cleues was neerest vnto the Princesse hoping to make a marriage betwixt his sonne and her which seemed very fit and conuenient for many respects but his humors were not pleasing to her nor her seruants and muchlesse to her Ladyes for he had bin bred vp in that house and it may be the ordinary sight of him and the long knowledge they had had of him did him that harme The Ambassadors from the States of the Netherlands being returned out of France to Gaunt a Counsell was held and the Princesse set in her seat with these Noblemen about her to heare their report They began to charge her touching the letter aboue mentioned wherewith being suddenly mooued and in choller She answered That it was not so thinking assuredly the said letter had not beene seene Then presently the Pensioner or Orator of Gaunt who made the speech drew the sayd letter out of his bosome before all the world and gaue it her wherein hee played the part of a simple and vnciuill man to doe this publike disgrace vnto his Princesse in the presence of the Dutchesse Dowager the Lord of Rauesteyn the Chancellour and the Lord of Humbercourt They had before had some speech with the Duke of Cleues touching the marriage of his sonne which bred an alteration in them all and they beganne to enter into great diuision The Duke of Cleues had beene alwayes in hope vntill that time that the Lord of Humbercourt had fauoured this marriage But seeing this letter he found himselfe deceiued and became his enemie The Bishop of Liege loued him not nor William of la Marke for those things which had past in the cittie of Liege whereof the Lord of Humbercourt had beene Gouernor The Earle of S. Pol sonne to the Constable of France of whom wee haue spoken sufficiently before hated the Chancellour and Humbercourt to the death for that they deliuered his father at Peronne into the Kings seruants hands Those of Gaunt hated them not for any offence they had done them but only enuying their great authoritie and credite Finally the night following after that this letter had beene showne in the morning the Chancellor Hugonet and the lord of Humbercourt were committed to prison by the Ganthois notwithstanding that they were sufficiently aduertised thereof before yet could they not with all their wisedome auoyde their owne miseries as many others did who retyred themselues in time out of the Town They might well presume that their enemies aboue mentioned would helpe them forward There was taken with them William of Clugny bishop of Teroane who dyed afterwardes bishop of Poitiers all three were put together in prison Those of Gaunt obserued a certaine forme of proceeding against them the which they had not accustomed to doe in their reuenges and appointed some of
yeare 1503. died that vertuous Princesse the Ladie Maguerite of Yorke duchesse Douager of Bourgongne who was buried at the Franciscan friars in Macklyn shee was wonderfully lamented of the poore for her great almes deedes and of all good and vertuous men for she was a wise and vertuous Princesse and had pacefied many quarrells shee was sister to Edward the forth King of England The yeare 1502. and 1503. were spent without any warre in the Neitherlands at the least that was memorable by reason of the peace which was betwixt the said countries and the French of the truce betwixt Gronninghen and the Duke of Saxony and that the Frisons without seeking any quarrels after their accustomed manner had worke enough to repaire their Sea walles and bankes which the last violent tempests had broken and carried away In the same yeare 1503 the Lady Marguerite of Austria sister to the Arch-duke Philip widow to prince Don Fernando of Castile married againe to Philibert the 8. duke of Sauoy a valiant vertuous Prince full of such manly beautie as he was called Philibert the faire he was also amiable and courteous to all men he succeeded to his father Philip in the said Dutchie and Principalitie of Piedmont in the yeare 1495. After that he had done many things worthy of memorie he dyed leauing no issue of his body therefore Charles his brother succeeded him The Lady Marguerite his widow in testymonie of the loue she bore him although shee were yong would neuer marrie againe but continued the rest of her life a widow was afterwards Gouernesse of the Low-countreys for Prince Charles sonne to the Arch-duke Philip of Austria King of Castile in the right of his wife and her Nephew In the moneth of May 1504. the Lady Iane of Castile Arch-dutchesse of Austria returned out of Spaine and came to the Arch-duke her husband who receiued her with great ioy Then the Archduke according vnto that which hee had promised the Emperor his father being in Germanie prepared to make hot warres against the duke of Gelders to whom he sent a Herald to sommon him to yeeld him vp his Duthchie of Gelders and Countie of Zutphen else he did defie him and all his subiects and allyes and denounced warre against them with fire and sword He made also a Proclamation throughout all his Prouinces inhibitting all men to carrie any victuals or munition of warre into the countries of Gelders Zutphen and Ouerissell and he sent some shippes of warre into Zuyderzee vnder the command of an Admirall who should gard those seas that nothing might enter into the Riuer of Yssell of Ee and other channels nor into the Hauens of Harderwyck and Elburch then he sent all his armie to Boisle-duke where hee was intreated by his Noble-men and the Commanders of the armie not to goe himselfe to field in person and therefore hee gaue charge to the Lord of Vergy a Bourguignon to Cornellis of Berghen lord of Seuenberghen and to Floris of Iselsteyn to march with the whole armie into the countrey of Gelders where at the first they besieged the castle of Hameiden the which they tooke from thence they went before Midele where the Bastard of Gelders was the which after batterie and an assault giuen was yeelded by accord hee himselfe remaining prisoner and was sent into Brabant Then they tooke the castell of Trecele and spoiled the Champion contrie but winter approching they retyred againe to Bosleduke The Geldrois on the other side lay not idle making many roades into Barbant and into other neere places belonging to the enemie from whence they also carryed great spoile In the same month duke George of Saxony made his first entrie into the countrey of Frise-land hee arriued first at Harlingen from thence hee came to Franiker to the castle of Syardama where he caused all the States of Friseland to bee assembled to whom there were certaine Articles propounded on the Dukes behalfe the which he would haue entertained and kept by them One among the rest was That all Noble-men or Gentlemen that had held any Siegneories or other fees should come and take them vp of him as of their Soueraigne and absolute Prince Whereunto the States would by no meanes yeeld seeming vnto them neither iust nor reasonable to subiect themselues vnto a thing whereof God and nature had made them in all ages free to make themselues slaues and to subiect them and their children for euer The duke beeing fully instructed of the reasons of their deniall fearing some greater inconuenience gaue ouer that point vpon condition that they should pay him yearely the 21. penny of all their goods rentes and reuenues inioying all the surplusage quietly without any further demaundes and neuer to impose any further charges heerafter vppon them The which was granted by a generall consent of all the Nobles and townes This Accord thus made and agreed vpon hee also called together all the Clergie of the sayd Contrie to the towne of Franiker to whome hee made the like demande of the 21. pennâ—…e But as there was great disputing about it the assembly brake vp and would not yeelde to any thing Yet the. 7. of Iuly they were sent for againe wher after mâ—…ch coâ—…ention in the end they yeelded vpon condition that it should bee paied by Chaptâ—…rs and Prebends where-vnto the goods which they held in propriety or by 〈◊〉 should not be bound Euer since that Duke Albert tooke first possession of the 〈◊〉 of Friseland vnto the yeare 1505. the contry had bin allwayes gouerned by Licutenants vnder the authority of the Dukes of Saxony but this yeare Duke George câ—…itted six worthy men both in wealth wisdome and experience to the gouernment of affaiers three Germains William Truâ—…xes and Syurdt Lutsing Knights with hâ—… Chancellor doctor of the lawes the three other were Frisons Bucho Pastor of Wyrdom Heâ—…el Martuâ—… and Francis Minnama ouer whome Truâ—…xes was superintendent to whom the duke hauing giuen their comissions instructions how they should gouerne theÌ„selues after that he had setled the court or Parlament of Frieseland at Leeuwarden and built the Chanceâ—…y before the Cittadel the which he did furnish as he did al other forts of the contry with good garisons and sufficientmunition he parted out of Friseland and went to Emden where before that he returned into his country of Misnia he made Edsard Earle of East Friseland his Lieutenant and captaine General of his armie when hee should begin warre against them of Groningen which done hee retired At that time the warre was very violent betwxt the Bourguignons and Geldrois wasting and spoiling one an other both by Sea and Land at which time the Emperour Maximilian sent the Earle of Anholt with a 1000. foote and 500. horse to succor the Archduke Phillip his sonne against the Geldrois who went to lodge in a clâ—…ister of regular monks neere vnto Bomell the which hee fortified from whence he
and that the one might traffique and trauell freely and peaceably in the others countries and kingdomes all customes of reprisals should be abolished all priuiledges confirmed and either of them restored vnto his owne againe That all the old treaties and contracts of peace should be renewed and confirmed as farre as that treatie did allow and permit That both the kings should with all earnest zeale hold and maintaine the holy Catholicke Romish church and religion and be a meanes that the generall counsell might be holden That the King of Spain should deliuer S. Quintins Han and Chastelet to the French king and the king of France should deliuer him Theonuille Marienbourgh Iuois Damuilliers and Montmedi such as they had taken one from the other without breaking the fortifications and each of them might take his owne Ordinance and munition out of the same againe That Terrowane should be restored againe without wals as it was and Iuois on the other side should be defaced and should not be fortified againe nor any fort made within a thousand paces thereof Hesdin and his territories as old patrimonie belonging to the king of Spaine should be his and not claimed by France in any wise Many questions touching the borders of Burgonie Artois c. were put to deciding of certaine Commissioners on both sides with other such like doubts The king of Spaine should haue the earledome of Charlorys restored to him againe Whatsoeuer both the kings possessed and held in Montferrat should be restored againe to the duke of Mantua Bouillon should be yeelded to the bishop of Luyck the Island of Corsica to the Genouois and Valencia in the dukedome of Millan to the king of Spaine And as it was first propounded that a marriage of the eldest daughter lady Elizabeth of France should be made with Charles prince of Spaine to the end that further friendship and vnitie might be had it was agreed That the king of Spaine himselfe should marry her who as then was a widower and to haue with her 400000 crownes and she to haue a dowry of 50000 crownes yearely and that if he died before her there should be a third part of the 400000 crownes paid backe againe That the duke of Sauoy should marry with lady Marguerite the king of France his sister and with her should haue 300000 crownes besides the dutchy of Berry wherof she should receiue the inheritance during her life That the king of Fraunce should restore all the lands that hee then withheld from the said duke of Sauoy except the towne of Thierin Pignoral Chyras Ouer and the new towne of Asti which he should hold in his hands for the space of three yeares vntill order should be taken about the right that he pretended to haue therein That the duke of Sauoy should remaine as neuter on both sides That the king of Spaine should keepe Asti and Vercelles in his hands vntill the king of France did deliuer the 5 towns of Piemont aforesaid vnto the duke He that first should make deliuery should chuse four persons out of the others for sureties and should keepe them till the rest be performed That each king should comprehend his friends in that treatie of peace as the princes potentates and countries adiacent That the Dolphin of France and Don Charles prince of Spaine and the states of France and the Netherlands should confirme that peacâ—… onely the king of Spaine would not consent to comprehend the Earles of East-Friseland in that peace whether it were for any cause of actions that he pretended against them or for the reformed religion That all the goods of the vassals of either king should be restored vnto them againe and amongst the rest to William prince of Orange to whom should be freely deliuered his principalitie of Orange according to the contract made in Anno 1551 and also his lands in Dauphinois as Derpiere Tresluys Monbrison Curby Parriewe Nouois Cay Sauxcy Vayrume Beaurepair and Auxonne and that hee should haue law for his pretence and title to the earledome of Escampes Tonnere and Chaury with the foure baronies c. also the duke of Arâ—…chot the earle of Egmont and others as you may read at large That the bailiwike of Hesden should remaine to king Philip and the earldome of S. Paul to the lady of Tonteuille duâ—…ches of Longeuille excepting the right of both the kings the soueraignty remaining to the king of Spaine touching the restitutions aforesaid the K. of France offered to be the first chusing for sureties the duke of Alua the duke of Arcos the prince of Orange and the earle of Egmont which presently rid into France This peace was concluded as aforesaid in April 1559 subscribed by the Commissioners aforesaid as the duke of Alua the prince of Orange the prince of Melito Antony Perrenot and president Vigilius and on the other side the Cardinal of Lorrain the Constable Montmorency the marshall of S. Andrewes Moruilliers and Aubespina secretarie to the king In this peace the French king deliuered vp vnto the king of Spaine and the duke of Sauoy 198 townes castles and forts that were held with garrison whereupon Monsieur Mouluc marshall of France writeth That it was the most shamefull peace that France could euer haue made It is to be noted that this lady Isabella eldest daughter to the king of France was vpon the 19 of Iuly in an 1551 conâ—…racted in mariage to Edward the sixt king of England as then dead vpon condition that when she was 12 yeres of age within a month after she should be conueied into England there to be openly solemnly maried to the king vpon forfeiture on both sides of 50000 crownes with 200000 crownes to her mariage and that if she out-liued him to haue a dowry of 6666 l. 13 s. 4 d. yearely as long as she liued and that if king Edward out-liued her he should keep her mariage money as his owne This peace made many men to reioyce and all the countries throughout made great triumphs for the same specially in Antuerpe where from the 9 to the 18 day of Aprill they made fires throughout the towne shooting off their Ordinance casting fire bals playing and making diuers shâ—…wes in euery place of the same the high tower of our lady church was hanged with 300 lanternes burning with candles from the bottome to the top all the strangers resident therein as Florentines Genouois Lucans Dutchmen Easterlings Spaniards and Englishmen made diuers triumphant arches images castles other sorts of firing and fire-workes wine was let run in the streets whole oxen rosted hogges killed by men blinded great mastes set vpright that were greased and costly prizes set thereon for them to take that could fetch them downe and prizes for women that could run fastest and euery one for the best and the fairest For the accomplishing of this contract of peace the king of Spaine gaue the duke of Alua and others full power to fulfill the ceremonies
was also inuited both by the King and the Queene his Ante of whom he was honourably receiued with great shewes of loue At his returne from this voyage into Holland this poore Prince I know not by what vnknowne accident was distempered of his sences and vnderstanding so as being very big and strong of all his members he slue Gerard of Wateringhen a Knight with one blow with his fist so as they were forced to shut him vp and to set good garde vpon him where he was keâ—…t for the space of nineteene yeares vntill he dyed Hauing before his distemperature gouerned his countries of Holland Zeeland and Friseland seauen yeares and Henault two Foure yeares after him dyed also the Lady Mathilda his wife who lyes interred in the Abbay of Rhynsbourg by Leyden ALBERT OF BAVARIA 26. EARLE of Holland and Zeeland Lord of Friseland and Palatin of Henault Adelbertus Bauariae I had two wiues both which one name did beare The one a Polonois the other was Marguerite of Cleues the Frisons stood in feare Of my strong hand that did their strength surpasse And oft subdu'd their proud rebellions Delfe taken by me I demantled it At t'Hage iâ—… Holland I appointed Chanons Good men I choosd and for their places sit Hage Castle in the Chappell now containes My body freed from all his eâ—…thly paines DVke William of Bauaria Earle of Holland Zeeland and Henault Lord of Friseland being as we haue said distracted of his sences put into safe keeping the faction of the Hoecks Cabillaux reuiued for the Cabillautins would haue the lady Mathilda wife to the said Cont William to be gouernesse of the said Countries but for that the said lady had no children the Hoeketins did choose Albert of Bauaria Palatin of Rhine siegneor of Nubingen brother to the said Cont William The Nobles of the Contie of Henault consented for their parts to this election and sent a notable Ambassage vnto him into Bauaria beseeching him that hee would take vpon him in his brothers place who was distempered in his braine the gouernment of the said countries Albert vnderstanding the iust request of the Estates by their Ambassador went well accompanied with many Barons Knights and Gentlemen going downe by the riuer of Rhine into Holland where he was honorably receiued of both parties as well Cabellaux as Hoekes and acknowledged as Tutor to the Earle his brother and gouernor of his countries and siegneories Then it was agreed that he should pay yeerely vnto the Countesse Mathilda his sister in lawe the summe of twelue thousand French crownes and no more by meanes of which accord both parties were content and continued good friends but not long This Prince Albert of Bauaria had receiued the order of Knight-hood before making warre in the country of Granado against the Moores and Sarazens At the first hee was married vnto Marguerit daughter to the Duke of Briga in Polonia by whom hee had three sonnes and foure daughters the eldest was called William Earle of Osteruant who was borne in the yeare 1365. the second named Albert siegnior of Nubingen who dyed yong the third was Iohn chosen bishop of Liege borne in the yeare 1374. The eldest daughter Katherine was first married to Edward Duke of Gelders and Earle of Zutphen after whose decease being yet a virgin she married with Duke William of Iuilliers and of Geldres but she had not any children The other daughter named Ioane had to husband Venceslaus King of Romaines and of Bohemia sonne to the Emperor Charles the 4. who also had not any children Marguerite the 3. daughter married with Iohn Duke of Bourgongne Earle of Flanders and Arthois sonne to Duke Phillip the hardie by whom shee had Phillip Duke of Bourgongne called the good and afterwards Duke of Brabant Lembourg and Luxembourg Earle of Flanders Arthois Henault Bourgongne Holland Zeeland and Namur Lord of Friseland and foure daughters the first Iolente Countesse of Poitiers the second Anne Countesse of Bedford the third Agnes Duchesse of Bourbon and the fourth Ioane wife to Duke Albert of Austria by whom shee had one sonne called Albert who married the daughter of Sigismond King of Hongarie who afterwards was Emperor of the Romaines after whose decease this Duke Albert did inherit all these realmes in the right of his wife and was afterwards chosen Emperor but he raigned not long for hee died in the flower of his age his wife was brought in bed soone after his death of a sonne named Lancelot who dyed at two and twenty yeares of age leauing no children This Albert had one cousin germaine sonne to his fathers brother named Frederick who afterwards was also Emperor the third of that name and had to wife the daughter of the King of Portugall by whom hee had Maximilian Archduke of Austria who was also Emperor the first of that name who had to wife Mary the daughter and sole heire of Charles the Warlick Duke of Bourgongne who was slaine before Nancie by whom he had one sonne named Philip and a daughter named Marguerite Philip married with Ioane daughter to Ferdinand King of Arragon and to Elizabeth Queene of Castille Marguerite was married to Iohn Prince of Castille and of Arragon who dyed yong and after married againe to the Duke of Sauoy Philip had by the said Lady Ioane his wife two sonnes Charles the â—…ift and Ferdinand both Emperors and foure daughters Elenor Ioane Mary and Elizabeth The Emperor Charles the sift had one onely sonne Philip king of Spaine Lord of the Low-countries father to King Phillip the third now raigning Behold in briefe the genealogie of the Kings of Spaine and of foure or fiue Emperors issued from the houses of Holland Bourgongne and Austria As for the second wife of Duke Albert of Bauaria Earle of Holland of whom wee now intreate wee will speake of her hereafter The said Cont Albert displaced Iohn of Blauwestein from the Baylewike of Kermerlandt inuesting Renald the eldest sonne to the Lord of Brederode in his place the which those of the faction of the Cabillautins tooke in very ill part and laide ambushes neere vnto the village of Castrichom to kill him when hee should passe that way One day this yong Nobleman doubting no harme riding towards Castrichom he incountred them that lay in ambush for him but hauing discouered them a good way of he saued himselfe by flight they pursued him and slew three of his seruants Those of the village of Castrichom seeing it went to armes to defend their new Bayliffe so as they were forced to retire Some of them saued themselues in the Castell of Walter of Hemskerke the rest fled to Delf where they were receiued for that the said towne was of the Cabillautins faction Cont Albert hearing of these newes did presently leuie some troupes and marched towards Kermerlandt where he besieged the Castell of Hemskerke for that Walter who was Lord thereof had receiued