was on the other syde of Ingulstat towarde the enemies hauiÌ„g the town vpon oÌ„ur backes and Danubia vpon our left hande and a marris vpon the right hande and at the froÌ„t the plaine fieldes The duke of Aluoy caused to be closed vp with gret diligence the most part thereof It was thought if the enemyes hadde come the next daye it myght haue turned vs to gret trouble But they had such a confidence in their great nuÌ„ber so stoute that thei thought al times places might haue serued for to achieue their enterprise For the Launtgraue had promised theÌ„ of the league that he woulde dryue the Emperour out of Germanye in iii. monethes To these woordes the lordes and the cities gaue such credit y t as to a thing done some of theÌ„ dyd geue hym more then he did demaund And so he caried .iii. or .iiii. score thousande footemen and moe Then .x. thousand horsemen one huÌ„dred and thirty peces of artilery but that night thei styrred not with any horses abrode in the fyelde ¶ The next day the Emperour prouided for al thinges necessarye agaynst suche thinges as the enemyes myght take in hand but that day they made no mouyng nor stirryng at all ¶ The other daye folowyng he went to view theyr strong lodgyng aforesayde .vi. little Italian miles from oure lodging in a stronge place for vpon the righthande and on the fronte they hadde adepe ryuer and a marrish kept with a Castel staÌ„dyng vpoÌ„ the said riuer vpoÌ„ theyr backes a great woode vpon y e other syde a mountayne whereupoÌ„ they had layde theyr ordeinaunce There was at this view a skirmish but it was of litle effect ¶ The next day after the enemies set forth their horsemen fotemen in arraye it was thought that they would come to our campe but it was not but to take the muster of their folkes When thei had taken it they returned to their lodging sithe the next day after they raysed theyr campe from thence and came with in three myles of ours in a strong place emongest lytle hylles hauing the water somewhat farre of The Emperour was purposed to cut theÌ„ from that ¶ The duke of Aluoy consulted with his maiesty and sent Don Aluaro de sand Arze with one M hackbutters geuing them instruccions what thei should do guides which knew thei countrey And thei passed through a wood and brake into the lodging of the enemyes about one or two of the clocke in the nyght and killed the watche many other before the campe could bee set in ordre Thei gaue theÌ„ a great alaruÌ„ lost but .2 or .3 souldiers one of our souldiers had gotten a horsemans standerd I thinke thei were kylled with theyr owne men for the nyght was very darke After thys OctauiaÌ„ with John Baptista Sabello captayne of the horsemen and Alexander Uitello captayne of the fotebeÌ„d of y e ItaliaÌ„s apointed with theyr men to geue them a skirmish and so they set foorth the next daye but the enemies apointing the same they had taken a place in the woode that was chosen by duke Octauian and his other captaines for the same purpose But the enemies began to set vpon our menne in a barne nere vnto the woode and there was that daye a skyrmishe but it came not to passe as it was purposed The enemyes receyued losse by the reason of the hackbutters that came with AlexaÌ„der There was on both partes slayne and taken ¶ These two Campes beyng but three myle a sunder and beyng betwixt theÌ„ but a litle riuer whiche in many partes myght bee passed the passages more nere vnto theyr Campe then to ours so that the skyrmishes could not bee made but the one parte muste passe by leasure al thynges came vnto this terme It was deuysed howe they might be greued for tarryiÌ„g or not tarryiÌ„g ther it must nedes be done hauyng a respecte by what pollicye it might be done But earely y e next day they raysed theyr campe in order with al their artiliery the which they might easily carrye the fieldes being so open and playne And so in the morning thei wer passed the ryuer afore said goiÌ„g ouer against our camp The Emperor coÌ„mauÌ„ded althinges to be in order y e day begaÌ„ to wexe clere y e mist did breake so y t we might the more clearely see them as I thought thei wer in forme of a new mone UpoÌ„ y e right hand there was a marrish which lay vpon oure left hand to Danubia and vpoÌ„ that side rode a gret esquadroÌ„ of horsmeÌ„ x. peces of ordinance vpon their left haÌ„d did ryde one other with .xx. peces of ordinaÌ„ce so al their horsmen were deuided scattred in the fieldes not in raÌ„ckes but in partes because thei would shote of therefore thei set forth their artillery and horsmeÌ„ Their foâ—emeÌ„ marched after in raÌ„ckes On this sort went the Lantgraue to fulfil y e promes y t he had made to the cities of the league Oure campe was set in an order to fight according to their quarters as thei wer lodged The Hispaniardes stode in y e front of the enemies they had y e marish vpoÌ„ y e left haÌ„d The Almains of y e regimeÌ„t of George dyd staÌ„d on y e right haÌ„d with a winge of hackbutters Hispaniardes by by stode turning toward the ryght haÌ„d y e most part of y e fotemeÌ„ of Italy for part of theÌ„ wer in y e fort y t was made in y e marrishe Nere after theÌ„ euer folowing vpoÌ„ the right hande stode y e Almains of y e regimente of Madrucho froÌ„ theÌ„ to y e town it lay opeÌ„ so part of that space was shut with y e timber of our bridges And y e rest was set with our horsmeÌ„ in .iiii. esquadroÌ„s for because if y e enemies horsmen shoulde come vpon y t syde our horsemen beyng set in y t holde we might fyght with them And likewyse it was a conuenient place for the charge So by the parte that the trenches stode most low stode y e horses for this purpose there wer left some spaces betwixt our Esquadrones of fotemen the whiche because for to be better vnderstand it is thus set forth in portrature ¶ At this time the enemies began for to approche shoting of their artillery with the order that they had taken to girde in our camp froÌ„ y e marrish y t was vpon the left haÌ„d as it wer the half of the plain fielde lying vpon oure right hande euermore shoting so nere that many peces of theirs especiallye those that lay vpon the right hand did shoote within .vi. C. paces of our EsquadroÌ„s Our artillery was shotte of but theirs had helpe by the disposicioÌ„ of the grounde more then we had His maiestie had bene round about the campe and dyd see what order the duke of Aluoy had sette And horsed and armed as he was he turned agayne and dyd
to kepe the reste Then with his campe he tooke the waye to Ingulstat where the enemyes entended to campe It is from Rattesbone to Ingulstat .ix. leagues whiche .ix. were deuyded in foure iourneys so he came with his campe to a place vpon Danubia called Newstat there was a bridge but he caused two other to bee made of the barges whiche he brought in his campe for he determined to passe the riuer in any wise ¶ His maiesty being thus purposed he was enfourmed that the duke of Saxon and the Lantgrane with al their campe vpon the other side of Danubia had taken the way to Rattesbone an enterprise well vndertaken His maiesty sent foure hundred Spanyardes hackbutters horsed .ii. baners of Dutchmen the whiche by their diligence the same nighte y t they were sente entred into Rattesbone the whiche was now sure For yf the enemyes came not it was safe And if thei came they might defend vntil thei might haue rescu froÌ„ the caÌ„p which might wel be had Danubia beyng betwixt vs and our enemies But they seing that Rattesbone was prouided or because thei perceiued that his maiestye would passe the riuer and lyiÌ„g at their backes might take away theyr vitayles beyng within iii. leagues of Rattesbone thei gaue a turne toward Ingulstat makyng great hast to be out of the woodes streyte passages where it was thought they might haue bene well ouertakeÌ„ But we hauing no know ledge of the countrey so that they with extreme diligeÌ„ce did geat the playne field so that when our lyght horsemen had passed the wode they wer nere into Ingulstat His maiesty in two daies passed the riuer and lodged his campe in a valley vpon a litle mouÌ„tayn nere vnto the riuer and this lodgyng was two myle froÌ„ Ingulstat This passage was of great importaunce for it did not onely cause the enemyes to bee aduised but also to be drieuen together and not to goe lyke Lordes in the fields as thei had done For this shewed them that his determinacioÌ„ was to fight when tyme and place might serue There our campe was fortified with a litle trenche for the duke of Aluoy had so takeÌ„ the grouÌ„d that it neded not to make any other There was alaruÌ„ although it was not true our souldiers were so well ordred that it might bee euidentlye sene how willyng they wer to fight ¶ At the ende of two dayes the Emperour parted from theÌ„ce wheÌ„ he hadde newes that the enemyes were lodged on the other parte of Ingulstat sixe myles Wherfore he made spede to take theyr lodgyng that they had lefte the daye before that he departed from his Nowe it was conueniente that the Emperour should make haste towarde Jugulstat and not to leaue it in peryl to be taken with the enemies For why from thence they myght lightlye haue distourbed monsuer de Bure from ioynyng with oure campe or elles they myght haue taken theyr lodgyng betwixte it and the place where we hadde lodged But the Emperour consyderyng howe muche it did importe beeyng now so nere vnto the enemies to be euer their superiour in lodgyng he sente to viewe two lodgynges the one was a league from Ingulstat whiche I haue spoken of and in oure waye And the other neare vnto Ingulstat vpon the other syde for it behoued to take that nexte vnto the towne before the commyng of oure campe the other in oure waye was good to be taken Before that his maiestye shoulde sette foorth his campe his intencion was to haue these two so that if he mighte not occupye that nexte vnto Ingulstat yet that he myght lodge in the other and therfore the daye before he hadde sent John Baptista Gastaldo mayster of the Campe generall for to bee particularlye viewed â–ª And he with al spede that might bee the next daye in the mornyng remoued his campe the whiche went in partz vawarde battayle The baggage and artillery vpon our left hand vpoÌ„ the riuer side Our horsmen vpoÌ„ the ryght hande and the footemen iÌ„ the midst The duke of Aluoy did leade the vaward and the Emperor the battayl With the Duke weÌ„t the marques Albert and his horsemen and the master of Pruse And with the Emperour the Duke of Austriche and the prince of Pyemont the marques John of BrandeÌ„burge The Hispanyardes Dutchmen and Italyans moued confyrmably to the order that was geuen them so they went in the vawarde in the battayle The Emperor marchyng approched the firste lodgyng that I haue spoken of and there he rested a litle whylest the batail was coÌ„myng For now the vaward was euen at hande and there he toke the duke of Aluoy and .xx. horsmeÌ„ with hym and rode vnto Ingulstat for to be holde the other lodgyng nere thereunto ¶ It is nedeful particularly to know that the same day the Emperor seÌ„t the duke of Aluoy the prince of Salmona and Don Antony de Tolledo with part of the light horsmen and two hundred hackbutters Hispanyardes horsed for to haue knoweledge of the enemies with whom they had a fayre and 〈◊〉 skyrmish the enemies being come forth therto with great streÌ„gth But the skirmishe beyng the one parte the other retired they turned again and came foorth increasing so theyr â–ª number in Esquadrons that the Emperour was certified that they wer comming with al their campe to battayle so it was necessary to set al thinges in order The Emperor coÌ„maunded the duke of Aluoy y t he should take hede in al pointes to the proceding of the enemies He turned into y e place where he had staide the vaward and the batail in y e lodging aforesayde being in the waye chosing a place mete for to fight He sette the footemen in place conuenient and the artillerye and horsemeÌ„ where thei should staÌ„d And so they stode loking for the comming of the enemies which made countenance y t thei would fight I thinke vnder correccion of better iudgement y t if thei had come y t daye to fyght with vs by the way they might haue put all thinges in greate auenture although we had taken a place fauorable ynough for oure auauntage But it semed to the Emperour that thei would not fight that daye seyng that thei had differred the tyme so long for it was somwhat late but the duke sent him worde for to stay for he thought the enemyes made a greate muster to passe forwarde but incoÌ„tinent he sent hym word to kepe on the waye with his campe for the enemyes beganne to retyre vnto theyrs This varyaunce was a cause of the late departure For the Emperoure seeyng howe muche more he shoulde aduenture in tarrying then to come late that nyght and howe muche he shoulde geue vnto his enemyes to geue them one nyght parte of the other day and space to ameâ—â—â— thâ—ir lodgynges that they had erred when that thei had not disturbed our caÌ„pe by the wai he came although it was late vnto his lodgyng whiche
Beauer and Sueuer And at this time the enemies hadde al those betwixt Vlme and Tonauert and so they were lordes of great plentye of vytayles For thei had the passage of Angust at theyr pleasure then he seeyng that the geattyng of them shoulde bee to their greate detryment and disaduauntage and that moreouer he myghte haue places necessarye bothe agaynste Angust and Vlme two principal heades of the league He considred what was beste to be done and so he deuysed in this sorte He commaunded a muster dayly to be made agaynste our enemies TheÌ„ he sent one night duke Octauian with the horsemen and fotemen of Italy And Examburge with his Almayns and .xii. peces of ordinance with al diligeÌ„ce to Tonauert from our campe .iii. leagues geuing them instruccions what was to be done Wherby with great diligence they came vnto the towne earely in the morning where they began to beate without raÌ„pire or trenche And so with open staling they entred There went out fleyng ouer the bridge two baners of fotemeÌ„ which wer set there by the duke and Launtgraue ¶ Now I haue thought good for to declare one thyng whiche the readers may desyre to knowe How many souldiers be a banner .ii. or iii because I haue spoken ofttymes of banners and not of the number A banner of Dutchemen is commoÌ„ly of .iii. C. men or aboue This towne gotten they left theyr two banners the rest returned to the campe The enemyes had no knowledge of this vntyl the next daye in the mornyng for although they lay nere vnto our campe it was done with such dilygence that they had no vnderstanding therof This was of great importunitie by reason of the scituacioÌ„ of the place In one day his maiestye raysed his campe and remoued to Tonauert and there lodged and the towne at his backe vpoÌ„ the left hande Danubia That daye the enemyes moued not for to geue anye disturbance in our way whereof I haue maruayle beyng so gret a noumber of horsemen and knowyng the countrey and the passages so muche oute of order for in passyng we haue bene oftentymes in staye and loosyng of tyme and forced to bee subiecte to manye inconueniences Howe bee it his maiestye hadde prouided agaynste all sinister chaunces He sette the hackebutters Hyspanyardes and Italyans in a place apte for theyr purpose The rerewarde was fortified accordyng to the disposicion of the waye whiche gaue no place but to goe in range At lengthe he came to Tonauert and from thence to Tillingam aboue vpon Danubia which is a towne of y e Cardinals of Angust There is a good bribge and a plaine waye hauyng Danubia vpon oure lefte hand and vpon oure righte hande a greate thicke wood standing betwixt vs and oure enemies euer folowyng vntyll we came to the ryuer of Prence whiche is three myles aboue Tâ—llingaÌ„ entreth into Danubia and so we went leauing the wood vpon our ryght hand In the whiche there bee two wayes from Norling to Tillingam His maiestye takyng that wayes there came to hym to bee surrendred the towne of Hoâ—hscot with a stronge Castell standing vpon Danubia Lykewyse was surrendred the towne of Tillingam whiche was taken from the Cardinall of Auguste wherin was a banner of garde but thei fled when thei heard of his coming He lodged that day betwene Tillingam LondgingueÌ„ There is a brydge vpon Danubia and a stronge holde reasonablye fortyfyed There wer three banners and that whiche went out of TillingaÌ„ They were syted by the duke of Aluoy for to yelde They aunswered stoutelye that they woulde not for they trusted to bee rescued the nexte daye by the duke and the Launtgraue But seyng the batterye prouided they tooke an other counsayle and in the nyghte they wente from thence and tooke the waye to Anguste The Burgemaisters submitted themselues wyth one excuse that they had been constrayned by menne of warre and not willingly to do any thing agaiÌ„st his maiestye ¶ At this tyme the Emperour had knowledge that the duke and the Launtgraue were commyng streight toward Lodgingen to this he gaue credit in so muche that the menne of warre whiche had bene there looked for rescue He caused the campe to bee in order and a certayn passage to bee taken where the enemyes must of necessitie fight or turne backe agayne If they woulde fyghte his maiestye hadde the place for aduauntage And yf they woulde turne backe they shoulde loose theyr labour Then for doubte of the one or the other they sette theyr enterpryse asyde But al thinges beyng at this point the towne of Langinguen came to surrender to his maiestye it was knowen of them that not onelye they looked for succoure from the duke of Saxon and the Launtgraue but moreouer that Exertell hadde beene there that nyghte and that he hadde fetched awaye the fowre banners to Auguste Shortelye after Longinguen came into a towne called Gunelâ—inguen standyng vpon the ryuer Prence The Emperor commanded John Babtista Sabello with the Popes horsemenne and Aldadano Aguilera to pursue Exertell and these foure banners with their two companions and Nicholas Seco with his Italians which by great diligence dyd ouertake Exertell where they hadde a greate skirmishe wherein was taken manye souldiers with three peces of ordinaunce whiche they carryed froÌ„ Longinguen to Anguste With this John Babtista Sabello turned to the Emperour y e which IhoÌ„ the same daye lefte in Longinguen two baÌ„ners the Emperour lodged with al his campe WheÌ„ he had passed the riuer of Prence in a village standing therupon called Sulten three leagues from Vlme for hys maiestie woulde goe to Vlme intending to take the townes staÌ„ding vpon Danubia for he beeing there afore the enemies yf they woulde come to rescue the battayle myght bee to his aduauntage The whiche he was sure they woulde procure to doe except they would lose it So he coÌ„cluded the next day to part froÌ„ thence But when the Campe was risyng certayne lyght horsemenne whiche his maiestye hadde sente the daye before certyfyed that the enemyes were in gate And then it was necessarye to knowe whereupon they woulde determyne before that his maiestye shoulde dyslodge hys campe He sente foorth other to see what waye they woulde take They hadde gone that daye a long iourney Our horsemen had not discouered them for being strauÌ„gers in the countrey it was longe before that they coulde fynde the right wai Some Almains brought newes but they agreed not all in one vntyll the enemyes wer so nere that our scoutes hard their druÌ„mes and one part of their menne appeared ¶ At this time the enemies were come so nere that the duke of Aluoy being abrode he hard their druÌ„mes and dyd see some of theyr folkes He certified his maiestye whiche wente vpon a mountayne where he might see the vawarde of the enemyes with greate strength of horsemen and the footemen nere vnto a wood side with certain held peces wherewith the Launtgraue professeth himself to be a great doer
order as I haue sayde beyng .vi. M. fotemenne in two Esquadrons and .ix. standerdes of horsmen of two M. and .vi. C. horses and a Gueten accoumpanied with .viii. or .ix. C. horses This was the duke of Saxon whiche wente prouidyng emongest his Esquadrons which at the firste had discouered but our vawarde for the dust dyd kepe the syght from the battayle wherefore he thought that he myght well resyst those horse men But a marshal of his campe called Wolf Kraytes who ê‘ceiued vs better called hym a parte and shewed him the battayle discouered where the Emperour and the kyng came together In this Esquadron with his maiestye wente the prince of Piemont the kinges two soÌ„nes who led his Esquadron ⧠When the duke of SaroÌ„ had sene al our horsmen and that he had clearly ê‘ceiued in our order going al our determinacion he tourned again emoÌ„gst the Esquadrons determiniÌ„g with all spede possible to take a wood which did stand in his way thinking to bee there with his fotemeÌ„ so stroÌ„gly y t in y e night he myght go to Viertemberge for y e was hys purpose for at Troga he thought he coulde not bee surely for as he hath said sence he had heard shotyng of guÌ„nes iÌ„ y e morniÌ„g which eueÌ„ iÌ„ dede did shote at y e skoutes which wer seÌ„t by y e Emperor but he had thoughte we had been but the one halfe sent to folowe hym with the Duke of Aluoy that the other had been gone with the Emperor to Troga Therfore he woulde not take the waye to Troga for there was none of hys counsayle that woulde aduise hym thereto so that at the ende he coÌ„cluded to take the wood in the way towarde Viertemberge and yf that he must nedes fight yet y t it myght be to his aduauntage and for to folowe one of these two effectes he thought for to geat the wood which is full of marrishes and streyghte waies he sente his hackbutters and light horsmeÌ„ to geue the charge vpoÌ„ our light horsemen so that his footemenne might take the place in the wood that he had appoynted ⧠Now at this tyme as it is said the Emperor had made mete with the vawarde he spake chearefullye to duke Morris and to the men of armes of Naples the woordes beseming a captayne in suche a day as this and to the souldiers geuing theÌ„ the name that was Sainct George imperial Sainct James Spayn so going towarde y e enemyes a pace that was conuenient These esquadrons going thus egally the battell fell into a marrish vpon the ryghte hande wherein dyd fall many horses wherfore it was nedefull for to drawe in the battayle so that the vawarde might passe without intermedling one esquadron with an other to bee both out of order for this cause it came to passe y t goiÌ„g by it passed y e vaward before the time y t the enemies woulde geue y e charge as I haue sayd the which they gaue vpon our light horsemenne in good order ⧠At this tyme the duke of Aluoy perceyuing good occasion sente vnto the Emperor y t he would geue y e charge and so he dyd at a wynge with his men of armes of Naples the duke Morris with his hackebutters vpon the other parte incontinent their menne of armes oure battayle which now went turnyng to geat the right hand did mete thei moued againste the enemies with such vehemency that sodainly they began to turne our horsemen brake in with such violence that they had no place but for to flie and began to forsake their fotemeÌ„ y e whiche at the first made a litle resistaÌ„ce thinking for to take the wood but now al our horsemen wer so farre forwarde amongst theyr horsemeÌ„ and fotemen that in one momente they were all brokeÌ„ and scattered in sunder The Hungarians with the lighte horses dyd take a syde and with a merueilous quicke spede they began to execute the victorie vnto the whiche these Hungarians haue a meruaylous great industrye They sette vpon crying Spayne Spayne For of a truth the name of the Empire of an olde hate is not to them agreable ¶ In this sorte thei did take the wood in y e which there was so many weapoÌ„s so much harnes scattred y t it was a greate trouble to theÌ„ that executed the victorie The dead and hurt wer many some at the encounter other with great cuttes some with hackbuttes of diuers sortes there were so manye prisoners that manye of our menne had .x. or .xii. runnyng aboute them manye dyd lye dead other dyd lye wallowyng in their bloud There ye might haue seen howe thei offred their fortune to theyr takers Some wer slayne some were taken euerye manne as he woulde the dead menne dyd lye in manye places on heapes and other in partes as they were taken flying or fightyng The Emperour folowed the chase one myle al the light horsemenne and parte of the Dutchemenne and men of armes of the kinges folowed thre leagues ¶ Nowe we beyng in the midst of the wood the Emperoure beyng there stayde and commaunded the menne of armes to requoyle for all wente so dispersed and out of order that the winners and loosers were ruffled together wherfore he would make sure the victorie if anye inconuenience should succede to them that wente before for it is a thing to bee noted that a captayn do thinke so that he dooe not saye afterwarde if I hadde thought as many haue sayd but this is a foule woorde of a captayne ¶ The Emperour and the king came together which verely shewed the courage of a kyng The Duke of Aluoy came from the chase in whyte armoure gylte and a bende of redde vpon a baye horse withoute anye other garnishyng but of the bloude of the wounde that he brought The Emperour receyued him ioyfully not without cause there being it was sayde vnto the Emperour that the duke of Saxon was taken and his prisoner pretendyng to be the principals two men of armes Hispaniardes of them of Naples and thre or foure light horsmen Hispaniardes and Italyans one Hungarian a captain Hispaniarde The Emperour commaunded to bring hiÌ„ so he was brought before him He came vpoÌ„ a griseld horse in a great shirt of mayle and therupon a payre of blacke curates beyng bloudye of a wounde that he had in his left syde The duke of Aluoy came vpon his ryght haÌ„d and presented hym vnto his maiestye The duke of Saxon would alyghte one foote takyng of hys gloue for to haue touched the Emperour by the hande after the maner of Almayne but the Emperor would neither the one nor the other And for to say the truth he was sore trauayled through the heate and with the wounde that he came so weary and heauye that he thoughte that the Emperour had had a more respecte to this then he hadde deserued Then he beyng bareheaded sayde vnto the Emperour accordyng to the custome of Almayn Moste
stande before our Esquadrons and sometimes he went amongest the Almaynes On y e one side the other there was great shoote of artillery which was litle regarded seeyng his maiestye emongest them There it myght clearely be seene in suche thynges howe muche is worthe the presence of a prince that hath a good oppinion emongest his souldiers The enemyes hadde approched so nere where they thought they myghte beate vs at theyr pleasure They made a stonde with theyr horsemen and footemen and began to tempest on al partes with al theyr artillerye and to beate vs so nye and with so great furye that verelye it appered to be a storme of pellettes for in the trenches and esquadrons there was nothing sene but GunstoÌ„s and pellettes The duke of Aluoy stode with the Hispaniardes at the poynt of the campe where the battery of the enemyes was nerest at hande A pece wherof toke away a souldier standyng next vnto him as he was prouydyng for euerye thing necessarye They made couÌ„tenaunce openlye two tymes to set vpon vs. The duke tooke an order with the hackbutters to bee aduised not to styrre vntyll the enemyes shoulde bee two pickes of length from our trenches for in this forte none of the shote of our hackbutters which wer many and good shoulde be loste And yf they should shote afarre of y e most part should be iÌ„ vain Also he coÌ„mauÌ„ded y t the first salutacioÌ„ which is euer y e best should be at haÌ„d The enemies did euer beat so y t it semed y t thei begaÌ„ again they sette forth auauÌ„ced their esquadroÌ„s our artillery was shotte but as I haue said y e disposicioÌ„ of y e grouÌ„d did helpe so much y t there was no great hurte done emongest theÌ„ So hath it plesed god to preserue vs so manye as hath bene sent froÌ„ them insomuche that nere to the Emperor there hath fallen many Gunstons pellettes Insomuche that many left lookyng to their own peryll for y e Emperor Especially one pellet was so streight so nere y t the peril was manifest but it pleased god y t it tooke y e earth before his fete An other pece kylled one of his garde all other brake a standerd other .2 killed .2 horses This was the hurte that was done about his maiestie .vi. peces of ours dyd breake that day one of theÌ„ kylled .vi. souldiers Hispaniardes and hurt two ¶ The enemyes preased vpon vs so muche that they thought to dislodge vs with their terrible shot of artillery in geuyng shotes with their fury infernal And for all thys fury y t neuer ceassed there was not one ray brokeÌ„ nor any souldier that stirred his head to loke if there wer any more safe then he This battery continued .viii. houres when it semed that the enemies wexed wery and to take an other way and not to come to battayle with vs seing that we were more stoute then they had thought we had bene His maiestie parceiuing this seing now y t they began to fagge he commauÌ„ded the horsmeÌ„ to retier into their campe to be al ready if necessitie should require to returne to the trenches on fote Here it may bee asked to what purpose horsmeÌ„ should be entreÌ„ched To aunswer this y e trenches were made y e night before so low that y e horsmen wer set in place where they lacked And wher y e meÌ„ of armes of oure enemies mighte enter there stode ours for so it was ordeyned y t if they came to fyght there we were redy to defeÌ„d Al the tyme of this batery the duke of Aluoy had set forth certain hackbutters Hispaniardes which skirmished with y e enemies y t kepte their artillery whiche did lye nere vnto a gret house prepared for to defeÌ„d theÌ„ .vi. C. paces froÌ„ our treÌ„ches so that at one self time they did beate with their ordinance and our souldiers skirmished with theÌ„ that kept their artillery Nowe had they continued .ix. houres and began to retier nere vnto the house and the litle riuer aforesayde where aboue nere vnto a mylle they had set their tentes and pauillions Now beyng late thei withdrew theÌ„selfes where thei had pitched their campe so that the point towarde the marrish was viii C. paces from our campe the other point vpoÌ„ the left hand .ii. M. and .v. C. paces ¶ This night the Launtgraue being at supper toke the cup after the maner of Almayn and dranke to Exertel saying these woordes Exertel I drink to al those that we haue killed this day with our artillery Exertel answered my lorde I do not know how many be ded this day but I knowe y t those y t be alyue haue not lost one fote of grouÌ„de It was sayd y t Exâ—rtel was of opinion y t day for to geue vs battaile at our treÌ„ches but the LauÌ„tgraue would not as I think he had coÌ„sidred y e better for in such thinges be manye aduentures chaunces And for to iudge according to reason the meÌ„ y t y e Emperour had there would not haue bene lightly dislodged that y e LauÌ„tgraue did know verely by experience seing y t we had bene so furiously beateÌ„ that he could perceiue no kind of weakenes in our campe For our souldiers stode not only at defeÌ„ce but thei also stepped foorth skirmished at y e mouth of their artilery So it is sayde that the duke of SaxoÌ„ couÌ„celled to geue vs battaile the other day at our coÌ„myng But in the ende they tooke an other order and that night it was prepared y t al the cartes in the field should bryng faggotes to raise the repares of our trenches and euery souldyer did labour in their quarters y t in y e mornyng the campe was fortifyed so y t we might be behynd them surely defended And moreouer with this the duke of Aluoy eÌ„larged our trenches with takyng in parte of the field and set therin sure watche and warde ¶ The next day y e enemyes let rest their artillery sent foorth certayne hackbutters scattered to prouoke vs to skirmish so we sent forth ix C. hackbutters Spanyardes they skirmished with their enemies in y e plaiÌ„field The skirmish was so that our enemies were constrained to set forth a M. horsmen in fauour of their hackbutters these came in .iii. esquadrons The first myght be C. horses whych wente lose dyspersed the other two came in order one after another Our hakbutters were .iij. or .iiij. C. scattered abrode And in the rereward came 5 .c. The hundred horses of our enemyes coming lose set vpon our first hackebutters puttyng their truste in the plaine fielde in the whyche for the most part horsmen haue aduantage against hackbutters But ours receiued them in suche sorte that they made them to turne fliyng so that of necessity the secoÌ„d esquadroÌ„ came to succour with a staÌ„dred of Guels gyuing the charge vpon our hackebutters But they gaue them such a rush that they did breake in
pleasure It was muche to be thoughte that so strong a hold and so wel prouyded hauing the passage rescue so nere did so lightely surrender At thys time the enemyes haue forsaken Rayne onelye sustainyng the forte vpon the riuer of Lico Before thys tyme there hath beene dyuers opynyons that hys maiestye should not set foorth toward Newbrocke being so strongly defended but he was determined therein He left two baners of Dutchmen and ser the men of warre in an Ile nere vnto the Castel for that nyght The nexte daye hys Maiestye wyth the order that he had taken lodged in the orchardes suburbes of Newbrocke and there was takeÌ„ the armoure and weapon from the soldiers where he myghte as well haue taken theyr lyues beyng Rebelles to theyr Prynce he toke their othes and let them go He dyd the same to the Captaynes saying he dyd knowe that they were begyled They aunswered not onelye begyled but also enforced ¶ Hys maiesty being thre daies in Newbrocke he made a generall muster in the whych he fouÌ„d ir M horsmen .xxix. M. footemeÌ„ How be it they had bene a greater noÌ„ber but they were nowe mynyshed by hurt slaughter infirmiti After he had taken the fidelitie of the towne he set a garyson there and after he would seke the enemies for his inteÌ„cion was to finde theÌ„ in place where he might geue theÌ„ battaile He determined to pas Danubia by y e bridge of y e same town for to make toward Tonauert for it was said that they had caÌ„ped that there they woulde make an end of y e warre in .ij. daies his maiesti aproched within a leage of their caÌ„pe where he came to a village called MarqueseÌ„ the distance was not much but y e difficulti was more because of a thicke wood standing betwene the .ij. caÌ„pes hauyng no other passage but .ij. or .iij. cartwaies This wood begaÌ„ at our caÌ„pe extended vnto theirs his maiesty coÌ„mauÌ„ded to vewe the ward to see by what possibility an army myght passe whether by the dispositioÌ„ of the place the caÌ„pe might lye so nere the enemies to make vs lords of the wood He seÌ„t the duke of Aluoi with a noÌ„ber of hakbutters which wer deuided in y e wood as it was thought Then he wyth .xxiiij. horses passed thorow the woode so nere vnto their trenches that he was wythin the shoote of a saker The Duke tooke wyth him thre or foure and went on foote where he dyd see the scituacioÌ„ of our enemyes they were so busye in labour that they had no other regarde There the Duke perceyued that the wood stretched so nere their campe that there was but a lytle playne of .iiij. or .v. paces and at the vtter part thereof one steppe going downe and a lyke goyng vp And vpon the toppe of the banke they made theyr trenches so that vpoÌ„ the left hand it ioyned wyth the woode This vallei serued as a ditche Vpon the ryght haud they were fortified with Danubia so that there was no place to lodge our campe Wyth this relation he turned to the Emperoure who seeyng that it was not possyble to aproche our enemies for the causes aboue sayd hys maiesty imagined by what meanes he might remoue them out of theyr strong lodging for being there and the woode betwene it coulde neuer be brought to passe but this warre should be euer at large Then he coÌ„cluded that we shoulde go with our campe on the right hand towarde a towne called Bendengen leauing our enemyes vpon the right hand IT is to be vnderstande that the Emperou hath trauailed muche in Germany wherby he doth not alonlye knowe a greate part therof but moreouer he hath a discrescion and a vniuersal knoweledge of al the whole couÌ„trey so that when nede shal require verelye he doth deserne coÌ„prehend the scituacion of the cities townes and how they stand with theyr dystances the one froÌ„ another fo that it apeareth that he hath bene there parsonaly rather theÌ„ by syght of painting so that it was his opinion that hys campe being at BendeÌ„geÌ„ we might be lodged at Norling there being wee should haue a good couÌ„try for victuals at the backes of our enemies and a place wherby might be taken from them al that came froÌ„ thence Al the time the Emperour was in this determinacioÌ„ there wer coÌ„tinually scirmishes in the wood by forragers but no great slaughter on the one part nor on the other And wheÌ„the dai apointed was coÌ„e the Emperour coÌ„maÌ„ded for to dislodge in the order acustomed beiÌ„g a great mist we caÌ„e to MonehuÌ„ a town in the liberties of Newbrok The day folowing his maiesty dislodged caÌ„e in a litter because of his Goute At his coÌ„ming to BendengeÌ„ the Duke of Aluoy seÌ„t him the Burghmasters which did yeld theÌ„ theyr towne into his haÌ„des Now his maiesty was certified that the horsmeÌ„ of our enemies appered after our rereward wherfore he coÌ„mauÌ„ded it to be reforced with hakbutters for accordiÌ„g to the disposition of the way they were most necessary therefore to be set in place wher thei might be ê“fitable if the enemyes should take the way to make any other prouision Thys day we lodged betwene BendeÌ„gen and Norling euer kepiÌ„g this order The vawarde stoode euer in araye to the commyng of the battayle the whych in commyng made theyr esquadrons The vawarde and the battayle lodged they abode the comyng of the rerewarde thys was the order in al hys warres The campe of the Emperoure being lodged did come knowledge that Norlyng had receyued .ij. baners from the duke of Saxon and Lantgraue for the whyche doyng they did muche repent as they confessed after In al this tyme the mouiÌ„g of the enemies was not knoweÌ„ but that they had set two baners in Norling that night After the caÌ„pe was lodged were seÌ„t forth light horses for to search the waies towarde the enemyes by whom we wer certified that one parte of the footemen were discouered and .ij. esquadrons of horsmen with theyr carriage but no knowledge what way they wold take This referred to the Emperor he coÌ„mauÌ„ded the campe to be in order before the day At this time came an other warnyng that they marched streight towarde our campe thys was a lytle before the day so the campe stode al in a readines and when it was day the mist was so darke that it differd but a lytle from the nyght hys maiesty was then muche payned wyth the Goute neuerthelesse he coÌ„mauÌ„ded horsmen and footemeÌ„ to be readye in esquadrons and not to looke for the breakyng vp of the myste so that if the enemyes came to fyght they shuld not finde vs out of order or if they should paraduenture take an other waye and the place might geue vs occasioÌ„ to preseÌ„t theÌ„ battail ¶ At this time the mist continued so darke that verelye we coulde not see the enemies nor our campe wyth our esquadrons standyng
beginne agayne for the enemyes were so setteled they coulde not bee remoued ¶ Then the Emperoure began to searche an other entrye but in the meane tyme we hadde continuall skyrmishes with takyng their vytaylles and killing their forragers with larums in the night which is a thyng noyful vnto all nations ¶ At this tyme his maiestye tooke an order that the Prynce of Salmona with his light horses and the Lorde of Brabansone knyghte of the order of the golden Flece Flemmyng with the Erle of Bures horsemenne shoulde goe in a skoute as the enemyes dyd They mette with two great bendes of horsemenne not farre from their campe where was ouerthrowen slayne and taken a greate parte of them a standerd and the standerd bearer was taken There was a chaunce whiche I haue thoughte good to bee wrytten It is so that the same horsemanne that dyd take the standerde was belongyng to mounsure de Bure whiche the same daye in twelue monthes had kylled a standerd bearer and taken a standerde from one whyche was brother to this same standerd bearer This done the Prynce retourned to the Emperour after that he hadde slayne and taken manye of the enemyes bryngyng a greate noumber of horses cartes whiche turned them to great hynderaunce losse and detriment ¶ At thys time the Emperoure determined to chaunge his lodging for diuers causes one was because of the greate infyrmitye and sickenesse amongest oure souldyers and also it was so full of mudde and mire that oure artillerye was welnere immouable so that we coulde not helpe our selues therwith wherfore it was thought moste conueniente to retourne to Longinguen as to a place moste mete for al thinges necessarie In this lodgig died y e Coronel George oâ— Rausburge which in al the Emperors warres had done good seruice At this same time y e Cardinal Fernese nenew to y e Pope returned to Rome ¶ The Emperour departed froÌ„ this lodging of Sultan with the order accustoined and came to Lau gingam This daye the enemyes made no shew but with one esquadron of .iiii. C. horses There haue bene diuers oppinions that yf the duke and y e LauÌ„tgraue had woulde thei might haue geuen battayle to their aduauauntage for thei had inforced their campe with .xv. M. men of Uiertemburge whiche they call choorles but suche choorles as thei bee they haue of late geuen an ouerthrow to .xxv. M. Suichiners Nowe thei bee in strength and we lacking for the Almayns of the ouerland and of the netherlande bee fallen in sickenes and of the Hispaniardes a great nuÌ„ber There could not be founde .iiii. M. Italyans for the reste were dead and gone vnto their countrey but as I haue saide the enemies made no demonstracioÌ„ for to take any aduauntage of any coÌ„moditie that thei mighte haue for to fight After y e Emperor departed from Sultan and was lodged at Laugingam he had newes from y e kinges brother that he had the victory in Saxony that he y e duke Morris hadde taken the most part of the estate thereof the whiche for to be more spedelye signyfyed vnto our enmyes or for because thet did knowe that we hadde knowledge there was sent a great salutacion of artillery ¶ All the tyme that the Emperoure was lodged in Longynguen he rode daylye aboute the campe as it is his ordinarye custome in all hys warres and into the fieldes for to beholde where the enemies mighte occupye anye place agaynste hym or he againste them Thei hadde been two or three times spying aboute a castell in the keping of the Hispanyardes a myle from oure Campe but euer at suche tymes when they coulde not bee ouertaken When the Emperoure hadde diligentely considered all thynges he soughte for to haue an other lodgyng so that hys dooynges hence foorth might take better effecte He found one for his purpose and after he turned to his campe which was so full of mudde and mire that our men of war were sore trauailed weryed Wherefore there wer diuers opinions but al agreed that hys maiesty should dislodge and to auoyde hys meÌ„ by garysons and so for to make the warre but he was of a contrarie opinion and that was to folow the warres and thys was the best as it hath proued since by experience ¶ Nowe being in our lodging so foule and myrye that our cartes nor yet wagones could coÌ„e in wyth victuals he determined to remoue to y e other which he had afore sene leading the campe in twoo partes the footemeÌ„ and artilery in the one parte and in the other part the horsmen toward the enemyes This day I thinke that the enemyes myghte haue geuin vs battaile for they had the plaine fieldes to come aga ynste our horsmen our footemen artylery farre of I dooe not knowe the cause except they did not know our passage in the which the Emperour was forced to deuide by partes as I haue sayde The waye was of suche sorte that this muste nedes be done ¶ The Emperour being lodged as it is said it was a great pleasure to al the army in so muche that it was called in prayse the Emperours lodging for it was diffarent and dyd excede that whiche we had leâ—t for there was muche wood and water a strong place and for the resorte of victueles commodious A mountayne vppon the fronte agaynste our enemyes muche lyke vnto the woorke of handes wherevpon we layd oure artilerye from whence we myghte shoote into the fyeldes Vpon the ryghte hand we hadde a Marrys and vppon the lefte hande a greate woodde the whyche dydde extende vppon oure backes Wee were so nere vnto the ennemyes that oure warde and theyrs skirmyshed ordinaryly The Emperour commaunded to cutte theyr vyctualles the whyche was done by suche dylygence by the lyghâ— horses and hackbutters that all the waye goyng to Norlyng Tynckespoole and Vlme dydde lye full of deadde menne broken cartes and vyctualles scattered And of oure part there were geuen so many skirmishes in the daye and larums in the night that they could neither eate nor slepe in rest ¶ Nowe our campe being lodged in thys place called the Emperours lodgig our aduaÌ„tage began for to appeare our enemyes to be more slowe in skirmishes for they came not out with such vigour nor so lustely as they had done but our men assayled theyr trenches out of the whyche they came but seldome times Thei shewed only with their artilery what wyls they had to skirmysh for now with their goÌ„nes thei begynne to make a forte and many times prisoners wer taken nere vnto theyr campe they were not only oppressed in thys but they began to be in great penury for lack of bread insomuche that dyuers prysoners coÌ„fessed that they had bene .v. daies wythout it And moreouer that thei were in great feare seeing that they had thought that the Emperor had bene gone afarre of and yet he was returned more nere at hand then he was before and with his campe he
came strayghte vnto Bosingane The Burgemasters came forth agaynst him to yelde vp their towne and a Castel staÌ„ding aboue it belongyng to the Erles of Ottingame and the men of warre therein yelded to hys maiesty howe be it they had made a litle brabling before ¶ The next dai thei of Norling came to geue vp their towne for the campe was so nere that there was no other thing to treat vpon He put therin .iiij. baners for the. ij baners which were left there by the Duke and the Lantgraue were gone that night to a castell a myle from Norling where they found other .ij. baners beloÌ„ging likewise to the Erles of Ottingam These .iiij. baners â—et out soldiers to skirmishe wyth â–ª oure meÌ„ that lay a litle froÌ„ the castel they made a couÌ„tenaÌ„ce for to come down but the Emperour sent the Earle of Bure with his men ordenance theÌ„ they yelded The Earle brought the .iiij. standers to the Emperour let the soldiers go free they woulde haue serued the Emperour but he coÌ„maunded them to folow the duke of Saron the Lantgraue Nowe Norling being surrendred and meÌ„ of warre therein he made gouernor of the countrey of Ottingame a brother of the said Earles which is catholique he left the Cardinal of Angust in Norling for certayne prouision that shoulde be made there He went from Bosingame to Tinkespoole a towne imperyall and of the league they muster to hold fast but the Duke of Aluoy was sent by the Emperours coÌ„maundemeÌ„t with artilerie certain Hispaniardes and Almaynes He gaue monicioÌ„ to theÌ„ of the towne and if the artilery wer laid agaynst them they shoulde be geuen in spoile to the men of warre then they gaue vp the towne The Duke brought the Burge masters before his maiestye then being nere vnto the towne and there being one day he left two banners of Garde He remoued thence and in .ij. daies he came to Rotenburge wyth great labour and trauaile the weather being so foule roughe They of Rotenburge came out against his maiesty the daye before hys commyng thither offering theyr towne to him saying that they neither sent menne nor mony against hym and that is truthe ¶ The Emperour had knoweledge that hys ennemyes were not farre from thence and they intended to haue the Lordship of Franckonia and therfore he made greate speede to Rotenburge where the waies might be best foreset where the ennemyes intended to passe for now it is necessarye to vnderstande that when his maiestye was at Bosingane the weather was so rygorous wyth froste and snowe that it semed to be intollerable Wherfore the most parte of his campe and of hys Captaynes as al of a vowe adnysed hys Maiestye to lodge hys campe in Norlyng other townes whych he hadde gotten vppon Danubia and about Vlme August to this they layd sufficient reasoÌ„s His maiestye was of an other opynion differing from his Captaines and to choose a way more importaÌ„t which was to defend Franckonia and to lye before the enemyes that they shuld not lodge at August nor Vhne for why thys was an enterprice that if it myghte be obtayned althinges might be done wyth more facility afterward But if thei shuld be suffered to come together and to recouer strengthe in Franckonia it shuld haue bene hard to haue come to any ende because the cities were yet in hope seeing that their campe was not yet altogether broken therfore notwithstanding al these difficulties offered at this present he determined to cut theÌ„ their waye or to coÌ„strain theÌ„ to take an other where by they might be dryuen in sunder and dispersed And this was a good forecast as it hath sence apeared by experience For the enemies hauing knowledge that the Emperor was in Rotemburge they left the way to Franckonia for to take an other on the left hand and with a great rode they made thorow the mouÌ„taines where of necessitie they left parte of theyr great ordinance deuyding it by cariage into the Castelles of the Dukes of Viertemburge beyng there by so that when his Maiestie came to Rotemburge they wer 24. mile from thence being but. iâ— the day before They go now so broken that these two heades their guydes parted them selues the Lantgraue went with .iij. C. horses toward his house and passing by Frankeforte the gouernours of the towne came to speake wyth hym as to a neyghbour and captayne generall of the league asked him counsayle what he thoughte was best to be done in time of so great necessity He answered them saying this that I thincke best is that euerye Foxe keepe hys owne tayle ¶ Lykewise the Duke of Saron did take an other way gathering vp the reliques of the fyelde that he coulde catche Wyth a great code he went towarde hys countrey compounding wyth Albies by the way taking of them money to paye hys Soldiours for therefore they folowed hym ¶ The Emperoure beyng at Rotenburge and seeyng the ennemyes so altered and that the tyme and place serued not to ouertake them he determined for to geue lyrence to the Earle of Bure for to retourne into Flaunders wyth the campe that he hadde broughte and that he shoulde go to Frankeforte and procure by force or otherwayes for to get the towne whych is great and ryche Then the Emperoure parted wyth the reste of hys armye where the busynes hadde beene in tymes paste but the great reputacion of the vyctorye nowe made the warre in Germanye for the Emperoure At thys tyme dyuers cytyes sent to Rotenburge their Embassadours for to yelde other began for to intreate to doe the same Hys maiesty remoued froÌ„ thence wheÌ„ al the cityes and townes imperial vnto the Ryne and some of Suauer came for to yelde them ¶ The Emperor parted from Rotemburge and in .ij. lodginges he came to Hale in Sueuer one of the cities geuen vp and of the most richesse of the prouince and one of the league and there for the indisposition of the goute he taried longer then he had thought to haue done ¶ At this time the CouÌ„tey Palatine began to treate as a maÌ„ repeÌ„ted because he had shewed himselfe against hys maiestie These treatise and rogacions were so set forth that his maiesty amitted hym to his clemencie for at the ende this is the vertue of Ceasar so they saide at the beginning that it might please him for to remeÌ„ber al thynges but theyr offences The CouÌ„te Palatyne caÌ„e to Hale to his courte a day was appointed to come to y e palace he was brought into a chamber where his maiesty was set in a chayre for the indisposicion of his fete The Earle came in with great reuerence and began for to knowledge his faulte and that he hadde offended wherefore he did muche repent His maiestye aunswered saying And verelye I haue lamented in extreme that in youre laste dayes and beyng of my bloude and broughte vp in my house that you haue shewed youre selfe so