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A68465	A true discourse historicall, of the succeeding gouernours in the Netherlands, and the ciuill warres there begun in the yeere 1565 with the memorable seruices of our honourable English generals, captaines and souldiers, especially vnder Sir Iohn Norice knight, there performed from the yeere 1577. vntill the yeere 1589. and afterwards in Portugale, France, Britaine and Ireland, vntill the yeere 1598. Translated and collected by T.C. Esquire, and Ric. Ro. out of the reuerend E.M. of Antwerp. his fifteene bookes Historicæ Belgicæ; and other collections added: altogether manifesting all martiall actions meete for euery good subiect to reade, for defence of prince and countrey.; Historia Belgica nostri potissimum temporis. English	Meteren, Emmanuel van, 1535-1612.; Churchyard, Thomas, 1520?-1604.; Robinson, Richard, citizen of London.	1602 (1602)	STC 17846; ESTC S105716	105,507	166

said vnto him concerning this his mischieuous act they as it seemed setting him on thereunto he then on the tenth of that Iuly about dinner time repaireth vnto the Prince and as one falsehearted and fearefull to speak desireth letters of pasport and safeconduct Within a while after the Prince had dined he went through the Court and stood at the gate forgetting or at least mistrusting not that mischiefe which this Iudas was now meditating nor y t Ioabs congée which was consulted of before against his person for notwithstanding all the faire shew of those writings and their seales yet it fell out this false conclusion O formose puer nimium ne crede colori Alba ligustra cadunt vaccinia nigra leguntur He good Prince beléeuing all for the best standing as I said at the gate then comes this villaine vnto him and faining his false purpose vnder a faire shew of requesting his said letters of pasport and safeconduct he crowcheth and créepeth néere the Prince not then so well aware of him where suddenly he dischargeth one of his new bought dagges hauing thrée bullets in it full vpon the Prince who féeling the wound lift vp his hands and eyes saying Lord God be mercifull vnto my soule I am sore wounded Lord God be mercifull vnto me and vnto this thy afflicted people Within a while after being borne into his parlour where he had a little before dined he was laid vpon his bed and so gaue vp the ghost to the inspeakable sorrow and lamentation of the Princesse and her people The murthering messenger and cursed caitife of Caine or rather of Tubalcains crew hauing perpetrated this villanous act tooke his heeles and fled thereupon through the posterne gate of the Princes palace with all haste he could and casting away his other dagge out of his hands running by the stréete néere the ditch of the citie of Delph as he prepared himselfe with two bladders to swimme ouer he was taken by two of the Princes seruants brought backe againe to the Princes palace and caried to prison Where he being of the Senate or chiefe men of the citie examined writ and affirmed his intention and confession full and whole adding most desperately and diuillishly that if the déede were againe to be done vpon the said Prince he would yet doe it yea if the Prince were guarded with 500000. men round about For the which cause sentence of law and iudgement definitiue being giuen vpon this his mischieuous act he was condemned to be caried to a gibbet set vp before the Towne-house or Senate-house of that Citie here first he had his right hand with a hot yron seared and cut off which did the déede and cast into the fire next of all with firie hot pincers he had his flesh torne and pluckt off from sixe parts of his bodie which were most fleshie vz. of his breast armes legs and buttocks and those cast into the fire and his body beginning from the lower part was with an axe chopt in péeces his belly was ripped his heart was pluckt out cast at the villaines face yet in some life and afterwards his head being chopt off was with other foure parts of his bodie as armes and féete set vpon foure poles on foure turrets or ports of the citie fastened vpon a long pole set vpon the turret of the Schoolehouse on the backside of the Princes lodging and whatsoeuer he had in his life time about him was taken from him and giuen away This execution was done vpon Saturday the 14. of Iuly Anno 1584. within the citie of Delph in Holland Now not without sorrow and lamentation for the losse of so noble and painfull a Prince let vs returne to describe the manner of solemnitie vsed and the whole order of his funerall which in so few words and as briefly as I can I will set downe Vpon Friday the third day of August 1584. the bodie of the Prince was buried at the ordering of the States of Holland Zeland Frizland and Vtrecht in magnificent manner according to the dignitie of his excellencie and specially in remembrance of his honourable vertues and most princely deserts towards them for he was the fourth of fiue brethren of the house of Nassaw which lost their liues in the faithfull defence of the States and of those Countries The order of his buriall or funerall was thus obserued 1 First went the Citizens of Delph in armour with long mourning cloakes 2 The dumbe shew of the Trumpetters in mourning apparell likewise 3 Then followed eight horses couered with blacke mourning cloathes euery of which horses were led by two Noblemen one on the one side and the other on the other side going on foote and behinde euery horse was also borne the Militarie Ensigne of so many seuerall Countries as the Prince in his life time had vnder his gouernment which Ensignes were borne by eight other seuerall Noblemen in mourning cloakes downe to the féete 4 After them went the Lord Mansert bearing the Militarie Trumpet Next to him the Lord Rihouius with the Princes Standerd and next to him the Lord Naelwik with his Militarie Ensigne each of them bearing in them seuerall Armes emblazoned 5 Then followed the foure seuerall Shields with their seuerall Armes of the Prince deceased which other foure Noblemen mourners bare likewise 6 After them two other Lords whereof one bare all his whole Armes with his Helmet and his Crest the other being Captaine of his Guard bare his sword of warre both mourning also 7 Then followed the funerall Horse couered all ouer with blacke Veluet downe to the ground being led forth by the Lord Bredroed on the one side and the Lord Maldre on the other side two stately personages mourning in foote side cloakes 8 Next vnto them went two other Noblemen tall and stately personages the one bearing the Princes naked Sword the other his golden Coronet both mourning in long side gownes likewise 9 And last of all went the Princes thrée chiefe Stewards of his retinue in mourning cloakes each of them going with a blacke staffe in his hand 10 After all these was borne the bodie of the deceased Prince in a coffin embalmed seared and couered with blacke Veluet hanging downe néere vnto the ground where about were fired diuers scutcheons of Armes and penants of the Princes honours and dignities The bodie being borne vpon twelue tall Gentlemens shoulders all bareheaded and in long mourning cloakes 11 Next vnto the bodie went the foure principall Lords of the States as Iohn of Burgundy Lord of Fruymont c. Walraeffe of Bredroed Lord of Loredwod c. Iohn of Merode Lord of Soeterwould c. with hoods couered ouer their faces which were the chiefe Mourners for the Low Countries 12 After these followed Erle Maurice of Nassaw second son to y e deceased Prince in a long black fine mourning cloake the traine whereof was borne by another Lord on the right hand of Prince Maurice