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A13222	The Swedish intelligencer. The first part. Wherein, out of the truest and choysest informations, are the famous actions of that warlike prince historically led along: from his Majesties first entring into the Empire, vntill his great victory over the Generall Tilly, at the Battell of Leipsich. The times and places of every action being so sufficiently observed and described; that the reader may finde both truth and reason in it.	Watts, William, 1590?-1649.; Mountain, Gerard, engraver.	1632 (1632)	STC 23521; ESTC S118047	101,946	205

side standing there vpon their owne defence with matches Cockt and Muskets vpon their Rests The Swedish comming vp to them they demaund Quarter proffering to serue the King of Sweden vpon condition every Officer to be vnder the King the same they were vnder the Emperour otherwise they would dye like braue men and sell their liues as deare as they could Quarter and Conditions are both granted them so that there still a while they stood But to see the lucke of it just in the meane time returnes Bauditzen who having beene pursuing the enemies horse that fled and now so vtterly rowted them that scarce ten of them remained in a Company and lost them in the mist withall he seeing the enemy stand whole in a body together and not knowing of the agreement falls to charge them with his horse They perceiving this began to suspect trechery in it that the Swedish horse should fall vpon their Reere and the Foot vpon their Van so they should perish betwixt both To prevent which they putting themselues into two divisions turne backe to backe those next to Bauditzen all at once giving fayre fire vpon him That volley made a Fell of many a braue man Bauditzen charges againe charges home and thorough them vtterly breakes and defeats them The other Swedish body of horse hearing the fight and the mist not suffering them to discerne the matter imagined verily that the enemy had beene come backe againe yea messenger comes vpon messenger with the newes A strange cofusion mistake among the Swedish Our men are vtterly defeated And when as some of the horse that had the Van of the Swedens Foote came towards them they certainly beleeved them to be enemies and their owne men to be defeated and thereupon giue fire vpon them The other thinke the Devill to be in it and that their Foote had beene defeated and these to be enemies and therefore fly backe againe to their fellowes Others also comming vpon our Van they fall to charge them the other as fast letting fly at them againe Thus having no Colours with vs wee knew not friends from foes our enemies from our fellowes In this miserable error and mysticall meddly wee continue vntill 4. a clocke at night when by finding some of our owne to be slaine whom we well knew we began to find our mistake The Emperours whole forces both foote and horse were defeated their Canon all their baggage and foure Cornets taken from them All our owne horse except Bauditzens owne Regiment ran away as also the body of our Foote did which were led by the yong Grave of Thurne and Colonell Wallenstein onely the Van of the Swedish Foote stood firme Commanded by Baron Teuffell the Lord Reay and Sir Iohn Haibron So that both the Armies had run away in the mist except Bauditzen and his Regiment of horse and the Van of Foote aforesaid These stayed after the fight to bury their slaine fellowes This prettie kinde of battell hapned vpon the 11 th of November 1630. In which what with those that were slaine by the enemy and what they had killed themselues were 500. men lost The rest partly laughing at their owne mistake partly sorry for their fellowes and Comrades and partly glad to haue defeated the enemy they returne homewards againe Bauditzen and Kniphowsen vnto their siege and the other vnto their Leaguer Presently after this in the middle of the same November were there 182. houses burnt within the Citie the fault was layd vpon the negligence of a servant though others suspected it to be a villany of the besieged Sure it is that there were Letters intercepted by the Swedish which should haue perswaded the Garrison that seeing they could not be relieved the best way were to fire the Towne and by a resolute sally to breake through the enemy This is like vnto the Imperialists practises in other places who at Gartz and Grippenhagen about the same time made stay of all the Boats that came vp the Oder having a designe to fire Stargard with them by that meanes to haue delivered Colbergen The same they threatned vnto Stetin also which made those Townes stand vpon their guard the surer Towards the end of November the Swedes cut off the fresh water that serv'd the Citie In the beginning of December the besieged vpon an advantage sallying out surprize a Lieutenant with some thirtie of their enemies and the Swedish within a while after cut off a Convoy of 180 Wagons laden with Corne and other provisions which was going into the Citie an hundred of which they bring away the rest which they had not time nor meanes to doe they set fire on In February when the King was gone towards Mecklenburg the Garrison making abroad fetch in 500. head of Cattell one with another Thus past there encounters too and againe betwixt them till the end of February the 26. whereof they now finding their provisions to fayle within their hopes without send to parlie with the Swedish Generall who acquaints the King with it His Majestie condescends Colbergen yeelded vp to let them come out with Colours flying matches light full Armes bag and baggage and two peices of Ordnance They were in all 1500. men whereof 9. Companies of foote and two of horse all which were by the Swedish conueyed to Schiffelben whence they were to march vnto Landtsbergen Thus that strong Towne which had been three yeares in fortifying the Country-people for ten or twelue miles compasse having beene enforced to labour at it is now after fiue moneths siege vpon the second of March old stile taken in by the King who found in it 51. peices of Ordnance of a greater bore and 19. smaller Feild-peices 224. barrells of powder with proportionable Ammunition The day after the yeelding a shippe comming with men and victualls for their reliefe not knowing of it falls into the hands of the Swedens A report was also spread abroad in the Country that before their giving vp of the Towne they had digd mines and layd gun-powder and burning matches by it which after two or three dayes should take fire and blow vp the Towne which the Swedes in good time discovering sent after them in all hast to call them backe to an account for their base trechery But this we cannot affirme True it is that they were sent for backe and stayd at Friberg in the New-Marke but this was by reason of Tillyes crueltie at his taking of New Brandenburg at this very time where he put all to the sword The day before Colberg was taken A new league betwixt the Kings of France and Sweden was there a League concluded betwixt the Kings of France and Sweden in these termes 1. That it be for the defence of either of their Friends respectiuely for the securing of the Ocean and Baltick Seas and the freedome of Commerce in them as also for the restoring of the oppressed States and Princes of the Romane Empire and that

THE SWEDISH INTELLIGENCER The first part WHEREIN OVT OF THE TRVEST And choysest Informations are the famous Actions of that warlike Prince Historically led along from his Majesties first entring into the EMPIRE vntill his great Victory over the Generall TILLY at the Battell of Leipsich The times and places of every Action being so sufficiently observed and described that the Reader may finde both Truth and Reason in it LONDON Printed for Nath Butter and Nicolas Bourne 1632. ¶ The Contents and Methode of the whole I. A Discourse vpon the Dyet of Ratisbone which Dyet bred the Discontents of the Protestants and enforced them to the Conclusions of Leipsich II. The Dyet of the Protestant Princes of Leipsich and their Resolutions and Actions vpon it Historically led along vnto the day of their joyning with the King of Sweden III. A briefe Chronicle of the King of Swedens Actions from his first landing in Germany vntill his great Victory over Tilly. IIII. The Proceedings of Monsieur Tilly Generall of the Catholike League by himselfe from his first comming against the King vntill his great defeate before Leipsich ¶ THE PREFACE TO THE READER IVdicious and favourable Reader Out of our high respect vnto that Caesar and Alexander of our times that admirably victorious King of Sweden wee haue here and for thy pleasure too adventured vpon an Essay of his Story which if liked may encourage vs to continue it Not out of any confidence that ours is a Chronicle worthy enough for such heroick performances a Polibius or a Tacitus were little enough for that but our intention chiefly is to provoke some abler Pen some better instructed Intelligencer to doe it and if such a one controll or mend vs wee will not be angry If you here demaund out of what Instructions wee haue furnisht our Intelligencer be pleased to know that nothing is willingly feigned or wilfully falsified The errors that be in it are errors of ignorance all Some part of it was received from the papers of an honourable personage a Commaunder of prime credit and activitie with that victorious King Wee haue beene made to vnderstand much of these Actions by discourse with another gallant Gentleman and he also a great Commaunder in the Army Some printed High Dutch bookes wee haue had For some things we haue had private writing and from good hands too In other things we haue made vse of Gallobelgicus especially where he deales vpon publick Record and where we thought the poore man durst speake freely Some times sure he writes but by Commission and is every where sparing in reporting the Emperours losses And yet in this to take away all exception we haue followed him too notwithstanding wee by others found greater numbers and defeates specified Very good vse haue wee made of the Weekely Currantoes too which if a man of judgement reades he shall for the most part finde especially of latter times very true and very punctuall Whosoever will be cunning in the Topography of Germany and would vnderstand these warres let him not despise Currantoes All this lastly hath passed the allowance of a Gentleman of the best judgement and intelligence for these matters in the Kingdome Wee haue every where dealt candidely not magnifying the King nor derogating from his enemies not left out or put in for favour or advantage Our methode is this to handle every Story by it selfe and then to bring all together at the day of Battell Carefull haue we beene yea no small paines haue we taken to note the times and to describe the places of the most famous actions We haue examined the dates with diligēce and still had fiue Maps before vs of the same place The Imperiall Dyet of Ratisbone which was well hoped would haue mended all leaving things farre more desperate on the Protestants partie necessitated a Resolution in the Princes of that Confession rather to dye free then to liue slaues Hence their Dyet of Leipsich And because these Leaguers were at first of an Vnion by themselues we haue briefly therefore and vpon the Bye first handled their warlike preparations vntill the day of their joyning with the King The same haue we done with the Kings Story gone along with it from his Majesties first landing The Kings having of many Armies in the field at once troubled vs not a little at the first to finde with which of all these Armyes the King in person should be but wee after a while perceived that this most industrious Chieftaine was able to serve more Cures at once then one and that he was so vigilant vpon every occasion that there were few great Actions which himselfe was not at one end of Many a brave Generall he hath The Lord Oxensterne a Sweden borne and Lord Chancellor of that Kingdome Generall all this while of a particular Army in Prussia to waite vpon the Po●e and his motions The Lord Falkenburg a Germane borne and Lord Chamberlayn of his Majesties houshold vnfortunately slaine in Magdenburg The Lord Gustavus Horne a Finlander and still Generall of a particular Army by himselfe with whom the Lord Marquesse Hamilton is associated The Lord Otho Todt for brevities sake call'd Otty-todt or Todt a Swede Generall of his Majesties Horse Sir Iohn Bannier a Germane and a braue Souldier Generall of the Foote or Infantery all these you finde frequent and honorable mention of and yet hath the King himselfe beene at the most of the businesse All particular actions it had beene impossible for vs to haue toucht vpon therefore haue we endevored to relate the famousest whether Sieges Battels Marches Encampings or Removings orderly leading all along vnto the great day of battell It would haue perplexed our methode to haue mentioned every particular supply that the King hath had those therefore wee desire the Readers to imagine For example he landed but 11. Regiments or thousands of Foote at first yet within a moneth was his Army full 20000. strong which daily increased also His numbers indeede were never great he had but 5000. men for the most part and never aboue 7000. in all his late warres of Prussia against the Pole and yet with them hath he fought severall Battels beaten out or wearied out two Imperiall Armies taken in the great and strong Citie of Elbing with others and obtained his purpose finally vpon his enemy who was able at once to haue come downe with such a power of Horse vpon him as had beene sufficient to haue carryed away himselfe and fiue such Armies That which hath made his Majestie so victorious next to the assistance of Almightie God is his most exact observing of military Discipline wherein with an admirable temper he is both strict and sweete the Majestie of a King in him commanding more willing obedience from his Army then the awfull directions of a bare Generall alone possibly could Adde to his strict Discipline his many poynts of new invented Discipline peculiar vnto himselfe too long here to describe His