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A08088	A proclamation made by the States of the vnited Netherlands touching the defence of the safegard of the enemy, the breaking of the quarters with the enemies souldiours, which vndertake to come ouer the waters and bogs in the parts of Freesland, Ornlanden, Drente, and Westerwoldingerland, or Lordship of Wedde. Faithfully translated out of Dutch. Also a copie of a letter, to the honourable Lords, the States, bearing date the 21 of March, 1599. Touching the victorie atchieued by the Prince Maurites before Emmericke.	United Provinces of the Netherlands. Staten Generaal.	1599 (1599)	STC 18453; ESTC S109950	2,868	14

A PROCLAMATION made by the States of the vnited Netherlands touching the defence of the safegard of the enemy the breaking of the quarters with the enemies souldiours which vndertake to come ouer the waters and bogs in the parts of Freesland Omlanden Drente and Westerwoldingerland or Lordship of Wedde Faithfully translated out of Dutch Also a Copie of a Letter to the honourable Lords the States bearing date the 21 of March 1599. Touching the victorie atchieued by the Prince Maurits before Emmericke I W Imprinted at London by Iohn Wolfe and are to be sold at his shop in Popes head Alley neere to the Exchange 1599. The Copie of a Letter To the honorable Lords the States dated the 21 of March 1599. touching victorie atchieued by the Prince Maurits before Emmericke MOst honourable Lords his princely excelencie writeth from Arnham the 19 of this present month to haue visited all the bordring citties and haue fortified the same To haue had intelligence that the Cardinall being come towards Gelder the Admirant vvas trauailed to meet him That his princely excellency had found good to surprise the castle of Zeuenter vvith two housen That the princes souldiors in Zeuenter not vvithout great difficulty after three vollies of demy-cannons had yeelded vp the fort That the Counte Lodowicke vvas mean vvhile sent vvith the horsemen neere Emmerick as supposing that the garisons vvould come out to assist the aforesaid places as indeed it happened for they perceiuing some of our horsemen hold a great pace as if they had shunned the citty The Earle of Busquoy Gouernour of Emmericke vvhose vvife amongst others vvent to Spaine vvith the Archduke Albertus to fetch the Infanta vvith a great troupe of the garison came out of the citty to pursue our horsmen vvhich they did a great vvay beyond the ambush insomuch that being inclosed the said Earle and two captains vvith many officers vvere taken and very neer a hundreth drowned Also thirty souldiours vvere set at liberty for the vvhich the Earle hath promised ransome his person is vvounded but according to his excellencies vvriting not mortally declareth that the enemy maketh daily great preparation to come into the field God be praised for this good beginning ❧ A Proclamation made by the States of the vnited Nether-lands touching the defence of the safegard of the enemie the breaking of the quarters with the enemies souldiours who vndertake to come ouer the waters and bogs in the parts of Freeseland Omlanden Drenthe and Westerwoldingerland or Lordship of Wedde THe generall States of the vnited Nether-lands to all those vvhich shall see or heare these present greeting Whereas vvee are informed that the enemie vvith a neuer-heard barbarous presumption deceit and vvickednesse as if all vvhat he list to doe vvere lawfull against all diuine naturall and humane lawes against all faith honor oath and beleefe hauing most lamentably and cruelly oppressed pilled and infused the feeble vnarmed and guiltlesse neutrall cities and townes yea of his best and vvell-vvillingest friends and finally are ranged to the borders of these vnited Prouinces vvhere although he vvas by the means of our might and armes through the wise and valiant conduct of his excellencie next God repulsed and disapointed of his enterprise yet ceaseth not by letters messages threats and othervvaies to procure diuers of our countries and inhabitants of these vnited Prouinces as Freeseland Omlanden Drente Oldampt Westervvoldingerland or Lordship of Wedde to come vnder his contribution vnder colour of his safegard as if hee vvho in such faithlesse vvicked and cruel sort had behaued himselfe towards these poore good neutrals yea his owne friends vvould behaue himselfe faithfully and meekely towards our inhabitants his enemies And being that vve are vvell assured that hee intendeth nothing els then that hauing by these his adulations allured and enticed by little and little our good inhabitants to his deuotion in the end vvith all crueltie and tirannie to handle them and therefore thinke it most expedient by all possible meanes to preuent it So it is that by deliberation of the counsell of estate of the aforesaid vnited lands vve haue interdicted and defended expressely by these presents on paine of our highest disgrace and displeasure to be held as enemies and vvithout anie fauour to be immediately punished All townes villages places and quarters of Freeseland Omlanden Drente Oldampt and Westervvoldingerland together vvith the Officers Magistrates and inhabitants of the same high and low noble and ignoble as vvell in generall as perticular in any manner vvhatsoeuer not to take or receiue of the enemie anie safegard or vnder pretext of the same to yeeld accord or pay the enemie any contribution great or small or to harbour or hide anie of the enemies souldiours or to receiue any message by mouth or letters of the enemie and much lesse to hold any correspondence by mouth or vvritings vvith him But to the contrarie ordaine vvill and command expressely all the aforesaid townes villages places quarters and inhabitants vvithout delay to furnish and prepare themselues vpon the needful places to keep good watch and by all needfull and due order either by sound of bels hornes or beacons to assemble themselues and iointly to vvithstand pursue and kill or at least take prisoners all such foe-like souldiours as shall presume or dare to come ouer the vvaters and bogs into these territories To vvhich end vvee likevvise declare ordaine and command that henceforward no quarter shall be held with such enemies or foe-like souldiours Which keeping of quarter vve haue for that cause altogether and vvholly deposed and renounced as by these presents vve yet depose and renounce the same Vpon paine that vvhosoeuer henceforward shall bee found to haue kept quarter vvith the said foe-like souldiors or to haue in any sort shewed them any fauour or kindnesse that those shall at the instant be staied and immediately vvithout any fauour punished as the foe-like souldiors themselues And to the end that euerie one may acquit himselfe vvith more courage and zeale towards his enemie vve haue agreed and agree by the presents for an honour and recompence to euerie one bee hee souldiour or no souldiour the summe of fist y * 100 shillings of English mony guldens for euerie foe-like souldior vvhich by anie henceforward shal be killed vpon good proofes or at leastwise taken prisoner As also in like manner vve agree and promise the summe of fiue and twentie * Fifty shillings English mony guldens to each and euerie one vvhosoeuer that shall surelie trulie and vvithout fraud accuse anie one to the contrarie of our expresse commaundements vvhich shall haue receiued anie safegard paied anie contribution to haue harbored or hid anie of the aforesaid souldiours to haue by mouth or by vvriting held anie correspondence vvith the enemie or that hauing taken anie enemie shall haue vvithout or vpon ransome let him go And to the end that none may pretend ignorance of these our expresse ordinances We desire our beloued States of Freeslād the city of Groningen and Omlanden or their deputies and all others to vvhom it doth belong and appertaine immediatly to cause proclamation and publication hereof to be made in euery and each citty place and quarter vvhere it shall be needfull As also earnestly requesting the noble Lord the Earle William Lodowicke of Nassau gouernour of Freeseland the citty of Groningen Omlanden c. vvill command expressely all cheefetaines knights captaines commanders and common souldiours horse and foot by vvater and land also all officers iustices and inhabitants vnto vvhom this in any sort may touch or belong to gouerne themselues according to the tenour hereof and inuiolably to accomplish and keep the contents of the same vpon pain of the paines aboue named for that vve haue found the same to bee most expedient and necessarie for the good of the Land Giuen in S Grauen Haeghe the twentith of March 1599. Fr. Duyck V. By the commandement of the Lords the generall States of the vnited Netherlands And by the counsell of estate of the same Christopher Huygens From the Haghe the 21 of March 1599. Those of Arnhem haue since reported that aboue 150 which in the skirmish thinking to saue themselues through the water were drowned and that amongst them were some with gold chaines Those of Emmericke repent themselues alreadie to haue without any need taken the Spaniards in which was against their promise FINIS