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A continued iournall of all the proceedings of the Duke of Buckingham his Grace, in the Isle of Ree, since the last of Iuly VVith the names of those noblemen as were drowned and taken in going to releeue the fort. As also the portaiture [sic] of the knife with which his Excellence should haue beene murdered: which very knife was brought ouer by Captaine Buckestone, and deliuered vnto the Dutches of Buckinghame her Grace on Monday night last. Published by authoritie.
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August 30 A Continued IOVRNALL OF ALL THE PROCEEDINGS of the Duke of BVCKINGHAM his Grace in the Isle of Ree since the last of Iuly VVith the names of those Noblemen as were drowned and taken in going to releeue the Fort. As also the portaiture of the Knife with which his Excellence should haue beene Murdered which very Knife was brought ouer by Captaine Buckestone and deliuered vnto the Dutches of Buckinghame her Grace on Monday night last Published by Authoritie LONDON Printed for Thomas Walkley and are to be sold at his Shop at the Eagle and Childe in Britaines-Bursse 1627. THis is the true Portraiture of the poysoned Knife both in length and breadth hauing foure edges with which a Iesuited Villaine was sent out of the Fort by Monsieur de Thorax the Gouernour of that Jland with an intent to haue killed his Excellence but by Gods Prouidence was deliuered His Grace hath vsed the French so nobly in all respects that he rather deserued their loue then any wayes to haue his life thus trachearously sought after vnder the pretence that it was a meritorious act Which Knife was brought ouer into England by Captaine Buckstone and by him deliuered vnto the Dutches of Buckinghame her Gacce on Monday night last THE IOVRNALL CONTINVED TO THIS DAY Receiued the 27. of August HEere I haue sent you all the remarkable Newes that I haue vpon the last of Iuly There was taken by a Perdue of ours in the night a Frenchman that was sent by Monsieur de Thorax the Gouernour of the Citadell with a full intent to kill my Lord Duke and for the speedy effecting of the same he had prepared a strange and dangerous Poynado which although it was taken about him hee confidently denied that he came not with any intent to kill the Duke vntill hee came to the Tortures which being presented before him he promised to discouer all to my Lord if he would promise him life the which he did and doth so performe with him like a noble and mercifull Generall The same man that was apprehended did affirme that hee was enioyned to act this same treachery within 15. dayes or a month at the farthest So by that wee coniecture and hope that they are victualled for no longer time The like Treachery wee heare from England was plotted there by the Agent of the King of France but God be thanked he is yet well and so I hope shall be to the terror of his Enemies Vpon the 5. of August being Sunday in the night we made approach into their Trenches and beat them out most shamefully to their great losse The Reason why wee gaue them this Allarume was to the intent wee might get to a principall Well they haue in their custody that we might poyson it the which we effected to our very little hurt and their much preiudice by reason they haue so little water the best of them is stinted to a Pint a day the common Souldiers haue lesse and haue but a Biskett a day to eate with a pound of Butter between eight of them The greatest part of their Horses they were faine to kill for want of water and to cast them into the Sea So they haue not aboue 40 Horses left in all the which were encountered by ours the night following as they were going for reliefe to another little Fort they haue in which are some two hundred men or there about There they haue good water enough but very little Victuals our Horse men beate them in againe with some losse to them and they tooke a Prisoner whilst wee were entring their Trenches our Sea watch had taken two Barkes the one laden with Prouisions and the other had 27. Barons and great Commanders which were comming to the Fort to assist the Gouernour Monsieur Thorax after them were to follow if they safely arriued seuen thousand men and 3000. horses who were fearefull to goe before their Commanders and as I thinke now will scarse euer follow for that they were all drowned onely three were saued the one of them is the Gouernour of Brest his Sonne the other Gouernour of the Kings Fort by Rechell the third Lieutenant Colonell of the three Thousand Horse a braue Commander The principall that were drowned of note that these men will discouer to vs was the base brother of the King of France a great Prince the other was Colonell of the Horses the rest they will not name vnto vs their losse is so great that they are ashamed to speake of The Rochellers are fearefull that the King will lay siedge to the Towne since hee cannot send them to vs So as those French that came to assist vs being in number two hundred and fifty they are now gone backe to Rochell for their owne defence The King hath made Proclamation in Languedocke that those Protestants that will not go to Masse by the sixteenth day of August they shall prepare for the Sword vpon which cause the Duke de Rohan for their defence and his owne hath fifteene thousand men in Armes and the Protestants flocke daily to him and to Rochell for their Defence The Duke of Sauoy for that the King hath not performed with him concerning the marriage of his Sister is ioyned with the Count de So sons a great man of France who for some priuate discontent was of the late Conspiracie against the King who fledd some to one part and some to another One of them is in England which was vsed to come so much to my Lords All of them now that are able to raise any force are comming with these two against the King with a very great force and power The Prince of Conde hath all his Forces ready to defend himselfe against the King but as yet hee stirres not so that if please GOD wee had this Fort wee should haue hope of further good successe to follow this Enterprise to the French Kings great trouble considering how much he hath to doe and with whom Captaine Pennington hath taken two Shipps of the French which were bound for Spaine Our men hath also taken a Galley from vnder the Fort which was for the Gouernours safety when hee could hold out no longer there was no men in her by reason it lay neere the Shore they ranne away other Boates and Barques in abundance Wee haue taken those that venture to passe by vs and many wee haue suncke with men in them some we haue fired vnder the Fort so that now our Sea men haue nothing to doe because the French dare not venter to come thither The ninth of August 7. Souldiers ranne from them to vs and doe protest that they haue killed many of their Horses for food so that now there is not aboue twelue in all which are stollen out into the little Fort who were afterwards encountered by Sir William Connigham Captaine of the Horse with as many on foote who were going out for forrage for their Horses but as they comming home
Sir William mett with them and slew and drowned thirteene of them and fiue he tooke Prisoners the rest escaped very hardly Such is the Cowardise of these that are left that they haue suffered themselues to be round Entrenched and not once to make any Sally vpon vs. The reason is because I thinke my Lord will keepe no quarter with them because of their trecherous plott against his Person and they being fearefull will rather starue then fight now the best of them is gone the French Nobility haue had such ill successe this many yeares They are forst to set vp Sheets in many places of the Fort to catch Raine water to drinke wee haue had much raine which hath beene a great helpe to them The ninth of August here was a man hanged against the Fort who had attempted with many others women and children to carry Victualls to their husbands and fathers and friends into the Port contrary to a Proclamation there to tending For which attempt on the cleuenth day following all the Wiues Children and Families of those men which were in the Fort were turned out of the Towne into the Fort to helpe to eat that little Prouision that they haue left but had you heard the cry that was made amongst them it would haue greened the hardest heart liuing for their Husbands were forced to shoot against their Wiues and Fathers against their Children and not to suffer them to come in but the night being very wett at last they tooke them in with an ill will The same Proclamation likewise shall bee put in execution through the whole Isle the sooner it is done the sooner wee shall haue done with them Wee are sending twenty Sâ—yle for more Victualls lest we want it must keepe the Souldiers all this Winter We haue expected euer since wee came fiue thousand men out of Ireland and three out of England but wee heare no newes of them at all Wee haue not God be thanked any of our men sicke nor ill for all that they neuer stirre out of their Trenches and the weather very wett God be thanked we haue good plenty of all Prouision for we haue a Market kept euery day and the Country people bring in store of Butter Cheese and Fish We found good store of white Wine which our Enemies left vs they hauing no leasure to carrie it with them so that wee haue plenty of of good Wine We finde the Island very rich notwithstanding this late spoile there will bee made this yeare as it is thought forty thousand Tunnes of Wine Those that ranne out of the Fort looke so leane and starued that they are pittied We haue none dead of any note since the Battell but Sir George Blundel who liued fourteene daies after and was buried in Rochell Sir Edward Hawley is reasonably well recouered of his wounds GEntle Reader there is a true and perfict Map of the Ilands of Ree and Oleron with the Scale of Leagues wherein you may see the true Scituation of those Islands which Map is Printed for THOMAS WALKLEY Aprill 4. The proceeding of the Parliament being this day related to the King by the Councellors of the Commons House of Parliament HIS Maiestie vpon the report made expressed great contentment that it gaue him not valewing the Money giuen comparable to the hearts shewed in the way of the Guift For although his great occasions of State did require more Money then at this time was giuen yet now he made account he could not lacke since he had their loues and that this day he thought that he had gayned more Reputation in Christendome then if he had wonne many Battailes Saying further according to his Speech the first day of the Parliament That they might easily make him in loue with Parliaments now he professed he was so And that we should finde the fruits of it by calling vs often together and to secure further feares and create future confidence he assured vs that we should enioy as great imunitie and freedom in his time as euer we possessed or had vnder the Reigne of any the best Kings of this Realme