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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47710	Memorable accidents, and unheard of transactions containing an accout of several strange events: as the deposing of tyrants, lamentable shipwrecks, dismal misfortunes, stratagems of war, perilous adventures, happy deliverances, with other remarkable occurrences, and select historical events, which have happened in several countries in this last age. Translated from the French, printed at Brussels in 1691. and dedicated to his present Majesty William King of England, &c. Published in English by B.B.	B. B.; Léonard, T.	1693 (1693)	Wing L1100A; ESTC R217274	108,650	193

when by the glimmering light of the Morning they discover'd that Land which they endeavour'd to shun but half a League distant This oblig'd them to retire into the Island of Birds a Desart place and of difficult access At Sun-set our dismay'd Company put to Sea again endeavouring to double the East point of the Isle of Antego that they might afterwards gain that of Guadeloup but they were astonish'd to find next morning that all their Efforts had been in vain against the strength of the Current and that they were not advanc'd above a League Their weariness and fear of being discover'd by those that were upon the Watch on the rising Grounds of Antego which was in possession of the English oblig ' them to Land in a place that was over-grown with Trees amongst which having hid their Boat they search'd all around for fresh Water and Herbs though with little success for the Sea swelling mightily in the Night had dash'd against their Boat and so wet their Cassave Bread that it was altogether unfit to be eaten so that they had nothing left to feed upon but a little Salt Pork and only one Pot of Water to Drink with a little Aqua-vitae made of Sugar Canes At Night they put to Sea again steering the same course that they held the foregoing Night but had not got above a League from the shore when they found themselves in the middle of several Rocks lurking under Water upon which they struck so dangerously that it was a Miracle they were not buried in the Waves Want of Water and Victuals and the breaking of their Rudder constrained them to go ashore on an Uninhabited Isolet where they found some Fruits of the Country and enough fresh Water to fill one of their Barrels They found also the Wrecks of a Boat that had been cast away there of which they made a new Rudder or else they could not have possibly gain'd any of the French Isles In the beginning of the Night they left this Green Rock and steered towards Guadeloup hoping to touch there in the Morning but the day surpriz'd them again on the Coast of Antego but the Tide was so strong that the Boat had like to have been driven forcibly upon the North-we●t side of the Island where were the principal Fortresses of their Enemies and therefore they labour'd with all their might to save themselves from falling into their dreaded hands When they saw themselves at a reasonable distance from the shore they began to consult about their Affairs Water and Victuals fail'd them their Strength was also much lessen'd and their Spirits almost Exhausted by the Fatigues which they had undergone Therefore Grand-Maison was of opinion that it would be their best course to endeavour to gain the Island of St. Christopher which lay to the Lee-ward whither they might easily go with full Sails This Advice was unanimously followed but having no Sails they were at a stand what to do when Necessity the Mother of Invention taught them to make use of a Hammock or Cotton-Bed which they had in the Shallop and the Carpenter made a little Mast to which they fasten'd it In this condition they coasted the Isle of Antego two Leagues from the shore and towards Night they began to lose sight of it directing their course towards St. Christophers By break of day they found themselves so near the shore of the Isle of Nevis which also belongeth to the English that they were constrained to labour hard to pass to the Wind-wards of that Island thereby to gain the Salt-pits of St. Christophers Their Efforts were not altogether vain for they doubled Nevis but withal were forc'd to run so near the shore that they look'd every moment for the appearing of some Barks from thence to seise their Vessel and Persons In the mean time they pass'd the Streight between Nevis and St. Christophers and finding themselves over against the Salt-pits of this last Island they endeavour'd in vain to get to Land for when they were come within half a League of the shore they were suddenly engaged among hidden Rocks and breaking Waves where they were toss'd with such violence that the Boat dashing against one of the Rocks they had much ado to bring her off being much weakned by hard Labour and want of Sustenance nevertheless they were so happy as to get clear of all these dangers and held out one Night more with Hunger Thirst and Toil. Finding themselves at the dawning of the day over against the Head land of St. Christophers Island and knowing that they might easily aad safely Land there they took Courage Fear and Sadness being banish'd out of their Hearts and Joy succeeding in their Room so that forthwith one of them tore his Shirt of which he made two Flags and another tied his Cravat to the top of the Mast to serve for a Streamer In this manner they drew near to shore which was cover'd with French who came running from all parts of the Island to behold the wonderful Boat The Sieur Sannois Captain of that Quarter being there also gave them notice by a Signal of the right Landing place at length they came ashore with glad Hearts and were received by their Country-men with a great deal of Humanity The Generous Relations FRancis Lord of Noue Sir-named Iron-Hand had a Sister called Margaret Marry'd to the Lord de Vezins of an illustrious House in Anjou Of this Marriage were Born a Son and two Daughters Vezins being a Widower Married his Ladies Waiting-maid she desiring that her Children might be the only Heirs of that rich Man caused the three Infants of the last Marriage to be secretly carried to Pardic in low Bretagne a House seated upon the Sea-shore and pertaining to the Lord de Vezins There they were put into the Hands of an English Pilot who had agreed to throw them into the Sea but touched with compassion he contented himself to leave them with a Peasant on the Coast of England to be by him Educated as Children of mean Birth and without giving them the least knowledge of their Extraction for they were as yet so young that he did not think they could remember it Then were they carried to the Isle of Guernsey and with a little Money committed to certain Persons in that Isle to be there brought up In the mean time Reports were spread abroad from time to time that the Children died one after the other in their Fathers House and counterfeit Funerals were Solemniz'd The Daughters did not intirely lose the memory of their Birth and being somewhat grown up they heard of the Lord de la Noue and remember'd that he was their Unkle and that they had heard him so call'd in their Fathers House they wrote unto him and he did all that he could to hasten their Return into France and to discover the Truth The Father who was suspected to have been privy to the Mother in-Laws Plot at first resisted his endeavours but at

sending his Wife to the House of the Lord of Woerden her Father with a command to give him an account of the whole Fact which she did accordingly adding That she hoped her Father would not be angry with her for the dishonour that had happened to his Family since it was acted forcibly and violently under the pretence of Kindness and Hospitality Gerard consulted with his Father-in-Law what should be done and how he were best to govern himself in this affair swearing and protesting upon his Honour that he would never suffer so horrid an abuse to pass unrevenged after which he never came to Court but studied continually how to execute his intended Vengeance The Lord of Woerden was likewise very sensibly touched for the dishonour of his Daughter and Family and from that time became a Mortal Enemy to Count Floris These two drew Gisbert of Amstel their Kinsman into a Conspiracy against the Earl and by the Advice of these two Lords Gerard secretly sent for the Bishop of Duras for the King of England the Earl of Cuyck in the Name of the Duke of Brabant and two Councellors for the Earl of Flanders who being met at Cambray Gerard declared the detestable Treachery of Floris with all the rage and aggravations that could be invented which so incensed them that after mature deliberation they concluded to attempt all means to seize upon the Earls Person and to send him to the King of England there to end his days in Prison and in the mean time to send for John of Holland Son-in-Law to Floris out of England where he then resided to come and take possession of the Earldoms of Holland and Zealand as Heir by Marrying his Daughter Elizabeth and now descended to him by the Civil Death of his Father which he had justly deserved for expiation of so foul and Villainous a Fact Count Floris wholly ignorant of this Conspiracy and Resolution went to Vtrecht to compose a difference between the Lord of Zulyn and some of his Councellors two of whom were the Lords Amstel and Woerden the Earl going to Church with his Guards and Houshold Servants a Woman delivered him a small Paper containing these Verses of the Psalm My dearest Friend whom I did trust With me did use Deceit And those who daily eat my Bread Did for my Soul lay wait My Lord said she consider well and remember this complaint of King David The Earl contemned this advertisement and went to Dine with the Noblemen and Prelates of Vtrecht where he was very merry after Dinner he laid himself down to sleep awhile designing the remainder of the day for Sport and Pleasure when the Lord of Amstel waking him invited him to ride abroad with his Hawks saying They had found a brave flight of Herns and other Wild Fowl The Count who much delighted in Hawking instantly mounted his Horse with a Hawk on his Fist and a very small Attendance When he had rid about half a mile from Vtrecht he was led into the midst of the Ambush of the Conspirators who issuing out upon him incompassed him on all sides Gerard Van Volsen who thought himself most wronged was the first that offered to lay hold on him but the Couragious Prince casting his Hawk from his Fist drew his Sword to defend himself choosing rather to dye than to be taken but being over-powred by number and unable to make any further resistance they seized him and designed to have conveyed him privately that Night to the Castle of Muyden and from thence to send him into England down the River of Flye The principal Conspirators was the Lords of Woerden Amstel Velson Beuschop Cragenhorst Thelingen Van Zanthen and divers others The News of the surprizal of the Prince soon alarm'd the whole Country so that the Kennemers Waterlanders and West Frizons instantly Armed themselves going aboard their Boats and Shallops to deliver their Lord the Conspirators having notice of their coming fled away carrying the Earl through Marshes and By-paths to prevent his being discovered but the people of Naerden who first went in search of them happened to meet them just in their passage who being much perplexed knew not which way to make their escape The Counts Horse to which he was bound being little and weak and unable to accompany them fell into a Ditch with him they laboured to get him out but not daring to stay because they found themselves closely pursued Gerard Van Velson full of Rage and Revenge fearing to lose the Prize seeing there was a necessity to abandon him the rest of his Companions being already fled he resolved not to part with him without satisfaction for his wrongs and therefore desperately fell upon his Natural Soveraign giving him one and twenty Wounds with his Sword most of which were Mortal and then mounting upon a swift Horse he made his escape to his Castle of Cronenburg The Kennemers arrive soon after and find the Earl almost Dead and Speechless in the Ditch being scarce able to draw his breath some of the Servants of the Murderers were taken and cut in pieces before the Earls face and having drawn him out of the Ditch they carried him to Mount Muyden where he in a short time expired after having Governed Holland Zealand and Friezland forty two years He was a Generous Prince of a comely Stature and Presence Courteous and Elegant in discourse a good Musician and very Charitable in short he had all that could be wish'd for in a Prince had not his Virtues been sullied with the Vice of Incontinency and this last Treacherous Adultery Count Floris had two Grey-hounds which always followed him when he went abroad these were found lying in the Ditch by him where he was Wounded and when his Body was put into a Boat to be conveyed to Alkmer they leaped into it and would neither eat nor drink though it was offered them and would certainly have starved themselves if they had not by force been drawn away from the Earls dead Body Thus have we seen Revenge acted to the height on one side let us now observe how it pursued the Actors of this Bloody Tragedy several of the Assistants to this Murder fled out of the Country the Lord of Woerden wandred about like a Vagabond and at length died miserably in a Forreign Land The Lord of Amstel who was a good Man but drawn in by the rest had all his Estate seized and fled into Germany The common people were so inraged at this horrid Fact that they vowed Revenge against the chief Actors and went to besiege the Castle of Cronenburg those within it continued quiet pretending that neither Gerard nor his Accomplices were there though indeed they were An account of this Murder was sent to all the Friends of Count Floris particularly to the Earl of Heynault and to Count John his Son who came before the Castle and planted their Engines of Battery against it The Earl of Cuick who was present at the consultation at