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A01198	The destruction and sacke cruelly committed by the Duke of Guyse and his company, in the towne of Vassy, the fyrste of Marche, in the yeare M. D. LXII.; Destruction du saccagement, exerce cruellement par le Duc de Guise en la ville de Vassy. English.		1562 (1562)	STC 11312; ESTC S112679	2,762	14

The Destruction and sacke cruelly committed by the Duke of Guyse and his company in the towne of Vassy the fyrste of Marche in the yeare M.D.LXII IMPRINTED AT LONDON BY HENRY SVTTON for Edvvarde Sutton dvvellyng in Lumbard strete at the signe of the cradell The fyrst day of May. THE DESTRVCTION and sacke cruelly committed by the duke of Guyse and his company in the towne of Vassye the firste day of Marche 1562. SAterdaye beynge the last day of Februarie the duke of Guyse lay at Dāmartin se frank to the which it is two leagues from Iainuille and from the said Dammartin to Vassy are other two leagues both the which make foure leagues distaunce betwene the sayd Iainuille wher is the sayde dukes house and restyng place and the said Vassy Sondaye the fyrste of Marche the said duke departed from Dam martyn aforesayde accompanied with .ii. hundred horse at the least euery horse man of them hauynge two or thre pistolets and many of theim hauyng long harquebuses The sayd duke of Guyse fayned he wold the straight way to Esclaron without commyng to Vassy And thereof was made a greate bruite before he disloged he passed by Broussell a village neere to the said Vassy within one quarter of a league And at that time thei rang to a sermon in the reformed church of the said Vassy Wherevppon the duke and his companye tooke occasion to say and aske what meaneth this ryngyng Wherevnto it was aunswered by many of the Dukes band and som others of the sayd towne of Vassy it is to the sermō of the Hugenots Whervpon they could not possibly so colour and dissemble the mattier but there escaped oute of the mouths of the most honorable and respected persons among them yea and others of meaner degree these woordes folowynge By Goddes deathe we will Hugenote them by and by of an other fashion Others that wer of the basest sort as pages seruantes and lackays swearyng also Gods deathe sayd Will they not geue vs the spoyle ▪ And as sone as that talke was ended the sayd Duke and his troupe drew towards the sayd Vassy so beyng well appointed entred into the abbey and made his horse and the horses of the beste to be helden in hand without that any of them were put into the stable The said duke beyng within the monasterie acompanied and wayeted on by the Priour of the sayde Vassy called de Salles hauynge after them a nōbre of pages lackeys with long harquebuses pistolets and their gauntlets taried there a verye lytle whyle For hee could not conteine so long thought he the time til he might execute his former determyned intente as it is easie to se and iudge And being there because his deuocion myght be seene he toke onely a lytle holly water and after went foorth with his great company Within the market place of the sayd towne were .xl. men of armes and archers of the company which were the ordinary garrison there Who had put them selues therein and walked vp and downe wel armed and had taried the dukes comming all that morninge The sayde men of armes and archers ioyned with him namely the head of them yong Brosse the sōne of the Lord of Brosse marching in order to fight And wente straighte to the place where those of the sayd Churche and reformed Relygion made their preaching Which was in a barne that they had made fit for that purpose beynge dystante from the Monastery aboute one hundred pases And commynge to the place they found the wicket open which whā they sawe they caused the sayde la Brosse the yonger to enter firste hauinge .vii. men of armes wyth hym And hauynge considered the Minyster and the people assembled whyche were aboute twelue hundred persons it was sayd vnto them by some of the Churche my maysters If it please you take a rome Wherevnto for answere the firste worde they vsed was this Goddes death lette vs kyll them all And hauyng so sayd woulde haue gone out and in dede some of them wente foorth while the rest taried within because the people vppon this threatnyng sent to the doore thinkyng to shutte it vppon them knowyng there was some busines toward that they were in greate danger for than they perceiued the duke of Guyse in armes Which thyng the sayde Duke perceyuyng with his people presented them the harquebouse and pistolet and shot thorow the rehersed wyckette of the barne whyche was yet open and so were the next vnto the doore staine hurt and ther by the same forsaken consequēly thassemble deliuered to the pray Then entred in the Duke with many others shootyng mightilye at the thickest assemble of all the people and stewe and hurt a great numbre That doone they wente vppon theim with greate slices of swordes and curtalaces and hunted out the poore men the women and children and when they were out of necessitie thei must passe betwixt two rankes as well of men of armes as of others of his companie and euen thorowe the myddest betwene bothe as it were thorowe a lane or an alley of a great lengthe And in passyng euery one of them strake at them with great blowes of curtilace and swoorde in suche sorte as manye of theim wente not farre but felle downe starke deade Notwithstandyng some one escaped one sorte beyng hurt some other vnhurte but immediatly they were rencountred with an other troupe of the companie which slew and hurte with as muche crueltie as the others and that as much as in them laye Those which gat vp to the toppe of the barne sekinge all meanes to saue them selues were shotte at and ouertaken with shotte of harquebouse wherby many were striken and fell downe dead to the grounde whyche was an horrible sighte and a dredfull the same enduringe before it ceassed one houre and a halfe After this were the trumpettes blowen vp in signe of victorye and triumphe after whiche soundyng yet they withdrew not them selues in halfe an houre more Ther died within the barn .xii. men wemen and Children and manye others that passed thorowe the rankes with some that gotte as farre as theyr houses And there dieth dayly of the nomber of the hurt which is greate The house of one called Champanion whyche was nexte to the sayde church was sacked and robbed whyle there was one napkyn lefte thoccasion was that it was sayd there was armour and weapon therein The sayd Duke toke and led awaye the minister being sore woūded and also the Captayne of the sayd towne of Vassy with certaine others of the towne for prysoners and after that went to dinner to a village called Alanccourt whan hee had dyned wente to bedde to Esclaron And because the sayde Minister was vnable to sit on horsebacke by reason of hys woundes whyche were not dressed he was caryed by foure men vppon a barrowe vnto the sayde Esclaron And or euer the Duke departed Vassy before he came oute of the churche the wyfe of a man called Nicholas la Vausse an honeste merchant who was sore hurt and mynded to go to her house saw her sonne in passyng thorow the market place whose bodye one ranne thorowe with a sworde wherwith she beyng moued hyed her thynkyng for pitie to saue hym but she so lyttle preuayled as a horseman ran at her and after he had thrust her thorow with his sworde tooke from her her purse and girdle with other thyngs she had and gat hym agayne to horse The tewsday folowing were buried .xlv. flayne persons and there remaineth hurt .iiii. score or a hundred whereof a greate parte were out of all hope of lyfe Thus may ye in a maner behold the full discourse of this vnnaturalnesse crueltie and murder that the sayde Duke of Guyse hath committed against the subiectes of the Frenche Kyng his soueraigne Lord.