WILLIAM of Nassau DVring these alterations of the Spaniards and the sacke massaker of Antwerp the States of Brabant and other Prouinces of their association making one body of the Generall estates of the maine-land although that in them Luxembourg were not conteiâ—…ed wherof Peeter Ernest Earle of Mansfeldt was Gouernor nor Namur where Barlamont commanded to cut of the course of the Spanish tirany which they practized daily and openly in these townes which they held resolued to make them-selues strong both by sea and land and to make a good peace and generall vâ—…ion with the particular Estates of Holland and Zeeland and their Associats together with the Prince of Orange Gouernor of the said countries To which end the Seignior of Haussy brother to the Earle of Bossu who had beene prisoner at Horne was sent to Flessingue to the Prince of Orange who hauing conferred with the States of the said marine Prouinces hee wrought so effectually as after diuers voiages the Deputies of eitheâ—… part assembled at Goude where an accord of pacification was concluded and made and the assurances giuen in the saied Towne the eight of Nouember the same yeare whereof we haue thought good to set downe the declaration and articles at length aâ—… followeth To all those that these preseâ—… letters shall see or heare greeting As the countries in these parts hauâ—… these last nine or ten yeare fallen into great miseries and calaâ—…ities by ciuil warres and the proud and rigorous command gouernment outrages robberies spoiles and other disorders and Insoleneids of the Spaniards and their adherents And that for the preuenting and ceasing of all further troubles oppressions and miseries of the said countries by the meanes of 〈◊〉 â—…e peace and pacification there was in the moneth â—…f February in the yeare 1574. assembled in the towne of Breda commisioners from his Maiesty and from the Prince of Orange with the States of Holland and Zeeland and their associats by whome there were propounded diuers meanes greatly seruing for the said pacification yet the frute that was hoped and expected did not follow but contrariwise dâ—…ing the hope of this consolation clemency and bounty from his Maiestie the said Spaniards haue sought daily more and more to oppresse ruine and to draw the poorâ—… sâ—…biects into pâ—…rpetuall slauery making many mutines thretning the Noblemen aâ—…d the townes and seazing in hostile manner of many places sacking spoyling and burning them So as after they had beâ—… proclaimed enemies to his Maiestie by them that were appointed to gouerne the said Countries and of the publike quiet the States of these Proâ—…inces with the consâ—… of the saide commissioners haue beene forced to take armes only to auoid and preueâ—… their vtâ—…er ruine And that the inhabitants of all these Netherlands being vnited in a firme League and vnion should ioyntly together chase away the said Spaniards and their Adherents Destroyers of the said Countries and restore it againe to the enioying of their ancient rights priueledges and customes freedomes and liberties whence the negotiation trafficke and prosperity of the Country might insue Wherefore with the like agreation of the said Noblemen appointed to gouerne the said countries according to the conference and pacification begun at Breda this present treatie hath beene made to the honor of GOD and for his Maiesties seruice betwixt the Prelates Noblemen Townes and members of Brabant â—…landers Arthois Henault Valenciennes Lille Douay and Orchies Tournay Tournesis Vtrecht and Macklin representing the States of the said Countries and the Prince of Orange with the States of Holland Zeeland and their Associats by commissioners deputed respectiuely of either side that is to say the reuerent Prelats Damp Iean vander Linden Abot of Saint Geertruâ—…de at Lovnaine Damp Guislani Abot of Saint Peter at Gand Damp Matheeu Moulâ—…rt Abot of Saint Guislain Elect Bishoppe of Arras Iohn de Mol Seignior of Ortingen Francis of Hallewin Seignior of Sweueghen Gouernor of Oudenard and commissioner for the renuing of the Lawes of Flanders Charles of Gaure Seignior of Fresin al knights Maister Elbert Leonin Doctor of the Lawes professor in the vniuersity of Lovuaine Peter of Bieure Councellor to the King our Lord in his Councell of Flanders and the Seignior Quentin Du Pere first Alderâ—…an of Mons in Henault with Iohn of Pennants also Councellor and Maister of Accoumpts to his Maiestie in Brabant their Secretary in the behalfe of the said Estates of Brabant Flanders Arthois Henault c. And Phillip of Marnix Seignior of Saint Aldegond Arnhold Van Dorp Seignior of Tamise William Van Zuylen Van Nyuelt Seignior of Heeratsberghe Squiers Adrian Vander Mylen Doctor of the Lawes and Councellor to his Excellencie and in the Prouinciall Councell of Holland Cornellis of Coinc a Licentâ—… of the Lawes and Councellor to his Excellencie â—…le Buys an Aduocat of Holland Peter 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bayliffe of Flessingue Anthony Vande Zyckâ—…lo a Councellor of Zeeland and Andrew of Ionghe Bourgmaister of Middelbourg in the behalfe of the said Prince Estates of Holland Zeeland and their Associats according to their authoritie and commission inserted vnto the end hereof making and treating betwixt the said parties and countries a firme and perpetuall peace League and vnion vnder the Articles and conditions which follow First that all offences iniuries wrongs and domages hapned by reason of the troubâ—… les betwixt the Inhabitants of the Prouinces comprehended in this present Treatie in what place or manner soeuer shall be pardoned forgotten and reputed as not done so as there shall neuer any mention bee made nor any one troubled nor molested by reason thereof And the said states of Brabant Flanders Henault c. together with the said Prince and the States of Holland Zeeland and their Associates do promise hereafter to entertaine faithfully and without dissimulation a peace and vnion and to cause it to bee entertayned firmely and inviolably by the said Countries And so to assist one an other at all times with aduice and councell and therein to imploy both their bodies and their meanes especially to â—…ell and keepe out of these 〈◊〉 the Spanish soldiars and other strangers and forreners hauing sought against all right to take away the liues of Noblemen and Gentlemen and to appropriate vnto them-selues the riches of the Countrie and more-ouer to hold the common people in perpetuall seruitude For the furnishing whereof and of all that shall offer to oppose them-selues the said Confederates and Allies promise also to bee ready and willing to yeelde to all necessary and reasonable Impositions and contributions Moreouer it is agreed that presently after the retreat of the Spaniards theiâ—… adherents when as all things shall be in safety peace both parties shall be bound to aduance procure a CoÌ„uocation Assembly of the generall Estates in the same manner forme as it was in the time of the high mighty Emperor Charles the 5. when as hee made a cession transport of these
Friseland 16 Guilielmus Primus This WILLIAM by great policie did breake the chaine Which crosse the Hauen of Damiet the Sarasins had layne Whereby the Harlemers great honour did obtaine Record whereof within their Towne as yet doth still remaine Two wiues he had whereof one out of Geldre came The second MARY called was a princely English dame Full nineteene yeares he rul'd and peaceably possest His countries and in Rhynsburgh died whereas his bones do rest WILLIAM the sixteenth Earle of Holland and Zeeland Lord of Friseland hauing as we haue said in the time of the Contesse Ada expelled the earle of Loos remained in quiet possession of the said prouinces He had by his wife Alix daughter to the earle of Gueldre Floris who succeeded him in the said Earledomes Otto bishop of Vtrecht and William who was lieutenant of Holland the which was father to the lady Alix married to Didier lord of Brederode and two daughters whereof the one was Abbesse at Rhynsbourg and the other at Delft This Cont William did homage to the Emperor Frederic the second for his Counties of Holland Zeeland and Friseland Afterwards vpon a priuate quarell he went and besieged the castle of Aspren hauing taken it he rased it to the ground Cont Gerard vander Are brother to Didier bishop of Vtrecht in reuenge therof went and besieged the town of Dordrecht into the which he cast wild fire which burnt almost halfe of it Soone after Cont William and the bishop were reconciled together and they made an accord by the which Cont William should pay vnto the bishop a thousand pounds and restore vnto Henry of Craen all that he had taken from him for that as wee haue said before he had once put him in prison by the cōmandement of Cont Thierry his master brother to the said Cont William Item that all the Earles subiects being in the bishoprick of Vtrecht should from that time forth be vassales to the bishop as well as all his vassales remaining in Holland Item that Cont William with a hundred knights attired onely in linnen cloth and bare-footed should present themselues before the Cathedrall church of Vtrecht and being there the Earle should aske him forgiuenesse for that he had before laid hands vpon him and taken him prisoner although he were rescued in the Abbey of Staueren All which articles the Earle did accomplish fearing his excommunication and from that time the Earle and the bishop continued good friends Behold the simplicitie of Princes and the pride of prelats in those daies brauing all the world with their thundering threats At that time died Henry king of Scotland vncle by the mothers side to cont William of Holland leauing no children There was a great nobleman in Scotland who with the helpe of the king of England got possession of the realm The Earle of Holland pretending a title to the Crowne as the neerest kinsman son to the deceased kings sister imployed all his friends for the obtaining thereof and to bring it to effect being imbarked with a goodly armie he landed in Scotland where at the first he tooke many townes and castles In the meane time Lewis earle of Loos knowing Cont William to be absent and that he could not easily come out of Scotland although he had wholly conquered it leuied men secretly to make a new conquest of the Earldome of Holland but Cont VVilliam being aduertised thereof desiring rather safely to enioy his owne inheritance which he had gotten with much paine than to striue to make a doubtfull conquest in a strange countrey and farre off he returned speedily into Holland The earle of Loos hearing of his returne proceeded no further for he feared him much hauing made so good triall of him who afterwards gouerned his countries peaceably during the remainder of his dayes In the yeare 1218 the lady Alix wife to Cont VVilliam died hauing left the children aboue named and was buried in the church of the Abbey of Rhynsbourg Afterwards the said earle maried with Mary daughter to Edmond of Lancaster son to Henry the third king of England by whom he had no children About that time the inhabitants of Ziricxee in the Island of Shouven in Zeeland began to build great shippes for marchandise to traffique throughout al seas as well North as South and to make their towne famous as it was for a time by reason of their nauigation hauing fit and conuenient hauens and rodes the which haue since beene much stopped with barres of sand so as of late the inhabitants of that towne haue made a new hauen going directly to the sea before Noortbeuelandt The Earles of Zeeland who were also Earles of Holland had a palace in the towne of Ziricxee the ruines whereof are to be seene at this day It is the second towne of Zeeland We haue in the life of Cont Thier◅ the seuenth and of his daughter Ada rela◅ed briefely the deeds of this Cont VVilliam the first of that name FLORIS THE FOVRTH OF THAT name the seuenteenth Earle of Holland and Zeeland Lord of Friseland Florentius Quartus My daughter in one day as many children bare As daies within a yeare complete by vs accounted are Twelue yeares I liued Earle Mars durst me not defie But iealous loue was cause that I was murthered cruelly My wife grieu'd at my death and her so hard fortune At her owne charge for women built the cloyster of Losdune VVithout the towne of Delft my sister edified Another which le champ royal she nam'd wherein she died FLORIS the fourth of that name by the death of Cont William was the seuenteenth Earle of Holland and Zeeland his brother Otto was made Earle of Friseland in his fathers life and William the youngest was hereditarie gouernour of Kennemerlandt this William had one daughter called Alix the which was married to Didier lord of Brederode who had by her Alfart father to William of Brederode who was General of the Horse to the king of the Romans the eighteenth Earle of Holland Cont Floris had to wife Mathilda daughter to Henry duke of Lothier and Brabant by whom he had the said king William his successor and Floris who was gouernour of Holland then Alix which was Contesse of Henault and Marguerite wife to Herman earle of Henneberg who had that great number of children whereof we shall speake by and by In the time of this Earle Floris there was neere vnto the towne of Arckel a little castle vpon the place of Wolfard belonging to Iohn lord of Arckel about the which there liued some poore fishermen at which place the riuer of Meruve began to ebbe and flow for that the riuers of Meuse and Wahal the which before the towne of Tyel in Gelderland was very narrow and could not enter into that of Linge fell into it These poore fishermen called themselues Gorreckens whereof the towne of Gorrekom now Gorrichom tooke the name This lord of Arckel caused all the houses of
one out of euerie companie or trade to gouerne the commonweale Hauing chased away the mightiest they made a league with the Kennemers to whom in like sort ioyned those of Amersfort and Emmelandt Iohn of Nassau bishop of Vtrecht did on the other side allie himselfe with Otto earle of Gueldres and they two together hauing made a good armie came to Zyest to restore the nobles and the magistrats that were chased away The Kennemers hauing notice of their comming put their men in battaile meaning to fight with them The earle of Gueldres an old knight and well experienced in armes would not with so few men expose himselfe to the hazard of a doubtfull battaile against so great a multitude of desperat men that were halfe mad retiring a little backe towards the Veluve to gather together more forces and then to charge them Ghysbrecht lord of Amstel seeing himselfe a great commander and captain of this great confused troupe did beat downe the castles of Ghysbrecht of Abconde of William of Risenburch and of Hebert of Vyanen his enemies which done hee spake vnto the Kennemers in this manner Companions and valiant souldiers you haue seene how that this yeare we haue reduced all the countrey of Vtrecht vnder our obedience chased away the nobles and burnt their castles ruined their forts and spoiled them of their goods possessions the next yere we must go and assaile the earl of Gueldres who is banded against vs we must spoile his country and chase him away in like sort but as Autumne drawes neere it shall be necessary for euerie one to retire himselfe to his own home to gather in his haruest and to prouide for that which shall be needfull for euery mans family in particular Vpon this persuasion the Kennemers being assembled all together retired into Kennemerlandt and passing neere vnto Harlem they besieged it and did hasten al they could to batter and shake it with their rammes and other engins The inhabitants and gentlemen thereabouts which were retired into the same town defended themselues valiantly with arrows slings stones Iohn of Persin a braue knight made a fally by night and fell vpon a number of carts laden with victuals and munition then passing into Kennemerlandt he burnt some of their chiefe villages The Kennemers seeing fire in their country raised their siege from before Harlem and made hast to returne to their houses Those of the towne seeing them march away issued forth and charging them in the â—…ere defeated a great number and brought backe a good bootie the which these mutines had spoiled here and there The bishop of Vtrecht and the earle of Gueldres hearing of the retreat of the Kennemers went to besiege the towne of Vtrecht but foure daies after seeing they could not take it without losse and that they daily lost many of their best men they did rise from thence and went to besiege Amersfort for that they had ioyned themselues vnto the Kennemers in the end they yeelded by composition vnto the earle of Gueldres who for certaine iniurious speeches they had vsed against him during the siege ruined a part of it then he retired into his countrey and the bishop to his towne of Deuenter in the countrey of Ouerissel About two yeares after Asuerus of Bosichom a knight came with all the banished men before the towne of Vtrecht and hauing secretly made a scaladoe entred it At the first hee was hotly incountred but in the end Asuerus became master chased away the magistrat and many of the bourgesses of the towne and restored the bourgmasters and aldermen which had beene displaced Soone after all the banished men returned and there was great fighting betwixt the inhabitants one against another and much bloud spilt During these hurly burlies Nicholas de Cats a knight of Zeeland hauing the yong Cont Floris then in his guard and keeping brake the gates of the said towne with axes and hammers and entred it with fiue hundred horse then sitting in the seat of iustice in the middest of the towne hee banished a thousand and fortie of the bourgesses and restored all things to a good estate and made the towne in quiet Floris Earle of Holland being seuenteen yeares old leuied a good armie to make war vpon the West Frisons to reduce them vnder his obedience to bring away his fathers bones who had been slain there to bury them in Zeeland The Frisons hearing of his approach went to armes and came to incounter him at Verone vpon the Gheest neere vnto Alomar where there was a battail in the which there died â—…00 Hollanders among the which were some men of marke The Hollanders hauing receiued this first disgrace retired themselues to Heyligerlee where they camped in the open field receiued a new supply of men The Frisons grown proud with their first victorie went to charge them but the Hollanders who attended them had now their reuenge for they put the Frisons to flight and slew aboue 800 vpon the place Afterwards Cont Floris hauing caused the strong castle of Widenesse to bee built against the Frisons he marched with his armie into Friseland to fight with them and to subiect them to their duties and obedience a battaile was fought and he defeated them in a village called Schellinckhout then passing to Hoochtwonde there was another battaile in the which hee was also victorious there were 600 Frisons slaine and many other taken prisoners among the which there was an old man which shewed Cont Floris the place where king William his father was buried the which he caused to be opened and his bones to be taken vp causing them to be put in a hearse and to be transported to Middlebourg in Zeeland whereas he built a roiall tombe worthy of his greatnesse In the yeare 1285 there was such a tempest of wind and storms as many dikes and causeies in Friseland Holland and Zeeland were broken and carried away so as much of the â—…untrey was ouerflowne and many men and much cattell drowned Didier lord of Brederode called the Gentle had charge from Cont Floris to go with an armie both by sea and land to make warre against the Frisons the which he did and for that by reason of these inundations those of the champian countrey of Friseland could not succour one another hee entred into diuers parts of the country the which he dispeopled leading them all away prisoners without striking stroke and by this meanes reduced Friseland vnder the Earles obedience The waters of this inundation being fallen away and the causeyes repaired the Earle caused foure strong castles to bee built in Friseland that of Medemblyck of Enigemburch Middelburch and Nieuburch to restraine the Frisons and keepe them in their obedience The Frisons seeing themselues thus subdued and that of necessitie they must yeeld vnto the yoke came vnto him those of the bailywike of Hoochtwonde of Nieudorp Winckel Bersingenshorn Costinauroe Vrolen Kuytdorp Brock Zuydsterwoude
they were proprietaries in possession but for that they were issued from the right stocke of a Duke of Bauaria for the Emperor Lewis was but second sonne to Lewis Duke of Bauaria Palatin ofRhine The Duchie of Bauaria hath alwaies had that priuiledge that all those which were descended of the bloud of Dukes might also intitle themselues Dukes although they had not a foote of land The which is at this day vsed in all the families of the Princes of Germanic yea among Earles and Barons This William the Emperors eldest sonne was at the beginning made Earle of Oesteruant and Albert was siegneor of Nubingen The said Lady Empresse hauing taken possession of all these Countrieâ—… before her returne into Germanie to the Emperor her husband she appointed the said Cont William her Sonne and successor in the said Countries Regent of Holland Zeeland and Friseland vpon condition that he should pay vnto her yeerely ten thousand French Crownes or for want of payment that she might resume and take vnto her againe all the profit of the said siegneories as before of which resignation letters Pattent were drawne and promises made in the presence of many Princes and Prelates Yet a while after through ill councell the Earle would not hold nor performe any thing touching the pension carrying himselfe like an absolute Prince as we will presently shew The Bishop of Vtrecht after the death of Robert of Arckel his Brother and Lieutenant temporall being siaine in Battaile neere vnto Liege finding himselfe greatly indebted to spare and to pay his debts he retired himselfe to Tours in France meaning to liue there as a man vnknowne with a small traine during the truce which hee had with the Empresse Countesse of Holland leauing in this diocesse sixe Noblemen or Knights to gouerne during his absence In the yeare 1348. the Bishoppe finding the truce to bee well neere ended returned into his countries and found his debts rather increased then diminished through the ill husbandrie of the sayd sixe Gouernors Eight dayes after the expiration of the truce on Saint Marguerites day the Bishop went out of Vtrecht with a great number of his Bourgesses in armes and camped in the open plaine neere vnto the great Village of Emenesse The Hollanders being not farre of went to fight with them so as this skirmish turned into a battaile in the which those of Vtrecht had the better the Hollanders were put to route and many of the inhabitants of Emenesse slaine vpon the place Melis of Muyden commander of the Hollanders troupe was taken prisoner and put to a great ransome Those of the said Village of Emenesse which hath not lesse then a good French league in length were forced to leaue their new title which they had giuen themselues calling themselues East-Hollanders to resume their ancient name of Emenesse and to subiect themselues vnder the obedience of the Bishop and of the Diocesse of Vtrecht as they be yet at this day After the death of the Emperor Lewis of Bauaria the Empresse Marguerite his widdow came into Holland to Dordrecht whither shee sent for Duke William her sonne who being come resigned vnto the said Lady his Mother the gouernment and possession of her Counties of Holland Zeeland and Friseland the which before she had deliuered into his hands for an annuall pension of ten thousand Crownes of the which he had not to that day paid any thing This reintegration made William retired into Henault his mother remaining sole Lady regent of her countries the which she gouerned but loosely In the yeare 1349. the Bishop of Vtrecht gathered together a great number of soldiers with the which he entred into Holland and besieged the towne of Oude-water the which he tooke by force burnt a part of it and carried away many prisoners besides other spoile at which siege there dyed of the Bishops men Iohn of Rysenburch two brothers of Lichtenburch Ieames Ihon and Euerard of Dryel three brethren all Knights with many Gentlemen and good Bourgesses of Vtrecht The Hollanders mooued with the losse of this towne leuied an Armie to enter into the Bishops countrie Hee on the other side gathered together all the soldiers and Bourgesses hee could with the which hee went and camped before Schoonhouen where there was a furious charge and a hard incounter but in the end the Hollanders were put to route the Bishops men remaining maisters of the field There were prisoners among others Ghysbrecht of Langerack Herpert of Lyesuelt and Conrade of Oosterwyke knights with many squiers soldiers who were put to ransome the which yeelded a good sum of money vnto the Bishop Soone after by the meanes of some Noblemen a truce was made vnto Saint Martin in the yeare 1350. In that yeare there sprong vp two most dangerous factions in the countrie of Holland whereby they were long afflicted with great miseries and calamities almost to their totall ruine Those of the one party were called Cabillaux or Merlus the which is a deuouring fish in the Sea by which terme they meant that those of this partie should swallow vp their aduersaries Those of the other faction termed themselues Hoecks with the which they catch fish as if they would say If you thinke to swallow vs vp we will first take you with a hooke The chiefe of the Cabillautin faction were Iohn Lord of Arckel father to the Bishop of Vtrecht Iohn Lord of Egmond Gerard Seigneor of Hemskerke with many other Noblemen and Knights of the Hoecketins partie Didier Lord of Brederode Philip Vicont of Leyden Lord of Wassenarie Iohn Lord of Leck and of Polarien Ieames Lord of Binckhorst and many other both Knights and Gentlemen It was a cursed plague which Sathan had powred into the hearts of the Hollanders the which brought forth nothing but hatred quarels rancor hostillities rapines violence detraction false reports deadly foods ruine and desolation ouer all the country In which two factions the chiefe Noblemen and Barons were ingaged seeking nothing but to ruine and destroy one an other For as our Lord IESVS CHRIST saith Euery Realme diuided in it selfe shall be desolate And Salust in his Historie of the Iugurthin warre Small things increase by concord but by discord great things come to ruine Cicero in his Booke of Friendship saith What house is so strongly builded what Citie so surely seated the which by hatred and discord may not perish As we may see by the destruction of Rome at diuers times of Bologne of Genoa and of many others the which haue beene ruined by diuision from the which God by his grace preserue all estates and common-weales that flourish at this day The factions increasing more and more in Holland and the consuming fire of this intestine discord kindling more dayly not onely in the hearts of Noblemen but also in the commons was the cause of great murthers spoiles robberies burnings of either side These heart-burnings
interest which they had to the towne of Gorrichom vpon condition that it should neuer be dismembred from the Dutchie of Geldres for that the yong Lord of Arckel was by his mother the onely and sole heire apparent of the Dukedomes of Iuilliers and Geldres and of the county of Zutphen for that Duke Renold brother to his Mother had not any children and so the siegniorie of Gorrichom was vnited to the Duchie of Geldres which was the cause of great and continuall wars betwixt the Hollanders and the Geldrois forraging spoiling and burning one another During the which the Hollanders did ore runne at one time as farre as Brakel Beets Thieler-waert Bomunelerwaert and other places there-abouts The Geldrois to haue their reuenge came vnto Heckhuysen Iohn of Croenenburch gouernor of Heusden knowing them to be there went with such men as he could get together to incounter them and did charge the Geldrois although they were three for one and at the first with great shouting and fearefull cries the fogge and mist being so thick as they could not possibly discerne them hee strooke such a feare and amazement into them as they fled and with such speed as they thought all the Hollanders had beene at their heeles The Gouernor pursued them farre and brought home more prisoners Geldrois then himselfe had lead soldiers to the field This route of the Geldrois was strange and accidentall for many that thought to saue themselues through the riuer were drownd there Among the rest there was one thing worthy of laughter which was that seauen Geldrois transported with feare knowing not which way to flie in this thick fogge came in the end to the same village of Heeckhuysen which before they had burnt where they did hide themselues in a Hogstie at night the Sowe which had beene wandring abroad all day returning to her lodging thrust and gronted at the doore to enter These hardie soldiars thinking it had beene their enemies that pursued them began to crie out wee yeeld we yeeld kill vs not but take vs prisoners some countrymen lamenting their precedent losses hearing the cries ranne thether and tooke them prisoners The yeare following in Lent the Earle of Holland caused a Forte to bee made at Dalhem beyond Louestein on the other bancke of the riuer of Wahal the which he manned witha good garrison yet before it was fully finished the Duke of Geldres came with an Armie meaning to build one in the same place but seeing that that of the Hollanders was in defence he battered it and sought to sorce it The Hollanders defended it valiantly and notwithstanding all his attempts finished their Fort during this time Iohn of Bauaria Bishop of Liege came into Hollande and did mediate a Truce betwixt the Earle of Hollande his brother and the Duke of Gelders for three yeeres the which conâ—…inued vnto the yeere 1411. The Liegeois as we haue begun to shewe before hauing chased away Iohn of Bauaria their Bishop did choose Henry of Parwis for Gouernour of their Countrey and for their Prince and Bishop Henry of Parwis his sonne expelling al the Chanoins Curates and Priests that would not acknowledge this newe Prelate Iohn of Bauaria was then in Maestricht whereas the Liegeois with their Gouernor and new elected Bishop went to besiege him meaning to take him if they could The Earle of Holland hearing of these newes went speedily to seeke succors of the Duke of Bourgongne his father in law against the Liegeois These two mightie Princes made an Armie out of their Countreys of Flaunders Arthois Henault Holland Zeland Friseland and Vtrecht with many strangers that came for pay with the which they marched directly towards the country of Leige to vngage the said bishop Iohn out of Maestricht The Earle of Holland the Duke of Bourgongne the Duke of Brabant his Brother the Earle of Namur and some other Noble-men and Barrons sent to desie the Lord of Parwis and the elect Bishop his sonne which done they entred into the Countrie of Liege There was a generall Proclamation made that all men that were able to beare Armes were they Noble or ignoble Clergie or Lay-men Maisters or seruants should vpon paine of death arme to giue battaile to these Princes vppon a Sonday the 23 of September With this multitude not to be numbred the Lorde of Parwis went to field to goe and encounter his enemies Comming neere vnto the Village of Othey they discouered the Coulors and Standards of the Princes who had the night before camped along the riuer Iecoure to march towardes Maestricht not thinking that the Liegeois had raysed their Campe. The Princes seeing their enemies in front disposed all their armie in three Battalions In the foreward marched the Earle of Holland The battaile was led by the Duke of Burgongne and the Earle of Namures commanded the Reereward The Liegeois made but one body of their whole armie The two armies being thus in front one of another ready to ioyne the lord of Parwis marking the earle of Holland by his armes in the head of the foreward said vnto his men Doe you see the mount of Gold if we can ouerthrow it the poorest amongst vs shall be clad in cloth of gold but I feare we shall not The Liegeois hearing this speech asked him If he who had brought them thether were afraid No answered he I will march first he that loues me let him follow me For this day we must either vanquish or dye When thy approached the arrowes and stones flue thicker in the ayre then haile but it continued not long before they came to handy blowes and to ioyne with their pikes halberts axes masses swords and courtelasses the battaile was exceeding furious The Liegeois mayntained it valliantly at the first charge making a great slaâ—…ghter of the Hollanders The Earle of Namur aduancing with his reerward charged the enemie in flancke and opened them and yet they held together so close as many were smothered The Liegeois being thus opened vpon the flanckes and charged in front and of euery side were pittifully intreated and a great butcherie made of them There Henry of Parwis and the new elected Bishop his sonne were slaine with aboue 40000. men and a great number of prisoners Among the which those lay-men which had beene the motiues to expell their Bishop Iohn of Bauaria were executed by the sword and the Clergie men were put in sacks and cast into the riuer of Meuse On the Earle of Hollands side their dyed a very ancient Knight called William Vander Poel Bastard to Cont William brother to the Empresse Marguerit who was slain by the Frisons The Bishop Iohn of Bauaria was then at Maestricht and had the same night news of this victorie whereof being exceeding ioyfull he came the next day to his brother and the other Princes and thanked them Those of Tongres were also in armes but they came to too late and were defeated and a great number
Picardy ioyful by the death of the duke of Bourgongne to see himselfe victorious ouer all his enemies wherof the duke was the mightiest who with his father duke Philippe had beene in warre with him and King Charles the seauenth his Father for the space of 32. yeares hauing all his landes and Seigneuries ioyning vpon France and his subiects disposed and accustomed to warre and therefore the dukes death was a greater content vnto him then the death of the duke of Guienne his Brother the Constable of Saint Poll of Rene King of Sicile of duke Iohn and Nicholas of Calabria of the Earles of Prouence and Mary their Cousins and of the Earle of Armaignac who had beene slaine at Estore of all which the King had inioyed their goods and possessions both moouables and immoouables presupposing now that during his life he should neuer finde any opposition in his kingdome And although hee were thus freed from all feare yet God would not suffer him to take the right course to vnite these great seigneuries to his crowne the which hee should haue done by some treatie of marriage or drawne them vnto him by loue and friendship which he might haue easily done seeing the great desolation into the which those Prouinces were brought whereby he should haue freed them from great warres miseries and calamities where into they haue since fallen and should haue fortified his Realâ—…e and inriched both countries by the means of so long and durable a peace The chiefe meanes to attaine vnto it was to marrie his Sonne who was afterwardes King of France called Charles the eight to the Ladie Marie Princesse of Bourgongne daughter and onelie heire to the deceased duke although he were then but fifteene yeares olde and shee eighteene But when hee did see the father dead all his thoughts and cogitations were only to spoile this Orphan Princesse of her fathers inheritance wherin God did not blesse his actions nor his designes the which were for the most part ouerthrowne by the marriage which the sayd Princesse made with Maximilian Archduke of Austria Sonne to the Emperor Frederic as you shall presently heare The King beeing entred in Piccardie with his army the townes of Peronne Ham and Bohain were yeelded vnto him Hee sent his Barber called Oliuer le Dain vnto Gand and Robinet of Audensort vnto Saint Oâ—…er where they had friends to put men into them The good successe which hee had in the beginning in Piccardie made him to hope that all would yeeld vnto him and he was aduised by some wherevnto he was of his owne disposition inclined to ruine the house of Bourgongne and to diuide the Prouinces to many euen naming those to whome he ment to giue the Earldomes of Henault and Namur and the Dutchies of Lembourg and Luxembourg lying vpon the frontiers As for the other great Prouinces of Brabant Holland Zeeland and Friseland he would make vse of them to winne some Princes of Germanie which should be his friends and helpe him to execute his desseignes Oliuer the Kings Barbar who termed himselfe Earle of Meulan a little towne nere vnto Paris whereof hee was captaine carried letters of credit to the Princesse of Bourgongne and had commission to conferre with her secretly and to perswade her to put her selfe into the Kings hands but this was not his chiefe charge but to mutine the people whome hee knewe to bee sufficiently inclyned therevnto by reason of their Preuiledges which duke Philippe and Charles had taken from them Hauing remayned at Gand some time hee was sent for to deliuer his charge hee went and deliuered his letters of credit to the Princesse beeing set betwixt the duke of Cleues and the Bishoppe of Liege and accompanied by a great number of Noblemen Shee read his letter and Maister Oliuer was commaunded to deliuer his charge openly who answered that hee had no commission but to speake priuatly vnto the Princesse They sayd vnto him that it was not the custome especially to so young a Princesse yet hee persisted in his first speech and they answered him that hee should bee forced â—…o deliuer wherevpon hee grewe fearefull making some excuse and so departed without deliuering of his charge Some of this councell skorned him by reason of his olde age and for the speeches hee vsed especially the Bourgesses of Gand who knew him to well beeing borne in a nere Village and did him some affronts and disgraces threatning to cast him into the Riuer the which they would haue done if hee had not speedily fled At his departure from Gand hee went to Tournay beeing then a Neuter towne but much affected to the French Hee knewe the sayd towne to bee neere to both countries and fit to annoy either partie so as they might drawe in any souldiars the which the 〈◊〉 would not haue yeelded vnto hauing neuer shewed themselues Partisans but Neuters to both the Noble Princes but Maister Oliuer sent secretly for the Lord of Mour whose Sonne was Baylife of the afforesayd Towne but was not resident there 〈◊〉 he should come at a certaine time appointed and bring with him his company of men at armes which were at Saint Quintins and some other souldiers out of those parts who failed not to come at the prefixed houre to the towne gate where he found maister Oliuer with fortie men who partly by loue and partly by force caused the Barre to be opened and so gaue entrance to the men at armes wherewith the people were some-what content but the Magistrate nothing at all of the which hee sent seauen or eight prisoners to Paris where they remained during the Kings life Thus was Tournay put into the Kings hands by the dexteritie of his Barber wherein a wiser or a greater personage then himselfe might haue failed The King being at Peronne there came vnto him from the Princesse certaine Ambassadors which were of the principall men about her wherof the chiefe were William Hugonet her Chancellor the Lord of Humbercourt the Lord of Gruythuyse Gouernor of Holland and the Lord of Vere of Zeland and many Prelates and Deputies of Townes The King before their audience laboured all he could to winne them as well in generall as in particular from whom hee receiued nothing but humble and reuerend words as from men that were in feare yet such as had their lands lying whereas they thought the King could not annoy them would in no sort binde themselues vnto him but in making the marriage of the Doulphin his sonne with their Princesse The Chancellor and the Lord of Humbercourt who had beene bred and brought vp in great authoritie with the deceased Duke desiring to continue so still hauing their lands lying in the Kings dominions that is to say the Chancellor in Bourgongne and the Lord of Humbercourt in Picardie and Arthois gaue eare vnto the King and his offers and did in a manner consent to serue him in making of this marriage and to retire themselues
least countenance hee could possibly Sometimes when he came to thinke of the obstynacie of the Frisons whereas so many Earles of Holland seeking to subdue them had lost their liues and how that many other great Princes such as the King of Denmarke and others which would haue vanquished them and had subdued them for a time had beene chased away with shame and losse hee did halfe repent him that hee had euer thought of it Wherevppon Edsard Earle of Emden came to comfort and incourage him promising all fauour and succour to reduce them that were obstinate The which fell out happily for Edsard to settle his new estate of the Earledome of East-Friselande where Vlrick his father had been the first Earle by vsurpation ouer many noble men and priuate gentlemen of the sayd Countrie On Saint Martins day the Groningeois with those of Oster-goe and Wester-goe held an Assembly of State at Donrip whereas a truce was made vntil the 11. of Aprill 1498. by the which they did swear to succor one another with all their powers to repulse the rule command of strangers as wel of the duke of Saxony as of any other that should seek to enter into their countrie by force of armes Notwithstanding the truce aboue mentioned betwixt the Frisons and Groâ—…eois after that the troupe of Landisknechts whome they termed the great scuorge had beene defeated by the duke of Geldres and the Bishoppe of Vtrecht there was yet remayning some 1500. such souldiars about Harderwyck without any lord or maister yet they were countenanced and supported by the duke of Saxony who would gladly haue had them in Friseland Some captaines pensioners to the duke set on vnderâ—…and by him to the end it should not seeme that hee would imploye these men without occasion did treat with Thyark Walta and other Vetcoopers bannished from Woorckum and fled into the towne of Suolle offring to restore and settle them without any charge in Bolswaert contenting themselues onelie with the hazard of the pillage This pleased Thyarck who without any delaie came with these troupes into Friseland ouer the Ice Euery man thinking they had beene Thyarcks followers vntill that it appeared otherwise But good God what spoiles what burning what ruines of houses and Castells how many Gentlemen taken prisoners what ransoming what exactions oppressions and violences did these strange souldiars commit not in one quarter onelie but ouer a Friseland and yet in the meane time nothing could mollefie the hearts of the factions to reconcile themselues togither If at any time they made some small truce or agreement sodenly the ouer-weening pride of the one seeking to oppresse the other brake it before they had seene or tasted the fruies thereof In the ende Bocko Harincxima Hero Hottinga Iuw-decama Edo Iongama Epo â—…elua Syurdt Beyma with manie other Gentlemen and the townes of Sneck Franyker with the Baylewiks holding the partie of the Schyringers seeing that the spoyles which these strange souldiars which Thyarck Walta had brought in had no ende in the quarter of Wester gooe that their neighbours of Oster-gooe the seauen forests did in no sort ayde them they did certainely beleeue that all this was procured by Walta and that they were his men in which opinion they Groningeois did confirme them the more saying that they had no feare that Walta would doe them any harme After many conferences togither as well in the townes of Franiker and Sneck as else where to aduise what were most expedient and proffitable for them in the ende they resolued to send and intreat duke Albert to bee their Protector and defender by whose meanes and power they might once bee deliuered from these theeues and robbers And that vnder his protection the countrie of Wester-gooe might from thence forth liue in quiet and rest This was the marke whereat the duke aymed that hauing weakned one party and so reduced it to his deuotion that hee might dispose of them at his pleasure the other faction might with lesse difficultie be brought to reason as he did This resolution taken those of Wester-gooe sent the chiefe of their Nobility to the duke of Saxony being then at Medemblick to offer him the countrie and their obedience and to acknowledge him for their hereditary Lord vpon the conditions that were set downe in the contract which had past betwixt him and them The duke to take possession of that which was offred him and which he had so much affected sent the siegnior Willebrord of Schooneburch a knight his councellor and treasorer generall with an ample commission to treat with them ioyning with him the Collonel Nythard Focx Bernard Mets with their Regiments to chase away those troupes which Thyarck Walta had brought in with whome the sayd councellor and Collonel delt in such sort for they were the duke their Maisters men as they drewe them out of Bolsweart And after that the dukes commissionars had taken possession in his name of all the quarter of Wester-gooe all these troupes went togither into Oster-gooe seized vpon the towne of Dockom robbing and spoyling all the country The Groningeois felt of it likewise who seeing that they meant to set vpon them agreed in good time with the commissionars It would be tedious to describe the war miseries and desolation which happened in this country of Friseland which wee leaue to our great Chronicle For the duke hauing halfe done in Friseland would besiege the towne of Groningen for the which hee came with duke Henry his Sonne to Harlinghen and demanded the forth man ouer all the countre of Friseland or the twelfth penny of all their goods and reuenues in consideration whereof they should be free from seruing him in the warre This demand was afterwards the cause why the whole countrey reuolted from him The same day that the Duke arriued at Harlengen Collonell Focks went with 350. men to meet with Edsard Earle of Emden beeing in the Towne of Dam in the countrie of Groningen to receiue the said town of the Earle in duke Alberts name The Groningeois knowing well of what importance it was for them and whereunto the duke pretended which was to cut off the passage of the sea behinde them they sent a thousand men and taking him at an aduantage defeated him where he was slaine for that he refused to yeeld his body was carryed into Groninghe and buried in the Franciscans Church The Bishop of Vtrecht laboured to make an accord betwixt the duke and the Groningeois but nothing succeeded whervpppon the duke and Cont Edsard went to Emden and from thence hee returned into his Countrie of Misnia leauing duke Henry his sonne in Friseland for his Lieutenant who held his court at Franicker and there seated the Parliament of Friseland In the yeare 1500. Duke Henry Lieuetenant to his father in Friseland seeking to exact too much vpon the Frisons made them to rise in armes against him to besiege him in
the Empire and the forme of publike gouernment was maintayned by the wisedome constancy vnion and fidelity of the sayd Princes Electors Albert of Brandebourg Archbishoppe of Mentz Prince Elector and Chancellor of the Empire throughout all Germanie hauing newes of this death gaue notice thereof according to his charge to the Princes Electors and called them all to Francfort vpon the riuer of Mayn to proceed vnto the election of a new Emperour whether they came all Videlicet Albert himselfe Herman Earle of Weda Archbishoppe of Cologne Richard Archbishoppe of Treues Ladislas of Sterneberg Ambassador to Lewis King of Bohemia Lewis Count Palatin of Rhine Frederic duke of Saxony and Ioachin Marquis of Brandebourg The seauenteene day of Iune in the same yeare 1519. they assembled all in Saint Bartlemewes Church at Francfort where after the accustomed ceremonies the Princes in their habits of Electors approched to the Altar where in the presence of a great multitude they did sollemnly sweare faithfully to obserue all the Articles of the election contained in the golden Bull of Charles the fourth the which to that effect was publickly read before them all from thence the Princes Electors alone entred into the Vestry of the said Temple where they had beene accustomed for a long time to make the like elections The Archbishop of Mentz opened the cause of their assembly and after some preface of honor and prayers done vnto God to direct the whole assembly of the Electors wherein he gaue a testimony of his wisedome piety fidelitie and sincere affection to the publicke good and quiet the chiefe point of his discourse was to exhort them to vnion and to auoyde all occasions of ciuill warre in the Empire Alledging to that purpose what had happened in the times of other Emperors namely of Lewis the gentle Henry the first the Ottons Henry the fourth Conrard of Suabe Lothaire of Saxony and others where by the discord of Electors infinite miseries haue fallen vpon the Empire Hee added more-ouer that this discord had caused trouble and schisme in religion That at this present the threatning of the Turke who conspired against the liberty and religion of Christians especially of Germanie and the threates of some Princes who sought occasions to sowe troubles and to deuide the Germaines should admonish the Electors to remember their oth wherby they were chiefely bound to preuent all sedition After many other speeches to the same purpose the Electors hauing had some short conference together they commended the Elector of Mentz for his zeale and affection to the publicke state protesting that they would therein indeuour to follow his aduice and to be of one minde and consent if it were possible This was spoken in the name and behalfe of them all by the Marquis of Brandebourg to whom his companions gaue the charge in respect of his eloquence for then the Princes were so vnited as without any emulation they did willingly yeeld one vnto another and were carefull not to blemish the graces which their companions might haue respecting therein the publick good To conclude according to the custome of the ancient Germaines they resolued to ioyne loue and plainesse together and without doubt they were so nobly affected as they would neuer shew their passions in any of their consultations which concerned the publick good nor conceiue in their hearts any bad conceit against their brethren especially in affaires of consequence the Electors deferred their resolution vntill the next day In the meane time the Ambassadors of Prince Charles Archduke of Austria Duke of Bourgongne Earle of Holland c. and King of Castile c. arriued at Ments They intreated the Electors to remember Charles in their election adding some-thing of his vertues they did also put them in minde that the Emperour Maximilian had recommended his grand-childe vnto them the which hee would not haue done being so good so wise a Prince if he had not knowne it to be for the good of the Empire In the meane time the Ambassadors of Francis the first the French King were at Coblents on Conflans from whence they did sollicite for their Maister who had some Electors fauourable to his party the which as some Histories say had giuen King Francis incouragement to affect it These Ambassadors did extoll their Princes vertues all they could pretending many reasons why hee should be chosen before any other The Princes Electors hauing receiued letters from the Ambassadors of France and Spaine made answer in few words That they were exceeding glad of the good affection which both Kings carryed vnto the Empire But as for the election they did hope that GOD would giue them the grace to carry themselues faithfully and as they were bound by othe and by the lawes and ordinances of their Predecessors When they came to consult touching the election the Archbishop of Mentz hauing conferred priuately with Fredericke Duke of Saxony who was in great credit and authority among them all began his Oration vtterly reiecting the French King for the aduancement of King Charles describing and setting downe his good disposition his great meanes the benefit which the Empire might hope for and expect and with-all his beginning being issued and descended out of Germanie holding him as a naturall Germaine where they must finde and choose themselues an Emperour and not among strangers concluding in the end in fauour of Charles After that hee had ended his speech hee perswaded the other Electors to deliuer their opinions who after they had conferred some-what togither they intreated Richard Archbishoppe of Treuer Prince Elector to speake for he was much esteemed for his iudgement and experience in affaires of State who contrarie to the opinion of him of Mentz maintained that the King of Spaine was no more to bee admitted then he of France in whose honour hee spake verie highly saying that the same reason that hee of Mentz had obiected against him were lyable also against the King of Spaine and therefore hee concluded that the French King for the ripenesse of his age for his valour and experience in warre Germanie hauing great neede of such a Captaine against the Turke should bee preferred before the King of Spaine beeing young and without experience And if the lawe did forbid them to choose a Frenchman that it was of the same force against a Spaniard Or els if neither the one nor the other were to bee admitted then they should aduise among all the Princes of the Empire to choose one that had not liued any where but in Germanie that was a Germaine by birth in his manners minde and language deliuering manie reasons why and howe that might bee donne against the allegations of him of Mentz vppon that point Saying that the meanes were easie to finde by the which an Emperour chosen out of their owne Nation might maintaine his authoritie and that of the Empire both at home and a broade and so hee ended
which is to conforme himselfe to the voyage which the Chastelaine Sanchio d' Auila shall make who parts this day from the port of Antwerp with his Army and shall goe on without stopping of any tyde vntill he descouers the I le of Walchren And the other army which goes vnder the command of the Maister of the campe must doe the like that both the armies shewing them-selues an one instant to the ennemies they may the more easely effect that which they desire and concurre to that end with the saide Chastelaine That which they pretend cheefely to effect with this army is to put all the boats laden with vittells into Middelbourg that no one may miscary and in these boats shal be diuided the soldiars that goe to supply Mondragons Regiment And wee beleeue that for the due execution thereof the saide master of â—…he campe hath already giuen couenient order appointing a place whether the said boats landed with vittells should goe in respect of the other ships of the army and that he hath already named the person that shall haue speciall charge of those barkes laden with vittells and hath appointed him what to doe and in what sort he should put them into Middelbourg It is certenly beleeued that the enemie hearing of the good order of this army will not attend them and that they shall not fight especially if they see them saile with that care and circumspection that is requisite But if it hapned otherwise and that they should oppose their army to ours to stop the passage of sucours in that case they must fight and striue to defeat them and to open the passage to put in the said succors which done it shal be at their choise to execute that which is to be done after-wards according to occasion the state wherein the two armies shal be and it seemes to be the more safe to ioyne with that of Sanchio d' Auila and to treat together what is to be done as well for the poursuing of the ennemies army and the whole defeating thereof as for the attempting of any other enterprise vpon the I le of Walchren or in that of Zirecxe seeing they haue bin aduertised of that which may be done vpon the one and the other and that all haue good knowledge thereof The succors being set downe there is no certaine rule can be giuen for that which is to be done for that all doth then depend vpon the estate wherein they shall be found wherefore it is referred wholy to them to treat and resolue with Sanchio d' Auila who hath great knowledg and experience in those quarters GOD giuing such a victory as the ennemies armie may be defeated or the chanells abandoned so as there may be meanes to passe it shall bee fit to put into Middelbourg all the graine and vittles of Ter-Goes so as the Inhabitants of Middelbourg may finde meate for their money whereof the said maister of the campe and Chastelaine may giue the charge vnto Captaine Isidore Pachieco that hee may shew what diligence hee can therein And the like shall bee done for the corne that is at Scluse the which being put by the Gouernor of the place into boats shall bee also conducted vnto Middelbourg There shall bee also giuen vnto Romero with this present Instruction a letter which I writ vnto Collonell Mondragon that after the saide succors shall bee sent vnto him time and oportunity permitting it shal be good to conferre with him and to know what he thinks fittest to attempt or to doe after the said succors who hauing also many expert marriners in those chanells he may giue them some that they may saile the more safely the which they shall doe together or either of them apart After the saide succors giuen the which will be presently knowne throughout all the Ilands of Zeland it may happen as we are aduertised from diuerse parts that some Townes will desire to yeeld to his Maiesties seruice wherof there was a pattent giuen vnto them to receiue them and to pardon that was past Hauing care to that which shall be needfull for these townes that shall so yeeld When the two armies shall ioyne with the said succors the said Maister of the Campe and Castelain shall gouerne the whole armie ioyntly together holding good correspondencie as the case shall require bee it in sailing together or a part as they shall thinke it most conuenient To the end that Sanchio d' Auila may vnderstand what order is giuen vnto the maister of the campe the like instruction hath bin sent vnto him to execute for his part that which doth concerne him as well in sailing with the army which he conducts omitting not any one point discouering himselfe at the same time vnto the enemies as in fighting and striuing to defeate them and the two armies shall ioyntly pursue together what shall be fit to be attempted according vnto that which hath bin before declared Being carefull to aduertise me particularly of all that shall happen to the end I may prouide for things as shall be most conuenient Made at Antwerpe the 23. of Ianuary 1574. Signed Don Lewis of Requesens and vnderneath Domingo Camillo The 24. of Ianuary parted from Antwerp that great sea-fleet which the commander had prepared from his first arriuall for the victualing of Middelbourg which he assured himselfe to do in despight of all the forces of Zeland of all other Protestants whom he would see fight with his owne eyes At the departure of this Armadoe one of the chiefe ships belonging vnto Giles Hofman of Antwerp did run on ground and was lost in an other ship a peece breaking 30. men were slaine the ship lost The same day two Sea-captaines of Flessingue men of great experience lying at anchor before Arnemuyden went forth to refresh themselues at Flessingue and comming vpon the â—…ike for that the winde and tide was against them they were taken by the garrison of Arnemuyden one of them hauing first thrust one of the soldiers thorow with his sword that tooke them During all this time from the last of October 1573. the towne of Leyden was besieged a far of by the Spaniards of whom the besieged by their sallies and skirmishes did some times get for they were not so straightly besieged but they might issue forth and feed their cattell in the meadowes about the towne the Spaniard endeuouring onely seeing that by assault they could not gaine much to famish them in time and to force them to yeeld The last of December the besieged sent some Barkes into the sea of Harlem to seeke their fortunes the which they found bringing backe some boates laden with victuals the which was solde in the towne for eight thousand Florins and some good prisoners which payed two or three thousand Florins a peece The 20. of Ianuary following they of Leyden made a sally by land vpon the way to the Hage along the riuer where they met with
obtained that which hee so much desired which is the restitution of his goods and honour with the departure of the Spaniards whereon hee did ground his taking of armes that it is more then time to settle the countrie in peace and to banish all suspition on his behalfe imploying himselfe sincerely in so good a worke And if hee bee not satisfied with all this but doth demand some other thing let him speake plainely what hee pretends more for his safetie to the end that full contentment may bee giuen him For the effecting whereof it is verie requisite that the perpetuall Edict of the treatie made by the generall Estates with his highnesse and proclaimed at Brussells the seauenteenth of February and successiuely in other townes and Prouinces in confirmation of the sayd pacification of Gant may bee also proclaymed in Holland Zeeland and other associat places whereas hetherto it hath not beene published In like sort seeing a peace is made and proclaimed it is necessary that generally all acts should cease which tend to hostilitie and may giue any occasion of distrust as the entertayning of souldiars the fortification of townes and places practises and allyances leagues and confederations euen with strangers casting of new Ordinance the which ought to remaine in the same Estate vntill the resolution of the generall Estates And for that and other things specefied in the pacification to giue order for the full accomplishment of a desired peace and the publike tranquillitie it is fit to aduise speedelie when the sayd generall Estates shall assemble All which points the sayd Commissioners for his Highnesse require the Prince of Orange and the Deputies of Holland and Zeeland to carry them vnto the Estates of Holland and Zeeland as they will doe vnto his Highnesse and to the other Estates the points and articles which shal be giuen them by the sayd Prince and deputies Hoping there shal be a fauorable answere giuen reciprocally of either side and that all things in the meane time shall remaine in peace and tranquility The answere of the Prince of Orange and the Deputies of the Estates of Holland and Zeeland to the sayd Proposition MY Lords vpon the Proposition which it hath pleased you to make on his Highnesse behalfe that to take away all iealousie and distrust which seemed to hinder the sinceritie of the peace wee should propound assurances which wee thinke conuenient for the effecting thereof The Prince of Orange and the deputies of the Estates of Holland and Zeeland haue made answere that it were a superfluous thing to demande new assurances seeing that the conditions promised by the pacification were not yet accomplished and that to take away distrust there was no better meanes then to beginne by the fulfilling of the points and articles of the pacification of Gant the which wee beeing readie for our parts to accomplish if any remayning desiryng that you would doe the like on your behalfe and that moreouer it hath pleased you my maisters to require vs to put in writing the points and articles which wee pretend are not yet fulfilled To satisfie your desire therein the Prince of Orange and the deputies of the Estatâ—…s of Holland and Zeeland haue thought good to exhibit these articles following First that the aduice and answere which the Prince of Orange and the Estates of Holland and Zeeland haue giuen by writing to all the generall Estates of the Netherlands by the hands of Mounsier de Villerual dated the nineteenth day of February in the yeare of our Lord 1577. containes many Articles by which it appeeres that the pacification made at Marche in Famine was not conformable to all the Articles of the pacification of Gant for which cause the sayd Prince Estates haue not allowed of the said pacification but vpon expresse condition that the generall estates should for their parts passe an act obligatory in due forme signed by them and the Gouernors of Prouinces commanders and colonels conformable to that which is more particularly specified in the said aduice and answer Where-vpon they haue by an act giuen and dated the first of March declared their intention to haue alwaies beene to maintaine effectually the pacification made at Gand and to seeke to redresse all that they should finde done or attempted to the contrary or against the preuiledges rights liberties and customes of the Netherlands as well in generall as in particular and they promised to cause the like resolution to be signed by the Gouernors of Prouinces commanders and collonels as being bound to gouerne them-selues accordingly which promise and condition hath not beene effected nor accomplished for the Germains are not yet gone out of the country which is contrary to the said pacification of Gand. Item the goods haue not beene neither are yet restored to the Prince of Orange as well in these parts as in Bourgongne and Luxembourg Neither is the Earle of Buren his sonne deliuered which doth not onely impugne the said pacification but also the preuiledges and liberties of the country and the conditions of the said aduice and answer Item the Prince hath not his gouernment yet restored vnto him as hee had it by commission from his Maiesty seeing that neither the country and towne of Vtrecht nor the townes of Tholen Heusden and others are not yet vnited to their ancient gouernments as they were in former times where in my Lords of the councell of State haue shewed them-selues partiall writing letters to them of Vtrecht by the which they haue kept them from submitting them-selues vnder their ancient Gouernor according to the said pacification and the preuiledges of Vtrecht although that they of Vtrecht haue often required that they might submit them-selues Moreouer in steed of augmenting and maintaining the priuileges of the country as had beene specefied not onely in the said pacification but also in the conditions of the said aduice and answer giuen vnto the generall estates we see them now deminished yea broken and violated in diuers sorts for my Lords the States haue by their Instruction giuen to certaine deputies sent vnto Don Iohn lately sence the said aduice and answer where it had beene expresly mentioned subiected the assembly of the States as wel general as particular vnto the good pleasure of Don Iohn the which should remaine free according to the ancient rights preuiledges and liberties of the Countrie in those Prouinces and places that haue preuiledges Item those of the religion are not admitted in any places and townes of other prouinces to remaine there according to the pacification of Gand as may bee verified by many examples if they will take informations And yet not-with-standing all this and that the promises and obligations contained in the said pacification of Gand and sence in that which the estates haue promised to the Prince to the estates of Holland and Zeeland be not accomplished yet they haue receiued the said Don Iohn for Gouernor and Captaine generall without the aduise
them of the Protestants Religion of all magistracie and put Romish Catholickes in their places The greatest and chiefest cause which mooued him to send deputies vnto the prince of Parma was that he had intercepted certaine letters written by the prince of Orange contayning a Commission to seize vpon his person and vpon all his followers and adherents Which letters he caused to be read before all the people giuing them to vnderstand That it behooued him for to stand vpon his guard for feare of the sayd prince The prince of Parma hauing heard the deputies that were sent by Imbise hee sent backe to Gant the Seignior of Manuâ—… gouernour of Audenarde and colonel Segura a Spaniard allyed to Imbise by his wife to treat with the Ganthois These were very kindly entertained and much made of by some of the people which held Imbises party for whose assurance he had sent hostages to Audenarde A truce was concluded betwixt them and the Ganthois for twentie daies the which were spent in sending vp and downe to their confederats especially into Holland and Zeeland to renounce their confederation which had made them to abiure the king of Spaine But in all these practises they found many difficulties as wee shall hereafter shew They of Brussels seeing the Ganthois to be wauering and how desirous they were to reconcile themselues vnto the king of Spaine writ vnto them letters with a large discourse persuading them to perseuerance with many allegations reasons and examples exhorting them rather to die than to renounce their allyes and to ioyne againe with the king They of Antuerpe sent them letters of the like tenour entreating them to consider and examine with iudgement the consequence of this reconciliation setting before their eyes the cruelties of the Spaniards practised vpon the poore Indians against whom they had not by the thousandth part the like occasion as they pretended had beene giuen them by the Netherlanders In like sort they alleaged the miserable vsage of them of Granado by the same Spaniards who beeing once their lords and masters would pare their nayles so short as they should neuer haue more meanes at all to scratch And to the same end and purpose there was a small booke printed in the vulgar tongue dissuading them vtterly to flye from this reconciliation tearming it deceitfull abusiue yea and trecherous pretending moreouer that they had no cause to be terrified and daunted at any thing for that they found themselues strong ynough to resist the Spaniards forces the which they then obiected for that the earle of Hohenlo had at that time a good army in field for the Estates in the countrey of Gueldres and that they hoped the Queene of England and the Protestant princes of Germanie would giue them succours They of Bruges were not a little perplexed for the towne of Ypre their neighbour being blocked vp on all sides and desiring to relieue it they sent a conuoy of victuals with two hundred souldiers but comming within two leagues of the towne not farre from Vyuerbergh this conuoy was defeated all the victuals taken the souldiers put to rout and many slaine the Spaniards hauing not lost aboue twelue men The bourgers not content with this losse prouided eightie wagons more laden with all sorts of victuals and munition with an hundred and fiftie baskets carried by pesants the which was conducted by three hundred launciers an hundred muskettiers and fiue hundred harguebusiers most part Scottishmen These being come within halfe a league of the towne the Spaniards sallyed out of their forts in the which there were three hundred horse and two thousand foot the which charged this conuoy defeated them quite so as little of all this prouision entred into Ypre but most of it fell into the enemies hands The bourgers beeing very much perplexed for these two losses sought by all meanes possible to prouide better for their affaires and to fortifie themselues whereupon they built certaine forts and trenches in the most accessible places vnto their towne drowning the countrey round about which was to bee drowned so as the enemie could not approch and they did the like three leagues off at a little towne called Oostbourg And as the towne of Menin lying in the champian countrey in the middest of all their enemies was a great charge vnto them they retyred with their Scottish garrison that was in it and abandoned it not without great ioy of them of Lille and Courtray betwixt which two it lyeth the which was done by the aduice of the prince of Chimay gouernour of Flaunders who then sought meanes to reconcile himselfe with the king of Spaine deliuering him the towne of Bruges the which hee did afterwards At that time there was sharpe and cruell warre in the diocesse of Cologne for that Gebhard Truchses archbishop and prince Elector of Cologne hauing married one of the Countesses of Mansfeldt would haue retained still the said archbishopricke and Electorall dignitie with libertie of Religion throughout all his diocesse maintaining that his marriage was not repugnant to the word of God But the Chanons and Chapter opposed themselues strongly against him and with the assistance of the Pope and the Emperour deposed him and caused him to be excommunicate chusing in his place Ernest of Bauiere sonne to duke Albert then bishop of Leege and Fressinghem with diuers other spirituall dignities Truchses had fortified himselfe in the towne of Bonne three leagues aboue Cologne where the archbishops doe often keepe their Court and haue their Chauncerie One of the Chanons of Cologne of the house of Saxonie named Frederic holding part with Ernest of Bauiere and some other of his brotherhood with their kinsmen friends and allies went vnto the field and tooke diuers places in the new elected bishops name Truchses hauing also an armie in the field vnder the conduct of the earle of Moeurs and of Nyeuwenoort seized vpon the townes of Rhinbergh Ordenges and other places Duke Iohn Casimire came likewise to his succour with some troupes but he did little Augustus duke of Saxonie should also haue sent but his slacknesse discouraged the rest so as they which held Truchses partie retyred themselues by little and little The Bauierois besieged the towne of Bonne which by a mutinie of the Germane souldiors which were there in garrison was sold vnto him for foure thousand Rycx-dallers deliuering the Seignior of Truchses brother to the archbishop deposed being their gouernour into his enemies hands In the end the archbishop of Truchses seeing himselfe thus dispossessed and chased out of all his diocesse hee retyred into Holland in the moneth of Aprill 1584 where he entred into league with the generall Estates of the vnited Prouinces holding still the towne of Berke and afterwards Bonne which Colonel Schenck surprised and also that of Nuys with the which hee did much annoy and hurt Cologne vnder the gouernment of the earle of Moeurs and the said colonel Schenck beeing marshall of his campe
and of Iustice according to the commission and Act of declaration of the same gouernment Dated the first of February 1586. And for that the present Estate of this Kingdome requyring it wee were commanded to returne home into England for her Maiesties seruice And for that by reason of our absence wee cannot execute the authoritie as we should and as it is necessary to bee done for the good and prosperitie of the country Therefore wee giue you to vnder-stand that our desire is for the cause aforesaid to bee discharged and vnburthened of our said gouernment and place of Captaine generall of the said vnited Prouinces as also of the commission and charge giuen vs to that end and that by this Act signed and sealed with our hand wee haue resigned left hereby doe resigne and leaue the same In such sort that wee will from henceforth wholy leaue of and refuse to haue any dealing in the same commission giuen vnto vs by the aforesad Estates in what manner soeuer it were leauing it vnto them to proceed therein by aduice from her Maiestie as they shall find it necessary and conuenient for the good well-fare of those countries Giuen at London vnder our hand and seale the 17. of December 1587. Subcribed Leicester This Act was presented to the Estates by Sir Henry Killegrey vpon the first of Aprill 1588. being Agent there for her Maiestie With excuse that it came no sooner to his hands Which Resignation the Estates caused to bee generally proclaimed throughout all the Prouinces to the end that euery man might know hee was discharged of his oth to the Earle of Leicester remayning onely bound to the vnited Prouinces States and Townes c. So as after that no man would acknowledge any gouernment of that of the Estates and the soldiars no other Captaine generall then Prince Maurice and the Earle of Hohenloo his Lieutenant The twentith of December Collonell Schenck being at Rhynberghe hauing gathered out of the neighbour garrisons some foure hundred foote three hundred horse hee marcht neere vnto the towne of Zulpich in the Diocesse of Collogne vppon the frontiers of Iuilliers where hee lay quiet for three daies doing wrong to no man vntill that his troopes were fortified No man could iudge what his disseigne was many thinking it was but to spoile the Territories of Collogne against the which hee had a great spleene But on the two and twentith day being risen with his troopes he made a shew to march towards the quarter of Eyssell the brute whereof came presently to Bonne being foure leagues from Collogne But turning head hee past at noone day through a wood at the Village of Rhybourg and so marching on hee aduanced to the mid-way betwixt Bonne and Brulle Where hee made a stand in a little groue vntill that night approached Then taking the lower way by Buhell and Bourchem from whence they of the Castell shotte at his men passing close by their ditch the which they might heare easily at Bonne and to the end they of the towne should haue no adaduertisment he sent certaine horsemen before who staid all those they met Approching neere the towne about eight of the clocke at night he rested a while to feed his men and horses in the vilages of Transdorp and Endich Then comming neere vnto the towne with his ladders although hee vsed them not hauing past by Popeldorf wheras the Archbishops of Cologne haue a pallace he placed his footemen along the riuer of Rhine were not discouered nether by the keeper of Popeldorf nor by the gard of the towne for that the season was darke and rainy And to take away the noise of his men which were vnder the towne there was one of his soldiars gotten into a hogs coate beating the swine continually to make them cry And in this sort the collonell stayd vntill three of the clocke after midnight during the which he caused a great Petard to be made fast to a posterne gate towards the key of the riuer of Rhine close by the towle house the which was seldome opened where he lay still obseruing the rounds of the towne as they past by the light of a Lanterne and seeing no more to passe growing neere fower of the clocke imagining that night workes to be past and that the officers were gone to their rest he commanded them to set fier to the Petard the which gaue so great a blow as not onely the Port but a part of the wall was ouerthrowne by the which the soldiars entred in a throng vnto the second port the which was not so strong as the first which they beat downe sodenly with hatchets and pikeaxes Being entred into the towne some of his men ran vnto the rampars and the Boulwarks and others vnto the Market place the which they seazed on without any resistance there be ing neither captaine nor commander to put the soldiars and Bourgers in order for their defence or that did any thing except one Canonier who made a shot with the which he slue Hans Wichman and soone after the said canonier was ouerthrowne with a small shotte This being done they beat downe Stockem port by the which the Ritmaister Gerard van Balen entred with his cornet the other horsemen being alredy entred by the posterne The collonel who was entred at the first with the foot-men went then to horsebacke and ranne throughout all the quarters of the towne placing his sentinels and corps de gard forbidding vpon paine of death to spoyle vntill they were well assured The Bourgers hearing this great noyse and terror of the petard the trompets sounding and the drommes beating an alarum with the soldiers cryes kept them-selues close in their houses for wheresoeuer the soldiars discouered any light they shot through the doores and windoes Schencke placed his horse-men in the Bishops Pallace to preserue the chancery So after that hee had set all things in good order being maister of the towne he abandoned it to his soldiars who spoyled it and put the Bourgers to ransome intreating them no other-wise then it it had beene an enemies towne taken by assault Charles Bille gouernor of the towne hearing the noyse which the petard made the alarum escaped halfe drest and fled towards Confluence He had beene aduertised two daies before that Schenks men were lodged about Zulpich whervpon he sent a good part of the garrison to keepe the neighbour villages from spoyling yet he was sufficiently warned that there were mad lads would come to visit him wherevnto he answered that hee must take the care of it for the which Schenck did afterwards flowt him This towne of Bonne being well assured for Truchses Schenck resolued to keepe it causing it to be rampared and fortefied in all places and then did furnish it withall things necessary for a towne of warre withall he caused a fort to be presently built right opposit on the other side of the riuer
are and may be produced to attaine vnto peace The third shewing which should be the best means and wherefore they are not to be reiected by neither of the parties Touching the first he makes a learned discourse to shew the necessarie vse of peace and vnitie After war peace ought to follow although it cost both parties deere and therefore reason and necessitie ought to moue men thereunto The Turke ought to be withstood and the tumults of Hongarie pacified The euents of the Netherlanders long continued wars ought to make them wise after so many battails and towns won and lost and so many enterprises made both by land by sea without any end The Netherlands is a theatre of war and ciuil broils That men had seene the siege of Oostend continue so long so furious fierce and bloudie as it seemed vnnatural and our successors would hardly beleeue it neither can we read of any such both parties being so earnest and resolute as if the successe therof wold haue ended those wars That at the last the vnited prouinces had lost Oostend but on the other side they had profited so much thereby as they had won 3 or 4 townes and more forts for it and could annoy Flanders more than euer they did before He saith it is true that the K. of Spain is a mightie prince of many countries kingdoms that he hath great alliances with the Romish Catholikes and hath great numbers of men and good soldiers so as the Hollanders themselues confesse that they are not able to master him by force and yet strong ynough to withstand him and to defend themselues but on the other side we must acknowledge that Holland and Zeeland c. in mens iudgements are inuincible countries in regard of their waterie scituation being inhabited by a people accustomed to the seas and who by land feare not the Spaniards And although the countries are but small yet they are able to raise great summes of money drawing all other merchants for trade vnto them by means of their merchandise and sea-faring Adding thereunto their traffique into the Indies the which increaseth daily so as now they care not for the prohibition of trade into Spaine or Portugall And as they haue good store of money so they haue a great number of good souldiers and commanders with lesse charge than their enemies They are not likewise without friends both Catholikes Protestants which repine at the greatnesse of Spaine and although the kings of France and England haue peace with the archdukes yet they would not willingly endure the Spanish gouernment there Both parties that make wars may take Germany and France for an example where they may see that religion will not be planted by the sword being forced at the last to let euerie man serue God in peace as they would afterwards yeeld account for the same and without scandalizing one another wherby they found themselues best at ease and by that means kept their men wealth and trades at home in their owne countrey The Spaniards mistake themselues to think to settle the Catholike Romish religion onely in the Netherlands to chase away the Protestants with the Spanish Inquisitiō the Netherlanders are of another nature The learned are of opinion That by force and constraint men may make many hypocrites and Atheists but no true Christians The Spaniards are persuaded that the vnited prouinces wil be weary of the wars and that the common people being to much burthened with taxes and impositions will take armes and compell the Estates to make peace but the hope therof is small so long as they in Holland Zeeland c. liuing in the heat of war flourish become as rich as if it were peace And although they pay great contributions yet they sell their wares accordingly with good gaine and reasonable vent And although there are some that are discontented yet the number of them is but small But to the contrarie they of the vnited prouinces are in good hope that the prouinces vnder the archdukes command will not be able any longer to beare their great burthens for besides the great exactions and oppressions of the souldiers on both sides the sea and nauigation is for the most part taken from thē wherby the inhabitants growing poore at the last they must seeke some meanes to free themselues of the Spanish gouernment But that is preuented first by the great power of Spaine secondly by reason of the iealousie betwixt the archdukes and the vnited prouinces and thirdly by the diligence of the clergie being against it as bishops preachers and Iesuites who forbid the people vpon paine of damnation not to ioyne with heretikes Many make them beleeue that the Hollanders being masters would either by policie or power chase away the Catholikes and bring in the Reformed religion Thus much for the first point Touching the 2 How to find meanes to attain to a peace he saith That the King of Spaine had called the vnited prouinces to meet at Cologne in anno 1579 and makes mention of the the principal articles treated of at that time and how as then the prouinces of the Netherlands would haue had the authority of the general Estates established and the religious peace maintained according to the pacification of Gant and so they granted to acknowledge the king for their soueraigne lord But since that time the case was altered the prouinces by extremities and long wars being estranged one from the other since the murther of the prince of Orange so as now there was no dealing with Holland c. to acknowledge the K. of Spaine or the archduke for their soueraigne for that they thinke it not good to lose their freedome which they haue so happily gotten and that if they must of force do it they had rather submit themselues into the hands of any other prince than vnder Spaine or the archduke whom they durst not trust as being hardly induced to beleeue that princes can forget forepassed iniuries Wherupon he asketh If a peace then will neuer be made and the shedding of Christians bloud neuer restrained the which to the great preiudice of their neighbors had continued these 40 yeres If there were any apparence that the archduke in 10 yeares space could find the meanes to ouercome the Hollanders it were an easie matter to let him go on in the recouerie of his right but if we should attend vntill the one or the other partie were vanquished we shold expect an endlesse worke The vnited prouinces offer to make peace with the prouinces vnder the archdukes command not comprehending the archdukes or the K. of Spaine therin against whom they say they will defend themselues as long as they assaile rhem but that it is not pleasing vnto the other prouinces neither would it be a full and effectual peace but in the end breed an alteration the king persisting to recouer his right by all the meanes he can There might be a truce or
children of Cont Tbierry Cont Thierry chaseth the Flemings The Frisons will acknowledge no other soueraigne but the empire Warres bewixt the Earles of Holland and Geldres A new quarrell betwixt the two Bretheren of Holland The Earles of Holland and Geldre reconciled 1198 Trouble in Frizeland The Earles of Holland and Geldre fall vpon the bishop The bishop reuengeth himselfe of the Earle of Holland An accord betwixt the two Earls the duke of Brabant the bishop 1203 Cont Thierry sicke The death of Cont Thierry The Nobilitie of his time The Contesse of Holland maried Cont William sent for to vndertake the gouernment of Holland Cont William comes into Holland He puts the yong Contesse in guard and becomes master of the countrey Cont William conquereth Zeeland The Kennemerâ—… pacified The Zeelanders call back Cont William CoÌ„t Williams children The castle of Aspren rased 1218 The Contesse of Holland dies His wife and children The beginning of the towne of Gorrichom in Holland Cont Floris a louer of iousts and tourneys Cont Floris slaine The earle of ClermoÌ„t slain The bishop of Vtrecht guardian to the yong Earle of Holland A wonderfull del 〈◊〉 of 365 children An Epltaph of the Contesse of Henneberg mother to so many children The chiefe Nobilitie of Holland The wife and children of Cont William How Cont William was chosen king of Romans The king comes to Vtrecht and ratifies their priuiledges 1253 The contesse of Flanders pretends to conquer the isle of Walchren by arms A great deseat of the Flemings The contesse goes â—…o succours into France The duke of Aiou comes to succour the contesse The wise answer of the king S. Lewis to the duke his brother The duke of Aniou retires The birth of Cont Floris 5. The contesse labours to be reconciled The pope sends for the king of Romans to come to Rome The king being in Vtrecht is traitorously wounded with a stone The king miserably slaine being sunke into the ice They burie him secretly in a countrey house The kings body found and interred at Middlebourg in Zeeland Factions for the gouernement of the Earles person and of the countrey Great trouble an Holland Cont Floris takes armes against the Frisons The Frisons defened Foure eâ—…es â—…lt by the Earle to subdue the Frisons Friseland wholy subdued The Earles of Flanders and Holland reconciled The Earle makes war against the lord of Amstel and Woerden 1290 Cont Floris his voiage into England and why A mariage betwixt Cont Floris eldest son and the king of Englands daughter The earle of Flanders pretends to assaile Zeeland The chiefe nobilitie A historie of the death of Cont Floris the 5. The violent death of Cont Floris the fifth The wonderfull loue of 〈◊〉 grey hounds The end of the conspirators The reuenge of Cont Floris death Too cruell a reuenge The Frisons send to the king of Denmarke to be their protector The gouernment of Holland diuided during the absence of Cont Iohn The Frisons defeared The Frisons ioyned to the bishop of Vtrecht are defeated The teâ—…or of the letters of reparation submission made by the Frisons Mourmont taken and rased Troubles at Dordrecht A foolish answere of the magistrat of Dordâ—…echr The death of the Earle of Holland Who the gyant Claes van Knyten was The beginning of two wicked factions in Friseland The Earle of Henaults brethren Iohns wife and children 1301 The Earle seekes to ruine Iohn de Renesse The bishop of Vtrecht taken prisoner by his owne people The bishop goes to armes The bishop slaine in battaile being ouer-bold 1301 The Epitaph of this bishop Iohn without mercy slame 1302 1303 1304 The Earle of Flanders pretends to land in Walchren The Hollanders armie defeated The earlâ—… of Flanders wins a good part of Holland Great alteration in Vtrecht The lord of Hamstede defeats the Flemings The lord of Hamstede chaseth â—…he Flemings out of Holland A great defeat of the Flemings The Hollanders besiege Iohn de Renesse in Vtrecht The death of Iohn de Renesse 1305 Death of the earle of Flanders The death of the Earle of Holland The chiefe nobilitie The wife and children of Cont William 1311 1316 An extreame famine in Holland Amstel Wâ—… erden vnited to Holland 1323 1327 1328 The Earle ouerthrowne from his horse 1332 1336 A historie of a bailife of South Holland for a cow A memorable example of iustice The death of good Cont William The chiefe nobilitie in Holland and Zeeland The chiefe families of Friseland in those daies The wife of this Cont William 1338 1342 1345 Vtrecht besieged by the Hollanders Those of Vtrecht reconciled to the Earlâ—… Cont William slaine and leaues no lawfull heires 1346 The Earledomes of Holland and Zeeland adâ—…dged to the Empresle sister to cont William She takes possessió of those countries Confiscation of â—…cclesiasticall goodâ—… The emperoâ—… children by the empresse 〈◊〉 William of Bâ—…uaria the empresse son gouernor of Holland The bishop of Vtrecht goes to liue priuatly in France The bishop of Vtrecht goes to field He defeateâ—… the Hollandeâ—…s The Empresse resumeâ—… againe the gouernment of Holland The Earle her sonne retires into Holland 1349. The bishop of Vtrecht makes warre in Holland The Hollanders deâ—…eated A truce betwixt tâ—…e Hollanders and Vtrecht 1350. 〈◊〉 in Holland of Cabillâ—…ux and Hoeâ—…ks The fruites 〈◊〉 factions to stir the sonnâ—… against the mother Cont Williaâ—… receiued in Holland A battaile betwixt the mother and the sonne 1351. The sonne raiseth a 〈◊〉 armie The sonne dâ—… fines his mothâ—… to battaile A second battaile The mother defeated 1351. An accord betwixt the mother and the sonne The factions cease not Cont Williams wife had no 〈◊〉 135â—… The Earle de fies the bishop of Vtrecht Two strange knights â—…aken pâ—…oners The Eaâ—…le enters the country oâ—… Vtrecht with â—…n armie 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 fâ—…om the bishop The bishop takeâ—… Wâ—…p by assault and then Muyden The 〈◊〉 of Montâ—…ort 〈◊〉 from the bishop A combâ—…te betwixt two commanderâ—… 1357. Cont Williâ—… himselfe enters into the country of Vtrecht A finall accord betwixt the Earle and bishop 1358. The Eaâ—…le of Holland becomes mad Diuision betwixt the two factions for the gouernement Albert duke of Bauaria called by the Hoeketins He is receiued for gouernor Hee agrees with his sister in lavve Alberts wiues and children By this Marguerite the earldome of Holland Zeeland and Henault came to the house of Bourgongne The Cabillautins seeke to kill the yong lord of Brederode The castell of Hemskerke besieged for Cont Albert. The Delfoi reuolt Cont Albert besiegeth Delf The inhabitants speake of a composition The captaines oppose The captaines retire in the night The towne of Delf yeelded The duke of Gelders defies the Earle of Holland The warre ended by marriage 1365. 1367. The Baron of Enghien beheaded in Henault which caused great troubles 1373. The castell of Ghildenburch 〈◊〉 to defâ—…d the sluses The lord of Vianen and those of Dordreâ—…ht discontented for the sluses Cont â—…ert spoiles the Frâ—…sons