féeble both of force and courage the souldioures little set by their marchaunts despised and their noble men so daunted by meanes of the pride of the Spaniarde and plague of the â—…nquisition that they thoughte themselues rather in a slauishe bonâ—…age than handled like subiectes and woulde haue faine shaken â—…st the yoke of this seruitude but their power was so small and their miserie so greate that little or nothing at all coulde they doe and were forced to beare and suâ—…er with patience a burthen most heauie and a loade that ouercharged both bodye and conscience The Prince of Orange hauing hope that sundrie of the towns and stréets of the Countrey in this extremitie would haue ioyned with him for the recouering of their libertie and priuiledges drewe himselfe among his friendes in Germanie and practised for money and men to be ready with an army to encounter the Duke of Alua and either by battaile to ende tho miseries of Flaunders or by strong hande to driue oute the perturbers of their publske state and quietnesse And so resolued to trie what good fortune and fast friends woulde doe in those affaires He remained at his house ten Dutche leagues beyonde Collen called Dilleâ—…burgh a goodlye seate and a faire strong Castell to which place repaired many noble personages of Germany and Capitaines of greate conduct and charge to deuise and talke of matter conuenient for the purpose rehearsed In whiche communication was concluded that as soone as an army mighte be leuied they woulde méete and assemble at an Abbey neare vnto Andernake which Monasterie was beyond the riuer of Rhein and stoode wel for the suretie of the people that there should be mustred It came well to passe after a long prouision and that a braue regiment of Frenchmen were readye that Monsieur Maulberg brought out of Fraunce that the Prince his people met assembled at this Abbey in such warlike sorte and order as gaue a great hope of some high attempt and enterprise For in verie troth the Counte de Hostraet a noble worthye manne the Counte Lodwike a moste valiaunte souldiour were come to the Prince and brought with them a great bande of Burgonions of great and good houses and suche as hadde bin well experimented in wars And a maruellous companye of Swarfe Rutters high Almaines and Sweessers were come from Germany and at one instant and time they met all togither and muster was taken of aleauen thousand horsemen and two and twenty thousande footmen whiche made so noble a shewe when they were assembled as me thoughte was worthy the noting and mighte encourage anie souldiour to march among and kéepe companye withall The Prince hadde prepared so great a treasure that immediatly after the army was mustred there was a generall pay for two moneths and out of hande order was taken for to passe ouer the great riuer of Rhein not far from Andernak the towne being gladde to stand as our friendes and aide vs with all that they might And so marching forwarde as direct a way towards Flaunders as was thought necessarie we encamped betwéen Boen and Collen where the Flemings and highe Almaines hadde of the Frenchmen in our Campe receiued some words of reproche touching the ouerthrow that the Counte Lodwike hadde at Groening in Freeslande on which words the Almaines being ful of wine made a mutinie and put themselues in battel and shotte off their small péeces and began a foule businesse To appease the same broyle all the whole army were in armes and the Swarfe Rutters were mounted and were come into the fielde the French and Burgonions tooke one side and the Almaines and Rutters another and so there was a greate murther but it dured not long for the Prince of Orange his brother Count Lodwike by muche entreatie stayed the strife The Duke of Aluaes Campe hearde of this mutinie and hadde not a greate riuer bin betwéene oure Campe and his power we had smarted for the folly the Almaines committed But as by wisedome and hap of good heads sel out better things than was looked for and all matters were quieted and she beginners of this vproare and madnesse were by martiall lawe punished After this we encamped before Ayex Ocorken where commonlye the Emperoure is crowned a greate Cittie not very farre from Mastricke the people wherof did feare to be besieged and so with a great summe of money redéemed their towne The Spaniardes the neare vnto our camp shewed themselues and were repulsed to their losse and so the camp marched a little further in a most braue and gallant order The Prince of Orange vsed here a noble policie firste hée sente to the Bishop of Leeg willyng hym to let his armye passe through the Citie of Leeg promising to passe quietly â–ª the Bishop being wylie sente the Prince worde that he would make a bridge by the Citie for the army to passe ouer at and made the Duke of Alua prâ—…uy to hys practise who should haue bin on the other side of y water with his armye to haue receiued our people Whiche Stratageme the Prince suspected but yet with fayre words he helde the Bishoppe in beléefe he woulde passe ouer the bridge and tooke the offer thankfullye and a daye was appoynted that al things should be in a readinesse But in the mean time the Prince by good espiall tryed out the fine fetch and cunning of the Byshoppe and sodainely when no one man in our army knew which way we shoulde marche the Drum was souÌ„ded and our carriages going towards Leeg and al oure faces tourned that way and marched a good while as thoughe the Prince meant to passe ouer the bridge spoken of And when oure people beganne moste to doubte some danger talked of the hazard the Prince caused our army to turne their faces by that time night approched and hauing good guydes we marched swiftly without making any noise ij Dutch leagues down y riuers side called Moesse y wether being foule the night very dark And surely a sore iorney it was a loÌ„g march But in the morning at the dawning of the daye we came to a shallowe place of the water where was a foord to passe ouer and so much expedition was made that eleauen thousand horse and two and twenty thousand footemen were passed ouer the water in one daies labour but the legs of the horses kepte vp the water so long a season that the riuer rose a yard in height by which means many horsmen footmen wer drowned all our victuall had taken great wet and was in a maner marred and spoyled quite Notwithstanding to oure great hope and comforte our campe was nowe in Flaunders and our enimies were deceyued vtterly of their expectation and deuice Nowe after this labour we tarryed ouer long to refresh the army for thrée dayes were spent in ydlenesse in which time the enimies heade and body was occupied lyttle to oure aduantage yet the thirde daye we marched full vpon
the enimyes campe whiche daye was so cleare and the countrey so plaine to marche in that all the order of oure campe mighte be throughlye discerned And who that had séene the glistering battels of footmen and the awful shew and troupes of the horsemen which wâ—…re not a few would neuer in his life dayes forgette that noble assemblie for it was a wonder of the worlde to sée so many braue and lusty souldiers togither and as it séemed euery man was bent to battell and prepared with weapon and courage to conquere a Kingdom And vndoubtedly the most of our camp looked that night for a combate and sharpe encounter for the enimyes were thrée and thirtie thousande footemen and fiue thousande and eight hundreth horsemen and gallant laddes both well furnished and well disposed whiche was argument ynough that they woulde looke vs in the faces their leader in like sorte a graue Prince and an auntient wise souldiour alwayes stoute and honorable But neither we feared his force nor doubted his pollicie but marchyng towards him came in viewe of his camp and so néerâ—… â–ª 〈◊〉 that his great Cannons went off at our â—…ple and cure péeces played lustily on his power againe and a hote skirmishe beganne with egâ—…e desire on both sides to gette glorie bloude and victorie But the Duke hadde entrenched his Campe so stronglye rounde aboute that oure horsmen could not gyue a charge And peraduenture all our Swarfe Rutters were not of one minde as the sequele hereafter maye shew Thus in sâ—…irmishe all the daye was spente in somuch that at night we were faine to encampe our selues on a toppe of a hill full in the enimies eye the seruice dured so long and late we could not be better prouided The Duke of Alua at thrée of the clocke after midnight dislodged hys Campe went from Mastricke where he laâ—… and marched along the riuer side towardes Leeg very closely and without brute or sounde of Trumpet and at the peepe of daye oure vancurrers hadde a viewe of the enimyes and we might at the length perceiue them fully and beholde the whole order of their battels and marche Oure people beyng moued with that â—…ighte albeit it was somewhat feareful to fainte courages offered the skirmishe coÌ„tinued in the same a long time butiour meaning was to marche into Flaunders and get some Townes for oure succoure and money for the reléefe of the souldioures So wée came to a Towne called Tonger and tooke in the same a number of Waggoris loaden with victuall that was going to the Dukes campe and froÌ„ thence to Sentrâ—…e an other great Town we marched which Town was strong and stood against vs til they saw the battery placed theÌ„ was it yéelded somewhat spoiled where religious persons were found and it redéemed itselfe for a summe of mony and remained in peace wheÌ„ we marched further into y country The Duke followed oure Campe dayly and wayted so vppon vs that the stragglers were soone sente home and y who le armye tooke greate héede and care of all things they did The wether was moste parte foule and the wayes seldome fayre and victualles euer harde to come by by mean of a commaundement and charge giuen by the Duke to y Boores and Countrymen who continually did annoy vs as they might breaking bridges Mils all other thinges that shoulde doe vs good for the whiche their houses and stackes of corne were burnt and their wiues and familie when we tooke them were very yll entreated This scarcâ—…tie of victuall and crueltie of the Countrimen encreased dayly and as it was reported diuers of good calling brake promisse with the Prince drewe an other way which in very déede pintched and wroong the heart in the breast of those that wisely wayed the inconstancâ—…e of the world and suche as had not made before good prouision were put to their plunge and felte penurie and indigence ynough and as victuall wared scant so garmentes horse-shoes and other necessaries could not be gotten for mony that was a miserye remedileâ—…e and a mischiefe that neither man nor beast mighte easily abide Yet as for victualles some shift with sword was made that people perished not in ertreame lacke and want of sustentation Many daies and seasons we pingled and struggled with the Spaniardes for breade and other cates and often wée mette with them in the Townes Uillages open fields and skirmished at y very skirts of their caÌ„pe procuring theÌ„ to fight But y Duke wold haue no battel and our Rutters were so wise y they would make y war long to bring good bags ful purses Waggons home to their houses when the Prince should retyre But whatsoeuer might be iudged of the matter the souldiors on both sides were sometimes loath to encounter except vpon a great aduantage much procurement to the same they were pricked forwarde to â—…eeke aduentures and féele the force of Fortune The Prince being once neare Louaine thought to haue besieged y town by the watche wayting on him that the Duke vsed was driuen to séeke many wayes to compasse that he sought one while to bid the bace to the Dukes coÌ„panye another while to practize for the preueÌ„ting of mischiefe al the meanes that possible could be deuised retyring sometimes to make the Duke folow folowing somtimes to putte the enimies to flight if fortune so fauored occasion could be taken houering vp down a great time in the maner rehersed before he had to passe by Tillemont a bridge betwéen two woods which bridge his enimie thoughte to guard or at the least to shew some exploite at encamping themselues neare the Prince the Princes vangard maine battel marched towards the passage The Duke to occupy y tune til his purposed deuice tooke place made as though he would haue biddeÌ„ battel came ful before the reregarde of the Prince to a waters side hauing on both his wings a mightie wood and guarded behinde with waggons cariages hasted apace towardes the Prince with al his power The Prince very glad to sée the enimie so desirous of battel approched with his reregard néere the enimy sent with spéede for the vangard maine battel to come backe agayn for causes conuenient which came in open field presented themselues in order of battell to the enimie but the Duke kept him and his power beyonde the water and yet put out dyuers bands to holde the Prince in play drawe our people neare the great and small shotte The Burgonions Rutters Almaines most of the lustiest souldiours about the Prince ranne so couragiously to thys encounter and péece of seruice that sundrye were galled hurte at the first charge and fewe or none that aduentured anye thing at al but escaped hardlye the daunger of body losse of life the ground which the enimies had choseÌ„ was so ful of aduaÌ„tage the Spaniards so valiantly maintained the skirmish
perswasion they spente thrée long houres But the Regents power being experimented Souldiours woulde lose no occasion to conquere their enimies And on that pointe they stoode so stiâ—…elye that they determined presentlye to gyue the commoners a battell and trie oute the matter by sworde and not by sweete persuasâ—…ons And to performe the same they sette all in order and were readye to marche into the Citie and méete with the people as by fortune they mighte any waye encounter them The Prince and the Nobilitie muche grieued with this bloudye resolution repaired towardes the people and tolde them all the matter and willed them to goe to their owne houses and he would sée that all thinges should be wel ended The people liked no whit that councell and gaue the Prince euil wordes and a greate number of them burst into my lodging And bycause the Prince hadde made of mée before and that they knew I hadde serued in the Emperoures dayes they called me forth and saide I shoulde be theyr leader whiche thing I refused as far as I durst alleadging I was ignoraunt of suche affayres wherevpon they bent theyr pikes on me in a greate furie I beholding the extreamitie I was in gaue them my faith and so came into the stréete among the reste of their companye where I was so receiued as fewe woulde haue beléeued the manner thereof but suche as had séene it Witnesse Sir Thomas Gressam Then knowing the daunger we were in and finding no way so good for our expectation as spéedily to preuent the harmes the ennimies mighte doe vs I drewe the whole power into a strong péece of grounde called Noua Vielle digged and defenced of it selfe and tooke out of the companye an eyght thousande souldioures well appointed and marched to one of the Gates And beatyng downe a little posterne with barres of yron we sallied out into the fieldes to encounter Monsieur Beauoys giuing chaâ—…ge to a thousande shotte to kéepe the posterne till we retourned in againe which duly did their endeuour as well for their owne liues as oure safetie But wanting horsemen to discouer the enimy and hauing no fitte grounde to auoide the charge of the enimies horsemen whiche came lustily on a great gallop to holde vs in play till their footemen hadde ouertaken them we softely and orderly retyred leauing in the face of the enimie a sufficient company of shotte that galled their horses held theÌ„ at a stay til we had recouered the towne againe whiche done we shutte vp the posterne and lefte men to guarde it and so came to our power that hadde in this season furnished themselues wyth weapon pouder shotte armour and all things necessarie for a battel At our coÌ„ming in the prince of Orange came to me gaue me thankes for sauing the liues of so many men that had bin abroade which Monsieur Beauoys was like ynoughe to ouerthrowe bycause he had a great band of horsemen in his campe The Regentes power in the market place hearing that oure men woulde fight and hadde prepared thinges for that purpose and séeyng oure companye encrease continuallye stoode in a doubt and durste not issue oute of the market place whiche was well fortified and guarded rounde aboute with greate chaines and greate péeces rammed full of haile shotte and other mischiefe méete for a murther Now I asked of my companie if they woulde fight and desired such as would be in their houses to depart whereat they flang vp a thousande Cappes and cryed arme arme Battallia Battallia viue le geuxe I hearing this crie and noting their courage as well as I could set them in order and tooke with all possible spéede the high way towards the Market place willing all those that woulde saue their houses from spoyling to ayde vs with Munition and suche things as we wanted And as soone as we came to Câ—…pper strâ—…et we sent foure thousand shotte to enter on a warning giuen on the backes of our enimies which they were readie to do when we ioyned in battell The day was faire and the people left in their houses reioyced so at our comming by them and made such a shoute and crye that we had good hope of victorie and to atteyne the same we marched a great pace crâ—…ing all the way Viue le geuxe in so muche that the very noyse of thys crye came to the hearing of the enimie and neyther Drumme nor Trumpet could be heard of any side the crye that wée made was so greate the like of whiche noyse since I was borne I neuer hearde And as we approched almost to the mouth of the Cannon and view of the enimie the Prince of Orange and all the Nobilitie to saue bloud and the liues of thousands came betwéene both the armies and desired vs to retire declaring the enimie was stronger by meane of their good Souldioures and artillerie than we and as he sayde it was impossible for vs to enter vpon them At which words our people fell in so greate a rage that they cryed kill the Prince and surely had not some saued him I name them not he had bin slayne But both the Prince and a number of the noble men being frighted with the furious follie of the people retired so hastilie forwarde that their Horses fell downe and the Prince beyng conuayde safelie into another Stréete we tooke the aduantage of time And making a shew as though we had ouerthrowne these noble men we marched immediately vpon the enimie crying sâ—…ill Viuâ—… le geuxe and they beholding oure boldnesse and perceiuing the shoâ—…te that should haue entred on the backe side of them withoute gyuing fire to anye péece cryed in lyke sorte Viue le geuxe and yéelded themselues withoute any stroke stricken vnto vs in most humblest sorte and manner simply and playnely A thyng to be wondered at and coulde not be broughte to passe but onely by Gods ordinance Nowe hauing this peaceable victorie we soughte all possible meanes to reste in suretie and come by that wée desired whiche was as the people confessed the libertie of the Gospell And for oure most aduantage we tooke wyth vs diuers of the enimies chiefetaynes and foure and twentie Cannons and greate péeces whiche they hadde all readie charged and marching from the enimie we came to the Mear Brâ—…eg and there encamped chayning and choking the corners of euerie stréete with Cartes bigge timber Barrels and other necessaries to holde out the enimie and to debate the matter at the push of the Pyke if néede required And finishing these fortifications we thrust euerie windowe full of shotte that might serue for the â—…lancking of the stréetes and commande the rest of y houses in the compasse of our shotte that nothing might be a lette or hindâ—…rance to our desired hope By this time the Prince had the keyes of the Towne and no man coulde eyther enter or go out without the liceÌ„ce of the people encamped in the Mear Broeg for we kept the watch and
ward and had the only rule of all Antwerp without any empeachment or contradiction And aboute midnighte after this victorie diuers of the Souldioures in greate companyes came vnto me and desired to go and spoyle the Catholikes houses I tolde them that it was more méete to watche and be in readinesse for the enimie for the Prince hadde tolde me how they prepared to assaulte oure Campe the same presente nyghte whyche policie kepte oure people in quiet and further I knewe if wée hadde spoyled one house wée shoulde haue ransackt the whole Towne and when I hadde gotten anye treasure I béeyng a straunger shoulde haue had my throte cutte for my goodes But in very earnest I made the Prince priuie to all those thyngs I dyd or intended to doe whyche kepte the best of the company in feare to offende and made the worst reforme themselues before they committed any violente acte or fell into open disorder and follie The seconde daye the enimies beganne newe practises and the Margraue and Burgo maisters went busilie about some mischiefe towards vs and deuised many wayes how they mighte weaken our power and augment their owne strength and had secret communication with many of our camp who were rich men of the Towne to bring to passe the effect of their deuises Aboute dinner time I being with the Prince at the Table the people had broken into the Friers and spoyled their house which was a beginning of a bloudie businesse had it gone forward The Prince hearing thereof sent me to pacifie the hurly burly and I came when sixe Friers were going to hanging and the people were determined to kill all the Papistes in the Towne especially the Priests Monckes and Friers but I persuaded the people to be in quiet and preserued the liues of the Friers and thousands of their betters both honest GentlemeÌ„ and wealthie Burgeses The same nighte the rudest and most disordred of al our company came in a great heate and told me that in one Battes his house an Englishman was a great flocke of Friers and Religions persons and all the treasure that they could gather and bring but by this time had a practise of the Burgo Maisters takeÌ„ such place that I was fayne to kéepe watch all the night with all the armed men chiefe shotte in our Camp and yet cleane againste oure hope dyuers of our people were fledde from vs to a contrarie side Then I was sent to the Prince from our people to demaund what was the meaning of these matters for he had daylie conference with the Borgo Maisters and others about a common quietnesse which our rude and basest sorte of Souldioures vnderstoode not And the Prince to my demaunde aunswered some what sharplie and declared that the Caluiâ—…stes had sworne to kill the Martinistes whyche he would not suffer and by the threatning of himselfe to his owne face the firste daye he smelled some suche smoke as woulde breede a furious flaine of fire Wherefore he willed the people to vse more temperance and shew more fidelitie and seruice to God and his person This message so vered the vayne heads of numbers in our Camp that they determined to the last droppe of their blouds to maynteyne their purpose for their liues and libertie And the grauest and wisest sort who were of great wealth and experience confessed openly that the brute raised for the killing of the Martinistes was a deuice of some diuelishe inuention to set bréethren at variance But in a little while after our company grewe so weake that wée were but fiftéene thousand left of fiue and twentie whych fiftéene thousand were become so resolute that they purposed the nexte morning to giue all their enimies a battell and sâ—…are neither to spare one nor other And in this heate and furie they badde me looke to my promise and kéepe my faith for they doubted not but God would giue them victorie for their quarrell was onely for the aduancemente of Gods glorie and hys word The next day the enimies grew very strong what with Spanyards Easterlings Burgonions Almaynes and Martinistes the stréetes were all couered with their assemblyes And we hearing they were sparckled abroad and without order suddaynely we thought to charge them and so putting our selues in battell began to march the brute whereof so amazed the enimies that they caused the Prince to send and stay vs and that they were glad to talke of peace and would not any way offend vs the Prince sent Whervpon we stayed and I was agayne sent from the people to the Prince to will all our aduersaries immediately to lay downe weapon and goe home to their houses for otherwise there was no hope of peace The Prince willed me to persuade them to goe home first and promised that all the Citie should be in quiet so soone as they were in their houses to the which I replyed and sayd that our people were now able and strong ynough to debate the matter in any maner of sort and being in their houses and the enimie in armour the suretie of our people mighte be doubtfull And I knew I shoulde but offend the people to bring them newes that they must giue place to their enimies when they were maisters of the Towne and the enimie scattered abroade and not like to be in order if we tooke the aduantage that God had put into our hands Wherfore in hast there was no more to be saide but eyther the enimie must defend fight or without delay withdraw themselues home ward and let them vse victorie that gat it The Prince gaue no aunswere to this and our men halled me away that were sente to the Prince with me And when I came to the people there was a new crye Viue le geuxe Battailia Battailia and suche a shoute and noyse was suddaynely raysed as made y enimie afrayde and tremâ—…le and the whole Towne to draw to some accorde and pacification And in greate post hast came a messenger from the enimies that they woulde lay downe weapon and agrée that there shoulde be a frée libertie of Preaching and no person shoulde of this our assemblie be troubled for anye matter or cause coÌ„mitted And to performe this that the enimies offered they promised to sweare on a Bible and so they did at which othe and offer our people reioysed and clapped handes but still they manfullie stoode in order of battell The enimies duly obserued the appoyntmeÌ„t made and went euery man to his lodging accordingly as the order was taken and when we sawe and found all things in quiet we marched along the stréetes with Anciente displayed and as euery man came by his owne house he entred But before we wer all placed in our lodgings it grew very late Thus ended this greate reuolte without bloudshed or hurte to any one person liuing And for our paynes and true performance in things that we promised we reaped trouble and persecution and in a little season after both Prince
we did for most certaine the scarcitie was such of the same that some in the Campe and right good men for the space of twentie or thirtie dayes neuer tasted of bread nor dranke better than water yet what with Apples and frute and other moyst things we found the Camp was satisfyed and men in hope of better sustenance shifted out a sorowful season and nothing gréeued their heartes more than that they couâ—…d not end or ease that miserie with y hazard of battell Nowe when necessitie compelled the Prince to wythdraw his power or desperateâ—…ie to set on the enimies camp in a fixed determination he sought daylie after the Duke of Alua who still auoyded the fight Yet to trayne the enimie néere vs and bring theÌ„ from the wooddes to the plaine that the Horsemen myghte charge them The Prince marched towards Leeg and beséeged that great and goodly City although the Rutters stiffely refused that seruice saying it was imperiall and a Towne they ought not meddle withall But froÌ„ wheÌ„ce that reason was racked or wherof that answere did smel I report me to those that knowes the handling and scanning of such cunning mysteries The Cannons were planted for all this contradiction and the greate péeces did play vpon the Citie two or thrée dayes and the Duke hearing thereof came as it was reported to set on some of the Princes people and forces The Prince hauing examined a prisoner that was taken at that present vnderstanding where and which way the Duke might be found sent for his chiefe Captaines commaunded anone after midnight to dislodge quietly without souÌ„d of Drumme or TruÌ„pet march as they might towards the Duke albeit the night was darke and the weather inconstant which was a great trouble to the Camp yet the Prince was resolued to trie out by aduersitie whether the Duke or he had the more hard destiny and aduerse fortune Nowe the Souldioures beganne to reioyce and although the way was combersome and the nighte darke and vncomfortable yet euery man bore a portion of the trauell in hope to come quickly to an end of the trouble And by my troth the maner of our march was so difficult and strange and y Camp went so scattered abroade at all aduentures that we were like ynough before day to be some of vs tâ—…nne mile asunder or to happen in the hands of the Duke of Aluaes watch vnawares and so we did for some taking the Rutters that the Duke had to be our men and mistaking the way they should haue kept fell in the middle of y Duke of Aluaes centinell but they were but a few that so foolishâ—…y wandred Yet by this blind occasion the Duke gat lightof the Princes purpose and thereon entrenched himselfe and his Camp in a strong ground to his greate suretie and aduantage And at the breake of day our Camp begaÌ„ chéerefully to sounde a marche full in the hearing of the Dukes power I doubt if I made mention of the mirth that oure people had some fyne fellowes woulde scarcely beléeue it wherefore I procéede to my matter The Campes thus being néere togither were both in order of battell the Dukes entrenched and the Princes in open playne and the Princes power presented the battell in a braue and goodly order but it was refused Notwithstanding y enimie issued out of their trench by multitudes and offered y skyrmish but that was thought but a meane to gall hurt our best Souldioures as in déede a skirmishâ—… in some cases is no better wherfore the Prince marched about more néedefull affaires and yet helde the enimie play ynough with a sufficiente company for that purpose they came out for In a little while after knowing y the Duke would not fight though he were able and durst if he pleased the Prince meante to depart from Flaunders and comming by trifling Townes yet some of them well walled he did what he thought conuenient to those Townes and at length came before Chaiteu Caembersey which would not yéelde and so the Prince beséeged it but the batterie was so farre off that it did no greate hurt And the Duke minding to shew some rescue to the Towne came in the sighte of our Camp and lodged betwéene two great wooddes Yet nothing worthy noting was attempted And the Prince séeing time was consumed without anye profit or lykelyhode of battell he marched unto France entring betwéene Gwyse and Saint Quintains two speciall Townes of the French Kyngs and comming nowe into a goodly Countrey full of holesome Wyues and healthfull thyngs that oure siâ—…ke and sore weatherbeaten Campe néeded and were gladde of wée rested awhile and fylled our emptie bellies wyth benefyte of the earthe and blessings of God and so in small processe of time returned into Straesbrâ—…eg and other partes of Germanie where after this long voyage and hard fare many dyed of suche diseases as followes the miserable estate of man and cuttes off the dayes and lyues of Millions The Prince went in a while after to hys house at Dillenbrough and euery other person to suche places and Countreys as best they liked and mighte most contente theyr mindes and calling and the Duke drewe hymselfe towardes Antwerpe and both their great armyes were dispersed and seuered asunder in a shorte season But Flaunders béeyng ordeyned to troubles coulde no season rest withoute some persecution and practiseâ—…s to vexe and disquiet the state so that thousandes were alwayes busilie occupyed not only to molest the Spanyards but also to gette and winne suche plottes and péeces of the Countrey of Flaunders Zelande and Hollande as myght bée an occasion to bring the Priuiledges of all the Countrey in question and debate their causes at large And hauyng hadde some talke one with another of these matters that were againste the Dukes gouernemente the Count De Lume otherwise named Count De la March a lustye Gentleman came with a sufficiente power and tooke the Breell an Iland that fronts vpon Flushing The Prince and his brother was or had bin before with the Duke de Dupont and the Prince of Condey in greate seruices for the whiche they wanne worthy fame for theyr adueÌ„ture with the said Prince of Condey And the Prince of Orange woulde take no charge but as it séemed came to sée how the affayres of the world would burst out or finish Yet in the ende the Prince of Orange and his brother came home and the Count Lodwike to exercise his greate heart in great things went against y Duke of Alua was receiued into Mounts in Henalt a stroÌ„g towne The Duke not asléepe but had so waking a wit y he would rise earely to bid his enimies good morow came beséeged Mounts in Henals Sir WilliaÌ„ MorgaÌ„ being then with CouÌ„t Lodwike with much businesse and great adoe vpon hard conditions agréed that the Count Lodwike and all his noble Souldiers shoulde departe with bagge and baggage whersoeuer they pleased The Duke most honorably saw