was also inuited both by the King and the Queene his Ante of whom he was honourably receiued with great shewes of loue At his returne from this voyage into Holland this poore Prince I know not by what vnknowne accident was distempered of his sences and vnderstanding so as being very big and strong of all his members he slue Gerard of Wateringhen a Knight with one blow with his fist so as they were forced to shut him vp and to set good garde vpon him where he was keâ—…t for the space of nineteene yeares vntill he dyed Hauing before his distemperature gouerned his countries of Holland Zeeland and Friseland seauen yeares and Henault two Foure yeares after him dyed also the Lady Mathilda his wife who lyes interred in the Abbay of Rhynsbourg by Leyden ALBERT OF BAVARIA 26. EARLE of Holland and Zeeland Lord of Friseland and Palatin of Henault Adelbertus Bauariae I had two wiues both which one name did beare The one a Polonois the other was Marguerite of Cleues the Frisons stood in feare Of my strong hand that did their strength surpasse And oft subdu'd their proud rebellions Delfe taken by me I demantled it At t'Hage iâ—… Holland I appointed Chanons Good men I choosd and for their places sit Hage Castle in the Chappell now containes My body freed from all his eâ—…thly paines DVke William of Bauaria Earle of Holland Zeeland and Henault Lord of Friseland being as we haue said distracted of his sences put into safe keeping the faction of the Hoecks Cabillaux reuiued for the Cabillautins would haue the lady Mathilda wife to the said Cont William to be gouernesse of the said Countries but for that the said lady had no children the Hoeketins did choose Albert of Bauaria Palatin of Rhine siegneor of Nubingen brother to the said Cont William The Nobles of the Contie of Henault consented for their parts to this election and sent a notable Ambassage vnto him into Bauaria beseeching him that hee would take vpon him in his brothers place who was distempered in his braine the gouernment of the said countries Albert vnderstanding the iust request of the Estates by their Ambassador went well accompanied with many Barons Knights and Gentlemen going downe by the riuer of Rhine into Holland where he was honorably receiued of both parties as well Cabellaux as Hoekes and acknowledged as Tutor to the Earle his brother and gouernor of his countries and siegneories Then it was agreed that he should pay yeerely vnto the Countesse Mathilda his sister in lawe the summe of twelue thousand French crownes and no more by meanes of which accord both parties were content and continued good friends but not long This Prince Albert of Bauaria had receiued the order of Knight-hood before making warre in the country of Granado against the Moores and Sarazens At the first hee was married vnto Marguerit daughter to the Duke of Briga in Polonia by whom hee had three sonnes and foure daughters the eldest was called William Earle of Osteruant who was borne in the yeare 1365. the second named Albert siegnior of Nubingen who dyed yong the third was Iohn chosen bishop of Liege borne in the yeare 1374. The eldest daughter Katherine was first married to Edward Duke of Gelders and Earle of Zutphen after whose decease being yet a virgin she married with Duke William of Iuilliers and of Geldres but she had not any children The other daughter named Ioane had to husband Venceslaus King of Romaines and of Bohemia sonne to the Emperor Charles the 4. who also had not any children Marguerite the 3. daughter married with Iohn Duke of Bourgongne Earle of Flanders and Arthois sonne to Duke Phillip the hardie by whom shee had Phillip Duke of Bourgongne called the good and afterwards Duke of Brabant Lembourg and Luxembourg Earle of Flanders Arthois Henault Bourgongne Holland Zeeland and Namur Lord of Friseland and foure daughters the first Iolente Countesse of Poitiers the second Anne Countesse of Bedford the third Agnes Duchesse of Bourbon and the fourth Ioane wife to Duke Albert of Austria by whom shee had one sonne called Albert who married the daughter of Sigismond King of Hongarie who afterwards was Emperor of the Romaines after whose decease this Duke Albert did inherit all these realmes in the right of his wife and was afterwards chosen Emperor but he raigned not long for hee died in the flower of his age his wife was brought in bed soone after his death of a sonne named Lancelot who dyed at two and twenty yeares of age leauing no children This Albert had one cousin germaine sonne to his fathers brother named Frederick who afterwards was also Emperor the third of that name and had to wife the daughter of the King of Portugall by whom hee had Maximilian Archduke of Austria who was also Emperor the first of that name who had to wife Mary the daughter and sole heire of Charles the Warlick Duke of Bourgongne who was slaine before Nancie by whom he had one sonne named Philip and a daughter named Marguerite Philip married with Ioane daughter to Ferdinand King of Arragon and to Elizabeth Queene of Castille Marguerite was married to Iohn Prince of Castille and of Arragon who dyed yong and after married againe to the Duke of Sauoy Philip had by the said Lady Ioane his wife two sonnes Charles the â—…ift and Ferdinand both Emperors and foure daughters Elenor Ioane Mary and Elizabeth The Emperor Charles the sift had one onely sonne Philip king of Spaine Lord of the Low-countries father to King Phillip the third now raigning Behold in briefe the genealogie of the Kings of Spaine and of foure or fiue Emperors issued from the houses of Holland Bourgongne and Austria As for the second wife of Duke Albert of Bauaria Earle of Holland of whom wee now intreate wee will speake of her hereafter The said Cont Albert displaced Iohn of Blauwestein from the Baylewike of Kermerlandt inuesting Renald the eldest sonne to the Lord of Brederode in his place the which those of the faction of the Cabillautins tooke in very ill part and laide ambushes neere vnto the village of Castrichom to kill him when hee should passe that way One day this yong Nobleman doubting no harme riding towards Castrichom he incountred them that lay in ambush for him but hauing discouered them a good way of he saued himselfe by flight they pursued him and slew three of his seruants Those of the village of Castrichom seeing it went to armes to defend their new Bayliffe so as they were forced to retire Some of them saued themselues in the Castell of Walter of Hemskerke the rest fled to Delf where they were receiued for that the said towne was of the Cabillautins faction Cont Albert hearing of these newes did presently leuie some troupes and marched towards Kermerlandt where he besieged the Castell of Hemskerke for that Walter who was Lord thereof had receiued
Franicker Duke Albert his father came posting out of Germanie to the Earle of Emden with a new armie to vngage his sonne and from thence hee went into Friseland where he made such a pittifull spoile as all both noble and base rich and poore Priestes Monkes Nunnes and Nou◅ces fled out of the Countrie none remaining but the poore pesants of the seuen Forrests who would see what the end might bee of all there miseries Duke Henry would gladly they had ruined all Friseland not being satisfied with the reuenge his father had taken But the father with a better consideration being of a deeper iudgement then his sonne would not consent vnto it But writ his letters freely vnto all the Villages That the Pesants should returne freely euery man to his house and that for a certaine summe of money which they should contribute euery one according to his habilitie he would receiue them againe into fauour Wherevppon they returned redeeming themselues of the Duke some Village at a 100. 200. 300. 400. 500. florins according to their wealth Then commandement was giuen to bring all their Armes into the Cittadell of Lewarden and aboue all for a reparation they should come bare-headed and bare-footed without girdles to sue for pardon vppon their knees and to promise all future obedience to him and his heires This was in regard of the countrey-men and pesants as for the Nobilitie gentrie and Church-men they were forced to purchase letters of grace and pardon at a deere rate Behold what miseries their factions caused hauing nourished them so long among them with so great obstinacie and rancour as some would rather haue lost their countrie libertie freedomes and Priuiledges goods ◅insfolkes and friends then to giue eare to any reconciliation calling in a strange Prince rough and austere with two sonnes of the same humour burning themselues to scald another For without doubt if they had liued vnited vnder one Potestate as they had been wont in old time and as the Emperours Commissioner Otto van Langen had well aduised them and that if they had chosen him the Emperor would neuer haue beene moued to remedie their ciuill wars by a soueraigne authoritie And there would not haue been any Prince so presumptuous that would haue dared to trouble their quiet much lesse to haue arrogated any right of superioritie or command ouer them But this strange Prince being called in by themselues hauing one partie which was the moitie of the countrie at his deuotion and many of the other partie shaken it was easie for him to humble them as Duke Albert of Saxony did remaining by that meanes Lord of Friseland The Duke fore-seeing that if hee did not in like sort subiect the towne of Groningen and the countrie there abouts he should neuer inioy Friseland quietly hee went the last of Iuly 1500. to besiege it he planted his Campe in Auwert Seewert and of the side of the Port of Bottoringhe hee battered it furiously as well the walles and Ramparts with his Cannon as the houses in ruine with his great morters The in habitants had a good garrison of souldiers who made many braue sallies vpon his campe One day as he himselfe was taking a marke with a Cannon a shot of artillerie came from the towne who although he were not toucht with the bollet yet was hee sore woūded with the splinters of the carriage the gabions was carried to his lodging In the meane season by reason of his wounds at the intercession of the Bishop of Vtrecht whome they of Groningen had intreated and of the Earle of Emden after that he had besieged it six weekes the plague also beeing very whot in his campe and hauing yet preuailed little he made a suspension of armes and raised his campe and then caused him selfe to be transported to Emden where he died the twelfth of September hauing before his retreat from Groningen left Cont Hughe van Lynsenack to bee his Lieutenant ouer all Friseland during his absence and his Sonnes giuing charge to Willebrord of Schoonenburch to enter into Friseland with 2500 men and to punnish the rebels which remained reducing them vnder his obedience who marched with his troupes vnto the seauen Forests and to Schellingwerff who neuer vnto that time wold acknowledge duke Albert for their Lord he camped in Oldebercoop sending for them of Schellingwerf to come vnto him who being loath to be ruined by their owne obstinacie sent their deputies to reconcile them vnto the duke and to acknowledge him for their Lord wherevpon they were receiued in paying three florins of gold vpon euery house for a reparation Duke Henry of Saxony sent his Fathers bodie into his country of Misnia and he himselfe went to Brusselles to his couzin the Archduke Philip neuer returning more into Friseland for that as they sayd being besieged in Franicker hee had vowed vnto God that if hee might get safely out he would neuer returne So afterwards he resigned all his right to duke George his yonger brother GEORGE DVKE OF SAXONY GOuernor of the Netherlands for the Archduke Phillip of Austria Prince and Lord of the said Countrie GEORGIVS DVX SAXONI◅ GVBER BELGII The Groningers and Frisons that to me He left the place and swaye but their bold ◅ight Driuing to danger and dispence I f◅e ◅o Emperor Charles surr◅ndred all my Right GEORGE duke of Saxony sonne to duke Albert hauing by the death of his Father and the resignation of duke Henry his elder brother obtained the gouernment of the country of Friseland Groningen by the title of donation which the Emperor had made vnto duke Albert had also since after the decease of the Archduke Philip of Austria King of Castille by his wife the gouernment of the Netherlands for a time in the absence of the Emperor Maximilian busied in the warres of Italie He was great grand-father to Prince Mary of Nassau by the mothers side About that time the banished men of Friseland which could obtaine no pardon from the dukes of Saxony father and sonne hearing that about Harderwyke in Geldres there were certaine troupes of soldiars that were not entertained by any some gentlemen Frisons that were fled out of their country went vnto them to drawe them vnto their seruice the which for money and faire promises marched with them towards Friseland But as they opprest the poore countrymen to much where they past they began to rise vpon them so as this troupe vanished and came to nothing Afterwards all these banished men with one common consent sent their deputies to Antwerp to the Archduke Philip and to duke Henry of Saxony for the Nobles there went Edo Iongama Edo Gerbranda Douwe Galama Tyark Walta Iuw Roorda Ian Roorda Rienick Campstra Ritsk Iuckama Sasker Heringa Wattie Harinxma Douwe Hiddama and Agge Lankama of Mackom for the clergy Hermā Pastor of Foswaert Albert Pastor of Styens Gello Pastor of Vollega some others of their Clergy These deputies
being in the presence of the Archduke Philip and of duke Henry deploring the miserable estate of their coūtry made a long speech of the causes motiues of the alteration which had happened wherof insued the siege of Franicker which had not bin but through the excessiue and insupportable exactions and taxes which were daily laied vpon them without intermission wherewith the country was not onelie exhausted of money but made poore miserable and desolate and all through the horse-leeches of gouernors and officers which the duke had placed there the which thrust them into such dispaire as the miseries and calamities which followed tooke their spring and beginning from thence They therefore beseeched him that it would please duke Henry of Saxony in regard of a certaine summe of money although by reason of the extorsions past it would bee heauy and burthensome such as should bee agreed vpon from that time forward to relinquish and giue ouer the siegnorie of the country of Friseland the which had been alwaies wont to remaine free or else to resigne it to the Archduke Philip his couzin their neerest neighbour either by sale transport or otherwise to whome they would promise and sweare all fealty gouerning them according to their ancient preuiledges and preseruing them from all wrongs and oppressions of all other fortaine Princes or enemies that would inuade them as duke Albert had promised and sworne vnto them at his reception the which his Lieutenants and officers had broken in sundry sorts whereof all their miseries haue growne Answere was made to this petition that they would send some of them of qualitie and Iudgement two of the quarter of Oster-gooe two of Wester-gooe and two of the seauen Forests the which should goe into the sayd quarters to vnderstand from the Inhabitants whome they would more willingly obey the Archduke Philip or the Duke of Saxony and by what meanes for the greater good of the country the might be treated of and accorded According to the which there were on the Suppliants behalfe deputed Edo Iongama and Syurd Wybes for the quarter of Oster-gooe Aggo Lanckam◅ and Baldwin Lattiens for Wester-gooe Syres Hyl◅ko and Vlbe Igles for the Seauen Forests These sixe being arriued at Cuinder sent vnto Cont Hughe of Linsenach the duke of Saxonies lieutenant to craue a Pasport at his handes the which hee sent them but in such obscure and doubtfull tearmes as they durst not trust vnto it For in truth this resignation of the siegneury of Friseland vnto the Archduke Philip which was then in question did nothing please the said Lieutenant the councell nor the Nobles of Friseland that were partisans to the Saxons wherevpon they sent them this defectiue pasport meaning to intrappe them For contrariwise insteed of giuing eare to this resignation they forced all the countrie of Frieseland from Staueren vnto the riuer of Lauwers to sweare vnto the dukes Henry and George of Saxony Brethren sonnes to the deceased duke Albert exacting vpon all the townes and villages of the country a yeares contribution of aduance except the Clergy whome they did free for that time Moreouer they raised certaine newe Impostes vpon the Wine Beere and Cloth Whereof they made an estate the which they sent vnto these two dukes Brethren that seeing the great reuenues and the profit which did ariue yearely vnto them from those countries they should bee the lesse inclined to resigne them But it was not the profit of these Princes that did so much rule them as their o◅ne priuate interest without any respect to the publike good We haue sayd before that Ferdinand Prince or Infant of Castille the onelio sonne of the King Don Fernand of Arragon and of Queene Isabella had married the Ladie Marguerite of Austria and sister to the Archduke Philip which Prince died within a yeare after his marriage leauing his wife with child who was deliuered of a sonne the which liued not long after so as there was none neerer to succeed in the realmes of Castille Arragon Naples Sicile and others then the Lady Isabella eldest daughter to the King Don Fernando who was married to Don Emanuel King of Portugal and then the Lady Iane wife to the Archduke Philip the Lady Isabella Queene of Portugal died leauing one only son named Michel who liued not long Al which being dead that is to say the Prince Don Ferdinand and his son that was borne after his death the Queene of Portugal Prince Michel her son there remained only to succeed in the said Realmes the Lady Iane Archduchesse of Austria duchesse of Bourgongne mother to Charles Ferdinand Emperors in their times Wherfore the Archduke and his wife were aduised and councelled by the Bishop of Besanson to go into Spaine before that the King Don Ferdinando of Arragon and Queene Isabella of Castille father and mother to the sayd Ladie Iane Archduchesse should die to prepare themselues to the sucession of the sayd Realmes and to take their way through France And the rather for that Lewis the twelfth the French King the duke of Bourbon Vncle to the Archduke had a great desire to see him Comming into France with a stately traine of Princes and Noblemen as well Germains as Netherlanders they were honorably receiued in all townes by the Kings commandement with power to pardon prisoners for crimes The King and Queene attended them at Blois being accompanied by the Princes of the bloud dukes Earles Barons Cardinalls Archbishops and Bishops where they staied six daies then hauing taken their leaues they went on in their vo◅age vntill they arriued in Spaine where they were welcome to the King and Queene who were ioyfull to see their daughter and then their onely heire The Archduke hauing staied sometime in Spaine tooke his leaue of the King and Queene to goe vnto the Emperor his father in Germany and there take possession of his estates and siegneuries for which cause the Emperor had sent for him He returned as he went by France leauing his wife in Spaine where there fell out a quarrell in Court betwixt the French and the Spaniards in the which the duke of Nemours was slaine whereof the Archduke purged himselfe vnto the King yet hee was so terrified as hee fell into so violent a feuer as for a time they doubted of his health yet through the care of the King and the duke of Bourbon with the helpe of good Phisitions he was soone recouered and so departed taking his way towards Germanie where the Princes attended him vpon the Rhine who receiued him very honorably All this time the warre continued betwixt the duke of Saxony by the conduct of Cont Hugh of Lynsenach and the Groningeois by many prises and reprises of either side as of dam of Delfziel and other places The exiled Frisons were reconciled to the duke of Saxony who chose rather to receiue them into grace then to enter into contention with the Archduke his couzin In the
vppon condition that hee should leaue them in the same estate and vnder the same Priuiledges that he should find them at his entrie The which the Earle promised so as he might build a Cittadell there as great as hee pleased The deputies of the Groningeois returned to the Towne hauing made their report of that which they had treated and concluded with the Earle of East-Friseland The Magistrate and Counsell did presently remit the Impositions and Customes which they had taken before that they might liue vnder the Earle in the like libertie According to this Accord the first of May the Earle entred into Groninghen with 2000. men leauing a sufficient garrison in Dam approching neere the high Bridge they went to meet him the Priests and Moncks going in procession with their Crosses and Banners receiuing him with great tryumph and state and hauing brought him to the State-house they tooke the oth and did him homage acknowledging him for their Lord Deliuerer and Protector A strange alteration and sodaine change the Groningeois neuer had a greater enemie then this Earle yet suddenly they except of him for their Protector and defender he whom a little before they so much blamed cursed and detested as the man whom they held to be the onely cause of all their miseries they now receiue him for their Prince yea the little children reioyced that they were not fallen into the Saxons hands nor maister Vytts singing in the streets Heer vyt is Groningen quyt Maister Vytt hath lost Groningen Behold the fruits of this Collonels cruelty But it is no new thing in the Germaines no more then in the Spaniards to vse the like barbarous inhumanitie if they doe but thinke that they haue vanquished their enemies Soone after that the Earle was entred into the towne he built a Cittadell on the South-side at Heere-Port well slanked with great Bulwarks deepe ditches and goodly gates both within and without the Towne These newes of the yeelding vp of Groningen into the Earle of West-Freezlands hand beeing come into Misnia to duke Georges eares he went vnto the Earle to know in whose name he had receiued the Towne of Groningen into his protection wherevnto he presently answered That what hee had done was in the name of the Empire by reason of the controuersie that was betwixt the Duke of Saxony and the high Diocesse of Vtrecht which is the countrey of Oueryssel for the iurisdiction of Groningen which being decided he would yeeld it to whom it should appertaine And although the Dukes deputies knew the contrarie yet they tooke these excuses for payment fearing to incense him more and that he should draw in the other troupes the which being ioyned vnto his and with the helpe of the Frisons hee might easily chase the Saxons out of all Friseland and quite disposses the duke The which had beene easie for him to doe if he had then attempted it Afterwards the Duke sent his Marshall into Friseland with a great summe of money to the Germaines Campe lying yet about Groningen to pay them and to thanke them The Collonells Captaines and Gentle-men before their departure hauing serued long there would gladly haue seene the Towne but the Earle would not suffer them This Marshall and the Dukes counsell to keep the Earle still in breath and at the dukes deuotion gaue him the title of Leiutenant and Generall in the dukes name of the Towne and Countie of Groningen with an honourable yeerely entertainment taken out of the dukes cofers with a promise that when hee should be discharged thereof to pay him 30000. florins of gold at one intire payment with many other things which they granted vnto him The Earle accepted of all by prouision and made his profit thereof knowing very well whereto they tended the which notwithstanding he dissembled seeming alwayes to bee at his seruice and in this sort the state of Groningen was maintained vnto the yeare 1512. being doubtfull whither the Earle held it for himselfe or for the duke of Saxony vntill that some gentlemen Frisons who he disauowed were for his sake beheaded in the Towne of Leeuwarden Yet notwithstanding the Frisons and Groningeois liued in peace vnto the yeere 1514. In the meane time the six Regents Saxons during the hard frosts of winter did still put garrisons into their Townes fearing the Earles surprises houlding still the two Forts which they had in the countrey of Groningen that is Winsom and Werdenbrasse the which they had continually well manned with good soldiars at the duke of Saxonies deuotion The duke had a conceit that during his absence the sixe Regents which he had appointed to gouerne Frisland had but negligētly executed their charge or otherwise through enuie and ielousie one of another had neglected their duties that the gouernment of one alone with the counsell was more lawfull more befitting and of greater authoritie where-vpon the Marshall of Saxonie assembled the States of Friseland in the Towne of Leuwarden the 6. of Iuly where the said 6. Regents were discharged and in their place was instituted Count Henry of Stalburch a wise and discreet noble man and one that feared God to be the Dukes Lieutenant generall throughout all Freezland Which being done the Marshall and the Earle went to Dam whither they sent for the Commonalties of the countrey of Groninghen in the Dukes name to take the othe of fealtie as his Vassals but not any one appeared desiring rather to acknowledge the Earle of East-Friseland who the same yeare caused money to be coyned in the towne of Groningen with this Inscription Edsardus Comes Senator Groningensis In the yeares 1506. 1507. and 1508. there was no memorable thing done in Friseland that doth merit the writing After that the towne of Arnhem and other places of the Dutchie of Gelders and countie of Zutphen were thus reduced as we haue said vnder the obedience of the Archduke King of Castile hee stayed some-time without the said towne of Arnhem in the castle of Roossendael Thither came the bishop of Vtrecht the vicont of Montfort and many other Noble-men who laboured so vnto the King to reconcile the duke of Gelders as in the end he was sent for to come vnto him being accompanied with some Noble-men Comming before the King hee kneeled downe but the King tooke him vp presently with great courtesie and so they went together into the castle where as they remained some time And as the King and many of his Princes and Noble-men were very desirous to goe into Spaine it was concluded betwixt the King and the duke That either of them should hold what they had in the Dutchie and countie of Zutphen and that the Duke should accompanie the King in this voyage but afterwards the duke excused himselfe with a good and auailable reasons The King hauing recouered money made his preparations with his wife to goe by sea whereof William of Croy Lord of Cheurees had the charge and before
their departure was made Gouernour of all the Neitherlands in the Kings absence and recommended his sonnes Charles and Ferdinand to the Ladie Marguerite his sister Douwager of Sauoy The French King hearing that they tooke their way by Sea and would not passe through France he sent Philip of Cleues Earle of Neuers and the bishop of Paris vnto them in Ambassage requiring first That the marriage which had beene concluded betwixt Prince Charles their sonne and the Lady Claude of France the Kings daughter should bee diasnulled and made voyde for that the Princes of the blood and the Parliament did not thinke it conuenient And for the second point That the King of Castile should not attempt any thing vpon the Soueraigne iurisdiction of Flanders in ciuill causes and in Arthois touching Appellations both in Ciuill and Cryminall causes The which was wholy granted These Ambassadours dispatcht away King Philip and Queene Iane of Castile his wife accompanied with a goodly traine of Princes Noble-men Princesses and great Ladyes parted in the ende of the yeare 1505. from Antwerp and came into Zee-land where waying anchor at Arnmuyden the day after tweft day 1506 they went to Sea with a rich and mightie Fleet of shippes but they had not beene long at Sea before that there did rise a great tempest of winde snowe and such mists as being long before they knew what course they went they were hourely in great danger to perrish in the Sea Euery man wondered that in the depth of winter they would commit themselues to the danger and perrill of the Sea GOD letting them for to vnderstand that the greatest Kings and Princes are subiect vnto these dangers as well as the poorest Marryners but he preserued them and they put to land at Weymouth in the West part of England all the rest of the fleet was so dispersed as they knew not what was become of them whereof some shippes were cast away Henrie the seauenth King of England hearing of their being in the Harbour sent some of his Princes to receiue them in his name and to intreat them to come on land and refresh themselues whether he himselfe went and entertained them very louingly shewing them all the delights hee could and giuing them many goodly presents to make them forget their troubles past at sea At one time King Henry intreated King Philip that he would deliuer him the Earle of Suffolk who as we haue sayd was taken with the bastard of Geldres in the Castell of Hattem King Philip after great importunity vpon promise that King Henry should not touch his life consented that the Earle of Suffolke should be brought into England the which did much discontent many good men He was kept in the Castell of Namur from whence hee was brought and deliuered to the King of England who caused him to be lodged in the Tower of London Afâ—…er that King Philip and the Queene his wife had stayed for a faire season from their landing which was in Ianuary vnto the 24. of March they put to sea and hauing a prosperous winde they arriued soone after at the Groyne from whence they went to visit the râ—…licks of Saint Iames in Compostella going from thence towards Castille where they were royally receiued by all the Princes and Noblemen of Spaine The King of Castille had no sooner left the Netherlands but the Geldrois went to horsbacke against the treaty made at Roosendael falling vpon those townes and places which by the sayd treaty remained to the King of Castille among the rest vpon Groll and Waganengen the which they tooke running from them into Holland and Brabant The lord of Cheures hauing leauied an army went and besieged the sayd towne of Wagenengen but it was furnished with such good men which made continuall sallies vpon his campe as in the end seeing that he preuailed nothing he retired his army In August the same yeare 1506. there appered a Comete which did rise at the North-east and did set in the North-west drawing the taile which was great and large in forme of a rod towards the West the which was seene eighteene daies togither In the same moneth there was a poore woman in Holland betwixt the villages of Beuerwic and Vyc vpon the sea great with child and readie to bee deliuered Fifteene daies before her lying downe the fruite that was in her won be â—…as heard almost continually to cry and lament The which many worthy men for a greater approbation of the truth went daylie to heare it and since haue certified it Whereof some learned men in Philosophy and the Mathematiks haue diuersly written inferring that the crying of this child with the Comete did pronosticate the death of the â—…ing of Castille Pâ—…ince of the Netherlands and the great miseries which haue since happened in Holland and other of the sayd Prouinces The King and Queene of Castille beeing arriued in Spaine went from one Realme vnto an other and from oâ—…e cittie vnto an other to take possession according to the Preuiledges and customes of places Although that the King Don Fernando of Arragon father to the Qâ—…eene offred to King Philip 500000. ducates a yeare to remaine in the lowe countries and not to come into Spaine yet hee and his wife would goe and themselues in person end the controuersie that was by reason of the succession of the deceased Queene Isabella betwixt them and the King Don Ferdinando their father The which they did and Philip in the right of his wife was acknowledged King of Castille Leon Grenado c. But he enioyed it not long for the 27 of September in the same yeare 1506. he died sodenly in the citty of Bourgos not without suspition of poison being but 28. yeares old He desired before his death that his heart might be carried and buried at Ierusalem ioyning to that of the dâ—…ke of Bourgongnes his great grandfather the which was done His bowells were carried to Bruges in Flanders and his body was interred in a Couent of Chartreux Monks called Amesâ—…ur vpon a mountaine without the citty of Bourgos The Lady Iane his widoe was with child of a daughter whereof she was afterwards deliuered The newes of the death of this Prince caused great mourning and heauines throughout all the Netherlands fearing other troubles and reuolts by reason of the warre betwixt the duke of Geldres and them Those which at that time pretended to knowe the affaires of State sayd that the marriage which the Archduke Philip made with the Lady Iane of Castille was vnhappie for the Netherlands not for the miseries which the Spaniards haue of late yeares brought in and which the countries haue suffred for they could not fore-see these things so long before but for the great charges wherwith they were burthened to enter into those realmes of Spaine with a rich and stately pompe the which he did by the councell of his wife to impouerish the said countries
black troope fell vpon the Geldrois reer but not without losse of either side This done the Frisons returned home and the Duke to his campe before Groningen The Duke of Saxony growing bare of money had not so many voluntary soldiers as he was accustomed for money only workes with the Germaineâ—… and there was no meanes to get any Frisons for they were too much wasted and consumed neither would they contribute any thing wherevpon he was forced to borrow much mony of Abbeys yea of priuate persons whom he knew to haue mony He also made a demand to the States who required a day to aduise and in the meanetime the Geldrois returned with great forces into Frisland and made themselues maisters of the seauen Forests Gheester-land Staueren Sloten 〈◊〉 Bolsweaâ—…t Winbridseradeel and Oonseradel So as the dukes demand was made frustrate and afterwards the Frisons paide him no impositions whatsoeuer beginning to leane to the Geldâ—…ois party who promised them liberty and freedoms which woâ—…ds the Frisons do willingly giue eare vnto Notwithstanding the Saxons did still hold Dâ—…m Leeuwarden Dockom Franicker Harlingen wherby they did for a long time torment the Frisons Without doubt Frisland was at that time wonderfully tormented with the Geldrois on the one side and the black troope on the other by the taking of townes burning of villages and mills ruining of castels murthers thefts and robberies of either side If the soldiers entred into any to vne either by surprise or otherwise they would not depart before they were paid which all lay vpon the inhabitants and when they were paide in one place they went vnto another to doe the like The Sea was not free from theeues and robbers which hindred the trade and comerce of marchandise and nauigation so as nothing could come into the contry which caused a great derth If there were any prouision of vittells in townes they kept that for themselues not suffring any to goe forth so as the poore of the villages died for honger for if they had a bit to eate the soldiers pulled it from them In the yeare 1515. Prince Charles of Austria hauing taken possession of his contries of Brabant Flanders Arthois Henault Namur Lembourg Luxembourg c. falne vnto him by the death of King Phillip his father he arriued at Midelbourg in Zeeland from thence went to Ziricxee in which 2. townes he tooke possession of the country of Zeeland where he was honorably entertained by the noblemen of the contry from thence he went into Holland where hee did likewise inherit the same County and west Friseland The 16. of Ianuary in the yeare 1515. died Don Fernando king of Arragon who was in the right of Isabella his wise King of Castille Leon Granado c. in whome fayled the race of the Kings of Arragon desended from the Berengers Earles of Barcellona which race raigned in Spaine 470. yeares in Sicile 230. He had for his heyre Prince Charles of Austria sonne to the Lady Iane of Arragon and Castill his daughter and only heire Duke George of Saxony seeing that it was impossible for him to maintaine himselfe any longer in Freeseland where he had wasted so much of his owne and of other mens and that the end was worse theÌ„ the beginning hauing this word ordinary in his mouth that he called the contry of Friseland in steed of Fryeslandt Freslandt that is to say a deuouring contry for that it had deuoured most of his meanes but he did not confesse that he was neuer satified and that they had no sooner granted him one Imposition or subsidy but he exacted an other and that the bad gouernment of his officers gaue them still occasions to reuolt the which doth fall out ordinarily where as strangers command He resolued to resigne ouer the interest which he had to some mightier Prince who by his forces should haue means to reduce them to his obedience for he did well foresee that the duke of Gelders in like sort would not long hold it He therfore resolued to resigne the said contry vnto Charles of Austria Prince of Spaine and this resignation was concluded in maner as followeth That Prince Charles should pay presently vnto the Duke of Saxony 70000. Florins fifty thousand in ready mony and 20000. in cloth for his soldiars and besides that the summe of 30000. Florins at three paiements in consideration whereof the duke should paie his soldiars and retier them all out of the contry of Friseland The which duke Henry his eldest brother should also ratefie and renounce all the right which he might pretend to the said contry of Freeseland for the assurance of which resignation to be made by the said duke Henry the contries of Misnia and Turingen should stand bound And in this maner the rule of the Saxons ended in Freeseland This resignation made and concluded the Burguignons that is to say the subiects of Prince Charles made a truce for fower monthes with the Geldrois the Saxons notwithstanding houlding the townes fortresses vntil they were deliuered into the Princes power For the performance wherof Floris of Iselsteyn arriued the 3. of Iune 1515. with the Duke of Saxons commissioners in the towne of Harlingen whereas the fort was deliuered him and he receiued it in his Princes name taking an oth of the Bourgeses The like was done at Leeuwarden the cheefe towne and Parliament of the country touching the Cittadell But they made some difficulty both there and in other places concerning the oth But the Lord of Iselsteyn keeping them in awe with this Blacke troupe which was yet in the country staying for paie in the end they yeelded vnto it and the said Prince was proclaimed in the towne of Leeuwarden with great sollemnity and acclamations of the people and acknowledged Lord of Freesland the Lord of Iselsteyn accepting it and causing peeces of Gold and siluer to be cast about coyned with Prince Charles his name In whose name he made some Gentlemen Frisons Knights promising to suffer them to inioy all their Preuiledges such as they had had in the times of the dukes of Saxony This was the forth time that the Frisons in lesse then twentie yeares did change their Lord and Prince The Lord of Iselsteyn hauing paied the 70000. Florins in siluer and cloth to the soldiars of the blacke troupe thanked them and then they were presently entertained by the French King by one of his Collonels who led them out of Friseland the which by this means was happily discharged This done the Lord of Iselstein beeing in the Castell of Leeuwarden he sent for Bernard Bâ—…chodita Hessel Martua Doctor Kempo Martua Goslic Iongama Tyard Bourinania Tâ—…llinck Botinâ—… Reinick Camminga Reinick Campstra and Gerold Herama To whom in Prince Charles his name hee did commit the gouernment of Iustice for the which they tooke an oth He did also write vnto the Earle of Emdén being at Dockom that
by sea and land without any respect who durst not reuenge themselues in Freezeland Those that held the Princes partie were forced to send for deputies to Vtrecht to an assemblie that was held there Doctor Kempo Martua and Thyart Bo◅ma made knights and councelors to Prince Charles to show vnto the ambassadors and deputies of princes the rebellion and obstinacie of the Geldrois persidious br◅akers of the truce Intreating that noble assemblie to take some course in that behalfe that the Geldrois might obey or else that order might be taken such as they should thinke fittest for their better securitie In the meane time Arkelens went into Geldres to the Duke his maister where hauing staied sometime he was dismissed from his charge Martin van Rosse◅ Seignior of Puydroyen being substituted in his place They came both together into Freezeland being arriued there Rosse◅ called an assemblie in the towne of Sneeke of the states which held the duke of Geldres partie to appeare there the second of August where among other poynts he propounded that the imposts of wine beere such other like things shold be takē away as they were already in those townes which h◅ld the Bourguignon party for that the comodities which did pay a custome to the Geldrois were transported into the townes of the Bourguignon faction to be freed to the great preiudice of the duke and the townes vnder his obedience That the said imposts being taken away they should finde some meanes to entertaine their troopes and to defray other charges of the countrie Vppon which proposition after long consultation it was resolued that the imposts should bee taken away and that they should agree to giue him a yearely summe of money towards the maintenance of his house and state There were also certaine articles propounded by the saide states which they required to haue confirmed by the Duke the which Arkelens carried with him promising to make a good report and to do his best indaeuour to procure the Duke to ratefie them There was a certaine Pirate at sea called Grand-Pierre or great Peter with the Duke of Geldres commission who made as great spoiles at sea as the Geldrois did at land for there were not any ships which past him from North or South Esterlins or others but they were all good prize But aboue all he did seeke to ruine the Hollanders for as many as he tooke he threw them ouer-boord with out pittie or mercy The 28 of September after many great spoiles which this Grand-Pierre had done at sea being 25. ships strong in the which he had 1200. men giuing it out that he went to Harderwycke to the duke he directed his course towards Horne hauing landed his men couertly for want of good guard hee surprised the towne by Scaladoe hauing spoiled it and his men laden with pillage hee retired presently to his shipps At his returne hee met with a ship of Enchuysen the which he borded himselfe and cast the maister and his seruant ouer into the sea for that they were Hollanders After the death of Don Fernando of Arragon King of Spaine Prince Charles of Austria Duke of Bourgongne c. Earle of Holland Zeeland c. receiued letters from Pope Leo the 10. and the Emperour Maximillian his grand-father With others written vnto Cardinall Pimero and the Councell of Spaine by the which they required them to receiue and inuest Prince Charles in the realmes of Castille Leon Arragon c. These letters being red in Spaine some would haue apposed and among others Don Piedro Giron eldest sonne to the Earle of Vrenate who by descent and genealogy pretended to showe that he was the nearest after Queene Iane who was ben◅med of her members to the crowne of the saide realmes thinking this occasion to be happely falne out for him by the death of Don Fernando father to Iane. Cardinall Pimero seeing this beginning of an alteration which might haue turned into a ciuill warre by the aduice of the deceased Kings Councell sent presently for Prince Charles who was then in the Netherlands to come with all speed and receiue the possession of the saide realmes These letters being come to the Court at Brusselles it was decreed that before his departure out of the saide country he should make choyce of some one to gouerne those countries in his absence For the which the Emperour Maximillian his Grandfather was appointed as Curator but for that he was for the most part absent out of those Countries and at that time busied in Germanie and in the warres of Italie he appointed the Lady Marguerit his daughter widdow douager to the duke of Sauoye aunt to Prince Charles to be Regent and Gouernesse of the Netherlands as she had bene in the yeare 1508. The Lord of Cheures his gouernor remaining neare his person The which being thus appointed and all his equipage ready the Prince accompanied with the knights of the order and the states of the Netherlands with many Princes Ba rons Knights and gentlemen parted from Brabant and arriued in Iune 1517. at Middelbourg in Zeeland where he staied till the twelfe of August and then with a prosperous winde he had a short and happy passage comming to the coaste of Spaine about the towne of Tassone in the countrie of Asturia The country-men of the quarter seeing so great an armie at sea feared they had bene the French or some other pirats and enemies so as hauing hidden their wiues and children in the mountaines they presented themselues in armes vpon the sea-shoare Prince Charles reioiced to see them hauing commanded to put forth their standards ensignes banderolls and flags with his armes he caused them to cry Spaine Spaine where-at casting downe their armes they fell vpon their knees receiuing him with great ioy being landed in Spaine he marched by land from one towne to an other where he was honourably receiued by the chiefe nobillity of the realme hauing attended his comming at Valiodolit where he made his entry with a royall and stately pompe The Prince hauing staied there about sixe monthes in February 1518. They beganne his coronation in Saint Pauls Church To this solemnitie came many great Princes strangers the Ambassadors of Kings Princes and Christian Potentates the c◅iefe officers of the crowne of Castile the Princes Dukes Earles Barons and the greatest of all Spaine were there euery man in his ranke and degree The chiefe Noblemen of the Netherlands had followed the Prince to shew themselues at this coronation among others those of the house of Melun of Croy Lalain Egmont Bossu Berghen Lygnel Horne Lanoy and many other Barons and Knights euery one richly attired in emulation of the Noblemen of Spaine both in their owne apparell and in their liueries and the furniture of their horses Wherein they did not onely equall the Spaniards but exceeded them On the 7. of February Prince Charles was crowned with the solemnities and
ceremonies accustomed at the coronation of the Kings of Castile This done the King and the Queene his Mother sitting in their Throne Don Garcia did read the othe with a lowde voyce the which was great and sollemne the which the Prelates Princes and Gouernours of Prouinces and Townes were accustomed to take to his Predecessors Kings of Castile Wherefore all those that were bound to that othe drew neere and presented themselues euery one swearing vpon the holy Euangelist and then they kist the Kings hand The first was Prince Ferdinand the Kings Brother then the Lady Elenor his sister and after came the Prelates as Archbishops Bishops and other Cleargie men This othe being taken Don Garcia did read with a lowd voyce the homage of a loyall vassall the which the Princes and Noblemen were to doe The first of the which also was Prince Ferdinand and his Sister who did their homage in the hands of William of Croy Lord of Cheures Gouernour to the King either of them putting their hands ioyned into the sayd Lords hands who receiued them in the Kings name This homage done the King caused Prince Ferdinand to sit downe by him in a seate appointed for that purpose where sitting bare-headed hee receiued in the King his Brothers name the homages of all the Princes and Noblemen of the realme who after they had deliuered their hands into Prince Ferdinands kissed the Kings hands This ceremonie being ended Te deum was song and the Trumpets and clarions sounded Then the King retired to his Pallace being alwayes accompanied by the Princes and Noblemen on foote none being on horse-back but Prince Ferdinand and the Ambassadors to the Emperour Pope Kings of France England and of Portugall and of the Seigneurie of Venice The remainder of the dayes of this feast were spent in Tylt Tourney Dancing and other sports and so the feast ended with all ioy and content From that time the Kings affaires began to prosper more and more all his subiects of his Realmes of Spaine comming to yeeld him obedience and fealtie Wee haue before made mention of that Blacke troupe which the Duke of Saxonie hauing payed were sent out of Friseland and that a French Collonel had entertained them but hauing neither money nor meanes to imploy them they continued eating and spoyling in the high diocesse of Vtrecht about Deuenter from thence they went into the countrie of Geldres from whence the Duke caused them to dislodge where-vpon they thrust themselues into the country of Cleues These gallants with-out care or feare of any man continued there so long vntill that the Dukes of Cleues and Geldres the Bishop of Cologne and the Earle of Nassau hauing gathered together three thousand horse and some good troopes of foote went to seeke them They had made some accord with the Earle of Nassau but the Wallons hauing defeated 1200. at one charge the commons seeing this fell vpon the great troope being yet in their trenches who were so amazed as abandoning armes and all euery man sought how to saue himselfe and so these insolent soldiars which had done so much mischiefe were defeated and dispersed a great number of them were slaine by the peasants and afterwards many of them were taken and executed by the hand of Iustice especially all those that were knowne to haue beene at the sacke of the towne of Aspren the bloud of Innocents crying vp to heauen for vengeance against those execrable murtherers The Emperour Maximilian beeing discharged of the Gardienship of Prince Charles his grand-child hee tooke his leaue of him and of the Noblemen of the Netherlands taking his way towards Germanie where after that hee had disposed of his affaires returning from an Imperiall diet at Ausbourg hee fell sicke aâ—… Inspruck of a â—…ux which grewe by weakenesse from whence for his ease hee was transported to the towne of Velse whereas his infirmitie did so increase daily as the Phisitions despaired â—…f his helth There hee made his last will and testament by the which among other things hee did expresly forbid them to imbalme his bodie but they should find out a coffin of oake in the which hee would bee buried saying that therein they should finde all things necessary for a dead bodie which was a course canuase sheete wherein his bodie should bee sowed ordayning that they should fill his eares eyes and mouth full of lime and so put his bodie into this coffin of oake and cause it to bee interred Aboue three yeares before his death hee had alwaies carried this coffin about with him wheresoeuer he went lockt vp in an other cofer of iron whereof hee himselfe had the keye the which hee would euery night haue carefully carryed into his chamber which made many to coniecture that there was some great treasure in it His sicknesse increasing hee disposed himselfe to die remitting himselfe vnder the Standard of fayth with a full confidence in the merits and satisfaction made by the bloud and passion of IESVS CHRIST our Lord and recommending his soule vnto GOD he gaue vp the Ghost the twelfth of February 1519. beeing fifty nine yeares old one month and one day hauing beene Emperor 32. yeares and a leauen monethes Then beeing layed in this coffin according to this decree he was carryed to Nyeustadt and burried by his mother the Ladie Elenor daughter of Portugall Hee was a Prince indued with singular vertues hee spent one part of his life priuately among learned men with whome hee discoursed familiarly of diuinitie of all partes of Philosophy but especially of Phisick of the Mathematikes and of the Histories of all ages quickning his wit daylie with the reading and meditation of these things so as by his example his exhortations and the recompences which hee promised the knowledge of histories in Germany was reuiued beeing then buried in Barbarisme and ignorant of the pinciples of true and sollide learning so as before him there was not any Prince that either priuatly or publickely did inrich Germanie with more excellent guiftes then hee did Hee was a great louer of Phisicke And for that hee was very curious in the serch of Antiquities hee caused Cuspinian Nauclerus Conrade Putinger and Iames Manlius to write generall histories from the begâ—…nning of the world He did incite certaine others as Ladislas Suntheius and Stabius to serch out and write without flatterie or corruption the auncient familes of Germanie the Nobilitie whereof hee knewe in olde time to haue beene verie great wherein hee spent great summes of money The other Noble Princes of Germany mooued by the example of this Emperour beganne to shew themselues in the like zeale and affection to the knowledge of histories and learning And then they beganne to erect many vniuersities After the death of this Emperor they found that the Assemblie of the seauen Princes Electors of Germanie did auaile much for the quiet of all Europe for matters inclyning to some great alteration the dignity of
his speech Frederic duke of Saxony spake next who hauing shewed that the French King was excluded by the lawe and that Charles was a Germaine Prince hauing liued in Germany and spake the language hee concluded that the common-weale had neede of a mightie Prince and that he knewe not any comparable to Charles Therefore it was most conuenient to choose him Emperour but with certaine lawes and conditions so as Germany might remaine at libertie and that they might anoyde those dangers which the two Archbships sayd were to be feared After that the rest had approued his speech the Archbishoppe of Treues sayd I fore-see the destinie of Germanie an alteration at hand yet seeing it pleaseth you I must yeeld vnto your willes And for that it was then late they retired themselues Pope Leo the tenth was much troubled and in a worde feared the election of one of these two Princes for both were alike suspect vnto him To the ende that hee might preuent both of them hee labored to haue a third man chosen Wherein hee sought to imbarke the French King putting him in dispaire euer to attaine vnto it himselfe But hee feared also this third seeing no man so apparent and likelie as Frederic duke of Saxony a fauorer of Martin Luther who was his mortall enemie yet all these deuises and practises turned to smoke and so did all the solicitings guiftes presents and promises made by the French King the election of Charles remayning firme and constant The next day after the sayd election the Princes Electors beeing assembled they beganne to treat of the conditions they should giue and prescribe vnto Charles the which was debated some daies togither and in the ende all beeing concluded they sent the lawes and conditions in writing to Charles his Ambassadors remayning at Mentz After they had receiued them they put in writing the voices of euery Elector according to the custome with his hand and seale The day before the sayd Election they had presented the Empire to Frederic duke of Saxony but hee refuzed it with a Noble resolution excusing himselfe vpon his age hauing as wee haue sayd alreadie giuen his voice vnto Charles This done the Noblemen were called and admitted in then the Bishop of Mentz going vp into the pulpit in Saint Bartlemewes Church declared that Charles the fift of that name Archduke of Austria duke of Bourgongue c. Earle of Flanders Holland Zeeland c. and King of Spaine was chosen King of Romains in the place of the Emperor Maximilian deceased Then the Ambassadors which were come within a league were sent for Beeing come a councell was held for the gouernment of the common-weale and the charge was giuen vnto Prince Casimir to leauie men and to put them in garrison for feare of some Innouation The Electors did write vnto Prince Charles and sent an Ambassage vnto him to certifie him of all that had beene done the chiefe of which Ambassage was the Pallatin Frederic who arriued in Spaine in the end of Nouember with Letters intreating him to accept of the Empire which they offred him and that hee would make hast to come into Germanie King Charles hauing setled his affaires in Spaine hee gathered together a great fleete of ships and gallyes and taking leaue of his Princes and Citties hee imbarked and landed in England where hee was ioyfully entertained with great state by King Henry the eight and by the Queene his Aunte and by the French Queene married to the Duke of Suffolke the Kings sister who had beene promised to him in marriage she gaue him a very kinde and louely welcome Hee was very honourably intreated there for some dayes then being imbarked againe with a prosperous winde he past soone ouer to Flessinghe and from thence into Brabant where he was ioyfully receiued by all his subiects The Princes Electors hearing that hee was arriued in Brabant they sent other Ambassadors vnto him to haue him prepare to receiue the Crowne of the Empire with the accustomed ceremonies MARGVERITE OF AVSTRIA PRINcesse widow of Castille Dowager of Sauoy Aunte to the Emperour Charles the 5. Gouernesse of the Netherlands MARGARITA AVSTRIACA DVCISSA SABAV GVB BELGICAE From Daughter to an Archduke I became An Emperors Daughter to King Lewis sonne I first was promised with pompe and Fame But my place in his bed another won The Prince of Arragon was my first Pheere But being left a widdow I did wed For second Duke of Sauoy he being dead I from my Nephew did the gouernment beare THe Lady Marguerite of Austria daughter to the Emperour Maximilian and to the Lady Mary of Bourgongne was first married to the Prince Don Fernando of Arragon the onely sonne of Don Fernando King of Arragon and of Isabella Queene of Castile which Prince died soone after leauing no children Afterwards the said Lady was married againe to the Duke of Sauoy with whom she liued not long before he dyed Returning into the Netherlands after the death of her brother Philip King of Castile in the yeare 1508. she was by prouision admitted by the Emperor her father during his absence in Germanie and the warres in Italy to the gouernment of the Netherlands with George Duke of Saxony So as this yeare 1520. King Charles her Nephew went into Germanie to receiue the Crowne of the Empire leauing the said Lady his Aunte Gouernesse in his absence The Emperor elect parted from Brussells with a great and honorable traine came the 20. of October to Cologne where the Princes Electors did attend him and from thence they came to Aix la Chapelle At his entry into the towne the Knights of the order of the Golden-fleece marched first euery one in his ranck according to his antiquitie in the said order After followed the Princes Electors first the King of Bohemias Ambassador the Archibishop of Ments either of them with 700. horse The Archbishops of Cologne and Treues either of them with 600. horse the Cont Pallatin of Rhine the Duke of Saxony and the Marquis of Brandebourg euery one of them with 600. horse There were besides other great Princes which followed to do him honour and homage for their Seigniories being accompanied with many Nobles and great traines As the Duke of Iulliers George Duke of Saxony the Marquis of Baden the Dukes Henry and Erick of Brunswick brethren euery one of them with 600. horse the Bishop of Leege the Duke of Lunebourg father to the Duchesse of Geldre the Earle of Emden and his sonne the Lord of East-Friseland the young Prince of Cleues who was alwaies with the Emperor the Earle of Saint Pol and many others with a stately traine Then the Ambassadors of the Kings of England Poland Hongarie and Denmarke of the Venetians the Dukes of Sauoy of the Knights of Rhodes and of the great Maister of Prussia The Lady Marguerit his Aunte was in the traine with a goodly company of Princesses Countesses Ladies and Gentlewomen euery
neither the Emperour king Ferdinand nor the other princes and states should doe wrong to any of the Empire in what sort soeuer by reason of the confession of Ausbourg that from thence forwards they should not force by edicts or other meanes the allies of this confession to abandon their religion but should suffer them to enioy it freely with their goods tributes rights and possessions with many other priuiledges graunted in fauour of the religion Some moneths after there were bruites giuen out of enterprises and practises made by the Pope and his adherents against the allies of the confession of Ausbourg It was thought that the Pope was wonderfully discontented with this decree made at Ausbourg by the which they did leaue the religion in peace and libertie and that he did sollicite the Emperour to disanull it Moreouer vnder colour of going to the baths at Aix the Archbishops and Electors of Ments Treues and Cologne met together the which was not without some cause but it proued nothing and the Cardinall of Ausbourg published a writing to excuse the emperour and himselfe also as if he had beene the conductor and manager of such practises so Germanie began to breath after so many stormes and the Emperor hauing as we haue said giuen ouer the affaires of the Netherlands of his realmes to leaue them to the charge of his sonne king Philip resigned also the Roman Empire into the Electors hands by an embassage hauing held it seuen and thirtie yeares The sixteenth of Ianuary 1556 were celebrated in Brussels the funerals of the king of Portugals brother and the next day king Philip accompanied wâ—…th a great number of the nobilitie departed from Brussels to goe to Antuerpe to hold the feast and Chapter of the golden Fleece whereof his father had lately made him chiefe King Philip following the counsell of his father and sollicited by Mary queene of England his wife enclined vnto peace for the effecting whereof after many iourneyes a truce was made the fifteenth of February for fiue yeres The earle of Lalain went to Blois to see the king sweare it and the Admirall of Chastillon came to Brussels to the Emperour and king Philip to the same effect but it could not last long for both the one and the other had sought nothing but cauilling as it appeared presently the most cunning thinking to deceiue his companion 〈◊〉 whereupon the French who are more stirring began first for that the Admirall of Fraunce thought by subtiltie to surprise Downy by Arthois the which succeeding not the warre continued as before vntill that a peace was concluded by the mariage of king Philip and the duke of Sauoy as we shall see hereafter After that the Emperour had resigned all his Netherlands vnto king Philip his sonne and that he had setled a good order and disposed of all his affaires in the Netherlands being desirous to free himselfe from all temporall cares and to spend the remainder of his dayes in rest and quietnesse applying himselfe wholly to the seruice of God he resolued to retire himselfe with his two sisters the lady Elenor queene of Fraunce and the lady Mary queene of Hungarie into Spaine but before his departure he would also dispose of the affaires and state of the Empire the which he would yeeld and resigne vnto his brother Ferdinand king of Romanes whereupon he writ his letters to the princes Electors and to the States of the Empire as followeth Charles by the grace of God Emperour of Romanes alwaies Augustus king of Castile c. To all Princes Electors of the holy Empire Princes as well Ecclesiasticall as temporall Prelates Earles Barons Knights Nobles Captaines Prouosts Iudges Iustices Bourgmasters Bourgesses Comminalties and other subiects of the Empire of what estate qualitie or condition soeuer they be to whom these letters shall come health and peace Most famous and most reuerent our well beloued cosins most noble worthy reuerent and faithfull friends being moued by many pregnant and iust reasons especially finding our selues surcharged with the heauie burthen of old age and with continuall infirmities the which haue by little and little disabled vs and depriued vs of all strength requisite for the managing of affaires hauing long since resolued to resigne all our realmes of Spaine to the famous prince our sonne king of England hauing taken leaue of our court here wee are readie to imbarke attending onely the first prosperous wind that it shall please God to send By reason whereof seeing that through my absence and departure the rule and gouernement of the holy empire doth of right belong vnto our deere and well beloued brother Ferdinand king of Romanes of Hungarie and Bohemia as our lawfull successour in the said qualitie of king of Romanes the which gouernement he hath often many yeares since diligently deserued in our absence supporting the burthen with a brotherly loue and charitie and discharging himselfe of this charge To the end therefore that the Christian commonweale especially of the holy empire during out absence should not fall into some daungerous inconuenience and that the king of Romanes our brother may manage the affaires with greater authoritie wee haue aduised and resolued that hee in qualitie of king of Romanes hath absolute and irreuocable power to treat negotiat and commaund in all things that hee shall find requisit and necessarie for the greatnesse prosperitie and increase of the empire as absolutely as wee our selues being emperour of Romanes may doe True it is that we were resolued to assist in person at the imperiall diet at Ratisbone there with your aduice to haue conducted the affairs of the empire to some desired end and to haue resigned the gouernment of the said empire into the hands of the king of Romans to haue substituted him in our place to haue recoÌ„mended vnto you the honour respect and obedience which in this qualitie you should be bound vnto him but our indisposition apparent to all men could not endure so long and tedious a iourney by land and the rather for that wee thought it conuenient to haue respect vnto the season of the yeare fir for our voyage Wherefore seeing that we haue not appeared at this imperiall Diet as we would willingly yet being come vnto the effects of our desires and resolutions wee haue thought good by these presents to acquaint you and all others with our conceptions enioyning and expressely commaunding you hereby of our absolute power and imperiall authoritie that you shew vnto your king of Romanes vpon paine of our indignation all loyaltie and obedience honouring and respecting him in all his commaundements decrees and actions without any contradiction with all dutie as you would doe vnto vs if wee were there in person for such is our pleasure and last will Giuen at Zuytbourg in Zeeland vnder our seale the seuenth of September 1556. and of our Empire the 36. This done the fleet being ready in Zeeland he tooke his leaue of
chamber apart saying that the duke would come speake with them whither Don Frederic of Toledo and many Spaniards entred armed and they were commaunded to deliuer their swords and to yeeld themselues prisoners in the kings name and notwithstanding all their protestations that they were not bound to yeeld them vnto any one but to the king himselfe yet they were taken from them and they giuen in guard to captaine Iulian Romero Afterwards the duke sent them both prisoners with a guard of three thousand horse and foot to the castle of Gand. Cont Charles of Mansfield was then also in court when as these two noblemen were committed prisoners but his father sent to aduise him to retire fearing least the like should happen vnto him for that hee had been one of them that had signed the petition of the noblemen At the verie same time Anthony of Stralen bourgmaster of Antuerpe was taken prisoner by the earle of Lodron who presently caused all his goods to be seised inuentaried and sealed vp The like was done to Iohn of Casenbroot seigniour of Backerseel chiefe counsellor to the earle of Egmont by the prouost of Spelle and put in prison at the port of Couwenbergh at Brussels but his secretarie found meanes to saue him The duke of Alua commaunded the earle of Egmont beeing prisoner to write vnto him that was his lieutenant and gouernour of the castle of Gand That vpon the sight of the letter he should go forth with his garrison and mortpaies and suffer captaine Salnias to enter with his Spaniards the which was done So many imprisonments of great and small the brute whereof did flie sodainly ouer all the Netherlands executions and cruelties made many although they were not guiltie of any crime to retiâ—…e into England Germany the East countries and other places where they thought good abandoning their houses and countrey to liue with the libertie of their consciences free from the feare of tyrans As after all these exploits and imprisonments the duke of Alua was vpon the way going from Brussels to Antuerpe passing by Mackin fire fell into the tower where the gun powder lay the which did very much harme both within and without the towne for the violence thereof was so great as Louvaine beeing foure leagues off did all shake and yet the duke was nothing mooued thereat The 24 of December he laid the first foundation of the proudest citadell in Europe in the towne of Antuerpe on the side of the suburbe called Kyel along the riuer which was the designe and inuention of his enginour Pachiotto a Sauoyard compassed in with fiue mightie bulwarkes and euerie one defended by a caualier or mount to the which he gaue names drawne from himselfe and his familie for the first was called the Dukes bulwarke the second Toledo the third Ferdinando the fourth Toledano and the fifth by his enginours name Pachiotto wherein he entertained two thousand workemen as well masons as ditchers vntill it was finished with the counterscarps and parapets all being laid with free stone and bricke For the building of which citadell the duke obtained of the great counsell of Antuerpe the summe of foure hundred thousand Florins and more the which was raysed vpon a certaine imposition of the hundreth peny of the two twentieths and of two tenthes of all possessions and immouable goods within the territorie and iurisdiction of the towne of Antuerpe This citadell being finished the duke of Alua caused to be set vp in the middest of the place of arms his image cast into brasse treading with his foot vpon certaine men as representing the nobles and states of the countrey verie curiously wrought by one Iames Iongelinck an excellent Statuarie at the foot whereof was grauen Ferdinando Aluares de Toledo Albae Duci Philippi secundi Hispan Regis apud Belgas praefecto quod extincta seditione rebellibus pulsis Religione procurata Iustitia culta Prouincias pace firmauit Regis optimi fidelissimo Ministro positum And lower was grauen Iongelingi opus ex are captiuo For that this image had beene cast of the mettall of certaine artilerie which had beene woon from his enemies This proud peece of worke was not set vp vntill the yeare 1571 and afterwards as too prophane it was taken downe by the great commaunder of Castile Gouernour of the said countries after the duke of Alua as we shall set downe more at large hereafter After the duke of Alua had so well setled his affaires as he thought there was no enemie to be feared within the countrey and therefore had no need of so great forces hee sent by the commandement of the king his master to succour them of the house of Guise in Fraunce against the princes and Protestants of the realme the earle of Arembergh with twelue hundred launces and two thousand foot among the which there were many gentlemen which had signed the petition of the nobles in the yeare 1566 that went at their owne charge The duke of Alua thinking that he had now surmounted all difficulties beeing not content with the fleece of such as were retired out of the countrey but he would haue the skin withal yea and all the flesh he caused Iulian Romero to seize vpon the earle of Buren eldest sonne to the prince of Orange being at schoole in the Vniuersitie of Louvaine against the priuiledges of the duâ—… hie of Brabant and of the said Vniuersitie notwithstanding the protestations of the rector and of doctor Eâ—…bert Leom a lawyer schoole-master to the said earle who was carried from thence into Spaine and there kept pâ—…soner vnto the yere 1595 that the king sent him into the Netherlands with cardinall Albert of Austria After that this yong earle had beene thus carried away the duke of Alua required by the Atturney generall of the great counsell that the prince of Orange and cont Lodwic his brother the earles of Hoochstraten Vander Berge Culembourch the lord of Brederode and others should be called to answere personally to such things as should be propounded on his Maiesties behalfe touching the troubles by vertue of a commission granted in that respect touching the prince of Orange whereof the copie followes Philip by the grace of God king of Castile c. To our first vsher or sergeant at armes hereupon required greeting Wee haue beene giuen to vnderstand by our louing and faithfull counsellour and atturney generall how that â—…illiam of Nassau prince of Orange who had receiued from the deceasâ—…d emperour Charles the fifth our lord and father of famous memorie and from vs at our comming to these estates many honours and fauours as to haue been chosen a brother of our order named and appointed a counsellor of our counsell of state and aduanced to many goodly estates gouernments and offices that is to say to the gouernments of Bourgoigne Holland Zeeland and Vtrecht together with an ordinarie companie of our men at armes besides many other notable rewards whereby
and yet the duke of Alua surpassed him This is that which both his friends and foes speake and write of him although for mine own part I delight not in discouering so fowle cruelties and imperfections in a publike Gouernour LVDOVICVS REQVESEN MAGN. COMEN REG. CAST. R. M. CON. GVB ETCAP GEN. BEL. DOM LEWIS DE REQVESENS GREAT Commander of Castile Gouernor Lieutenant and Captaine generall for the King in the Netherlands My predecessors course that me the way had led I held and in his gouernment I was established Where while I rul'd I did the Kings nauy behold Orethrowne and vanquisht and their great pride controld My actions to my Prince did little good prooure And at my hands the States did none or little hurt endure My death by Spaniards mutinie to them did guie A great meanes to helpe themselues and their estates relieue The Argument of the tenth booke THe great Commander by the calling home of the Duke of Alua being entred into the gouernment of the Netherlands and continuing the Dukes first course the towne of Middelbourg being reduced to extreme necessity and famine he sent a fleete by sea to succor it the which he see defeated before his owne eyes whereof followed the yeelding of Middelbourg the which Collonel Mondragon deliuered vp to the Prince of Orange Cont Lodowic the Princes brother came to succor the Netherlands with an Army the Spaniards leauing the seege of Leyden go to meet him they defeat him and he is slaine with Cont Henry his Brother and Duke Christopher A mutiny of the Spaniards in Antwerp called Fuora villiacos The Spaniards after the defeat of Cont Lodouic take their lodging againe before Leyden which had bene long blockt vp there are faire wars betwixt the Prince and the Commander who proclaimes a generall pardon and seemes to desire a peace A Petition made there-vpon to the king of Spaine By the Princes aduise the States resolue to drowne the country to succor Leyden the which they doe and in the end the Towne is deliuered by the Prince through the dround Land after that the Towne had endured much miserie the Spaniards being mutined take Francisco valdes their Generall prisoner and faile to surprise Vtrecht The Commander making a shew to desire peace resolues to wa◅re and Oudwater is beseeged and in the end yeelded with many other townes to the Spaniard The seege of Bomell which the Spaniard wins deerly The seege of Ziricxe The States consult vpon their presernation and send to demand succors in England The death of the great Commander to whome the Councell of state for the King of Spaine succeeds in the Gouernment The Spaniards mutiny hauing fayled to surprise Brusselles they fall vpon Alost they are proclamed all the country is in armes against them The Councell of state is seaz◅d on by the states of Brabant who write vnto the other prouinces to ioyne with them to chase the spaniards out of the Country The death of the Emperor Maximilian the Sack of Antwerp◅ The comming of Don Iohn of Austria All the Prouinces of the Netherlands vnited at the pacification of Gand after which the Castle is beseeged and yeelded to the states with many other townes the Spaniards depart out of the Castell of Antwerp the which is put into the states hands Don Iohn is receiued for Gouernor who seekes occasion to renew the warre against the Prince of Orange he goes to Namur complaines of the states they sue vnto him he discouers himselfe and they growe Iealous of him Many Castels razed in the Netherlands as harbours for Spanish tirants Don Iohn proclaimed an ennemy to the country The Arch-duke Mathias the Emperors Brother called for Gouernor The states and Don Iohn in armes Iealousie disperceth the cheefe of the states whereby their armie was defeated by Don Iohn who recouered manie townes the states raise a new armie and calin the Duke of Aniou to succor them Duke Casimire comes also but to small purpose Arthois and Henault begin to fall from the generall vnion of the Netherlands troubles in Arras the death of Don Iohn of Austria DOn Lewis of Requesens being entred into the gouernment of the Netherlands by the Duke of Aluas retreat thought to succor Middelbourg the which endured much pouerty and misery as well by famine as otherwise besides a great nomber of Bourgers retiring them-selues by boat were daily taken and many which came flying to Flessingue and la Vere onely to haue a mouthfull of bread where after they had fed them they sent them backe who not suffered to enter into Middelbourg for that they hed fled out of it died in the fields or at the Towne gates many soldiars comming to yeeld them-selues through famine were entertayned for that they had need of them There were letters of the 10. of Ianuary 1574. written in cipher by Mondragon surprised by the which hee did aduertise him that he could not hold out aboue the 15. or 16. of the moneth there were others intercepted written vpon the backe of a Pasport the which was red holding it before the fire by the which he intreated the great Commander to aduertise him speedely if hee had any hope to succor him The 14. day of the moneth they of Middelbourg ruined the fort which they had with-out the towne towards Flessingue for that many soldiars which were put there in gard fled to the Protestants The 19. of the moneth Hans Cocq a marriner passed with a barke from Antwerp to Middelbourg bringing letters from Don Lewis containing hope of succors which made the souldiars beseeged resolue to attend yet some daies or else they had bene ready to parle The next day Cocq returned to Don Lewis to informe him into what extremity the Townes of Middelbourg and Arnemuyden were brought And that day a ship comming from Danswic meaning to go to Scluse hauing the wind contrary fell for Flessingue thinking as the brute was then in England that Middelbourg was yeelded vnto the Prince to sell his Marchandise there to good proffit This ship hauing passed the hauen of Flessingue was called to by the ships of war of the Protestants neere vnto Rameken to cast anchor the which he did else he had entred into Middelbourg and by that meanes the Beseeged had bene vitteled beyond all hope for in the said ship there were 14 lasts of wheat 7. of Rie halfe a last of herring with some Beere and other comodities The 23 of the moneth the Commander don Lewis sent Instructions to Iulien Romero what hee should do in the Conduct of his army for the vitteling of M◅ddelbourg the which fell into the Zeelanders hands The tenor whereof was as followeth An Instruction of that which Iulian Romero the Maister of the campe is to doe with the army which he hath in charge conducting it from Berghes to succor the I le of Walchrē By reason of his sodaine departure he must follow the order which is giuen him by these presents
Stuper and Berenbroeke to whom there was not much due were well paid But it was to be supposed that want of money was the cause of it Captaine Cornput with the rest of the valiant captains bourgers and souldiers got great honour prayse and glorie amongst all wise men in regard of their industrie constancie resolution diligence carefulnesse labour and dangers considering with what people they had to doe as also what small meanes they had beeing simple people that wanted a gouernour ordnance and horsemen During this siege Sonoy with a few souldiers had besieged both the houses of Vollenhove wherein the earle of Renenbergh had garrison which were soone yeelded vnto him The Englishmen Wallons and Iselsteins souldiers were sent vnto the Kuynder and there besieged the church which within few dayes vpon composition was yeelded vnto them The companies of the Friseland regiment vnder the lord of Merode went before Lemmer and Sloten which being battered yeelded vp and after that the Englishmen and Wallons were diuided into seuerall garrisons The lord of Nienoort went presently into the territories thereabouts wheras they of Groning had besieged his sconce at Winsum which heat his comming thither releeued by the which sconce at Winsum and those at Winsumerziel Warsum Warsumerziel and other places he held a great part of the countrey vnder contribution The earle of Renenberghes souldiers were then come into the territories of Steenwick and lay at Midlesum where the lord of Nienoort thought to hem them in but they beat him from thence and shut two companies conducted by Renoy and Vercken into a church who were forced to yeeld vpon safegard of life and goods because their captaines were absent Oyenbrugh whose reuolt was ascribed vnto the earle of Renenbergh at a skirmish before Loppersum was shot in the leg whereof he died in Groning The earle of Renenbergh himselfe with a companie of souldiers went into Zeeland and tooke the house of Boxburgh fortified Goore and other places and tooke great store of bootie with him Hauing related what was done in the campe before Steenwicke and in other places thereabouts I will now returne and shew what was done in the later part of the yeare 1580. The king of Spaine hauing setled it in his imagination that the prince of Orange was the onely man that crost his designes in the Netherlands and that he could not reduce Holland Zeeland and their associats vnder his obedience for as the secretarie Escouedo had written vnto him he must first begin with the islands hee thought that so long as the said prince should liue he should neuer see an end of those troubles Wherefore seeing he could not attaine vnto it by armes in the time of the duke of Alua and of Dom Louys de Requesens nor by the policie and practises of Dom Iohn whereas the townes of Holland and Zeeland in generall were not at the said princes deuotion nor allied with mightie neighbors as the prouinces of Gueldres Vtrecht Friseland and Ouerissel he resolued at what price soeuer and whatsoeuer shold chance vnto him to practise the meanes to attaine vnto his pretended end and to haue the said prince of Orange dispatched by what way soeuer yet something to colour and excuse the fact and the execution thereof he would vse a kind of forme of proceeding as depending vpon the order of iustice vsing first a proscription or banishment decreed against the said prince whom afterwards he leaues as a prey abandoning him to all the world Of which proscription we haue thought good for breuities sake to set downe the substance and chiefe points being proclaimed by the prince of Parma in two seuerall languages vpon the nineteenth day of Iune Philip by the grace of God King of Castile Duke of Bourgoigne Brabant c. Hee sheweth first how gratiously and fauourably the late deceased emperour Charles the fifth of famous memorie his lord and father had dealt with William van Nassau to procure him the succession of Rene of Chalons prince of Orange his cousin and although hee were a stranger had aduanced and furthered him in all he could as also the king himselfe hauing made him knight of the order of the golden Fleece and gouernour of Holland Zeeland Vtrecht and Bourgoigne colonell of a regiment of horsemen and a counsellor of Estate declaring further all other the fauours that had beene done him And to the contrarie how vnthankfull hee had beene in moouing and procuring the confederat gentlemen to present a petition vnto him bringing in of the reformed religion with the exercise of the same and the casting downe of images rooting out the Catholike Romish religion and chasing away the clergie And lastly bearing open armes against his soueraigne lord and that hee had resisted and withstood all treaties of peace and had broken the pacification of Gant and the perpetuall edict carrying himselfe in most tyrannous manner ill intreating all the chiefe nobilitie of the countrey that hee might rule and dominier more absolutely among a furious and tumultuous multitude the good being chased away And for that all this confusion and miserie which his subiects he said suffered are found to proceed from the counsel persuasion and instigation of that wicked hypocrite by his turbulent spirit who put all his felicitie in the trouble of his subiects For which causes being as he said iust reasonable and according vnto iustice vsing in that regard the authoritie which he had ouer him by vertue of the othes of fealtie and obedience which hee had often made vnto him for all his peruerse and wicked acts beeing the sole author head and contriuer of those troubles and the chiefe disturber of all his Estates he declared him a rebell heretike hypocrite like to Cain and Iudas hauing his conscience obdurat a villaine head of the Netherland tumults a plague to Christendome and an enemie to all mankind And as such a one did proscribe and banish him for euer out of his said countries and out of all his other estates realmes and seigniories forbidding all his subiects of what estate qualitie or condition soeuer to liue or conuerse talke or conferre with him openly or secretly nor to receiue nor lodge him in their houses nor yet to releeue him with meat drinke fire or any other necessaries Giuing all his goods lands life and liuing to them could take it And that it might bee the better effected and brought to passe and thereby to release and deliuer the poore people from his tyrannie desiring to reward and recompence all good actions and to punish and chastise the bad and such as are offendors and transgressors hee promised vpon the word of king and as the minister of Almightie God That if any one would bee of so generos a resolution and so zealously affected to his seruice and the publike good as to put in practise and execution the foresaid edict and decree and to free him from such a plague deliuering him the
side the Estates sent doctor Iunius thither to dissuade them who preuayled so much with his reasons as neither the duke of Arschot nor the prince of Chimay could doe any good considering that they of Gant had renewed a more firme league with the generalitie And as a great number of them of Bruges were retyred out of the towne it was easie for the prince of Chimay to conclude this reconciliation with the prince of Parma the which was proclaymed with great triumph and pompe vpon the fiue and twentieth of May with reasonable conditions to draw on them of Gant Scluse and Oostend The Scottish garrison which were in it were left to their choice to retyre or to continue in the king of Spaine his seruice of the which few remained and although that colonel Boyde did soone find how little the prince of Parma did esteeme him yet he durst not trust the Estates By this treatie of Bruges they of Franc and Dam were also reconciled in restoring the Clergie men vnto the possession of their goods and leauing all exercise of the reformed Religion suffering euery man to liue with libertie of his conscience not committing of any scandale and enioying of their goods the which continued not long The Seignior of Croisilles of the house of Montmorency was appointed gouernour there without any garrison seeing that the Catholickes who had fled away before and the Clergie were fully restored The prince of Chimay after the publication of this treatie of reconciliation required of the ministers of Bruges wherein it was thought that he did both mocke them and their Religion a certificat of his good life and profession But beeing departed with his Minister home to his own house they soone left their Religion the prince discharging all his houshold seruants which desired to continue in the profession thereof by the which renunciation and trecherie he purchased euen with the same partie which he tooke dishonour for euer with a marke of inconstancie and lightnesse The Contesse of Meghen discouering his heart and his manner of liuing would no more follow him but retyred to Scluse and from thence in Holland The prince of Parma hauing at that time seized vpon the village of Burcht on Flanders side vpon the riuer of Escaut halfe a league from Antuerpe and hauing caused it to be fortified to keepe any thing from passing by water to Gant Brussels or Macklyn they of Antuerpe sent their shippes of warre thither to chase them from thence or to hinder the fortification but it was in vaine by reason whereof they made another fort on the other side of the riuer vpon Brabant side about the village of Hoboken right against Burcht to defend their nauigation to the said townes then they pierced the dike betwixt Burcht and the head of Flanders the which drowned the whole countrey vnto Beueren and Calloo At the breaking of which dike they made a fort opposite to that of Burcht the which did batter one another continually with their great ordnance and with musket shot hauing nothing but the said breach betwixt the two forts But this fort was made by them of Antuerpe somewhat too late many shippes being passed by this hole to Calloo during the siege of the towne They of Bruges Franc and Dam being by reason of their reconciliation well accorded with the king of Spaine yet were they no lesse free from enemies round about them than if they had beene besieged for that they of Gant Scluse and Oostend cut off their victuals vpon all passages wherfore they did write to them of Gant on the seuenth of Iuly to induce them to their party shewing that they being one of the foure members of Flanders they had no reason to reiect the reconciliation with their king and not to ioyne with the other three members alreadie reconciled alledging many persuasiue reasons the which for breuities sake I omit Hereupon the Estates of Brabant Holland and Zeeland sent their deputies to Gant to shew them that such priuate reconciliations could neuer bâ—…eed a good peace but rather a dangerous and miserable warre vnsheathing more the enemies sword against their brethren and friends And if it happened that Brabant with Holland and Zeeland were in warre against them that Flanders would be more miserably oppressed than euer considering the hinderance of the nauigation by sea whereof the Spaniards were barred the breaking of the dikes in the land of Waes and the inundation which should cut off their victuals on all sides besides that Fraunce nor England would neuer suffer the Spaniard to lodge so farre within the countrey whereby they might doubt to haue warre against him And touching the two points which the king of Spaine demaunded which was the Romish Religion only and the absolute obedience which he maintained to bee due vnto him as for the Religion if onely the Romish were receiued there the reformed then must bee quite banished And to assure this obedience they must repayre and build the citadels vp againe and make new the which must be continually entertained with strong garrisons and so they should be in worse estate than before These and such like reasons were layed before them of Gant on the Estates behalfe with good hope to bring a goodly armie shortly to field the which should come into the country of Flanders as soone as they had woon the forts of Zutphen whereof they hoped soone to see a good end the which retayned the Ganthois for a time and kept them from making of any reconciliation vntill that their affaires were otherwise disposed as we will presently shew At that time there was a Dyet of the Electors and other princes of the empire held at Bottenberch in Germanie to treat of the meanes to keepe the Empire in quiet rooting out all distrust which was among the princes by reason of the diuersitie of Religion whereby it was easie to comprehend that Monsieur Segur embassadour for the king of Nauarre being sent vnto the said princes to draw them into league with his master and them of the Protestant Religion in Fraunce and withall to moderate the difference of Religion betwixt the Protestants of Germanie and the French should returne with small fruit of his embassage for they said that Augustus duke of Saxonie answered them That hee would not trouble the prosperitie of his Estate with the affaires of Fraunce and that the Landtgraue of Hessen had sayd That age and experience had taught him how dangerous a thing it was to enter into league with any strangers And therefore they did imagine or else some would persuade them that the French vnder colour of Religion did seeke to make some broyles in Germanie and in the meane time to assure their affaires that the prince of Orange and the English might the better settle the estate of the vnited Prouinces against the violence of the Spaniards who began now to prosper more than they did before Among the townes of the vnited
and Charolois And to that end to cause the generall Estates of the said countrey to assemble or the particular Estates in euerie prouince or els to obserue any other course that shal be thought fitting for this donation cession and transport to signifie it to take an othe to the Estates and the subiects of the said countries to demaund the inuestiture and admittance to euerie peece and seigniorie if the case shall so require As also to receiue a fit othe of them to bind them to al that wherunto they were reciprocally bound by precedent othes Andvntil our said daughter shall haue taken or caused to be taken in her name the reall possession of the said Netherlands and countie of Bourgoigne and Charolois in that maner as it is set downe by her patent wee doe make and constitute our selfe possessor thereof in the name and behalfe of our said daughter In witnesse whereof we will and ordaine That the same letters patents bee deliuered vnto her granting vnto our daughter the Infanta to retaine admit and establish in the said Netherlands and Bourgoigne Gouernours Iudges and Iustices as well for the preseruation and defence thereof as for the administration of iustice and policie and the receit of reuenues or otherwise And moreouer to do all that which a true princesse ladie of the inheritance of the said countries by right or according to the customes might or ought to doe and as wee haue done and might yet doe alwayes obseruing the conditions hereunto inserted To which effect we haue quitted absolued and discharged and doe quit absolue and discharge by these presents al bishops abbots prelats and other church men dukes princes marquesses earls barons gouernors heads and captaines of the countrey townes courts presidents men of our counsell chancellors them of our treasure and accounts and other justices captaines men of warre and souldiers of forts and castles their lieutenants knights squires vassals magistrats bourgers inhabitants of good townes boroughes franchises and villages and all and euery of our subiects of our said Netherlands and the countie of Bourgoigne and Charolois and euerie of them respectiuely of the othe of fidelitie faith and homage promise and bond by the which they were bound vnto vs as to their lawfull prince and soueraigne lord willing and expresly commaunding them to sweare and to accept the said Infanta our daughter for their true princesse and ladie and to giue her their othe of fealtie faith and homage promise and bond after the accustomed maner according to the nature of the countries places fees and seigniories And moreouer that they shew vnto her and to her future husband all honour reuerence affection obedience fidelitie and seruice as good and loyall subiects ought and are bound to their lawfull prince and naturall lord as they haue hitherto made demonstration And to supply all defects and obmissions as well in law as in fact which may bee omitted in this present donation cession and transport and which might be wel inserted of our owne motion certaine knowledge and full and absolute royal power which by these presents we will vse we haue derogated and do derogate to all lawes constitutions and customes which may impugne and contradict these presents for such is our good will and pleasure And to the end that all that is formerly said may be for euer firme and stable wee haue figned these presents with our name and caused our great seale to be hanged thereunto willing and commanding that it shall be registred to be held of force in euerie counsell and chamber of accounts Giuen in our citie of Madril the 6 of May 1598 of our raigns of Naples and Ierusalem the 45 of Castile Arragon Sicile and others the 44 and of Portugall the 19. It was paraphed N. D. V. Signed Philippes And vnderneath By the King signed A. de la Loo This resignation was also ratified by the letters patents of prince Philip at this time king of Spaine the 3 of that name as followeth Philip by the grace of God Prince sonne and onely heire of the Realmes Countries and Seigniories of king Philip the second of that name my lord and father To all present and to come greeting Whereas my said lord and father hath resolued to marie the ladie Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia our most deere and well beloued good sister to the Archduke Albert our good vncle and cosin And that according to the same his Catholike Maiestie hath determined with our liking and consent being thereunto induced for certaine great reasons and respects for the common good namely for the generall quiet of all Christendome and in particular for the peace tranquility of the Netherlands to the end that our said sister may be prouided for according to her qualitie and great merits to giue vnto our said sister the Netherlands and the countie of Bourgoigne in that forme and maner as it hath beene made and past as it appeareth by the letters patents which my said lord and father hath caused to be made signed with his hand and sealed with his great Seale wherof the tenor followeth word by word Philip c. All which being here aboue inserted it is not needful to repeat Wee let them know that hauing particularly vnderstood all that is mentioned therein considering the publike good that may thereby come vnto Christendome especially by reason of the singular loue which we are bound to beare and do beare vnto our sister the Infanta for her graces and great merits we commend approue and allow and by these presents hold for good notwithstanding any preiudice that may grow thereby to vs or our successors hereafter And for the same reason we consent and are content by these presents that the said Netherlands and countie of Bourgoigne and Charolois shall be giuen and transported to our good sister the Infanta as my said lord and father hath done And to the end it may subsist the better for the greater assurance corroboration and strengthening of that which his Maiestie hath disposed and decreed in fauour and for the aduancement of our good sister wee dispose and ordaine as farre as it is needfull by these presents in fauour thereof and in the same forme and manner in euerie point of our owne proper and free wil without any extortion constraint deceit fraud nor any respect fatherly reuerence nor feare nor by any other indirect persuasions our will and intention being that the said countries shal belong and appertaine vnto our sister the Infanta Isabella Clara Eugenia and to her successors conformable to the disposition of the king my lord and father And to the end it may take full effect and remaine firme and stable for euer wee haue renounced and do renounce by these presents in fauour of our good sister for vs and our successors all benefits which may by right come to vs or them to contradict these presents or that it were by the law Derestitutione in integrum to the
which we haue renounced and doe renounce by these presents for our resolute and determinat will is that nothing whatsoeuer shall bee of any force and efficacie against this donation cession and transport which hath beene made of the said Netherlands in the maner and forme aboue mentioned Whereupon we haue giuen our faith and taken our othe vpon the holy Euangilists which we haue touched with our hand to hold maintaine obserue and keepe and cause to bee held maintained obserued and kept punctually all that hath beene said without any excuse or exception nor yet to suffer any other to vse any The which we do affirme and promise by the word of a prince and that we shal giue all aid assistance for the ful accomplishment thereof for that it is our sincere and resolute will In witnesse whereof we haue caused these our letters patents to be made the which we haue signed with our owne hand and caused to bee signed by the secretarie of estate for the king my lord father for the affaires of the Netherlands and Bourgoigne and to be sealed with the great seale of his Maiesties armes hanging thereunto in strings of gold To these were present as witnesses Dom Gomes d'Auila marquesse of Velada our gouernor and lord steward of our houshold Dom Christophel de Mora earle of Castel Roderigo great commaunder of the Alcantara a gentleman of his Maiesties chamber and butler for our person Dom Ioan d'Idiaques great commander of Leon all three of the counsel of state and Nicholas d'Amant knight also counsellor of state and keeper of his Maiesties seales for the affaires of the Netherlands and Bourgoigne chancelor of his duchie of Brabant Giuen in the citie of Madril in the realme of Castile the 6 of May in the yeare of grace 1598. Paraphed M. E. R. T. Signed Philip and vnderneath By the commandement of my lord the prince A. de la Loo These two patents of the kings resignation and of the princes agreation were both sealed with one seale in vermilian waxe with strings of gold These instruments being thus read past signed and sealed in autentike forme the prince of Spaine rising went and kist the king his fathers hands thanking him for the good affection he bare vnto his sister then going to his said sister he did congratulat with her for the good which she had receiued that day who rising in like maner went and kist the king her fathers hands and gaue thanks for his fauours and benefits as in like sort shee did thanke the prince her brother and so the assembly brake vp The rest of the day was spent in ioy and sport in the court yet more had beene continued if the kings indisposition had not beene who began now to grow verie weake Two daies after which was the eight of May the empresse sister to the king and mother to the archduke Albert came to court being accompanied by the embassador of the emperour her sonne the marquesse of Vellada Dom Christophel de Mora Dom Ioan Idiaques and others whereas the mariage spoken of was confirmed the Infanta binding her selfe by an othe in the hands of the empresse to marie the archduke Albert of Austria according to his Maiesties good pleasure Whereupon the said ladie empresse bound her selfe reciprocally that the said archduke her sonne should take her to wife by vertue of a speciall procuration which hee had sent Then the Infanta aduanced to kisse the hand of the empresse her aunt and future mother in law but she retired her hand and would not suffer it and for a greater shew of her loue imbraced her very fast In the end after many kind speeches and mutual curtesies as the empresse retired the Infanta bending downe vpon her knee would againe haue kissed her hand which she pulled backe and making her to rise the empresse kist her cheeke and so they parted All this being thus performed the Infanta sent a procuration in qualitie of princesse of the Netherlands to the archduke her lord by mariage and future spouse as followeth Isabella Clara Eugenia by the grace of God Infanta of all the realmes of Spaine Duchesse of Bourgoigne of Lothier of Brabant Lembourg and Luxembourg Countesse of Flanders Arthois Bourgoigne Palatine of Henault of Holland Zeeland Namur and Zutphen Marquesse of the holy Empire Ladie of Friseland Salines and Macklin of the countrie and citie of Vtrecht of Ouerissel and of Groning To all present to come that shal see these present letters greeting Wheras as wel for the good of all Christendome in general as for the Netherlands in particular and for other good considerations it hath pleased the king my lord and father for the aduancement of my future mariage by the dispensation of our holy father the pope with our most deere and well beloued cosin the archduke Albert with the good liking allowance consent and assistance of the high and mightie prince our most deere and wel beloued good brother to make a gift cession and transport vnto vs of all the Netherlands and of Bourgoigne according to the letters patents which haue beene made and signed respectiuely with their owne hands the sixt of this present moneth of May with other our letters patents touching the acceptation of the said donation and transport To the end that the said Netherlands and Bourgoigne might bee by vs our heires and successors held and enioyed in manner and forme and according to the conditions particularly comprehended and exprest in the said letters patents by the which his sayd Maiestie hath granted vnto vs with absolute power and irreuocable of our owne priuat authoritie not beeing bound to require any other consent or agreation to take and receiue by vs or by procuration to our future spouse the archduke Albert the full and entire possession of all the Netherlands and countie of Bourgoigne and Charolois and to that effect to do in particular according to the said letters patents Wee therefore make it knowne for the reasons aboue mentioned and to follow in euerie poynt the will and pleasure of his Maiestie yea to aduance all that in that regard may be necessarie before our departure towards the said countries wee haue of our certaine knowledge and absolute power authorised and giuen full power and commission irreuocable as well generall as speciall to our future spouse the archduke Albert in our name and on our behalfe by himselfe or other his substitutes as hee shall thinke fit by vertue hereof at once or at diuers seuerall times to doe all things as well in our name and in our behalfe as in the behalfe of the Netherlands and the countie of Bourgoigne and Charolois in generall or by the Estates of euerie prouince in particular that shal be requisit and necessarie to be done and past respectiuely to take accept or retaine in our name the full reall and entire possession of all the sayd countries and of euerie prouince thereof and of
Netherlands 217. goes with his wife into Spaine 226. is crowned King of Castille in the right of his wife 228. his death 232. Philip Earle of Hohenlo presseth the Spaniard in the Isle of Bommel 1024. marries the Prince of Oranges daughter 1012. comes to the battaile of Tournhout and giues the first charge 1126. his death 1355. Philip the second King of Spaine 317. his last departure out of the Netherlands 337. seekes peace with France 1141. hee giues his daughter the Infanta in marriage to the Arch-duke Albert 1160 Philip-ville yeelded to Dom Iohn 659 Philip of Montmorencie Earle of Horne imprisoned by the Duke of Alua 437. executed at Brussels 451 Philip Earle of Egmont makes an attempt vpon Brussels to his great dishonour 706. is taken prisoner in his towne of Nyenhouen 730. is deliuered for Monsieur la Noue 883 Philip of Marnix Signior of Saint Aldegond prisoner to the Spaniards 530. his speech to them of Antwerpe during the siege 868. his death 1205 Philip Earle of Nassau makes a road into Luxembourg for the Estates 1063. hee chargeth the Spaniards is wounded taken prisoner and dyes 1104 President appointed in the Prouinciall councell in Holland Zeeland and West-friseland 146 Preaching forborne in Antwerp 400 Prince of Spaines speech to the Duke of Alua 415. Princes of the Empire in Armes against the Admirall of Arragon 1209 Ponthus of Noielle Siegnior of Bours procures the Castle of Antwerpe to be deliuered to the Estates 645 Proclamation of the Estates for the obseruing of the pacification of Gand 604 Proclamation of the Duke of Parma against the towne of Aix 1027 Proclamation of the King of Spaine dispensing with the payment of his debts 1123 Protestants of Amsterdam propound fiue articles to their Magistrate 425 Pedro Dordoigno sent to kill the Prince of Orange executed 824 Protestants defeated at Austerweel 422 Protestants of the Netherlands make warre at Sea vnder the Prince of Orange 463. Proceeding vpon the petition of the Nobles in the Netherlands 390 Practises of Charles Duke of Bourgongne to ruine the house of Brederode 169 Protestants request for a religious peace 666. Proscription against the Prince of Orange 763. Preparation of the Spanish armie at Sea in the yeare 1588. 998 Preacher murthered at Deutecome 1200 Protestation of the Prince of Orange for his taking armes 491 Prince of Iuilliers and Cleues vnfortunately married 880 Practise to betraye Gheertruydenberg discouered 1259 Q. QVarrell betwixt them of Bruges and Antwerpe 200 Question among the Clergie of the Netherlands for incorporating of spirituall liuing to the new Bishopricks 347 Question in Spaine about the choosing of a Generall to subdue the Netherlands 415 Queene of England offers succors to the Estates 890. shee publisheth the reasons that mooues her therevnto 894 R. RAmeken a Forte in Zeland besieged and yeelded to the Protestants 518 Reconciliation of Arthois Henault c. to the Spaniard 708 Refusall to surpresse the new Bishops augments the troubles in the Netherlands 351. Remedie to stanche the bloud in the Prince of Oranges wound 801 Religious peace made 669 Resolution of the Estates of Holland 557 Renold Lord of Brederode and his brother imprisoned by the Bishop of Vtrecht 169. his processe beeing referred to the Knights of the Order he is absolued 170 Retreat of the Spaniards out of the Netherlands 625 Retreate of the ministers out of Antwerp 426. Retreat of many Protestants out of the Netherlands 410 Relation of the enterprise at Antwerp 812 Returne of the Spaniards into the Netherlands 809 Reâ—…er van Bron chuysen captaine for them of Vtrecht 196 Riuer cut from Vtrecht to Leck 107 Rhinberk besieged in vaine by the Spaniard 924. taken by Cont Charles of Mansfeldt 1025. besieged and wonne by Prince Maurice 1129. recouered againe by the Admirall of Arragon 1284. taken againe by Prince Maurice 1286. and last of all by the Marquis Spinola 1364. Richardot sent into Spaine by the Duke of Parma 1020 Robâ—…rt Dudley Earle of Leicester Generall for the Queene of England 910. discontented with the Estates 921. at his going into England hee appoints a Councell of Estate 930. prepares to raise the siege of Sluis 961. hee excuseth himselfe vnto the Estates for not doing it 964. hee failes to surprise Leyden 979. is called home into England and resignes his Gouernment vnto the Estates 982 Romerswall yeelded to the Spaniard 53 Rotterdam yeelded to the King of the Romaines ' 207 Rouard of Brabant what Office it is 1â—…6 Rowland Yorke made Gouernor of the Fort at Zutphen 928. sells it to the Spaniard 943. Ryperdas speech to them of Harlem 497 Roeroort surprised by Schenck 991 S SAint Quintin besieged and taken by the King of Spaine 323 Saint From in Liege yeelded to duke Chaâ—…ls of Bourgongne 162 Sarras Gouernor of Flussing vnfortunate 477. is charged by the Spaniards and repulseth them at Sooteland 478 Saint Guislaine a towne in Henault assured for the Estates 655 Saint Andrewes Fort besieged by Prince Maurice and yeelded 1230 Sanchio de Auila sent to succor Ter-goes and performes it happely 479 Scandall how interpreted 883 Sanchio de Auila sent to besiege Flussing 477 Sas by Gant seized on by the Spaniard 827 Sentence for the razing of Culembeurgs house 444 Schonhoven surprised by the Countesse Iaqueline 134. yeelded to the Spaniard by composition 586 Sentence of the Inquisition against the Netherlands 443 Separation of the confederate nobles of the Netherlands 410 Separation of the three iurisdictions of Holland cut to releeue Leyden 560 Sevenberghe taken and the Lord of it driuen away 139. taken by the Earle of Mansfeldt for the Spaniard 1035 Schulenbourg taken by the Spaniard 877. Seege of the Protestants of Zeeland before Ter-goes their army flies awaie amazed 478 Sichen in Brabant yeeldes to the Spaniard 654. recouered for the Estates and after yeelded to the Spaniard 826 Slyckembourg taken for the Estates 877 Sluis besieged by the Duke of Saxony â—…11 besieged and taken by the Spaniard 961 Shippes and men comming out of Spaine defeated by the Estates shippes 1347 Spinola marcheth with his army towardes Frisland 1347 Spaniards repulst at an enterprise vpon Berghen 1349 Spinola goes into Spaine 1353 Sentence pronounced against the Gouernor and Captaines which yeelded Linghen to Spinola 1354 Spinola seekes to enter into the Suider Sea 1359. Shippes of Holland taken by the Danes 251 Skyrmish at Rymenant Leguer 662 Spel a Prouost Marshall hanged at Brussells 462 Specification of the oppressions done by the Admirall of Arragons men in a neutrall Country 1190 Soubourg a Fort in Zeeland besieged by the Flussingers and yeelded 508 Spaniard beaten at the Bryele 472. they surprise Berghen vp Zome 474. they faile to surprise Camphere 475. they quit the siege of Leyden and flie 570. they mutine and faile to surprise Vtrecht 573. they surprise Alost in Flanders 590. they assemble in the Castle of Antwerp 596. they depart by accord 626. they are chased out of the I le of Bommel 1024. they mutine and
Maximilian made King of the Romains New knghits made by the King of the Romains 1485. The 〈◊〉 in 〈◊〉 deale 〈◊〉 factions The Ganthois and Brugeois mutine againe The Siegnio Lanchals beheaded The Emperor gâ—…es with an army â—…gainst 〈◊〉 Flemings The Flemings accorded with the King of the Romains The â—…mings are 〈◊〉 The Emperor â—…kes the aâ—…ord made with the â—…mings The Flemings alâ—…e thâ—…m selus with the Brabansones against the Duke of Saxony The King of the Romaines comes into Hollands Rotterdam yeelded to the King of Romaines A peace concluded betwixt the King of Romaines and the Flemings The Brugeois 〈◊〉 againe Montfort beâ—… by the Duke of Saxony 1490. An accord betwixt the duke oâ—… Saxony and 〈◊〉 Vicont of Montfort 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…umult 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The French King makes warre in Arthois The battile of Hinges The Ganthois reuolt Hulst surprized by the Ganthois Dixmuyden taken from the Ganthois Charles duke of Gelders deliuered out of prison 1492. The furie of the Pesants at Harlem The Duke of Saxony comes into Holland He punished Harlem and Alcmar The duke beseeged Scluse Gand submits to the duke The duke ruins the factions in Holland and zeeland The Duke of Saxonie seeks an occasion to oppresse the Fâ—…sons 1493. The Dukes troupes spoile Gelders The Emperor Frederic dies The Emperor sends to pacifie the troubles of Friseland The Groningeois sent to the Emperor The same Commissioner sent into Friseland by the Emperor Maximilian 1494. An Assembly of the States of Friseland A new Potestate chosen in Friseland An Assembly at Bolswaert They refuse to allow of the new Potestate 1494. Philip of Austrias titles Maximâ—…lians second marriage The Archduke Philip put in possession of the Netherlandâ—… A sentence giuen by 4. Electors against Charâ—…es duke of Geldâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the Archduke 〈◊〉 The fâ—…ctions oâ—… Fâ—…seland deâ—…d sucâ—… of the Duâ—…e of Saxony A crueâ—…l murther of a kiâ—…sman 1497. Baten-burch surpriâ—…d by Duke Albert. The Duke of Saxony made here ditarie gouernot of Fâ—…iseland Many 〈◊〉 ingaged to the Duke of Saxony for his entâ—…taynment The Frisons refuse Duke Albert for their gouernor The Duke will make vse of the â—…ctions 〈◊〉 â—…iseland The Vetcoopers dravve strange 〈◊〉 â—…to Friseland They câ—…l 〈◊〉 duke of Saxony into Fâ—…sland The duke makes an excessiue demand â—…nell 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 by the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 The Duke tyâ—…s ouer the Frisons The fruites of their 〈◊〉 He dies at Emden Duke Henry leaues Friseland to his yonger brother The Frisons complaine to the Archduke Philip. An answere to the Frisons The â—…chduke 〈◊〉 anâ—… his wâ—…e goâ—… into Spâ—…ne They are hoâ—… 〈◊〉 enter 〈◊〉 by the French King The Archduke 〈◊〉 into Germany 1503. Dâ—…h â—…o the Dâ—…e Douâ—…ger of Bourgongne Marguerite of Austria marred to the Duke of Sauoy 1504. The warre reuiued betwixt the Archduke Philip and the duke of Gelders The exploiâ—… of both armies Duke George of Saxony coâ—…s into Friseland He makes a composition with the Frisons 〈◊〉 Dâ—… of 〈…〉 1505. 〈…〉 of 〈◊〉 〈…〉 〈◊〉 bâ—…sieged by the Archduke 〈◊〉 takâ—…n in 〈◊〉 Diuision in the Duke of 〈◊〉 campe before 〈◊〉 The Grâ—…geois treate with the 〈◊〉 of â—…mden The Eâ—… of 〈◊〉 â—…de Prâ—… of 〈◊〉 The Earle of Emden Builds acittadel at Groninghen The Earle of Emden receiues entertainment from the duke of Saxony The Earle of Stâ—…lburche made the Dukes Lieutenant in Fâ—…eland The Duke of Gâ—…ldres reconcilâ—…d to the King of Castille The King and Queene of Castâ—… gâ—…e into Spaine An 〈◊〉 froÌ„ the â—…nch kinâ—… to the King of Caâ—…ille 1506. The King Queene of Castill in 〈◊〉 at Sea goâ—… into â—…aine They put to land in England The duke of Gelders begins waâ—…re A Comete A childe in Holland crying in the mothers beâ—…y Philip King oâ—… Câ—…stille dies sodenly The Earle of Nâ—…u brings some â—…vvels out of Spains 1507. The Duke of Gelders 〈◊〉 into Brabant Charles his Inheritance 1508. The duchesse of Sauoy gouerneâ—…e of the Netherlands The death of Aâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Bourgongâ—… Puydroien tatakâ—… and razâ—…d 1509. The gouernor of Freâ—…eland dies The Duke of Gelders makes warre against them of Oueryâ—…sel War betwixt the Duke of Gelders and the Bishop of Vtrecht 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…n 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…f 〈…〉 1512. 1513. A 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 thâ—… 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 â—…or 〈…〉 〈◊〉 Dâ—… of 〈…〉 The duke of Saxony makâ—…s an vnreasonable dâ—…mand of thâ—… Fâ—…ons Henry duke of Bâ—… slâ—…ne at an assault Dam taken by assault The Groningâ—…ois 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to thâ—… Duke of Gâ—…ldres The duke of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 plexed for 〈◊〉 of money The Geldâ—…ois enter 〈◊〉 with an army 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 oâ—… 〈◊〉 1515. Prince Charles of Austria takes possession of the Netherlands The Death of the King of Arragon Duke George of Saxony resignes Freeseland to Prince Charles The Lord of Iselsteyn takes possession of Freeseland for prince Charles Tâ—…e gouernâ—…nt of 〈◊〉 committed 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈…〉 Châ—…les The bishop of Vtrecht 〈◊〉 his 〈◊〉 1527. The Duke of Geldeâ—…s besieged in 〈◊〉 A trucâ—… concluded Outrages done by the Geldrois to breake the truce The Duke writes vnto the Frisons Deputies of the â—…risons of the Bourgongne partie â—…ent â—…o Vtrecht Demands of the Duke of Gelders to the Frisons A notable 〈◊〉 Hoâ—…ne surprised by a Pitat and spoiled Prince Charles sent for to receiue the Crowne of Castile Arâ—…agon c. Prince Charles goes into Spaine Prince Charles arriues in Spaine 1518 The Coronation of the King of Spaâ—…ne The blacke troope defeated The Emperoâ—…s will for the bâ—…rying of his body The death of the Emperor Maximilian 1519. His course life An assembly at Frâ—…cfort for 〈◊〉 choosing of a newe Emperor A commendable thing in the Electors Ambassadors from Prince Charles to the Electors Ambassadors from the French King The electors answer to the Ambassadors The Elector of Mentz his speech The Elector of Treues speech The Elector of Saxonies speech Charles King of Spaine chosen Emperor Charles King of Spaine comes into England 1520. The Emperors entry into Aix Ships of Holland taken by the Danes The Earle of Maeurs sent gouernor into Frisland Nicuport by Schoonhouen taken The Frisons send to the Imperiall diet 1521. The first Edict against them of the religion The miserable estate of Friseland The first cause of the warre The Duke of Bouillon desies the Emperor The Emperors 〈◊〉 inuades the duke of Bouâ—…lons country The French kingâ—… 〈◊〉 Tournay besieged by the Emperors men Sloten besieged by the Bouâ—…gnons Lemmer yeelded â—…wicke taken without any resistance 1523. The emperors second voyage into Spaine The peasants warre in Germanie 1524. The Geldrois begin warre against the Emperor 1526. The duke of Gelders seeks to be reuenged of the Groningeois The suburbes of Groningen burnt The Groningeois giue themselues vnto the Emâ—…or Collonel Schenck reâ—… Groninghen for the Emperor The Duke of Holsteynes troupes defeated Dam yeelded by the Geldrois Wedden yeelded Coeuoerden yeelded A peace betwixt the house of Bourgongue and the Duke of Gelders The
yeare 1503. died that vertuous Princesse the Ladie Maguerite of Yorke duchesse Douager of Bourgongne who was buried at the Franciscan friars in Macklyn shee was wonderfully lamented of the poore for her great almes deedes and of all good and vertuous men for she was a wise and vertuous Princesse and had pacefied many quarrells shee was sister to Edward the forth King of England The yeare 1502. and 1503. were spent without any warre in the Neitherlands at the least that was memorable by reason of the peace which was betwixt the said countries and the French of the truce betwixt Gronninghen and the Duke of Saxony and that the Frisons without seeking any quarrels after their accustomed manner had worke enough to repaire their Sea walles and bankes which the last violent tempests had broken and carried away In the same yeare 1503 the Lady Marguerite of Austria sister to the Arch-duke Philip widow to prince Don Fernando of Castile married againe to Philibert the 8. duke of Sauoy a valiant vertuous Prince full of such manly beautie as he was called Philibert the faire he was also amiable and courteous to all men he succeeded to his father Philip in the said Dutchie and Principalitie of Piedmont in the yeare 1495. After that he had done many things worthy of memorie he dyed leauing no issue of his body therefore Charles his brother succeeded him The Lady Marguerite his widow in testymonie of the loue she bore him although shee were yong would neuer marrie againe but continued the rest of her life a widow was afterwards Gouernesse of the Low-countreys for Prince Charles sonne to the Arch-duke Philip of Austria King of Castile in the right of his wife and her Nephew In the moneth of May 1504. the Lady Iane of Castile Arch-dutchesse of Austria returned out of Spaine and came to the Arch-duke her husband who receiued her with great ioy Then the Archduke according vnto that which hee had promised the Emperor his father being in Germanie prepared to make hot warres against the duke of Gelders to whom he sent a Herald to sommon him to yeeld him vp his Duthchie of Gelders and Countie of Zutphen else he did defie him and all his subiects and allyes and denounced warre against them with fire and sword He made also a Proclamation throughout all his Prouinces inhibitting all men to carrie any victuals or munition of warre into the countries of Gelders Zutphen and Ouerissell and he sent some shippes of warre into Zuyderzee vnder the command of an Admirall who should gard those seas that nothing might enter into the Riuer of Yssell of Ee and other channels nor into the Hauens of Harderwyck and Elburch then he sent all his armie to Boisle-duke where hee was intreated by his Noble-men and the Commanders of the armie not to goe himselfe to field in person and therefore hee gaue charge to the Lord of Vergy a Bourguignon to Cornellis of Berghen lord of Seuenberghen and to Floris of Iselsteyn to march with the whole armie into the countrey of Gelders where at the first they besieged the castle of Hameiden the which they tooke from thence they went before Midele where the Bastard of Gelders was the which after batterie and an assault giuen was yeelded by accord hee himselfe remaining prisoner and was sent into Brabant Then they tooke the castell of Trecele and spoiled the Champion contrie but winter approching they retyred againe to Bosleduke The Geldrois on the other side lay not idle making many roades into Barbant and into other neere places belonging to the enemie from whence they also carryed great spoile In the same month duke George of Saxony made his first entrie into the countrey of Frise-land hee arriued first at Harlingen from thence hee came to Franiker to the castle of Syardama where he caused all the States of Friseland to bee assembled to whom there were certaine Articles propounded on the Dukes behalfe the which he would haue entertained and kept by them One among the rest was That all Noble-men or Gentlemen that had held any Siegneories or other fees should come and take them vp of him as of their Soueraigne and absolute Prince Whereunto the States would by no meanes yeeld seeming vnto them neither iust nor reasonable to subiect themselues vnto a thing whereof God and nature had made them in all ages free to make themselues slaues and to subiect them and their children for euer The duke beeing fully instructed of the reasons of their deniall fearing some greater inconuenience gaue ouer that point vpon condition that they should pay him yearely the 21. penny of all their goods rentes and reuenues inioying all the surplusage quietly without any further demaundes and neuer to impose any further charges heerafter vppon them The which was granted by a generall consent of all the Nobles and townes This Accord thus made and agreed vpon hee also called together all the Clergie of the sayd Contrie to the towne of Franiker to whome hee made the like demande of the 21. pennâ—…e But as there was great disputing about it the assembly brake vp and would not yeelde to any thing Yet the. 7. of Iuly they were sent for againe wher after mâ—…ch coâ—…ention in the end they yeelded vpon condition that it should bee paied by Chaptâ—…rs and Prebends where-vnto the goods which they held in propriety or by 〈◊〉 should not be bound Euer since that Duke Albert tooke first possession of the 〈◊〉 of Friseland vnto the yeare 1505. the contry had bin allwayes gouerned by Licutenants vnder the authority of the Dukes of Saxony but this yeare Duke George câ—…itted six worthy men both in wealth wisdome and experience to the gouernment of affaiers three Germains William Truâ—…xes and Syurdt Lutsing Knights with hâ—… Chancellor doctor of the lawes the three other were Frisons Bucho Pastor of Wyrdom Heâ—…el Martuâ—… and Francis Minnama ouer whome Truâ—…xes was superintendent to whom the duke hauing giuen their comissions instructions how they should gouerne theÌ„selues after that he had setled the court or Parlament of Frieseland at Leeuwarden and built the Chanceâ—…y before the Cittadel the which he did furnish as he did al other forts of the contry with good garisons and sufficientmunition he parted out of Friseland and went to Emden where before that he returned into his country of Misnia he made Edsard Earle of East Friseland his Lieutenant and captaine General of his armie when hee should begin warre against them of Groningen which done hee retired At that time the warre was very violent betwxt the Bourguignons and Geldrois wasting and spoiling one an other both by Sea and Land at which time the Emperour Maximilian sent the Earle of Anholt with a 1000. foote and 500. horse to succor the Archduke Phillip his sonne against the Geldrois who went to lodge in a clâ—…ister of regular monks neere vnto Bomell the which hee fortified from whence he