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A14604	The appollogie of the illustrious Prince Ernestus, Earle of Mansfield, &c. Wherein from his first entertainment, are layd open the occasions of his warres in Bohemia, Austria, and the Palatinate, with his faithfull seruice to the King of Bohemia. Translated out of the originall French coppie.; Apologie pour le tres-illustre seigneur, Ernéste conte de Mansfeld. English	S. W., fl. 1622.	1622 (1622)	STC 24915; ESTC S119323	47,601	78

possest the Kings minde that he could not see nor behold the said Princes merites much lesse acknowledge them so that in the end after hee had many yeares patiently borne and supported all the indignities that Enuy hatred and euill will could or might suggest Falling into despight and Dispaire he ranne headlong into his owne ruyne at the hazard of the affaires of him that was the cause thereof These are examples of times past and now behold one of the present time an Example which serueth for the subiect of this Apologie The most Illustrious Prince Ernestus Earle of Manssield Marquisse of Castell Nouo and Bontighere Baron of Heldrungen and great Marshall of the Army Royall of the Kingdome of Bohemia and the Prouinces incorporated thereunto hauing had that happy successe to make his Valour and Fidelity knowne vnto the Sonne of Mars S. A. S. of Sanoy hauing borne his Armes into Bohemia for the seruice of that Crowne made great offers vnto the same exposed his life and meanes for the good thereof and to conclude hauing done all that which a great and Valiant Knight of his profession could or might doe Behold certaine euill willers transported by the violence of her accursed passions set vpon him and couertly vnder-hand seeke to vndermine the foundations of his Reputation to make his whitenesse seeme blacke and his fidelity suspitious blaming him as if he had had some intelligence with the Enemy that he would take his part and afterward sell the Towne of Pilsen when it was besieged vnto him for money And in a word they charge him with Treason in stead of recompencing him for his Fidelity The rumour whereof spread abroad throughout all the Countrey of Bohemia Germany Italy and France and in all other places Time certainely is the mother of Truth which at the last although it bee hidden and couered by obscurity commeth forth into the light Veritatem tempus in Lucem eruit saith an Ancient wise man But in the meane time he that is bitten and wounded by slaunder cannot chuse but feele the panges thereof yea and in a manner dye with griefe if it be great if no remedy be procured for the same Now as great and valiant Courages are hardned in greatest dangers and apprehend no perill so they passe not greatly neither yet any whit esteeme of her woundes accounting them to be the same which they receiue by the Armes of Mars But seeing that experience and the Examples of times past make vs see and finde the contrary and that it is a dangerous thing to seeke to defend our selues against Slaunder onely with the buckler of patience it is requisite to proceed with Armes and to fight against this fury in the genesis thereof All other Armes the more they are distant from the hand from whence they were sent so much the more violence and force they lose But those of slaunder are cleane contrary for the further they are from the hand so much the more force they haue and feare nothing more then to meete and encounter at handy blowes with the party Then in stead of flying from them we must approach neare vnto them wee must cast off our Dublets and shew them our naked breasts That is the buckler and the Target of steele which wholly and vtterly repulseth them That is it which wee shoote at in this Apologie we seeke to defend the Innocency of the said Prince against the Impostures of this infernall fury and to that end wee will produce him in open Field by the representation of his valorous exploits and by his owne permission wee will open his Dublet and let you see his naked breast a white breast which neuer was made blacke with Infidelity nor stayned with the colour of the Indian Sunne As men know a Tree by the fruit so we know a man by his workes It is his actions that wee meane which we will make to appeare at the least in such wherein he hath had a part during this Warre and will so liuely discribe them one after the other to the end that they may be seene of euery one that in time to come they may be knowne by euery man and in the end be vnto him a fortresse against the slaunderous assaults of his euill willers We will begin with the treaty of Conuention with the States of Bohemia made with him and will set it down in English to serue for a frontispece and a foundation of this worke The tenure whereof is as followeth VVee N. N. N. N. the Directors and Counsellours of the Realme of Bohemia thereunto Deputed with full Authority and power by all the 3. Euangelicall Estates of this Crowne make knowne vnto all men by these presents That forasmuch as the state of the Affaires of this Realme requireth to prouide our selues of a Valiant Generall of the Artillery and a Colonell of a certaine number of Souldiers thereby to strengthen the Armies which wee haue leuyed for the Defence of this Crowne To that end wee haue chosen the most Illustrious Prince Ernestus Earle of Mansfield Baron of Heldrungen Colonell of the Lords the vnited Electors Princes and States of the Romane Empire and Generall of the Germaine Troupes of S. A. S. the Duke of Sauoy and that in regard of the good experience that hee hath had in Marshall affaires as also of other his Noble qualities and according to the Articles made betweene vs haue made and declared him to bee Generall of the Artillery and Colonell of a Regiment of Dutch Soldiers from two to 4000. men to serue vs and the said Lords of the Three Estates as long as this Warre shall continue As by these presents wee declare and establish him so to bee to the end that he may be knowne and holden for the same In regard whereof the said Count Mansfield hath offered to assemble his Troupes with as much speed possible as he may or can and of himselfe to arme them as need requireth And with as many Horsmen as hee can get to come hither into Bohemia to the place appointed which when time serueth shall bee set downe vnto him and at the furthest within Fourteene dayes by that meanes to serue this Crowne and the State thereof wheresoeuer it shall bee needfull and requisite and by Gods helpe to Defend the same against all their Enemies according to the good trust and confidence that wee haue reposed in him Assuring him that wee will satisfie and content him for the said Offices of Generall of the Artilliry and Colonell according to the vse and custome of the Warre and the agreement made with him in such manner that hee shall thinke himselfe to be well pleased and contented And further as well for our selues as for the said Lords the Euangelicall States of this Crowne wee protest and promise to requite the good endeauours of the said Earle in all occasions by all kindes of good Offices In witnesse whereof we haue hereunto put our Seales Giuen in the Castle

THE APPOLLOGIE OF THE ILLVSTRIOVS Prince ERNESTVS Earle of Mansfield c. WHEREIN FROM HIS FIRST Entertainment are layd open the Occasions of his Warres in Bohemia Austria and the Palatinate with his faithfull Seruice to the King of Bohemia Translated out of the Originall French Coppie Printed at Heidelbergh 1622. TO THE READERS REaders you must giue me leaue to present my Booke to you without the Epithite of Gentle Courteous or Impartiall Readers for mine is an Apologie which hee that is sure of such Readers needs not make And if the glory of this most loyall and victorious Count hath still at home bin confronted with envious censures how should a story of his Actions euery where meet with such Readers This therefore rather hopes to make then find you so And readers I call you plurally for it lookes to fall into diuers hands and all not alike minded some may light vpon this Apologie who by their enuious detractions from his Acts haue bin the causers that some such as this were sit to bee made for his iustification But I hope that they being now out of action and so no longer corriuals in his honour the proofe of his victorious fidelity hath by this time either made them ashamed or silent A second sort are those whom these scandalous reports haue suspended in their goood opinions of his fidelity to the King and to them is this Apology chiefly intended for it well hopes that by relating the treacheries who by his martiall sentence suffered for it and withall truely representing his diligence and letters to the traytors and the wants which disabled him from hindring their plots when his wisdome had discouered them will throughly enforme such a Reader turne him now to an impartial Reader A third sort may light vpon this who haue liued so farre off from newes that they neuer heard him so much as suspected for thankes be to God his glory is further trauelled then their enuy which hath either bin lost by the way or turned backe againe and I hope these men will thinke their money well bestowed in that an Apology must of necessity discouer more priuate and particular passages whence this enuy sprang then any generall History of these Bohemian warres need produce for such a story rather relates then proues and besides here are diuers letters coppyed out and letters be the very linings and insides of Stories and this way too this Apology giues these Readers best satisfaction Yet for one fauour I must appeale to thee Gentle and Courteous Reader for so I hope euen in this point to finde the first sort of these Readers because what I entreate although it goes with the history yet it is besides the scope of it which is the thing they onely maligne I meane to craue your fauourable censures for the rudenesse of the Style For wee Bohemians next our vulgar more frequently vse the neighbour Italian speech but because the campe whither this is chiefely sent compoūded of diuers Nations best vnderstand one another in the French I haue therefore wrote it in that language wherein I was lesse perfect But maruell not if wee Swordmen who vse to hew out our way now and then hacke at a word a souldiers writing stile is his stilletto and when wee parlee wee send summons not orations and their owne necessity perswades the vanquished to yeeld and not the victors Rhetoricke but if it be plaine plainnesse best sets forth truth as this is And peraduenture it will be the better thought to be so for the Author profession for a souldier as much scornes to giue the lye as to take it Seeing then this braue mans Fame hath bin put to his compurgators I who haue bin a witnesse of all I write come in here as one of the Iurors and vpon mine owne knowledge deliuer the truth and willingly nothing but the truth and to this I sweare and you here see I lay my hand vpon the booke Farewell and listen after him his owne Actions shall next make their owne Apology or need none S. W. AN APPOLLOGIE MADE IN DEFENCE OF THE ILLVSTRIOVS PRINCE ERNESTVS Earle of MANSFIELD Marquisse of CASTEL NOVO and BONTIGLIERE Baron of HELDRVNGEN Marshall of the Army of BOHEMIA and the Prouinces Incorporated thereunto c. PAssion is a most strange and wonderfull thing it is a malady and sore disease of the soule which hindreth the functions of Iudgement and a mist darkning the eyes of the Spirit making thinges to seeme otherwise and contrary vnto that which in effect they are Loue the most violent passion of all others thinketh that which is euill fauored to be faire and that which is wicked to be good Scilicet insano nemo in amore videt hatred Enuy and euill will contrary passions produce contrary effects and cause that which is good vertuous and commendable to appeare and shew to be euill vicious and worthy of blame From thence Ingratitude bad speeches and slaunder accursed Daughters of such wicked Mothers which satisfie and feede themselues with euill as the Spider doth with the poyson which shee sucketh out of all sorts of Flowers and that from the best like these who blame and dispraise all sortes of actions yea and those that are most commendable Lycurgus so excellent a person that the Oracle of Apollo was in doubt and made question whether it should place him among the rancke of the Gods or of Men what did not hee doe for the good and benefit of his natiue Countrey and for the welfare of his fellow Cittizens but in the meane time they being led and carryed away by this disease in stead of acknowledging his benefits imparted vnto them sought to doe some mischiefe vnto him charged him with many Iniuries and blowes and finally banished him out of his Countrey The like in a manner happened vnto Scipio hee I say who by the ruyne of the Carthagian Empire strengthened the foundation of the Romane Common-wealth his bones could finde no rest in that place whereunto hee had procured the same Charles Duke of Burbon one of the most braue and valiant Princes that France euer brought forth worthy in truth to haue Descended out of that most Illustrious house and of a better Fortune if it had pleased God to haue graunted him that fauour as well as he had indowed him with great and rare Vertues by diuers and good effects witnessed and set forth the greatnes of his Courage and the affection that he bare vnto the King his Master He deliuered Dision from the siege that the Switzers layde about it tooke Millaine out of their handes And which is more aduanced the Victory which the King had against them in the Battaile of Marignan For all which his Noble actions and many other eminent Seruices which he did for him yet he could not obtaine his fauour But to the contrary the further that he proceeded still hee found himselfe to be further from it Passion hauing in such manner