to his people he and his wife fled into this Castle and being besieged and reduced to want for Provision having no means to escape was compelled to enter into a Treaty for the rendition of the Town his wife amongst other Articles capitulated that she might have so much of her most precious Goods as she could carry at one time which was granted She with the help of her Maid carried out her Husband lock'd in a Chest out of the Castle leaving all her Rings and Jewels behind her A rare Example of conjugal Love It 's desir'd that the Ladies of these times would make it their President The Lordships and Villages under it are 1 Bredenrood 2 Assenburg 3 Heems kerck 4 Meresteen 5 Forest 6 Keewrick 7 Velsen 8 Polenburgh 9 Hemsteed 10 Beurwick Between Harlem and Leyden there are many fair Villages Heligon Lys and Tassam they are not above a League distant one from another Not far from them is the House of Feiling now belonging to his Highness the Prince of Orange Naerden On the Zuyder-Sea Fortifi'd with a strong Castle held of the Earls of Holland by the Dukes of Brunswick to whom it anciently belong'd Anno 1580 having submitted to the Duke of Alva he contrary to his Faith and Promise to them fired it and put all the poor Inhabitants to the Sword It 's the chief Town of the Bayliwick of Goeland Anno 1355 it was built by William of Bavaria and by him inriched with many Priviledges Anno 1481 they of Vtrecht having given the Hollanders a great overthrow surprized the Town of Naerden by an ingenious Stratagem For they dressed a good company of young Souldiers like Country-women going to Market who being let in seized a Gate of the Town and gave entrance to the Enemy the Citizens redeemed themselves from Fire and Sword with a great sum of Money Enchuysen So call'd from Euckle-Huysen little or simple Houses as they were at first but now 't is become a great Town scituate on the very point of the Gulf of Zuyder-see opposite to Friesland from which it 's not distant above two Leagues 'T was very serviceable to the Prince of Orange in the first Revolt of these Countries from the King of Spain for siding with him they cut off all Supplies and Provisions from Amsterdam and compell'd it in a short time to yield to the Prince It 's a place of great Trade and Navigation their Ships passing to all Seas of the world There are two Passages out to the Sea and three Havens at the entrance of one of them there is a great Tower It 's reported that Anno 1394 Albert Earl of Holland set sail from thence with a Fleet of 300 Boats to transport his Army into Friesland an Argument that it was then a Famous Port. Here are built great Ships for the Indies and great Fleets do sail from hence to the Baltick Seas This Town is environ'd on three parts by the Sea Under the Jurisdiction of this Town are these Villages 1 Grootenbroeck 2 Luttlebroeck 3 Boumers-kerspel 4 Hogekerspel 5 Hem. 6 Veenhuysen 7 Broeckhaven This Town Horne and Medenblyck have equally but successively the priviledge of Coyning of Money each for the space of Seven years and then they begin again Horn Is on the same Gulf also a rich Town with a very good Haven and of so great strength by reason of the multitude of Ditches and Chanels which are round about it that it seems impregnable Anno 1427 this Town began to be encompassed with goodly Walls deep and large Ditches Half of it all along the Sea is defended with Pallisadoes and Banks It hath its name from the Haven of the Town that turns in Form of a Horn. It hath these Villages under its Jurisdiction 1 Avenhoorne 2 Berth 2 Oudendick 4 Woggenom 5 Hubixwou 6 Hauvoant 7 Berchont 8 Swaech 9 Banejert 10 Betlem 11 Ostblocker several other Towns Edam Upon the same Gulf of Zuyder-see remarkable for the great number of Ships which are yearly built here It 's a Town well wall'd in and ditch'd It hath a long Haven to the which there doth belong many fair Ships being as stately and of as great Burthen as any in Holland or Zealand either for War or Merchandize It was antiently call'd Yedam of a current of Water called Ye or Vde by a Sluce which they call dam so it 's the Sluce of Yde This Town is two Leagues distant from Horn. Anno 1404 some women of this Town going in Barks to feed their Cattle in the Pastures of Gurmer-meer discovered a Sea-woman which came out of the Sea into the waters there and could not finde the way out They took her by Force they drew her into a Boat and carried her into Edam where she was wash'd and cloath'd in time she grew Familiar using her self to feed on ordinary Meats and did learn to spin They of Harlem desired to have her to whom she was sent and lived 15 years she never spake which was a rare thing in a woman seeking often to get away into the water You may read this in the History of the Netherlands for the truth hereof it 's desir'd that the Virtuosi of the Royal-Society would take it into their grave consideration Medenblick Is fortified with a strong Castle seated on the Sea It 's two Leagues and a half from Enchuysen and within 6 Miles of Horn. It hath a Port made by Art It 's a safe retreat for Ships in foul weather It 's so fortified with Walls and Bulwarks as 't is held impregnable It 's an ancient Town and formerly the Metropolis before Horn and Enchuysen were built Here live most of your Wood-Merchants which drive a Trade to Norway and into the North. Some derive its name from the River Medenlack Monickendam On the South-side looks towards the Isle of Marke which is opposite to it The Sea therein reasonably still for that it lieth under the Lee of the said Island Towards the Land 't is wall'd and ditch'd Great Ships may harbour here safely It 's a League from Edam It 's seated upon the River Monic which signifies a Monck and it hath for its Arms a Monck Purmerent Is a Town which stands in the midst of Moors lying at the end of the Purmer-Sea where 's a sluce by the which they of the Town sail towards Edam Monickkendam and other places which border upon the Sea On th' other side there 's nothing but Lakes which coast the Towns of Ryp Graft Wormer even to Alkmer Anno 1573 it was walled in There is a Castle which did belong to the House of Count Egmond but Anno 1590 it was bought by the States Muden Is seated on the River Vecte a strong Town Fortifi'd with Ramparts and a strong Castle upon the Gulf where the Vecte runs into the Zuyder-see It held correspondence with Alkmer Horn Enchuysen Medenblick Edam Monickendam and other Towns in West-Friesland against whom the Spaniards could not prevail
where they ended their most miserable lives and reign A just reward for Rebels The town consisteth of 41 Islands to which they pass partly by Boats and partly by Bridges whereof there are 144 and of them an Hundred and four built with Stone Here 's a Castle said to have been built by Hengist the Saxon at his return out of England This City is scituated at the middle of the mouth of the River Rhene Anno 1574 it held out a gallant Siege and at last the Enemies were enforc'd by the overflowing of the waters to raise their Siege though the Spaniard had built 30 Forts to famish it and there died about 7000 Persons in the town of Famine and Pestilence which made a great confusion in the town insomuch as the people came in great multitudes to Peter Adrianson the Burgermaster declaring their misery and want and using many threatning words that he might agree with the Enemy but he answered them and said My beloved Fellow Citizens I have made an Oath which I mean by the grace of God constantly to keep If my death sith I must die may any ways profit you it 's all one to me whether you or the Enemy kill me and therefore if this Carkass of mine will do you any good in Gods Name take it cut it in pieces and divide it amongst you as far as it may possibly stretch for I shall be contented therewith The Citizens were so amazed at his answer as that they all went away without any more words But certain the deliverance of this Town can be attributed to none but to God Almighty for though the Prince did use all means by breaking of Ditches drawing up of Sluces and drowning all the Country almost to the Town yet the waters were not so deep as to carry Boats until God sent a strong South-west-winde which drave the Sea into the Rivers and Land that great Boats pass'd afloat and victuall'd the Town and two days after it was victuall'd came so strong a North-west-winde that beat back the Sea again from whence it came as doth appear in the History of the Netherlands Balder General for the King of Spain when he raised the Siege left in his Lodgings the Town of Leyden pictur'd with her Royal Ways Paths and Chanels of Water and in such manner as they were guarded and defended with Forts and under the Picture was written Vale Civitas valete Castella parva quia Relict a est is propter aquam non per vim inimicarum They of Leyden had a perfect hatred against the Spaniards and therefore a Zealander being in the Town and having shot a Spaniard he rip'd him open pluck'd his heart out of his body as he was half dead and when he had knawn it with his teeth he cast it away from him this knawn heart was afterwards seen in Delph by many credible people and the very print of his teeth in it as it 's delivered to us by good Authority The Fort Waddinghe which the Spaniards had made against the town did much annoy the townesmen whereupon they issu'd out and took the Fort and roasted the Spaniards in it alive though they cry'd out very lamentably Misericordia misericordia They here printed Paper-coyn on the one side Haec libertatis ergo on th' other side Godt behoed Leyden Some of them wore about them in a silver Crescent these words Rather the Turk then a Spaniard because the Turk paying his Tribute gives Liberty of Conscience but the Spaniard none I cannot forget one memorable Passage at this Siege An English Gentleman here had in a Salley his right Arm shot off with a Cannon-Bullet he took it up and carried it along with him unto his Chyrurgeon at his lodging where without being sick or distempered he held it in his left hand saying This is the Arm which to day at Dinner serv'd the whole Body There is a memorable Story if true which we have read in several eminent Authors which is thus Anno 1316 there hap'ning a great Famine a poor Woman went to her own Sister that was very rich to borrow a Loaf of Bread to save her and her Children from starving her Sister denied that she had any in the house she insisted that she had whereupon her rich Sister fell a cursing and swearing praying God that if she had any it might be turn'd into a Stone which God miraculously suffer'd to be done as it 's said to the confusion of this pitiless and wretched Woman In St. Peter's Church in the same City there is one of these Loaves safely kept to this day in a place iron'd about for a perpetual remembrance of the strangeness of this accident But Anno 1575 this Town being delivered of its long and calamitous Siege an University was here Founded in recompence of their great sufferings The chief Towns within the Territories of Leyden are 1 Rinsburgh anciently a well-Fortifi'd town within a League of it 2 Nortvies within a Mile of the Sea and two Leagues of Leyden 3 Valkenbourgh where every September is kept a Horse-fair Here were the Romans Magazins and Store-houses against the English 4 The two Catwicks 5 Wassenere a fair Village two Leagues from Leyden 6 Oestgrest 7 Warmont a League and a half from Leyden on Harlem-side 8 Soutervoude a League distant from it neer it is Lam and the Castle of Gronestren 9 Leyderdrope a Village which hath many Magnificent and Noble Seats in it 10 In Woorschoten a fair Village not far off from Leyden stood that Famous Nunnery of Ramsburgh so plentifully endow'd that 2000 Persons did there dayly receive Relief Here is a Hospital for poor Passengers and decay'd old People and also for Orphans a Noble Building In it are ordinarily 500 Children who are taught to read and write and bound Apprentices as they grow up Their Charity here is very great if any be overburden'd with Children or undone by accident they go to the Masters of the Poor and receive Relief according to their necessities The number within this City which receive Charity amounts ordinarily to 20000. Viane Is a square town seated upon the left bank of the River Leck a free Barony belonging to the House of Brederode it hath a strong Castle in it Heusden Is a fair Town and well built beautifi'd with a strong Castle and goodly Territories It 's scituated on Brabant-side upon the River Wahal There is a Fort in this Island of Hemert which defends Heusden Near it is Voroum a small Town with four Bastions between Lenistein and Gorchum Leerdam Is a wall'd Town upon the River Lyngen which together with Ysselsteyn fell unto Philip Prince of Orange from the Earls of Buren It hath a strong Castle belonging unto it Delfe So call'd from a Ditch which the Batavians call Delph which is brought from the Meuze even to this City It was built by Godfrey the crooked Duke of Lorain who had conquer'd Holland by the assistance of the Bishop of
is Brederode from whence they take their name Besides those Towns on the firm Land or Continent there are some Islands which appertain to the States of Holland call'd by the General name of Voorn signifying as much as before or in old English bevorne but known now directly by their proper Names 1 Somerdike 2 Gaurede 3 Pierschille so call'd of their principal Towns 4 Voorn specially so nam'd and chief of them all The principal Towns hereof are 1 Briel which we call the Brill a strong Town and the first that revolted from the Spaniards Anno 1572. A Cautionary Town to the English with the Town of Flushing chosen by them in regard of the great Command it hath upon the passage to Gertrudenburg and the rest of Brabant and also to Delf Dort and Rotterdam the greatest Town of Trade in the South of Holland Breheel or Brehil is as much as to say Brede-Heel that is a Broad River for Heile signifies a River on the right side of it the Maes receives the Rhene into it and falleth into the main Ocean Geruliet Is a small Town but hath Jurisdiction over many Villages There are also on the North-side of Holland the Isles Vierengen and Texel of which little is memorable but that the last is furnished with a large and capacious Bay for receit of Shipping Goeree Is scituated in a little Island and hath as good and deep a Road as any in Holland where great Ships which go long Voyages cast Anchor attending their last Provision and a good Wind. The Garrisons of Wonde and Hulst and also Hellevoetsluys opposite unto it which is the Sluce of the Island of Voorn on that side towards the Sea whereas Brill lies on th' other side upon the Gulf of the River which is call'd the Mewze Beverwyck A Burg two Leagues from Harlem upon the River Ty not above two Miles distant from the Sea this and Reensburg were in former times reckon'd amongst the strongest and fairest Towns in all this Province Scage A good Burg and well built in which there 's a strong Castle Of ZEALAND ZEaland consisteth of seven Islands the remainder of â—8 the rest whereof the Sea hath swallowed and in them 300 inhabited Towns It 's sever'd from Flanders with the West-Branch or Arm of the Scheldt which the Battavians call Honte and on the East from Brabant with the right Branch of the said River which still keeps its name on the North from Holland with the Gulf call'd the Vlack and on the West with the main Ocean from the Kingdom of England Zealand is so call'd as Levinus Lemnius thinketh from Sea and Land which invironeth it round about and with him agree Guicciardine and Jo. Keygersberg But as Adrianus Junius rather thinks from Zeeland an Island in Denmark as before we observed The whole contains eight Towns and 100 Villages The Islands which remain are commonly divided into the Eastern and Western according as they lie to the River Scheldt These Islands are encompass'd with strong high Banks made with such infinite charge that Emanuel de Meeter saith they cost above 140000 l. sterling so the expence to maintain them must be very great The Western Islands are four in Number Walcheren lyeth to the North of the Sluce in Flanders the richest and most populous of all this Province It 's in compass 10 Dutch Miles or 40 Italian The principal Towns whereof are Middleburgh Seated on a creek off on the Sea well wall'd fortifi'd the Streets spacious the Houses and Churches well built inhabited by wealthy Merchants and industrious Tradesmen so call'd because built in the midst of the Island It 's a quarter of a League from Arnemuyden Flushing Of great Note for its good Port and invincible strength one of the first Towns which the Low Country-men took from the Spaniards by the diligence of Voorst a Sea man and Monsieur de Berland then Bayliff thereof and not long after put into the hands of the English as a Town of Caution A poor Town then it was now the Key of the Netherlands without whose license no Ship can pass either to or from the City of Antwerp insomuch as if the Duke of Alva in the beginning of his Government had bestow'd that pains in the fortifying of this and th' other Martime Towns as he did in the strengthning Antwerp and some midland Cities he had in all probability hindered the Revolt of those flourishing Countries It 's scituate right against Flanders a Mile from Middleburgh There are three goodly Bulwarks towards the Land and one to the Sea which defend the Haven on that side flanking it at the Port. They have made a new Haven there and built a Church for the English It 's also a Marquisate belonging to the Prince of Orange as La Vere Ramne or Arnemuyden A wall'd Town beautifi'd with one of the goodliest and most frequented Havens in Europe out of which one may sometimes see 500 sail of Ships of great burthen set forward on their Voyage to several parts Anno 1574 't was yielded to the Prince of Orange Veer or Camp-veere A very Famous Sea-Town and exceeding strong having many Staples for Herrings and other Commodities here it belong'd to the Prince of Orange From hence came that illustrious and most noble Family of the Veeres now Earls of Oxford By Maximilian Duke of Burgundy and Lord of it was made a Marquisate It hath ample Jurisdiction and nine Villages depend upon 't Rammeken or Zeeburgh Built upon the Dike between Middleburgh Flushing serving for a Bulwark for all Ships which for want of good winde are forc'd to come and Anchor in this Road. This Castle is alwayes well Man'd and Garrison'd with all things necessary for a place of such Importance This was one of the Cautionary Towns delivered to Queen ELIZABETH There are in this Island many good Towns East and West-Suyburgh A quarter of a League one from the other betwixt Flushing and Middleburgh at West-Suyburgh there is a good Castle South-Beverland Scituate betwixt Walcheren and Brabant the greatest of the Isles of Zealand heretofore 20 Dutch Miles in compass but now much diminish'd by the rage and fury of the Sea by which the Town and Seignory of Borhule with all the Country round about it was swallowed up Anno 1532. The chief Towns here are Romerswal seated on the East towards Bergen-Op-Zoome sever'd at the same time from the rest of the Island and made an Island of it self defended with continual charge from following the sad Fate of the Town of Bursule distant about a League from Bergen-Op-Zoome Goes or Tergoes On the Northern Coast a strong Town and well Priviledg'd and the only wall'd in all the Island It hath a good Haven at the mouth whereof there are two Forts one of either side so as nothing can pass without Discovery Not far off are Cloelingen Cruyningen Zeateskerke Capelle Catton-dike and other Villages North-Beverland Lying betwixt South-Beverland and the Isle of
but lost many men in this waterish Countrey the which is rightly call'd Waterland by reason of the many Lakes that it abounds with some of them have been drain'd as Beemster Zijp and Schermer which are now rich Grounds In this Castle Count Florent of Holland was kept Prisoner South-Holland lies next to the middle Channel of the Rhene passing from Vtricht to Leyden and Zealand eminent for these Cities Dort or Dordrecht Is a City of Holland the Figure of it is long like a Galley It 's very rich and plentiful and a Granary or Store-house of Corn and all other Provisions anciently 't was the Staple for Rhenish Wines formerly joyned to the Firm Land but in the year 1421 rent from 't by the violentness of the Sea and made an Island By this Breach there were 72 Villages drown'd and above 100000 Persons perished with all their Goods It 's seated upon the Merew but so as this River is compos'd of the Rhene the Wahall the Mâ—â—â—â— Lingâ—â— which all being joyn'd in one pass before the Town so as we may say 't is seated upon four Rivers the Merew Wahall Meuze and Ling. It 's distant 10 Leagues from Leyden It hath a convenient Port. Dordrecht or Dort hath its name from the River Dort and Drecht which is a passage over Dort and therefore it 's to be observed that all the Towns in the Netherlands ending in Tricht Dricht or Drecht as that excellent Janus Rutgertsius noteth betoken a fare or passage over as appeareth by Maestricht Vtrecht Swynedrecht and other Towns Dort is one of the ancientest and chiefest Cities in Holland having that power and priviledge as Reginus Pruniensis relateth to stop and take of Toll Wares which come down the streams till they be sold having been once the Staple for Wools and Cloaths of Timber for Building houses This is call'd the Maiden-Town because it was never taken though often besieged 'T is of great note in these latter times for an Assembly of Divines out of divers Countries following Calvins Doctrine for condemnation of the Lutheran or Arminian Tenents concerning Universal Grace Anno 1618. This Town hath power to Coyn both Silver and Gold Gorchum Scituate on the Wael where it meeteth with the Lingen a Town of great Trade and riches It hath a fair Church from the Steeple whereof one may behold 22 wall'd towns besides an infinite number of Villages It 's a strong Town fortifi'd with 12 Bulwarks besides Half-Moons and Counter-scarps and together with that abundance of Water as one would say it is impregnable The River of Lingen runs through the midst of it being always full of Ships It falls into the Merew and mingles it self with the Rivers of Wahall and Mouze all which together pass before Dordrecht Rotterdam Delf-Haven Scheidam and Briel where it falls into the British Seas Rotterdam Is scituate near unto the Meuze upon the mouth of the Channel which they call Rotter whereunto adding Dam which is a Sluce it makes Rotterdam the Sluce of Rotter so they are much deceived who fetch this name from Rotarius King of France Without doubt the place where it now stands was heretofore an Arm of the Sea without the River of Meuze which the remainder of the Banks do yet witness the which extended from the Castle of Honingen unto Croeswick which was a Castle upon the Rotter and so went unto the Village Ouderschy and ended at the Ditches of Schiedam It 's a strong fair and well-traded Port the Haven is long built all of blew stones which doth resist the violence of the Water In which Haven a great company of Ships may safely lie Every year there are goodly great Ships built in this Town for War and Trade and likewise Galleys when there is any need of them for War upon the Coast of Holland and Zealand Anno 1467 the great Erasmus was here born there is his Statue in Copper upon the Bridge with his Book in his Hand They say when he hears the Clock strike he turns a Leaf Anno 1270 it was first wall'd Schoon-hoven Scituate on the Leck It 's a fair Town having a commodious Haven it takes its name of the pleasant Gardens which are both within and about it for Schoon signifies fair and Hoffe Garden There passes a Channel through this Town which comes out of the River Yssel very convenient to pass from one River to another On the other side of this Town is the great and mighty Castle of Lysfesdman unto the Banks of the River of Leck formerly belonging unto the Duke of Brunswick Goude Is so nam'd from Gou a Town which lieth near it or from the river Gow which runneth through it It 's one of the six Principal Towns in Holland rich and well Fortifi'd with strong Walls and deep Ditches and by their Sluces the Countrey may be drown'd round about It 's seated upon the River Yssel which rising about Ysselsteyn falls into the Leck at a place call'd Ysselmond There runs a Chanel of fresh water through every street in this Town Anno 1272 it was built by Count Florent and adorn'd with many Priviledges It 's two leagues from Leyden and nine English Miles from Rotterdam Oudewater Is a reasonable good Town upon the River Yssel a League distant from Woerden and Montford 'twixt which Towns they sow great abundance of Hemp wherewith they make Ropes Cables and Nets for fishing From this Town you may go to Goude and by the Meuze to Rotterdam This Town Anno 1589 was besieged by Duke Alva and stoutly defended it self but in th' end was taken by Assault Ysselsteyn Is a small Town but very strong It belongs to the Prince of Orange Leyden Is call'd by Antoninus in his Itinerary Lugdunum Caput Germanorum for antiently it was a Town of great Renown The Roman Praetor which governed that quarter kept always his Residence and Garison there and therefore some derive Leyden from Legio there being a Roman Legion quartered there Ptolomy of Alexandria calls it 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 Lugdunum Batavorum Plutarch makes honourable mention of it It 's one of the six chief Towns in Holland and the fourth in preheminence and suffrage It 's the chief for that quarter of Rhin-lant having under it 49 Towns and Villages In this Town was born Hansvan-Leyden a Cutler by trade a monstrous Anabaptist who so besotted the people that he made himself King of Munster in Westphalia and caused himself to be treated as a King wearing a Crown of Gold and when he did go abroad had always two Boys before him one of which carried a Sword and th' other a Bible those which did not fall down and worship him were immediately condemn'd to die He kept 14 wives and caused one to be kill'd because she despised his inspirations After a years Siege by the Bishop the City was taken and this King and his Councellor Knipperdoling were put into two Cages of Iron and hung out of a high Tower
Vtrecht It hath two Chanels which pass through the Town Anno 1536 the beauty of it was much eclips'd by Fire but built up again fairer then formerly it was In this Fire there happen'd so memorable an accident that happily the like hath not been recorded in any Story In this town the Storks Nest almost in every house to breed the Fire being the third of May at which time the young Storks are grown pretty big the old ones perceiving the Fire to approach their Nests attempted to carry them away but could not they were so weighty which they perceiving never ceas'd with their wings spread covering them until they all perish'd in the Flames Jasper Veldius an Author of great estimation reports the same in 's Book of Storks This Town holds the third rank and suffrage for the Country of Holland It 's four Leagues from Leyden Near this Town is Loresendam a great and fair Village not far off it is Losdan and Voorburg the last a good Town In this Town was the Body of the Famous Hugo Grotius inter'd Anno 1584 William Prince of Orange was here shot with a Bullet by Balthasar Gerard a Burgundian It 's a Town of great Trade for Cloathing It 's the Birth-place of that Monstrous Heretick David George who call'd himself King and Christ immortal Gertruden-burgh Is a strong Town both by Nature and Art scituated on the left Bank of the River Merew it hath a good Garrison in 't so nam'd as Hondius supposeth from Geertruyd the Daughter of Pipinus de Landen who was a Religious Woman and liv'd here and Anno 664 here died Scheidam Hath a good Haven upon the Mewze it 's scituated upon a current of Water which comes out of the Country call'd Schie and from thence it takes its name In this place there is an Hospital call'd the New-dam which hath these Priviledges that a Burger dying within or without the Town or in the liberties thereof the best garment he leaves doth belong unto the Hospital The chief Trade of this Town is Fishing which they send into all parts Vlarding is hard by a small Village but formerly a strong Town Mausouluis is a fair Burrough two Leagues lower Woerden Is seated on a Moor and hath a strong Castle to it and cannot be approach'd because it may be overflown round about it Anno 1374 this Town was built by the Bishop of Vtrecht to awe his Subjects In this Castle the Admiral of Aragon was kept Prisoner a great while after the Battle of Flanders Worcom It 's beyond the River of Wahal on Brabant-side right against the strong Castle of Loveisteine a little lower on the other Bank stands Gorchom It 's well fortifi'd with good Ramparts Bulwarks and Ditches It did belong to the Earls of Horn. Neer this Town is the Castle and Territory of Altena being in ancient time drown'd but now it 's a Country full of good Pastures and is the Rampart of the whole Province Gorcum is one of the strongest Towns in the Netherlands It 's one of the Keys of Holland Famous for being a Prison to Hugo Grotius and of the Arminian Ministers The chief of the Holland-Villages is the Hague or Graven-Hague in Latine Haga Comitis because formerly the residence of the Earls of Holland So call'd as Junius supposed from Hagh which signifies a Hedge from the many Hawthorn-Hedges that grow thereabouts It 's rich in Wealth pleasant in Gardens and stately in Buildings having 2500 Houses amongst which the most magnificent is the Court built here Anno 1249 by William Earl of Holland now the Residence of the Prince of Orange It 's a Castle with Ditches and Gates It 's always guarded There are the Courts of Justice the States Chamber for the Province and for the Union whither all Causes are brought by Appeal and finally determin'd Here resides the Count Fischal of Brabant the States General the States of Holland and West-Friesland the Councel of State the Masters of the Chamber of Accounts of Holland the Councel of War every of these have their several Chambers Hard by there 's a Park 1501 Paces long Princes Earls Lords all sorts of people walk here and take the pleasure and profit of the place Not far from it you come to shady Walks which have at once the reverence and content of Heaven If you please to walk a little further you 'll see all Europe floating on the one hand by water carried on the other by Land to this great Mart of Christendom for Trade and Intelligence It 's no wall'd Town neither do the Inhabitants desire it for they had rather have it accounted the chief Village in Europe then the second City Not far from it is Hontstardick where the last Prince of Orange built a most stately House beautifi'd with Walks and Galleries Riisuick is another fair Village there the same Prince hath another House in a very pleasant scituation amongst Meadows and it 's a noble Prospect to those which come from Delft Anno 1574 at Scheveling neer the Hague the Sea brake in and carried away 121 Houses as 't is to be seen recorded upon a Picture in the Church The other Villages of Note are 2 Egmond 3 Brederode 4 Wassenare which is a fair and beautiful Town two Leagues from Leyden from hence the noble Family of the Wassemers fetch'd their Original They pretend to be descended from that Noble and Famous Captain Claudius Civilis of whom Tacitus makes honourable mention From them are descended the Duvenvords the Warmonds the Bouchorts the Polanes the Malenesses all the flower of the Dutch Nobility The three forementioned Townes anciently gave names to three ancient Families of which none so illustrious and renown'd as that of Egmond descended lineally from Radbolt Son of Agillis the King of the Frisons They were made Earls of Egmond by Maximilian the Emperour Anno 1592. Thierry of Aquitaine the first Earl of Holland built an Abby for Monks neer unto Egmond inrich'd with great Revenues In the year 1565 the Prince of Orange the Earl of Horn and the Baron of Brederode went with the Earl of Egmond to Dine in this Abby when they were to wash my Lord Abbot who was but a Monk took the three Noblemen by the hands to wash the Earl of Egmond coming to present himself the Abbot said unto him No for you are my Vassal it becomes you not to wash with your betters yea he offer'd to put the Towel upon his shoulder to give it to the other Noblemen when they had wash'd whereat the Earl was much discontented and went away Brederode is descended from Ziphard the second son of Arnulph the third Earl of Holland and Zealand who to avoid his Fathers displeasure retired into Friesland and married the Potestates Daughter of the Countrey by whom he had two Sons but being afterwards reconveyed to his Father he had certain Lands allotted him for his Portion which were measur'd by the great Rod the which in the Country-Language
Town with a Castle it 's scituate in a Moor which there is but one passage to come unto It 's upon a Causey so as it 's of hard Access Anno 1597 it was taken by Prince Maurice ZVTPHEN or ZVYDFEN SO called of the South scituation of it among the Fens on the right shore of Yssel where it receives to it the River Borthel which runs through the Town It hath been twice or thrice taken and re-taken by the Spaniards and States but hath contined in the possession of the States since the year 1591 it was taken by the Earl of Leicester for the States Here fell that Gallant Gentleman Sir PHILIP SIDNEY Keppel Is a small Town of no importance half a League from Doesburgh Burg Not much better then Keppel it 's a League from Doesburgh GRONINGEN-LAND HAth on the East East-Friesland on the West West-Friesland and on the North the Main Sea on the South Overyssel It contains under it the Country called the Ommelands corruptly for Emmelands as I conjecture because lying along the River Ems and therein 145 Villages The chief whereof are Dam Neer the Ems bordering on the East-Friesland It 's two Leagues from Groning Keykirk Old-Haven Standing on the Sea For the Town of Groning it self it 's rich great and very well built scituate amongst divers small streams which run through it and having divers Chanels for conveyance of waters which adds much to its safety and strength This Town hath two small Rivers Huneso and Aha coming out of the Country of Drenthe through the Ommelands the which compassing about the Town meet in the Suburbs which is cal'd Schayten-dyep from whence passing by the town of Dam with other small Brooks which joyn there they fall by the Sluces of Delf-ziel into the Dullart which is of the River Ems by the which all Ships both great and small take their course to joyn with the greater which Anchor upon the Dullart and so to go from thence to the Sea This City is strongly fortified with Ditches and Trenches A Town of great Jurisdiction both within and without judging without Appeal in Cases Civil and Criminal Anno 1594 it was taken by the Prince of Orange Some hold that the name of this Town was given by Grunnius issued from the Bloud of the Kings of Friesland which was the Founder of it but being seated in a pleasant Soyl and goodly Pastures it 's so called from the greenness thereof this word Groen signifying green ingen being an Adjective which makes up the word as Fine-lingen and others This City is ennobled with many Priviledges as that no King Prince or Commonwealth can call any Burger or Citizen out of this City into justice nor cause him to be cited or adjourned before any Court but only before the Senate or his Ordinary Judge No man can appeal from any Sentence that is given here either in Civil or Criminal Causes They may make Laws and abrogate them at pleasure without the authority of any Person The Ommelands are divided into three Quarters 1. The Feuelingo 2. Himsing 3. The West quarter They have many Priviledges here in their places of Judgment which they call their Gretonies or Bailiwicks Delfzyel Is a great and mighty strong Fort in Form of a Town We have given you a short view of the Towns and Forts which the States General hold in these Provinces We shall now observe what other Towns they hold in other Provinces under the King of Spain especially in the Dutchy of Brabant and County of Flanders which they have gain'd by their Arms. In the Dutchy of BRABANT Bergen Op-Zoome It 's called Bergen by the Normans which invaded Brabant who so called it from a Town in Norway and Bergen-Op-Zoome from the River Zoome upon which it is scituated about half a League from Scheld and not far from the Sea it hath a good Haven belonging unto it Anno 1533 't was made a Marquisate It 's within six hours journy of Antwerp It 's opposite to Rommerswael and Tholen Towns of Zealand It hath a very high Earthen Rampier and Ditches round about it It 's in some places Fortified with Palisadoes in other parts with Walls on the top of the Rampiers there are many Bulwarks about it for defence of the Town It came under the power of the States Anno 1577. If Bergen be subdued the Islands of Zealand would easily be reduced one after another especially the Isle of Terthole Anno 1588 it gave a Famous repulse unto the Duke of Parma who Beleaguered it with 30000 Men and after a long Siege with much loss and dishonour was forced to retire with the loss of 12000 Souldiers as it is credibly reported Anno 1605 Marquess Spinola made two furious Assaults upon this Town but by the valour of the Burgers and Souldiers was repulsed with great loss It 's held impregnable and one of the best Fortified Towns in the Low Countries Anno 1605 Prince Maurice took Woud-Castle within a Mile of Bergen-Op-Zoome It 's strongly fortified with Bulwarkâ— and seated in a Fenny plaâ—â— and therefore naturally stâ—â—ng It 's one of the chiefest Castles belonging to the Marquess of Bergen Breda Is a very fair Town it 's seated in the Land of Kempen scituate on the River Merck eight Miles from Antwerp six Miles from Boisleduc or s'Hertoghen bosch six Miles from Bergen-Op-Zoome and two from Gertrudenburg It 's the residence Barony and chief Town of the Prince of Orange Count Henry of Nassaw caused the Town to be Fortified with Rampiers Anno 1534 both in the Castle round about the Town he caused five great Bulwarks to be made which defended one another together with very deep Ditches He built here a most Princely Palace moated round about and with that a very magnificent Edifice with a most noble Gallery supported with Pillars of Blewstone with a gilded Frontispiece within the Palace there is a most noble Hall built on Pillars in the Hall there is a Chappel there is also a goodly Armory stored with all sorts of Warlike Provision and much Cannon It hath under it the Town and Territory of Steenberg the Franchise of Rosindale and the Seignory of Osterhout Anno 1567 't was taken by the Duke of Alva the Prince retiring into Germany for 's own security and so continued as a Garrison for the Spaniard till 1577 and then it returned again unto the Prince In whose possession it was for four years Anno 1581 ' was taken by the Prince of Parma he kept it till the year 1590. It now doth continue in that illustrious Family It 's invested with many Priviledges and Jurisdictions it hath an Exchequer or Court-trial whereunto the Town of Steenberghen and the 16 Villages of the Country of Breda with those of Eycheren Mewxem Schotem Loetrout and Oestmael make their Appeals And besides the said Court there is a Seat of Justice belonging to a Sheriff before whom upon the first Summons the Burgers must appear
together with them of Tettering Motengracht Sandberg Vijsluyce and the Haeghstrate None may Appeal from the Sentence given in either of the said Courts or any other Court of Justice Dirst On the River Dennere a strong Town and invested with a noble Territory belonging to the Prince of Orange in right hereof he is Burgrave of the City of Antwerp Gertruydenburgh Stands on the Douge not far from the influx of it into the Maes the furthest Town in the North of Brabant where it joyns to Holland A Town of great Trade for Fishing plenty of Salmons and Sturgeons being taken here but of Stades or Trouts especially whereof 18000 are sometimes caught in a day salted and sent into Forreign parts This Town is of the Inheritance of the Prince of Orange Anno 1593 't was recovered by the Prince of Orange in the view of the Earl of Mansfield who then had the Command of an Army of 30000 for the King of Spain It 's a Town of great strength and well Fortified Grave The chief City of the Land of Cuyck seated in Brabant upon the Maes It 's strong by Nature it 's now so Fortified with Bulwarks Ravelins and Counterscarps that it is one of the strongest Towns in the Netherlands It 's six Miles from Ravesteyn and 15 from the Bosch It 's the Inheritance of the House of Nassau Anno 1586 't was besieged by the Prince of Parma and to him delivered and so it continued till 1602 when it was re-taken by Prince Maurice after a stout Resistance Maestricht in Latine Trajectum ad Mosam So called of a Ferry over the Maes in former times It 's a very strong Town subject in part to the Bishop of Liege and partly to the Duke of Brabant Anno 1632 't was besieged and taken by the Confederate States Hertogen-Bosch Boisleduc or the Bosch So called from a pleasant Wood belonging to the Dukes of Brabant where the Town now stands scituate on a little River called Deese some two Leagues from the Maes near the Borders of Gelderland a large and well-built Town very strongly Fortified and of great Trade for Cloathing It 's one of the principal Towns in Brabant properly so called comprehending under it four Countries of Compenland Maesland Peeland and Osterwick and was taken by the Confederate States from the King of Spain Anno 1628. It 's environ'd with seven or eight Bastions and some Half-Moons and Horn-works this with the bredth of the River secures it against all Danger and Holland from all Fear It hath seven Ports or Gates 51 Stone-Bridges 58 Wooden The Jurisdiction of the City of Bosch and the Majorality thereof extends over 109 Villages The Town and Seignory of Ravesteine Scituate on the Banks of the Maes between Grave and Meghen six Miles distant the one from the other It belongs to the Duke of Cleve and his Successors Sevenburgh It 's seated upon the River of Merew three Leagues beneath Gertrudenburgh and as much from Breda there was a most strong and mighty Fort during all the time of the late Wars Crevecoeur A most strong Fortress lyeth about four English Miles from the Bosch and hath held out many Sieges Steenberghen Is a little Town betwixt Bergen-Op-Zoome and Breda along the Sea-Coast Anno 15â—0 yielded to the States General Willem-Stadt Built by William of Nassaw Prince of Orange who gave it that name it 's scituated in the Island of Rogheville a good and strong Town It serves as a Rendezvouze to the States Army when they have any Enterprize or Incursion to make It hath seven Bastions a double Ditch and a fair Haven It hath Brabant on the South and Zealand on the North. Cluyndert Here the States have built an exceeding strong Fort where for the importance thereof they entertain a Garrison it hath eight Bastions and some Ravelins Lillo Is a strong Fort upon the River Escault within three Leagues of Antwerp not far from the Gulf of the said River It 's a place of great Importance to stop the Navigation to Antwerp It 's opposite to another Fort which the States now hold in Flanders called Liefskenhoek Fer Heyden Is a very strong Fort at the mouth of the River the which coming from Breda falls there into the Sea For all which Townes and Places together with their Jurisdictions there 's a Councel of Brabant held at the Hague before which there 's Appeal from inferiour Judges Towns and Forts which the States hold in FLANDERS Sluce IS a strong Fortified City being intrench'd with Walls and double Ditches During the Prosperity and Traffick of the town of Bruges 't was the Store-house for their Wines which came from Spain the Canaries and France It 's three Leagues distant from Flushing five Miles from Middleburgh and three from Bruges It 's in the Isle of Cadsant which the States do enjoy with all the other Forts opposite to the Haven of that Town In the Isle of Cadsant there are two Fortresses the one called Hoolstede both won by Prince Maurice 1604 with the Sluce in which there were 70 Cannon of Brass and Iron besides those in the Forts The Haven is very large where 200 Sayl of Ships of great Burthen may safely ride There are two Block-houses in the Haven the one in the very mouth of the Haven called Haseschant zee the other not far from the Town called Beck-of Ardenburgh A strong Town neer the Isle of Cadsant 't was heretofore call'd Rodenburgh and was the Metropolis of all Flanders containing Touront Ostburg Bruges and all the Sea-Coast even to Bononia It hath a Church consecrated to the Virgin MARY which is the fairest and most magnificent in all Flanders this Town is a Mile distant from Sluce Ysendick Is a mighty Fort right against Flushing standing towards the Sas of Gant and Bocholdt It hath a very convenient Haven able to contain many Ships of 4 or 500 Tun very well scituated upon the Sea Lyefkenhoech A strong Fort built at the same time with that of Lillo and opposite unto it upon the River Escault so as all Ships as come from the Sea to go to Antwerp must pass 'twixt these two Forts Ferneuse Is a strong Village and well-Garrisoned It 's scituate in the midst of drown'd Land and therefore not easie to approach nor Camp before it Axelle Is a strong Town in the Island of Waes one of the best Quarters of Flanders Anno 1587 Colonel John Peron surpris'd and delivered it to the States which they have powerfully Fortified by drowning a great part of the Country which makes it inaccessible The States have in this Quarter many Sconces as the Tetter-Sconce by Ysendicke St. Philips St. Catharines Newet-Sconce Henries-Sconce Slyckenbergh and Hansfriezes all Forts between Sluce and Ysendicke the Hoffle Oistictirt the Old and New Pass-Sconces by Sluce the Crabb the Oly the Alder and Spitsbroeck-Sconces lying about Ardenburgh they have besides about Sluce St. Fredericks Donaes the Star St. Jobs and Blemkenleige sconces Plassendate-sconce
Schowen in former times esteemed the Paradise of Zealand but so destroyed by Sea-breach that there 's now nothing remaining but a few poor Villages It 's the Patrimony of the Prince of Orange Anno 1532 by Inundation there perished the Towns of Cortgreen Catts Campen We le Emitesse and others but since recovered Wolferdike Lying between the two Beverlands the smallest of the Western Islands as having in it no more then three Villages Wolferdike Sabinglye Habersdike but replenished with good store of Pasture The Eastern Islands are three in Number Schowen Lying on the South-West of Holland so neer unto North-Beverland in former times that the Inhabitants could talk together from one Shore to the other but now the Sea hath set them at a greater distance It contains about eight Leagues in Circuit The chief Towns herein are Zirick zee The ancientest Town in all Zealand and the greatest except Middleburgh once beautifi'd with a fair and commodious Haven now choaked up with Beech yet still reputed for the second of all the Province It was built Anno 845 by one Zerick from whence it was so nam'd Brouwers-Haven A very strong Haven inhabited only by Fisher-men It 's two Leagues distant from Zirick-zee Here was born William Burckeld who first invented the way of pickling Herrings and he died at Bieverlet Anno 1347. Charles the Fifth Emperour went one day to see his Tomb in acknowledgment of the service he had done his Country Duveland So nam'd from the multitude of Doves and Pigeons scituate between Schoven and Tolen It 's in compass about four Dutch Miles It hath no good Town in it but only Country-Villages Anno 1530 surrounded by the Sea but by the industry and charge of the people recover'd Tolen so call'd from the chief Town of the Island where the Earls Toll was wont to be paid whence it had the name It 's scituate over against the North-west of Brabant from thence disjoyn'd by a narrow Creek or arm of the Sea It 's wholly invironed with good Trenches and some Forts fearing the irruption of the Spaniards who twice or thrice have attempted to get Footing There is but one Chanel to pass upon Brabant-side St. Martins Dike the second Town of Note but not otherwise considerable is the Inheritance of the Prince of Orange joyning unto it is a little Island called Philips-Land WEST-FRIESLAND HAth on the East Groeningland and a part of Westphalen in High Germany on the South Overyssel and the Zuyder-See on the North and West the main Ocean It hath its name from Friso the first Prince of it and the Inhabitants Frisons as Ptolomy and Tacitus term them saying they are Germans and People from beyond the Rhene whom Pliny calls Cauches which are the Aborigines of that place The Number of the wall'd Towns are 11. Villages 345. The Country is divided into three Parts The first Part called Westergoe lying towards Holland The Principal Towns are Harlingen A Haven-Town upon the Ocean defended with a very strong Castle It 's the best Haven in all Friesland and it 's a League from Franiker It hath two Chanels coming from the Sea which pass through the Town Hindelopen on the same Coast also It was first a place for Hunting when Friesland was half Forrest It comes from Hinden and Loopen which is to run It 's a course and recourse for Staggs and Hindes It 's a considerable place for Navigation Staveren A Hanse-Town It 's fortified with a strong Castle which secures the Haven It stands upon the Sea on the South-side on the entry of the Gulf of Zuyder-see at the point which looks towards Holland almost opposite to the passage of Enchuysen halfe a League from Hinderlopen upon the same Shore No doubt but heretofore it hath been a very rich and mighty Town but by the inundation of the Sea it 's much lessen'd It 's a long and narrow Town and fortified with Ramparts and Bulwarks Here lived the people which Pliny called Sturii from whence all Friesland was sometimes called Regnum Stauriae from hence this Town had its name Franiker An University or a Schola Illustris as they call it It 's two Leagues distant from Leuwarden and one from Harlingen It 's one of the most ancient and renowned Towns in Friesland It draws many Scholars thither from all parts even out of Poland and France Snelk A Town for largeness and beauty the best in this Province and the second in esteem of all the Country It 's three Leagues from Leuwarden and one from Ilst Sloten A Town neer unto the Gulf of the Zuyder see lying on the South-part upon the Sea a league and half from Staveren Ilst Stands upon the West half a League from Snelk upon the North-West a League from Bolswaert on the South as far from Sloten It 's environ'd with a large Ditch which may defend it from the invasion of Enemies Bolswaerdt It 's a free Hanse-Town a League distant from Snelk Ilst and Worcom a League and a half distant from Hindelopen and two Leagues from Staveren It 's a Town well fortified with Ports Ramparts Bulwarks and otherwise It hath a passage to the Sea by the Sluce of Mackum a League from thence where the Ships of the said Town lie as safely as in a good Haven Anno 1713 this Town was built by the Lady Bolswyne Daughter to Radbod King of Friesland Ostergoe On the East part lying towards Groningland the Towns of most Note are Leuwarden Scituate on the hinder Leewart the prime Town of all West-Friesland and honoured with the supream Court and Chancery hereof from which there lyeth no Appeal A rich Town well built and strongly fortified It 's two Leagues from Franiker this Town hath under its Jurisdiction 17 good Villages Here is also the Mint for Money for the whole Country both for Gold and Silver according to the order which the Deputies of the Estates shall set down the which notwithstanding is subject to the Generals of the Mints of all the United Provinces when need requires A League from this Town is the Village Zuychen Dockum Bordering upon Groening It 's five Leagues distant from it and eight from Franiker and six Miles from Leuwarden having a Chanel which goes into the Sea and another which leads unto Groning They may go easily from this town by Boat to all the towns in Friesland and by Sea to all parts of the world It suffered much in the late Wars It 's the second town in all the Quarter of Ostergoe Seven-Wolden or the Country of the Seven Forests So call'd from so many small Forests joyning neer together not well Inhabited until of late To this Province belongs the Isles of Amelandt Schellink the Shores whereof are plentifully stored with Dog-fish took by the Inhabitants in this manner The men of the Island attire themselves with Beasts skins and then fall to dancing with which sport the Fish being much delighted make out of the waters towards them Nets
is environ'd with a double Rampier and Ditch It hath many rich Towns under its Jurisdiction Anno 1599 't was beleaguered by D. Francisco de Mendoza High Admiral of Arragon but was enforced to raise his Siege with much loss and dishonour after he had begirt it 20 days The taking of this Town opens a Passage into Holland Vtrecht and the heart of Gelderland The Fort of Voorn Crevecoeur makes the Town impregnable with Hewsden a strong town and seated within an hours journey of Bomel and within two Leagues of Boisleduke Ghent Scituate on the Wael not far off At the first meeting of the Wael and the Maes stands the strong Fort of St. Andrews raised by the Arch-Duke Albert to command the passage of those Rivers But in the year 1600 taken in by Maurice Count of Nassau after Prince of Orange and ever since Garrisoned by the States to secure that Passage It 's the most Noble and strongest Fort in all the Netherlands It 's comprehended in five Bulwarks whereof three are upon the Banks of the Mewze and Wahal and the two other towards Haerwarden either of them having a platform to defend it with broad and deep Ditches without the which is a Counter-scarp the which hath also a Ditch round about it and small Forts to warrant it Ruermond Scituate on the mouth of Ruer Mondt in Dutch signifies a mouth or entrance and so of that word and Ruer is derived Ruermondt as many others are in that Country As Dendermond in Flanders Isselmond in Holland c. It 's five Leagues from Maestricht three from Venlo It 's a rich and populous Town both by Nature and Art full of Fortifications Ramparts and Bulwarks Under the Jurisdiction of Ruermond are comprehended Venlo Gelder Straten Wachtendonck and Erckelam all walled and strong Towns with those Boroughs of Montfort Vucht Nieustadt Kessel Middeter and Greytenberck Kessel stands a League from Ruermond a goodly Village with a strong Castle built upon a Mountain It 's called by Ptolomy Castelleum and he makes it the Metropolis of the Menapians Venloe A strong Town on the Maes the people are Martial and have in former times resisted an Imperial Army It 's half a League from Shalen and three Leagues from Ruermond In this Town the Duke of Cleve having lost all his Dutchy of Cleve and a great part of Juliers yielded himself to Charles the fifth Anno 1543. Gelder Heretofore of such Reputation that it gave Name to all the Country It 's within two leagues of Shalen It hath a good Castle and strong Fortifications Strael or Stralen A strong and well Fortified Town It 's a League and a half from Wachtendonck Arnhem Called by Tacitus and other Authors Arenacum It 's a large and well-built Town It 's seated upon the right Bank of the River Rhene half a League from Issel-Dort It was the ordinary Residence heretofore of the Dukes of Gelders who had here their Chancery and other Supream Courts of Justice established here Anno 1543 by Charles the fifth This is the third Capital City of Gelderland and had under it's Jurisdiction besides divers Villages Wageninghen It 's a strong Town seated on the Rhene It 's on all sides compassed with Moores and Boggs which makes it inaccessible It 's equally distant from Arnhem and Nimmegen and four Leagues from Culemburg Harderwick On the Zuyder-see burnt to the Ground Anno 1503 but since reedified and now more strong and beautiful then ever formerly The Haven is bad so as the Ships are forced to lie in the Road. Hattum Upon the Yssel a good Town and hath a strong Castle the Walls whereof are 24 Foot thick Within the Limits of this Dukedom stands the Town and Country of Culemburg It 's seated upon the bank of the River Leck a League from Buren and two from Vianen on the same side of the River It hath a goodly Castle in it It was erected into a Dukedom by King Philip the Second by reason of the fair Territory which belonged unto it Montford Is a Castle of importance a small Town It lies a League from Ruermond Wachtendonck A small Town with a Castle in it Anno 1588 taken by the Duke of Parma but Anno 1600 Count Lodowick surprized it for the States It 's very considerable by reason of its scituation Battenbourg Is a Town of great Antiquity with a noble Castle It being the first Castle which King Battus did build upon the Mewze in the County of the Sicambrians which now is Gelders The Baron of this place did make a great Revenue of the Toll and Custom which is paid by all Ships that pass that way From Batto Batavia took its name He was descended of the Catts people of Germany of whom Tacitus maketh honourable mention For Batavia signifies the Inheritance of Batto as one should say Battos-haur for Haur in the Dutch-language signifies Heritage Pliny calls this Isle The most Noble Isle of Batto Tacitus who was Commissary for Gaul Belgique makes mention of Claudius Civilis descended from Batto issued from a Royal Branch of the Catts from whom the ancient Town of Catwick had its Name for wic signifies either a Town or a Castle the Town or Castle of Catts And it 's observed that those Towns which end in Wic are the most Ancient and most Honourable This Batto was a great Patron of the Country a Person of much Honour and Gallantry The Romans laying great Impositions upon the Batavians he advised them to take up Arms against them which he being their Generalissimo they did and did much disable the Roman Forces insomuch as Tiberius Caesar coming to a Treaty with him and demanding of him why he had stirred the People to so long and bloudy a War he answered That the Romans themselves were the cause in that they had sent them Wolves for their Guardians not Dogs and Shepherds This and much more is reported by Dion a Roman Historiographer in his 55 and 56 Book ZVTPHEN IT 's bounded on the East with Westphalen on the West with that part of Gelderland which is called the Veleuwe on the North with Overyssel on the South with Cleveland It contains eight wall'd Towns besides many Villages that is to say Dortecum On the Overyssel rising out of Westphalen It 's a League from Doesburgh a good Town with a double Wall about it Doesburgh Seated on the Yssel Bronckhorst A County of it self It 's within a League of Zutphen seated upon the right side of the River Yssel A strong Castle in it and a Garrison Lochem Upon the River Berckel it 's two Leagues from Zutphen well Fortified and strong Heremburgh A good Town with a strong Castle It 's a League and a half from Dortecum Groll Taken by the Prince of Orange for the States Confederates Anno 1627. It is a strong Town wall'd in with Ramparts and Bulwarks having broad and deep Ditches Fortified with Casemates and Counterscarps It 's two Leagues from Bredefort Bredefort A small
the Fort called â—riest with many others Bieruliec A strong Town and lyeth in an Island called Bieruliec mention'd by some Greek Authors as Niceta Chomala for the War-like Actions under the Earl of Flanders the Emperour Baldwin who was the first that scal'd and entred the Walls of Constantinople and took in the Town which stood by the Haven side in remembrance whereof the Burgers of Bieruliec gave for the Towns Arms and upon their Seats four Greek B in or within a right Cross likewise or in a Field Vermilian These four B signifying 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 i. e. King of Kings Ruling over Kings Forts beyond the River of Rhene Borentungh Is a goodly Fort upon the Frontiers of the County of Lingen which is the High-way to go out of Friesland and Groning into the Country of Westphalia and by Choppeburg to Delmenhorst and Breme and so to Hamburgh Lubeck and other Towns of the East-Country along the Baltique-Seas Bellinger-Wolder-Zyel Is a strong Town at the end of the Dullard The States have made a strong Fort here to defend the County of Lingen In the Bishoprick of COLEN Rhineberg commonly called Berck The most Northern Town of all the Bishoprick of Colen scituated on the Rhine as the name imports There the Lands of this Bishop and also of the Dukes of Cleve and the Earls of Muers meet upon a point A Town which for these 70 years hath been of little use or profit to the right owner possessed sometimes by the Spaniards sometimes by the Confederate States for each commodiously seated as opening a Passage upon the River Rhene and receiving great Customs on all kindes of Merchandize passing to and fro but it hath been possessed by the Spaniards from the year 1606 unto the year 1633 for then it was regain'd for the States by Prince Maurice there being found in the Town 40 Brass-Cannons great store of Powder and all sorts of Provision in great quantity 'T was a very strong Town both by Nature and Art yet within 10 days Leaguer and having received 2870 Cannon-shot it yielded to the Prince There is an Island before the Town in which there is built an exceeding strong Fort. In the Dukedom of CLEVE Wesel A fair and rich Town seated on the confluence of the Rhene with the River Lyppe which rising in Westphalia doth here lose it self a Town not subject to the Duke though in the Dukedom being reckoned an Imperial City and one of the Hanse-towns now neither so Imperial or fair as formerly Possessed first for the Spaniards with a Garrison of 3000 at the beginning of the War of Cleve by Don Lewis Velasco and from them taken by the States General of the United Provinces Anno 1628. Emmerick On the Rhene a well-frequented Town remarkable for a very fair School Rees Burick On the French-side of the Rhene over against Wesel amongst goodly Corn-fields and pleasant Pastures And a great part of the County of Marck The States came to the Possession of these Places upon this occasion John William Duke of Cleve Anno 1610 dying without Issue there were several Pretenders for the Succession viz. Leopold Arch-Duke of Austria George William Duke of Prussia and Elector of Brandenburgh Wolfangus Gulielmus Palatine of Newburg Leopold being up in Arms and having taken Possession of Juliers and most part of that Country the Duke of Brandenburgh and Newburg agreed by the assistance of the Protestant Princes their Confederates recover'd the greatest part thereof from Leopold but the Duke of Newburg not content with his Partage and turning Papist call'd in the Spanish Army under the conduct of Marquiss Spinola to abet his Quarrel the Duke of Brandenburgh called in the Forces of the States under Prince Maurice The issue of this War was Spinola possess'd himself of most places in Gulick and Berg and the States got into their hands many Towns in Gulick and Cleve and though they delivered up some to the right owners yet those of most strength and importance the States have kept ever since pretending they keep them for the owners but in regard that the King of Spain is so potent a Prince that the Dukes are not able to defend themselves against him and in case he should take them he would much endanger their Dominions therefore for the good of the Dukes and themselves they do not think it covenient to part with them FINIS The Table of the several places described in this Book A ALkmaer 8 Assenburg 18 Amsterdam 10 Avenhoome 22 Arnemuyden 61 Amelandt 74 Amersfort 77 Altena 66 Abcoude 90 Almeto 86 Arnhem 98 Aha 106 Ardenburg 121 Axelle 123 Aldersconce Ibid. Artois 4 B BRedenrood 18 52 Boumers-kerspel 21 Broeckhaven Ibid. Berth 22 Berchont 22 Banejert 22 Betlem 22 Bemster 26 Brill 55 Beverwick 18 57 Bursute 63 Beverland 63 Browers-haven 66 Bildt 75 Bolswaerdt 71 Brederode Blockerziel Berch 72 Betewe 90 Bomel 93 Buren 29 Battenburg 100 Bronckhorst 103 Bredefort 104 Berchel 89 Burgh 105 Bergen-Op-Zoome 109 Breda 111 Bosch 116 Boisleduke 116 Beck-of 123 Bruges 121 Becholdt Bieruliet 124 Borontungh 125 Bellinger-Wolderzyel 125 Burick 128 Brabant 4 C CRoeswich Catwick 42 Cronestein Camp Veere 62 Cortgreen Catts Campen 84 Catten-dyke 64 Cloetingen Ibid. Cruyningen Ib. Capelle Ib. Coewarden 87 Cleuland Creveceur 91 118 Creytenberck 96 Culemburgh 98 Cluyndert 119 Cadsant 121 Crab-sconce 123 Compenland 117 D DOrt or Dordrecht 27 Delf-haven 30 Delfe 45 Douland 67 St. Martins Dike 67 Deventer 82 Dendermond Dockum 73 Doesburgh Delden 86 Drent 82 Dortecum 103 Doesburg 103 Dam 106 Delfziel 109 Dirst 114 Dennere 28 Douge 50 Donas-sconce 124 E EMs 3 Enchuysen 19 Edam 22 Egmond 52 Emclisse Enschede 85 Erckelam 96 Eycheren 113 Escault Emmerick 128 F FOrest 18 Flushing 60 Franiker 70 West-Friesland 68 Frederick sconce 124 Flanders 4 Fevelingo 108 Ferneuse 122 G GOeland Grotenbroeck 21 Graft 26 Gorcham 29 Goude 32 Gaw 2 Gertruden-burgh 47 114 Geruliet 56 Goeree 58 Goes 64 Groningen 106 Gaurede 55 Geoninge 106 Gheeismuyden 88 Gelderland 89 Ghent 95 Gelders 97 Groll 104 Grave 115 Gulick H HOlland 6 Harlem 14 Heimskeirk 18 Heemsteed 18 Heligen Hogcherspel 21 Hem 21 Horne 21 Hubixwon 22 Hauvoant 22 Honingen Heusden 44 Hemert Hontslardick 51 Hulst 57 Hoggersdike Harlingen 69 Hindelopen 69 Hassel 86 Hardenburgh 89 Heselburgh 86 Haerwarden 95 Hardenwick 99 Hattum 98 Heremburgh 103 Huneso 106 Haeghstrate 114 Hertogen-Bosch 116 Heyden 120 Haseschant-see Hottle Hinisnig 108 Hainalt 4 Heligon Hague 49 Hoolstead 121 Haseschant-zee 121 I ILst 71 Iselsteyn 34 Isselmond 82 St. Jobs sconce 124 K KEeweick 18 Knotsenburg Kessel 96 Keppel 105 Key kirk 106 Kempen 117 Kempenland 117 L LEck 2 Lis or Ley 4 18 Lattlebrock 21 Leyden 34 Lam Leyderdrope 42 Leinsteine 29 Leerdam 44 Losdum 46 Lordsendam 46 Lewarden 72 Lingen 30 Laochem 103 Loetrout 113 Lillo 119 Liefskenhook 119 122 Lyppe 127 Limburg 4 Luxemburg 4 Lysfesdman 32 M MAes 3 Meresteen 18 Medenblick 24 Monickendam 25 Maden 26 Merew 27 Mewze 28 Maestricht 116 Montfort 77 St. Martins Dike 67 Macum 72 Meppel 98 Middeter 97 Montford 100 Merck Meuxem 113 Motengracht 114 Maesland 117 Meghen Ibid. Mausauluis 48 Middleburgh 59 Mastubrouck 88 Meâ—â—ck 111 N NAerden 18 Nortuic 42 Nimmegen 91 Nyeustadt 96 Namur 4 O OVdendick 75 Ostblocker 22 Ouderschye 58 Oude-water 33 Oestgeest 42 Ostergoe 72 Overyssel 82 Oldenze 86 Otmarsum 86 Ommen 105 Ommelands 105 Old-haven 106 Osterhout 123 Oestmael 113 Osterwick 117 Osburg 121 Oeslutirt 123 Oly-sconce 123 P POlenburgh 18 Purmermeer 23 Purmerent 25 Purmersea Ibid. St. Philips Dike 124 Pierschille 55 Peeland 117 Plassendate-sconce 124 R RHene 2 Rypp 26 Rotterdam 30 Rinsburg 42 Ramsburg 48 Rijsuick 52 Ramne 61 Rammeken 62 Romerswal 63 10 Rhenen 76 Regg Ruermond 96 Rosindale Ravestein 117 Rogheville Rhinbergh 125 Rees 128 S SCelt 3 Scayn 9 Swaech 22 Schermer 26 Swyndrecht Scheidam 47 Schoon-hoven 33 Soutervode 42 Schir Scheveling Scage 57 Salinglye Staveren 70 Sloten 71 Snelk 71 Seven-Wolden 74 Schellink 74 Somerdike 55 Scowen 65 Swoll 84 Stenwick 86 Straten Straet 97 Shalen Schaytendype 106 s' Hertoghenbosch 116 Steenburgh 118 Steenbergen 118 Schotem 113 Sandberg 114 Sevenburgh 118 Sluce 124 Sas 95 Spitsbroeck-sconce 123 Stat-sconce 123 Sparr 15 T TAssam 19 Tergoes 64 Tolen 67 110 Twent 82 Tiel 92 Trelweerd 51 Terthole 83 Tettering 114 Ter-Heyden 52 Touront 121 Torneuse 122 Triest-fort 124 Texel 56 Tetter-sconce 123 V VElsen 18 Venhuysen 21 Vecte Valkenburg 42 Viane 44 Voorburg 46 Vlarding 48 Vlack Veere 62 Vtrecht 75 Vierengen 56 Vidre Valenhoven 88 Veluwe 90 Voorn 55 Venlo 96 Vucht 96 Vijfluyce 114 W WAel Woggenom Wormer 26 Woerden 48 Wassenare 42 Warmont 42 Woorschoten 43 Worcom 48 Wonde 57 We le 48 Wolferdike 123 65 Wyck-ter Duyrsted 76 West-Friesland 68 Westergoe 69 Wachtendonck 96 100 Wageninghen 98 Willem-Stadt 118 Waes 10 Y YEdam 22 Ysselstein 34 Ysselmond Yssel-land 82 Ysendyck 122 Yssel 3 Z ZVyder-see Zijp 26 Zealand 57 Zeeburg 62 Zyrick-zee 66 Zuychen Zutphen 102 Zuidfen 101 Zeatskerke 64 A Catalogue of what things are made and sold by William Berry living at the Signe of the Globe in the Strand between York House and the New-Exchange GLobes Celestial and Terrestrial of all Sizes Sphears according to Ptolomean Tychonean Copernican Systeme Concave-Hemisphears wherein are depicted all the Stars and Constellations of Heaven and serve for a Case for a Terrestrial Globe wherein is descibed all the Countries of the Earth fit for the Pocket-Globe-Dials A Map of England four Foot long three Foot deep newly Corrected by W. Berry A Sheet-Map of the 17 Provinces where the Territories of each several Prince or State concerned are so distinguish'd with Colours that the late Conquests and present Possessions of each are Legible without any Labour A Sheet-Map of the seven Vnited Provinces Also all manner of Large Maps or Sheet-Maps whatsoever and all Mathematical Instruments are sold by the aforesaid William Berry A Map of the Seven UNITED PROVINCES