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prince_n	duke_n	elector_n	saxony_n	2,455	5	11.6845	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B14953	Septemb. 2. Numb. 37. The continuation of our forraine avisoes, from the 20. of the last moneth to this present Containing the confirmation of the newes published the 20.th of August, concerning the severall encounters betwixt the King of Sweden and General Tilly, with the three dayes welcome given him, upon his project of nayling the K. of Sweden ordnance. An apologie of the King of Swedens (formerly published in the Dutch) not vnfit to give satisfaction to the world, concerning his not releeving of the citie Magdenburgh, wherein you shall finde a briefe relation of the Kings proceeding ever since hee began the warre in Germanie. The landing of the L. Generall, the Marquis Hamilton at Stralsunt, with all his men sound and well.	Butter, Nicholas, d. 1664, publisher.; Bourne, Nicholas, publisher.	1631 (1631)	STC 18507.221; ESTC S118669	10,075	17

and in the middest of so many inconveniences and passing thorough so many obstacles hath ever effected so much and in so short a space For by meanes of this his Maiesties incomparable labour in this hard time it pleased Almighty God from whom proce●ds all ●i●tory to deliver up into the hands of his Maiesty with admirable victory those two mighty passages of Gartz and Griffenhagen Which if his Maiesty had not obtained it had bin impossible for him and very unadvisedly done to have proceed●d any farther unlesse his Maiesty contrary to all rules a●d Instructions of warre and contrary to reason and politicke prudencie would haue hazarded and endangered the common welfare and his owne state and ruinated them both Now by reason of this admirable victory which it pleased Almighty God to afford his Maiesty he obtained so much advantage of his Enemy that he might easily have fallen uppon the very head of him and utterly ruinated all his forces and consequently by Gods assistance without great hinderance or losse have delivered the said Citty Magdenburgh If his Maiesty could but have obtained the passage and thoroughfare through the strong and mighty fortresse Custrin which he sought and required of the commander Krachten who then commanded there with earnest intreaty and supplication upon good assurance Hereupon did follow very great inconveniences His Maiesty through want of victualls and furniture was constrained to let his enemy escape and retire to Lantsbergh His Royall Army also by reason hereof happened into severall dangers and extreamities The Catholick blood-thirsty Enemy by this meanes was not ruinated who otherwise was brought into a remedilesse confusion Neither could his Maiesty wholly purge the River Elue and all the Countrey betweene the Elue and the Eest-sea from these bloody and cruell Enemies Much lesse could his Maiesty relieue and second the rest of the Evangelicall Princes with a victorious hand Who now are extreamely in danger to loose all spirituall and temporall liberties and priviledges All these inconveniences did hence proceed because his Maiesty could not obtain the aforesaid passage of Custrin from the Commander Krachten If any one object heere that his Majesty ought to have conducted and brought his Army into his Enemies face the Generall T●lly and rouzed him up with his Army Wee have already shewed that his Maiesties army was exceedingly wea●ied and that whole winter grievously weakened And by reason of the refusall of the passage of Custrin not onely debilitated but decreased and therefore not capable and sufficient to oppose so great a power as Tilly than had Neither did his Maj. hold it expedient and commendable to proceed desperately and to hazard the whole matter in a dangerous fight Which if it had not well succeeded as apparently it might not the good City Magdenburgh had fared never the better When Tilly was retired out of Pomerania and Mechlenburgh than was the City Magdenburgh assaulted with the greatest and extreamest power so that it is in no wise to be imputed to his Maiesty that the sayd City was not delivered Concerning the time whilest this siedge did continue it is not unknowne that the Emperors army being strong before both of horse and foot and having taken those aforesaid passages by the Oder did refortifie themselves and adde unto their forces 12000. and came into a perfit state and posture in the Nieumarck O●kermarek especially at Francfort Lantsb●r●h and the Countrey of Steynbergh and the Province of Crosses Moreover the Generall Tilly with many thousands both foot and horse being enquartered on this side of the Elve and Mockeren was very vigilant and did duely attend all occasions Insomuch that it was not plausible for his Maj. to leave such an Army as was before mentioned behind his back and meeting the Generall Tilly by that meanes to thrust himselfe between the doore and the hindge Inter Malleum incunem Notwithstanding all this his Majest of Sweden to shew and manifest his Christian resolution and good intention for the restoring and recovering of the Germaine liberties and priviledges of the Protestant Churches for the discharging of his Majesties Conscience and for his reputation with a Heroicke courage did assault the very heart of the whole Imperiall Army within the City Francfort than being at least 700● strong Where with extraordinary victory which it pleased God in respect of his Christian intention to afford him hee defeated overcame and utterly ruinated them so that now hee had no such cause more to feare his enemy behind him Howsoever this is to be considered that in a very short space 6000. men were againe recollected together under the Cōmander Schouwenburgh at great Glogau in Silesia which 6000. men by all likelihood by reason of the confluxe of many forces from Silefia Mehren Bohemia and Hungaria might have beene exceedingly augmented Notwithstanding but disregarding all this as also that Generall Tilly could easily adjoyne his forces to the rest transporting them over the Elve by meanes of the Bridge layd neere unto Magdenburgh his Maj. did so much respect and tender the good City Magdenburgh that not fearing the great danger after good deliberation himselfe in person with his whole Army marched to Berlyn there to obtaine the strong fort Spandau to the end that his Maj. in time of necessity might have a sure retreat Which having obtained his Maj. proceeded forward on the way to Potzdam hoping that whereas the saving of the City Magdenburgh did so deeply concerne the Prince ●lector of Saxony that his Princely Excellence would assist him with some troupes and certaine pieces of Ordnance munition powder shot c. for the furthering of this great and heauy enterprize of relieving the City Magdenburgh or at leastwise affoording him a free passage and thorough-fare over the Dassaw-bridge by which meanes his Majesty might have received all manner of necessaries from Meyssen and more conveniently have passed along the River neere unto the City intended Therefore his Maj. did to this end send severall messengers with divers moving and extreame patheticall letters The chiefest whereof were basely kept backe aboue 14. dayes Lastly when now the time of delivery was approaching and necessity required no longer delay and therefore his Majesty had brought up his Army to undertake the maine businesse and now or never to effect some notable thing for the common good The Elector of Saxony frustrated his expectation and flatly denyed him all his former requests appealing to his duty and devotion which they vowed and the obligation wherewith they were obliged to his Imperiall Majesty As concerning the Marquis of Brandenburgh his Excellence notwithstanding his Maiesty might have depended upon his assistance did not deliver or at leastwise could not deliver unto his Maiesty those necessaries of victuals and shipping in such time and measure as was expected and requisite But rather had a respect and did appeale to the example and resolution of the Prince Elector of S●xony In summe the Duke of Saxony and the Marquis of Brandenburgh have both of them so managed the businesse ●nd caried themselves that his Maiesty could not perceive wh●ther they were friends or enemies Wherefore the p●emisses being granted all his Maiesties chiefe Commanders have beene ●ound to confesse and all experienced in matters of Warre cannot deny it That if his Maiesty had ma●ched forward without being assured of provision from Saxony That such a tyred and unwilling Army though Tilly had beene alone in his Posture through want of su●tenance and heate of weather and faintnesse of necessity most part of the same had p●o●ved fugitive part of the same famished and the Arm it selfe intirely destroyed Hereupon his Maiesty not many da●es after being informed concerning the Lamentable destrustion of the ●ayd City was constrained to retre●t not without great g●iefe and sorrow of heart and by reason of su●h an important alteration casu●e his proceeding by other meanes and ●●enter volen●e of necessity proceed by such meanes which would seeme very difficult unto the ignorant and unskilfull But the nature of Warre and the common necessity doth require farre more difficulty All which beeing ballanced and unpartially perpended by all those that are skilled in Warlike and Politike affayres the same will serve for a sufficient discharge of his Maiesty both before God and all the world Especially since hee●e it doth appeare that his Maiesty hath used his uttermost power and endeavour FINIS