shoare where the Commendador stoode many were fast on the sands diuers were burnt the rest made all the sailes they could to recouer the riuer of Antwerpe Amongst these was Santio d'Auila notwithstanding he had grounded his own vessell in seeking to come to fight The Nassawians followed them into the riuer of Antwerpe defeating and taking many as they ranne away By the Spaniards owne reports they lost in this battaile aboue threescore saile of all sorts forty seauen ensignes aboue sixe hundred brasse pieces of which aboue 200. were taken out of the Cittadle of Antwerpe slaine and taken aboue six thousand souldiers and mariners Few were saued that came to their hands but all or the most that were taken were slaine or drowned Amongst many of their Commanders and men of good account their Admirall Beauoir was slaine valiantly at the push of pike So was Santio Dauilaes vice Admirall The victorious escaped not scotfree For their Admirall Boiset lost his right eye with the blowe of a pike the Admirall of Holland sore hurt with a shot in the thigh Boenyre Boisets vice Admirall was slaine with many other of good marke besides at the least sixteene hundred souldiers and mariners Thus was tke battell of Romers-wall begunne and ended Perhaps some will say because there was no greater slaughter and confusion it may not be tearmed worthy and comparable vnto diuers others But in troth I heard diuers report besides the Commendador who had been at Lapanta and heer that the fury there was nothing comparable vnto this number to number For my part I neuer saw any thing so furious I may well speake it for there are some of good quality yet aliue can testifie the same But for Iulian Romero himselfe I had bin blown vp with his Alfere yet I escaped with as great hazard as any other of his followers But I will dispute against any souldier that no fight hath been comparable vnto it by sea these fiue hundred yeares sauing that before Sluce fought by our famous King Edward the third against the French King and the Earle of Flanders and that of Lapanta FINIS The Spanish counsaile touching the Lowe Countries Duke D' Aluaes commission The intelligence of the Prince of Orange His policie Cardinall Granuill taketh a boxe vpon the eare Count Egmonds nature The Prince of Oranges fauour popular The Kings letters Peter Maunsfelt and the Lord Barlemount will not signe Count Egmond repenteth Is pacified Combination of the Nobility with the Prince Egmond offended Charles Maunsfelts councell concerning Egmond To take the streights against Duke D' Alua. The forces of the Lowe Countries The disposition of the Neatherlanders Egmond draweth all to the Spaniard The Prince of Orange seeketh conference with Egmond His aduertisement Egmonds answere The Kings dissembling letters The Princes reply The Protestants at Antwerpe Their ouerthrow at Osterwell The Prince of Orange his Ouersight Hee openly taketh part with the Papists Perswadeth the Protestants to quietnesse A pitifull Captaine The Prince of Orange into Germany Duke D' Alua arriueth in Loraine Count Maunsfelt vpon his guarde Duke D' Alua courteth him Duke D' Alua surpriseth the chiefe of the Nobility Count Charles Maunsfelt flyeth Duke D' Alua pursueth him Duke D' Aluaes trechery against Count Maunsfelt The Prouost of Arden the instrument Charles Maunsfelt meets the Prouost Killeth him Goeth into Fraunce Count Lodowicke into Frizeland Count Arenburge and Count Meguen sent against him Bracamount master of the Campe. The pride and insolency of certaine spaniards Lodowicke a braue commander Lodowickeâ— forces The order of the Spaniards Lodowickes order to traine out the enemy The Spanish discipline Lodowicke besiegeth Groning Vitelli in ayde of Groning Is dared to battaile by Lodowicke Refuseth and yet giueth hope thereof D' Alua approcheth Lodowicke retyreth Fortifieth himselfe at Iemming Seeketh to stop the enemy Relieueth his Curriers His Germans cryed for guilt and are payed by the Spaniards His braue resolution in greatest distresse The valour of Count Adolfe Count Lodowicke defeated Adolfe slaine The cause of Lodowickes dating Vitells The Prince of Orange towards Brabant Commeth to Liege D' Alua sendeth to Liege Liege enemy to the Prince Sendeth forces to affront the Prince The garrison there annoyeth the Prince Louaine refuseth a Spanish garrison But yet yeeld him money victuals The Prince retyreth His policy to keepe his army from mutinie He commeth to Valentia Auoydeth the danger of his mutinous souldiers Biddeth d' Alua battaile Hee hanged one of the Trumpetters Refuseth to fight Vitelly persuadeth to fight The danger of the losse of the battaile to the Spaniards The Prince marcheth to the place assigned Count Lodowicke hath the vantgard and beats in the Dukes guards Counselleth to force his tents D' Alua followeth Vitelly cutteth off straglers Is forced to run by Lodowicke D' Alua retyreth The Prince in Fraunce The causes of the Princes bad successe What townes are defensible The Duke D'Aluaes error in not building fortifying the the Cittadle of Flushing England Scotland Fraunce Germany Mercenaries Italie Venice Genua The great houses Clergy Portugall Denmarke Sweden The Hauns townes Poland D'Aluaes pride The massacre of Paris Lodowicke craueth ayde in France Obtayneth the Kings consent The French humors M Secretary Walsingham Lodowicke dispatcheth his instruments to Mounts The stratagem for gaining the towne The surprizing of Mounts Lodowicke entreth the town Assembleth the Magistrates He speaketh to them The Papists perplexed The spaniolized Mountâ—is depart with good leauâ— The King of France his aduertisement to Duke D'Alua D'Alua distrusteth the FreÌ„ch Lodo wicke disarmeth such as he distrusted Hee giueth theÌ„ leaue to depart They choose to stay and for what causes Lodowicks horsmen spoyle the Country Chiapine Vitelly encloseth Mounts Lodowicke sallieth and in what order Poyet and la Noue in ambush Roueres left in the towne The first medley La Noue chargeth Retyreth to draw the enemy to the ambush The ambush sheweth it selfe Poiet chargeth Lodowicke retyreth his footemen into the Towne The enemies order for entrenchments The holding of an Abbey without the towne For what cause Fortifieth the place Vitelly finisheth his worke begunne Maketh a new for t D'Alua setteth forth Roueres salyeth vpon Vitellyes quarter Mendoza succoureth the quarter Roueres order for retreit Roueres retyreth Duke D'Alua arriueth Entrencheth himselfe Battereth the Cloyster Payet abydeth one dayes battery and retyreth by night Battereth the towne The furie of the batterie A breach made Preparation to the assault Iulian Romero hath the poynt Preparation of the defendants The assault The retreit Iulian Romerees danger losse The Counts losse Roueres slaine D'Alua will no more assault The ouerthrow of Ianlis Duke D'Aluaes forces Chiapine Vitellies ambush to entrap Ianlis His order to traine him to it The order put in execution The French fall into the ambush The disorder of the French march Mouy escapeth I anlis prisoner Executed at Antwerpe D'Aluaes order against his arriuall
The defendants good Cannoniers plagued those Cages in such sort that often the Cages birds and all fell downe and brake their necks in their owne trenches So at last no birds could be found to sing in Cages where fire-worke and Cannon-shot could annoy them His mynes tooke little effect Some the defendants found with counter-myne One myne beeing passed vnder a bulwarke before it was found and then discouered the defendants made such trenches round about it that the myne being fired and the enemies entered the trench plagued them like the halfe moone so as they were driuen to quitte their myne as before they had done their breach Another time they battered a new bulwarke and the defendants perceiuing they would lodge in it left rampiring against their battery and fell to myning their owne bulwark After making many trenches round about it and placing diuers barrells of powder in their myne the enemies offered to enter The defendants quitted the bulwark sufferd the enemies to enter in great numbers and beeing at the push of pike at a barrier of their trench they fired the myne blew slew and toke at least 1600 and withall sallied into their trenches and recouered their owne ground where their bulwarke stood which they entrenched kept Duke d' Alua his losses were so great that albeit his choler encreased yet the courage of his souldiers much quailed so that the wisest sort requested him to saue his men from such furious terrors and rather to spend a long time either to famish the towne or to procure the Princes forces to fight which he could not doe without meanes to fight by water Beeing in Amsterdam with the resolution of his Admirall Count Bossue and good intelligence with the principall Burgesses of the saide towne hee resolued to cut a passage from the Southerne sea into Harlem Meere which they did and passed some forty fiue sailes whereof most were greater then those of the Princes These they armed and double manned with the best sort of souldiers out of their Campe besides their mariners Anchoring close vnder a fort of theirs not farre from ours they resolued to besiege the two forts at the mouth of the water that came from the towne to the Meere Hauing those they were sure to stop that passage and to famish the town without giuing battel In short time they made a platform to beat thâ—se forts which would hold good if their shipping could stay where they were The Prince hearing their intent commanded the Baron of Battenburgh to prepare all his Nauie to attempt the Spanish fleete By this time Colonell Morgan was arriued with tenne English companies who by reason he was but newly landed stood on some poynts of contract with the Prince But the seruice required haste and the Prince commanded the Baron of Battenburgh to aduance his Nauie with all speede and to vse all diligence to succor the distressed skonces And albeit the English regiment stood on tearmes Colonell Morgan his owne band commanded by Rowland Yorke being arriued some moneth before their fellowes offered himselfe and so did his Lieutenant Captaine Bingham with diuers others to serue where the Prince would command them But their regiment refused to march without money To say troth they were promised to bee mustered and payd at their landing The Baron of Battenburgh wanting souldiers to man both his Nauie and his trenches at the Sase was forced to depart with the Nauie before towards Harlem God knoweth nothing well manned in respect of the Spanish The Spanish Admirall hauing intelligence was ready with his Nauie double manned wanting no necessaries For the faire and rich towne of Amsterdam had furnished them with all wants especially with store of Marriners Being approached within sight one of another we found the Spanish in good order of battaile keeping close together They aduanced towards vs triumphing with Drummes Trumpets and glistering armours with great courage so as the sight quailed the courage of our white-liuered Generall and cowardly Admirall In such sort that being approached neere ready to board each other our Generall and our Admirall shranke out of our first ranke backewards and aduancing their fellowes forwards both themselues and diuers others of our best vessels made all the sailes they could to fly leauing their poore companies engaged to the mercie of their enemies by whom God knowes they were soone discountenanced Our Admirall and Generall with our best â—aâ—les escaped to the Cage as I said before a place of ours where we kept garrison the rest of our Nauie made to the contrarie shore from Harlem Diuers escaped by reason they drew farre lesser water then the Spanish diuers were boarded and burned among others two Hoyes where Yorke and Captaine Morgans companie was Notwithstanding halfe our men escaped with leaping into the water and recouered the shoare Thus lost we our Sea-battaile principally for want of souldiers to man throughly our ships but partly with ill directions and cowardly executions of the Baron of Battenburgh and Admirall Norris Brand. For no Generall or Chiefe can excuse himselfe escaping out of an ouerthrow without staying with the last troupes that fight After this our two skonces were lost and Harlem engaged to be lost without succours by land which could not be without battaile Shortly after the towne beganne to fall to distresses hauing in it at the least one thousand sixe hundred mouths with no meanes to be rid of any of them but through the enemies Campe which they offered to passe often but alwaies they were returned into the towne or massacred in the Campe. The poore Prince perceiuing the distresse of the town sought all meanes to relieue it Hauing no other means he went to Cublick Banquets where he encouraged the Hollanders to take armes and aduenture themselues with his men of warre rather then suffer their distressed Countrimen to perish These poore Hollanders hauing ingaged themselues with promise resolued to meete on a day in the Campe of Sase Being arriued the Baron of Battenburgh and Mounsieur de Carlo Generall of his horsemen tooke resolution to try the fortune of warres with the enemie rather then to suffer the world to cry out that the towne was lost without blowes on their sides and thinking his name to be infamous as indeed it was for the Sea-fight he thought it better to be buried dead then aliue Hereupon hee dislodged from his trenches of Sase accompanied with some sixe thousand footemen and sixe hundred horsemen and hauing with him some thousand Mares Vpon most of the which he placed two shot a peece the rest were led with Boures loaden with pouder and other necessaries which the towne wanted greatly Resoluing to put those necessaries into the towne hee aduanced his forces Being arriued hard by Hellingham a place as I said before which the enemie kept at the breake of day the enemy taking the alarum the
Attempt to Duke d'Aluaes trenches The Almans forced to retire A second attempt with great losse A Camisado on the Princes army by Iulian Romero Iulian Romeroes order for the Camisado He chargeth Only not seizeth vpon the princes person A dog saueth the Prince The princes care of himselfe He recouereth his boâ—se hardly Iulian retireth As hardly bestead Yet he saued himselfe his roupes Iulians councell to defeat the Princes army The danger of following it The retreite of the Prince of Orange and his fine stratageme and speeches to escape from his mutinous army His retreit Count Lodowickes composition for Mounts He commeth to his brother the Prince The Prince departeth from his army by night Malins receiueth the Princes garrison Is sacked by the Duke d' Aluaes appointment Lodowickes errour The Princes errour Pacheco appointed Gouernor of Flushing The Cittadle begunne A garrison to be brought in Barland Conspire against the Spaniards Seize vpoÌ„ him Hang him with Duke D' Aluaes Commssion about his necke And 25. of his followers Beauoir retyred to Middleburgh Beauoir want of resolution Flushing vnfortified The Burgesses fortifie Succours into Flushing Wallons Flemmings 400. A muster before the Queene at Greenewich Duke d'Alua sendeth forces against Flushing He pauseth vpon the arriuall of the English Beauoirs Ruffelloes faintnes They endeauour to amend their faults By attempting the dike They lay in ambush The garrison fallieth Beateth back the shot of the Spaniards The losse of the Spaniard Another sally to dislodge the enemy The English haue the vantguard Captain Morgans order for the skirmish The enemy chargeth the English very hotly Who acquit themselues valiantly The retire Captaine Morgan at the push of the pike The enemie retireth Captaine Morgans ensigne rescued The losse of the garrison The enemies losse Count Dela Marke attempteth the Brill Landeth his men The Spanish countenance The Count fiercth the gate The towne entred The Princes courtesie to the Hollanders The Counts disorder Towards women Towards the Papists The ciuill behauiour of the English The Flushingers affection towards them They suspect Saras would make Captaine Morgan Gouernour Who maintaineth Saras Is not ambitious Sir Humphrey Gilbert the first English Colonel in the Lowe Countries Count Bossue towards Roterdam Lyeth in ambush Commeth to the gates Is refused Desiteth to speakâ— with the Burgomasters 〈◊〉 answere The Count shareth the Guarde with wine They open the wicket Hee rusheth in Seizeth the port Taketh the Market-place Sacketh the Towne The Prince perswadeth other townes to garrisons They accept them The Prince promiseth reformation of Count De la Marke The Count takes Strinland Entreth Dort Three more English companies Collonell Gilbert at Flushing Saras and he entred Flanders With 2400 men They attempt Sluce with ambush Knew not how to take the aduantage The garrison sallieth Is beaten into the towne The Gouernor ouerreacheth the chiefs of the Flushingers Dallieth with them They approach the towne He plagueth them with his ordinance Aduertiseth Duke d' Alua with his purpose He strengtheneth Bruges They summon Bruges Count de Reux answer Sir Humfrey in a chafe The Flushingers retire Come to Ardenburgh He executeth the Burgesses The Flushingers stand at Ardenburgh Heare of a conuoy Send to surprise it a certaine number of souldiers Who laid an ambush The order of conuoy It entreth the ambush Which breaketh vpon it And defeateth the Spaniards Conueying away the munition The Flushingers retire to Flushing They resolue to assiege Tergoose Land their men The Tergoosians in ambush Pacheco Gouernor of Tergoose The ambush breaketh vpon the English Forced to retire Captaine Morgan chargeth them They retire The losse of the English The Flushingers enter Barland Before Tergoose The enemy sallieth Is repulsed The order of Pacheco Sir Humfrey Gilberts order The Flushingers retire to their ships The ambush by the French Captaines Disappoynted by a foolish Officer The Flushingers embarke Land vnder their towne March to Southland Camfier reuoltâ—th The Victualers giue aduertisement Beauoir chargeth the guards Forceth them to runne Winneth the Artillery Is beaten backe Rechargeth Is ouerthrowne The losse of the enemie And of the Flushingers The English commended for their seruice The second attempt of Tergeose Their landing In two places Come to Bifling Direction to take the fort The fort assaulted Quitted by the enemie The Flushingers enter the Suburbs Pacheco salieth Fired the salt-houses Is forced to retire The number of the garrison Ordinance planted A breach made The Pieke betweene the thiefe of the Flushingers The scalado giuen The Flushingers repulsed The Prince aduertized of all Writeth for succours Their ignorance in seruice The Tergoosians iu want Certifieth D. d' Alua. Who sendeth them Mondragon with 3000. strong Hee entreth the Iland at a lowe water The hazard of his entrance The error of the chiefes of the Flushingers Mondragon in sight of the towne Who sallieth Mondragon commeth vpon the Flushingers Forceth them to the fort Thence to their ships Sir Humfrey Gilberts discouragement and desire to return into England Ziricksee taken by Vorst Sir William Pelham vieweth Flushing His iudgement The Prince Lord of all Holland Dnke d' Alua against Holland In winter His Chieftains Don Fredricks quarter The forces of the towne The order of the siege Two skonces at the mouth of the water The Princes care of the towne He dispatcheth an army to the Cage Which landeth at and entrencheth the Sase Duke d' Alua before Harlem with 30000. Vieweth the seat of Battenb Affronteth him with forces Makes his approaches The towne sallieth with good successe The battry The towne receiued the assaâ—ants To their losse Who retire D' Aluaes stratagems Cages erected Which are beaten downe Mynes Blow it vp and sally vpon the enemy And recouer their ground Duke d' Alua giueth order to force the towne He maketh a cut in Harlem Meere Passeth 45 ships into it Besiegeth the two forts Preparation for a sea fight Collonell Morgan ariueth out of England The English refuse to march without money Battenburgh wanteth men to man his Nauie The Nauies approached each other The brauery of the Spaniards The Princes Generall and Admirall flie The rest discoÌ„sited The two skonces lost The town seeks to passe away their vnprofitable people The Prince attempteth to relieue the towne by land Battenburgh leadeth toward Harlem Commeth to Hellingham Retyreth Saras sent to the Princes Campe. The Princes power towards Harâ—em 〈◊〉 moueable skonces The Spaniards keepe close The townsmen make a sallie Are hindred by wet straw fired Dâ— d' Aluaes order against the Towne Sendeth forces of the retreit of the Princes power Appointeth foots to charge them And horse against their horse The order of the Princes armie The battaile The horsemen charge Carlo slaine The footemen defeated The errour of the Prince The Towne yeeldeth The cruelty of Duke d' Alua. Balford Duke d' Alua against Alkmer A mutienie amongst the spaniards They chuse an Electo His quality and gouernment His authority Chiefes appointed by States A Chiefe appointed by the mutiners The Spanish mutiny against Vtricke The towne defended by Mounsieur de Hierges The mutiners retire Rayle on their King Are pacified by D' Alua. Send away their Electo Don Fredricke D' Alua followeth Alkmer strengthened by the Prince The towne ingaged Pontones for the ordinance The Cannon planted The battry The distance of the battry The feare of the towne No way to flee The breach Not assaultable Pontons for assaults The assault The Spaniards repulsed The siege leauied D' Aluaes disgrace His experience for warre His error Mounsieur de Poyet landeth his troupes in the night His order for the surprise Malion eâ—treth Poyet secondeth him Resistance in the market place The garrison defeated The Gouernour escapeth Baldeso sent into Holland Entreth the Hague The seat thereof Baldeso fortifieth Riswicke Placed his first guardes at the bridge towards Delfe The States garrisons In Leyden Captaine Chester in Delfe In Roterdam In Delfs hauen In Mayston-sluce Delfs-hauen fortfied Mounsieur de Poyet in Leyden Baldesoes attempts vpon Delfe AduertisemeÌ„ts to d'Alua D'Alua retyreth to Brussels Sendeth Iulian Romero to assist Baldeso With Mounsieur de Capers Fronsberke Six Cornets of horse Iulian General Verdugo D'Aluaes retire and to what end Iulian Romero attempteth Mayston sluce His order Taketh the dyke the Sluce stands vpon dismounteth the artillery of the forte Mounsieur de Terlon departeth Iulians boats in the Mase The wâ—aknesse of the fort towards the water Iulian placed his artillerie vpon a Ponton The forte yeeldeth Delfes-hauen vnattempted The error of the Spaniard in remoouing D'Alua Walkheren besieged with ships by the States Iulian Romero out of Holland The CoÌ„mendador sendeth a Nauy towards Walkheren The Ramkins attempted by the States From the ships By the myne Yeelded vp Collonel Morgan arriueth The Spanish in sight Trained into danger of the shot Retire into safety Defended by the Cannon from land Saile toward Hague Are affronted by land from Flushing The danger of Flushing The Spaniards land at the Hague Relieue Middleburgh Are affronted by the Princes souldiers Who intrench themseues Are charged by the Spaniards Who are forced to retire The English aduance The Spaniards second charge The Princes souldiers flee The Spaniards enter the trench Giueth chase to the Princes souldiers Retireth Is pursued Put to flight and executed Mondragon in Middleburgh The Spaniards returne to Antwerp Are charged by the Prince his fleet Capt. Yorke Boiset The Spanish borded Flee 32 sailes of theirs taken The Prince againe besiegeth the Iland His preparation Mondragonâ— distresse Mounsieur de Poyet sent into Walkheren The English malecontent The Spanish preparation to relieue Middleburgh Iulian Romero Santio d'Auila Generalls The Princes Nauie The nature of the sea The best ships for that sea The Princes Nauie at Siricksey 3 Squadrons of Spaniards Santio d'Auila at Tergoose Iulian Romero and Boiset Want of Marriners among the Spaniards But not of souldiers The Commendador giueth a Signall Santio de Auila aduanceth The order of the Nassawians Iulian Beuoir aduance The ioyning of the fight Boiset Iulian boardeth each other So Beuoyr the Admirall of Sirickesey The length of the fight The Nassawians better sea-men then the Spaniards Iulian flyeth And Santio d'Auila The Spanish losse The Nassawians losse The furie of the fight