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seek_v the_o end_n of_o their_o evil_n in_o a_o happy_a peace_n but_o there_o be_v a_o wind_n which_o hinder_v the_o sprout_v forth_o of_o this_o good_a seed_n during_o the_o time_n of_o their_o negotiation_n the_o infanta_n go_v to_o enjoy_v everlasting_a beatitude_n with_o her_o husband_n infanta_n the_o death_n of_o the_o infanta_n with_o who_o she_o have_v so_o religious_o live_v her_o subject_n express_v very_o great_a grief_n for_o the_o departure_n of_o so_o good_a a_o mother_n by_o who_o they_o have_v be_v so_o gentle_o govern_v and_o that_o which_o most_o afflict_a they_o be_v to_o foresee_v that_o these_o treaty_n will_v produce_v no_o good_a effect_n as_o it_o be_v easy_a to_o judge_v for_o the_o state_n stand_v fast_o upon_o impossibility_n and_o these_o can_v not_o by_o any_o mean_n exclude_v their_o master_n beside_o the_o prince_n go_v to_o besiege_v rhinbergh_n which_o he_o take_v in_o three_o week_n make_v they_o conceive_v that_o they_o treat_v with_o they_o almost_o no_o other_o wise_a than_o conqueror_n use_v to_o do_v with_o such_o as_o they_o have_v vanquish_v for_o they_o offer_v they_o condition_n of_o advantage_n enough_o to_o testify_v that_o their_o thought_n be_v very_o much_o incline_v to_o peace_n but_o the_o wind_n of_o france_n quick_o cool_v that_o pious_a heat_n charnasse_n make_v use_v of_o the_o two_o most_o potent_a way_n in_o the_o world_n to_o make_v this_o treaty_n infructuous_a that_o be_v of_o eloquence_n and_o of_o that_o divine_a mettle_n which_o inpiter_n know_v to_o be_v the_o strong_a in_o fine_a he_o effect_v so_o much_o by_o his_o diligent_a pursuit_n vanish_v the_o treaty_n of_o peace_n vanish_v and_o solicitation_n that_o he_o break_v off_o the_o whole_a match_n and_o bring_v the_o state_n to_o take_v arm_n again_o with_o his_o master_n the_o marquis_n of_o aitona_n not_o have_v force_n enough_o to_o face_v the_o prince_n before_o rhinbergh_n be_v content_a to_o fortify_v the_o isle_n of_o saint_n stephen_n upon_o the_o moze_n whereby_o to_o have_v the_o passage_n free_a and_o the_o prince_n agitate_v in_o his_o mind_n a_o great_a exploit_n then_o that_o of_o a_o siege_n go_v rheynbergh_n the_o siege_n of_o rheynbergh_n and_o encamp_v himself_o beyond_o boisleduc_n or_o the_o boss_n and_o have_v send_v for_o eighteen_o or_o twenty_o troop_n of_o swedish_n horse_n depart_v with_o a_o multitude_n of_o wagon_n of_o victual_n and_o march_v direct_o towards_o aitona_n who_o though_o he_o have_v also_o receive_v some_o horse_n from_o the_o imperialist_n for_o his_o defence_n keep_v himself_o upon_o his_o advantage_n as_o judge_v it_o beyond_o the_o maxim_n of_o a_o soldier_n to_o put_v the_o country_n into_o a_o general_a joy_n by_o hazard_v the_o battle_n offer_v he_o for_o if_o the_o prince_n have_v gain_v it_o he_o have_v find_v no_o resistance_n but_o if_o he_o have_v lose_v it_o he_o have_v leave_v the_o conqueror_n nothing_o but_o the_o glory_n of_o have_v win_v it_o without_o any_o other_o profit_n at_o all_o save_v only_o peradventure_o of_o a_o town_n or_o two_o as_o wenlo_n and_o ruremund_n the_o prince_n send_v a_o supply_n to_o mastricht_n and_o retire_v himself_o fast_o than_o he_o come_v which_o cause_v the_o disband_n of_o many_o of_o his_o man_n and_o the_o marquis_n hasten_v with_o three_o thousand_o horse_n to_o defend_v the_o isle_n of_o saint_n stephen_n and_o thus_o end_v the_o field_n of_o this_o year_n of_o 1633_o upon_o which_o the_o swede_n who_o have_v commit_v unknown_a insolence_n in_o this_o militia_n and_o some_o dissolution_n which_o spoil_v the_o holland_n discipline_n repassed_a the_o rhine_n as_o the_o imperialist_n on_o the_o other_o side_n also_o do_v but_o let_v we_o see_v the_o field_n follow_v before_o we_o repass_v with_o they_o prisoner_n some_o lord_n prisoner_n aitona_n have_v receive_v money_n from_o spain_n and_o range_v his_o militia_n in_o a_o good_a state_n of_o obedience_n take_v some_o lord_n prisoner_n who_o be_v suspect_v of_o have_v complot_v with_o count_n henry_n of_o bergues_n the_o prince_n d'espinoy_n be_v already_o flee_v into_o france_n and_o the_o duke_n of_o arscot_n go_v into_o spain_n and_o so_o this_o thick_a fog_n be_v dissipate_v and_o count_n henry_n cause_n try_v he_o march_v with_o his_o army_n towards_o the_o moze_n whether_o he_o have_v already_o send_v the_o marquis_n de_fw-fr lede_n who_o take_v the_o strong_a house_n of_o argenteau_n and_o retake_v the_o duchy_n of_o limburgh_n and_o so_o make_v a_o show_n of_o besiege_v mastricht_n to_o have_v the_o passage_n open_a into_o germany_n the_o prince_n to_o divert_v he_o from_o this_o design_n go_v and_o plant_v himself_o before_o breda_n but_o have_v receive_v notice_n that_o the_o spanish_a army_n draw_v towards_o he_o to_o dislodge_v he_o from_o thence_o he_o retire_v five_o day_n after_o thus_o end_v this_o field_n in_o the_o low-countries_n let_v we_o go_v see_v other_o sport_n in_o the_o empire_n much_o more_o bloody_a than_o this_o chap._n xxxiii_o the_o siege_n of_o ratisbon_n the_o take_n of_o the_o town_n the_o death_n of_o aldringer_n the_o cardinal_n infanto_n join_v with_o the_o king_n of_o hungary_n the_o protestant_n draw_v all_o their_o force_n together_o again_o the_o business_n of_o norlinghen_n the_o victory_n of_o the_o imperialist_n the_o cardinal_n infanto_n pass_v into_o the_o low-countries_n the_o chief_a of_o the_o protestant_a party_n have_v so_o great_a cause_n to_o mistrust_v general_n wallenstein_n who_o plot_n and_o practice_n they_o know_v that_o it_o be_v no_o wonder_n if_o duke_n bernard_n give_v no_o credit_n to_o the_o promise_n he_o make_v to_o hasten_v a_o conjunction_n the_o retardment_n whereof_o be_v fatal_a to_o he_o and_o all_o his_o friend_n duke_n francis-albert_n of_o saxony_n lailemburgh_n who_o be_v the_o instrument_n choose_v to_o tie_v these_o two_o metal_n of_o a_o different_a nature_n together_o prove_v not_o his_o craftsmaster_n and_o so_o be_v carry_v prisoner_n for_o his_o apprentisage_n to_o vienna_n sweden_n ratish_a i_o take_v by_o the_o sweden_n duke_n bernard_n have_v take_v ratisbone_n by_o the_o good_a will_n of_o the_o inhabitant_n and_o be_v assure_v too_o late_o of_o the_o intention_n of_o the_o duke_n of_o fruhland_n be_v advance_v already_o towards_o bohemia_n when_o he_o receive_v the_o news_n of_o the_o just_a disaster_n which_o be_v befall_v he_o whereupon_o he_o change_v course_n inpiter_n be_v patient_a but_o when_o his_o goodness_n be_v too_o much_o abuse_v he_o dart_v his_o thunderbolt_n and_o crush_v all_o it_o be_v always_o dangerous_a to_o meddle_v with_o one_o master_n and_o to_o crack_v nut_n with_o he_o this_o great_a symptom_n be_v advantageous_a to_o the_o swede_n as_o give_v they_o opportunity_n to_o take_v town_n in_o swaveland_n and_o towards_o the_o lake_n of_o bregant_n in_o such_o sort_n as_o that_o the_o terror_n which_o king_n gustave_n have_v cast_v into_o italy_n be_v now_o renew_v more_o strong_o than_o ever_o the_o king_n of_o hungary_n have_v cure_v the_o army_n with_o a_o sweet_a shower_n of_o gold_n and_o take_v a_o new_a oath_n from_o the_o soldier_n make_v they_o march_v towards_o ratisbone_n for_o since_o the_o servant_n have_v betray_v the_o father_n of_o the_o family_n it_o be_v necessary_a to_o fond_a the_o child_n who_o be_v receive_v by_o all_o of_o they_o with_o incredible_a joy_n and_o alacrity_n i_o will_v not_o stay_v upon_o the_o particular_n of_o this_o famous_a siege_n which_o cost_v very_o much_o blood_n but_o content_v myself_o with_o only_a say_n that_o news_n be_v come_v to_o the_o camp_n of_o a_o notable_a victory_n get_v by_o arnem_n upon_o the_o imperialist_n in_o silesia_n and_o of_o his_o move_n towards_o prague_n the_o king_n send_v so_o strong_a a_o supply_n imperialist_n and_o retake_v by_o the_o imperialist_n that_o the_o say_v arman_n be_v constrain_v to_o raise_v the_o siege_n and_o retire_v himself_o into_o saxony_n 〈◊〉_d aldringer_n 〈◊〉_d at_o the_o very_a same_o time_n that_o ratisbone_n begin_v to_o parley_v and_o capitulate_v which_o be_v near_o the_o end_n of_o july_n and_o some_o day_n before_o the_o famous_a general_n aldringer_n be_v slay_v near_o lanshut_a he_o be_v bear_v in_o the_o country_n of_o lâ—xenburgh_n and_o his_o virtue_n have_v draw_v he_o out_o of_o the_o obscurity_n of_o his_o birth_n to_o raise_v he_o to_o so_o eminent_a a_o charge_n he_o have_v fight_v happy_o with_o john_n de_fw-fr werdr_n and_o his_o death_n be_v much_o regret_v by_o the_o principal_a of_o his_o party_n donawerd_n follow_v rarisbone_n and_o the_o cardinal_n infanto_n who_o have_v now_o stay_v long_o enough_o at_o milan_n pass_v with_o the_o old_a spanish_a italian_a and_o burgundian_n band_n through_o switzerland_n into_o germany_n where_o they_o quick_o teach_v the_o swede_n what_o it_o be_v exact_o to_o observe_v military_a discipline_n the_o army_n join_v and_o march_v into_o
they_o to_o send_v their_o deputy_n to_o the_o king_n to_o conclude_v a_o treaty_n fortune_fw-mi be_v not_o less_o adverse_a to_o the_o spaniard_n in_o italy_n where_o the_o marquis_n of_o leganez_n have_v besiege_v cassal_n a_o fatal_a place_n to_o they_o and_o a_o unhappy_a siege_n for_o this_o three_o cime_fw-la for_o the_o brave_a count_n of_o harcourt_n brother_n to_o the_o duke_n d'elbenf_n and_o of_o the_o generous_a blood_n of_o the_o guisard_n who_o have_v do_v that_o kingdom_n so_o many_o service_n hasten_v thither_o with_o a_o less_o and_o weak_a army_n attack_v they_o in_o their_o trench_n and_o after_o two_o several_a repulse_n caza_n the_o spainiard_n beat_v before_o caza_n fall_v on_o again_o kill_v above_o four_o thousand_o man_n put_v in_o as_o much_o relief_n as_o he_o will_v and_o force_v this_o so_o provident_a and_o cautious_a nation_n to_o raise_v the_o siege_n let_v no_o body_n say_v now_o that_o the_o french_a be_v not_o valiant_a but_o in_o the_o first_o fury_n in_o which_o they_o be_v more_o than_o man_n and_o in_o continuance_n less_o than_o woman_n for_o this_o glorious_a action_n be_v conduct_v by_o one_o of_o the_o most_o strenuous_a man_n of_o his_o time_n descend_v from_o a_o house_n which_o have_v always_o swarm_v with_o brave_a captain_n and_o other_o declare_v the_o contrary_a they_o know_v how_o to_o fight_v and_o when_o they_o be_v break_v to_o rally_v and_o carry_v away_o the_o victory_n after_o this_o miracle_n he_o wrought_v yet_o another_o which_o can_v not_o be_v do_v but_o by_o a_o turin_n a_o hyperbole_n the_o count_n of_o haicourts_n valour_n who_o take_v turin_n saint_n full_a of_o merit_n and_o it_o be_v this_o he_o besiege_v turin_n where_o prince_n thomas_n uncle_n to_o the_o duke_n who_o he_o will_v dispossess_v command_v the_o marquis_n of_o leganez_n attack_v he_o and_o pierce_v through_o his_o line_n but_o the_o soldier_n which_o be_v enter_v can_v not_o get_v out_o again_o in_o such_o sort_n as_o that_o all_o 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yield_v 1540_o the_o capital_a city_n of_o that_o country_n and_o fort_n with_o begin_v to-intrench_a themselves_o before_o it_o a_o enterprise_n of_o no_o less_o audacity_n than_o generosity_n but_o fortune_n help_v such_o as_o these_o as_o it_o disdain_v they_o who_o be_v fearful_a the_o cardinal_n infanto_n the_o duke_n of_o lorraine_n and_o six_o general_n more_o with_o a_o army_n of_o thirty_o thousand_o man_n go_v to_o visit_v they_o with_o intention_n to_o make_v they_o sorry_a for_o their_o temerity_n wherefore_o they_o pitch_v their_o camp_n upon_o mount_n saint_n eloy_n near_o the_o way_n where_o the_o provision_n be_v to_o pass_v so_o that_o the_o besieger_n be_v in_o worse_a condition_n than_o the_o besiege_a for_o all_o the_o small_a convoy_n be_v beat_v and_o a_o pound_n of_o bread_n be_v worth_a forty_o pence_n forty_o pence_n soll_n and_o more_o upon_o notice_n give_v that_o the_o great_a convoy_n be_v almost_o ready_a the_o duke_n of_o lorraine_n go_v and_o ruin_v above_o a_o thousand_o wagon_n at_o the_o very_a gate_n of_o dourlen_n and_o return_v victorious_a to_o the_o camp_n the_o spaniard_n be_v very_o busy_a in_o consultation_n about_o what_o good_a resolution_n they_o be_v to_o take_v the_o great_a convoy_n advance_v and_o la_fw-fr meillieraye_n go_v to_o meet_v it_o with_o fisteen_fw-mi thousand_o man_n the_o infanto_n be_v advise_v by_o some_o to_o make_v a_o firm_a stand_n and_o fight_v it_o though_o it_o be_v guard_v with_o above_o twenty_o thousand_o man_n choose_v rather_o to_o attack_v a_o quarter_n which_o have_v it_o be_v do_v two_o hour_n soon_o as_o it_o be_v conclude_v the_o town_n have_v undoubted_o be_v succour_v however_o they_o succeed_v pretty_a well_o and_o be_v already_o become_v master_n of_o a_o fort_n but_o the_o bicker_n happen_v in_o a_o part_n from_o whence_o they_o be_v repulse_v with_o great_a slaughter_n and_o at_o the_o same_o instant_n arrive_v the_o convoy_n which_o dull_v the_o heat_n of_o the_o spaniard_n 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