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A07280	The triumphs of Nassau: or, A description and representation of all the victories both by land and sea, granted by God to the noble, high, and mightie lords, the Estates generall of the vnited Netherland Prouinces Vnder the conduct and command of his excellencie, Prince Maurice of Nassau. Translated out of French by W. Shute Gent.; Nassauschen lauren-crans. English	Orlers, Jan Janszn., 1570-1646.; Shute, W.; Haestens, Henrick van. aut	1613 (1613)	STC 17676; ESTC S114453	320,305	400

our ships asking whether he thought they durst bee so bold as to set vpon him The Master crauing his pardon answered that he thought they durst But the Spanish Admerall would not beleeue him because hee had the aduantage of vs lying vnder defence of the towne and castle as also because hee thought himselfe alone sufficient in his ship the S. Augustine to resist the whole fleet of Hollanders but the successe shewed the contrarie Yet perceiuing that our Admerall made directly towards him hee cut his cable for he was formost before all the ships and fell downe farther into the bay towards the towne so as then the vice-Admerall and three other gallions were before him Admerall Heemskerck perceiuing this did not for all that alter his course but passed on directly before the vice-Admerall and the other gallions which hee left on his left hand hee prepared his ankor and gaue commaundement it should not bee let slip till hee were aboord the Admerall and had stemd him So soone as hee came neere him the Spaniard first of all discharged one of his peeces which flue directly thorow one of our Admerals port holes and did no hurt but only tooke away one of the vpper crosse beames whereupon Admerall Heemskerck presently answered him with two peeces and then forthwith boorded him and let slip his ankor But the Spaniard making a second shot the bullet caried away a young man that was readie to discharge his musket and with all that cursed shot tooke off Admerall Heemskercks left leg and thigh whereupon that excellent souldier fell downe beeing armed from top to toe and the same bullet likewise caried away an other mans right hand who was giuing fire to a peece of ordnance Admerall Heemskerck perceiuing his death grew nigh encouraged and exhorted those that were neere him valiantly to pursue that which they had begun and to elect another in his place recommending his soule to God which were the last words hee spake and so like a gallant Captaine died in his armor In the meane time all the ordnance on our Admerals broad side plaid at once vpon the Spanish Admerall who presently made a volley of small shot vpon our men and was by them answered with the like the noice fire and smoake was so great as wee could neither heare nor see so as the losse of our Admerall was not knowne in our fleet till we had obtained the victorie Captaine Lambert according to the directions which were giuen him followed his Admerall saluting the Spaniard with two peeces from his fore Castle which bullets passed cleane thorow the Spanish Admerall and made great slaughter among the multitude of his men and with the rest of his ordnance made such hauock amongst them as it is impossible to set downe with what furie they fought on both sides for though our men were not halfe so many in number as the enemie yet were they as couragious as Lions and vsed all meanes to bee reuenged on the Spaniards for their tyrannie towards diuers of them this did so animate vs as wee made no doubt of the victorie At what time Admerall Heemskerck made toward the Spanish admerall he was followed by the whole fleet but Captaine Adrian Roest who came behind the Admerall and Captaine Lambert perceiuing that hee was one of the formost and that the vice-Admerall Lawrence Iacobs Alteras who was appointed to boord the vice-Admerall was ten or twelue ships behinde him himselfe alone with a manly courage boorded the vice-Admerall of Spaine This beeing percei●ed by Captaine Simon Iansz of Edam and Captain Cornellis Madder surnamed the faire boore they presently followed him and all three of them so plied the Spanish vice-Admerall with great and smal shot as in lesse than halfe an houre they set her on fire Whilest our men fought wtih the vice-Admerall Captaine Pan likewise came vp to them one of whose men went aboord the vice-Admerall and brought away her Flag that hung in her fore-mast and in recompence thereof had fiftie Rials giuen him after the fight The Spanish vice-Apmerall beeing on fire our men did their best to cleere themselues from her but not without daunger for fire had alreadie taken hold on our ships and in a manner burnt all Captaine Roest Simon Iansz and Cornellis Madders sailes but at last with much to doe they quenched the fire This could not bee done in the Spanish vice-Admerall where euerie man sought meanes to saue himselfe so as shee was burnt downe even with the water her souldiers and mariners beeing some of them burnt and others leaping into the Sea many were drowned and others slain with musket shot and with the stroaks of pikes and swords Captaine Long Henry peceiuing that these trhee Captaines Roest Madder and Simon Iansz fought so brauely with the vice-Admerall assailed the next gallion which lay on the vice-Admerals right hand and with his ordnance plaid furiously vpon her Captaine Iacob Iansz of Edam and Captaine Gerart Euerts seconded him and boorded the said gallion After some fight Captaine Long Henry beeing oppressed with heate did put off his helmet to coole himselfe and was presently shot into the head whereof hee died Those that were in this gallion perceiuing the vice-Admerall to bee on fire and her flag to bee taken downe did presently hang forth an other on the top of their mast as vice-Admerall but it staid not long there for some of our men tooke it downe within a while after this gallion was likewise fired and burnt downe euen with the water The third gallion was boorded by Captaine Copdrayer and the pinnace of Frizland who in a short space sanke her Whilest wee were thus busied with the gallions the vice-Admerall Alteras came vp likewise and though hee boorded none yet hee plaid fiercely vpon them with his ordnance which was not done without some losse to our men The other Spanish ships which lay farther vp in the bay than did the Admerall shot furiously at our men and they at them at last one of those Spanish ships with often shooting did fire her powder and falling foule of one of her fellowes burnt it likewise which the other perceiuing did presently cut their cables and fell downe to land ward where they ran on ground seeking all meanes to escape Often shooting did likewise fire the other ships and with them that of Lubeck Peter William Verhoofe Captaine of our Admerall together with Captain Lambert were still fighting with the Spanish Admeral who at last gaue ouer shooting and hung forth a flag of truce but our men shot still In the meane time that gallion which Captaine Cleynsorgh fought with was likewise set on fire The Captaines Trumpeter did presently clime vp to the top and fetch downe the flag which had hung out longer than any of the rest for which according to the promise which Admerall Heemskerck had made he receiued 100 rials in recompence The Spanish Admerall beeing thus ouercome with losse of many of

of Turnholt where his Excellencie caused his souldiers to rest a while Count Varax and the lord of Bolanson with 4 regiments of foot and 5 companies of horse had intrenched themselues in Turnholt he hauing intelligence that his Excellencie was so neere did by the aduice of his Councell cause the baggage to be laden by night and sent it away before intending by breake of day to follow with his whole armie and to retire safely to Herentals His Excellencie in like manner on the 24 of the said moneth early in the Morning did set forward marching still in his order when the waies would permit him The cauallerie bearing long Pistols made the vaunt-gard and was diuided into sixe troopes The two first in each of which were foure cornets were somewhat seperated and yet still flanked one another that on the right hand was conducted by the Earles Hohenlo and Solms After them followed two other troopes each of them consisting of three Cornets marching likewise somewhat diuided from the rest to bee the better able vpon any occasion to receiue the former into their rankes or else they to bee by them receyued in like manner His Excellencie followed the Cauallerie with two other troopes marching as the rest did somewhat diuided The footmen were diuided into eight troops viz. presently after the horsemen followed two squadrons verie neere to one another after them three and then two all of them marching in like manner as the former After them followed two demie canon with other field pieces placed betwixt the munition wagons and drawne by those that ordinarily had charge thereof together with certaine mariners Next them followed the rest of the foot troops enclosing the battel still marching in this order when the ground would permit them otherwise they troopt closely together fitting thēselues to the waies waters bridges that lay betwixt Rauels Turnholt His Excellencie being come before Turnhoult which was abandoned thought good by the aduice of the sayd earles other captaines to set forward speedily towards the enemie onely with the horse and to let the foot troopes follow to leaue the canon nere to the mill of Turnhoult guarded by part of the footmen This did his Excellencie presently put in execution but meeting with a little narrow way full of water beneath Turnhoult where the enemie had left forces to defend the passage he forthwith sent certain musketiers thither vnder the conduct of sir Francis Veer and the lord Vander Aa Lieutenant of his guard These enforced the enemie to quit the passage whereupon his Excellencie went forward and presently came to a plain champaine where he descried followed the enemie that fled in this manner Their baggage went before towards Herentals garded by certain souldiers next followed the battell The caualerie for the most part was gone before viz. Nicholo Basta D. Iuan de Cordoua Alonzo Dragon Guzman and Grobbendonck After them followed foure regiments diuided one from another the first was the regiment of Almans vnder Count Sultz the second La Mott his old regiment commaunded at that time by the lord of Achicourt the third was the regiment of La Barlotte the fourth of Neapolitans vnder the Marquesse of Treuick On the right hand sometime two cornets of horse marched and sometime on the left on the left hand were trees neere which was a small riuer running from Turnhoult It was not long ere they were ouertaken but by reason of the bad wayes and a valley ful of water which lay betweene the enemie and the States forces our men had no fit opportunitie as yet to assaile them Sir Francis Veer with a few horse certain musketiers entertained the enemies rereward with skirmish therby hindring him from his intended flight till they came to the farther end of that valley of water then the earles Hohenlo and Solms as first at the battaile perceiuing a certaine place of aduantage betwixt them and Count Varax fearing likewise least the enemie would entangle a narrow passage wherein his baggage was alreadie entred told his Excellencie That it was more than time to assaile the enemie whereupon a signal being giuen they charged him The earles Hohenlo and Solms with 4 cornets of Breda gaue in on the enemies right side those of Berghen-op-Zoom vpon the enemies hindmost regimēt so as the Neapolitans being last were the first that were assailed by Marcelis Bacx and his brother accompanied by Du Bois Done two captaines Count Hohenlo and Solms with the 4 cornets of Breda charging directly the enemies first regiment to which their cauallerie was alreadie turned backe meaning to charge those of Berghen in flanke did verie opportunely preuent them and putting them to rout went on and fell vpon Count Sults regiment with such furie as the enemies were onely content to make slight triall of their valour and betaking themselues to flight left Alonzo Dragon his cornet behind them His Excellencie perceiuing that the charge was alreadie giuen sent sir Robert Sidney and sir Frauncis Veer who till then had entertayned the enemie with continuall skirmish with certaine horse to cut off the enemies rereward The rest of the cauallerie stayed neere to his Excellencie to succour and releeue the first if need should be till at last perceiuing a manifest aduantage all of them in a manner fell into the battell Count Varax Generall of the enemies armie was slaine vpon the place and all his men beeing on euerie side fiercely assailed fell to open flight which was to no purpose as beeing on the one side incompassed by our cauallerie on a plaine ground and on the other with a riuer and trees so as few of them could escape to the narrow way and aboue two thousand of them lay dead vpon the playne and foure hundred were taken prisoners all this was done in so short a space as the States footmen notwithstanding all their hast could not come in in time but before their ariual the horsemen had gotten the victorie The enemies cauallerie perceiuing they could not well escape some of the brauest and most resolute among them to the number of 40 caused a trumpet to sound a charge and fel vpon those whom in disorder they saw busied in pillage making shew as if they intended to giue a fresh charge vpon our men whereupon some of our timerous cowards fled towards the footmen who were comming forward Prince Maurice lookt after his troopes of horse which he had reserued for succours but in vayne whereupon he commanded the prisoners to alight from their horses who earnestly begged for mercie saying That there was alreadie sufficient bloud spilt to finish the victorie yet diuers of them were slaine and then we perceiued the want of our troopes of succours but euerie man making hast towards his Excellencie especially Marcelis Bacx and Edmunds the enemie was so amazed as he againe betooke himselfe to flight Eight and thirtie ensignes were taken there together with D. Alonzo de Mondragons cornet

all incounters with the Portugals hee still caried away the honor til at last the Vice-Roy of Goa did rigge forth the said fleet and made peace with the king of Calicut The King was moued to graunt this peace in hatred to Cunall who had shaken off all obedience so soon as he had confirmed it with the Portugals hee did presently proclaime warre against him The Vice-roy was loath to lose this faire occasion whereby he might plucke this thorne forth of his owne foot and hauing his fleet ready sent 1500 men vnder the conduct of D. Lewis de Gamma his lieutenant generall to Cunals for t This lieutenant landed all his men in a countrie called Ariori where he fastned his ferrie boates together vpon the riuer aboue Cunal in manner of a bridge and of these made 31 bridges on which hee placed gards That done he appointed a captain called Lewis de Silua to passe ouer the said bridges with 300 Portugal souldiers who began the fight and opened a way to the fort himselfe in the meane time remaining in the Campe with the rest of his troops to send succours to those that should stand in need This done the souldiers on the 22 of March 1599 by night passed ouer the bridges and incountered with Cunals men on the further side of the riuer who after a short fight draue them thence Towards noone 300 Portugal souldiers moe 5000 Najos or Indian souldiers which had alreadie passed ouer in an other place marched towards the said Castle the fight was fierce resistance great the ordnance and small shot plaid furioursly from both sides and among others captain Silua was slain with a musket shot hee was a braue souldier his valor caused the Portugals to make head but so soon as he was dead the rest fled towards the bridges which being abondoned by the gards floted in the middest of the riuer so as the runnawaies could not make vse of them This first attempt of this fleet in anno 1599 had bad successe their owne pride ouerweining procuring their losse and ouerthrow for had they followed the King of Calicuts counsell who was present in the battaile this had not happened as appeared the yere following for hauing then learned to their cost they renewed the enterprise vnder conduct of their generall Andrea de Furtado de Mendoça on the 20 of March anno 1600. They were not now so greedy of getting all the honor to themselues as before but behauing themselues discreetly auoiding the former inconueniences with little labour they tooke Cunals for t himselfe prisoner who with his souldiers were put into the Gallies By this meanes Cunall who from a meane fellowe became a king was at last made a slaue This exploit performed in anno 1600 towards the end of the yere they began to strengthen the fleet with men two new Galions In August 1601 they determined to goe before Bantam but winds and tempests did so beat them back as it was the 24 of December ere they arriued there euen on the same day as by a singular prouidence of God three ships of Holland and two Brigantines were come thither these fought the sea fight The Hollanders so soone as they are past the Cape of good hope doe commonly stow their ordnance in hold because they haue no vse for it till they come to the strait of Sunda and by this meanes they had like to haue fallen into the Portugals hands had not almightie God a matter worthie of note sent an vnlookt for messenger to aduertize them what would ensue It was a man of China who in his boate came to them and gaue them notice of the aproach of the mightie fleet of those of Goa Cochin and Malacca assembled before Bantam in number thirtie saile amongst which were eight Gallions twelue Foists and Gallies well prouided the least of the Gallions was of the burthen of 400 tunne The Chinois told them that the Portugals meant to besiege Bantam by land and sea that none might trade thither but themselues These ships of Holland were called the one Guelderland of two hundred and fiftie tunne the other Zeland of two hundred tunne the third Vtrecht of one hundred and thirtie tun the two Brigantines the one called the Pigeon was twentie eight tunne and the other la Gard threescore and ten these vessells came from the Tussell and had set saile on the 23 of Aprill 1●01 in companie of seuen other ships making vp the number of twelue vessels both ships and Brigantines Being at sea they were dispersed so as but fiue of them arriued at the streight of Sunda where the Chinois brought them that newes who thought hee had done them a great curtesie in aduising them to shun the incounter of so mightie a fleet But God strengthned them so as they resolued otherwise for the Admirall of the fleet whose name was Wolfart Harmans so soone as the Chinois had told him these newes commaunded them to cast ankor and calling the captaines aboard his ship after praier they consulted together what was best to bee done for the present good of the fleet and for the future trade to the East Indies and what was most expedient for the honor of the Netherlands whereupon they mutually resolued considering the importance of the businesse whereon the preseruation or ruine of Bantam depended valiantly to assaile the Portugals fleet and by Gods assistance to driue them thence and thereby to free the Citie of Bantam Thereupon the deckes were cleered and all impediments remoued to the end the ordnance might bee well managed and euerie man haue roome enough to vse his armes against the assault This done as soone as time and place would permit the next morning two howers before day after a signe giuen they al weighed ankor The 25 of December about sunne rising they descried the Portugal fleet which had placed two gallions in Gard directly beneth the West point of the Islād Pulo Penzano little dreamt of our men who came on their backs before they could hoisse sale or be rescewed by the rest so as they would haue been enforced to yeeld had not a certaine mishap befalne our Admerall who shooting off one of his pieces it brake which fel out well for the enemie The two gallions fearing to be assailed againe went away with their Foists Our Vice-Admerall Hans Brower ignorant hereof plaid with his ordnance so furiously on the ship of Malacca as we might easily perceiue a certaine amazement in the Portugal fleet who retired and came to an ankor beneath the Island Pulo Penzano Our men hauing notice of the mishap which befell the Admeral did likewise cast ankor vnder certaine high Islands where they repaired the hurt done by their canon The 26 of the same moneth was verie foule so as neither side could vse their sailes or ordnance God thereby fighting for vs giuing our Admerall sufficient leasure to repaire his losse The

victualers After that Admeral Heemskerck had taken order for all things necessarie for the fleet on the nine twentieth day they departed all together from Wight but the Admeral with fiue ships at his going forth beeing carried away with the Tyde ranne on ground so as they were enforced to tarrie there one Tyde the weather beeing faire and Sea calme the Vice-Admerall passed onward with the rest of the fleet and told the Admerall that hee would tarrie for him at Plimmouth At floud the Admerall began to float and come off being followed by the other ships and two dayes after arriued in the Hauen of Plimmouth where he would not stay but shot off a warning piece to cause the rest to follow him which was done The whole fleet being together they went with a Westerlie wind towards the coasts of Portugal and Spaine so as on the tenth of Aprill they came to the height of nine and thirtie degrees neere to the riuer of Lisbone The Admerall assembled his Councell of warre nad concluded to carrie the whole fleet into the Riuer to take and destroy all the Caracks and gallions that lay there But the Admerall hauing true intelligence by certaine spies whom he had sent before with a small English ship towards Lisbone that most of the Caracks were alreadie gone from thence and those that were there to the number of eight or nine not readie and all their ordnance on shore vnderstanding likewise by certaine French and English which came from S. Lucars Cales that 16 gallions were alreadie gone thence for the West-Indies and that ten of them were yet in the streit of Gybraltar with certaine other men of war waiting for the low-countrieships which were to comeforth of the streit for they knew that many of them were readie to come therupon the Admerall changed his former determination meaning to seeke out the said fleet in the streit and to that end bent his course to Seaward to get the height of Cape S. Vincent whither beeing come hee met with a ship of Flushing which on the 22 day came forth of the streit the master told the Admeral that in the night he had bin among the Spanish fleet but was cleared from it in the Morning which as he thought directed it course towards Cales for by a Westerly wind they were constrained to come forth of the streit The Admerall receiuing this intelligence held on his course and on the 24 of Aprill sayled neere the riuer of S. Lucars and bay of Cales but they could haere no newes of any ships for the Admerall was resolued to fight with them though they had beene in the riuer of S. Lucars or bay of Cales The euening of the same day he receiued certaine newes of the Spanish fleet by a French man who the same day came from the roade of Gibraltar who certified the Admerall of the fleets being there and of their number and order The same Euening because the wind was Easterly hee bent his course to the the Southward towards the coasts of Barbarie and from thence hee turned towards the coasts of Spaine Comming into the Streit the Admerall called his Captains aboord and acquainted the Councel of war with that which the Frenchman had told him giuing order for all things necessarie and at last couragiously resolued to assaile and destroy the Spanish fleet and thereupon gaue this direction that himselfe with Captaine Moye Lambert would boord the Spanish Admerall the vice-Admerall Alteras and Captaine Bras were appointed to boord the vice-Admerall and so the other ships two together should set vpon the other gallions The two Brigantines with the Barke were commaunded to passe vp and downe thorow the fleet that if any gallions or ships would attempt to escape they should stop their passage and fight with them but the victuallers were to keepe a loofe off and not to come neere the fight This done hee exhorted all the Captaines to beare themselues valiantly to purchase honor telling them that himselfe would be the first should lead them the way whereupon they all promised and swore to follow him though it should cost them their liues and then euery man returned to his ship About noone they descried the enemie in the bay before the towne of Gibraltar lying in the roade vnder couert of the Castle and townes ordnance to the number of two and twentie vessels videlicet nine great and mightie gallions and foure men of warre beside a great ship of Lubeck of foure hundred tunne called the spotted Cow that lay in the roade tarrying for a wind to go to Cales there were moreouer 4 French ships and three which they had taken viz. 2 of Enchuysen and one of Rotterdam whose Mr. called Gouert English was prisoner aboord the Spanish Admeral They had manned all these ships with souldiers against the comming of our fleet For the Duke of Lucars hauing intelligence of our arriuall and passage before S. Lucars and Cales did presently dispatch a post to Gibraltar to warne the Spaniards of our approach the like he did to those of Calsi whereupon they had strengthened their fleet with three hundred souldiers among whom were one hundred Cauallieros that came voluntarily to doe seruice to the Admerall who had seuen hundred men in his ship and the Vice-Admerall foure hundred and fiftie The other gallions were well stored with ordnance and in each of them two hundred and fiftie men at least beside the mariners the first great gallion was called S. Augustin and in her was the Admerall of the whole fleet called D. Iuan Alvares d'Avilas borne at Est●rgas an old and experienced Captaine who had a long time serued the King of Spaine at Sea in the time of D. Iohn of Austria The Admerals sonne was Captaine of that gallion The second gallion wherein the Vice-Admerall commaunded was called our Ladie de la vega The third being the Rere-Admerall was termed The mother of God The fourth S. Anne The fifth o●r Ladie of the rule The sixth our Ladie of the conception The seuenth Saint Christopher The eighth our Ladie of sorrow The ninth Saint Nicholas The tenth our Ladie of Rosaries The eleuenth our Ladie of O. The twelfth S. Peter In a word they were well prouided of Saints but they did them smal good Our Admerall hauing descried the Spanish fleet giuen order for all matters and prayed vnto God for his ayd and assistance made directly towards them He displayed and made fast his ensigne with nailes because no man should take it downe and promised an hundred Reals to him that would bring him the ensigne of the Spanish Admerall exhorting his souldiers to doe their best protesting that whatsoeuer they could take from the enemie should bee their owne this did greatly animate them but especially the couragious valour of their Admerall so as they desired nothing more than to fight The Spanish Admerall descrying our fleet called for the Master of Rotterdam whom hee kept prisoner shewing him