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A55355	Memoirs of the Sieur De Pontis who served in the army six and fifty years under King Henry IV, Lewis the XIII, and Lewis the XIV containing many remarkable passages relating to the war, the court, and the government of those princes / faithfully Englished by Charles Cotton.	Pontis, Louis, sieur de, 1583-1670.; Cotton, Charles, 1630-1687.	1694 (1694)	Wing P2807; ESTC R33977	425,463	306

the Drum by the means of the Ball. This design took effect and made us hear what I desir'd The Miner a little astonisht laugh'd no more as before but told us that we must immediately retire whereupon I presently made ready our men and sent to acquaint them at the tail of the Trench with what we had discover'd The Miner having afterwards examin'd the business a little nearer assur'd me that there was but little Earth betwixt us and the Enemy and that they would presently strike through into his Mine and accordingly we presently saw light by which hole they ●ir'd upon us some Pistol-shot to which I made answer with one I had in my hand commanding my Souldiers to beat back these Counterminers with their Halberts which doubtless had been no hard matter to do but that at the same time a great many men being sallied by another way came directly towards the Trench with a design to cut it off and oblig'd me to retire fighting and making good our Retreat till the rest of our Regiment should advance to our relief I found my self much more perplext when I saw at least thirty Granadoes fly in the air which the Enemy threw into the Trench There were a great many Souldiers hurt and all so daunted that I was forc'd to withdraw to make way for the whole Regiment who came in fresh and repell'd the Enemy I was wounded in the Thigh with a splinter of one of these Granadoes of which I was nevertheless presently cur'd V. The second time I mounted the Guard after this my post was again to sustain the Miner upon whom as he was at work at the Bastion they continually from above threw down Stones and a thousand other things to brain him which made us contrive to cover this place with Beams that he might work in safety Dinner time being come we withdrew from the Trench and plac'd our selves in the mouth of the Mine to be yet in greater security This foresight sav'd all our Lives for immediately after the Enemy threw down from above Pipes filled with the dross of Iron that comes from the Forges and which is so ponderous a thing that these Hogsheads falling upon the forementioned Beams broke them all and so fill'd the Trench that ●o body could pass so that had they made use of their advantage they had certainly had a good bargain of us but not knowing what had hapned they gave us time to disengage our selves though with much ado We did not get off so well afterwards for as I was engag'd in several dangerous occasions and that my too much forwardness was the cause that I too frankly expos'd my life one day as I was again set to guard the same Miner the Enemy made a Sally upon the head of the Trench which we at first sustained vigorously enough but by reason that to make a better resistance and to stand more firm we had drawn our selves up close together the Enemy who came on another open side on the top of the Trench having thrown down on a sudden twenty great pots of boyling Pitch put us in the most miserable condition that ever poor men were in being reduc'd almost to be burnt alive in our cloaths Many of us died and others escap'd by tearing off their cloaths I for my part having rowl'd my self to no purpose upon the earth to cool me and finding my self still extreamly afflicted with the pain I could think of no better remedy than to throw my self into the River where I began a little to breathe and from whence nevertheless I came not out quite cur'd for I had my Shoulders sufficiently broil'd as well as several others which gave the Enemy occasion to jeer us in crying To the Grill To the Grill and to ask us if we had not been pepper'd and salted enough Adding That they would take care we should be better handled the next time VI. Monsieur de Schomberg who has ever done me the honour to love me and to make it appear he had some confidence in me in these affairs sent for me a few days after and told me that he had a great mind to force a Half-Moon that had kept it self but too long that he believ'd with Fire-works it might be brought to pass and that he remembred he had seen certain Fire-pots that plaid with great effect but that he did not know any one in the Army that either knew how to make them or to make use of them It hapned by good luck that I not only knew this sort of Pots but also how to make and use them which made me tell Monsieur de Schomberg that I would be responsible to him for these Fire-works and that he might rely upon me for the provision But being there was great danger in the throwing them he would not suffer me to throw them my self but only told me that after I had made them ready I should make choice of some good Souldier whom I should instruct after what manner they were to be thrown I prepared then these Pots which were of Clay and fill'd them as they should be with Gunpowder covering them very well and tying them with good Packthread about which were several ends of lighted Matches to the end that the Pots being thrown and breaking with the fall some one of the bits of Match should fall into the Powder and fire it which would break the Pot into a thousand pieces and make a terrible havock by reason of the broken pieces that flew on every side and which in wounding and killing several people would strike a terrour into the rest who were not accustom'd to that sort of fire I then began to consider of choosing a person capable of throwing these Pots and of doing it so dexterously as to be serviceable to us and at last bethought me of a Souldier that was very brave and very handy call'd Montably who had long importun'd me to put him upon some service wherein he might signalize himself and who every time he met me urged me to that effect which made me think of proposing this to him that he might make himself be taken notice of by Monsieur de Schomberg Having therefore sent for him I open'd to him my whole design and made him withal sensible of the danger that I might not deceive him Which having done I demanded his resolution He immediately with great joy embraced an occasion he had so long wisht for telling me withal that it would be the means either to push his fortune or to put him out of need on 't I then instructed him more than he desir'd in all things designing at once to make our enterprize succeed and to precaution him against the danger and for my last order commanded him positively after he had thrown these Pots to retire and let them fall on who were commanded to give the Assault Had he taken my advice I had been entirely satisfied in this affair but this young man more

been his Son For all my Duties upon the Guard and the occasions upon which I was commanded excepted I was continually by his Bed side lying with my hand in the stateliest Union that can possibly be imagin'd which also was much augmented upon a new accident which I think my self oblig'd to relate X. The Enemy having made another furious Sally came and set fire to our Powder lam'd the Carriages of two pieces of Cannon to which they set fire also and were endeavouring to nail the rest when I was commanded out with a body of threescore men to repel them where I once more thought I should have been scorch'd to death by a Barrel of Powder they gave fire to in their retreat After having beaten them from this Battery I retir'd with the rest of our Regiment which with great vigour beat the Enemy back even into their own Fort though it could not be done without great loss on our part Amongst the Officers that were kill'd in this action there was one very brave man call'd Captain Robert of whose death the King being inform'd he presently thought of the Officer of Champagne to confer the command upon for besides other occasions wherein I had been particularly taken notice of by his Majesty he had heard of the service I had done Monsieur Zamet and the other Prisoners in rescuing them out of the Enemies hands Calling therefore for Monsieur de Puisyeux he told him that he gave me the Company of Captain Robert commanding him to dispatch my Commission and to send it to me before I knew any thing of it Monsieur de Puisyeux who thought himself highly oblig●d to me for having without speaking to him or his having entreated me preserv'd a Country House of his that was near the Army from being plundred by the Souldiers by putting into it a Gurrd of six Musqueteers was exceeding glad of this opportunity of serving me to the King and therefore taking the liberty to tell him his opinion concerning the choice his Majesty had made he spoke of me to him the most advantageously that he possibly could so much as unknown to me to acknowledge the little service I had endeavoured to do him The Commission therefore was dispatch'd that night and being deliver'd to me in the morning without my having had the least intimation of it I confess I more valued the King's remembring me of his own accord than I did my preferment to the Command tho I did pretty much covet that too not believing that the Lieutenancy of Monsieur Zamet could be conferr'd upon me so soon I went forth with to carry my Commission to Monsieur Zamet who look'd a little coldly upon it and ask'd me if I had rather have the Company than to be his Lieutenant adding withal that he very well knew that in order and pay a Company was worth more but that he believ●d it was much more advantageous to me to be Lieutenant to a person who was so absolutely my own as he was who assur'd me no less than his goods and fort●ne and therefore entreated me to think on●t before I accepted the Command To this I made answer that he very well knew that I had already assur'd him that I was entirely his and that accordingly he should be the absolute Master in this affair that as I had hitherto no hand at all in it being meerly oblig'd to the King's bounty who had thought of me of himself and to the kind remembrance of Monsieur de Puisyeux who had dispatch'd the Commission before I had heard a syllable of it I could not better let him see how much I was at his disposal than by bringing him the Commission to do with it as he himself thought fit He then told me that he had a great mind to inform the King of the particulars that past in that Sally of the Enemy I have mention'd before where I restor'd him his liberty and that being there was no one who had had so great a share in it as my self I was able to give a better account than any one of that action and therefore he should be glad I would go wait upon his Majesty in the afternoon and present him a Letter that he would write I did so where after I had presented Monsieur Zamet's Letter and given an account of his health which his Majesty enquir'd after he immediately fell to speaking of the occasion wherein I had rescu'd him out of the Enemies hands commanding me to tell him the whole story which I accordingly did as well as I could I then took my opportunity to return my most humble thanks for the honour his Majesty had done me in remembring me after a manner so much to my advantage and of which I should retain a profound acknowledgment all the days of my life But the King seeing I took no notice of Monsieur Zamet's design said to me But you have not told me all this while that Zamet would have you for his Lieutenant to which I made answer That I was in the first place bound to let his Majesty know my sence of this very particular favour he had been pleas'd to shew me when I least thought of any such thing and as to the other which Monsieur Zamet sollicited in my behalf it was not for me to mention it to his Majesty and that I should seem not to value the favour he had conferr'd upon me as I ought should I at the same time I came to return my thanks for the one make suit for another But since your Majesty said I obliges me to answer to that affair I can assure you that I am ready with great chearfulness to do whatever your Majesty shall please to command whether in accepting or surrendring the Company in the Regiment of Champagne for the Lieutenancy of Monsieur Zamet which I confess to be to me much more considerable and desireable than many Companies by reason of the tender Friendship I am happy in from a person of his merit which is to your Majesty sufficiently known Being then Sir to receive the one or the other from your Majesties hand I with all my heart resign the Commission your Majesty did me the honour to send me with an humble request that your Majesty would be graciously pleas'd to make for me a choice that I protest I know not how to make for my self At the same time I presented my Commission to the King who very much surpriz'd at my complement and the free manner wherewith I had referr'd my self into his hands for the choice of one of these two Commands left me on a sudden to go to the other end of the room where the Constable de Luines was to whom he told all that I had said to him and shew●d him the Commission I had return'd into his hands The Constable had not been very well satisfied with me in the beginning of the War by reason of a little occasion wherein I had not manifested