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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A14335	Extremities vrging the Lord Generall Sir Fra: Veare to the anti-parle with the Archduke Albertus. Written by an English gentleman of verie good account from Ostend, to a worshipfull gentleman his friend heere in England, imprinted verbatìm according to the originall. VVith a declaration of the desperate attempt made since, by the sayde Arch-dukes forces, for the winning of the ould towne	English gentleman of very good account.	1602 (1602)	STC 24651; ESTC S119078	14,775	24

resolued that night to attempt 〈◊〉 manner following viz. The counte de Bukquoy who commaundeth the forces on the East-side of the towne was to giue onset at the North-east rauelling of the old towne vpon a low water which serued that time excéeding wel for their purpose falling out about 6 of the clocke at night Then from the West they purposed to trie vs by the Sand-hill and in two places more of the old Towne viz. the port dupied which is a small rauelling in a counterscarp lying West North-west from the towne and is indéed a place of great inport for the kéeping of the Towne-dich full with water and to preuent the enemies passage to scape our maine Rampart and this place by furie of the sea and rage of their Cannon lay then méerely open and not tenable by any meanes Their other places where to come on were our outward works lying South and by West from the towne called the South square the Poulder and the West square from which last worke commonly called the Collonels worke they had about 3 wéekes before béene gallantly repulsed in the night by our guardants being all English and driuen to returne with farre lesse bloud then they brought thither Another reason which was very powerfull with his Lordship was a noble religious care and sence to spare the 〈◊〉 of so much Christian bloud as in all 〈◊〉 if the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 to carrie 〈◊〉 by the 〈◊〉 ●…urie must haue 〈◊〉 shed on both sides Inuested with these extreames of impendant dangers his Lordship after many bitter trauerses through his great hart y● scornes to stoope to the mightiest enemy whosoeuer found that neuerthelesse the be●… most a●…ured passage to general sa●…etie was to temporize with the enemie by a parley for dolus an virtus quis in hoste requirat till the finishing of his works in hand and the arriuall of his succours howrely expected might settle him againe in tearmes of better assurance But by the way I had forgotten to tell you 〈◊〉 that vppon precōsultation al our outward works aboue mentioned were to be abandoned ●… all our men draw●… int●… the towne and so they were for as I sayde before the 〈◊〉 of our numbers was such as came farre short of a proportionable guard for the town alone yet through the slacknes of the states his Lordship had formerly béen driuen to extenuate his sayd works to halfe their greatnes to make them guardable by few men for they doe much import the safetie of the towne Nowe 〈◊〉 to lay our weaknes thus open to the enemie to his so great aduantage and incouragment and notwithstanding to bee little or nothing secured thereby what a gaule and excrutiament it might be to his L. those that know the tempe●… of his spirit can easily coniecture So summoning as I sayd in sort before all his considerations together he fled to that refuge necessitie shewed him to be the most assured And her 〈◊〉 called all his Captaines of the seuerall nations togither or so many of them as were not in guard the time would endure ●…o delay This being towards euening on the Sonday formerly mentioned they all hearing his conceipt applaude it and the Netherlanders more forward then all the rest doe almost presse him with importunities to diligent the execution thereof offring themselues to be agents therein but shranke in the wetting immediatly which coldnes refusall of theirs had almost quite 〈◊〉 the clew of their late resolution In the ●…nde Captaine Ogle Lieutenant Collonel to his Lordship and Capt. Fairfax are destined to bee the men as ●…ostages onely for such as the Archduke should send hither to trea●… with his Lordship And so immediately vpon sound of one of our drummes from the port D●…pied after losse of some breath by Capt. Ogle who was vnheard called to them a good space in Spanish from thence they were roused to attention being as was coniectured busie about their enterptise and so not so attentiue as it is like otherwise they would haue been considering how neare and dangerous neighbours we are one to the other All this tedious discourse I haue been bould to trouble your worshippe withall onely as a lanthorne to giue you the 〈◊〉 light I could for the through vnderstanding of our estate euery way and now I will bring the acting of this proiect before you vpon the stage ●…ching your pardon if I shall séeme taxable for idle lightnes by inserting accidentall iests in a subiect of such weight and seriousnes for many times Ducun●… 〈◊〉 ●…ria ●…ga His Lordship as I haue before declared hauing made tender of his harsh tasting parley I name it harsh in regard of his constraint thereto finding the enemie verie tractable and excéeding prompt to entertaine the same did without any losse of time the same euening send away to them the two fore-named Captaines Ogle and Fairfax vppon faith giuen for their safetie and returne A truce and generall cessation of all hostilitie on both ●…des being promised during the time of their treatie for land matters but no further Hereby our abandoned workes remained neutrall although quited by vs yet not lawfull to be possessed by thē Upon the arriuall of our Hostages in the enemies armie they were br●…ught to his Alie●…e at his ●…onse of Albertus he for welcome vailed his hat sparingly bad them welcome demaunded of what nati●…n they were whether they had instructiō from our Generall to treate with him about this place and vppon their answere thereto negatiuely he asked them further if there were not fraude intended They answere as Ignorants of any that they are on●…ly sent as hostages for such as his highnes should please to sen●… to his Lordship about the proposed 〈◊〉 and so with a second but more ●…ender respect with his Hat they were carried from his presence to the lodging of Don Augustino de 〈◊〉 a gray and graue headed Spanyard 〈◊〉 of the Castle of Antwarp 〈◊〉 C●…maunder of the 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 forces at y● w●…st-end of this town a gentlemā of most accōpli●… vertoes by their applauses in the chamber of this youth●…ull old gallant for to his gray head hee weareth a greene ha●…ite they were lodged the place being beautified with faue hangings and reciprocall correspondent in the 〈◊〉 By all the gallants 〈◊〉 Italians and 〈◊〉 else of other 〈◊〉 of any respect they were entertained and 〈◊〉 ●…y 〈◊〉 a●…d ●…auing withall many watchfull ●…es and 〈◊〉 eares on 〈◊〉 but the gentlemē both of them haue 〈◊〉 so 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 well qualified that neither of them will ●…sily 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 ●…y any vna●…dnes for taxation of 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 were not suffred to haue further view of any 〈◊〉 or 〈◊〉 then where they passed neither were they free of a 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 guard ouer them Whilest these flourishes of hostile court●…sie 〈◊〉 n●… doubt with hope of a speedie good bargaine 〈◊〉 vpon our Capt. in the enemies Campe ●…ne Matheo 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 nor of Sluise