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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29339	A breviate of the proceedings of France, from the Pyrenaean Treaty to this time as also I. The speech of Monsieur Zierowsky, the Emperor's Embassador to the King of Poland, II. A memorial presented by the said Embassador to the King of Poland, III. A letter from Monsieur Du Vernay to Count Tekeley, IV. A letter from Count Tekeley to Monsieur Du Vernay, V. A letter from Monsieur Peter Jaigel, Governour of Cassovia, to Monsieur De Vernay.		1684 (1684)	Wing B4414; ESTC R22585	46,143	194

Dutch to flight Thus Wortz's Cavalry having fordidly given ground the French rallyed and grew stronger and stronger by the Addition of more Force the French continually passing the River some wading others in Boats Mounsieur the Prince of Conde also having put himself into a Boat with the Duke D' Angion and several other great Personages of the Court was got near the opposite Shore when he perceived that Monsieur de Longueville having thrown himself into the River was very near drowning so that he was forc'd to return back to take him into the Boat but then speedily recovering the other side he was no sooner landed but he drew up his Forces into Battalia to attack the Enemies Entrenchments The Dutch Infantry seeing but little security in their slender Works and on the other side having put all their confidence in their Cavalry by which they saw themselves now totally abandoned took more care to crave quarter than to make any resistance which Monsieur the Prince of Conde offered them crying out aloud to them to lay down their Arms All this while the French advanced forward without so much as discharging a Gun on either side so that the King of France who saw all that passed thought himself sure of a Victory that would cost no Blood But Monsieur de Longueville who had been drinking hard at Emeric advancing up to the Trenches let fly a Pistol so that the Hollanders not a little ashamed that they had forborn so long and believing now there was no Quarter to be expected returned in answer to the Dukes Pistol such a smart Volley that many of the most considerable of the Enemy were fetched off their Horses Monsieur Longueville who began the skirmish was killed outright the Prince of Conde wounded with many others too long to Catalogue The French at first astonished at this unexpected Accident having recovered themselves from their Fears rallyed again and fell upon the Intrenchments where they found some Resistance especially at a Barricado where stood a grey haired Officer but one who notwithstanding his Years shewed a Courage becoming the Prime of vigorous Youth but at length being overlaid with number the rest betook themselves to flight without demanding Quarter which they thought would but be in vain The French having now no Enemy to fight pillaged the Castle of Tholus and put the Island of Bettaw under Contribution Nor was this the only advantage which they gained by their Passage over the Rhine for the Hollanders fearing least the Enemy should come upon their backs forsoke the Issel and retreated to Utrech where the People would have Sacrificed Mombas to their Fury upon whom they laid all the blame of what had happened But Monsieur the Prince of Orange though he knew he deserved Death but was willing to have him first examined if not put to the Rack to the end he might understand the depth of his Treason gave Order that he should be conveyed through a Postern and hid in a Hay-loft to preserve him from the Rage of the People In the mean while the King in Person took the City of DOESBERGH and Monsieur Turenne took in Nimeghen Zuoll Deventer Graves Arnheim the Fort of Skink Creveceur and several other Places Utrech also fell into the hands of the French without the Constraint of a Siege For while the King lay before Doesbergh the Burgher-Masters of the Town carryed him the Keys as if they had been afraid they should not have a new Master soon enough Thereupon the Marquiss of Rochford in good reputation at Court was sent thither to command in chief But not having as yet much Experience in War he omitted to make himself Master of Maidam which the Dutch had quitted by the possession of which they had assured themselves of Amsterdam For had they been Masters of Maidam it had been an easie thing to hinder any Vessels from going in or out from Amsterdam for that they were to pass by Maidam which they durst not have attempted if the French had been Masters of it which had been the way to have compell'd Amsterdam to have surrender'd of it self as Utrech had done Not but that if the King himself had appear'd before the Walls they had certainly carryed him the Keys in regard that such was the general Despair that every one thought of nothing else but to save his own Family not minding the publick Interest of their Country So that without expecting a Summons from the King they held a Councel in the City and debated whether they should not go to meet the King and beseech him to take as well the City as the Inhabitants into his Protection and it was an even Lay but that they had taken that Resolution had not two Burghermasters whose Memories ought to be Sacred to Posterity and whose Names were Offte and Hassenar encouraged the rest to pluck up good hearts and rather to call the Sea to their Assistance which was a more certain remedy when they should be reduced to the last Necessity than to receive the French After the King had taken the City of Doesbregh he encamped before Zeist two Leagues from Utrech where he was attended by the States Embassadors with Propositions of Peace but he being swell'd with the Suecess of his Arms propounded such rigorous Conditions that the Embassadors were forced to return without being able to accomplish their Desires Nevertheless when they arriv'd at the Hague the States resolved to send them back again for that their Affairs were then in such a desperate Condition that they thought themselves happy that they could be thought to accept of any manner of Conditions There was yet another Difficulty in the Treaty for that the King would conclude nothing without the King of England who finding the Conjuncture favourable was no less severe in his Demands The States Embassadors being returned to Zeist and finding there the English Embassadors likewise proposed a New Treaty but very difficult to conclude For besides that the French would not remit any thing of their former Pretensions the English Proposals ran so high that it had been the Ruine of the State to have agreed them France demanded a Medal every year by way of Tribute with all the Expences of the War which amounted according to their Accompts to a prodigious Sum. England demanded Possession of the Indits and so many other things which appertained to the Republick so that the States had as good have abandoned all as to conclude a Treaty so disadvantageous The States being advized of these things by their Embassadors who were returned from Zeist resolv'd to break down their Dams which was their last Remedy upon the utmost pinch of Necessity But that which made them take this Resolution so much the sooner was this that the People laying all the blame of their Misfortunes upon those who managed the publick Affairs had massacred the Pensionary of Holland together with his Brother hoping that the Face of Affairs would change