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A03134	A iournall, of the taking in of Venlo, Roermont, Strale, the memorable seige of Mastricht, the towne & castle of Limburch vnder the able, and wise conduct of his Excie: the Prince of Orange, anno 1632 VVith an exact card drawne first by Charles Floyd (nowe ensigne) and since lessened and cutt by Henricus and Willihelmus Hondius dwelling by the Gevangen Port in the Hagh. Compiled together by Capt. Henry Hexham quartermaster to the regiment of the Lord Generall Vere. As also a list of the officers, voluntiers, gentlemen, and souldiers slayne, and hurt in this seige. With the articles of composition.	Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?; Hondius, Hendrik, b. 1573, engraver.; Hondius, Willem, engraver.; Floyd, Charles, fl. 1632-1633, cartographer.	1633 (1633)	STC 13263; ESTC S104007	41,030	60

or Provinces off both the aforesaid Lords as the Bishopp and King off Spayne hath done the same governed the towne heretofore aswell in matters of Iustice and pollecy VIII And concerning the publishing off placcats the edicts together with the currant and permission off coynes within the aforesaid towne it shal continue and remayne as was accustomed in the tyme off the King off Spayne and as it was when the towne was in his possession IX The Officers haveing any commission from the Prince of Luke shall keepe their Offices without any let or difficultie whatsoever X. That it is permitted to all Burgers spirituall persons with their families and goods to departe out off the towne and at all tymes whensoever they shall thinke it good may sell their inheritances goods without haveing any charge layde vpon them whatsoever XI That with the Lords the States Generall consent all inhabitants off the aforesaid towne dureing the space off two yeares next ensuing may goe into any towne subiect to the King off Spayne there to dispatch their affayres vpon conditon that before they goe they give vp their names to the Governour off the towne off Mastricht and that they doe not attempt any thing to the preiudice harme of the States of the vnited Provinces XII That for any newe impostes of the said towne the inhabitāts therof to be brought in nothing shal be don but with the communication and common advice off the Lords the States Generall off the vnited Provinces And the Lord the Bishoppe Prince off Luke XIII That the sayd Gouvernours off the towne and the rulers thereoff shall not be taxed with any charges touching new fortifications but shall be done vpon the townes charges to mayntayne their ports and walls XIV The Garrison off foote horse with shal be layed in the aforesaid towne together with the waggōs the carriages off the ordnance shal be lodged and layed vp as they were in the towne in the tyme off the Kings off Spayne or according as the occurences of busines shall requier and as shal be agreed on by the Magistrates XV. All towne and other publique accompts made and closed heretofore shall continue so without any new charge to fall vpon them All debts made during this seidge as likewise before contracted in the behalfe and in the name off the towne shal be payde out off the towns meanes and the debts contracted in the name in the behalfe off the King off Spayne shal be payd out off the Demeanes off the same in the crowne courte off the lands over the Maze expressed before the date hereoff thus concluded in the Army before Mastricht the 22. off Aug 1632. Sti nono Signed F Henry de Nassau Winant-of Gelders Deacon of St. Servaes for the Clergie Henry Conrade Cannon of our Ladies Church for the Clergie I. Cresen by letters of Atturney from the Magistrates Signed and also by order of his Excie Iunius The Articles off composition graunted to the Clergie Burgers and Souldiers of the Towne and Castle of Limburch Anno 1632. THat all offences and hostilities committed aswellby the Clergie as those of the Laitie before and during this seige shall be wholly forgotten on both sides 2. That the publique exercise of the Catholique Apostolique Romish Religion shall remaine in the Churches Cloisters every where within the towne of Limburch thorow the whole Province thereof over the Maze as hath bine taught vnto this daye without any disturbance or molestation provided that they appoint a convenient place for the excercise of those that are of the Reformed Religion seing there is but one Church in the Towne 3. That the chiefe Pryour Pastour of the parochiall Church of the said towne all other clergie men religious persons as likewise all superiour inferiour Officers Iustices others of what state calling or condition soever they bee shall enioye bee mainteyned in the peaceable possession of their goods Estates Revenues Privileges liberties immunities Exemptions Colations Iurisdictions Offices and other places whatsoever none excepted aswell without as within the Towne and as all and every one of them have heitherto held possessed enioyed them without any hindrance or preiudice to them whatsoever 4. That all Maires Shriefes Secretaires Forresters Proctours other subordinate officers of justice as they have bin invested in them for their lives so shall they be kept and mainteyned in their Offices without any disturbance or hindrance vnlesse they themselves will remove out of them as then they shal be permitted to doe soe 5. That the Lords the States of the vnited Provinces shall receiue nothing within the said Towne of Limburch but that which belongs to the King of Spayne as Duke of Brabant and of Limburch according to the Priveleges in Esse which from time to time have bin sworne vnto to be kept and observed 6. That al persons aswell clergie men Burgers laye men as those who have bin souldiers and have enioyed any entertaynment in the King of Spayne his service to such as are not willling to staye dwel in the towne they shal be permitted to goe out of yt with their goods and families or maye at any time sell their goods and inheritances without any taxations vpon them or at any time maye exchange them 7. And as for those that are willing to dwell in the Towne of what quality soever they be they shal be permitted to goe and doe their affaires every where provided that they attempt not any thing to the preiudice of the Lords the States Generall and the Prince of Orange but to doe the same with the fore knowledge of the Gouvernour 8. That the Priveledges of the said Towne touched before and which are to be mainteyned concernes also the point of the fortification the keeping of the vvalls with the other charges of the said Towne 9. That all publique accounts of the towne heretofore shut clossed shall continue so without let or obstacle whatsoever which are due to the Lord the Count of Noslie in all the Countries over the Maze either as in qualite of Gouvernour of the said Province or otherwise for the calling in of his debts hee is permitted to send and depute at any time any one in his behalfe The like is graunted also to Ian de Vaulx his Secretaire for that which rests due vnto him within the said Province conditionally that vnder this pretext nothing be attempted to the preiudice of the Lords the States Generall and his Ex cie 10. That the Guarnison which shal be layd in the said Towne shal be billeied lodged by the intervention of the Magistrates as shal be found most convenient and as heither to hath bin practised 11. That the Recever of the King of Spayne his Demaines within this County and Durchie shall freely receive the said Demaines and the subsidie agreed on by the States of the said Countrie on the other side off the Maze and all arereages which are falne due vnto this day 12. That hee maye drawe prepare and sell as much Calamie stone as maye satisfie the moneys levied in the name of the King of Spayne for the Marchants of Answerpe and for as much as the Mountaine of Calamie stone is farmed out for with this proviso that the said Receiuer farmars of this mountaine shall give vp their particular obligations that vpon their requests the Lords the States Generall vpon iust proffe will disburse the said moneys This done and concluded the 8. of September 1632. betweene the aforesaid Lord of Stackenbrock on the one side and those of the Towne on the other side and was signed Stackenbrock By the order of the maire Burgemaster Shriefs of the said Towne and was signed Ph. de Kaldenbourgh

A IOVRNALL Of the taking in of Venlo Roermont Strale the memorable Seige of Mastricht the Towne Castle of Limburch vnder the able and wise Conduct of his Ex cie the Prince of Orange Anno 1632. VVITH An exact Card drawne first by Charles Floyd nowe Ensigne and since lessened and cutt by Henricus and Willihelmus Hondius dwelling by the Gevangen Port in the Hagh Compiled together by Capt. Henry Hexham Quartermaster to the Regiment of the Lord Generall Vere As also a List of the Officers Voluntiers Gentlemen and Souldiers slayne and hurt in this seige With the Articles of Composition AT DELPH Printed by Iohn Pietersz VValpote for Nathaniell Butter and are to be sold at Henrij Hondius his house in the Hagh Anno 1633. VVith the Priviledge therevnto of the high and mighty Lords the States Generall of the vnited Provinces TO His honored Kinsman Maister Frauncis Morrice Clarcke of his Ma ties Ordnance Sir yow having married the widdowe of my deceased vncle M r Jerome Heydon marchant of London I am tyed by an obligation of loue to shewe you al dutifull respect and for yours and my Aunts many favours J have made choise to dedicate vnto your selfe these particulars touching the seige of Mastricht some remarkeable things hapned this last yeres service in the Lowe Countries And though they be not so well done as I could wishe they were because some things maye be forgotten and others which came not to my knowledge yet so farre as my intelligence served and being an eye-witnesse in the most of them J hope they will carrye more truth along vvith them then Eloquence for truth and bluntnesse becomes a Souldier best Here then worthy S r you shall see everie Nation as so many rivers runing into the mayne endevouring and striving to doe the State and Land service whome wee serve One principall motive vvhich perswaded mee to vndertake this labour and to putt it out to the viewe of the vvorld was this Harmon Hugo a Iesuite wrote well in the praise and Conduct of the deceased Marques Spinola who deserved well and was one of the best Generalls that ever the King of Spayne had in his Lowe Cuntrie warrs concerning the blocking vp of Breda It is as free for mee being a protestant and a Souldier to write some thing without flatterie as a remembrance to posteritie in the honor cōmendations of our Generalissimo the Prince of Orange if hee pararells these two great Generalls of our age together indeed I must tell the Iesuite this in a Souldiers account a towne or a citie gayned by the sword and Approches is more honorable witnes the seige of the Bosch Mastricht then to block it vp and to starue yt out which is a languishing death On the contrarie side because hee spake well of our nation gives them their due I will likewise speake the truth that wee mett with a brave Gouvernour the Baron of Leyde and a daring Ennemie which disputed every patch of ground with vs and yeelded not till the foundation and Bowells of the vvall of Mastricht were rent assunder To concludel that which I have collected the severall services acted the passages and remarkeable things to be observed I leave to your wise the judicious Readers Consideration which I hope wil be acceptable vnto you rest Your ever loving Kinsman Henry Hexham AN EXACT CARD Wherein is described and delineated the famous Seige of Mastricht begun the 10. of June and ended the 23. of Angust following Anno 1632. THe name of the citie of Mastricht is compounded of two words Maze and treckt a dutch word which signifies in English a passage over the Maze called also in Latine Traiectum Mosae or Traiectum Superius to distinguish betweene yt Traiectum inferius which is Vtrecht This citie is very well scituated vpon the river of Maze having Brabant on the VVest Northwest-side Luykland the Dukedome of Limburch on the South and south East-side and Gulickland and the Countie of Valckenberke on the East and North-side It is devided into two Townes the one called Mastricht the other Wieck the Maze running between them and have also betwixt them a very faire stone bridge of nine great arches to passe over This is an ancient Towne of a large Circuit and stronge lying foure Germane miles from Luyck haveing in yt two Cathedrall Churches the one called St. Servaes vvhereof the King of Spayne as Duke of Brabant is Canon which heretofore hath bin a Bishopprick and was founded in the yeare of our Lord 395. whereby the antiquitio thereof is Knowne but the Bishops seate was removed from thence to Luyck anno 1210. The other Cathedrall Church is called S t. Maries having a Convent neere yt called the Bissen vvherein a mightly Prince and his trayne maye lodge and besides these Catheralls it hath many other Churches Cloisters Monasteries of men and woemen in yt This citie also hath two Lords over yt vvhereof the one is in the possession of the Duke of Brabant the other the Prince of Luyck by loane And as they have two Lords so they have two seats of Iustice two Maires or Burgomasters Aldermen Officers of Iustice which meete and keepe good correspondence together vvithout distinction of limits neverthelesse the Duke of Brabant was the Soveraigne Lord over them both for hee onely stamps his picture vpon the Coine and at his Entrance into these cities shewes mercie and gives pardon to Malefactours These two townes prospered and flourished well a long time till the Netherlandish Troubles and warr brake forth and till the Spaynard put a garrison into yt as being a chiefe Frontier towne the key of Brabant and the Magazin for all the King of Spaynes guarnisons over the Maze and a ready passage for the sending vp of his forces into Germanie to assist the Emperour In the time of some of her Gouvernours especially vvhen Duke d'Alva tyrannised and Domineered yt sustayned great losses and dammages by the Spaynards for in the yeare 1576. they cunningly surprised yt did plunder and pillage in yt The States having gott yt in againe Anno 1579. the Prince of Parma came before yt and beleagured yt straightly for the time of 8 mounts playing continually vpon yt vvith 54 peeces of Ordnance The inhabitants and Souldiers carryed themselves so well that scarcly the like hath bin parareld since the beginning of the Low-Countrie warrs Notwithstanding the 29 of Iune 1579 being S t Ieames his day hee tooke yt in with an assault the Spaynards murdring and killing a great many of men woemen and children in yt and cast over the stone Bridge betweene Mastricht and Weyck some hundreds and drownd them the River of the Maze some others got vp into the steeples and turrets of Churchers and Cloisters to save themselves crying out at the holes for quarter to them but they insteed of that sent them volleys of Musket-bullets vvhich yet stick in the vvall and the

holes of many of them are to be seene vnto this daye and some people yett living in yt which by the mercie of God escaped their bloudie hands can witnesse VVhat hath hapned vnto yt the last yeare 1632. how yt was beseiged againe and taken how the Prince of Orange his quarters laye how the line of Circumvallation was fortisyed with strong impregnable works how the lines in the Approches were runne this Card deliniates and the Iournall herevnto annexed will demonstrate and satisfie the impartiall Reader The Demonstration of this Card by letter and Numbre The Capitall Letters 〈◊〉 the severall quarters approches Galleries Note that being doubled they signifie so many divisions of a Regiment A Is the Prince of Orange his quarter B The place for the Ordinance C The deputed States Lodging D The Guards E Colonell Belfords The Scotch F Colonell Bacloughs G Colonell Broughs H Generall Morgan The English I The 4. division of Generall Vere K Colonell Packenhams L Colonell Herberts M Count Solmes dutches N Colonell Hauterive The French O The Mareshall Mons Chastillon P The Duke of Candales R Count Maurice VValloone S Count Haynaws high dutches T The two first Corps du Guarde V The first breaking of ground or entrance into the Approches X The French Gallerie Y The English Gallerie The small Letters goe the round about the line off Circumvallation is 15. English mils in cōpasse pointing out the principall places of fortification vpon the Line Litle a is the line which runs downe frō his Ex cie quarter a long by the French Fort numbre 10. making 2 points closes at Kouvvenberck noted y a likewise is the line which was run from his Ex cie quarter to the English Fort N o. 6 to N o. 11 with 2 redoubts vpon yt runs a long to N o. 12 to the quarter 13 with one Redoubt which taken in N o. 14 served for a retreat for our horse The Trench vpon the line of Circumvallation was strengthned twise raised to 8 halfe foote high the ditch likewise And besides the ditch of Circumvallation there was made an other out Ditch called the Forlorne Ditch without his Ex cie quarter 8. foote wide and 8. foote deepe marked a. From the letter b b to the Baron of Bredrodes quarter c are two diches 6 foote wide From the English side of his Ex cie quarter d vnto Count Henries of Nassaus quarter e 〈◊〉 a ditch 12 foote wide frō the letter f throw the Medowes running over S t. Peters hill by Colonell Pinsens quarter downe to the Maze g is a ditch 12 foote wide h is the vpper bridg called Luycks bridge where our provisiōs laye From the bridg-For● over the Ma● marked i ran an other ditch 8 foote wide passing along by the Mill-fort k so to the Freese quarter l. From thence to Count Maurice his quarter m with a ditch to the letter n of 8 foote wide so to the Church yard of Ammy noted ● n where Papenheym fell on and then ran along the ditch into the water o. From the North-side of this water p there begann againe 2 forlorne ditches each six foote wide going about the water for t and passing by Count Williams quarter q and turned by the redoubt r about the Hornwork s. And so forward by Count Stirums quarter t ending in the ditch of the fort v which laye before the Lower Bridge beneath the Towne called Bredrodes Bridge noted w x are the shipping that came out of Holland with victualls and Munition y. the small village Kouwēberke were his Ex cie horse stood ● Papenheyms quarter behinde the Hills one redoubt appearing Numbre 1. is the Chiefe quarter of the Spanish Armie cōmanded by Sancte Croce N o. 2. is a small fort and an entrenchment vpon a peece of an old Dike for the safeguard of their bridg N o. 3. are the Ennemies 4. batteries N o. 7. is the Ennemies bridg N o. 4. is the Trench which the Ennemy cutt off and made in the towne for thiir retreate N o. 5. is the stone bridg betweene Mastricht and VVieck The letter b shewes our principall batteries along the line In St. Peters Hill are many Caves called by the Legeois Cariot which runns some miles vnder-ground out of which they fetch their free stone And thus much for the declaration of this Card. A Iournall or briefe Relation of the taking in of Venlo Roermont the memorable Seige of Mastricht and Limburch with some other townes forts in those quarters THe High mightie Lords the States Generall of the vnited Provinces the Illustrious Prince of Orange after some secret consultations helde at the Hage haueing had also intelligēce that the Enemy had weakened much his Garrisons in Gelderland and Mastricht and sent them vp into the Palatinate made great preparations resolued for the feild and appointed our Rendevouz at Nimwegen the 22. of May 1632. New Stile But by reason the winde was contrarie and the force of the wall-streame such the Shipping and Companies could not get vp at the day designed w ch hindred our expedition where vpon his Ex cie gaue order that the Companies w ch were not come vp should be vnshipt and march along the Dijke from Thiell to Nimwegen vvhere the troopes coming together and euery Company ioyning w th his Regiment the old Orders and militarie discipline formely published by Edicts were proclamed in the head of the Army that euery souldier vpō payne of death should strictly obserue them As also other orders concerning the watch was giuen out to this end First that noe Captaine hauing his health should absent himselfe from his watch Secondly that euery night a Sergeant Maiour should goe the Round through the Gards watches of his owne troopes taking care to se that all things were in good order also that the centinells should be well duly set out and if they should finde any faulte or carelesnesse vpon the Guards they were instantly to acquainte the Sargeant Maiour Generall therewith that those faults might be redressed Thirdly a Company or troope of men haueing the watch in the approches or at any auenuë should place their Armes in this order following first the Pikes should be placed in order a litle behinde the parapit in the feild and the Musketteires should set their muskets at the Parapit w th the officiers thereunto belonging Fourthly that in the night tyme one of the chiefe Officers of a Cōpany or troope should be wakeing continually releiueing one another by turnes as tyme and occation should serue and that there should neuer be lesse then the third part of the Company in Armes kept waking to be in readines vpon all occasions Fiftly when the Rounde came accompanied w th Muskettiers that the word was to be giuen or receiued according to due order the Officer of the guard should speedylie come out accōpanied likewise w th Musket tiers

Thomas Morgan now Ensigne Mr. William Booth Mr. Iohn Merick hurt 7 Of Colonell Packenhams Mr. Carcy mr Butlar slayne 2 Souldiers 12 Of Colonells Herberts Voluntiers and Gentlemen slayne mr Blishenden mr Goodwood mr Chickwood mr Woodhouse mr Moore mr Dikes mr Gibs mr Parker mr Turnour slayne 9 Besides Souldiers slayne 12 What Gentlemen of Colonell Packenhams and Colonelll Herberts 〈◊〉 were hurt is not come to my knowledg The Numbre of Officers Voluntiers Gentlemen Souldiers of every nation Regiment slayne before Venlo Roermont the Seige off Mastricht Anno 1632. Of the five Companies of the guards 67 Of the Lord Veres Regiment 157 Of Generall Morgans 111 Of Colonell Packenhams 69 Of Colonelll Herberts 86 English slayne in all 423 Of the 3 Scotch Reg. were slayne 113 Of the 4. French Regiments Of the Regiment of mons Chastillon 33 Of the Regiment of mons Hauter 37 Of the Reg. of the Duke of Condale 39 Of the Reg. of mons Maison-neufve 31 French slayne 140 Of the Regiment of Count Maurice the Walloons 75 Of the Regiment of Count of Hanaw 42 Slayne of these 3. Regiments 162 Horse Officers slayne 4 Besides some few horsemen the numbre whereof it not knowne Summa totalis slayne of all Nations 909. Besides some horsemen FINIS Articles accorded by the Prince of Orange to the Gouvernour of the Towne of Mastricht and VViecke and to the Captaines and Souldiers therein I. Article THat the Baron of Lede to whome the Gouvernement of the towne is comitted the Captaines Officers Souldiers both horse foote and al such as receave pay from the King off Spayne off what qualitie or condition soever although they have without leave quitted abandoned the service of the Lords the States of the vnited Provinces together with the Captaines of the Companies shall goe out with the savegarde off lives and bagage with their Armes flying colours light matches at both ends bullets in their mouthes as they vse to march in the warr to the Army off the Marquis Sancte Croce 2. That on both sides shall remayne two hostages vntill their going out w ch shal be on munday the 23 of this month 3. That they shall have a hundreth suffitient waggons to transporte their baggage that his Ex cie shall give them two hostages to the sayd Army 4. That the Baron of Lede shall carry out with him sixe peeces of cannon with sixe Tonnes of Powder and bullets fitting the peeces to be chosen by the sayd Baron 5. That the Count Mottery Gouvernour of this place now absent all Capt nes Officers men of warr as afore sayd both present and absent shall have two yeares tyme to dispose of their inheritances howses goods moueables without any dammage and in case they shall sell their sayd goods they shal be free from any taxe to be put vpon them by the States Generall 6. That the wiues of the men of warre as aboue sayd may remaine in the towne the sayd two yeares to looke to their goods that during the sayd terme they shall vpon request have waggons horses and boats delivered them for their conduct to Namur or Teilremont and the like to such as be wounded or sicke 7. That all Officers Souldiets wounded or sicke may stay in the towne aswell by the hostes where they are now lodged as in the hospitalls his Excellency wil be pleased to give order there may be perticular care taken that they may be vsed as is fitt 8. That noe Officer nor Souldier shal be arrested for any debte 9. That the Souldiers of his Ex cie Army shall not goe into the towne but the day of marching out as also the Souldiers of the towne shall not goe into the Army of his Ex cie 10. That all horses or other boote made aswell before as during the seige shall rest in the peaceable possession of such as have taken or bought them without being questioned for the same 11. That the Prisoners on each side shal be delivered with out rantsome paying only the charges 12. That all Munition of warr and victualls belonging to the Kings of Spayne shal be delivered without fraude to such as his Ex cie shall appointe Given in the Campe before Mastricht the 22. of Aug. 1632. Signed Henry d● Nassan The Baron of Lede The Articles of Composition agreed on my Lord the Prince of Orange to the Clergie Magigistrates of the Towne of Mastricht I. Article THat all offences injuries done aswell by the Clergie religions pèrsons as the temporalls not only before but during this seige both on the one side the other shal remayne wholie forgotten and forgiven II. That within the towne of Mastricht the reformed Religon shal be frelie and publiquely preached exercised as it is exercised in the vnited Provinces that in the Churches of S t Ieames Hillary iff they be convenient for it iff not two other fitt Churches shal be vsed therevnto III. That the Lord high Priour of S t Servaes and all spirituall Eclesiasticall religious persons as the chiefe Priour of our lady and the chiefe deacons and Chapiters with their supposts the foure Pastours the colledges off the societies all Cloysters and persons off what state dignitie order and function soever they be none excepted shall cōtinued be mayntained in their severall goods reuenewes dignities priviledges freedoms exemptions and Lordshipps Jurisdictions collations of prebends benefices Offices Functiōs administrations to vse possesse aswell within as without the afore said towne none excepted even as they before this have enioyed and possessed them without any Molestation therin demunition or hinderants whatsoever IV. And accordingly the publique exercise of the Romish catholique Religion shal be taught in the Churches cloysters in every place as the same hath bin exercised hitherto without any let or hinderance whatsoever V. That all persons familes and goods as also Priviledges Immunities and freedomes by water and by lande of the Burgers inhabitants likewise of the Gilds hospitalls the poores tables the great holy Ghost such like foundations aswell within as lying without the jurisdiction of the aforsaid towne shall continue free and vnmolested VI. That the Lords the States of the vnited Netherlands shall vndertake nothing within the towne and the Iurisdiction off the same then that with was graunted to the Kinge off Spayne as Duke off Brabant according to the charters made thereoff and exhibited are kept in the towne and shal be according to the antient costome and some off late made and closed accounts shal be delivered over and that to the Bishopp and Prince off Luke and the common vndevided Iurisdictions other his demaynes shall remayne as they have don before this and hitherto VII That the aforesaid Lords the States off the aforesaid towne shal governe ioyntly together with the aforesaid the Prince off Luke as a perticular towne and Province a part from the other States