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Diatelesma. Nu. 3 The moderne history of the vvorld, expressing the principall passages of the Christian countries in these last six moneths, whether politicall, or polemicall brought downe from Aprill last to this present. VVherein is comprised much varietie. The contents whereof you shall finde in the ensuing table.; Diatelesma. Part 3.
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and power to enjoy their benefices giving the same assurance of their loyalty to the French King and have a moneths time to dispose of their estates if they intend not to make use of this Article X For assurance of performing the above written Articles the City and Garrison shall immediatly give foure hostages two of the principall Burgesses and two Captains which without more adoe shall be returned without any pretense of cause to detain them longer if an Army Royall should appeare to force the Campe and constraine the French to rise betwixt that day and Sunday morning at ten of the clocke All which was concluded of in the Campe before Landrecey Iuly 13 23 and was signed Le Cardinall de Valette and de Hainin This last condition closed all up and gave an assurance to the Governour that the Spanish Card had no cause to complain against him or to suspect him of disloyalty who would have kept the place had there bin any probability of his reliefe and was a good evidence to the French Cardinall that the place was his already there being a sufficient demonstration that the Spaniard could not come to relieve it his Army as then not having met at the generall Randevouz nor the Forces mustered up which should oppose him Sunday came but succours came not The Frâ—â—â—â— take possession of Landrecey and Rambures the French Camp-master with his Regiments of French men and Switzers entred the Towne accompanied with Thow and Laniere intendants of justice over the Army who were sent thither to see that the souldiers should commit no outrages in the Towne and so winne the hearts of the people and take away the common calumny layd upon their nation that after a victory they were over-insolent It was a good remonstrance of discretion The glory of a Prince is not in the number of his townes or amplitude and vastnesse of his dominions but the love of his people The project tooke and after a Te Deum sung the next morning the inhabitants came in voluntarily gave an assurance by oath that they would continue the Kings loyall subjects so long as he would protect them many of those which had packt up their fardels as meaning to be gone disburthening themselves of their loads and joyning in the tender of Allegiance to his Majesty of France induced thereunto by the faire usage of the French Cardinall who assigned them a Governour which that same day entred the Town with his Regiment the Marquesse de Vaubecour A grain turns the Scale and this prize though accounted of small consequence by them which lost it who like ordinary Gamesters boast of their winnings never speak of their losings quite altered the course of the Infanta's designes Hee had begun a work of great importance and had hee finished it had done a thing which might have more avayled him then common men can imagine a new Haven was intended for Graveling fortified and capable of Vessels of great burthen The Haven of Graveling left unperfect which if effected would have drawn all trade from Calice and have brought no small impeachment otherwise to the Kings Frontiere Towns in Picardie The French by land and Dutch under the Dominion of the Vnited States laboured to hinder it by Sea the Admirall Dorp brought his Fleet thither but nether of them joyntly or severally could do any thing only the discovery of this Army and their successe made the Spanish Cardinall dispose otherwise of the souldiers who were commanded thither to secure the labourers and the workmen when they had almost brought the Forts to defence and were busie about the harbour were forced to desist being content that they scowred the channell and made it fit to receive a vessell of bigger burden Many other happy Archievments attended as handmaids upon that more illustrious Fortune Iuly the third new stile the Regiments of Navarre and Picardie being gone into Boulonnois to refresh themselves the Garrisons of the Frontiers of Artois thinking to make use of the time had a designe upon Desaren a Town neer Monthulin and marched thitherwards with 300 horse and 400 foot hoping to surprize the Companies of foot which were garrisond in the town and to plunder the neighbour Villages An attempt of the Atrebates lost at Desuâ—en Villequier Governour of Boulogne and the adjacent Territory was advertised by some peasants of their march to catch them in their own trap commanded an expert souldier la Mothe Belle Isle with two Companies of Carabins one Company of light horse and certain Musquetiers against them The Captain had sure and particular informations of their posture knew the place where they lay in Ambuscado to entrap the Garrison and thither marched directly fell upon them withall his might and after a sharpe combat of an houre long rowted and defeated them slue neer 300 upon the place tooke fifty prisoners whom he brought into Bouiogne and chased the rest into Falkembergh and the Woods adjoyning getting this conquest only with the losse of forty five men Piccolomini was then upon his march Piccolomini 〈◊〉 march to assist the Spanish Cardinall his Avantguard consisted of 400 horse in ten Companies of Gonzagu's Regiment of 350 horse of his own new Regiment of Savelli his Regiment of foot being 1000 men in ten Companies Becks Regiment of 550 men one of Gallas his Regiments of 2000 men Tieffenbachs Regiment of 450 men yong Berners Regiment of 600 men and another Regiment of 450 men His Artillery consisting of eight brasse Peeces and 100 waggons laden with baggage marched in the middle of Gallas his Regiment The Arreereguard consisted of Piccolomini his old Regiment distributed into 12 Companies and making about 430 and the Regiment of Count Rheiberg which was the hindmost was composed of 300 horse in ten Companies Chastillon whose Province lay about the Mozell in Lorraine and Luxenburgh Iuly 16 76 was informed of his arrivall neer the River both by his scouts and some prisoners which had bin taken by the Garrison of the Castle at Sancie as they were stragling from the Army amongst which was the Italian Counts Secretary who was surprized with his baggage his Masters papers and most secret instructions The French Field-marshal thus made perfectly acquainted with his way sent out Bellefons an expert Commander and valiant Gentleman to assault the Castle of Chauvancie with 200 foot and 150 horse whilest himselfe with the rest of his Army tooke order to secure the Kings Towns and Castles about the River The Earle was told of Bellefons his designe and brought up the Caesarean and Spanish Cavallarie under his command as far as Mommedy and de Marville to raise the siege and surprize him but his houre of victory was not yet come Chastillon with all his Army appeared at that Randevouz and in the sight of the Imperiall Generall battered the Castle with seven peeces of Ordnance in three severall places The Castle 〈◊〉 taken 〈…〉 and forced the Garrison
with their lives and the rest finding a frown from their Generall for leaving a fortified City to seeke safety in his Army The Captaine which remayned with so small an handfull of men to keep the City withdrew into the Castle A noble act of a Swâ—thsh Captain whence though once summoned he would not out till he had given the Eylenburgers and Hatzfieldt good testimony of his loyalty to the Crown of Sweden and enmity with the Saxon by casting severall fire-balls into the City and then unable to hold out longer yielded to the Victors mercy or fury who being thus possessed of this City consulted for the recovery of Hall and the Sconce at Wittenberge first and then for conquest of the Swedish Army Ghleen who was called out of Westphalia and Hessen purposely to assist Hatzfieldt and his Colleagues against the Swedes by the way had an eye at Ertford the greatest City in Thuringen taken by Banniere the year last past Ertford besieged by Ghlein and determined to besiege it The Imperiall Councell of Warre had decreed to recover it the Elector of Saxony ceased not to incite them to it and though all the Princes and neighbour-neighbour-states of that great Citie foreseeing the inevitable ruine which attended their own Estates though they were of the Imperiall party if that City should be besieged were earnest suitors to the Elector that it might not be beleaguered they could not divert him from that resolution no not to forbeare it for a season till harvest was over and they had gotten in the fruits of the ground upon which the hopes of that Province almost made desolate by famine then consisted Ghleen therefore authorized by him and the Imperiall Councell of Warre being come within a league and half of the City in a Bailiwick properly belonging to Duke Bernhard of Weymar neere the Cloyster of Icterhausen measured out severall quarters to lodge his Army fortified his Campe with Retrenchments and lines of communication able to receive 15000 men made hutes for his souldiers and had prepared for the siege when sodainly a Courier came unto him posting from the Electo of Saxony who had changed his mind not upon the entreaty of his neighbour Princes but a designe upon the Swedes in Misnia with order to the Baron to rise from thence The siege suddenly rayâ—ed and with a speedy march to haâ—â—e to Eylenburg Banniere whose provident eye was not fixt only upon his own Campe at Torgaw but looked after his Confederates in all places had notice of Ghleens designe and to relieve the City drew out of his Army five Regiments of Horse and a 1000 Dragoons committed them and the busines to the care of the Generall Lesle who brought them as farre as Eisleben but there being certified that Ghleen had raised his siege and was gone towards Saxony stayed his journey and marched after them to observe their posture and intention The Baron being joyned with the other Imperiall Commanders the desigue against the great Fort at Wittemberge was first put into execution The Sconce at Wittenberg The Fort was guarded by 400 men who for a time defended themselves bravely spent divers shot upon the Campe made out sundry sallies omitted nothing that could be expected from besieged resolute men But the Imperiall Army which was before it with its ful strength and the Saxon-vitzdumb who commanded in the City returturning 20 Canonadoes upon the Fortfor one so battered it that May 1â— 301 the Garrison was brought to capitulateâ— and upon condition to depart with baggage and armes about 10 in the Evening they marched out yet the common men were constrained to take service under Hatzfield and the Officers only were dismissed Colonell Osterling who commanded there for the Swede and was a native of Hall being carried as a prisoner to Dresden The Sconce was no sooner surrendred but a Swedish Musquetier came with tydings of succours from his Generall to the late Governour the purport wherof was that 10 Squadrons of horse by Land and five ships loaden with Musquetiers by water were come to relieve him and come indeed they did though too late to that service yet time enough to embroyle the Imperialists in a new adventure The Imperiall Generall had notice of theiâ— comming and prepared to receive them he knew they were come to the black Elster planted eight Ordnances against them upon the Elue kindled great fires along the way which they were to passe the better to discover them commanded Lieutenant Colonell Wache to expect them in the field and sent out strong parties to succour him yet fayling in one particular circumstance either of intelligence or direction Besieged and taken by the Imper. this Avantguard thus sent out was no better then a foâ—lorn hope though they escaped with out that losse to which their Generall confessed afterwards they had been exposed upon his better information The Swedes march was not like that of an Enemy but a Friend they met the Imperialists and saluted them by the names of fellows in Armes Friends Comeradoes profest themselves to be Saxons that they came to tender their respects to the Imperiall Generall to congratulate his good fortune at Eylenburg and to assist him against the Swedes the Enemies of their Prince and Country at Wittemberge and with these oily words having deluded the first watch surprized them suddainly and went on in confidence of this auspicious beginning But Omnia in se redeunt fictam personam nemo potest ferre diu though this fucus served them as a Gyges ring to make them invisible to the first the second watch discovered them but they giving notice to Wache by discharging their Musquets of the Swedes approching advertized the Swedes also to make a fair retreat as they did and so escaped the trap which was laid for them Wittemberge Sconce was lost yet Banniere neither lost his judgment credit or fortunes therby He accounted it but as a piece of Copper for besides the place which he had made use enough of for impoverishing the Saxons subjects about it he lost there but eight Ensignes and three peeces of Ordnance and got a piece of Gold for it a convoy of wine A convoy of provision surprized by Banniere and other provision was sent from Dresden to Hatzfields Army that hee surprized put the Guard to the sword and retained the store It had been a good purchase if hee had wanted it but his wants were supplyed otherwise and that more abundantly and more gloriously Lucka a Citie of note in the lower Lusatia Lucka sutendred to Lesle the Magazine of that Province was about the same time surrendred to the Field-marshall Lesle and the Generall Pfal whom his Excellency had sent thither to make provision for his Army and there they being furnished with more then the whole Swedish Campe could well spend in three moneths besides what they got in the Villages and divers other Market Townes which they pillaged and spoyled