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A03136	A true and briefe relation of the famous seige of Breda beseiged, and taken in vnder the able and victorious conduct of his Highnesse the Prince of Orange, captaine generall of the States armie, and admirall of the seas, &c. Composed by Henry Hexham quartermaster to the regiment of the honorable Coronell Goring.	Hexham, Henry, 1585?-1650?; Hondius, Hendrik, b. 1573. Baronnie van Breda.; Frederick Henry, Prince of Orange, 1584-1647.	1637 (1637)	STC 13265; ESTC S104008	46,456	76

being the 30 of August Coronell Hauteriue had attempted to lay a Damme of Rize-busshes ouer the moate of the Horne-worke in the French Approach but sustaying the losse of about sixeteene persons besides hurt men was constrayned to forbeare noe others being willing to vndertake it The Englisst sapp yet was not quite aduanced to the brinke of the water notwithstanding Coronell Goring perceiuing how desirous the Prince was the worke should be hastned and hearing him offer fiue and twentie hunderd gilders to the French who were in it before obtayned the same allowance for his Approaches And before he marched downe on Sunday night the 30 of August sought out the most expert and bould workemen of our Nation Sixe men vndertooke it that themselues with some others whome they would hire should doe it for fiueteene hundred gilders the Coronell reseruing the other thousand gilders to pay bringers of Rise-busshes and to hire others in case these should be to few or to reward them aboue their expectation if they did succeed After the Sappers had wrought twelue foote to come to the water for so much was yet wanting these sixe men begann their taske and proceeded to good effect but were all slayne or hurt in a short space onely the chiefe of them being assisted by a succession of sixteene others who likewise were all either slaine or dangerously shott liued worked forward till sixe of the clock the next morning being the 31 at which time the damme was laid within 15 foote of the other side Here this workeman out of a brauerie would needes sound the depth of the moate remayning and dis-couering himselfe too carelessly was slaine by which meanes many men were lost for that he had neglected to make blindes as he went which made other souldiers timerous vnwilling to vnder take it In all this time and danger yow may imagine how paynfull a part the Coronell acted who did not onely most vigilantly place Muskettiers to discharge without intermission in euery foote of ground from whence they night annoy the Ennemy but oftentimes visited the Rise-bringers that matterials might not be wanting and vpon the failing of any workemen by his singular dexterity of perswasion gott new in their places himself being an example vnto them of singular dilligence and boldnesse Yet now they were at such a stand that for two howers space the discourse of all was that it could not be done till another night might contribute some shelter to them At last the Coronell not being able to satisfie himselfe with what was alreadie effected though it were enough to haue gained honor for two nights besides that he saw the feciblenesse of that litle remaynder gott first some men to laye blindes of bushes on that which was made and then foure other workemen to finish the rest for the reward of two hundred and fifty gilders a peece which they receiued being not so much as one hurt and ended their worke about twelue of the clocke at noone The Prince comming downe and seing what was done so much aboue his expectation gaue the Coronell Many thankes with expressions sutable to his merrit and hastned the Miners vnto him that noe time might be lost One of them was presently sett a mining vnder the Barme of the Horne-worke But his feare makeing him willing to finde excuses he quickly came back and complaind that the damne was not easily passable Wherevpon the Coronell sent others to perfect it if any thing were amisse and when all was finished the Miner being returned to his worke that noe more neede-lesse excuses should be made the Coronell himselfe went quite ouer it and in his returne receiued a shott with a sling bullet in his left legg it strock him in the iuncture where the foote is fastened to the legg brake assunder all the vpper Sinnews toore away a greate deale of his flesh bruised the huckle bone and broke the end of the great shinn-bone where it ioynes vnto it At first the resolution of all the Chiurgians was to cutt of his legg but seing the admirable courage firmnesse of his minde wherwith he boare it and trusting much to this perfectnesse of health and temper of his flesh they concluded they might deferre it for a time without danger of a Gangrene and after two dressings resolued to goe on in the cure without any thoughts of cutting it off Which I expresse here as that which was the matter of ioy not onely to our Nation but also to the whole Army as his greate wound was and is the sorrow of all that loue honour virtue and Souldiers But I must forbeare to enlarge my selfe in relating what a vniuersall dampe of sadnesse seized on the hearts of all men or what praises and honours were payed vnto his incomparable worth not onely by his Highnesse the Prince of Orange but by all others of qualitie for I am to remember I write but a Diarie though indeed in one daies worke he hath giuen penns worke for many daies for if you consider the space of ground to be sapped through before he came to the water the bredth of the moate about 60 foote the depth of it 6 foote and the bredth of the Damne 15 foote it will appeare a worke of greater bulke then euer was done in the seruice of this state since their warres began Besides the difficulty of the action from the strength of the Garrison and encouragement they receiued the night before from the ill successe of the French attempt A while after the Miner whom the Coronell had sett to work makeing an other passage backe had his braines shoot out with the same sling peece And the rest of that day was sorrowfully spent in mending and perfecting the workes Captaine Syden-ham whose actiuity and vigilancie was not wanting in all this buisinesse remayning there Vpon Tewsday night the first of September Coronell Colepepper relieued Coronell Gorings Regiment and the Damme as is said being layd ouer that night our men begann to sap a long the Barme of the Horne-worke and on the right hand of the Horne of the worke began to mine the Ennemy shott hard vpon the damme that night from the other horne of the worke which flankered it and slew hurt foure or fiue of our men This night also Monsieur Charnaze Ambassador for the King of France with the Lords the States and Coronell of a French Regiment commaunding in the French approches receiued a shot in his head whereof he presently dyed Vpon wensday night the second my Lord Morgan relieued Coronell Colepepper this night our men repaired and heightned the Corps of gard on both sides of the damme and began a left hand sap a long the moate side of the Horne-worke the day following was spent in repairing the workes makeing of blinds and setting vp musketbasketts for the safeguard and defense of our men Vpon Thursday night the Lord of Brederoods Regiment tooke their turne and his Lieutenant Coronell Monsieur

night with a great confusion leauing be hinde him a great many sick and hurt men amunition victuals and other matterials The Marquesse Spinola then being Iealous of his honour after Prince Maurize had putt into Breda 6000 choise Souldiers namely his owne Guard and most of the Coronels Companies came and satt downe before it on the 28 of August 1624. and hauing sustayned the losse of a great many braue men before Bergin feareing to attempt the same by Approches cōmanding a mighty Armie choose rather to block it vp on all sides and so knowing that many mouths must eate many victualls sought rather to famish it out Prince Maurice comming with the States Armie to the May hauing a greater dessigne in his head to witt an Enterprize vpon the Castle of Antwerpe which would haue fetch the Marquesse from Breda failing for want of Courage and falling on as it is reported gaue the Marquesse time to fortifie himself the stronger before Breda and to that end made a double line of Circumvalation about it with stronge Forts Horneworkes halfemoones Redoubts and Spurrs and cutting the dike at Terhey drownd all the lower grounds and made a Steckado ouer the drownd meddowes to hinder and keepe vs from relieuing it by water and sloopes Howsoeuer his Highnesse the Prince of Orange to see if he could possibly relieue yt gaue command to Sir Horace Vere of worthy Memory Lord of Tylbery and Coronell Generall of the English with my Lord of Oxford who commanded the new English on the 16 of May 1625 to fall on vpon the dike of Terhey betweene the drownd lands the dike being not a boue 20 or 30 foote broad at the most the ennemie hauing two or three strong Redoubts vpō it ere you came to the Halfmoone before their quarter of Terhey An hower before day the new English fell on first tooke two Redoubts vpō that Dike an other vpō Seuenberks-Dike beate the Ennemie out of thē slew many of thē after a long fight the new the old English fell vpō the half moone disputed it a long with the Ennemie till such time as the Marquesse sent fresh forces horse and foote to second them of Terhey to defend that quarter now after Sun rising finding it not feisible our mē were driuē to retreate Vpon this seruice Sir Thomas Winne being a voluntier Captaine Tubb Captaine Dakers Lieutenant Cheyney Lieutenant Corbitt and my Lord of Oxfords Ensigne with diuerse Gentlemen and souildiers were slaine Capt Shippon shott so that from that time forward this Citty by famine languished away vntill the fifth of Iune 1625. On which day it fell againe vnder the power and obedience of the King of Spaine and became a Receptacle for a great many Freebooters which did much annoy the States Countries that lay next vnto yt bringing them vnder Contribution Till that this present yeare his highnes the Prince of Orange beseiged it tooke it in againe euery nation striuing at this seige to doe the land seruice besides the perticular obligatiō they owed vnto his highnes being his owne towne it gaue the more life courage vnto them Now what memorable peeces of seruice actions haue bin performed during this Seige from the 23 of Iuly vntill the 10 of October 1637. This true and briefe Relation though I cannot remember all perticulars for want of due information will giue the worthy Reader reasonable satisfaction this as a preamble may serue to the matter it selfe following A TRVE AND A BRIEFE RELATION Of the famous Seige OF BREDA THE LORDS THE STATES GENERAL of the vnited Prouinces and his highnesse the Prince of Orange according to their alliance made with France desirous to diuert the Cardinall Infante from bending his whole force against the King of France his Armie which was falne into Henegow and had beseiged and lay engaged before Landrescy resolued to draw their Armie also into the feild to that end made great preparations of all things necessarie for the warre appointing the Rende-vous on the 12. of Iuly this present yeare at Rammekens in Zealand the Army conducted by the Prince consisted of about one and twenty thowsand foote and some three thowsand horse which were diuided into three Brigades or Tercias to wit the French and the walloons makeing one and fifty foote Companies commanded by Coronell Hauteriue The English whose meeting was first at Bergen op Zoom makeing with the Lord of Brederodes Regiment Count Solmes his Regiment 55. Companies commanded by my Lord Morgan and Count Wlliams Lord Marshall of the feild consisting of 5 dutch Regiments and three Scotch makeing in all 63 companies beside the Horse ordered also into three Tercias vidz The Lord of Stakenbroecks Lieutenant Geneall of the Horse The Duke of Bouillons Count Stirums Commissary of the Horse makeing in all some 40 troupes This Armie was embarqued in foure or fiue thowsands Smack-ships the greatest they could gett for the horse with prouisions of Hay Oats water and bridges for them and assoone as they came to Rammekins the Army lay betweene that Castle and Middleborough head the Horse troups next the Head and the traine of victuals and Amunition vp towards Armuyde Those foote companies which lay in litle ships were by order from the prince remoued into greater and the Shippers had command to prouide them selues Cables Ankors and to ballast their ships with sand the Souldiers likewise haueing order to furnish themselues with tenn daies victuals The Ennemy seing and hearing the noize of these preparations thought verely that the prince of Orange his dessigne was for Flanders and therefore to hinder our landing they drew a head and left his garrisons in other places of horse and foote as weake as possibly he could and getting a compitent army together to resist the Prince put strong garrisons into Hulst the Land of Waes and all the Townes lying along the Sea Coast of Flanders euen from Sluce and Dam to Greueling to keepe vs from Landing This it seemes the Prince of Orange did in all probability to amuze the Ennemy and to harrie and wearie out his men his highnesse designe lying an othes way or else perhaps the contrarienesse of the winde which blew a stiffe gale and by gusts diuers daies together might alter his highnesse resolution for after our Armie had layne nine dayes betweene Rammekins and Middleborough head with expectation euery day to set Saile for Flanders vpon Sunday the 19 of Iuly came order in the afternoone from his highnesse that all our men which were a shoare at Middleborow or Flishing should presently vpon payne of death that night repaire to shipboard and withall Commanded Monsieur Perceuall quartermaster Generall and all the perticular quartermasters of euery Regiment with all expedition that night to set saile for Bergin op zoom to veiw a landing place for the Army and to draw out quarters for euery Regiment in the fields of Northgeest and Ostgeest and Commaunded also that vpon

be lent them to carry their baggage and other goods to Machline including therein all manner of Armes as also for the souldiers of the garrison absent dead sick hurt or runaway and that the said waggons shall in no wise be searched 7 And those which desire to haue their goods transported by shipping to Machline shall haue good shipping appointed them to passe through Holland saueing all manner of wares or Commodities And it is granted them ouer and aboue to make choise of men that shall haue a care of the bringing of their goods and baggage thither which shall not be searched nor arrested in any place vnder what pretence soeuer but maye passe freely to Machline 8 That the Gouernour Captaynes Officers Councellors of Warre and souldiers takeing pay from the King of Spayne aswell Spirituall as Temporall men none excepted as also widdowes with their children whosoeuer of them which haue any houses inheritances rents in this Citty or vpon the States of Brabant in this quarter or haue any houses in the Towne or any inheritances of perticular goods maye enioy them two yeares after the date and sealing of this composition to transport them according to their desire to sell them to morgage them or otherwise to dispose of their goods and during this time shall enioy the rents and hires of their houses and the fruits of their goods or such as they may get vpon any condition Whatsoeuer 9 That the officers and souldiers in what seruice or State soeuer they bee may Leaue their wiues and children in the Towne and that during the time of two yeares shall dispose of their goods moueable or immoueable lying within this Citty or else where none excepted so that noe man shall confiscate them neither shall any confiscation take place of them 10 Neither shall any officer or souldier be arrested or stayed at this present or in future times for the hire of their howses wherein they haue dwelt neither their baggage for any debts whither they march out with the garrison or stay behinde being sick or hurt when they are well they shall depart from hemce 11 All souldiers prisoners aswell on the one side as on the other of what quality soeuer they bee shal be set at liberty without paying any thing for their ransomes but onely for their dyet according to the taxation of the quarter as also the preachers and other prisonners shal be set free paying their dyet 12 That all the boote which hath bin made before or since the seige shall not be required of them but shall remayne their owne 13 That after the signing of the articles of this composition it is granted to the Gouernour of Breda that he may send an expresse Messenger to his highnesse the Cardinall Infant with free conduct and safety to aduertize him of all things happened in this seige which the Gouernour may doe the very same day as these articles are signed 14 These conditions being attested the Gouernour and the souldiers shall haue two daies respite giuen them at the least to make themselues ready for their departure which time being expired the Gouernour and Officers of the same garrison shall promise to depart to witt vpon Satterday next being the tenth of October 1637 new Stile 15 With intention that during the time of two dayes none of the towne shall come into our army nor any of our army goe into the Towne to the end all disorders may be preuented and all men shall conteyne themselues within their trenches and fortifications without being permitted to approach neerer or to shew any hostility one against an other for the assurance whereof Hostages shal be giuen on both sides 16 That before and ere the garrison shall depart two Sufficient Hostages shall be giuen who in the behalfe of his highnesse shall march with the said garrison armes and Baggage to Machlin withthem and on the otherside two Hostages shall remayne there from the Gouernour till the two Hostages on his highnesse side shall returne back againe with the waggons and that his highnesse shall send to them the aforesaid Hostages remayning in the towne with free Conduct and assurance to Machline 17 That the Officers Souldiers comprehended in the Articles of this composition hauing any armes Barkes sloopes or other equipage of warre belonging to particular persons maye either sell or transport them without being mosested or stayed for any such things as they shall haue sould or will transport 18 That there shall be made noe restitution of any horses Armes Marchandizes moueables and other commodities sould or held for boote for which no man shal be stayed Giuen in the Army before BREDA the 7. of October 1637. Stilo Nouo THE COPIE OF THE ARTICLES AND Demands propounded by the Spirituality the Drossard Schout Burgomasters Aldermen and the Councill of the citty of BREDA to his highnesse my Lord the Prince of Orange Lord and Baron of BREDA with his highnesse Answere thereunto I. Demand IMprimis that all fautes enmitie and offences howe great and of what quality soeuer they bee or maye be held to be without exception of any either of any spirituall or temporall men present within or without the a foresaid citty whither in generall or perticular which haue bene committed shall be forgotten and forgiuen as if they had neuer hapned I. Answere His highnesse hauing seene and examined the Articles aboue mentioned hath declared declareth by these that he granteth this Arcicle vpon condition that all persons mentioned therein shall hence forward carry themselues as they are bound to doe II. Demand That in the aboue said citty of Breda now and allwaies the exercise of the Catholique Romish Religion shal be publikly taught in the great Church in the Cloisters and Nunneries as it hath bin in vse these last twelue yeares so that noe man of what quality soeuer he be either ciuill or militarie shall giue any hinerance obstakle or scandall in Churches or vpon streets by word or deede vpon arbitriall punishment II. Answere The two Cloisters of Nunnes shall be held in the same manner as they were before the yeare 1625. vnder the gouerment of the high and mighty Lords the States Generall III. Demaund That the Magistrates shall be made indifferent of persons as well indifferent of the Romish Catholiques as of those of the reformed Religion and that all permanent offices yea those Administrations that were the yeare 1625. of men now deceased and afterward such as were conferred by Count Iohn of Nassaw maye be continued III. Answere The Magistrates shall be chosen out of the best and qualifiest persons of the citty according to the Lawes and Priuileges of BRABANT and of the citty of BREDA aforesaid IV. Demaund That the Masters of the Chapiter with their Supposts the Pryor and the Nunnes Cloister of Saint Catherins-dale the Pastor the Colledge of the Society of Iesus the Conuents of the Fathers Capuchians the gray Fryers the Nunnes court and the clergie of the Gesthowse with

all other spirituall men of what state or order soeuer they bee who haue bene accepted by the citty before the date hereof maye continew in the peaceable possession off all their goods rents donations tenths and incomes whatsoeuer they be aswell within as without the citty without any exception to receiue them a new or to surrogate others and as all and euery one haue held possessed and enioyed the same heitherto without doing any hindrance dāmage or hurt vnto them and all Canonists and Benefices which shall come to be vacant shall be giuen to the Romish Catholiques according to to the fundamentall Lawes and Statutes made thereof IV. Answere That all Spirituall persons shall enioy and haue the administration of their goods as they had in the yeare 1625. And as for those which will depart out of the Citty they maye take their goods and moueables a long with them as also if they haue houses or other things they maye sell them as the Burgers doe V. Demaund The yearely reuenew of the goods belonging to the Orphans Hospitall in the said citty aswell by inheritance as by will and Testament which they now enioy or may enioy hereafter either by will gift purchase or otherwise gotten shall be dristributed Prorate and according as the number of the poore Orphans shall be found of the one and the other religion they shall haue a Lodging and masters a part and the goods collections and almes of the Holy Ghost and the man-house vpon the end of the Gest-house situated vpon the Haghs dicke shall be gouerned and distributed by persons and giuen to the poore of the one and the other Religion as it hath ben to this day on which side soeuer the towne was V. Answere That the goods Collections Almes of euery Almehouse mentioned aboue shall be employed and administred as they were before the yeare 1625. without hauing respect of what Religion soeuer the persons bee which shall be employed thereto VI. Demaund That the Citty of Breda and the Jnhabitants thereof shall hold all their priuiledges and freedomes and that noe more taxations shall bee imposed vpon them then those which were instituted there from the yeare 1590. to the yeare 1625. during the time that it was vnder the Gouerment of the vnited Netherlands and seing the Citty with this hard seige is wholly ruinated to recouer the decay thereof that they may be free from paying of Licent for the Space of two yeares The VI. Answere His Highnesse agreeth vnto this article but for that which concerns the point of Licences He will recommend that for their good to the High and Mighty Lords the States Generall VII Demaund That all Burgers and Inhabitans of the afore said citty as well such as are present as those which are absent and fledd of what quality soeuer they bee whether they were in the King of Spayne his seruice or no according to the tenour of this treaty maye depart out of it whither they will with their families moueables writtings and other moueable goods or if they desire to continew their dwellings in it still they may for the time of foure yeares next ensuing then to resolue within the said time whither they will continew their habitation there or no. And during the afore said time that they maye freely conuerse and goe into the Country to see if they can finde a place conuenient for them to dwell in according to their desire as also for other their particular affaires And if so bee that they within the foresaid terme of foure yeares or at the expiration thereof resolue to depart the Towne they may doe it freely with their wiues children and goods whither they please either by water or by land without paying any toles Licences or searching of their shipping yea allthough any one of them during the time of foure yeares a boue said had bin in any particular ministration and that they maye freely dispose of all their goods make saile of them morgage or make transportation of them or by letters of atturney maye entrust others with their goods that maye receiue and dispose of them and if it should happen that they come to decease within or without the afore said citty testate or intestate the same goods shall come vnto their instituted Heires or to these of their next blood and kindred ab intestato respectiuè and all their moueables goods Marchandizes and others that they may carry them away at their will without seeking for any other pasport then this present treaty and those that will dwell in newtrall lands or resolue to dwell in the plaine Countrie maye come to dwell againe in the said citty at their pleasure without desiring any other consent VII Answere His highnesse granteth this request for the time of three yeares next ensuing especially for those that haue left the Towne vpon condition that those which shall dwell in newtrall Lands or in the plaine Country and are desirous to dwell againe in Breda shall be bound first to giue his highnesse or the Gouuernour knowledge thereof VIII Demaund That those which are desirous for their particular affaires to goe into the Countries and townes vnder the commaund of the King of Spayne may doe it during the time of the aforesaid foure yeares as often as they please and euery time may returne freely againe into the towne to remayne there or to depart from thence as is abouesaid The VIII Answer They maye depart during the time of three years into the Enemyes Countries and townes and returne againe into Breda with the foreknowledge and consent of the Gouernour The IX Demand Jn this Contract all Burgers and Jnhabitants of the abouesaid citty shall be included as also all Pastors and spirituall persons fled into the Citty as likewise all Pesants or husbandmen which are fled into the Towne or else where out of the Country who by vertue hereof maye freely returne into their villages and houses or may remaine in the towne during the time of the foure yeares at their pleasure And the Pastors of the Barronie of Breda being present or absent and their successors may returne againe vnto their parochiall Churches and Benefices that they may excercise in them their pastorall functious ministry and keepe their incomes as they did before the retorsion was made The IX Answer This article is graunteds for so much as concernes the Burgers but for the Pastors and other Spirituall persons mentioned herein they maye depart out of the Citty but afterwards shall gouerne themselues according to the edicts of Retrosion made by the Lords the Statess vntill some other order be taken touching that point The X. Demand That all sentences pronounced by the Magistrates of the aforesaid Citty and by the high-bench from which noe appeale hath bene shall continew in full vigour power and effect as likewise all contracts made before during the time of the seige whatsoeuer they bee The X Answer This article is graunted according to the