part of it is sowne summer Corne as Oates and Barley which are sometimes ouerflowed by the high waters of the Maes and suffer sometimes dammage which is hardly recouered except it be by an extraordinary dry Summer Thorow this Towne runne also seuerall waters or small riuers hauing their beginnings out of two seuerall streames the one being called the Aa the other the Dommell or Domale which two Riuers in this last Siege were stopped by the command of his Princely Excellency about the Trenches who making the water to come round about his Workes through a new made ditch about 30 foot wide The water in and about the Towne was stayed with two stone beeres on the Bulworkes next to the boome as also on the boome it selfe with a Sluce doore else it would haue runne in a great part yea almost round about the Towne if the said Riuer had not beene stopped In the yeere 1577. on the 21 of September in the time of the gouernment of Don Iohn the said Towne being by the command of the generall States released from the Dutch Souldiers which lay in the Towne remained on the States side till the yeere 1579. without any Garrison notwithstanding the States vsed great diligence to assure this Towne with Garrison according to the agreement made at Vtricht Albeit that at last by reason of the differences amongst the Burgers for this cause and of the departure of those that were minded towards the States is turned on the Spanish side and so remained popish wherein came a great number of Ecclesiasticall persons On the 19 of Ianuary in the yeere 1585. there was made an enterprize vpon the said Towne by the Count of Hohenloo they were already in the Towne but were by reason of the bad carriage of his Souldiers and the good courage of the Burgers beaten out of the Towne backe againe with the losse of many men slaine hurt and taken prisoners and so remained vnmolested till the yeere 1601. the first of Nouember vpon which day the said Towne by the command of the high and mighty Lords the States was besieged vnder the Conduct of the Illustrious Prince Mauritius of Nassawe of famous Memory and was with great diligence entrenched round about but because of the great extraordinary frost he was not onely hindered of the approaching the getting of Victuals Munitions and other necessaries but also those that watcht in their Sentinels were dead frozen therefore the said Prince broke vp his said Leager and departed from thence the 27 of the same moneth of Nouember In the yeere 1603 this said Siege was againe vndertaken on the 19 of August but because the Arch-Duke Albertas did lye ready with a great Armie of Souldiers for to seeke his fortune vpon these Lands therefore he followed the said Prince on the 21 of the same moneth leaguering himselfe on the East side of the Towne in the which at that time there was but a small Garrison and besides they did refuse to take in any Garrison vpon the request of the Arch-Duke saying that they themselues were strong enough to resist their enemies but there was by the practice of the said Duke put into the Towne about 3000 men against the Burgers will who thereupon did mutiny wherefore some of them were punished His said Excellence seeing that the said Towne was thus prouided did with good order breake vp his Leager and lest the Towne on the 5 of Nouember in the same yeere as likewise the Arch-duke departing euery one in their Garrison The Gouernour the Lord Anthony Shets Lord of Grobbendoncke remained in the Towne The High and mighty Lords the States generall with the Illustrious Prince of Orenge hauing nothing so at heart as the welfare of these vnited Prouinces and the good Inhabitants of the same haue in the beginning of this yeere 1629 kept seuerall Assemblies with the Illustrious Prince of Orenge for to haue ready all things necessary for a braue siege hauing therefore to that end sent betimes in the beginning of the yeere through the Riuer the Wael vp towards Nimmegen and to the Sconce S'Grauenweert some Bridges and slat bottom'd ships with Ordnance Munition and other warlike prouisions Whereupon in the middest ef the moneth of Aprill the Garrison followed who had their Rendezvous about the said Sconce The Illustrious Prince the 24 of Aprill in the morning betimes at six of the clocke with a good resolution departed from the Hage with valiant and braue Followers taking his way towards Vtriclat so towards Arnhem and from thence to S'Grauenweert where his Excellency finding his Troopes ready departed with great diligence for Mockerheyde putting there on the 28 of the same moneth his Army in Battell-aray where they that night lay in the Field The 29 of the said moneth early in the morning marching further towards the Towne called Graus ouer the Bridge right to the Besh before which Towne that night the Prince sent some number of Horse and the next day being the 30 hee beset the same Towne then his Excellency came with his whole Army before the Towne after Dinner at 3 of the clocke in the afternoone taking his quarter with 134 Companies at Vucht lodging in the house called Heyms-house His Excellencie had further separated the other chiefe Quarters as followeth His Highnesse Count Ernst at Hintem with 50 Companies Count William of Nassaw Gouernour of Heusden at Orten with 32 Companies The Lord of Bredrode about the Pettler Sconce with 26 Companies His Highnesse of Solms at Engelen neere Creueceur where the Ships lay with Munition and Victuals The Lord Pincen comming in the Leager on the 11 of May he is commanded to take his Quarter at Deuteren Further the Quarters were appointed and made vp in a very short space In the matching toward the Bosh the said Prince tooke the house called Heeswicke scituated 6 miles from the Bosh in which were 60. men The Gouernour Grobbendoncke being aduertised that the Leaguer was comming for the Towne seeing also some of our Horsemen notwithstanding would not beleeue that it was intended vpon him but thought that it was intended vpon Breda yea durst freely say that the Prince would not beginne such a vile deede but shortly after this seeing him make his Quarters and that our Souldiers came neerer the Towne and forced his Souldiers to retire in the same began to thinke vpon his owne fault that the said towne was not sufficiently prouided of men Ordnance and Gunpowder he could a little while before haue gotten from Luike many thousand pounds of Gunpowder but he left it for want of money These tydings being come at Brussels and in Braband did make great alterations there the Arch-Duches did presently send Post by Post to Spaine caused all the chiefe men of Warre to be assembled and gaue order for payment that with all speed the souldiers should be brought in the Field Grobbendoncke did presently write for men and powder and that there should be haste made for the
Gallery likewise the French who did set on fire a Mine neere the great Sconce At which time Count Henry van den Bergh did muster his men and was found to bee about 25000 men strong aswell of foot as Horse The 24 and 25 hapned very little The 26. there was vpon three seuerall places in the Leaguer a fire namely in the Horsemens Quarter in the Quarter of Brederode and in the Quarter of His princely Excellency amongst the English where there was done the most dammage Count Henry van den Bergh being a marching vp did lodge himselfe in Langhestraet at Sprang Waelwicke Druynen and Loon-opt-land His Maiesty of Bohemia came this night in the Leager and went with His Excellency to see all his Workes The 27 came the Horsemen of Count Henry van den bergh at Vlymen shewing himselfe on seuerall parts of the Leager from Vlymen to Cromvoort At night there was an Allarum in the Towne The 28 there was in the Quarter of Count Ernst againe a fire in two seuerall places At night Count henry van den bergh shewed himselfe neere the Three Sisters neere the Hollands Wall amongst which ours shot 10 or 12 Cannon shot whereupon they did presently retire Our Souldiers were in battell-array all this night The 29 there came some Souldiers in the Leager which were runne away from the Enemies complaining of hunger and great dearth The 30 the Spanish did hide themselues in the Wood behinde the Ynffer-Sconce who got some Waggons with Bauens of our Leaguer and about 40 prisoners They tooke also the Houses Burtell and Hesop the Souldiers which were in the same came with their full Armes baggage into the Leager besides they came betimes in the morning with 2 shallops from Vlymen to the three Sisters and Hollands Wall to sound the depth of the water whereupon the whole Leager came in battell aray Some that were run away from the Enemies declared that in the Spanish Army a pound of Cheese was worth 12 Stiuers and a Kan of Beere 6 Stiuers and all other things accordingly The 2 of Iuly Monsieur Fama was hurt with a shot thorow the body and dyed immediately The 4 at night the Spanish came againe vpon the Leaguer amongst which we played very fiercely with our Ordnance from the outermost Batteries wherupon they were forced to retire leauing behind them some dead men and hurt At that same time they thought also to breake thorow along the Wall of the Dommell but were also hindred of it Those that wee tooke prisoners complained of great hunger misery and bad payment This was the tenth time that they tryed their fortune against the Leager which made vs to stand euery night in Battell-ray This night those within the Towne did make againe three seuerall fires vpon the steeple Also wee tooke prisoners some of the Boores which did measure the depth of the water and thought to bring them through it of which two were hanged in the Quarter of his Excellencie The one was a Borrow-master of Beckhonen and the other a Boore of Vucht they confessed to haue receiued each 20 Gilders and that they should haue had with them 600 men which should haue brought into the towne each of them 10 pounds of Gunpowder The 6 the English and French haue brought ouer their Galleries before both the Sconces Betweene the 7 and eighth those of the Great Sconce made a salley but were beaten backe againe leauing behind them about 40 men aswell dead as hurt The Spanish marched from Cranvoort and the places there-about towards Boxell The 9 the French haue taken the Hornenworke of the great Sconce there was begun an inner Trench from the Quarter of Pinsen to the Three Sisters likewise from the Quarter of His Excellencie to the Sconce of Brederode and from thence neere the Cloister at Eyken-donck vnto the Quarter of his Highnesse Count Ernst and are well prouided with Redouts against those within The 12 the Coronelship of Mons Fama late is giuen vnto Count Maurits of Nassawe The 14 the 2 water-mils neere the Diese together with 21 other water-mils to bee vsed with Horses were to be mended therewith to make dry the low-land The 16 Count Henry vanden bergh marched vp with his whole Army from Boxtel making a Bridge neere Moock ouer the Maes hee himselfe remaining neere Moocke The 17 there was a Boore taken prisoner who thought to bring a Letter into the towne by which Count Henry van den bergh commended vnto the Gouernour Grobbendoncke to keepe good Watch saying that hee would take no aduantage vpon the Leager for to relieue the towne Of this tenor MY Lord Seeing that it is impossible to beate away the Enemies out of their Workes with the Men which I haue ready because he lyeth very fast more then ordinary fortified I finde it good to breake vp my Leager and to transport my selfe by the Jmperialists who are already in Armes and a great many of them are departed for Wesell aswell of Horse as Foot hoping to doe such a notable deede that the Enemies shall bee forced to fight with vs and that in that cause God will make vs to haue the Victory and that thereby the Towne shall bee relieued if you can keepe the same yet for a time which I would hereby make knowne vnto you I pray you when you haue receiued this that you then in the night make a great fire vpon the steeple of S. Iohns Church mouing the same many times and to make the next day a great smoke on the said steeple by which J shall know that this Letter is deliuered vnto you and when this Messenger shall depart againe with answer you shall then the night following doe the same token with fire and then the day following againe with smoke along time Meane while J rest My Lord Your louing faithfull friend Henry van den Bergh In the Leager at Boxtell Iuly 16. 1629. The Superscription is To my Lord My Lord the Baron of Grobbendoncke Knight of the Order of St Iacob Collonell of a Regiment of Wallons Gouernour of Shertogenbosh But this Letter being come into the hands of His Excellency he did send it vnto the Lords the States of the vnited Prouinces with his aduice what order and what meanes there should be imployed to hinder the designe of the Enemies and he himselfe gaue order to follow the Enemy with as many men as hee could spare out of his Leager to continue and aduance this Siege The 18 the Lord Dieden Gouernour of Emmericke hath taken in the morning at three of the clocke the great Sconce finding in the same 10 Hogsheads of Wine 24 Tunnes of Beere and some bread and Porke The next following the Colonell Harwits got also the little Sconce finding in the same much Armour and Houshold-stuffe The 24 the Prince heard that Count Henry van den bergh was fallen into the Velewe whereupon there were sent thither some of the chiefe men of
the 11 our Mine sprung wherevpon by the command of his Excellency some of ours did fall onely to see what countenance the Enemies held which came presently backe againe and our Souldiers presently lodged in the breach of the Mine Thereupon came a Drummer from the Enemies hee pretended to aske leaue to dig out two Captaines which they said were on led in our Mine the Prince who was present in the Workes commanded to be looked for them which was also performed vnto those that looked for them was giuen a Couinex-daller by the Spanish but it was not therefore that they did it because the Drummer came presently againe requiring to speake with some of our Officers to report vnto the Prince to treat of a Composition whereupon there came presently 4 persons of quality out of the Town to the Illustrious Prince who sate in the Gallery vpon a little bench being accompanied with some chiefe men though few in number speaking there with the said prince requiring foure dayes meane while they would send vnto the Infanta and in case of default of releeuing in that time would treat of the rendition of the town which was denyed vnto them notwithstanding they fell to a treaty of a parly and they haue on both sides sent Hostages meane time many Burgers and Ecclesiasticall persons shewed themselues vpon the Walles On the 13 of the same moneth those of the Bosh did dine with the Illustrious Prince and after dinner did returne with the Princes Coaches backe againe into the Towne and ours came againe out of the same towne those of the Towne did leaue their Commission with vs the which together with the resolution of the Prince the high and mighty Lords the States did carry with them into the Towne On Friday the 14 after dinner about 4 of the clocke the Composition of the rendition of the mighty and renowned Towne of S'hertogenbosh is absolutely concluded in the Leager in the House where the Illustrious Prince was lodged and was by both parties subscribed to the great ioy of ours aswell among the chiefe as common Inhabitants The Committies are ioyfully departed one from another and those of the Towne after they had subscribed the Composition departed with the Princes Coach to the Towne which were these to wit Fr. Michael Episcopus Buscobus Fr. Johannes Moores Abbas Bernensus Johannes Hermans Deccanus Buscobus R. van Voorn T. vanden Velde R. van Ireneuen B. Loef vanden Sloot Henrick Somerts Peter Huberts Hercalt Heuel Meane while there came in the Leager many thousand of Burgers from seuerall Townes and places to see the braue Siege the Illustrious and Couragious Prince of Orenge and the departure of the Enemies out of S'hertogenbosh of which many were forced to lye all night in the Field The 17 the Prince caused the men of Warre to bee armed and there were made 2 Tents neere the towne wherein were the Illustrious Prince of Orenge being accompanied with his Princesse his Maiesty of Bohemia and his Queene the Prince of Denmarke besides 40 aswell Dukes Counts as Barons where those of the Towne did march by them First there came a Company of Horse of ours where those of the towne did passe neere then followed the Waggons and Carres with sicke persons baggage Iesuites Nunnes and Friers of all sorts betwixt these was Grobbendoncks wife in a Coach who was but three weeks out of Childbed with whom the Prince had a long Discourse At last at night followed the Gouernour sitting vpon a Horse betweene 2 Coronels of ths States the Footmen were 22 Companies being about 2000 men strong together with the sicke and hurt persons whereof there were not aboue 1200 in health there followed also three Companies of Horse braue and well armed Of our side marched againe into the Towne the Guard of the Illustrious Prince the Company of my Lord Beuerweert and also the Company of my Lord Wits besides some other Companies Also in the Petler Sonce many Souldiers On the 18 there was put an Orenge Ancient on the steeple of S. Iohns Church there came many thousand Burgers from without into the Towne the Burgers within were reasonably well contented saying that they had not had want of victuals during this Siege but onely of Butter and Cheese which was very deare On the same day came his Princely Excellencie himselfe into the Towne but returned presently againe to the Leager Many of the high and mighty Lords the States generall and Deputies of the same are come into the Towne with Coaches and were welcommed of the Magistrates and are lodged at the signe of the Sunne On Wednesday the 19 of this moneth the Gospell of God was preached in 3 Churches and his Princely Excellency his Maiesty of Bohemia together with the Prince of Denmarke being present in Saint Iohns Church where were baptized three children to which the said Potentates were Godfathers namely his Maiestie of Bohemia of the first child called Amelia his Princely Excellency of the second child named Iohannes and the Prince of Denmark of the third child called Mauritius The Lord God saue and blesse from henceforth his Princely Excellency who hath carried himselfe in this siege as a valiant and braue Souldier fearing no danger but presenting himselfe alwaies personally to the encouragement of his Souldiers and terrour of his Enemies There was neuer seene in any siege in this Countrey so many Dukes Barons Gentiles and Voluntiers which did come out of seuerall Kingdomes and places but onely before this Towne of which no body can speake enough being all done in a short time And that the Enemies must giue him the honour that when he came there with his great and strong Armie he could attempt nothing vpon him but sent a Letter into the Towne and so went away For this great Victorie which the Lord God hath this yeere giuen vnto these Lands there is by the high and mighty Lords the States generall ordained and commanded to keepe a Fast and day of Prayer whereupon they gaue out this Letter Welbeloued c. WHereas it hath pleased the Almighty Lord God to shew vs his exceeding great mercy and compassion ouer these Lands that he not only hath stayed the great forces of the Enemies the which according to all appearance were like to breake thorow in the midst of the heart of our Land with destruction of goods and liues of the Inhabitants together with the reformed Religion as also of the liberties lawes and priuiledges but that he aboue all this hath greatly blessed these Lands with the taking of the Towns of Wesell and S'hertogenbosh to the increase of his holy Word and comfort of many which haue beene many yeeres vnder the tyranny of the Spaniards Therefore the high and mighty Lords the States haue found very necessary to bid and command a generall fasting day in all the vnited Prouinces Countries Shires and their associate Townes and places to be on Wednesday next within 14 daies which shall be the
releeuing of it Certaine renowned chiefe men of Warre of the Spanish side said as is told me with laughing mouth that Grobbendoncke was like the bold men which say that they are not afraid for the Deuill iesting at all times with him yea would faine see him but being in such a case they are as much afraide as others wishing that they were released from him so it is with him for that hee oftentimes did say that hee would very faine haue vs to come and see him wishing that the Prince Fredericke durst doe so he would shew him what a man hee was thinking that other chiefe men of Warre were not so couragious But now seeing him before the Gates and Walles of the Towne he is as all the rest wishing that he would goe away The first of May the Illustrious Prince did condiscend that many women Beggins and servant Maids should depart out of the Towne The Horsemen which lay within thought also without permission of the Prince to depart out of the same but were forced to retire backe againe Betweene the 4 and 5 of the same moneth came into the Towne 800 men secretly along Vlimen neere Deuteren by the Kee-Sconce and so got in through S. Johns Gate going in some places vp to the midst of the body in water for which his Excellence caused also there to be made a broad way of Bauens with a Bulwarke from the Vuchter-heyde along thorow the Moores neere the Vogel-key of Grobendoncke vntill the Quarter of Pinsen being garnished with many Redouts made of Wood and is called the Hollans Walls which way of Bauens is made out farther along the Riuer called the Bosh-sloot to the Village called Engelen And so with this all the Leager round about is finished within the space of 8 or 10 dayes The 5 Captaine Drop was put as Admirall ouen the shallops The 8 of this said Moneth there were fetcht some halfe Curtowes out of the ships at Crenecour and were brought to the Leager for to bee planted vpon the Batteries Those of the Towne began also to labour very earnestly on their Workes without the Vuchter-gate making their Batteries higher but shot very little About this Towne the Lord of Bredrode began to make a Sconce ouer against the Pettler and all the Workes were by the command of his Excellence made higher thicker and the Ditches wider The 12 the Dommell was bespoken to be stopt or to make a Damme ouer it At night those of the Towne came out with two shallops vpon the Quarter of Count Ernst thinking there to take some Prisoners but they hauing misfortune did speedily retire backe againe whereupon they of the Towne did shoot with Ordnance and Muskets but did small hurt This Leager is presumed to bee betweene 60 and 70 thousand men strong whereof were 70 Cornets of Horse The 14 about forty flat-bottome Turfe-shippes were fetcht from S'Grauenmoer neere Breda and were brought in the Leager for to make of the same Ship-bridges The 15 those did salley vpon the quarter of the Lord of Brederode but were caused with forces to retire backe againe The 16 are those within come out againe with some shallops vpon the quarter of Count Erust but were faine to retire without doing any thing The 20 we began to make a Trench betweene Engelen and Creueceur for the security of the Horses and all other Trenches with double bankets or feet-benches the foot of the Trench was about 16 foot thick and the vpper part 6 foot Neere the place called Vliemer brugge ouer against the high-way is made a Fort which can hardly be taken to resist those of Breda that would come out On the 23 there came a Messenger with Letters which was followed by ours so that he was drowned whose said Letters were deliuered vnto the Prince The 27 28 29 30 of the same moneth we shot on both sides very fiercely though there was but small hurt done The first of June those of the great Fort Isabella did make a salley vpon the French Battery but were at last forced to retire The night following those of the Towne did make three seuerall fires vpon the steeple of the Church weighing the fire three times vp and downe The French did fall vpon the Enemies and caused them to retire and got many Shouels Spades Swords and other things The 3 and 4 those of the Towne made againe a fire vpon the steeple of St Johns Church And the 5 6 7 and 8 of this Moneth there was little done on both sides The 9 ours of the great Battery did shoote vpon the Towne and the little Sconce aboue 140 shot The same day those of the Towne came out with two shallops vpon the Quarter of Pinsen thinking there to take some Horses and men which were at worke but were hindred The 11 there arriued in the Quarter of Count Ernst yet 18 or 19 Companies of new Scotchmen The 12 and 13 little hapned The 14 His Excellencie with the Lords the States went vpon the Battery and caused a Morter to be set on fire which stood vpon the same Battery which the first time did not worke very well but the second time much more so that for the dust we could scarce see the said Sconce the little Sconce was likewise battered and betweene the 13 and 14 there were againe made 3 fires vpon the steeple The 15 there were throwne into the Sconces sixe Granads whereof the second did worke very well so that the Hurts did fly in the ayre The same day the water of the Dommell was let go in the outmost ditch round about the Princes quarter The 16 at night those within did make a salley comming through the Hintemer Gate vpon the Workes of Count Ernst causing the Watch to retire to the Battery notwithstanding they were forced to retyre The 18 there were throwne into the little Sconce two or three Granads The same day at night the English were busie to fill the ditch of the little Sconce The French were at that time also very busie making that night three bints of their Gallery neere the great Sconce The next night those of the Towne did very fiercely throw with hand-Granads and firing with pitch hoopes The 20 ours did labour in open day vpon the Galleries and did throw 8 Granats into the little Sconce which caused all that they came neere to flye in the Ayre the men did withdrawe themselues into the Counterscarps to saue their liues Those of the towne did make three seuerall fires vpon the steeple The 21 there were Granads throwne againe into the little Sconce which was thereupon very much beaten with Ordnance The 22 at night the English were very busie vpon their Gallery which was for the third time set on fire by those of the Sconce notwithstanding the said English were very couragious beating their enemies out of their Counterscarpes in the ditch where many of them were drowned The 23 the English were againe very forward with their
10 of October stilo nouo for to giue hearty thankes praise and glory vnto the Lord for all these vndeserued blessings and vncessantly to pray that he will giue vnto the Inhabitants of S'hertogenbosh the true knowledge of his holy Gospell and to send to that and true and faithfull Teachers Also that the Almighty God will be with the Army of this State as a Lord of all things for to beate away the Enemies out of our Dominions and to continue his blessings ouer vs Also that hee will defend from all euill and dangers his Excellency the Prince of Orenge and to multiply his daies wtih wisdome blessings and felicity and to conserue his person and all his Army in health to the glory of his holy Name and increase of his holy Word Therefore we require c. In the Hage Septemb. 24. 1629. In the Towne are chosen new Magistrates and the old are released from their Oathes done to the King of Spaine And Sir Philips de Thienen Coronell ouer the Regiment of his Highnesse van Brederode is put as Commander ouer the Garrison The Burgers are also releafed from their Oath vnto the King of Spaint and tooke their Oathes vnto these Lands A Iournall or Day-register of that which is happened within the Towne of S'hertogenbosh during the last siege Written by one of the Spanish side ON the last of Aprill 1629 the Enemies came vnto the Sconce Creueceur 150 ships strong The first of May they came to Orten and did presently intrench themselues from Orten to Hintem from Hintem to Dungen and to Gastell from Vucht to Vlymen vnto the Bosh-sloot where they brought about 50 ships with Bauens and further at Engelen where they laboured very earnestly The 5 there came from Breda along Flymen into the Towne betweene 8 and 9 hundred men which went vp to the middle in water The 6 we shot with a peece of Ordnance from the great Sconce amongst 15 Horsemen of which some were flaine The 10 the Captaine Dirck Busschieter with 12 men did pierce thorow the Coe-wall which the Enemies being strong 59 men thought to hinder our comming thither but were forced to retire with the losse of two men In 14 dayes there is from without happened but very little for they did nothing else but intrench themselues At this time the Butter began already to be worth 10 or 12 Stiuers and yet hardly could any be gotten Whereupon the Gouernour and Magistrates did command that all Honey-sellers spice-bread-makers should no more vse or boile any Honey vpon penalty of 100 Dollers to be paid by them that shall bee sound in fault because they would eate the Honey vpon their bread The Souldiers could hardly get any victuals for that they were so deare wherefore it was commanded that the Porke should be sold for 6 stiuers a pound a pound of Butter for 6 stiuers and a pound of Cheese for 4 stiuers Vntill the 20 the Prince Fredericke Henricke had not shot with Ordnance vpon the towne but because many houses were to be broken downe many trees for to be vsed for his fortification The 22 the Prince caused to shoot vpon the Orten-gate nine shots of Canon We saw also a battery made by the Enemies at Hintem Tho same day there went out two Messengers of ours which returned for Brussels but could not get through for that the towne was already beset The same day all the houses were visited and all the Corne that was in the towne was set downe together with the number of all the dwellers The 23 in the morning we saw in the ayre ouer the Towne about Orten two Raine-bowes with the backe one against the other with two Sunnes between the said Raine-bowes the one aboue the other what the interpretation is God knowes The 24 our Souldiers brought in 14 Horses of the Enemies which altogether were sold for 28 Gilders yet more 3 horses of the Enemies for 4 stiuers and 8 pence yet another for 3 stiuers a little Carre of Hay did cost 60 Gilders The Enemies did shoot againe vpon the Towne and two messengers arriued heere thorow the Leager their report was kept secret from the Burgers we bought a horse for a stiuer and Mr. Pauwels gaue a stiuer for the 4 shooes There was a Horse sold for a pipe of Tobacco for which they could haue had 12 pound Flemmish two moneths before The 26 a Herring cost halfe a stiuer an Egge one stiuer a pound of Beefe 5 stiuers Mutton 8 stiuers The 27 was published that no body should cut downe any wood which was in their Gardens vpon penalty of 100 Ducats because the same must be vsed on the Workes in the Walkes The same day the Enemies did shoot thorow the holy-Crosse-gate into the house of Mary Grietmakers The 28 we fell vpon the enemies Quarters at Vucht and 5 men were slaine The 29 we fell out by the Vuchtergate on the Hamer and at night at 11 of the clocke wee tooke from the enemies a Corps de Guarde wherein they kept watch The same day wee skirmished a long time with the Enemies The 30 we made an vndermine through the walls of the Towne safely to march towards the Hintemer gate vpon the Watch This day the Enemies shot very much and a shot came thorow the steeple of S. Iohns Church and also through the steeple neere the Boome The 31 the Enemies did shoot aboue 110 shot with halfe Curtowes by which some of the Burgers houses and the Bishops house was damnified though in this moneth there were none slaine by the shooting of Cannons but onely Captaine Ratelo and a Gunner was hurt The Mils haue also till now ground The 1 of June the Captaine Dommell bergen gathered his Companie for the first time This day night the Enemies did shoot very fiercely vpon the batteries and were approached to the Hintemer gate more then halfe a Musket shot where there were many Souldiers on both sides hurt and slaine The second on Whitson Eue wee shot very fiercely vpon the Enemies specially from the Hintemer-gate and the out-works so that euery Muskettier did shoot 30 40 or 50 shots whose brests were so blew that they could not continue any longer The Enemies did shoot downe with their Ordnance many rare out-workes of S. Iohns Church Here arriued a messenger from Brussels whereupon there was at night a fire made upon the steeple of the said Church for a token that the said Messenger was safely arriued The 3. vpon Whitsonday we bought Beefe yet for 7 and 8 stiuers a pound Murton for 8 9 10 stiuers The 4 we fell out of the Towne vpon the Enemies Trenches towards Vucht and defeated many of them And on the Hintemer gate an ancient Souldier had his head shot off The 5 on both sides aswell out as vpon the great Sconce was very fiercely shot wherein the Dutch which were come out of Breda did defend themselues very manfully wherefore they did mock those