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A08577	A true historie of the memorable siege of Ostend and what passed on either side, from the beginning of the siege, vnto the yeelding vp of the towne. Conteining the assaults, alarums, defences, inuentions of warre, mines, counter-mines and retrenchments, combats of galleys, and sea-fights, with the portrait of the towne: and also what passed in the Ile of Cadsant, and at the siege of Sluice, after the comming of Count Maurice. Translated out of French into English, by Edward Grimeston.; Histoire remarquable et veritable de ce qui c'est passé par chacun jour au siege de la ville d'Ostende. English.	Grimeston, Edward.	1604 (1604)	STC 18895; ESTC S113561	132,698	249

doe but the order was afterwardes changed They suppe now vpon the side of Albertus fort Catrisse Maister of the Campe and the Bourgingnous on the Polder side are already alodged at the Counterscarfe they haue but eight foote of earth to pearce Catrisse was shotte through the body with a Musket shotte and Mounsiuer de Torres hath beene called to commaund in his place where now hee is the saide Catrisse died on Sunday at night his Sargeant Maior called Rouuille was slaine the night before and the day before Captaine Liestre brother in lawe to Catrisse was sore hurt I know not what the euent will be Captaine L' Enfant Sargeant Maior of the Liegeos was slaine a little before Monsieuer de la Malaise Lieutenant Colonell of the Liegeois is hurt Mounsieur de Torres escaped faire from a Grenado which fell at his feete The Italians aduaunced to the Cangrego and the Spaniards to the Porke-espike so as they haue taken good footing and hope for a good end it were happy it might be soone for the enemie makes himselfe strong Mounsieur de Ghistell Gouernour of the Towne dyed eight dayes since of a Musket shott he whom the Souldiers haue chosen in his place hath had his legge shott off within these foure dayes Beholde the estate of our affaires at this day The 2. of Aprill 1604. The Estates of the confederate Prouinces and the Prince Maurice seeing that the Arch-duke Albert continued still his siege before Ostend the which he held straightly begirt by land And although he preuailed not in his desseignes which were to reduce it vnder his obedience sparing neither men money munition nor any thing whatsoeuer to that effect Yet the Estates of the confederate Prouinces thought it fit to prepare an armie to raise the siege from the saide Towne or at the least to annoy the Arch-duke in some other place whereby he might be constrayned to turne head and to with-draw some part of his forces and so to cease the dayly alarmes which hee gaue to them of Ostend who had beene besieged three yeares To effect this desseigne it was resolued by the saide Estates to staye all shippes and boates fitt for that purpose both of Holland Zeland and Friseland to the number of foure thousand saile and more the which they caused to repaire to Dordrecht Goroum Schoonhouen and other places of Holland the Rendeeuous being giuen before the Castell of Ramekins in Wallcheren the which is one of the Ilandes of Zeland They of Horne Enchusen and Amsterdam did furnish 500. saile it was an admirable thing to see the men of warre and Marriners which came to Dordretch for whose seruice the shippes were rigged made ready as well for them as also to carry a number of pipes full of fresh water with Wagons and horses sackes to fill with earth artillery and other necessary munition so as it was a goodly thing to beholde this equipage The 21. of Aprill Prince Maurice parted from Dordrecht with 12. or 14. thousand men amongst the which there were 20. companies of horsemen and all the aboue named shippes of Warre with the rest that were in other places The which being come to an Anchor before the hoale of Middlebourg and along the shoare of Armude there were found aboue three thousand and three hundred ships of warre without compting all other charges requisite in an armye At which place his Excellencie concluded with the Estates where they should land in Flanders The 24. of Aprill the gates of Armude were open from nine of the clocke at night vntill three in the morning where proclamation was made at the sound of the drum that al souldiers should imbarke presently vpon paine of death euery one in his owne vessell the which being done the tide being good al the fleete passed towardes Flessingue and Ramekins sailing towardes Wulpen the which is at the mouth of the Hauen of Escluse hauing a south-east winde they came betwixt Wulpen and Cadsandt into the blacke port or hoale where they landed the places lying commodiously but two leagues distant from Flessingue and one from Escluse The 26. of Aprill they came to the I le of Cadsandt where they landed without any opposition or let Such as were in garde at the blacke Port and other places fled so as Prince Maurice marched towardes the fort of Hossede and hauing taken it he went towardes that of Lippinon causing the Captaine who commanded therein to be summoned to yeeld the place who made answer that he would first see the Canon before he would yeeld Prince Maurice sent him word that if he forced him to make on Canon shot against the place he would put all within it to the sword and yet he gaue order to bring two canons the which as soone as the besieged did see they yeelded They of the fort of Estfliet being likewise sommoned to yeelde made no answer but with their Canon to such as presented themselues before it but towardes night seeing the Canon planted they yeelded leauing their artillery munition for warre and victualles in the fort those which came forth were full sixe hundred men so as all the I le of Cadsandt and the said forts were now in the possession of Prince Maurice In the meane time the rest of the armie was busie to discharge the ships in the said Iland The Arch-duke hauing intelligence of Prince Maurice his descent sent some troupes from his Campe before Ostend who arriued the 25. and 26. day and intrenched themselues in a halfe Moone vpon the West side of the Port of Escluse to stop Prince Maurice his passing The 27. of Aprill Prince Maurice sent some of his ships with some souldiers being accompanied with the blacke Galley towardes the entry of the hauen of ●scluse to passe his men with shaloupes But the Arch-dukes men beeing to the number of a thousand horse and three thousand foote according to the report of some prisoners which then were incamped at the said entrie and had some artillery planted euen with the water gaue them such a welcome as they were forced to retire hauing lost some Marriners notwithstanding that his Excellencie had two batteries on this side the hauen euery one of six peeces of ordinance The 26. of Aprill Prince Maurice did nothing but assure himselfe of the I le of Cadsandt and the Arch-dukes men in their fortifications his Excellencie caused some artillery to be brought euen vnder the Castell of the Port of Escluse to annoy the Galleys that lay there but they drew them higher into the Towne and then they shot little on either side In the meane time they of Ostend beeing aduertised of the descent of Prince Maurice reioyced much hoping to haue some rest as indeede they had for a while but they omitted not to shoote more couragiously against the enemy with their firie bullets especially against a great Bul-worke the which they called Loucqen Pot where the fire tooke the which the Arch-dukes

men seeing they drew away their artillery and suffered it to burne and ruine The last of Aprill sundry ships went in and out of Ostend by the new Gollet and yet they shotte not at them notwithstanding that the Mariners were faine to thrust their vesselles in and out by maine force a thing which had not beene long vsed in the Country so as for the present they of Ostend are in hope that the Towne will be hereafter better furnished then it hath bin especially for that they hinder them nothing in their fortifications Prince Maurice hauing effected what he desired in the I le of Cadsandt beeing loath to loose any time he sent to discouer the most comodious places to enter into the firme land of Flanders so as the 30. of Aprill his Excellencie past the streame which comes from Escluse towardes Isandicque and hauing transported his armie without any incounter he presently tooke the fort of Coxi and the Lieutenant with ten others prisoners such as would defend themselues were slaine choosing rather to stand vpon their defence then to saue themselues by flight some prisoners that were taken saide that the enemies were in a great terrour and that they of Escluse did fortifie daylye setting their Galley slaues to worke which doe serue them to no other vse in the Towne The Arch duke notwithstanding is constrained to disperce his forces according to the resolution of the Estates and is forced to deuide them into three that is one part before Ostend another towardes the Prince Maurice the third against the incursions of the mutiners the which are 1200. horsemen accompanied with a thousand sixe hundred Caualiers of his Excellencies and a thousand fiue hundred Musketiers on horsebacke set vpon Coussins the which were made this Winter in Holland His Excellencie making his preparation to besiege the fort of Isandicque changed his resolution meaning first to force three other forts which are neere to that place The of 1. May he Camped before Saint Marguerits for t where there was spent from noone vntill midnight with nine Canons about some hundred shotte the which did so terrefie them that although there were at the least two thousand horse and foote with the peasants yet they abandoned the place and fled by night and so did they in like sort of the forts of Saint Catherine and Saint Philip although in all the said forts there were three thousand foote sixteene companies of horse The 3. of May his Excellencie besieged Isandicque where he intrēched himselfe in such sort round about as no man could go in nor out he brought much ordinance vnto it and commaunded certaine shippes of warre to present themselues by Sea before it with some Brigandins and shaloupes to stoppe their passage forth by Sea In the meane time the Arch-dukes men which were vpon the West side of the Hauen of Escluse thinking now to haue a good opportunity to recouer the I le of Cadsandt caused many shaloupes to come from Bruges and with some that were at Escluse in the which they imbarked 2000. men but those which Prince Maurice had left in gard in the said Iland suffered some thousand to land whom they charged so furiously as they put them in route most of them were Italians and Spaniardes who cried ala barca alabarca labouring to recouer their shaloupes but as they prest into them some of them were ouer-whelmed a great number were drowned they could not take aboue 16. or 18. aliue and 8. shaloupes whereof the prisoners were presented to his Excellencie In the end Prince Maurice hauing entred into the maine land he set downe before Escluse sending his horsemen to scoure the Country almost as farre as Gaunt Courtray who returned with great spoile so as they of Flanders are more oppressed then they were euer all the burthen of the warre being fallen vpon them His Excellencie hath giuen leaue to many ships to retire themselues there comes dayly new troupes to the armie from diuers nations The Arch-duke is come to Gaunt to dispose of his affaires and hath placed a great Garison in the Towne They of Bergues vpzoone write that the mutiners haue surprised the Towne of Wauere aboue Bruxelles and make their courses into Haynault spoiling the Country where they passe and haue burnt the Suburbes of vilnorde for that they would not paye the contribution which they demaunded the which doth greatly terrifie the pesants so as the Towne of Gaunt and Bruges are full of Country men who are fled thether with thier wiues children and cattell Saterday the eight of May three souldiers came out of the fort of Isandicque and yeelded to his Excellencie they saide that the besieged had neede of all things and especially of fresh water and that if the Canon once plaied they would not make any great resistance The ninth of May Prince Maurice sent to sommon them by one of his trumpets whom they slue with a Musket shott Prince Maurice offended at this outragious acte sent a drumme to demaund him that had committed it threatning that if they failed therin not to receiue any one of them to mercie They sent forth two Captaines to make their excuse saying that they knew not who it was had made that shott finally they deliuered an Italian vnto him then it was yeelded vpon these conditions First that the besieged should depart the fort with their armes their matches out and their drummes not sounding That they should leaue the Canon and munition of warre That for foure monethes they should not carry any armes in Flanders against his Excellencie That they should furnish them with ships to carry away their sicke men and hurt with their baggage to the Hauen of Sas which ships they should be bound to send back for assurance thereof vntill they were returned they should leaue two Captaines in hostage According to which accord they departed the 10. of May at fiue of the clock in the afternoone being in all about 600. men Italians and Wallons The eleuenth of May P. Maurice went with 1000. foote and seauen companies of horse before a ruined towne called Aerdenburg betwixt Gaunt and Escluse the which is another passage bordring vpon that coūtrie which the Sea hath gained in the which there was a regiment of Germaines with some troopes of Horse which had intrenched themselues to stop the passage but they were as faint harted as the rest and fled out at the back side into the Marishes leauing withall a Castell reasonably strong into the which there was a garrison put of 2000. men which holds Escluse besieged on that side so P. Maurice entred the secōd time into Flanders finding many enemies but small resistance The 16. of May the whole armie that onely excepted which was left for the guard of the I le of Cassandt being parted from Isandique passed at Aerdenburg taking the way of Dam the which is vpon the riuer

they had resolued to raise the siege from Ostend and to keepe Garisons in the fortes but whilst that Winter lasted the Flemmings aduertised hereof sent the Bishoppes of Gaunt Bruges and Ypre with some other men of qualitie vnto them who went to Niewport casting themselues at their highnesse feete and shewing them the great miserie and desolation where-into the Countrey of Flanders should fall if Ostend were not taken the which they laied open vnto them with manie patheticall reasons the which mooued their highnesses contrarie to their first resolution to promise by the faith of Princesses not to forsake the siege and that they would trie all meanes possible to bring the enterprise to good effect so as they might be succored by them of Flanders the which the deputies promised to doe to the vttermost of their powers and to that ende they would giue sixe hundred thousand Crownes more besides the sixe hundred thousand Crownes promised the fourth of Iuly and vpon the conditions specified in the letters of consent which were then drawen and that without any diminution of the tribute of ninety thousand crownes monethly the which they had already paied many moneths And to satisfie the curious reader I haue added heerevnto the letters of the fourth of Iuly contayning the aboue mentioned conditions Most gratious Princesse and Lady Most gratious Prince and Lord. THe Clergie and foure members of your Highnesse countrie and Countie of Flanders hauing heard a proposition of halfe a denier of the hundred made vnto them in your behalfe in the cittie of Bruges the 4. of Iuly last past they together with the Knights townes and Castels of the said countrie with all the heads and commons euery one in his quarter doe humbly thanke your Highnesses of the good inclination they shew by effect to the prosperitie and freedom of this miserable countrie so worthy of compassion by the enterprise they haue now in hand assuring themselues that the Almightie God will blesse it and will giue it a good ende to the ease of the poore commons miserably vexed for these many yeares and to the encrease of the name honour and glory of your Highnesse And although by reason of former impositions and the pouerty of the country they may well excuse themselues of the demaund made vnto them by the said proposition yet to shew the singuler and great zeale and good will they haue to assist your Highnesses with this last money and with all their power and strength they haue consented and offer by these presents to pay 600000. Flemish crownes the one moitie before and the rest after the siege of Ostend to be imployed as it is mentioned in the proposition and with the conditions precautions and reseruations specified in the letters of consent And first that the demaund of 600000. crownes bearing date the 24. of February last past shall remaine by meanes of this present consent voide and of no effect Item that the managing and distribution of the said 600000. crownes shall remaine with them as an imposition of the first demaund vpon euery fire and shal be made by such persons as they shall choose and put in trust and more-ouer vpon the saide summe there shall be deducted all such money as hath beene and is dayly disbursed for diuers stuffes and workes and also for Mariners Carpenters Sawers of Plankes and other workemen and generally for all such as are imployed in the like things in the campe and that according to the declaration taxed and the estimation of them of Flanders In like sort there shall be a good deduction made vnto them out of the said summe of the interests or rents paide or to be payed for money which they haue borrowed for the aduancement of this businesse and exploite of warre Moreouer there shall be abated what they haue disbursed and furnished weekely and what they shall disburse for the contribution and entertainment of the mutined Souldiers being in garrison in Isabella forte with that which depends thereon The said Estates of Flanders humbly beseech your Highnesses that it would please you to accept and take in good part this their consent and be well pleased with them in regarde thereof without requiring any further succoures for their exploite and beleeue that heerein they haue exceeded taking vpon them a burthen exceeding their forces in giuing the said summe besides the ordinarie contribution of 90. thousand Crownes a Moneth They humbly beseech your Highnesse to do them so much grace as presently after the taking of Ostend to free the country from souldiers except onely such as shall be necessary for the garrisons on the frontiers to the end they may haue meanes to free themselues of the great debts where-with they stand charged by reason of the exploite Their Highnesses answer THeir Highnesses hauing a priuate dispatch made vnto them conteining the consent of the Cleargie and foure members of Flanders do take their conclusion in good part vpon the preposition made vnto them in their Highnesses names and are well pleased with the affection they shew and haue alwaies shewed vnto their seruice and doe accept the consent and offer made by them of the summe of 600000. Crownes insteed of the halfe denier of the hundred which they had demanded to be paide according to the conditions conteined in the letters of the said consent to which effect their Highnesses doe giue full power and commandement to euery one whome it may concerne to conforme themselues and obey and will that Letters Pattents be granted vnto them such as shall be needfull for to make the leuie They doe also graunt and agree that out of the said summe according to the supplication of the Cleargie and the foure members the money disbursed by them shall be deducted or shall be disbursed for this exploit namely in Marriners Watermen Carters Carpenters or any other handy-crafts men and generally all those that serue the Campe in such like things or that depend thereon according to the declaration and reasonable taxe and estimation of the Cleargie and foure aboue named members and in like sorte whatsoeuer they shall disburse for the contribution of the mutined Souldiers of Isabella fort remaining onely vpon their charge and what they haue formerly payde vpon this occasion They declare also that they hope this desseigne shall come to a happy end before that all this money be imployed and that their meaning is not to charge the countrie any more yet they expect that as for their parts they will neuer abandon them so they will doe the like in case necessitie requires and that they will not leaue this worke vnperfect they promise also to discharge the Prouince from all men of warre but such as shall be needfull to arme the Frontiers Giuen at the Campe before Ostend the 10. day of August 1601. Signed Isabella Albertus and vnderneath Vasseur Although this summe of 600000. Crownes was to be payed at two times that is the one halfe ready downe and the

Leapers or aduenturers to take some prisoner of the enemies Campe they tooke an Italian whom the enemies would haue taken from them but they could not This night there fell out a great accident at the going foorth of the shippes There were three sunke whereof two were full of souldiers of the companies of Captaine Treslon Gistel and Hauttun the third was a shippe that brought English Beeere The Auncient to Captaine Gistel saued himselfe and lost his wife there was also the widow of the deceased Treasurer or receiuer of the contribution The C. Euereuuiin and a comissarie of the treasurer Doublets They were about two houres crying for helpe before the enemy could goe vnto them and if any had gone in time with boates they might haue retired them from thence but seeing that they of the Towne did not succour them they sent a Drum through the Water to the enemies Campe to require faire warres else they would all die with their armes in their handes the enemies granted what they demaunded and tooke them prisoners and presently the three vessels were burnt All this night there was little slooting on eyther side nor any one slaine nor hurt in the Towne The besieged laboured diligently betwixt the Bulworke of Pekel and the East Port In like sort at the new Hauen so as the Towne grew daylie stronger wherein Generall Vere spared neither paine nor trauell without feare of any danger going the round twice a day and once a night to see if the Corps de garde were well furnished and the Sentinels well set especially when the tide was spent The 22. day of Ianuary they shotte of eyther side manye firie Bullets and stones without any hurt done in the Towne but that some souldiers going to fetch away the bordes of some shippes which had been sunke ten or twelue dayes before the enemie shot at them from the battery of the Gollet and hurt foure the which they of the Towne seeing they shot at this battery at that of the East downes from the Bulworke of Pekel That same day Captaine Battemburg who died of sickenesse the day before was honourably buried in the Towne The 23. day one of the enemies being very drunke came into the Towne the Generall caused him to be kept that no man might speake with him before himselfe The Generall also sent a Drumme to the enemy to know some newes of the prisoners that had beene taken in the shippes the 20. of this moneth This fugitiue said that they had put some of them to death for that they were of that company that had yeelded vp S. Andrews fort The besieged shot furiously from the Bulworke of Pekel vpon the Gabions which were vppon the Gollet The 24. of Ianuary the shot of eyther side with firy Bullets and stones vntill midnight The fugitiue said that the peeces which were within the towne vppon Flammemburg the which are demie Culuerins did much harme to the enemies Campe and that many souldiers had beene slaine The besieged laboured to fortifie the olde Towne had a 1000. men in worke there The enemy made a new battery on the West side betwixt the battery of the Cateyes and the West downes The enemies changed their gardes in the after noone they of the Towne shot at them from the west port and from Helmont and many were seene to fall The 25. of Ianuary they shot furiously of either side with firie Bullets and stones From the morning vntill noone al was quiet enough but presently after the tide came with such a fury as all the Country was couered with water the plat-forme vpon the Gollet was so ouerflowne as they could doe nothing with their Canon That day an Auncient had his legge shot off with a Canon which came from the West and two Liuetenants of the new Garison died of sickenesse there was no man else slaine or hurt The 26. day two French souldiers ranne to the enemie they plaied hotly with their Canon and Muskets against the Towne who presently repaied it and it seemed it was their duties to render carefully such offices one vnto another The besieged seeing many goe and come betwixt Alberts fort and the forts which are neere vnto the Towne shot more vehemently then before They of the Towne shot furiously from Flammemburg to the west downes and the enemies from the battery on the Gollet to Flammemburg That day one of the souldiers in garde in the halfe Moone vpon the Gollet went and yeelded to the enemy There was no man slaine nor hurt in the Towne The 27. day the Townsmen shot furiously with their Canon Muskets stones firy Bullets into the enemies Campe so as they were constrained to be all night in armes vntill the morning that they ceased of all sides They were not seene to labour in any of their fortifications although most part of their trenches were broken The 28. of Ianuary the besieged finding that the enemie laboured at the battery which is vpon the Gollet they plaied furiously on them from Flammemburg and the Bulworke of Pekel The same daye one of the souldiers of Captaine Grenu fled to the enemy after whome they of the towne shott in vaine They of the towne hauing discouered some of the enemies Souldiers gathering of Muscles vpon the shoare at the end of the Cateyes they shott at them from Helmount and slue some This night a small Barke went out of the Gollet without harme which was the first since the 20. of the moneth The 29. in the morning they shott furiouslie of both sides yet there was no harme done in the towne the rest of the day they were as quiet as the warres had beene ended The enemy laboured no where but they of the towne were still about their new hauen and East-port The 30. the besieged seeing many of the enemies going and comming betwixt the Cateyes and Albert fort they planted against them those Canons which was vpon the West-port Helmont and Sand-hil with the which they slue many for the Bulwarke of Sand-hill commands ouer all the Sea-shore euen vnto the fort of Albert. The 31. of Ianuary they of the towne shott so furiously from the Bulwarke of Pekel and Spaine vpon ten or twelue small vessels which the enemie kept in a little chanell new made and were new vnlading them as they forced them to leaue their worke yet the enemy made not one shott into the towne but onely with sierie Bullets and stones against the ships that were within the gollet to the which they did no harme At night two ships went out of the Hauen and one Shaloup came in at whom the enemie shott but hurt them not The 1. of Februarie the enemies changing their guardes after their accustomed maner vpon the West they of the towne shott many volees of Canon and Musket after them The 2. of February the enemies stopt vp a Block-house neere vnto Cowe-bridge and did fortifie it and did inuiron the Forte of Grossendurst with Palissadoes