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A07032	A tragicall historie of the troubles and ciuile warres of the lowe Countries, otherwise called Flanders Wherein, is sett forthe the originall and full proceedyng of the saied troubles and ciuile warres, with all the stratagemes, sieges, forceble takynges, and manlike defenses, of diuers and sondrie cities, tounes, and fortresses of the same, together, the barbarous crueltie and tyrannie of the Spaniard, and trecherous hispaniolized Wallons, [and] others of the saied lowe Countreis. And there withall, the estate and cause of religion, especially, from the yere 1559. vnto the yere 1581. Besides many letters, commissions, contractes of peace, unions, articles and agrementes, published and proclaimed in the saied prouinces. Translated out of French into Englishe, by T.S. ge[n]t.; Chronyc. historie der Nederlandtscher oorlogen, troublen enn oproeren oorspronck, anvanck enn eynde, item den standt der religien, tot desen jare 1580. English.	Stocker, Thomas, fl. 1569-1592.; Marnix van St. Aldegonde, Philips van, 1538-1598, attributed name.; Rijckewaert, Carolus, called Theophilus, fl. 1577, attributed name.; Henricpetri, Adam, fl. 1576. General historien der aller namhafftigsten unnd fürnembsten Geschichten, Thaten und Handlungen.; Le Petit, Jean François, 1546-ca. 1615, attributed name.	1583 (1583)	STC 17450.3; ESTC S111524	324,446	432

would procure their ayde and deliuerance praying them to remaine constant not lightly and vnaduisedly receiue in any victuals without they saw himselfe or some assurance from him for he feared that the Spaniardes vnder his name might by some stratageme abuse and deceiue them A flying messen ger arriueth at Leyden The first flying messenger arriued at Leyden the 28. of that moneth which the magistrate by sound of the bel gaue the people to vnderstand the 29. day he read the letters opēly Declaring vnto them how that his Excellencie himself had been with the armie to giue order for their deliuerance and that he had him commended vnto them all beseeching them yet for a while to continue constant for the Lord of Hostes woulde send meanes to deliuer thē These letters greatly gladded and incouraged the people prayfing God and incessantly as the other confedered Townes had done made their prayers vnto the Lorde Now this great ioy was not without some mixture of sorrowe because that before and the same very day the winde blew vp at the Northeast which caused the water to fall rather then ryse so that the princes armie thought that they had as it were lost all hope of deliuering them if the inuisible meanes of God to wit the great flowing of the water which began that 29. day lasted vntill the second of October had not holpen them Wherfore the Admirall Boysot wrote vnto his Excellencie that if God of his mercy did not help both with wind also with the rising of the water and by suche meanes as no mā was able as yet to perceiue that he sawe not which way possible to bring to passe the reuictualling of the towne for this time and feared that after it woulde be too late considering that there was not a beaste left and that there were but two dissributions moe to be had and these but to last for right dayes Insomuch that the misery besides the pestilence diseases and discord was in the towne verie great as he vnderstood by the messengers and as was also after found to be most true For many of them had not in seuen weekes space eaten one byt of bread drunke nothing els but water Horse flesh also was then as good meat with the wealthiest of them as mutton is at this present Cats and dogs amongst the aduenturers Strange kinds o● meates whiche the Leydens did cate and others which lay at the gates of the Towne were thought to be delicate meate and so eaten It is impossible to describe vnto you all their maner of cookery although many tolde mee of it Some of them eate vine leaues mingled with Amell floure and salt There was great difference in the leaues of trees therefore they made sundrie kindes of meates of leeke blades rootes and roote stalkes and the roote leaues which fell to the ground was a very ordinary kinde of good meate Rootes and skinnes cut in small gobbins and sodden in butter mylke was an ordinary and common meate for manie Gentlewomen were driuen to eate their little pupprelles in whom before they tooke great pleasure To the place where the flesh was wonced to be cut out and diuided the poore children came and eate blood rawe the peeces of the flesh which fell away in the diuision All the old rottē shoes in the towne which lay in the dirt were takē vp eatē forthwt. The Poore women were seene sitting vpon the dounghils with their clokes cast ouer their heads gathering vp of the best bones they coulde finde and carryed them home to their houses And they no sooner founde the least stalk of a roote but that they immediately eate it vp The young boyes oftentimes sucked the bones which the dogs had gnawne Euery woman that lay in childbed was fain to be pleased with a quarter of a pound of bisket a day Some women againe were so honger bitten as that the childe in theyr wombe was almost pined to death The blood of the cattell was gathered vp out of the filthie stinking gutters of the towne The prices of certaine victuals in Leyden and eaten Neuerthelesse their drinke was somwhat more to be borne withall for beside the water they had Beare made of Dates which cost an Holland pennie the pot Yea some made drinke of the very huskes of the graines mingling therw t hearbe Grace Rue in steed of Hemlock Othersome dranke vineger water mingled together so that whē the town was freed at liberty there was scarcely any vineger to be had A pound of butter was worth xv souls A yellow carot one souls a rootstalk halfe a souls a Peare or Apple a grote There was offered for a sacke of wheate an hundred florins Ouer and besides this great misery the plague was so ryfe all the Towne ouer as that there dyed of it almost sixe thousand persons The young children which were staruen to death said as it is written in the lamentations of Ieremie Where is the bread where is the wine and so fell down stark dead in the streetes or betweene their mothers armes The insupportable calamitie and miserie of the Leydeus and therefore after that many young children were faine to eate horse flesh The men which could scarscely go ouer the bridge were enforced to ward as good as naked and in their returne founde neither wife nor children aliue They that were wont to goe with their dizaines to the warde came backe againe with eight sixe and sometimes three Noble women and their children which were wont to be clad in silkes and fed vppon the most delicate meates dyed of very hunger There was a dead man brought and layde before the gate of the Buroughmasters thereby to shewe hym as it was thought both closely and expresly that hee had beene the cause thereof therfore that it apperteined to him to seeke the mean to preuent it To bee short the extreeme miserie in the Towne was such as is impossible for mee to describe and set downe But they who after the deliuerance thereof had seene their leane faces and small and feeble legges might easily haue witnessed the same And now to returne againe vnto the Princes armie it had not needed to haue tarryed long at Norta if it had beene certainelie knowne that the Leydens coulde haue held out longer time Againe the Prince and chiefe rulers of the armie knewe right well that the neerer Winter drewe on the greater abundaunce of water woulde ensue And the generall of the armie knewe well enough also that hee must passe betweene Soeterwood Suyten house and so did the enemie likewise and therefore had especially placed his whole warde there In the meane while many thought it best to attempt by night Soetermeir Meere way towardes Stompwyke way but it was to no purpose because that all the ditches and chanels lay in and out crokedlie besides the Spaniard also warded there The Papists aforesaid had lying vpon the

the Protestantes who by reason of the scituation and commoditie of the place assembled them selues at Oosterwell a shorte myle from Antwerpe When the Dutchesse vnderstoode of this shee sent the 13. of Marche vnder the conduct of Hans de Grauedrossat of Brabant foure hundred footemen and fiue hundred horse which were piked out of the Garisons aswell of Brabant as of Flaunders who assayled and fought with the Protestantes ouerthrew them and put them to flight The Gueses discomfited pu● to flights There were slayne at that instant their Captayne Mounsieur de Tolonse and a great manie of others some gotte into the Medowe ditches thinking thereby to saue them selues howebeit they were slayne with Harquebuze shotte and some of them were burnt vp in the Barnes and Houses of Oosterwell without any resistaunce They tooke also a prisoner who had a scrowle of the names of all those that subscribed to the Conspiracie by which meane they learned and came to the knowledge of manie secrete purposes whereupon also ensued very much mischiefe When the Protestantes of Antwerpe vnderstood of these dealings they put themselues in armes and passing by the Meire Bridge marched on towardes the Gate that they might get out of the Citie to helpe their people But my L. the P. of Orange who remayned stil in Antwerp gouernour for his Maiestie being hereof aduertised came vnto them and admonished counselled them to leaue off that enterprise saying that it was impossible for thē to ayde the souldiers of Oosterwell and that if so be they issued out of the Towne they should tast of the same sawce and be laid on Gods deare earth as we say as the rest were because they were too too weake to deale agaynst Horsemen But if they woulde abyde in the towne that theyr bodtes and goods shoulde be saued for there shoulde no man take any wronge in his presence Whiles the Prince was thus talking with the Citizens A sedition and tumult in Antwerpe the tumult encreased more and more For both horsemen and footemen had taken and kept the Meire Bridge and the streete called Hauuetters street where they continued in armes vntill it was after noone During these troubles the Prince had talked and agreed with the Magistrate and counsell of Antwerpe that the three companies of the souldiers that were leuied for the safeguard of the Citie as before hath been said which were ranged in order of battayle in the market place shoulde returne home and the artillery be drawen to the ordinarie place And although through the good and gentle woordes of the Prince of Orange this tumult and trouble was supressed yet renued it agayne by reason that the Italians Spaniards Catholikes together those of the religion had gotten the Market place on horsebacke Iusomuch that they of the reformed religion assembled themselues a freshe This sedition continued two dayes together and euery man doubted that some mischieuous issue woulde thereon eusue And as they were all very desirous to haue one another by the eares it was feared that there woulde bee a wonderfull great effusion of blood and that the victors would sacke the vanquisheds houses Insomuch that there was great mourning and weeping of women and children in euery house But as eyther part kept their order of battell the Prince and the Boroughmasters traueiled in all they might to agree them The tumult● suppressed and stayed the apparant effusion of blood and dealt so earnestly betweene them as that they appeased the parties as followeth 1 First That all the Citizens both of the one religion of the other shoulde be sworne to bee faythfull and loyall to the king and to the Prince of Drange for the common quiet and benefite of the citie of Antwerp and with al their care and fidelitie stoutly keepe and defende the same 2 The Gouernours and Magistrates shall not receiue any men of warre into the Citie without the common consent of the three members of the Citie 3 All the priuiledges and liberties of the Citie of Antwerpe shall be obserued 4 Item That for the benefite of the common weale and the aduauncing of the negociation or trade the agreement made in september concerning the religion shall abide in full strength without any fraude or guile whatsoeuer vntill such time as his Maiestie with the aduise of the generall Estates shall otherwise haue appointed the same 5 Item That the beste qualified of eyther Religion shal promise not to molest one the other but in any neede assiste and ayde one the other to the vttermost of their power 6 That for the better assuraunce the keyes of the Citie shall be deliuered vp into the handes of the Prince of Orange to shut and open the Gates thereof 7 There shall be a good watch appointed of Citiznes and souldiers of the Citie 8 All thinges that are past shall be forgiuen and forgotten 9 Whosoeuer he be that watcheth not shall keep his house and tende his businesse 10 Item That for the greater safetie of the Citie there shall bee leuied by the consent of the three members foure hundred Horsemen and the Skelde to be guarded by the furnished Shippes of warre if it shall seeme good to those of the religion and the Chieftaynes who by the common counsell are thereto appoynted 11 All the enhabitauntes of the Citie of Antwerpe none excepted shal be bounde to helpe beare the charges which shall bee made for the conseruation of the Citie 12 All the Artillery that is planted on the Bulwarkes and on other places shall bee deli●ered vp into the handes of the gouernours 13 All the troubles with a common assistance shall be suppressed for the common quiet of the Citie and the seditious enprisoned 14 For the greater assuraunce and obseruing of the things and pointes aforesayde The Gouernour Magistrate and other officers of the Citie all those of the religion shall by othe confirme them selues to keepe them without fraude or guile whatsoeuer 15 The Captaynes and Souldiers which are now leuied or that are hereafter to be leuied shal be retained vntil such time as it be otherwise agreed vpon Lastly They of the religion beseeche her Excellencie that it woulde please her to bee alwayes myndefull for the welfare of the Citie and haue a care for his Maiesties profitand the Cities These Articles beeing accepted on eyther side The Spanyardes and Italians departed first nexte the Gueses who at that tyme were so called and last of all the Catholiques and the laying all at once their Armoure and weapon aside During these troubles The L. of Bre●erode taken for ●rebell the Dutchesse had sent one of the Secretaries of the prinie Counsell to the Lorde of Brederode and to his consortes who lay in Holland in the Citte of Amsterdame sharpely commanding them to departe the Citie and Countrey by reason of the rebellion which they had committed against his Maiestie if they woulde not bee pursued as enemies to the Countrey and