AFter the happy Victory, obteyned by that wise and valiant Generall Peter Heyne, ouer the Spanish siluer fleete, and the safe re • ume, of the West Indian ships into the Netherlands▪ the Lords the States Centrall, and the Prince of Orange, marking wisely herein the goodne •• and prouidence of God, that, that Neruus belli, which th • king of Spayne would haue imployed against them, was now brought into the bowels of their country, tooke courage, resolued for the field, and prepa • ations being mad • and sen • before, his Excel. to amuze the Enemy, appointed our Rendevous at Skinck • -sco • c • the 26 of Aprill 1629. where th • companies being, come, expected further order from ye Prince▪

On Tewsday then the 24 of Aprill 1629, according to th • new stile, his Excel. Sr Harry Veyne, his Maiesties extrao • dinary Lord Ambassadour, my Lord Generall Vere▪ wit • diuers other Lords and cōmanders, set forward from ye 〈◊〉 that night lodg'd at Verceht: the next at Ar • h • m, whence 〈◊〉 sent monsieur Wyts, Sariant maior General to Skincks-sco ••• with this order, that the shipping should • ack about, and fa •• downe y• streame to Nemegen. The wagons being mustered 〈◊〉 distributed to y• companie • , the 2 • : y• Prince & hit traine, depa • ted from Ar • ham to Nemegen, & gaue command, that the co • panies should be drawne off from shipboard, and march alon • by the towne side to Mucker-heath, where the Army qua •• red that night, vnder the heauens canopy, by the same token rayned almost all that night.

On the morrow being the 〈◊〉 his Ex • el ga •• order that 〈2… pages missing〉 the creeke of the day, at the first beating of his drumme the souldiers should put on their armes, at the second beating of a march, they should draw forth and be readi • to ma • ch. Monsieur Percivall the quarter master Generall with the quarter masters of euery Regiment, and the captaine of the pioniers went before to prepare the way, by which the army should march, and so made a way thorow closies and ditches t • ll they came to the Ma • e dyke, and then the army marcht along the dyke, till they came a musket shot beneath y• Graue, where they found a bridge layed ready ouer the Maze, and there passed ouer the bridge 56 troopes of Horse, and 286 companies of foote, whereof many were double, wch marcht to the way y• goes to the Busse, where the three Brigadoes of the Army, the Avant guard, the Battaile, and the Reere, were quart • red that night in a right line vpon the Heath, which made a goodly shew, with the but ends of their pikes sticking in the ground, in their ranckes and • iles, and our Horse sodg'd on the right hand of the Heath, at two villages called Reeke, and Schayck neere vnto them.

On munday morning the last of Aprill, the Army began to mo • ue againe, at the breake of day, and that night marcht to a Village called Hejwicke, where there was a castle, which the enemie held, some two houres going frō the Busse, whether the quarter Masters riding before to quarter the Army, they lay pelting at them, and some straglers; out of the loope holes of the Castle: but his Exellencie sent them word by the Gentelman, which dwelt in the Castle, that they should not play y• fooles too long in holding it out; for if they did, & that they did force him to bring ordinance before it, hee would beate it about their eares, and that they were to expect no quarter, He summoned them once more by his Trumpetter: yet for all that they held it out stil, till they saw the Avantgard of our armie, come marching towards them, and then they yeilded, and cryd peccaui, and sould to our souldiers, bread, butte • , bear • cheese, bacon, hens, and ducks, which was a good refreshmt to them. Count Ernest comming vp turnd them out, and put some 60 of our • irelockes into it, and so the Armie was lodgd that night in the fields, and meddowes by the riuer side • alled the Aye.

The next day being May-day, the Armie marcht through a village called Gemonde, where they passed a bridg ouer the Dummell, and the Armie being marcht to the Heath his Exellencie made a halt, and broke his fast in a pesants house and hauing broke his fast, tooke with him a thousand horse, and went to viewe the ground at Vucht, where y• Armie should be quartered, the enemie not forgetting now • nd then, to send vs some Cannon bullets from the towne, • nd sc • ne • s. After his Exellencie had well viewed the ground, and found out the convenientest places for vs to quarter in: he ga • e order to the quarter master generall, to giue to euerie quarte • master his ground, and lodg'd himselfe in a Gentelmans hous • at Vucht, called Heyms-house, and my Lord generall Ver • , was lodg'd in a house next vnto him. Then the armie wa • parted, & were quartered thus, the gardes, the English, the French the walloones, and the Lord of Diedens Regiment, consisting of 13 4 companies of foote (besides horse) with his Exci • a • Vuc • t. The Scotch, the frizons, and some dutch Regiment • consisting of 50 companies with Count Ernest at Flinton. Count William of Nassawe Gouernour of Huysden with 35 companies at Orten, The Lord of Breadroods with • 6 companies vpon the side of the Petlar sconce. And Count Solmo with the Lord of Hemers company and others at Eng • l • n for the safety of our shipping. And on the 11th of May Monsieur Pincen came with 23 companies which attended the Riuer, and tooke vp his quarter at Deuteren by Grubbingdonks Koy, and so in this manner the Busse was girt about

On wensday the second of May, all the quarters beeing layd out, and euerie Regiment and company hauing their ground giuen them, his Excie that afternoone sent for the Commi • Martin, and all the quartermasters, and there in his chamber makes a calculation himselfe, how many spades, pickaxes, & showels the Commis had in the quarter, which fell to be 31 to euery single company, 64 to a double▪ giuing with all expresse charge to the quarter masters, that the next mornin • betime they should begin to entrench their quarters, which was done with such expedition, that the same night the trench was made vp, and his Excie towards euening riding • long the line, to view the worke gaue thanks to the Captaines, quarter-masters, and souldiers for their diligence therein.

The quarters then being defensible, as so many Bees to their hiues, so each souldier brings somthing to the making vp of his hutt. This being done his Excie. rides about to view the ground for his out line. The line of Circumvallation wt • it Angells, was nigh 30 English miles in circuit. Wee may take it thus, from the right side of the Damme, where the Dummell was stopt, it ran along by Generall Cicill • quarter and so to Coronell Harewoods, from thence to the Walloons along the heath to the Milciort, and so downe to the stone gallowes, then along from the V • chter heath, to De • rer • s. •• om thence to the Busse floote, and so along the men of 〈◊〉 to Engelen, from Engelen to Creui-ce • ur, and from thence on the other side of the Dieff • , downe to O • ten to Count William • quarter, from th • nce to 〈◊〉 to Count Ernest • quarter and th • n along by the Nu •• cloistes, the little will, & Cou • -water, to the Lord of Broadroode • quarter, and so to the Vfroues sconce, from thence to Beskell scon • e, and so to the Dam • e, where it met againe.

It was admirable to see the vigllancie, and carefulne • of the Prince▪ for there was not a patch of ground, by which the Enem • might haue relieued the Towne, but it was most strongly forti • ied. • sconces, horne-works, halfe-moones, redoubts and trauerses, as likewise the inner line against the Towne which for breuity sake I refer you to the Carde. But that wch was most remarkeable, and which Grobbingdonk lea • t drea • ied of, & which he ingeniously confest vnto Lord of Hemes as he marcht out of the Towne, whereof the one was the passing of the Hollands dyke by the spade ouer the drowned •• nd by his Koy. and so along to the Busse floore, wrought all by pesants which brought Earth and brush in boatte, and in diuers places made this dyke, which was drowned with water higher then to a mans middle: y• other, the stopping of the Dummel, which ouerflow'd and fed the monace round about the Busse, which water was articifially carried and convayed round about our quarters, by two ditches ouer the Heath, • one beeing 26 foote broad, and the other 36 foote ouer and 8 or ten foote deepe in diuers places, wch discharged it selfe into the dround land by Vleeme, and into the Busse floore.

But before his Excellencie could make this Hollands dike gardable, vppon the fourth of May in the night, there •• ipt into the towne 600 souldiers from Breda, which came by Vsee to Deuteren (where mo • s. Pi • ceus quarter was afterward) and from thence wading vp to the arme pices by the kerre sconce, got into the toune by Saint Iohne Pore. But on the 11 of May monsieur Pineen tooke vp his quarter by Grobbindonekes koye, and so stopt this passage for comming thee wave any more.

The ou • li • e then beeing finished, and a liour workes made vp and defencible which lasted well nigh three weekes or a month, his Excellencie then began his approaches, euerie nation striuing for his honour, as in Agamemuons armie before Troye. The first night ground was broken and two Redoubts made in the way as ye goe from Vucht to the little sconce. the next night we advanced a stone east further, and made two other Redoubts with a crauerse betweene them, there wee and the french shooke hands, and parted 〈◊〉 with th • 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thelittle sc • nce, they with the Wallones and the lord of Diedens Regiment for y• g • eat, till we met againe at the •• tel Sconce▪ yet notwithstanding hauing broken ground some 200 p • ces further, his Excellencie caused a fiue of communication to bee made betwixt v • and them, and a batterie in the midst of it, that vppon any occasion wee might s •• ond one another. This breaking of ground continewed with commanded men at 10. fts. a night, till wee got within halfe 〈◊〉 shot of both sconces, and alwaies as we got ground by winddings and turnings: so wee made gardes, batteries, traverse • , and blinds, for the safeguard and defence of our men. And fo • the Approaches Capt: Iohn de Bosch, & M • Humfrey we • e appointed Inginers for the English, Mont. Percival and his sonne for the French.

The commanded men then being dischargd, & that itbeg • n to grow hot, by reason of the enemies often shooting, the worke masters •• oke on the approaches, & • apt forward by degr ••• for al the enemies shooting both with ordinance & smal shot, & stil making guards, batteries, & blinds for the security of our men, till wee come to the water, which falls out of the Dummell into y• moate o • y• 〈◊〉 , making it a little Iland, before wee could come to the moate it selfe, and as wee advanced▪ so we drew forward our ordinance, which playedvpon b •• h y• the Sconces, til we come to the laying ouer of our first gallery.

The French likewise aduanced their workes euerta • e making guards, batteries, and blinds, till they got to the moate of the Horne-worke without the great sconce, where they also began to lay ouer their first gallery.

The Lord of Breadroode made likewise approaches, vpon the Petla • sconce ouer the morrace, which was very deepe filling it vp with • arth and brush, till he go • t within two or three rode of the counterscarfe of the Petlar sconce.

Count Ernest on Hinton side did tho like, by advancing his approaches, and made his first battery of si • e halfe Canon, almost within musker shot of the Towne, still making guards, batteries, and blinds, as he go • grounde, till became to the moate of their horne-worke, without the halfe-moone on that side, and likewise til he was ready to put ouer his first gallery.

On his side was made a great battery of seauen whole Canon and some halfe, which played into the Towne, & vpon th • • kirt of the Towne, betweene the Ortener and Hi • t ••• r Port. From this great battery, ran a line downe to the great earth •• gallery, which was wrought ouer the morrace • or 8 foote deepe, with blinds and traverses, fild vp with Earth, sod •• , & 〈◊〉 , till is was brought within ten poules of the w • ll on that side of the Towne. And from this great battery ran a line of Cōmunication downe to Count Williams two batteries vpon the Ortener dike, which short likewise into the Towne, and vpon that Port.

There was likewise approaches made on Monfieur Pincens side, towards St Iohns Port, to keepe the ennemy in, and to make some Crosse batteries to play vpon the Towne, Vuchter Port, and halfe-moone, but by reason of the deepth of the morrace he could not approach farre, and thus much for the approaches in generall.

When wee were fast, Count Harry of the Berke, musters vp his forces, giues them a moneths pay, and at length march • th with his army consisting of some 7000 horse and 20000 foote, and came and quartered at Sprang, Walwick, Druine, and • oone. And on the 27 of Iune, he marches from Vleeme to Cromford and Helford, within an English mile and a halfe of our out line, and shewing himselfe our ordinance bids him welcome, and lets fly at his men, as they marched towards their quarters, and being quattered in these two villages, buzzes vp and downe, to spy out all advantages, where he might best relieue the Towne. And to am • ze v • the more, on the 28 he marches with the grosse of his Army back againe towards Vleeme, and while his designe lay another way giues an alarum in the night by Engel, and on monfieur Pincens side, and in the interim sent a matter of 4000 horse, and foote, with 800 firelockes, each hauing a leather bag of powder, to put them into the Towne, betweene the Petla • Sconce, and Count Ernests quarter, and brought along with them spades, fagots and plancks, to fall vpon a horne-worke of ours not farre from Coudewater: but being discouered by our men in the night, which stood ready to receiue them, the alarum being giuen, they were beaten off, some of them, drowned, and others being shott and wounded, retreated, and left some of their powder bags behind them.

This failing, hee had another designe by the helpe of two treacherous pesants, for the cutting of our Damme. The same night these pesants as their guides, brought his men along the little dike, which runnes from the Damme to Baxil by y• bores houses: but they in the night discouering general Cicills tent • which we • e newly set vp, their hearts misgaue them, and they fai • ed that they had mistaken their waye, and so retreated without attempting it, part of a company onely hauing the guard at that point vpon y• dike, while the rest of the companies were drawne to the line vpon the Heath, they might • astly haue effected it. Our mon in the morning discouering them, as they marched toward Count Harrys quarters, thetwo halfe Canons which lay vpon Generall Cicills battery let flye at them, and flew some of them. But to preuent this, the next day his Excie caused abund • nce of palisadoes to be driuen into the dyke, and made a battery, where they should haue come on, of two pieces of ordinance, and from thence to Berkell sconce, chayned boates together ouer the water before the damme for the defence of it.

Count Harry of the Berke being then quartered at Buxill, Cromford, and Helford, within an English mile and a halfe of our out line, wee beganne to come into action, and made the nights our dayes, and the dayes our nights, expecting still his comming, which continued 23 nights together till he left vs. The companies of all Nations, beset the line of Circumvallation, some 200 paces distant one from another, round about the Army, and the horse standing behinde them in battaile ready to receiue him. His Excie and the king of Bohemia 〈◊〉 their traine euery night about midnight going the Grand Round, to answere all alarums. The same night that he intended to put in these firelockes, and their powder bags into the Towne, and to haue cut the damme, and haue let in a sea of water vp on vs, which was round about our trenches, returning from Vleeme with the grosse of his Army, he discouered himselfe betimes in the morning, assoone as it was light, by the downes, and had layd an ambuscado of mu • ke • teirs, in a ditch by trees, & behinde the downes he made a halt with his horse and foote, and sends out first some 10 or 13 horse to entertaine as kirmish with our horse, which had the out guard. The trumpets sounds a charge, and our Canons roares from al the batteries vpon the line, and sent bullets toward their batt • lions, and among their horse that skirmisht. The skirmish betweene our horse and theirs encreased, and as the Enemy sent out more horse from behind the • ills, so wee did the like from the fort, whereon his Excie stood with the king of Bohemia. At last there came two or three troope of horse to skirmish and change bullets on with another, and still our ordinance giuing fire among them, our horse charging them toward the foure of the downes, they fayned a retreate to draw on our horse within their Ambuscado. And monsieur Maune a French Captaine of a troope of horse, charging home his horse from the Ambuscado was slayne vnder him. The Enemy falls out againe with more horse, and takes this French Captaine Monsieur Maune prisoner. The Duke of Bullon seing him thus engaged, chargeth with • troope or two more to reseu • him, and while two of the •• myes me • were a disputing whose prisoner he should be, our horse charges them againe driues them to a re • re •• e, & they not hauing time to carry their prisoner away, to end the dispute pistols him, and so the Dake brought off his body. This skirmish continuing a while after betweene our horse and their C • a •• Harry marched away with his troops to his quarters, and his Excie with a perspectiue glasse, saw his Army and told their co • llours. and when they were m • rcht away his Excie gaue order that wee should be drawne off, and march to our quarter • to our rest. Count Harry remouing his quarters from Cromford, & Helford, to B • xill, the English then beset the line from the damme to the Vffrowe • s • once, and from thence to the Lord of B • e • droods quarter. And Count Harry at the last seing it was impossible for him to relieue the Towne, leauing vs, th • companies were eased of this extraordinary dutye He marcht towards the Graue, and his ordinance being graueld & sunck into the ground, made a halt for a day or two to get them off, which made vs imagine he would haue returned back againe to vs. But at length he passed the ma • e by Mu • ker, and made as though he marched away, and had nothing to say to Nemegen, but bethinking himselfe wel, stole backe in the night with some of his forces to surprize it. The Burgers and souldiers hauing intelligence of his comming prouided for him, and were in a readinesse vpon the wall to welcome him, and the alarum being silently taken, they gaue fire from the wall among his troopes, and if a Cannonier could haue but found the key of a pouder house not farre from his halfe canon, where they should haue, fal • e on, they had payd him bette • , howsoeuer they carryed off a waggon full of dead bodyes, and hurt men, and in the morning found many armes which they had left behind, as Mr Pilgrime the seruice master of Nemegen told mee, who was then present with his musket vpon the wall.

The Enemies Policie was now by way of diuersion, to raise vs from the siege of the Busse, and to that end sent the Gouernour of Ling, and Dulcken which was the gouern • ur of Groll with certaine muskettiers and firelockes before, to y• Isell to gaine a passage, while Count Harry passes y• Rhyne at Wesell, and meetes with the Emperours forces. The gouernour by the helpe of a ferry mans sonne (who for his reward they afterward made Captayne) got ouer the Isell at Isellort Captaine Dabbs and a Scotch Captaine marcht as fast as they could to stop & hinder the enemies passage by sloopes ouer the Isell, but cam • to late notwithstanding he got vp as many of his men as he could, and figh • brauely with the Enemy, in which sight, hee himselfe, and diuers of his company were flaine. The enemie being come ouer the Ysel falls to worke as fast as they could, to maintaine, and make good their passage, till more forces came vp to them. Count Harry hauing the newes off it, sent with all expedition the Emperours forces horse, & foot to them. Ar • h • m was then in a pittiful feare, and diuers of th • best sort sled out of the towne, which gaue discouragement to their fellow Burge • s, and caused tho • e a great disorder. Newes came to the Prince, that the enemie was passed ouer the Is • l at Yselo • t into the yellowe, he presently sent forces out of our Armie at seuerall times, as first the lord of Di • d • ns R • gi • et with diuers English, french, and scotch companies. afterward count Ernest, Coronel Harewood, Lieutenant Coronel Pagnam • or the English. and Coronell Hanteriue for the French. Count Ernest comming to Arnham and finding it much distracted, caused his drums to b •• te a proclamation, that those Burgers which were fled & had abandoned the towne should vpō penalty of confiscating their goods and lands returne backe againe into the Towne. Then he guards and besets the B • row from Arnham to Skincksennce, and so to Nimogen ouer which Coronell Har • wood, and Lieutenant C • ronell Pagnam commanded. And from Arnham downe the Riuer to Rhyme and wagener ouer whom Coronel Hauteriue & Sr Iohn Ver • commanded. The Enemy after they had • howne themselues before Arnham vpon the hills, and made some incursions into y• velowe, they tooke in a sconce of ours betweene Do • sbarow and Zurphin, on the valow side by Spankeron, which a seriant with small reputation vpon the first summons gaue ouer.

The Enemy finding this pla • e more Con •• nient remoued his • ridge and quarter from Iselor • & came thither, because it was a higher ground, and better for his Army to lodge in, and there layd ouer his bridge, & droue in piles of • ake before it to secure it from breaking or burning, and both on the velow • side, and the county side at the •• d thereof made strong force, and entrenchments with seu • n points to defend it. And being thus get into the ground and fortified, the Ba •• e of Mount Cu • uly who commanded the Crawa •• , accompanied with Count Harry of the Berks soone mar • h •• thorow the fear by a narrow passage to A •• reford, and those of the Towne after a Cannon sho • t or two from the gallowe • hill giues it o • er vnworthily, whereas if they had held it but two or three dayes 〈◊〉 the Pence had s •• t to them, or I hang • r had •• de the enemy to forsake them, they had done better and gayned more repu • ation. Amerchard now being taken, there was likewise a 〈…〉 in Vtrecht, 〈◊〉 of the • ight of s • me of their chiefe men and Burgers. The Papists began in diuers places to put vp their heads and expected a day. The Lords the States generall themselues to giue encouragement to those of Vtrecht in this perplexed time, and to preuent further disorders, were fayne to remoue their councill from the Hagh to Vtrecht. And General Morgan in this distresse, came happily out of Denmarke, & put in forces into Campen, Swoll, Deuenter and Zutphen▪ The states began to fortifie Vtrecht, and ran a trench along the riuer side that goes from Vtrecht to the Fare. To be short, the Enemy being master of Amersford many mens hearts began to faile them, and they hung downe their heads like bulrushes, you may likewise imagine, what heauy newes this was in our Army, and how bobbard the papists grew herevpon, witnes two, y• one who had giuen out, that his Excel. was risen from the Busse, That the Enemy had beaten vp the Lord of Breadroods quarter, and had releiued ye • owne, for which report, he might very well haue had his braine • knockt out, and his house plundred by the popularity if th • magistrates had not wisely preuented it. The other after his geering māer said to some of our Religion. Oh hee geel zynnude Geux hate broeck. His Excel. was much importuned by some to raise his siege, to hinder the Enemies further incursions into the heart of their country, which he would by noe meanes heare off: notwithstanding cald a coancill of warre vpon it, and tooke ye advise of his chiefs & Coronells. His Excel-knowing fullwell what an infinite charge this siege had cost the land, & that his honour, & all ours lay at y• stake vpon it, and so resolued to continew his siege, and to rest vpon the prouidence of God for the Euene? Whiles the Enemy was thus a dominering in Amersford, firing, plundring, and rauaging the velow & had intended another expedition for Hatton, Swoll, Campen and chose parts: Nowes comes from heauen that Wesell was taken, • his dashes all, & breakes the necke of all their designes. The Lord shuts a doore behind him, puts a hooke in his nostrill, and fetches him back with a whirre. The Emperours men & Crawats, who had left their goods & riches in Wesell, sweares by e • n hondert duysent tonnen van gettapte duyvelen & thought ye there had bene iugling betwene y• Prince of Orange, & Count Harry his Cossin. The post which brought the first newes of it to them, was beaten, and threatned to be hanged for his labour. And they made as much hast as they could to be iogging from Amersford. The newes comming to our army it was so strange that the Prince himselfe scarcely beleeued it, but at last breakes out into admiration, as it was reported, & said, if it be so, it was meerely the worke of God, and not mans. And to vs it was as a dreame, we could hardly giue credit vnto it, till it was thorowly seconded, and confirmed.

If it please you I wil relate vnto you, how, & in what manner it was surprised. First, as a preamble therevnto yee haue heard, how that the Enemy against oath, & promise had shut vp th • greate Church in Wesel, against those of our religion, and for • ooth to coulor this as comonly they doe, they gaue the child another name: it was • he Emperours doings • verif they would pay a round summe of mony, they would open the church doores, and they should haue the liberty of their conscience and free excercise of their religion againe. This was onely a trick to exhaust mony from them, for they vse to keepe faith no longer with Hereticks, then till they find their advantages, according to the maxime of the Councill of Trent. But the righteous God, who is the reuenger of such persidiousnesse: as he heard the sighs and gro • ines of the children of Israel, vnder the Tyranny of Pharaoh: so heard hee also the Sobbs & prayers of his afflicted seruants in this Towne, and sent them a sudden deliuerance in an vnexpected time, by the helpe of two or three weake instruments (for hee can helpe with a few as well as with a multitude) • rom the spanish yoake, who had bereft them of their spirituall Manna. To this end a speciall occasion then presented it selfe by reason of a new Bulwarke wch was a making on the East side of the Towne, and lay open, & was onely shut in with a palisadoe which might easily be beasen downe, as the Euent hereafter shewed. The vndertakers of this enterprise were Peeter Mulder, Richard Mulder his brother, and Iohn Rotleer, all three Burgers of Wesell, men of a meane Condition, but of a good spirit and resolution, to performe that which they had vndertaken. This Peeter Mulder diuers times faining to learne to swim • , had pild the depth of the moate on that side, and spying out all ope • tunities made a great Iron hammer, to beate downe the aboue said palisado. The time and place then beeing dessigned on the 18th of August 1629, hee went out of Wesell at one port some three dowres before the shutting of the gates, and an Foure after his brother followed him and went out at another • ort and Iohn Rotle • r a little before the shutting of the ports went out as a third port, least any thing should be discouer • d, and to bring them newes if al were w • l in y• to • ne, & meeting all three together in the darke at the place apointed, sel al three do • ne vpon their knees and implored the aide of the Lord of Hosts, to giue them wisedome, strength, and courage, to performe y• which they had vndertaken for the deliuerance of their felow 〈…〉 and brethren, patiently attending the comming of • Lord of Dioden • ouernor • of E • arick who • reun • Prince had the comma • d for the managing of this des • igne, About midni ••• came vnto 〈◊〉 from 〈…〉 a matter of sixteene hundreth foote (some ma • ke • iers others fir • lockes and halfe pi ••• ) and eight • roops of horse. Before they went on, the Lord of Dioden to doe 〈◊〉 man w • ong made them drawe B • llets, who should first fall on▪ the first b • ll • t then fel to captaine 〈◊〉 H •• gen • . The second to the Dr •• sa • d of Bra • ort. The third to Mounsieur Die •• . the fourth to Mo •• sieur Market. And the fifth to Monsieur Lawik each captaine hauing 150 men vnder his command. Pe • ter Mulde • ▪ & hi • two comrades goes on couragiously before them as a forelorne hope, giuing courage to the souldiers, whose hearts began a little to misgiue them, Eie car troop • c • me thi • her, and that the Lord of Died •• ▪ had ordered the busi • esse thus, it began to be light, and they did imagine that it was not practickable. The Enemy likewise, seing the day bro ••• , and that it began to be very fight, drew off these by-wat • • from that place, and betooke themselues to their 〈◊〉 . But God who is the disposer of all warlike att • mpts, and giues courage to men, at last our men felv • on the bulwarke abou • said, and P • ter Mulder (as is sayd going before breakes downe the paliss • do with his hammer, and makes an • n •• anc • , the officers, and souldiers seconded him b • a • ely, and enters the towne on sunday morning the 19 of August 1629 a little before sunne •• sing, after the gard was dei •• ue off. And cutting of y• two gards nets adioyning to that place bare vp stiffe towardes the m • rket place. The al • rum was so suddaine, that the enemie • men running too and againe to answere it, knew not our men from their owne. Captaine 〈◊〉 , who was the first that entred mets with some resistance vnder the Gonangen p •• t, (or prisoners gatehouse) and there had thr •• encounters with the enemie, hau ••• but 〈…〉 with him, leauing the r • s • to keepe open the en • rance, and to gard the corners of the streetes that the e •• mie might gath •• 〈◊〉 head to cut of his second behinde him. In the Inc • tim, Peter Mulder ran in al hast to Vulcan the smith one of his acquaintance, and knockt him vp, and cald to him, y• downe wa • Geax, the smith being much amazed at such a sudaine newe • opened his sh • pp dore, and they taking his men, and the gre • t • st 〈◊〉 hee had, ran apace vnto the Bru • nish port broke of the lockes, barres, and boults the •• of, and opend the gate▪ but comming to the draw bridg was shrondly p • sse • gd a good while, before • a could get downe the chaines of that bridge▪ but at the last (O the admirable prouidence of God •• 〈…〉 bullet from the bulwarke which flankerd • bridge, as Peter Mulder himselfe reported to his master at Amsterdam, and shott the chaine assunder, downe goes the bridge the horse which stood before the port enters, the trumpets sound tantara, they scowre the streets, and drawes vp in bataile into the market place de cap en pied, with their pistols in their hands, The Spaniards fled out of the Towne to the sconces, our foote followes the horse, besetts the wall, and possesses all their guards, breakes downe their bridge, which lay ouer the Rhyne, and which draue downe the streame towards Rees, & sets fire on some sloopes and punts, which were o • the other side of the water. The Sconces comming in vpon composition. And the brunt being ouer, the souldiers fell a plundring, gott into the Spaniards shops: the officers houses, and the bitterest Papists and Iewes houses, Ransacks the cloisters, breakes downe the Images in the churches, and got an incredible boo • y. As Count Harry of the Berk his plate, and chiefest baggage. Monsieur Count Cuculies mony and goods, The riches of diuers Coronells, horse and foote Captaines, which ye Emperours men and Crawats had gott in the Germane warrs, and left there behind them for safety in their expedition into ye velow, To conclude y• foote deuided the spoyle, & the horsemen shated bags and barrells of rix-dol • ers by the hattfulls. But that which was most remarkeable (O iust God!) that church, which they had bolted vp against those of the Religion, that very Sunday was made a prison for their officers and souldirs till on the morrow they were sent prisoners to A • nham, and the officers stood good for the • ansom of 1042 souldiers, who the next day were sett ouer the water with their wiues and children. There was six companies of Spaniards, and eight others of seuerall nations in the Towne, besides some horse.

Three of the Enemies Captaines were slaine, and about 70 souldiers, and we lost but nine in all. The names of the prisoners taken were these,

Francisco Lozano Gouernour, The chiefe kerteritz, Baron de liques, Captaine la Crous, Captaine Burgos, Captaine Ventos, The chiefe Bour, and Captaine Bour, Captaine Nieuborow, Captaine la Court, Captaine Darimont, Captaine, Cruyt, Captaine Velasco, Captaine Bourri, Captaine Perry Reformado, Galleron, Sariant Maior of the Towne, Captaine la Nove, Caro a horse Captaine,, Rottelly yu Auditor, L' Espi cho Phisitian of the Hospital of Rhie • berke, En • igne Callart, Leiutenant B • itelle, Ensigne Keteritz, Ensigne Charles de Roye, Annihall Semouetly, Sariant Maior reformado, Hubart Wollart, Commissary of the musters, F • rdinando wickell another Commissary of the musters, Christian Bollard, Commissarie of ye victuals, Anthony Nimpha Alpher • es o • Ensigne reformado Ierome de Dire, likewise commissarie of the victual Ian de Sadino Af • rus re • ormado, Ian de contese do Alferus ref • rmado, Francisco Pelo, prouisional Marshal, Fyl Bour Ensigne, Pedro de Van • ercie lieutenante and officiall of the masor Domo Lucas Ancie Ingineur, Matthew Tys, leiutenant to the horse troope of Captaine Stror • y, Henry Couet, Ensigne Charles Wattle leiutenant reformado. Benedid Iacob, leiueten • nt to V • l • s • os company A • thony Bele • . Ensigne N • cholas Alphen. Commissary ouer the victualls, Cha • pientier likewise commissary ouer the victualls, Gabriell Sou • ely. marshall of a Regiment, and Baltazar Morret Ensigne. Besides all those prisoners, many smal barrels of pistols and Kix-dollors which was • or the payment off their Armie six and forty pe • ces of ordinance vpon the wall, & two without carrages lying in the market place, and two in y• magasine, two morters, Armes as Corselets, pikes, muskets and firelockes, for to arme fiue thousand men, a thousand barels of powder, besides all this, greate store of meale, abundāce of Corno, and other victuals and provision • for their Armie. In fine this Towne was sedes belli the magasin for theyr warr, which the Lord thus deliuered into our hands. O Lord I cannot call to minde this thy glorious worke, or drawe my pen from paper, but I must render thankes vnto thee, & sing forth thy prayses with the rest of thy people. Thou yt lookest downe from heauen, and hast heard the prayers of thy people: yea euen of that Towne, which was a refuge to vs in the dayes of persecution, witnesse a Dutchesse of England▪ wee may well • ing with thy holy Prophets, Wee haue a string Citie, saluatio • will GOD appoint for w • lls & Bulwarkes. Open ye the gates that the King of glory may enter in. Let vs the • fore put our trust in the LORD, for euer, for in the LORD Iehouah is euerlasting strength. He hath donne marvelous things and his Right hand hath g • t him the victorie. Yea, the LORD made that Church which was shut vp against his faithfull ones in this Towne, to bee a prison for their enemies for the breach of their promise.

Therefore blessed be • the LORD GOD of Israel, from euerla • ti • g, to euerlasting. Amen. Amen.

Hauing made this digression and Wesell being Geux, I returne againe to our aproaches at the Busie, before wee came to the laying ouer of our first Gallery, there the Captaine of his Excelencies gard got a dangerous shot in the forhead, that he lost his Eye, Captaine Omka • s a worthy Inginer shewing his bodie to open, was snapt of and slaine with a firelock, and Captaine Clarke shot thorow both his legs, & hauing brought ouer our gallerie wee could not come to the moate of the little Sconce before wee had beaten the enemie out of two traverses and a point which came out of the Counterscharfein the forme of a halfe moone on our right hand next the Dummel, at the entrance of our Gallerie ouer this first water on y• left hand wee had a batterie vpon which Coronell Harwood was shot thorow his hat, my Lord of Oxford standing by.

The gallerie beeing ouer wee began to sapp, and made a mine into the enemies first traverse, that night which St Iacob Ashly commanded in the trenches desirous of honour, he was apointed with some 60 pikes and musketeirs to fall on after ye mine was sprung, and Captaine Gouldwell as Eldest Captaine to second him, with more men. Before the mine was blowne vp he gaue the Enemie an alarum to draw them on towards our mine, and the mine being sprung fel on with his men and beate the enemie to a retreate out of part of their trauerse our men and the enemie giuing fire brauely one at another a good while, but our men lying opento the bulwarke of the little Sconce, and their other traverse, were faine to retreate againe into the mouth of our Gallerie. This mine tooke not wel, but sprang rather backward then forward, and did more hurt to our owne men then to the enemies, casting a greate deale of earth vpon Sr Iacob Ashly cinging him and brusing him, very shroudly vpon his arme, As likewise Monsieur Neal • his Exelencies Inginer, broke his legge, and buryed some of our souldiers vnder the Earth which was blowne vp, and so came off with the losse of some men. yet from this earth which was cast vp out of the enemies trauerse, wee began to sap forward which the enemy seeing at last they quitted it, and so wee b • came masters of it, and getting a litle more elbowe roome, wee aduanced forward to the moate of the litle sconce, making gardes batteries and blindes, till we came to the very brinke of it, where we began to put ouer our second gallerie towards the point of the Bulwarke on the left hand of the sconce, hauing then made three or foure batteries for the safegarde of our men and gallerie, wee battered the point of the Bulwarke • o, where our gallerie was a putting ouer, that wee made it almost mountable. And now and then casting some granadoes into ye sconces, that we made their hutts, sparrs, and dust, flie about their eares.

Vpon the 8 of Iuly in the night the enemy Salli • d out of y• great Sconce, vpō the French, but were soone b •• ten in aga • ne and a Lieutenant of the enemies, which commanded was takē prisoner, and a Gent. of quality, and some 30 of them slaine and hurt.

The next day being the ninth of Iuly, Mons. Chartil • us • ō pany hauing the gard in the french aproaches, fell vppon the horn-worke without the great Sconce, but the enemy not disputing it long quitted it, and retired to their Counterscarfe where on the right hand, they cut it of, & made a smal trave • se in it, whence they gaue fire with their musketiers and firelocks vpon them, but the f • ench hauing put their gallerie ouer the moate of the count • rscarfe they came to the m • ate of y• great sconce, where they put ouer their second gallerie, into 〈◊〉 false braye, on the left hand of their gallery the enemie b •• cut of their false bray▪ to hinder the workmen, and miners by giuing fire from a small traverse, vpon them.

On the 17th of Iuly about t • n of the clock the brush and • agotts, were layd from the end of our second gallery, o •• er the moate of the litle Sconce. And the french did the like ouer the moate of the great Sconce. Our souldiers puld downe • he pallissadoes vnder the foote of the Bulwarke of the litle Sconce, and the same night began to make a mine into The Bulwarke. The french that night before the Lord of Diedens Regiment relieued them, had about with the enemie vpon the smal trauerse, which they had cut off in their false-braye before they drew off, and being relieued, the 18th of Iuly about three of the clock in the morning the enemie quitted their great Sconce, out of feare of being cut off, because wee were gott ouer the moate of the litle Sconce, and began to mi • e into the Bulwarke thereof, leauing wine, victuals, beare, a boy and a dog behind them. The next night then being y• 19th Coronel Harewood commanding, the enemie likewise quitted not only the little Sconce, but also a trauerse out of the moate of the great sconce next the towne, which they mought very wel haue disputed, and thus the Great and litle Sconces, with the travers were taken in, vpon the points whereof, his Excellēcie with all expedition caused batteries to be made, which playd into the • owne, vpon the Tenaille, Vuchterport, and the halfe moone without it.

From this traverse on the other side of the moate o • the little Sconce, wee began a new Sap towardes another Traverse which they had vpon th • dike betweene that and th • Tenaile but th • enemy seeing wee approached ne • re vnto it, quitted it, and retreated to the Tenaile it selfe. my Lord General Ve • es company of Schoonhouen with the rest of the companye • wch had the gard with them, hauing sapt to the moate of the Tenaile, entertained a fight with the enemie a litle before they were relieued, and gaue fire brauely vpon the Tenaile, while two floate bridges were layd ouer vnto it & some musket basket • set vp, & that they began a mine in the Tenaille. Our miners found much dificultie in making this mine, because the foundation therof was layd with willow Trees, and rootes, Acrosse one another, howsoeuer they puld out some of the tree • and made a mine into it. That night the French relieued the English, (For the Sconces being ours wee then ran one line, & euery nation relieued one another) and the next day the mine being ready, the pouder chamberd, and the traine layd to it: the French to wit, mo'ns. Chattillo • es company, and the rest hauing there the gard, for their honour would fall on, to see if they could take in the Tenaile, and beate the enemy out of it, wel then about eleuen of the clocke the mine being sprung the French Captaines, voluntiers & diuers other Gentlemen of great quality, (though the mine made no great entrance, fell on valliantly, but the enemie hauing drawne some men out of the Towne maintayned it s • outly, and finding no meanes to e • ter i • , were driuen to retreat back againe, into our workes, with the losse of some 30 voluntiers Gent. and souldiers slaine and hurt, and so the enemie maintayned still their Tenaile.

The last day that the french had y• gard, The Duke of Candale commanding, the french desirous of a reuenge, had a second bout with them, a little before they were relieued to see if they could carry the Tenaile. Towardes euening then another mine being made and sprung, they fell on againe, & came to the push of the pike vpon ye right Corner of it, and set vp some musket baskets, ye enemy layd about them, & thrasht •• me of them with yron flailes, and maintayne • it stifly. They gaue fire brauely one vpon another a good while; for the space o • hal • e an houre, but at last the French were faine to fall off againe, onely this aduantage was gotten during the fight, that they turn'd vp the Earth so vpon the right corner of it, that they lodg • d two or three musketiers almost in the top of it, frō wh • nce a sapp afterwards was begun, to see if wee could cut o • the left corner, & so become masters of the Tenaile.

The French that night being relieued by the walloens and sapping forward from the corner aboue sayd, the enemy marking it, quitted that night their Tenaile to the walloens and retreated to their halfe moone. vpon ye Tenaile his Excell. made a great battery of nine halfe cannon, which beate vpon both the bulwarkes, the port, and their halfe moone, without it. About this time a riuer which runs from the Busse to Crevicoeur and so into the maze was stopt with a dame ouer it, that noe water should come out of the maze, when it was high, too seede the morrace, and the moate of the towne. And heate his Excel. by an admirable Stratagem, caused 34 mathematicall mills to bee set vpon the browe of this riuer drawne with horses, which drew vp abundance of water from belowe, sucking it vp with funnells and casting it vp dismist it selfe vpon the mills which cast out abundance of water when the winde blew stiffe and thus the water by these mills was drayned out of the dround land and the moate, by certaine ditches and convayances to them.

On the tenth of August Grubbindunck in the night, sent out two souldiers with leters from himselfe, & others in the towne to the Infanta and their freinds at Brussells each of them hauing a paire of doues, which should be cast vp, and flye into the towne with her answeres back againe, with expresse order from the Gouernour of al Schouts, and Burgomasters of the villages in Brabant, to furnish them with horse and Convoy to Brussells, but their harts failyng them and fearing to be taken by our men, in passing the line and watches, the one Souldier being more wil •• ng then the o • her drew out his knife and threatned to cut the others throte, if he would not goe along with him to th • Prince, and so calling to our Centinels, The gard receiued them in, and the officer that commaunded in the morning brought th •• to his Excel. (The contents off these letters were as it is reported) That, hee could not hold out the Towne aboue three weekes, and that the Burgers for the saving of their goods, and liues, and shunning of danger would force him to a composition, and therefore required releife within that time, or els the Towne would be lost, of all which the Prince made good vse.

To goe on then the Tenaile being ours wee began a new sapp, from the right point therof, towardes the enemies halfe moone, without the Vuchter port, running our aproaches by oblique lines, windings and turnings, till wee came to the very brinke of the moate, where the dummel fals into it making the moate and it aboue 300 foot ouer, and euer as wee gott ground, so we advanced our ordinance, made batteries gards, and blinds, for the safegard of our men. There began the first entrance of our gallerie into the moate to bee put ouer into the bullwarke on the right hand of the port. On both sides the entrance of our long gallery, there were made for y• defence of it, two batteries of two halfe Cannon a peece, wch beate vpon the bricke foundation of the bulwarke and likewise flankard our Gallerie on both sides. The ordinance likewise which were planted vpon the Tenaile. playd vppon the Bullwarkes on each side the Port, to dismount their ordināce which shot vpon the end of our Gallerie and of our workmē but the enemies ordinance were so suncke that wee could not come at them, till they made other batteries, yet our Ordinance from thence did so batter and shatter ye Brickie linings of the Bulwarke, on the right hand of the Port, that it was made almost mountable before the Earth brush and blind were layd ouer the moate from the end of our gallerie to the Bulwarke it selfe.

From vnder this Tenaile was also a planke bridg layd ouer the Dummell, and a blind made to get into the Vuchter eynt or Bleake field. In this patch of ground were made blinds and batteries to dismount the enemies O • dinances, which playd vpon our Gallerie and workemen, from the Bulwarke on the left hand of the Port, & a peece which they had sunk in their halfe moone. In this field also wee began to lay our secōd Gallery ouer to the right face o • the Bulwarke but the enemies Ordinance from the bulwarke on the farther side of the Port • ackt thorow and thorow it 8 or ten times and shott some of the posts thereof assunder, at the entrance of It into the moate: yet at the last our baterie in that field put them to silence, & an English Captaine an excellent Cannonier whose name I haue forgot, dismounted their halfe Cannon. That day my Lord of Oxford had the gard, by shooting iust into the Port bole, after this our men wrought more safely in both the Galleries. At the Entrance off our second Gallerie was likewise made a gard for the defence of It.

Our long Gallerie being got some 30 or 40 ioynts or posts ouer the Dummell and the moate, each ioynt being about 3 foot distant one from another, (And that it was counted a good night and dayes worke to fill vp the moate and set vp three or foure of them) The gards, batteries, and blinds being made higher an • more defencible for our men: On the left hand of that blind which ran to the entrance of our long Gallerie into the moate, wee begun a sapp forwards towards the enemies halfe moone without the Port, making still Gards, & batteries for our Cannon and morters, till we came to the ve • y counter Scharfe of the halfe moone, and so wee beate the enemy out of It into the • r halfe moone, by the same token Sarant Coxe of my Lord veres company of Sehconhouer who fel on with the men was soundly thrasht with an yron flav • e for his labour, the counter scharfe being taken in, a bridge was layd ouer the ditch of the halfe moone to get a mine into the foundation thereof. In this sap, Captaine Clarke made a lofty gard, which was a very good defence for our men, especially to offend the enemy, when they peept, or shott ouer out of their halfe moone, vpon our sappers and workemen.

On the 15th of August in the nig • t the enemy had a Stratagem in his head to cut our Trench by the little mile, and Co • dewater, & so to haue let in the water vpon our aproaches. to put this into execution, Grubbingdon • k sent out of the Towne some hundered and fifty fire locks, with Spades, which stole in the night, betweene ye Petlar Sconce & Count Ernests quarter thorow the inward line, where it was not • inished, and came to the little windmill by our out line, And there hauing layd an ambuscado of some of their firelocks in a ditch, and behind some bushes fell to worke apace, to cut our Trench some 30 foote broad betweene the hornework & the Redoubts vpon the line, not farr from that place where Count Harry of the Berks men would haue attempted It beefore, but part of Captaine Broogs company hauing the gard in a Redoubt next vnto them gaue • ire, and the Alarum being giuen, our horse which had the Gard in a house not farr from thence came vp to charge them, and giuing fire likewise from that Redoubt, they left their worke and retreated backe to their Ambuscado, leauing some spads and a paire of old shoes behind them, and as they retreated gaue fire vpon our horse men, and slew a corporall and hurt too or three more besides. But by reason of the mor • ace & the ditche, our horses could not come to charge them, neither durst out foote fall out of their gards, and so they retreated back againe into the Towne some to English mile from the place where they fell a cutting▪ Surely If they had stavd but one halfe quarter of an houre longer or cut the gap not so broad, they had effected the busines they came for, because the water was not passing three ynches lower then the top of the Trench, and so should haue let in an Invndation of water vpon vs.

On Satterday at night the 18th of August my Leiutenant Coronell Sr Edward Vere had the commaund in the Trenches, and on sunday his Excel. who often times ventered his person very much, came downe to the Gallery, to se • the approaches a little beefore my Lieutenant Coronel was relieued. Hee went to shew the Prince the Workes & the sapp. whiles the companyes being relieued were drawne off as farr a • the little Sconce, my Lieutenant Coronel hauing shown his Excel. thesap, and taking his leaue of him, walking of with Sr Tho. Conway being a tall man, came that vnhappy shott thorow the blind and shot him behind in his head, that It perisht his braynes, That night being brought vp into his Hut in ye quarter, He cald vpon the LORD, that he was his shield, his buckler, and defence, and besought the LORD in mercy to pardon his sinns in Christ, & that he desired none in Heauen or Earth but Christ and his righteousnesse, and so vttered many comfortable sentences sauouring of a gracious resolution, and with in foure dayes after It pleased GOD, to call him to his mercy, and so wee lost our Lieutenant Coronel, whose extraordinary valour Sufficiencie, and compleat abilities for a commander, a • • he • were well knowne vnto vs: so was his losse exceedingly lamented by his Excel. and the chiefes of our Army.

My Lord Generall Vere, my Lord of Oxford, many Captaines, officers, voluntaries, and Gentlemen of quallity, who had bin at his funerall in Bōmell▪ returning home, that night our Regiment had the gard in the approaches, and a ciuill worthy Gentleman of my Lords company of Dort, one Master Mullinax, that bare my Lieutenant Coronels sword before his Corps that day, going to see the sappe was the first that night wch followed him the way of all flesh. My Lord Generall Vere bestird himselfe, had all his officers and Gentlemen and souldiers about him in a readines, that vpon the first occasion, If the enemy had either Sallied out vppon our sappers and workemen, or If they should haue attempted the firing of our Gallerie, they might haue beate them in againe, Captaine Rockwood of my Lords Regiment, as Eldest Captaine executed my Lords commands with valour and discretion, had his granado men at hand, and plac'd diuers musketiers vpon al flankes to play vpon the enemy & to keepe them vnder, for shooting vppon the end of out Gallene, and our workemen, and now and then sent them some Cannon bullets which shott vpon the top of their bulwarke, and vpon their halfe moone, too keepe th • m vnder, sometimes shooting A granado into the Towne and throwing hand granadoes amōg them, into their halfe-moone. Towards midnight the Enemy likewise did cast hand granadoes vpon our blind, next vnto their halfe-moone, and set fire on it, which brake out into a great flame, but the vigilency of my Lord Gen • rall Vere was such, fearing that the fi • e might take further, he gaue order that some souldiers should take shouels, and spades from the workemen, and cast earth and water vpon it, which caused it to s • ake, and had two or three granado men in a readinesse there wch payd them with their owne coine: but sure it was good that the wind blew South West, for had the winde bin Northwest, and had blowne stiff • , as it did, it had not onely endangered the firing of all our blinds, but also our gallery, wch would haue hindred our approaches, and cast vs a great deale behind hand. And so this night and the day following our gallery, and workes were well advanced. This day Sir Harry Hungate got a marke of honour by a bullet which shot him thorow his buffe Ierkin, and g • a • ed vpon his flesh.

Before our Regimt had the watch againe in the Approaches the gallery was wel advanced, and they gott about three posts night and day. It was then my Lord of Oxfords turne to Command who was made our Lieutenant Coronell in Sir Edward Veres place deceased. The bridg being la • d ouer the ditch of the enemyes halfe moone wee began to sapp, and logd in the left Corner of It▪ and made a mine into It, wee found It verie hard mining into It, because of the tre •• that laye a crosse in It. This euening there was discouered an engine vpon a floate from the furthest part of their halfe moone by the moate, which wee presuposed they had prepared for the firing of our Gallerie▪ to prevent this my Lord of Oxford got a sloope, which was brought about towards our Gallerie, that on a suddaine tenn or twelue resolut souldiers wt short swords and pistolls might chopp into It, to • inder the enemy from fastning any •• re worke • vpon our G • llerie, which the enemy perceiuing left It vnattempted. His Lord gaue order likewise that our musketiers from all fl • nkes should contineua • ly be playing, and our Ordinance shooting vpon the top of they • Bulwarke and their halfe moone to keepe the enemy from Peeping ouer, and giuing fire vpon our workemen. This night though it was moone light the brush and faggots were l • yd ouer to the left hand of the Bu • lwarke from the end of our second Gallerie in the Bleach field, and thanks be to God but one man short in laying them ouer, as the Captaine of the Carpenter can witnesse, and an other souldie • of Captaine Skippons short which stood Cencinell in our long Gallerie.

My Lord Crauen whose worth was knowne to vs, & bounty to my Lord of Wi • ble • ons comp • ny, this night and the day following watched with my Lord of Oxford, the next night with my Lord Cicills company, and the third night wt Generall Morgans Regiment. my Lord of Doncaster and my Lord Fielding two noble spa • kes trayled pikes vnder my Lord of Wimbletous compan • & went downe to the approaches vpon any service that was to bee done, and exposed their bo • ies both to danger and sicknes. My Lord of Oxford an houre before he was resiened had 〈◊〉 with the enemy vppon th • left co • ner of their ha • f • moone, and my Lord Veres musketiers of Dort, comming vp almost to the topp of the halfe moone gaue fire in the teeth of the enemy▪ and came to the push of pike thorow the blinds, this startl'd them, & made them throwe stones to vs and cast hand granado • s among-our men. but his Lord caused a souldier of Captaine Roockwoods company to cast 14 hand Granadoes among them▪ in to their halfe moone, which made them giue back and Cry Guarda, Guarda, The Granados being burst, they Came vpp againe to the top of the halfe moone, with as much hast as possible might be to giue fire vpō our men▪ but my Lord caused musketiers to be drawne to the top of our gards especially that of Captaine Clarke which was high they gaue fire apace vpon them, fetcht some of them off which shewed their heads, and bodies, this peece of service being ended my Lord of Oyford being Relieued drew away to our quarters.

On Count Ernests side the 19 of August the brush, and plancks were la • ed ouer to their Horne-worke, and a mine made into it. This mine being sprung, the Scotch, and the Dutches fell on couragiously, and they and the Enemy gaue fire apa • e one at another for three quarters of an houre, our ordinance playing from all batteries, as fast as they could charge, and discharge. In this time the Enemy endured three assaults, with the losse of many men, as • he Burgers afterward reported who were present vpon the walls, but the Enemy gaue fire so from y• wall of the Towne, and out of the greathalfe-moone, that our men not carryi • g it were driuen for that time to retreate into the mouth of their gallery, and workes, yet this advantage they got, they set vp some musket baskets, and lodged some men vpon the right corner of their horne-worke, from whēce they began a sap, and made blinds toward their halfe-moone which after another mine was sprung, caused the Enemy on y• 21 of August to quit it wholly to them, & so retired into their halfe-moone. In this sight, were flayne, Captaine Ramsey, and two dayes after a Dutch captaine, called captaine Hatton who carryed themselues very worthyly.

On the 23 of August wee had a generall thanksgiuing, and a Triumph thorow out the whole army, in acknowledgment of the great goodnesse of God, for the taking in of Wesell.

The triumph was made in this manner following, first the musketteirs were drawne off from all out guards (sauing the approaches) and out of our quarters, and placed along the inner line next the Towne, some sixe foote distance one from another. The pikes were drawne to the out line and out-guards, and the rest stood by diuisions in the quarters, eu • ry one of them hauing a wispe of strawe vpon the head of his pike, to be set on fire, when the signall should be giuen. The volley of musketteirs should begin at Crevi-coeur, where the Princesse lay, and so to Engelen, from thence along the men of warre, and the Redoubts by the Busle sloote, to Monsieur Pincens quarter, so to the French line, the approaches, a • d then to vs, from thence to the Lord of Breadroods quarter, and so along to Count Ernests quarter, and so to Count Williams quarter where it ended. Betwixt euery volley, the canō which lay vpon the Batteryes of the out line, those which were drawne out of our quarters to the heath by the stone gallowes, and those which were in all the approaches should be shot off. The signall was this, about ten a clocke in the night, when a granado was shot into the Towne, then the first volley should beginne, and the wisps of straw vpon the heads of the pikes, should be set on fire, All which was done accordingly and made a braue show. The volly met with a stop at the first, but when it came to the French line, to the approaches, to vs, to the lord of Bread • oods, to Count Ernest quarter, and Count Williams quarter it ran well. Betweene the vollyes, there were aboue 3 • 0 peeces of ordinance from Crevi-coeur, and roun • about our army dis •• arged, those of the Towne acknowledged afterward, that shooting at once with so many ordinance out of our approaches in o • towne did much amaze them. And then they began to beleeue indeed that Wesell was Geux, though the gouernour by all mean • s laboured to conceale it from them, and thus much touching our Triumph for Wesell.

On the first of September Monsie • r Stakenbrock, Liuetenant Generall of the horse, The D • ke of Bouill • n, with ten troopes of horse, three hundred firelockes, and diuers English, and french muskettiers taken out of diuers companies, an • three halfe French canon toward euening were drawne ou • of our quarters, and marcht that night to a small towne and castle in Brabant called 〈◊〉 , some six houres going from the Busse, where some 400 of the Enemies Ward-gellers, or as we • terme them fresh water souldiers, taken on by those of Flanders, who lay lurking there, to s • e if in the night they could haue cut our Trench, vpon the out line, and let in the water vpon vs which stood wi • hout our entrenchment. But his Excellency hauing intelligence of them prepared this Camisado for them, they hauing advertisement by some pesants their freinds, of our men • comming, stole away in the night, and trusted rather to their heeles then to their armes.

Yet they were not gone so farre, but the Duke of • ouillon with his horse fetches them vp, and round • them in a morrace, and by a ditch, and charging them, slew about 70 of them. The rest cryed out for quarter, and because they were such souldiers, the Duke was in a quandary, whether he should giue them quarter or not, but at last with much entreaty, he graunted them quarter, & tooke 160 of them prisoners, and brought them the next day to our quarters. In the Castle they left behind them, foure petars made of oken planckes, some fiue ynches thicke, and the chamber or briche, lined with Iron. These should haue bin charged with powder and stones, to haue bin discharged out of their sloopes vpon our Trench, and so hauing made a rupture in our liue, haue let in a sea of water to haue drowned, and ouerflowne all our approaches, these engines were brought likewise in karr • to his Excel. house in our quarters.

On the fifth of September, the Trench, & fagots being layd from the end of our long gallery to the very foundation of the bulwarke: the miners began a mine thorow the brickes into it. but by reason the Enemy had sunck a peece from the end of their halfe-moone, which shot iust into the mouth of the mine, it was hot being there, which made the miners schy, ye more because two o • the miners were slayne, which had taken it on, in the very m • uth of the mine, and could not be brought off, this • assed fi • e • aves till a blind was made from the end of our gallery to the bulwarke, and then there was found three souldiers of my Lord Generall Veres company of Schoonhoven, to wit Iohn Scott, William Lee, and especially Richard Pristman, who was skillfull on digging, and vnderpropping of Colepits in En • land, vndertooke it, & perform'd it well, and this commendations one may giue them, that it tooke the best effect of any mine, which was euer sprung before the busse.

Well then on the tenth of September being munday, betime in the morning, Sr Iacob Ashly Lieut •• ant Coronell to Generall Morgans Regiment, had the command that night in the Approaches. And with much a doe a mine was made in the Enemies halfe moone b • fore the Porr, ere the mine was sprūg he sent a Sati •• t with sixe • uskettiers to the top of the halfe-moone, to giue the Enemy an al • rum, to bring them on towards our mine, and then for feare of endangering our owne men, he was to retreate back againe, all which was done accordingly. The mine then being blowne vp, tooke but little effect, for the reasons aboue • aid, and made no great entrance into their halfe moone. After this Sr Simon Harecourts Ensigne was commanded to fall vp with some 30 musketeirs to y• top of the halfe-moone, and to giue fire among the Enemy, which he did. The Enemy stood it out a good while thinking to draw on our men to two of their owne mines which were to be sprung. Now the E • emies two mines being blowne vp, Sr Iacob Ashly fell vp, and gaue order to Sr Simon Harebourt to fall into the Enemies halfe-moone with 50 muskettiers; and pikes more, with his Ensigne, and the 30 abouesaid. The Enemy disputing it a good while but at last Sr Symon and his men beate them vp to their entrance into their halfe moone by the moate side, and there changed bullets one with another, and came to push of pike, and after they had mayntained that place a pretty while, he droue them from thence along • th moate side to a traverse, which was cast vp some 60 paces from the said entrance into the halfe-moone, where following them closse, and giuing fire vpon them, at last they bid him farewell, and retreated into the Towne by Saint Iohns Port.

This being done he himselfe with his men made a stand at the entrance into the halfe moone, where the Enemy stood it out till it began to be light, and till our men were lodged in the top of the halfe-moone, in those places which might most offen • the Enemy, This was the first worke, which was carried by force of Armes, and really disputed. In this sight Sr Simon Harecourt was fiue times thrust, and shot thorow his cloathes, and yet it pleased God he came of well, and with honor. After our men had taken in the halfe moone, his Eycel. came downe into the gallery, and gaue extraordinary thanks to Sir Iacob Ashly, Sir Simon Harecourte, & the rest of the officers and souldiers, which had carried themselues so well, and rewarded some of the souldiers with mony. And thus the Enemy on our •• de was shut vp into the Towne.

The same night came on Sir Harry Harbourd, Lieutenant Coronell to Coronell Harewood, & relieved Sir Iac • b Ashly He brought with him for the reliefe, my Lord Generall Veres company of Schoonhoven, Sr Harry Harbourds owne company, Captaine Gouldwells, Captaine Abrihalls, and Captaine Nelsons, The gallery being got ouer 91 posts, from the end ofit, the brush, & planckes, and a blind was layd to the bulwarke, and the mine being ready, the powder was chamberd and the traine layed to it: His Excel. as mercifull as valiant (to try what the Enemy would doe) gaue order to S • Harry Harbourd, that on Tewsday morning after the mine was sprūg in the Bulwarke. Our men should fall on, and though they should possesse the Bulwarke, and be masters of it: yet they should retire into the gallery. The mine then being blowne vp tooke good effect, and cast vp a great deale of Earth & stones into the ayre, and shattred some two rodds of our gallery in peeces, and made a breach mountable. After this Sir Harry gaue order that Captaine Abrihalls Sariant (who was slayne going on) should fall vp to the breach with his musketteirs, that Captaine Nelsons Lieutenant should likewise do the like with 30 men more to second the Sariant. And Captaine Gouldwell as eldest Captaine to second them with the pikes from the end of our gallery, all which was done accordingly our men falling vp to the breach, gaue fire in the very teeth of the Enemy, our musketteirs giuing fire from all guards, and flanckes, and our ordinance thundring from all batteries, did so amaze and startle them, that they quitted the Bulwarke, & retreated, where it was cut off to the skirt of the wall by the Vucht •• po • t. This being done our men stayed a pretty while vpon the breach, till they had discharged all their bandeliers and till that Sr Harry caused them (according to his Excel. comma • d) to recreate againe into the gallery. In this fight was shot thorow h • s thigh, a valiant and a worthy gentleman, one Mr Browne of Coronell Har • woods company, who some three weekes aft • r dyed in the Busse. Our men being drawne off, the Enemy came againe to the breach, and cast vp a little defence of Earth, wch the mine had blowne vp, and brush vpon it, but our two halfe Canon. which lay vpon the right side of our entrance into the gallery, beate the Earth and brush, which they cast vp, abo • t their Eares, and shore of the heads of the souldiers pikes, which stood there for the defence of their workemen, this made a terrible • larum in the Towne, so that the Bells rang, the women and children cryed, the Burgers and the popish priests by flockes ran to the Gouernour, & told him, tha • (aut • unc aut runquam) it was time • o lissen to a seasonable, and an honor • b • e composition, for the safeguard of their l • ues, and goods, wee on the o • her side expected a day, and thought to haue • ansakt their baggs, and meete out veluets, and sa • tins by the pikes length, but the Gouernour giuing way to their request, taking hould of this occasion strikes his sayle, and came with the Bishop, Abbot, and diuers officers to the para • et of the Vuchter po • t, there beate a parley: and so our war ceased. And the Hostages being receiued and deliuered on both side, • hey beganne to pa • ley, & commissioners being sent our, concluded the • e articles of composition following, that the Towne should be giuen into his Excel. hand on m • nday the 17 of September 1629. new stile. Oh yt we cold therefore honor our God for this victory with a holy life, and conversation, and that the consideration of this his great goodnesse towards vs might lead vs to repentance. It is true O Lord (as the pape said) that in this siege, thoú hast commanded the foure Elements, • ire water, Earth, and Ayre to fight & worke for vs. Thou art the God of the faithfull from Euerlasting to everl • sting, Thy mighty and outstretched arme hath led vs, thy guidance hath traced vs out the way Thy prouidence hath ouer-shadowed vs, and thy mercifull protection hath preserued vs thorow many dangers O blessed is the man that maketh thee his safe retreate, O Lord this yere thou hast crownd our general 〈◊〉 an Absolute victory, and hast sent him, his chiefes, and vs home with honour, and there fore not vnto vs O Lord, not vnto vs, but vnto thy name gi • e glory for thy mercy and thy trueth sake. Amen.