A journal, wherein is truly set down from day to day, what was done, and worthy of noting in both the Armies, from the last coming of the D. of Parma into France, until the eighteenth of May 1592. according to the French computation.  
Whereunto is added other news from Genes, the which are confirmed by sundry letters of credit.  
Translated out of French by E. A.  
LONDON Printed by john Wolf, and are to be sold at his shop, right over against the great South door of Paul's, 1592.   

A journal, wherein is set down from day to day, what was done in both the Armies, from the coming of the Duke of Parma into France, until the eighteenth of May 1592. according to the French computation.  
THe Duke of Parma perceiving himself, notwithstanding his great and well prepared forces assembled, namely the king his masters power, consisting of spaniards, Launceknights Walloons, Italians, and Neapolitans, footmen: also his horsemen Walloons, flemings, Italians, and Rutters: together with the late Pope's forces, consisting of Suitzers and good numbers of Italians, on horseback and on foot: likewise the aid of the Duke of Mayenne, which was no small number: unable to force the king to raise his sieg from before Rouen, determining to practise the Spanish manner of Stratagems, used in the days of the late kings Lewes the twelve and Frances the first, thereby to shun the fury of the French: retired out of the way into a place of safety, there waiting until their heat were over, and all the French army in process of time, of itself ●roken up and scattered.  
To this end he s●t a face, as if he purposed to besiege S. Esprit de Rue, a place lying beyond the River of Some, & the rather at the request of the Duke of Aumale, and the inhabitants of Abbeville, and others who found themselves greatly annoyed thereby: still looking for the departure of the kings French troops, wherein he was no whit deceived: For the French, who for the most part served upon their own charges, did retire, as being persuaded that the Duke of Parma, considering he was past the River of Some, meant only to take his way into the Low countries. There he lay a whole month, providing to plant his artillery before Rue, but understanding that the king had no more remaining with him but only of French five hundred footmen, and as many horse, also that the rest of his army, consisting of strangers, was scattered into several places, because of the situation of the town of Rouen, which was environed with great Barricanes & valleys, whereby they could not pass from one lodging to an other in less than two hours: also that some troops of his forces were in the suburbs of S. Severe, beyond the river of Seyne. The enemy's army, upon the advantages that their leaders found themselves to have over the king, marched toward Rouen, and in four days approached within four leagues thereof.  
Hereupon his Majesty retired a league and a half from Rouen, drawing towards Pont-del-Arch, to a village named Govy, there to assemble his forces, and to receive such as he had summoned out of the isle of France, out of Picardy, and out of the governments of Orleans, Chartres, and Normandy, attending the enemy notwithstanding in the same place, with such power as he had about him.  
The Duke of Parma and Mayenne, seeing Rouen set at liberty, having tarried there about two days, where the Spanish faction boasted greatly that they had removed the king, whom they thought certainly would pass the River of Seyne, marched thence toward Caudebeck, a village lying downward upon the same River, with full purpose to take it.  
The five and twentieth day of April, the king upon the arrival of some French troops, both of horsemen and footmen, marched toward the enemy, and lodged at Fountain le Bourg, but by the way he took three Castles, which the enemy had before seized upon.  
The next day being the six and twentieth, the Rendez-vous was at Fresnoy, and the army passed on to Outeville and there about, where the Dukes of Montpensier and Longueville, with the County S. Paul came in, with divers other Lords, some together with them, others leading troops a part.  
The seven and twentieth day, the king undertook to pass on to juetot, where the Dukes of Mayenne and Guise were lodged, who were somewhat bravely displaced, and more lustily had been, but for certain ditches that environed the grounds every way, whereby the Duke of Bovillon could not pass as he would to back the Baron of Byron, yet were there some slain and some taken, among the rest Blanque-Fort who is one of the said Barons train, took young Chastre. juetot is not past one league from Lavetot, where the Duke of Parma was lodged, who was somewhat abashed, when he perceived the king so near him with his army, & hunting after him, whereby finding himself enclosed between his Majesty and the River of Seyne, having beside received a arqebus shot in his arm, at the siege of Caudebeck, which was not worth the pains, and being in great necessity of victuals, he fortified his lodging with trenches. After the king had remained two days at juctot, on the last of April he drew nearer to the enemy to a village named Varicaruille and there about.  
The enemies purposed two hours before night to set upon the English, whereupon the king returned and sent the Baron of Byron to conduct the English, who were gone too far out of their lodgings. The enemy came with some fourteen or fiveteene hundred footmen: also in the forefronte there were a number of horse, besides sundry other troops that followed. The skirmish was hot, but in the end, coming to handy blows, the Duke of Parma's horsemen gave a charge, of whom there were slain sixteen or seventeen parsons of account, every one in velvet hosen, besides divers others, and five and twenty or thirty wounded.  
The Baron Byron, in the view of them all, stew one of the principals, and Sir Roger William's Colonel of the English slew an other. At which time they also took one Cornet, very well furnished with all manner of weapons, and some that carried money. This was a great disgrace to their whole power: as being done in the sight of the rest of their army, which was almost all in battle array, and the Prince of Parma the Duke's son had the repulse.  
The first of May the enemy's army was betimes in battle array in their fort and thereabout: yet not without suspect of some meaning to dislodge: For there were passed some troops both of horse and foot towards the ways, whereby they received their victuals, namely toward Lislebonne, Tankeruille, Arfleur, Newhaven, Eescam, and Honflew, which standeth beyond the River, so that the same day there were taken three or four thousand loaves, about 400. carriage horses that were gone on a foraging, and twenty fair horses belonging to the artillery. There returned also many carriages that came from the said places loaden with victual: There were also taken some horsemen that went forth for to safeconduct them: so that the loaf of bread that was worth but one sauce before, was now sold among them for twelve and fiveteene souses: and the pot of wine, the worst for three franks, and that that was somewhat good was sold for four.  
This first of May was the Feast of james and Philip and it fell upon a Friday, all which concurred for the spaniards to lay the platforms of all their enterprises and purposes: howbeit the king took so good order in every quarter, that we incurred no inconvenience: but contrariwise the enemy finding our troops to be (as they term it) frolic, stood in greater doubt of being assaulted, then in desire to assail.  
The second day most of the enemy's army stood still in battle ray, part of them passing into a wood, which lieth between their Fort and the kings army, which was but five hundred paces from one of their trenches, & was environed with a very deep ditch, the trees standing on both sides in manner of a hedge, so interlaced that it was almost unaccessible albeit there were none to defend the same.  
The third day the king with his chiefest Captains, went to take a view of the head of the enemy's army, to the end there to endeavour to work some effect. He found that the enemy had made five ravelinges about the said wood, which flanked the champion whereby he was to go to the head: also that he had lodged two thousand footmen in certain houses that stood as in a villadge under the side thereof, compassed with the same ditches yet in some place there were three ditches one with in an other that divided the fields from the said head, which was with in the reach of a small culverin on the one side of the Swissers lodgings, so that planting the Canon he might have struck into some of our lodgings, namely into the Englishmen. Never the less the king, having taken counsel in the field, resolved to seize upon the said wood together with the village therein comprehended, which was one of their chiefest lodgings, and to that effect appointed all his troops to be in place before day in battle array, so to give the assault at the break of day: but the darkness of the night was in part the cause that some that were lodged far of were not so diligent but that it was almost eight of the clock before they arrived in estate to perform the purposed effect. Neither could this assembly be so secret, but that the enemy did some what perceive it, which caused him to believe that it was never gathered with out intent to enterprise some matter whatsoever: they for their parts put themselves in battle, using all diligence to fortify & raise the said ravelings, shooting of two canons to advertise all their troops, where upon some were of opinion to refer the enterprise to an other time. But the king finding all his troops full of courage and heat, resolved to assault them in sundry places. On the one side the English and Walloons and the rest to support them: on an other side the French & the lance knights to support them. The first, who were as adventurers, struck in so valiantly that they entered the trenches with hard sight, rather with the pike and sword, then with the arqebus, and forced the enemy out of the said wood and village, albeit they were two thousand men, & some Spanish Captains that were come at the bruit of the assembly of our forces.  
There were left dead upon the place above three hundred men, whereof some were Spaniards and some Walloons: Amongst them were six or seven Captains, and the Lieutenant Colonel of la Verlette and he himself wounded, without any loss of ours, except two or three slain, and seven or eight hurt.  
The Lord Baron Byron advanced himself according to his Office of Marshal General of the field, whereby he beheld the countenance and retreat of the enemies, and advertised the king thereof, who sent him fifty horse, led by the Lord of Maligni, Vidam of Chartres. Upon their coming he pursued them that fled, even until they came within fifty paces of their first entrenchment, where their army stood in battle ray. Here were also slain between six and seven score, with the loss of only one of ours, who passed so far that he was slain at the foot of the trench. So likewise were there some horses slain and some hurt: yea there were some such enemies slain as offered ten, six, and four thousand crowns.  
The king stood about eight hours offering the battle, having to that end advanced his Swissers, horsemen and artillery. The enemy's trenches were raised very high in respect as they were at the beginning in the field, and they somewhat annoyed us with their artillery: but the king placed his forces else where, in place where the Canon could not hurt.  
His Majesty perceiving after so long expectation, and the night coming on, that the enemies made no countenance to come forth of their Fort, returned every man to his lodging, until further occasion to do more, having by this effect with their great hurt, given the enemies to know that our footmen are as good or better than theirs, at the cost of the Spanish bravery and presumption, who can now grant that the footmen the which the king now hath are very good: for of his horsemen they make no doubt, considering the many proofs that they have had.  
The next day being the fifth of May, about eleven of the clock, there came other advice, that the enemy dislodged from their Fort, whereof grew sundry opinions, the greatest importing that they meant secreately to steal away to Rouen, and from thence to the Forest of Andely, which is but three leagues thence leaving in Rouen their munition and most heaviest baggage, and truly had they been able so to have done and to gotten six or seven hours before hand whereby to have 〈◊〉 into the 〈◊〉, with that advantage they might easily have sent their horsemen and baggage before, and left their footmen upon the tail, whom our horsemen could not have broken or fought withal in the forest neither could our footmen have marched in time to overtake theirs, but that afterward through this forest they might have retired even to New castle or toward Beawais.  
The king here upon sent out some to view the enemy, who returned answer that they dislodged, then in the morning he sent more & stronger troops, who gave him to wit that the enemies were departed over night & that they were broken: here upon his Majesty resolved to bring his main battle toward Clayre, so to win the fore part of the said forest, whiles himself with his horsemen followed the enemy in the tail to the end truly to learn the order of their march, what way they took, & what journeys they might be able to make: leaving the Lord Martial Byron to conduct the army & to cause it to march in order. His majesty had not marched far but he perceived that he had not had certain advice, for within half a league of the fort where the enemy was lodged, he found them in battle array, & for a token that they went not scatering they discharged some canons. But had he been truly advertised, he would surely have brought his army, & so undoubtedly we had had battle, & that with advantage, or at the least in equal balance, which is the thing that the king chief desireth. The king seeing how the case stood, sent word to marshal Byron to stay the army where it was, also to consider how to lodge, like wise soon after hesent the Lord Baron of Byron son to the said Marshal to appoint the seat, which he did at juetot, two leagues from the enemies camp, who began already to fortify, notwithstanding the strong situation thereof, which was upon a hill between two valleys, neither was there any access unto it, but at one only head, and that very difficult, as being flanked with wood and valleys, besides that attending until the trenches were made, they had placed at the said head three rows of carriages, whereof they had great plenty.  
The king seeing his army too far off, namely that his Rutters, were lodged three leagues off, and divers of his troops so far away, that they could not come together until it were very late, determined to retire until the next morning, and then to see whether he could work any good effect.  
The seventh day of the said month of May, the king departed with some of his forces, to lodge at a place called Saint Katerines, from whence he might plainly discover the enemies Camp, but perceiving that he was first to pass two great valleys he returned to the former lodging.  
The eight day, some went to discover the enemies army, who found them within a great trench which they had augmented.  
The ninth day, the king took counsel to assail the enemies horsemen, who were lodged along a valley, for the commodity of water, and in three villages beneath their army: hereupon he gave charge to Baron Byron to take his Regiment, wherein were six hundred French footmen, one hundred English pikes, and one hundred Musquettiers, and as many Walloons, likewise the Lance knights, to seize upon this lodging. He also appointed that the Lord Martial de Aumont, should march after with his Regiment, also that when they were near the execution, he should take on to the left hand, so to keep that side from hindering the same, as also to set a fa●●, as if he would fight with such as should gather together, namely with the last villages, or else with the whole army.  
The Duke of Bovillon was likewise expressly appointed with his Regiment to take on to the right hand, toward the enemies Camp, where he got up above on to the top of the valley, and marched toward the enemies trenches within the volley of a small culvering, whereby he stopped the enemies from coming forth of their Camp to secure those lodgings. The Lord Martial Byron marched after with eight hundred French, two hundred footmen English and Walloons, most of them pikes, and then his own Regiment.  
Being come to the first village he slayed and sent four hundred hargabuziers into the wood on to the right hand, to support the Duke of Bovillon, if need should require, also two hundred to his son the Lord Bar●● of Byron. The king remained on the top of the Hill, to the end to make head against the army, in case it should pass out at the end or beginning of the valley with his Cornet, his Regiment, and the Regiments of the Dukes of Montpensier and Longueville, the counties of Saint Paul and Do. for it was to be feared that the enemy would pass that way to hinder and disturb the execution aforesaid.  
The fight was sore, for ye are to note, that where commonly men set upon lodgings by night, the king would have this done by day, to the end that if the enemy should offer any attempt, he might be seen coming, and to be fought withal.  
Besides of the kings troops some tarried over long: others showed themselves in the view of the enemies camp, so that when the said Lord Baron drew near the lodgings, he found double ward of Rutters and lances, and almost all the troops taking horse, being in number between thirty & forty cornets, seven companies of men of arms of the ordinances, and the Rutters.  
The said Lord Baron had but few men, in respect that the passage was narrow: albert in deed the Lord great Master of the horse came unto him with some fiveteene or twenty of the kings Cornet, and the County of Chasteau-Roux Martial de Auments eldest son, accompanied with some gentlemen was also with the said Lord Baron.  
The said Lord Ba●●n seeing some threescore and ten or fourscore Rutters coming to charge upon him, turned to them, albeit but meanly accompanied, in respect that part of his company had taken an other way, by reason of a hedge, where were five and thirty men. For he considered that if he should retire from before this troop, it might bree●e some danger of fear, to the rest of those that came behind, and therefore he resolved to set upon them. There followed some store of Pistol shot and handy blows, wherein the said Rutters were overthrown, and so he entered the village, where he found certain spaniards that stood at defence, and thereupon the said Lord Baron stayed for his Harquebusiers, to distodge them from the hedges and ditches, where the County Chasteau-Roux was hurt on the leg, which was great pity, in respect he was both valiant and forward.  
Those that parted from the said Lord Baron, did report that they met with a troup of lancers whom they withstod, to the end so to favour the excecution, which was great both in slain, wounded, and prisoners: as also was the spoil and loss. For the enemies do give out that they lost four hundred horse of service and sixteen hundred other, a great deal of baggage and movables, and much silver in vessel and coin.  
There were sundry conflicts, and the Lord Baron of Byron fought three or four times against both horsemen and footmen, who, gathered together both in the lodgings and among the hedges and ditches, yet in the end they were all broken, & the rather for that the Lord Martial de Aumont put some of the spanish troops in fear, as also those that gathered again together. The duke of Bovillon was forced to put self under cowert from the enemies artillery.  
The king also sent a great troup of horse toward the enemies camp or trenches, to hold them still in fear that the said troop would enter their Camp, whilst the rest of the army assaulted the trenches.  
This execution performed, the Lord Baron began to cause those whom he brought, to retire, but in great disorder by reason of their booty, and those two hundred fresh harquebusiers, whom the Lord Martial had sent him, stood them in good stead: When most of his troops were on their way, himself began also to retire toward the right hand, at which time the Duke of Bovillon began to descend into the valley, being seconded by the small shot that was sent into the wood and hedges.  
All these troops aforesaid thus passed, the Lord Martial Byron, sounded the retreat, with his booty, and the enemies set a face as they would have followed in the tail, but they were so well wellcommed, that sundry of them were slain and hurt: And here came his son the Lord Baron unto him, with sundry men of acaccompt that were with him. This was performed thus honourably for the execution of the kings purpose to the enemies great loss as is aforesaid: and his Majesty was also come down to see how things went, from whence he commanded whatsoever was requisite.  
The eleventh day of May, the king was advertised, that the enemy had brought a great many of boats, which he caused to be fastened by two and two, making thereof small bridges to pass over: and that they transported upon each bridge, some sixty horse with many footmen and some baggage in the bottom, so to get over the River of Seyne. A matter scarce to be imagined. Also that as for forage, there came great plenty a long the way toward Lislebonne, and along the river, likewise that they had some store coming a long from toward Newhaven, Harfleur, Fescam, etc.  
Hereupon the king determined to follow their army, to the end to cut of their victuals and forage, also to assault Caudebeck, or compel the enemies to battle. The which day he departed from juetot, and came to lodge in a village called Lavetot.  
The twelfth day he went to take the view of Caudebeck, where he found that they had made a Fort at half the mountain, wherein were a good number of people, & likewise in the town, But his Majesty had brought but few troops, and therefore he referred all to the next day, being the thirteenth. Likewise he might behold the boats loaden with men horse, and baggage, passing over the River with all diligence.  
The same day he marched with part of his army and some artillery, and at the coming of our footmen the enemies began to retire to a place of execution where they made as it were a little fort, but passing forward they abandoned their fort, which was at the mid mountain, neither could we any longer perceive the number of boats at the key: But the most of them marched toward Rouen, and as for their forces they were all already passed over the river saving those that marched as it is aforesaid toward Rouen and four hundred of the town garrison.  
Hard by the other side of the river the enemies had before made a fort for the safety of the passage, where they had 7. pieces of ordinance, which being taken forth of their boats they left behind them. In the fort had they left some men, also in a small village thereby some both horsemen and footmen, who set themselves in battle array without the danger of the canon, which the king caused to be often times discharged against those that were in the fort and about the pieces. Hereupon the enemies sent three teems of horse to draw away the said pieces against the which we shot sundry times and slew some of their horses, which notwithstanding, they drew them away one after another.  
The king left certain French in the aforenamed fort above the town, with some Walloons and English, also some artillery upon the top of the mountain and there he lodged the Suitzers. Likewise some of the ships approached and shot off, howbeit but few.  
The fourteenth day of May, the king caused his company to shoot into the town: they that were within, made a brag, whereupon the king sent them word, that he would hang them all: But toward evening they craved parley, and so the king sent the Lord Baron of Byron, to make the composition.  
There came forth of the town of Caudebeck four hundred men, whereof two hundred were spaniards, whose composition was the easier, to the end they might have no cause of delays or longer stay. Because it is hard to plant a siege, also that the water stood in many parts of the ditch, and could not be voided.  
There were also threescore and ten artillery horses, that could not pass away, and some mulets, namely the Prince of Parma's own. Besides the king determined to depart and to follow the enemy, and therefore took his way to Pont-del-Arch there to pass over the River of Seyne, to keep the enemy from temporizing on the other side of the River, and to force him to some action.  
The king being on the way to Pont-del-Arch had advice that the enemies horsemen that could not pass at Caudebeck but took to Rouen, had passed the River at Rouen, and so marched wholly toward Paris, whereupon he resolved with diligence to make way to learn the truth, where the enemy would become. He left his French horsemen, with the Duke of Montpensier to proceed forward, also his footmen with the Lord Martial Byron to the end upon advertisement from himself, to pass over Seyne, or to march toward Paris, either to pass over the River of Oyse at Creil, or at Ile-Adam, so to cut off the enemies retreat into the Low countries.  
The sixteenth day, the king received letters from the Lord of Archant governor of Eureux, importing the overthrow of a great number of the enemies, whom he surprised, lodged in the suburbs of the said town, of whom fifty were left dead in the place, and many were taken prisoners.  
He writeth moreover that upon Friday the fiveteenth day of this month of May, the Prince of Parma, son to the Duke, had passed a long not far from Eureux, accompanied with seaventene ensigns of footmen and two main troops of horse, who marched the one before, and the other behind, so disorderly and fearfully, that it had been an easy matter with a thousand horse, to have defeated them all: and that he marched directly toward Paris where he hoped upon the Sunday after, being the seventeenth of the same month, to arrive.  
The king purposeth shortly to return to the assault of Rouen, who hath found her death in place where she hoped for health. For the same town hath had no supply of the things that it standeth in most need of, neither need we to fear, so long as the king is master of the field and keepeth the River of Seine shut up, that the enemies shall deliver themselves from their misery and want of victuals.  
By letters of the eighteenth day from the Camp near to Caudebeck, we hear that the Duke of Parma remaineth at Rouen sick of his hurt: also that the Duke of Mayenne is likewise sick in the town, of a sore and in a manner incurable disease: likewise that the most part of the said Duke's army is also there enclosed: and most certain it is that the Swissers are there shut up.  
There is news come sense that the Duke of Parma having passed the River of Seyne, and understanding that the king lay for him toward Paris, hath passed the River of Marne at Charenton bridge toward Meaux, also that the said Duke is very sick.  
The Lord of Fay is at Guillebocus which he fortefieth, as being a place that may greatly hinder all traffic between Rouen and Newhaven.  
The Lord Martial Byron, on the nine and twentieth day of May, entered upon Newcastle, and it is thought that the business will not be long.  
Rouen is brought into great extremity, as being victualled but from day to day. The king purposeth very shortly to keep it shorter.  

Other news there is written from Genes the fifth of April 1592. the which are confirmed by divers letters.  
The Duke of Savoy is returned out of Provence unto Nice, thence to depart to Thurine to take order for the affairs of Piedmont where they greatly fear the coming of the Lord of Diguieres. That both before and since his departure from the same place he hath still lost, namely the good wills of the people: also that particularly Aix was revolted against him: and had expelled all the strangers his adherents: had changed magistrates and slain the consul & three counsellors. That the governor of Antibe having received money of the duke for delivery of the same to him, had mocked him, and with the canon chased away four hundred soldiers sent to take the possession. The Marquse Seralin is come out of Spain into Piedemont to serve the Duke in his wars of Provence, as also to the same effect there are levied new forces in Lombardy.  
The states of Arragon, Catalogne and Valence by common accord & consent sent unto king Philip to complain of his executing of the chief justice of the state of Arragon, whereto he answered that he executed him not as in quality of chief justice but as a particular rebel, where of they craved declaration in writing together with the confirmation of their privileges: Furthermore in as much as it seemed that the king meant to send some men toward the Pirinean mountains, they withal besought him not to send above five hundred at once according to their said privileges, whereto the king hath as yet returned no answer.   
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