A HISTORICAL Relation Of the Famous Siege of the Buss, And the surPrising of Wesell. Together With the Articles, and points of Composition granted by his Excellency the Prince of Orange to those of the Town.  
And A Supposition of the state, and order of their garrison marching out of the City. and some other additions hereunto annexed.  
Written by H.H. quartermaster to my lord General Vere his Regiment.  
Printed at Delft in Holland Anno. 1630.   

To His honoured friends, The Deputy, Minister, Treasurers, Assistants, and Generality, of the right Worshipful Company of Merchant Adventurers residing in Delft.  
RIght worthy and much respected, The last April, when I went out of the Town to the Army, I was engaged by promise to three of my friends among you; As occasions offered, to advertise you now and then, of our proceedings before the Buss, which according to my weak ability, I did perform. But seeing the most part of you were eye witnesses at the siege, Saw our works, and approaches, went to the very point, and into the galleryes, and sent some Cannon bullets into the Town, before it was given over, and since saw that glorious day (which made amends for your ill night's lodging) when the Enemy's garrison marched out of it: And that having now more leisure for the refreshing of your memories, I have recollected the parts of my letters then written to you, into a whole and brief discourse Touching the siege of the Buss, and the surprising of Wesell. I confess it is a grave story, & a brave subject, for a far more eloquent pen then mine, to work upon, but considering my employment in ●his siege and that truth & bluntness best beseems a soldier, I have ventured upon It to break the ye unto another. Such as it is, It comes unto you from a soldier as a small retribution in acknowledgement, of that great love and comfort he hath found among you, and not to show himself an ungrateful man beseeching you to accept of it with as free a hart, as he Presents it unto you: & to pardon what therein is amiss. Thus praying the Almighty to enrich you with all his blessings both Spiritual and Temporal I recommend you to his grace, and protection, and rest.  
Yours, to do you a●● acceptable service. Henry Hexham,   

A Brief relation of the siege of the Buss And the surprising of Wesell.  
AFter the happy Victory, obtained by that wise and valiant General Peter Heyne, over the Spanish silver fleet, and the safe re●ume, of the West Indian ships into the Netherlands▪ the Lords the States central, and the Prince of Orange, marking wisely herein the goodness and providence of God, that, that Neruus belli, which th● king of Spain would have employed against them, was now brought into the bowels of their country, took courage, resolved for the field, and preparations being mad● and sen● before, his Excel. to amuse the Enemy, appointed our Rendezvous at Skinck●-sco●c● the 26 of April 1629. where th● companies being, come, expected further order from the Prince▪  
On Tuesday then the 24 of April 1629, according to th● new style, his Excel. Sir Harry Vein, his Majesty's extraordinary Lord Ambassador, my Lord General Vere▪ wit● diverse other Lords and commanders, set forward from the 〈◊〉 that night lodged at Verceht: the next at Ar●h●m, whence 〈◊〉 sent monsieur Wits, Sergeant maior General to Skincks-sco●●● with this order, that the shipping should ●ack about, and fa●● down the stream to Nemegen. The wagons being mustered 〈◊〉 distributed to y● companie●, the 2●: the Prince & hit train, departed from Ar●ham to Nemegen, & gave command, that the company's should be drawn off from shipboard, and march alon● by the town side to Mucker-heath, where the Army quavered that night, under the heaven's canopy, by the same token rained almost all that night.  
On the morrow being the 〈◊〉 his Ex●el ga●● order that the creek of the day, at the first beating of his drum the soldiers should put on their arms, at the second beating of a march, they should draw forth and be ready to ma●ch. Monsieur percival the quarter master General with the quarter masters of every Regiment, and the captain of the pioniers went before to prepare the way, by which the army should march, and so made a way thorough closies and ditches t●ll they came to the Ma●e dyke, and then the army marched along the dyke, till they came a musket shot beneath the Grave, where they found a bridge laid ready over the Maze, and there passed over the bridge 56 troops of Horse, and 286 companies of foot, whereof many were double, which marched to the way the goes to the Buss, where the three Brigadoes of the Army, the Avaunt guard, the Battle, and the Rear, were quartered that night in a right line upon the Heath, which made a goodly show, with the but ends of their pikes sticking in the ground, in their ranks and ●iles, and our Horse sodged on the right hand of the Heath, at two villages called Reek, and Schayck near unto them.  
On monday morning the last of April, the Army began to move again, at the break of day, and that night marched to a Village called Hejwicke, where there was a castle, which the enemy held, some two hours going from the Buss, whether the quarter Masters riding before to quarter the Army, they lay pelting at them, and some stragglers; out of the loop holes of the Castle: but his excellency sent them word by the Gentleman, which dwelled in the Castle, that they should not play the fool's too long in holding it out; for if they did, & that they did force him to bring ordinance before it, he would beat it about their ears, and that they were to expect no quarter, He summoned them once more by his Trumpeter: yet for all that they held it out still, till they saw the Avantgard of our army, come marching towards them, and then they yielded, and cried peccavi, and sold to our soldiers, bread, butte●, bear● cheese, bacon, hens, and ducks, which was a good refreshmt to them. Count Ernest coming up turned them out, and put some 60 of our firelocks into it, and so the Army was lodged that night in the fields, and meadows by the river side ●alled the Ay.  
The next day being May-day, the Army marched through a village called Gemonde, where they passed a bridge over the Dummell, and the Army being marched to the Heath his excellency made a halt, and broke his fast in a peasant's house and having broke his fast, took with him a thousand horse, and went to view the ground at Vucht, where the Army should be quartered, the enemy not forgetting now ●nd then, to send us some Cannon bullets from the town, ●nd sc●ne●s. After his excellency had well viewed the ground, and found out the convenientest places for us to quarter in: he ga●e order to the quarter master general, to give to every quarte● master his ground, and lodged himself in a Gentelmans' hous● at Vucht, called Heyms-house, and my Lord general Ver●, was lodged in a house next unto him. Then the army wa● parted, & were quartered thus, the guards, the English, the French the walloons, and the Lord of Diedens' Regiment, consisting of 13 4 companies of foot (besides horse) with his Exci● a● Vuc●t. The Scotch, the frizons, and some dutch Regiments consisting of 50 companies with Count Ernest at Flinton. Count William of Nassawe Governor of Huysden with 35 companies at Orten, The Lord of Breadroods with ●6 companies upon 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 River, and took up his quarter at Deuteren by Grubbingdonks' Koy, and so in this manner the Buss was girt about  
On wednesday the second of May, all the quarters being laid out, and every Regiment and company having their ground given them, his Excie that afternoon sent for the Commi● Martin, and all the quartermasters, and there in his chamber makes a calculation himself, how many spades, pickaxes, & showels the Commis had in the quarter, which fell to be 31 to every single company, 64 to a double▪ giving with all express charge to the quarter masters, that the next morning betime they should begin to entrench their quarters, which was done with such expedition, that the same night the trench was made up, and his Excie towards evening riding ●long the line, to view the work gave thanks to the Captains, quarter-masters, and soldiers for their diligence therein.  
The quarters then being defensible, as so many Bees to their hives, so each soldier brings something to the making up of his hutt. This being done his Excie. rides about to view the ground for his out line. The line of Circumvallation wt● it Angels, was nigh 30 English miles in circuit. We may take it thus, from the right side of the Dam, where the Dummell was stopped, it ran along by General Cicill● quarter and so to Colonel Harewoods, from thence to the Walloons along the heath to the Milciort, and so down to the stone gallows, than along from the V●chter heath, to De●rer●s. ●●om thence to the Buss 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●, down to O●ten to Count William● quarter, from thence 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 Vfroves sconce, from thence to Beskell sconce, and so to the Damn, where it met again.  
It was admirable to see the vigllancie, and carefulness of the Prince▪ for there was not a patch of ground, by which the Enem● might have relieved the Town, but it was most strongly fortified. ● sconces, horne-works, halfmoons, redoubts and traverses, as likewise the inner line against the Town which for brevity sake I refer you to the Card. But that which was most remarkable, and which Grobbingdonk lea●t drea●ied of, & which he ingeniously confessed unto Lord of Hemes as he marched out of the Town, whereof the one was the passing of the Holland's dyke by the spade over the drowned ●●nd by his Koy. and so along to the Buss floor, wrought all by peasants which brought Earth and brush in boatte, and in diverse places made this dyke, which was drowned with water higher than to a man's middle: that other, the stopping of the Dummel, which overflowed and fed the monace round about the Buss, which water was articifially carried and conveyed round about our quarters, by two ditches over the Heath, ● one being 26 foot broad, and the other 36 foot over and 8 or ten foot deep in diverse places, which discharged itself into the drowned land by Vleeme, and into the Buss floor.  
But before his Excellency could make this Hollands dike gardable, upon the fourth of May in the night, there ●●ipt into the town 600 soldiers from Breda, which came by Vsee to Deuteren (where mo●s. Pi●ceus quarter was afterward) and from thence wading up to the arm pices by the kerre sconce, got into the town by Saint johne Poor. But on the 11 of May monsieur Pineen took up his quarter by Grobbindonekes koye, and so stopped this passage for coming thee wave any more.  
The ou● li●e then being finished, and a liour works made up and defensible which lasted well nigh three weeks or a month, his Excellency then began his approaches, every nation striving for his honour, as in Agamemuons army before Troy. The first night ground was broken and two Redoubts made in the way as ye go from Vucht to the little sconce. the next night we advanced a stone east further, and made two other Redoubts with a craverse between them, there we and the french shook hands, and parted 〈◊〉 with th● 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 thelittle sc●nce, they with the Wallones and the lord of Diedens' Regiment for the great, till we met again at the ●●tel Sconce▪ yet notwithstanding having broken ground some 200 paces further, his Excellency caused a five of communication to be made betwixt v● and them, and a battery in the midst of it, that upon any occasion we might s●●ond one another. This breaking of ground continued with commanded men at 10. fts. a night, till we got within half 〈◊〉 shot of both sconces, and always as we got ground by winddings and turnings: so we made guards, batteries, traverse●, and blinds, for the safeguard and defence of our men. And fo● the Approaches Capt: john de Bosch, & M● Humphrey we●e appointed Engineers for the English, Mont. Percival and his son for the French.  
The commanded men then being discharged, & that itbeg●n to grow hot, by reason of the enemies often shooting, the work masters ●●oke on the approaches, & ●apt forward by degr●●● for all the enemies shooting both with ordinance & small shot, & still making guards, batteries, & blinds for the security of our men, till we come to the water, which falls out of the Dummell into the moat o● y● 〈◊〉, making it a little Island, before we could come to the moat itself, and as we advanced▪ so we drew forward our ordinance, which playedupon b●●h that the Sconces, till we come to the laying over of our first gallery.  
The French likewise advanced their works euerta●e making guards, batteries, and blinds, till they got to the moat of the Horne-worke without the great sconce, where they also began to lay over their first gallery.  
The Lord of Breadroode made likewise approaches, upon the Petla● sconce over the morrace, which was very deep filling it up with ●arth and brush, till he go●t within two or three road of the counterscarp of the Petlar sconce.  
Count Ernest on Hinton side did though like, by advancing his approaches, and made his first battery of si●e half Canon, almost within musker shot of the Town, still making guards, batteries, and blinds, as he go● ground, till became to the moat of their horne-worke, without the halfmoon on that side, and likewise till he was ready to put over his first gallery.  
On his side was made a great battery of seven whole Canon and some half, which played into the Town, & upon th●●kirt of the Town, between the Ortener and Hi●t ●●●r Port. From this great battery, ran a line down to the great earth●● gallery, which was wrought over the morrace ● or 8 foot deep, with blinds and traverses, filled up with Earth, sod●●, & 〈◊〉, till is was brought within ten pauls of the w●ll on that side of the Town. And from this great battery ran a line of Communication down to Count Williams two batteries upon the Ortener dike, which short likewise into the Town, and upon that Port.  
There was likewise approaches made on Monfieur Pincens side, towards St john's Port, to keep the enemy in, and to make some Cross batteries to play upon the Town, Vuchter Port, and halfmoon, but by reason of the depth of the morrace he could not approach far, and thus much for the approaches in general.  
When we were fast, Count Harry of the Berke, musters up his forces, gives them a months pay, and at length marches with his army consisting of some 7000 horse and 20000 foot, and came and quartered at Sprang, Walwick, Druine, and ●oone. And on the 27 of june, he marches from Vleeme to Cromford and Helford, within an English mile and a half of our out line, and showing himself our ordinance bids him welcome, and le's fly at his men, as they marched towards their quarters, and being quattered in these two villages, buzzes up and down, to spy out all advantages, where he might best relieve the Town. And to amaze v● the more, on the 28 he marches with the gross of his Army back again towards Vleeme, and while his design lay another way gives an alarm in the night by Engel, and on monfieur Pincens side, and in the interim sent a matter of 4000 horse, and foot, with 800 firelocks, each having a leather bag of powder, to put them into the Town, between the Petla● Sconce, and Count Ernests quarter, and brought along with them spades, faggots and planks, to fall upon a horne-worke of ours not far from Coudewater: but being discovered by our men in the night, which stood ready to receive them, the alarm being given, they were beaten off, some of them, drowned, and others being shot and wounded, retreated, and left some of their powder bags behind them.  
This failing, he had another design by the help of two treacherous peasants, for the cutting of our Dam. The same night these peasants as their guides, brought his men along the little dike, which runs from the Dam to Baxil by the bores houses: but they in the night discovering general Cicills tent● which we●e newly set up, their hearts misgave them, and they failed that they had mistaken their way, and so retreated without attempting it, part of a company only having the guard at that point upon the dike, while the rest of the companies were drawn to the line upon the Heath, they might ●astly have effected it. Our money in the morning discovering them, as they marched toward Count Harrys quarters, thetwo half Canons which lay upon General Cicills battery let fly at them, and flew some of them. But to prevent this, the next day his Excie caused abundance of palisadoes to be driven into the dyke, and made a battery, where they should have come on, of two pieces of ordinance, and from thence to Berkell sconce, chained boats together over the water before the dam for the defence of it.  
Count Harry of the Berke being then quartered at Buxill, Cromford, and Helford, within an English mile and a half of our out line, we began to come into action, and made the nights our days, and the days our nights, expecting still his coming, which continued 23 nights together till he left us. 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 behind them in battle ready to receive him. His Excie and the king of Bohemia 〈◊〉 their train every night about midnight going the Grand Round, to answer all alarms. The same night that he intended to put in these firelocks, and their powder bags into the Town, and to have cut the dam, and have let in a sea of water up on us, which was round about our trenches, returning from Vleeme with the gross of his Army, he discovered himself betimes in the morning, as soon as it was light, by the downs, and had laid an ambuscado of mu●ke●teirs, in a ditch by trees, & behind the downs he made a halt with his horse and foot, and sends out first some 10 or 13 horse to entertain as kirmish with our horse, which had the out guard. The trumpets sounds a charge, and our Canons roars from all the batteries upon the line, and sent bullets toward their battalions, and among their horse that skirmisht. The skirmish between our horse and theirs increased, and as the Enemy sent out more horse from behind the ●ills, so we did the like from the fort, whereon his Excie stood with the king of Bohemia. At last there came two or three troop of horse to skirmish and change bullets on with another, and still our ordinance giving fire among them, our horse charging them toward the four of the downs, they feigned a retreat to draw on our horse within their Ambuscado. And monsieur Maune a French Captain of a troop of horse, charging home his horse from the Ambuscado was slain under him. The Enemy falls out again with more horse, and takes this French Captain Monsieur Maune prisoner. The Duke of Bullon seeing him thus engaged, chargeth with ● troop or two more to receive him, and while two of the ●●myes me● were a disputing whose prisoner he should be, our horse charges them again drives them to a re●re●●e, & they not having 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 between our horse and their C●a●● Harry marched away with his troops to his quarters, and his Excie with a perspective glass, saw his Army and told their colours. and when they were marched away his Excie gave order that we should be drawn off, and march to our quarter● to our rest. Count Harry removing his quarters from Cromford, & Helford, to B●xill, the English then beset the line from the dam to the Vffrowe● s●once, and from thence to the Lord of B●e●droods quarter. And Count Harry at the last seeing it was impossible for him to relieve the Town, leaving us, th● companies were eased of this extraordinary duty He marched towards the Grave, and his ordinance being gravelled & sunk into the ground, made a halt for a day or two to get them off, which made us imagine he would have returned back again to us. But at length he passed the ma●e by Mucker, and made as though he marched away, and had nothing to say to Nemegen, but bethinking himself well, stole back in the night with some of his forces to surprise it. The Burghers and soldiers having intelligence of his coming provided for him, and were in a readiness upon the wall to welcome him, and the alarm being silently taken, they gave fire from the wall among his troops, and if a Cannonier could have but found the key of a powder house not far from his half canon, where they should have, fal●e on, they had paid him bette●, howsoever they carried off a waggon full of dead bodies, and hurt men, and in the morning found many arms which they had left behind, as Mr Pilgrim the service master of Nemegen told me, who was then present with his musket upon the wall.  
The Enemy's Policy was now by way of diversion, to raise us from the siege of the Buss, and to that end sent the Governor of Ling, and Dulcken which was the governor of Groll with certain musketeers and firelocks before, to the Isell to gain a passage, while Count Harry passes the Rhyne at weasel, and meets with the Emperor's forces. The governor by the help of a ferry man's son (who for his reward they afterward made Captain) got over the Isell at Isellort Captain Dabbs and a Scotch Captain marched as fast as they could to stop & hinder the enemy's passage by sloopes over the Isell, but cam● to late notwithstanding he got up as many of his men as he could, and fight bravely with the Enemy, in which sight, he himself, and diverse of his company were slain. The enemy being come over the Ysel falls to work as fast as they could, to maintain, and make good their passage, till more forces came up to them. Count Harry having the news off it, sent with all expedition the Emperor's forces horse, & foot to them. Ar●h●m was then in a pitiful fear, and diverse of th● best sort fled out of the town, which gave discouragement to their fellow Burge●s, and caused tho●e a great disorder. News came to the Prince, that the enemy was passed over the Is●l at Yselo●t into the yellow, he presently sent forces out of our Army at several times, as first the lord of Di●d●ns R●gi●et with diverse English, french, and scotch companies. afterward count Ernest, Colonel Harewood, Lieutenant Colonel Pagnam ●or the English. and Colonel Hanterive for the French. Count Ernest coming to Arnham and finding it much distracted, caused his drums to b●●te a proclamation, that those Burghers which were fled & had abandoned the town should upon penalty of confiscating their goods and lands return back again into the Town. Then he guards and besets the B●row from Arnham to Skincksennce, and so to Nimogen over which Colonel Har●wood, and Lieutenant C●ronell Pagnam commanded. And from Arnham down the River to Rhyme and wagener over whom Colonel Hauterive & Sr john Ver● commanded. The Enemy after they had shown themselves before Arnham upon the hills, and made some incursions into the velowe, they took in a sconce of ours between Do●sbarow and Zurphin, on the valow side by Spankeron, which a sergeant with small reputation upon the first summons gave over.  
The Enemy finding this pla●e more Convenient removed his ●ridge and quarter from Iselor● & came thither, because it was a higher ground, and better for his Army to lodge in, and there laid over his bridge, & drove 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 soon mar●h●● thorough the fear by a narrow passage to A●●reford, and those of the Town after a Cannon sho●t or two from the gallows hill gives it o●er unworthily, whereas if they had held it but two or three days 〈◊〉 the Pence had s●●t to them, or I hang●r had ●●de the enemy to forsake them, they had done better and gained more reputation. Amerchard now being taken, there was likewise a 〈…〉 in Vtrecht, 〈◊〉 of the ●ight of s●me of their chief men and Burghers. The Papists began in diverse places to put up their heads and expected a day. The Lords the State's general themselves to give encouragement to those of Vtrecht in this perplexed time, and to prevent further disorders, were fain to remove their council from the Hagh to Vtrecht. And General Morgan in this distress, came happily out of Denmark, & put in forces into Campen, Swoll, Deventer and Zutphen▪ The states began to fortify Vtrecht, and ran a trench along the river side that goes from Vtrecht to the Fare. To be short, the Enemy being master of Amersford many men's hearts began to fail them, and they hung down their heads like bulrushes, you may likewise imagine, what heavy news this was in our Army, and how bobbard the papists grew hereupon, witness two, y● one who had given out, that his Excel. was risen from the Buss, That the Enemy had beaten up the Lord of Breadroods' quarter, and had relieved ye●owne, for which report, he might very well have had his brained knocked out, and his house plundered by the popularity if th● magistrates had not wisely prevented it. The other after his jeering manner said to some of our Religion. Oh he 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 no means hear off: notwithstanding called a coancill of war upon it, and took the advise of his chiefs & Colonels. His Excel-knowing fullwell what an infinite charge this siege had cost the land, & that his honour, & all ours lay at the stake upon it, and so resolved to continue his siege, and to rest upon the providence of God for the Euene? Whiles the Enemy was thus a domineering in Amersford, firing, plundering, and ravaging the fellow & had intended another expedition for Hatton, Swoll, Campen and chose parts: News comes from heaven that Wesell was taken, ●his dashes all, & breaks the neck of all their designs. The Lord shuts a door behind him, puts a hook in his nostril, and fetches him back with a whirr. The Emperor's men & Crawats, who had left their goods & riches in weasel, swears by e●n hondert duysent tonnen van gettapte duyvelen & thought the there had been juggling between the Prince of Orange, & Count Harry his Cousin. The post which brought the first news of it to them, was beaten, and threatened to be hanged for his labour. And they made as much haste as they could to be jogging from Amersford. The news coming to our army it was so strange that the Prince himself scarcely believed it, but at last breaks out into admiration, as it was reported, & said, if it be so, it was merely the work of God, and not man's. And to us it was as a dream, we could hardly give credit unto it, till it was thoroughly seconded, and confirmed.  
If it please you I will relate unto you, how, & in what manner it was surprised. First, as a preamble thereunto ye have heard, how that the Enemy against oath, & promise had shut up th● great Church in Wesel, against those of our religion, and for ●ooth to colour this as commonly they do, they gave the child another name: it was ●he Emperors doings ●verif they would pay a round sum of money, they would open the church doors, and they should have the liberty of their conscience and free excercise of their religion again. This was only a trick to exhaust money from them, for they use to keep faith no longer with Heretics, then till they find their advantages, according to the maxim of the Council of Trent. But the righteous God, who is the revenger of such perfidiousnes: as he heard the sighs and gro●ines of the children of Israel, under the Tyranny of Pharaoh: so heard he also the Sobs & prayers of his afflicted servants in this Town, and sent them a sudden deliverance in an unexpected time, by the help of two or three weak instruments (for he can help with a few as well as with a multitude) from the spanish yoke, who had bereft them of their spiritual Manna. To this end a special occasion then presented itself by reason of a new Bulwark which was a making on the East side of the Town, and lay open, & was only shut in with a palisadoe which might easily be beasen down, as the Event hereafter showed. The undertakers of this enterprise were Peter Mulder, Richard Mulder his brother, and john Rotleer, all three Burghers of weasel, men of a mean Condition, but of a good spirit and resolution, to perform that which they had undertaken. This Peter Mulder diverse times feigning to learn to swim●, had piled the depth of the moat on that side, and spying out all ope●tunities made a great Iron hammer, to beat down the above said palisado. The time and place then being designed on the 18th of August 1629, he went out of weasel at one port some three dowres before the shutting of the gates, and an Four after his brother followed him and went out at another ●ort and john Rotle●r a little before the shutting of the ports went out as a third port, lest any thing should be discovered, and to bring them news if all were w●l in the to●ne, & meeting all three together in the dark at the place appointed, sell all three do●ne upon their knees and implored the aid of the Lord of Hosts, to give them wisdom, strength, and courage, to perform the which they had undertaken for the deliverance of their fellow 〈…〉 and brethren, patiently attending the coming of ● Lord of Dioden governors of E●arick who ●reun● Prince had the command for the managing of this des●igne, About midnight came unto 〈◊〉 from 〈…〉 a matter of sixteen hundreth foot (some ma●ke●iers others firelocks and half pi●●●) and eight ●roops of horse. Before they went on, the Lord of Dioden to do 〈◊〉 man wrong made them draw B●llets, who should first fall on▪ the first b●ll●t than fell to captain 〈◊〉 H●●gen●. The second to the Drossard of Bra●ort. The third to Mounsieur Die●●. the fourth to Mo●●sieur Market. And the fifth to Monsieur Lawik each captain having 150 men under his command. Pe●ter Mulde●▪ & hi● two comrades goes on courageously before them as a forlorn hope, giving courage to the soldiers, whose hearts began a little to misgive them, Eye car troops c●me thither, and that the Lord of Died●●▪ had ordered the business thus, it began to be light, and they did imagine that it was not practickable. The Enemy likewise, seeing the day bro●●●, and that it began to be very fight, drew off these by-wat●● from that place, and betook themselves to their 〈◊〉. But God who is the disposer of all warlike attempts, and gives courage to men, at last our men felv●on the bulwark abovesaid, and P●ter Mulder (as is said going before breaks down the paliss●do with his hammer, and makes an ●n●●anc●, the officers, and soldiers seconded him b●a●ely, and enters the town on sunday morning the 19 of August 1629 a little before sun ●●sing, after the guard was dei●●ue off. And cutting of the two guards nets adjoining to that place bore up stiff towards the m●rket place. The alarm was so sudden, that the enemy's men running too and again to answer it, knew not our men from their own. Captain 〈◊〉, who was the first that entered mets with some resistance under the Gonangen p●●t, (or prisoner's gatehouse) and there had thr●● encounters with the enemy, hau●●● but 〈…〉 with him, leaving the r●s● to keep open the entrance, and to guard the corners of the streets that the e●●mie might gath●● 〈◊〉 head to cut of his second behind him. In the Inc●tim, Peter Mulder ran in all haste to Vulcan the smith one of his acquaintance, and knocked him up, and called to him, that down wa● Geax, the smith being much amazed at such a sudden newe● opened his sh●pp door, and they taking his men, and the greatest 〈◊〉 he had, ran apace unto the Bru●nish port broke of the locks, bars, and bolts thereof, and opened the gate▪ but coming to the draw bridge was shrondly p●sse●gd a good while, before ● a could get down the chains of that bridge▪ but at the last (O the admirable providence of God●● 〈…〉 bullet from the bulwark which flankerd ● bridge, as Peter Mulder himself reported to his master at Amsterdam, and shot the chain asunder, down goes the bridge the horse which stood before the port enters, the trumpets sound tantara, they scour the streets, and draws up in battle into the market place de cap en pied, with their pistols in their hands, The Spaniards fled out of the Town to the sconces, our foot follows the horse, besetts the wall, and possesses all their guards, breaks down their bridge, which lay over the Rhine, and which drove down the stream towards Rees, & sets fire on some sloopes and punts, which were o● the other side of the water. The Sconces coming in upon composition. And the brunt being over, the soldiers fell a plundering, got into the Spaniards shops: the officers houses, and the bitterest Papists and jews houses, Ransacks the cloisters, breaks down 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' money and goods, The riches of diverse Colonels, horse and foot Captains, which the Emperor's men and Crawats had got in the German wars, and left there behind them for safety in their expedition into the fellow, To conclude the foot divided the spoil, & the horsemen shated bags and barrels of rix-dol●ers by the hattfulls. But that which was most remarkable (O just God) that church, which they had bolted up 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 soldiers, who the next day were set over the water with their wives and children. There was six companies of Spaniards, and eight others of several nations in the Town, besides some horse.  
Three of the Enemy's Captains were slain, and about 70 soldiers, and we lost but nine in all. The names of the prisoners taken were these,  
Francisco Lozano Governor, The chief kerteritz, Baron de liques, Captain la Crous, Captain Burgos, Captain Ventos, The chief Bour, and Captain Bour, Captain Nieuborow, Captain la Court, Captain Darimont, Captain, Cruyt, Captain Velasco, Captain Bourri, Captain Perry Reformado, Galleron, Sergeant Maior of the Town, Captain la Nove, Caro a horse Captain,, Rottelly thou Auditor, L' Espi cho Physician of the Hospital of Rhie● berke, Ensign Callart, Leiutenant B●itelle, Ensign Keteritz, Ensign Charles de Roye, Annihall Semovetly, Sergeant Maior reformado, Hubart Wollart, Commissary of the musters, F●rdinando wickell another Commissary of the musters, Christian Bollard, Commissarie of the victuals, Anthony Nimpha Alpher●es o● Ensign reformado Jerome de Dire, likewise commissary of the victual jan de Sadino Af●rus reformado, jan de contese do Alferus reformado, Francisco Pelo, provisional Marshal, Fill Bour Ensign, Pedro de Van●ercie lieutenant and official of the masor Domo Lucas Ancie Ingineur, Matthew 'tis, lieutenant to the horse troop of Captain Stror●y, Henry Covet, Ensign Charles Wattle lieutenant reformado. Benedid jacob, lieutenant to V●l●s●os company A●thony Bele●. Ensign N●cholas Alphen. Commissary over the victuals, Cha●pientier likewise commissary over the victuals, Gabriel Sourly. marshal of a Regiment, and Baltazar Morret Ensigne. Besides all those prisoners, many small barrels of pistols and Kix-dollors which was ●or the payment off their Army six and forty pe●ces of ordinance upon the wall, & two without carrages lying in the market place, and two in the magasine, two mortars, Arms as Corselets, pikes, muskets and firelocks, for to arm five thousand men, a thousand barels of powder, besides all this, great store of meal, abundance of Corno, and other victuals and provisions for their Army. In fine this Town was sedes belli the magasin for their war, which the Lord thus delivered into our hands. O Lord I cannot call to mind this thy glorious work, or draw my pen from paper, but I must render thanks unto thee, & sing forth thy praises with the rest of thy people. Thou that lookest down from heaven, and hast heard the prayers of thy people: yea even of that Town, which was a refuge to us in the days of persecution, witness a Duchess of England▪ we may well ●ing with thy holy Prophets, We have a string City, saluatio● will GOD appoint for w●lls & Bulwarks. Open ye the gates that the King of glory may enter in. Let us therefore put our trust in the LORD, for ever, for in the LORD jehovah is everlasting strength. He hath done marvellous things and his Right hand hath g●t him the victory. Yea, the LORD made that Church which was shut up against his faithful ones in this Town, to be a prison for their enemies for the breach of their promise.  
Therefore blessed be● the LORD GOD of Israel, from everlasting, to everlasting. Amen. Amen.  
Having made this digression and weasel being Geux, I return again to our approaches at the Busy, before we came to the laying over of our first Gallery, there the Captain of his Excellencies guard got a dangerous shot in the forehead, that he lost his Eye, Captain Omka●s a worthy Engineer showing his body to open, was snapped of and slain with a firelock, and Captain Clarke shot thorough both his legs, & having brought over our gallery we could not come to the moat of the little Sconce before we had beaten the enemy out of two traverses and a point which came out of the Counterscharfein the form of a half moon on our right hand next the Dummel, at the entrance of our Gallery over this first water on the left hand we had a battery upon which Colonel Harwood was shot thorough his hat, my Lord of Oxford standing by.  
The gallery being over we began to sapp, and made a mine into the enemies first traverse, that night which St jacob Ashly commanded in the trenches desirous of honour, he was appointed with some 60 pikes and musketeirs to fall on after the mine was sprung, and Captain Gouldwell as Eldest Captain to second him, with more men. Before the mine was blown up he gave the Enemy an alarm to draw them on towards our mine, and the mine being sprung fell on with his men and beat the enemy to a retreat out of part of their traverse our men and the enemy giving fire bravely one at another a good while, but our men lying opento the bulwark of the little Sconce, and their other traverse, were fain to retreat again into the mouth of our Gallery. This mine took not well, but sprang rather backward then forward, and did more hurt to our own men then to the enemies, casting a great deal of earth upon Sr jacob Ashly cinging him and bruising him, very shroudly upon his arm, As likewise Monsieur Neal● his Exelencies Engineer, broke his leg, and buried some of our soldiers under the Earth which was blown up, and so came off with the loss of some men. yet from this earth which was cast up out of the enemies traverse, we began to sap forward which the enemy seeing at last they quitted it, and so we become masters of it, and getting a little more elbow room, we advanced forward to the moat of the little sconce, making guards batteries and blinds, till we came to the very brink of it, where we began to put over our second gallery towards the point of the Bulwark on the left hand of the sconce, having then made three or four batteries for the safeguard of our men and gallery, we battered the point of the Bulwark ●o, where our gallery was a putting over, that we made it almost mountable. And now and then casting some granadoes into the sconces, that we made their huts, sparrs, and dust, fly about their ears.  
Upon the 8 of july in the night the enemy Sallied out of the great Sconce, upon the French, but were soon b●●ten in aga●ne and a Lieutenant of the enemies, which commanded was taken prisoner, and a Gent. of quality, and some 30 of them slain and hurt.  
The next day being the ninth of july, Mons. Chartil●us●ōpany company having the guard in the french approaches, fell upon the horn-worke without the great Sconce, but the enemy not disputing it long quitted it, and retired to their Counterscarp where on the right hand, they cut it of, & made a small trave●se in it, whence they gave fire with their musketeers and firelocks upon them, but the f●ench having put their gallery over the moat of the counterscarp they came to the m●ate of the great sconce, where they put over their second gallery, into 〈◊〉 false bray, on the left hand of their gallery the enemy b●● cut of their false bray▪ to hinder the workmen, and miners by giving fire from a small traverse, upon them.  
On the 17th of july about t●n of the clock the brush and ●agotts, were laid from the end of our second gallery, o●●er the moat of the little Sconce. And the french did the like over the moat of the great Sconce. Our soldiers pulled down ●he palisadoes under the foot of the Bulwark of the little Sconce, and the same night began to make a mine into The Bulwark. The french that night before the Lord of Diedens' Regiment relieved them, had about with the enemy upon the small traverse, which they had cut off in their false-braye before they drew off, and being relieved, the 18th of july about three of the clock in the morning the enemy quitted their great Sconce, out of fear of being cut off, because we were got over the moat of the little Sconce, and began to mi●e into the Bulwark thereof, leaving wine, victuals, bear, a boy and a dog behind them. The next night then being the 19th Colonel Harewood commanding, the enemy likewise quitted not only the little Sconce, but also a traverse out of the moat of the great sconce next the town, which they might very well have disputed, and thus the Great and little Sconces, with the travers were taken in, upon the points whereof, his Excellency with all expedition caused batteries to be made, which played into the ●owne, upon the Tenaille, Vuchterport, and the half moon without it.  
From this traverse on the other side of the moat o● the little Sconce, we began a new Sap towards another Traverse which they had upon th● dike between that and th● Tenaile but th● enemy seeing we approached ne●re unto it, quitted it, and retreated to the Tenaile itself. my Lord General Ve●es company of Schoonhoven with the rest of the companies which had the guard with them, having sapped to the moat of the Tenaile, entertained a fight with the enemy a little before they were relieved, and gave fire bravely upon the Tenaile, while two float bridges were laid over unto it & some musket basket set up, & that they began a mine in the Tenaille. Our miners found much difficulty in making this mine, because the foundation thereof was laid with willow Trees, and roots, Acrosse one another, howsoever they pulled out some of the tree● and made a mine into it. That night the French relieved the English, (For the Sconces being ours we then ran one line, & every nation relieved one another) and the next day the mine being ready, the powder chambered, and the train laid to it: the French to wit, mo'ns'. Chattillo●es company, and the rest having there the guard, for their honour would fall on, to see if they could take in the Tenaile, and beat the enemy out of it, well then about eleven of the clock the mine being sprung the French Captains, volunteers & diverse other Gentlemen of great quality, (though the mine made no great entrance, fell on valiantly, but the enemy having drawn some men out of the Town maintained it stoutly, and finding no means to e●ter i●, were driven to retreat back again, into our works, with the loss of some 30 volunteers Gent. and soldiers slain and hurt, and so the enemy maintained still their Tenaile.  
The last day that the french had the guard, The Duke of Candale commanding, the french desirous of a revenge, had a second bout with them, a little before they were relieved to see if they could carry the Tenaile. Towards evening then another mine being made and sprung, they fell on again, & came to the push of the pike upon the right Corner of it, and set up some musket baskets, the enemy laid about them, & thrashed ●●me of them with iron flails, and maintayne● it stiffly. They gave fire bravely one upon another a good while; for the space o● hal●e an hour, but at last the French were fain to fall off again, only this advantage was gotten during the fight, that they turned up the Earth so upon the right corner of it, that they lodged two or three musketeers almost in the top of it, from whence a sap afterwards was begun, to see if we could cut o● the left corner, & so become masters of the Tenaile.  
The French that night being relieved by the walloens and sapping forward from the corner above said, the enemy marking it, quitted that night their Tenaile to the walloens and retreated to their half moon. upon the Tenaile his Excel. made a great battery of nine half cannon, which beat upon both the bulwarks, the port, and their half moon, without it. About this time a river which runs from the Buss to Crevicoeur and so into the maze was stopped with a dame over it, that no water should come out of the maze, when it was high, too seed the morrace, and the moat of the town. And heat his Excel. by an admirable Stratagem, caused 34 mathematical mills to be set upon the brow of this river drawn with horses, which drew up abundance of water from below, sucking it up with funnells and casting it up dismissed itself upon the mills which cast out abundance of water when the wind blew stiff and thus the water by these mills was drained out of the drowned land and the moat, by certain ditches and conveyances to them.  
On the tenth of August Grubbindunck in the night, sent out two soldiers with leters from himself, & others in the town to the Infanta and their friends at brussels each of them having a pair of doves, which should be cast up, and fly into the town with her answers back again, with express order from the Governor of all Schouts, and Burgomasters of the villages in Brabant, to furnish them with horse and Convoy to brussels, but their hearts failing them and fearing to be taken by our men, in passing the line and watches, the one Soldier being more wil●●ng than the o●her drew out his knife and threatened to cut the others throat, if he would not go along with him to th● Prince, and so calling to our Sentinels, The guard received them in, and the officer that commanded in the morning brought th●● to his Excel. (The contents off these letters were as it is reported) That, he could not hold out the Town above three weeks, and that the Burghers for the saving of their goods, and lives, and shunning of danger would force him to a composition, and therefore required relief within that time, or else the Town would be lost, of all which the Prince made good use.  
To go on then the Tenaile being ours we began a new sap, from the right point thereof, towards the enemies half moon, without the Vuchter port, running our approaches by oblique lines, windings and turnings, till we came to the very brink of the moat, where the dummel falls into it making the moat and it above 300 foot over, and ever as we got ground, so we advanced our ordinance, made batteries guards, and blinds, for the safeguard of our men. There began the first entrance of our gallery into the moat to be put over into the bulwark on the right hand of the port. On both sides the entrance of our long gallery, there were made for the defence of it, two batteries of two half Cannon a piece, which beat upon the brick foundation of the bulwark and likewise flankard our Gallery on both sides. The ordinance likewise which were planted upon the Tenaile. played upon the Bulwarks on each side the Port, to dismount their ordinance which shot upon the end of our Gallery and of our workmen but the enemy's ordinance were so sunk that we could not come at them, till they made other batteries, yet our Ordinance from thence did so batter and shatter the Brickie linings of the Bulwark, on the right hand of the Port, that it was made almost mountable before the Earth brush and blind were laid over the moat from the end of our gallery to the Bulwark itself.  
From under this Tenaile was also a plank bridge laid over the Dummell, and a blind made to get into the Vuchter eynt or Bleak field. In this patch of ground were made blinds and batteries to dismount the enemy's Ordinances, which played upon our Gallery and workmen, from the Bulwark on the left hand of the Port, & a piece which they had sunk in their half moon. In this field also we began to lay our second Gallery over to the right face o● the Bulwark but the enemy's Ordinance from the bulwark on the farther side of the Port racked thorough and thorough it 8 or ten times and shot some of the posts thereof asunder, at the entrance of It into the moat: yet at the last our baterie in that field put them to silence, & an English Captain an excellent Cannonier whose name I have forgot, dismounted their half Cannon. That day my Lord of Oxford had the guard, by shooting just into the Port bowl, after this our men wrought more safely in both the Galleries. At the Entrance off our second Gallery was likewise made a guard for the defence of It.  
Our long Gallery being got some 30 or 40 joints or posts over the Dummell and the moat, each joint being about 3 foot distant one from another, (And that it was counted a good night and days work to fill up the moat and set up three or four of them) The guards, batteries, and blinds being made higher an● more defensible for our men: On the left hand of that blind which ran to the entrance of our long Gallery into the moat, we begun a sap forwards towards the enemies half moon without the Port, making still Guards, & batteries for our Cannon and mortars, till we came to the ve●y counter Scharfe of the half moon, and so we beat the enemy out of It into the●r half moon, by the same token Sarant Cox of my Lord veres company of Sehconhover who fell on with the men was sound thrashed with an iron flawed for his labour, the counter scharfe being taken in, a bridge was laid over the ditch of the half moon to get a mine into the foundation thereof. In this sap, Captain Clarke made a lofty guard, which was a very good defence for our men, especially to offend the enemy, when they peeped, or shot over out of their half moon, upon our sappers and workmen.  
On the 15th of August in the night the enemy had a Stratagem in his head to cut our Trench by the little mile, and Co●dewater, & so to have let in the water upon our approaches. to put this into execution, Grubbingdon●k sent out of the Town some hundred and fifty fire locks, with Spades, which stole in the night, between the Petlar Sconce & Count Ernests quarter thorough the inward line, where it was not finished, and came to the little windmill by our out line, And there having laid an ambuscado of some of their firelocks in a ditch, and behind some bushes fell to work apace, to cut our Trench some 30 foot broad between the hornework & the Redoubts upon the line, not far from that place where Count Harry of the Berks men would have attempted It before, but part of Captain Broogs' company having the guard in a Redoubt next unto them gave ●ire, and the Alarm being given, our horse which had the Guard in a house not far from thence came up to charge them, and giving fire likewise from that Redoubt, they left their work and retreated back to their Ambuscado, leaving some spads and a pair of old shoes behind them, and as they retreated gave fire upon our horse men, and slew a corporal and hurt too or three more besides. But by reason of the mor●ace & the ditch, our horses could not come to charge them, neither durst out foot fall out of their guards, and so they retreated back again into the Town some to English mile from the place where they fell a cutting▪ Surely If they had stand but one half quarter of an hour longer or cut the gap not so broad, they had effected the business they came for, because the water was not passing three inches lower than the top of the Trench, and so should have let in an Inundation of water upon us.  
On Saturday at night the 18th of August my Lieutenant Colonel Sr Edward Vere had the command in the Trenches, and on sunday his Excel. who often times ventured his person very much, came down to the Gallery, to se● the approaches a little before my Lieutenant Colonel was relieved. He went to show the Prince the Works & the sap. whiles the companies being relieved were drawn off as far a● the little Sconce, my Lieutenant Colonel having shown his Excel. thesap, and taking his leave of him, walking of with Sr Tho. Conway being a tall man, came that unhappy shot thorough the blind and shot him behind in his head, that It perished his brains, That night being brought up into his Hut in the quarter, He called upon the LORD, that he was his shield, his buckler, and defence, and besought the LORD in mercy to pardon his sins in Christ, & that he desired none in Heaven or Earth but Christ and his righteousness, and so uttered many comfortable sentences savouring of a gracious resolution, and with in four days after It pleased GOD, to call him to his mercy, and so we lost our Lieutenant Colonel, whose extraordinary valour Sufficiency, and complete abilities for a commander, a●●he● were well known unto us: so was his loss exceedingly lamented by his Excel. and the chiefs of our Army.  
My Lord General Vere, my Lord of Oxford, many Captains, officers, voluntaries, and Gentlemen of quality, who had been at his funeral in Bommell▪ returning home, that night our Regiment had the guard in the approaches, and a civil worthy Gentleman of my Lord's company of Dort, one Master Mullinax, that bore my Lieutenant Colonels sword before his Corpse that day, going to see the sap was the first that night which followed him the way of all flesh. My Lord General Vere bestirred himself, had all his officers and Gentlemen and soldiers about him in a readiness, that upon the first occasion, If the enemy had either Sallied out upon our sappers and workmen, or If they should have attempted the firing of our Gallery, they might have beat them in again, Captain Rockwood of my Lord's Regiment, as Eldest Captain executed my Lords commands with valour and discretion, had his granado men at hand, and placed diverse musketeers upon all flanks to play upon the enemy & to keep them under, for shooting upon the end of out Gallene, and our workmen, and now and then sent them some Cannon bullets which shot upon the top of their bulwark, and upon their half moon, too keep th●m under, sometimes shooting A granado into the Town and throwing hand granadoes among them, into their halfmoon. Towards midnight the Enemy likewise did cast hand granadoes upon our blind, next unto their halfmoon, and set fire on it, which broke 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 gave order that some soldiers should take shovels, and spades from the workmen, and cast earth and water upon it, which caused it to s●ake, and had two or three granado men in a readiness there which paid them with their own coin: but sure it was good that the wind blue South West, for had the wind been Northwest, and had blown stiff, as it did, it had not only endangered the firing of all our blinds, but also our gallery, which would have hindered our approaches, and cast us a great deal behind hand. And so this night and the day following our gallery, and works were well advanced. This day Sir Harry Hungate got a mark of honour by a bullet which shot him thorough his buff jerkin, and g●a●ed upon his flesh.  
Before our Regimt had the watch again in the Approaches the gallery was well advanced, and they got about three posts night and day. It was then my Lord of Oxford's turn to Command who was made our Lieutenant Colonel in Sir Edward Vere's place deceased. The bridge being la●d over the ditch of the enemy's half moon we began to sapp, and logd in the left Corner of It▪ and made a mine into It, we found It very hard mining into It, because of the tre●● that lay a cross in It. This evening there was discovered an engine upon a float from the furthest part of their half moon by the moat, which we presuposed they had prepared for the firing of our Gallery▪ to prevent this my Lord of Oxford got a sloop, which was brought about towards our Gallery, that on a sudden ten or twelve resolute soldiers with short swords and pistols might chop into It, to ●inder the enemy from fastening any ●●re worke● upon our G●llerie, which the enemy perceiving left It unattempted. His Lord gave order likewise that our musketeers from all flanks should contineua●ly be playing, and our Ordinance shooting upon the top of they● Bulwark and their half moon to keep the enemy from Peeping over, and giving fire upon our workmen. This night though it was moon light the brush and faggots were l●yd over to the left hand of the Bulwark from the end of our second Gallery in the Bleach field, and thanks be to God but one man short in laying them over, as the Captain of the Carpenter can witness, and an other souldie● of Captain Skippons' short which stood Cencinell in our long Gallery.  
My Lord Craven whose worth was known to us, & 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 with General Morgan's Regiment. my Lord of Doncaster and my Lord Fielding two noble sparks trailed pikes under my Lord of Wimbletous compan● & went down to the approaches upon any service that was to be done, and exposed their bo●ies both to danger and sickness. My Lord of Oxford an hour before he was resiened had 〈◊〉 with the enemy upon th● left co●ner of their ha●f● moon, and my Lord Vere's musketeers of Dort, coming up almost to the top of the half moon gave fire in the teeth of the enemy▪ and came to the push of pike thorough the blinds, this startled them, & made them throw stones to us and cast hand granado●s among-our men. but his Lord caused a soldier of Captain Roockwoods' company to cast 14 hand Granades among them▪ in to their half moon, which made them give back and Cry Guarda, Guarda, The Granados being burst, they Came up again to the top of the half moon, with as much haste as possible might be to give fire upon our men▪ but my Lord caused musketeers to be drawn to the top of our guards especially that of Captain Clarke which was high they gave fire apace upon them, fetched some of them off which showed their heads, and bodies, this piece of service being ended my Lord of Oyford being Relieved drew away to our quarters.  
On Count Ernests side the 19 of August the brush, and planks were la●ed over to their Horne-worke, and a mine made into it. This mine being sprung, the Scotch, and the Duchess fell on courageously, and they and the Enemy gave fire apace one at another for three quarters of an hour, our ordinance playing from all batteries, as fast as they could charge, and discharge. In this time the Enemy endured three assaults, with the loss of many men, as ●he Burghers afterward reported who were present upon the walls, but the Enemy gave fire so from the wall of the Town, and out of the greathalfe-moone, that our men not carrying it were driven for that time to retreat into the mouth of their gallery, and works, yet this advantage they got, they set up some musket baskets, and lodged some men upon the right corner of their horne-worke, from whence they began a sap, and made blinds toward their halfmoon which after another mine was sprung, caused the Enemy on the 21 of August to quit it wholly to them, & so retired into their halfmoon. In this sight, were flain, Captain Ramsey, and two days after a Dutch captain, called captain Hatton who carried themselves very worthily.  
On the 23 of August we had a general thanksgiving, and a Triumph thorough out the whole army, in acknowledgement of the great goodness of God, for the taking in of Wesell.  
The triumph was made in this manner following, first the musketteirs were drawn off from all out guards (saving the approaches) and out of our quarters, and placed along the inner line next the Town, some six foot distance one from another. The pikes were drawn to the out line and outguards, and the rest stood by divisions in the quarters, eu●ry one of them having a wisp of straw upon the head of his pike, to be set on fire, when the signal should be given. The volley of musketteirs should begin at Crevicoeur, where the Princess lay, and so to Engelen, from thence along the men of war, and the Redoubts by the Bustle sloote, to Monsieur Pincens quarter, so to the French line, the approaches, a●d then to us, from thence to the Lord of Breadroods' quarter, and so along to Count Ernests quarter, and so to Count William's quarter where it ended. Betwixt every volley, the canon which lay upon the Batteries of the out line, those which were drawn out of our quarters to the heath by the stone gallows, and those which were in all the approaches should be shot off. The signal was this, about ten a clock in the night, when a granado was shot into the Town, than the first volley should begin, and the wisps of straw upon the heads of the pikes, should be set on fire, All which was done accordingly and made a brave show. The volley met with a stop at the first, but when it came to the French line, to the approaches, to us, to the lord of Bread●oods, to Count Ernest quarter, and Count Williams quarter it ran well. Between the volleys, there were above 3●0 pieces of ordinance from Crevicoeur, and roun● about our army discharged, those of the Town acknowledged afterward, that shooting at once with so many ordinance out of our approaches in o● town did much amaze them. And then they began to believe indeed that weasel was Geux, though the governor by all meanus laboured to conceal it from them, and thus much touching our Triumph for Wesell.  
On the first of September Monsie●r Stakenbrock, Lieutenant General of the horse, The D●ke of Bovill ●n, with ten troops of horse, three hundred firelocks, and diverse English, and french musketeers taken out of diverse companies, an● three half French canon toward evening were drawn ou● of our quarters, and marched that night to a small town and castle in Brabant called 〈◊〉, some six hours going from the Buss, where some 400 of the Enemies Ward-gellers, or as we● term them fresh water soldiers, taken on by those of Flanders, who lay lurking there, to s●e if in the night they could have cut our Trench, upon the out line, and let in the water upon us which stood without our entrenchment. But his Excellency having intelligence of them prepared this Camisado for them, they having advertisement by some peasants their friends, of our men● coming, stole away in the night, and trusted rather to their heels then to their arms.  
Yet they were not gone so far, but the Duke of bovillon with his horse fetches them up, and round● them in a morrace, and by a ditch, and charging them, slew about 70 of them. The rest cried out for quarter, and because they were such soldiers, the Duke was in a quandary, whether he should give them quarter or not, but at last with much entreaty, he granted them quarter, & took 160 of them prisoners, and brought them the next day to our quarters. In the Castle they left behind them, four petards made of oaken planks, some five inches thick, and the chamber or briche, lined with Iron. These should have been charged with powder and stones, to have been discharged out of their sloopes upon our Trench, and so having made a rupture in our live, have let in a sea of water to have drowned, and overflown all our approaches, these engines were brought likewise in karr● to his Excel. house in our quarters.  
On the fifth of September, the Trench, & faggots being laid from the end of our long gallery to the very foundation of the bulwark: the miners began a mine thorough the bricks into it. but by reason the Enemy had sunk a piece from the end of their halfmoon, which shot just into the mouth of the mine, it was hot being there, which made the miners' schy, the more because two o● the miners were slain, which had taken it on, in the very mouth 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 bulwark, and then there was found three soldiers of my Lord General Vere's company of Schoonhoven, to wit john Scott, William Lee, and especially Richard Pristman, who was skilful on digging, and underpropping of Coalpits in En●land, undertook it, & performed it well, and this commendations one may give them, that it took the best effect of any mine, which was ever sprung before the buss.  
Well then on the tenth of September being monday, betime in the morning, Sir jacob Ashly Lieutenant Colonel to General Morgan's Regiment, had the command that night in the Approaches. And with much a do a mine was made in the Enemies half moon b●fore the Porr, ere the mine was sprung he sent a Satinet with six musketeers to the top of the halfmoon, to give the Enemy an alarm, to bring them on towards our mine, and then for fear of endangering our own men, he was to retreat back again, all which was done accordingly. The mine then being blown up, took but little effect, for the reasons above ●aid, and made no great entrance into their half moon. After this Sir Simon Harecourts' Ensign was commanded to fall up with some 30 musketeirs to the top of the halfmoon, and to give 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 own mines which were to be sprung. Now the Enemy's two mines being blown up, Sir jacob Ashly fell up, and gave order to Sir Simon Harebourt to fall into the Enemy's halfmoon with 50 musketeers; and pikes more, with his Ensign, and the 30 abovesaid. The Enemy disputing it a good while but at last Sir Simon and his men beat them up to their entrance into their half moon by the moat side, and there changed bullets one with another, and came to push of pike, and after they had maintained that place a pretty while, he drove them from thence along●th moat side to a traverse, which was cast up some 60 paces from the said entrance into the halfmoon, where following them close, and giving fire upon them, at last they bid him farewell, and retreated into the Town by Saint john's Port.  
This being done he himself with his men made a stand at the entrance into the half moon, where the Enemy stood it out till it began to be light, and till our men were lodged in the top of the halfmoon, in those places which might most offend the Enemy, This was the first work, which was carried by force of Arms, and really disputed. In this sight Sir Simon Harecourt was five times thrust, and shot thorough his clothes, and yet it pleased God he came of well, and with honour. After our men had taken in the half moon, his Eycel. came down into the gallery, and gave extraordinary thanks to Sir jacob Ashly, Sir Simon Harecourte, & the rest of the officers and soldiers, which had carried themselves so well, and rewarded some of the soldiers with money. And thus the Enemy on our ●●de was shut up into the Town.  
The same night came on Sir Harry Harboured, Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel Harewood, & relieved Sir Iac●b Ashly He brought with him for the relief, my Lord General Vere's company of Schoonhoven, Sir Harry Harbourds own company, Captain Gouldwells, Captain Abrihalls, and Captain Nelsons, The gallery being got over 91 posts, from the end ofit, the brush, & planks, and a blind was laid to the bulwark, and the mine being ready, the powder was chambered and the train laid to it: His Excel. as merciful as valiant (to try what the Enemy would do) gave order to S● Harry Harboured, that on Tuesday morning after the mine was sprung in the Bulwark. Our men should fall on, and though they should possess the Bulwark, and be masters of it: yet they should retire into the gallery. The mine then being blown up took good effect, and cast up a great deal of Earth & stones into the air, and shattered some two rodds of our gallery in pieces, and made a breach mountable. After this Sir Harry gave order that Captain Abrihalls' Sergeant (who was slain going on) should fall up to the breach with his musketteirs, that Captain Nelsons' Lieutenant should likewise do the like with 30 men more to second the Sergeant. And Captain Gouldwell as eldest Captain to second them with the pikes from the end of our gallery, all which was done accordingly our men falling up to the breach, gave fire in the very teeth of the Enemy, our musketteirs giving fire from all guards, and flanks, and our ordinance thundering from all batteries, did so amaze and startle them, that they quitted the Bulwark, & 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 upon the breach, till they had discharged all their bandeliers and till that Sir Harry caused them (according to his Excel. command) to recreate again into the gallery. In this fight was shot thorough h●s thigh, a valiant and a worthy gentleman, one Mr Browne of Colonel Har●woods company, who some three weeks aft●r died in the Buss. Our men being drawn off, the Enemy came again to the breach, and cast up a little defence of Earth, which the mine had blown up, and brush upon it, but our two half Canon. which lay upon the right side of our entrance into the gallery, beat the Earth and brush, which they cast up, abo●t their Ears, and shore of the heads of the soldier's pikes, which stood there for the defence of their workmen, this made a terrible ●larum in the Town, so that the Bells rang, the women and children cried, the Burghers and the popish priests by flocks ran to the Governor, & told him, tha● (aut ●unc aut runquam) it was time ●o listen to a seasonable, and an honourable composition, for the safeguard of their l●ues, and goods, we on the o●her side expected a day, and thought to have ●ansakt their bags, and meet out velvets, and satins by the pikes length, but the Governor giving way to their request, taking hold of this occasion strikes his sail, and came with the Bishop, Abbot, and diverse officers to the parapet of the Vuchter po●t, there beat a parley: and so our war ceased. And the Hostages being received and delivered on both side, ●hey began to pa●ley, & commissioners being sent our, concluded the●e articles of composition following, that the Town should be given into his Excel. hand on m●nday the 17 of September 1629. new style. Oh that we cold therefore honour our God for this victory with a holy life, and conversation, and that the consideration of this his great goodness towards us might lead us to repentance. It is true O Lord (as the pape said) that in this siege, thoú haste commanded the four Elements, ●ire water, Earth, and Air to fight & work for us. Thou art the God of the faithful from Everlasting to everlasting, Thy mighty and outstretched arm hath led us, thy guidance hath traced us out the way Thy providence hath over-shadowed us, and thy merciful protection hath preserved us thorough many dangers O blessed is the man that maketh thee his safe retreat, O Lord this year thou hast crowned our general 〈◊〉 an Absolute victory, and hast sent him, his chiefs, and us home with honour, and there fore not unto us O Lord, not unto us, but unto thy name gi●e glory for thy mercy and thy truth sake. Amen.   

ARTICLES Granted by his Excie my Lord the Prince of Orrange, to the Governor of the Buss, & the Captains, Officers and Souldi●rs there●n.  
1 That the Governor of the Buss, with all the officers of war, and soldiers of what quality, or condition soever they be; aswell Horsemen, as foot, none excepted: yea though they have abandoned the service of my lords the states, and given themselves into that of the King of Spain's, shall go out of ●he town without any disturbance, or molestation with their arms and baggage; The horse by the Sound of the trumpet, their Cornets displayed, armed Complete, and their pistols in their hands: The foot beating their drums, their Colours flying, their matches lighted at both ends, bullet in mouth, and in rank and form, as they use to march in battle, with their goods. and the safety of their lives to the town of Diest.  
2 They shall carry with them six pieces of Ordinance, and two mortars at the choice of the Governor, with all their train, equi page, and munition of war, sufficient to discharge every one a dussen short.  
3 They shallbe furnished with horse; wagons, and their Conductours sufficient to draw the ordinance and mortars with all their train and Munition unto the town of Diest.  
4 All munitions of war and of victuals appertaining to the King of Spain, shallbe delivered by such as his Excie shall appoint to this effect, saving those victuals which were soul● before the 12th of this month, when we began to treat, which shall remain sold, without search or making inquiry after any man that hath made any sail● of them.  
5 All officers and soldiers aswell sick as hurt in the Gest ●ouse or in any other place shall remain there till they have recovered their healths, and are able to go away, giving them safe Convoy and commodity to bring them their Arms and baggage to the town of Diest or Breda.  
6 A Sufficient number of wagons and horse which the Governor shall require, aswell for his particular service, as for the o●●iicers & soldiers to carry their goods and Baggage to Dienst is granted them, comprehending therein all the●e Arms: yea the soldiers of the garrison of the Town, absent sick, dead, hurt or fled, and that the said wagons shall in ●oe case be visited.  
7 Those which will desire to carry their goods and baggage to An●werpe shall have boats without any charge to them, to bring them thither thorough Holland, freed from all manner of taxes, tolls, or impositions permitting them men to look unto they goods and baggage, which shall not be visited nor stayed in any place, under an● pretence whatsoever, but shall pass to Antwerp without disbarking themselves.  
8 The Governor, Chiefs, officers military, judges, soldiers, and all others receiving pay from the King of Spain, aswel Clergy men as Layemen none excepted, as also the widows and children, which have in the said Town any houses, Inheritances, Rents, either upon the states of Brabant in these quarters, or the Town, or upon houses or particular grounds, other goods movable or immoveable, shall have the space & time of two years after the signing of this Treaty, to transport them, to sell them, to mortgage them at their wills, or otherwise, to dispose of their goods, and during the said time shall enjoy their Rents, hyres of houses, fruits and goods got or to be gotten of what nature and condition soever they be.  
9 That the officers an soldiers of what charge or condition soever they be, may leave their wives & children in the town● & during this term of two years may dispose of their goods movable and immoveable situated in the said Town, or else where none excepted, without any confiscation or prize to be made of them.  
10 That the officers and soldiers, leaving their charge and service within the time of two years, may freely return into the said Town, and enjoy this Treaty as other Burghers and Inhabitants do, provided that first they give notice thereof to his Excie or the Governor of the said Town.  
11 No officers or soldiers goods or baggage shallbe arrested here for any debts whether he goes out with the garrison, or being sick or hurt, or at his going out when he is recovered.  
12 The prisoners aswell on the one side ●s on the other, of what Condition soever they be, shallbe set at liberty without paying of ransom, but only for their dyet according to the taxation of the place.  
13 That all the boot made by those of the Town aswell before as during the siege, shal● not be restored back by them, but sh●ll remain with them,  
14 After the Articles of this Composition are signed, time shall be given to the Governor of the Buss to send an express messenger to the serenissime Infanta of Spain, with safe Conduct and assurance, to give her advice of what is past, and it is to ●e understood that the Governor may do that the same day as the articles are signed.  
15 The Conditions being concluded, two days at the ●est shall be given to the Governor, and soldiers to prep●●e themselves for their departure.  
16 The time limited being expired the said Governor and officers do promise to depart the garrison, to wit on M●nday next be time in the morning which willbe the 17th of this present month of September.  
17 Yet to be understood that during the time of th●se two days no m●n in the town may come into the Army, nor those of the Army go into the Town, and that for the avoiding of disorder, but every one in the mean while to keep themselves in the trenches and fortifications, without making of any approach or act of hostility, in assurance whereof hostages shallbe given on both sides.  
18 That before the garrison depart sufficient Hostages shallbe given on his Exe●e behalf, who shall march with the garrison Arms and baggage to Diest, and a counter change for them by the Governor, which shall remain in the Army, till his Ezeios' hostages and wagons be returned, and as soon as they are come back his Excie will send their hostages with safe conduct and assurance unto the Town of Diest.  
19 The Officers, Captains and others comprised in the first Article of this Treaty, having any arms, boats, ●oopes or other preparations of war●e, belonging particularly to themselves, may sell or transport them, without any enquiry to be made about those which shall buy or carry them away.  
20 There shallbe no restitution made of any horses, merchandises, wares or any other goods sold or held for booty, nor no man called in question about that.  
21 Those of the garrison of Breda being in the Town, aswel officers as particular soldiers may return to Breda with the safety of their lives and goods, as likewise shallbe given to them a sufficient number of horse and wagons and a hostage tocarry them and their goods thither in all assurance, according to the tenor of the first Article as comprehended therein.  
Given at the Camp before Buss the 14th of September 1629 and was signed P Henry de Nassaw. A de Grobindonck. And beneath written.  
By his Ezeles order ● Iuniu●  
And sealed with his Ez eles seal of Arms.   

POINTS Agreed on by his ●xcilenc● the Prince of Orange, and the Deputies of the high and mighty Lords the S●ates General of the united provinces, to the Ecclesiastickes, Magistracy, and Burgeses off the City of the B●sse.  
1 First that all offences, injuries, and acts of ho●tillity, committed happened, and effectuated between this Town, and those of the united provinces, aswell from the beginning of these in restine troubles, Commotions, and wars, as likewise during this siege, in what places, and in what manner soever, either in general, or in particular, aswell within, as without, are, and shall remain pardoned, and forgot, and held as if they had never happened, so that at no time any mention, molestation, pretence, suit or inquisition in law within or without, for the causes above said shall be made, prosecuted, or laid to the charge of the living or heirs of the dead, or also to any goods belonging to them.  
2 That the inhabitants of this ●owne shall carry themselves conformable to the edicts of this land, enjoying the liberty of conscience, as they usually do over all. And that all eclesiastical and clergy men, shall depart the Town within the space of two months, behaving themselves in the mean while according to the Edicts of the land, and may ●ake and carry along with them their movables, Images, Pictures, and Church ornaments.  
3 The said Eclesiastickes shall enjoy during their life the revenues and fruits of their goods, in such places where they pay contribution, yet it is to be understood, that the eclesiastical and pastoral goods shall fall to the high and mighty lords the states general, who shall have the disposing of them, aswell for the profit of the Town as otherwise.  
4 That the Nuns, and other eclesiastical women, may abide in the Town, and shallbe maintained during their lives out of the revenues of their cloisters yet remaining in the disposition of the high and mighty lords the states general, whether they shallbe accommodated in their cloisters, or provided with other dwellings.  
5 That also all the inhabitants of this town, aswel eclesiastics, Nun●s, as secular persons fled or otherwise, whosoever they be, bearing office in the oath, government, and service of his majesty as soldiers or others, The states of Brabant belonging to this town or not, their lives and goods shallbe preserved, aswell in general as particular, if they contrary not the precedent Article.  
6 Also that this town with the inhabitants and burghers thereof, aswell the clergic as say men shallbe received and used in all gentleness and benignity by the lords. the state's General, henceforward to live in all friendship and Concordance with the other united provinces and Towne● to trade and traffic one with another according to their ancient liberty as is fitting  
7 That the high and mighty lords the states general & his Excie the prince of Orrange, shall use & excercise in the said town, liberty, tertitories, & jurisdiction thereof, for so much as they are annexed to the town, the same right and jurisdiction as the Dukes and Duchess' of B●abant hitherto ha●e had, and to treat with this town so and in like manner at the capital towns of Brabant are used to do.  
8 That this town, Burgesses and inhabitants thereof, shall retain w●chin the liberty of the said town, all their rights Customs, freedoms, exemptions, and all other privileges, aswell general as particular which they have enioye● and possessed a long time before the warts, aswell by water as by land within and with out the town, as in Brabant, Golder●ad, Holland, Zealand, upon the Ryhne, and other provinces places and rivers, aswell taxes, toll of ●imber, Ingebo●, the staple as oxen, and others none excepted, forasmuch as concerns their lawful possession.  
9 That the ruling and gouernm● of the town, aswell for the Administration of justice, as in politic affaices shall continue with the magistrates, and the three members of the Town, and that not other persons shallbe promoted thereunto, or chosen, but such as are ●atifs of the said town, or which have received holy baptism there, or such others as the high and mighty lords the state's general shall think good to naturallize and qualify thereunto: Saving that for this time the Government both in justice and policy, aswell in chief as subordinate Magistrates shallbe absolute appointed and constituted by his Excie & the deputyes of the high and mighty lords the states general.  
10 That the town shall hold in their own government and disposition, all their inhabitants, right of impositions, Fisheries ways, corn measure, and monthly monies, and all their rights and revenues in the same manner, and as they have hitherto enjoyed the disposition and ordering of them, provided that they have right thereunto, and without preiudicing the other members of the united provinces.  
11 Those of the town shall keep still the residue of their victuals, materials and other their common goods sold for the benefit, and the easing of the town of charge, and preserved at the disposition of the abovesaid three members, except the Ordinance, arms and other munitions kept for the Town, which may not be sold.  
12 That all Confraternities, Artilleries, gilds, and occupations, being at this present in the town, shall remain in esse and keep their ancient charters, ordinances, & privilidges together with all their goods ready or unready, and to this end in time to come the● may be ordered by the said confraternities, occupations, gi●ds, or sold or bought by them, and so to be governed by the marshals, headmen, and Rulers thereof for the common good, and to dispose of them according to their pleasures.  
13 That in the County of Holland, and other united provinces the tree Arms of this town shall not be stamped or counterfeited, neither any the marks belonging to the gilds, or occupations of this town, as the Cutlars, the point-makers, and other hand craft's men, but that every one shall kept, and use heir own proper mark, and that of the towns where the ●workemanship 〈◊〉 made. And that all gilds, and manufactures as also the Dyers & the new yearly fairs procured during these troubles in the maioury of this city shall cease, unless those of the maioury being heard thereupon touching their annual fairs, otherwise shallbe disposed of in all equity, by the high and mighty lords the states general.  
14 The Inhabitants of the Buss, and those in the country sitting under contribution have granted them, and shallbe entreated as the other good inhabitants of the united provinces, aswell within the town as dwellers in the plain country.  
15 And for that which concerns the Rents, and lawful debts, made by the three members of the city or their deputies, also ordained by the magistrate, or accepted to be paid, aswell during this siege as before whether they are enrowled or sealed or not, the magistrate of the town, shall deliver over a pertinent state, that the high & mighty lords afterward may in all equity dispose thereof.  
16 And for the payment of them, and all other charges of the Town, the present accises, impositions and other means of the town in future time shall take their usual course, which may be increased or diminished by the three members: yet so as they do not prejudice to the means which is raised for the common weal.  
17 That all acts, resolutions, decrees & ordinances made by the three members or magistracy, forasmuch as they do not contradict the state or good of the united provinces, also the sentences given in power of judicature by the Shreive's, as likewise all eviction of goods duly solemnised, situated, with in or without this town shall remain in their force, & vigour, yet so as that it be no prejudice of the interessed parties. neither upon the right of appeals, or reformation, if that belongs unto them.  
18 That those which are at this present in the Magistracy, or have been heretofore, shall not be molested, nor troubled, because of the Acts and Ordinances, granted by them for the distribution or payment of any money for the Town, or other provisions made, neither shall also the receivers be called to an account for any money that they have paid and received, not that the Accounts of the abovesaid receivers, and other deputies of this town shallbe subject to any search or revision. As likewise all the Accounts given up by the receivers of the Domains, states of Brabant, receivers of licences, Conuoyes, and fortifications, shall continue as they are without any inquiry made after them.  
19 That the government of the table of the holy ghost, the great hospital, the fabric of churches, orphan houses, lasories, ●nd ings, mad men, and other foundations of hospitals for men and women, and the authorisation of the Overseers, and directours of them ' shallbe conferred and given by the th●●r members in conformity and according to the privileges of the city and as they have been exercised heretofore.  
20 That also the owners of winde-mills, & oyle-mills within this town and the freedom thereof during this siege, or which by former wars have been broken off, or shot down, or otherwise demolished, may build them up again in the same places, without suing any new warrants for them, or to pay any other rights, than those which they have used to pay heretofore, except the service of the Land should otherwise require it.  
21 That every Layeman of what condition soever he be, being in the oath and service of his Maty of Spain, whether of the town or not, he shallbe freely permitted, after the surrendering to depart out of it with his family & goods, and to this end may send for wagons, karres, boats or shipping out of Brabant, Holland, and other Neutral towns, without any of their persons, goods, or the conductours of them, either going or coming shallbe hindered, molested, or troubled by the soldiers or fiscals, or any other, and that without requiring any other passport or consent but this.  
22 Moreover the burghers departed out of the town, and such as are desirous to dwell in the town, as likewise those which have been in the service, oath, military of his matle or not, and the heey●● belonging to them, shall have three years' liberty ensuing that they may in all places, aswell in the town, liberty, and maioury thereof, sell, transport, change, barter their goods, as they think good and fitting, or to have them received or administrated by such as shall seem best to them, and coming to dye within or without the town, during the same time, by will or without making of will, in such a case their goods shall fall to their instituted inheritors, or to the next of their kindred.  
23 And those in the mean time, and during the aforesaid three years which will go into the provinces and towns, belonging to & under the obedience of his Maty about their particular affairs may freely do the same four times a year with the former, knowledge of the governor of whom they shallbe bound to require a passport, which he shall give them, unless he hath some just reasons to the contrary: And at ● end of these three years may make their abode in this town or in other places where they pay contribution, where they shall enjoy the same liberty, for to go, to pass and to traffic every where, for the enjoying of the effect of this present treaty.  
24 That no other governor shallbe appointed or made ●ver the Town, nor his substitute, but one of the house of Nassawe, or some other Netherlandish lords or vassals.  
25 That the garrisons shall not enjoy any exemption or freedom of imposition from the means of the town, but shall help to bear the accise, as other inhabitants do.  
26 That all persons absent, their wives and children, aswell clergy as lay-men fled, shallbe included, and comprehended in this treaty.  
27 That all sick and hurt, at this present in the great Hospital or other houses, either soldiers or others may abide therein, till they are thoroughly recovered, or afterward to stay or to depart, as it pleaseth them, & to that end shallbe assisted with wagons, or cars to carry away their baggage without any impeachment.  
28 All these Articles are approved, agreed unto ●y his Excie & the Deputies of the high & mighty lords the state's General, & accepted on by the Ecclesiastickes, magistrate's and Burghers of the said town, in power of their letters of Attorney, in witness whereof we have signed hereunto at Vucht in the Camp before the Buss the 14th h of September 1629.  
And was signed. 

F. Henry de Nassaw.  
F ʳ, Michael Bishop of the Bu●se.  
F. johannes moor Abbot o● Berne●.  
johannes Hermanus Deacon of the Buss.  
R. van Voorne. R. van Greeneven.  
Blooff vande sloote. Henry Sumo●es.  
Peter Hubert's Herialthuvel.     

The Ratification.  
The states general  
Of the united-provinces, having heard the Report of their deputies, after the fight, lecture, and examination of the points and articles above named, have with ripe deliberation approved and ratified the same, as their highness and mightiness do approve and ratified them by these, promising to keep & observe them, and cause them to be kept and obserueds according to the tenor and form of them. Given in the Camp before the Buss ●he 14th of September 1629.  
And was signed Hen. Ter Cuylen. Vt supra. and underneath was writte●.  
By the order of the high & mighty lord● the states general. signed. Corn- Musch  
And sealed with the seal of their highnesses and mightigesses   

A Supposition touching ●he state of the enemy's garrisson which marched out of the Buss on monday the 17th September 1629 New style.  
FIrst in the morning there marched out before the wagons some 50 horsemen and as many firelocks, and musketeers. Of wagons and carts there went out about a thousand, whereof two thirds had sick and hurt soldiers in them, the others sound men, which carried their Clergy, women, children & soldiers to look to their baggage and goods, of these there were at the least 450 hurt, and sick men, and ●s many able men, with those that sat upon the wagons, for some times 20 of them marched before the divisions of the wagons, & some times five or six of them went a foot, without arms by the wagons side▪ it was thought that Grubbin douck in policy let so many men Go out without arms, and upon the wagons to make us believe he had but a weak Garrison.  
About 11 of the clock came the Iesui●es and Priests, ruding upon wagons and other monks and friars Going a foot, His excellency being Gone to dinner with the King & Queen of Bohemia and the rest of the Lords and ladies, which stood upon the battery in two of his tents. In the mean while came Grobindonck the Governors' wife in her coach▪ who newly was come out of childbed accompanied with her daughter Abbey-mounts wife, Captain of a horse troop, and her child lying upon the nurse● lap in the forepart of the coach, General Morgan and some other courts her and made her stay before His Exellencies' Tent till he with his train returned from dinner his excellency coming saluted her, and had some sma discourse with her and taking his leave of her, she went hiway,  
Towards evening came the Governor himself marching in the midst of his troops he stayed long because his Cannon was Gravelled and sunk into the Ground, that he could not draw them away; The night drawing on his excellency sent him word by the Sergeant Maior General, that he would send them after him on the morrow or else send them to Antwe●pe by shipping,  
He had ordered his men by three divisions, The first were the walloons, consisting of four colours, being some 350 pikes, firelocks and musketeers. The second five companie● of Burgonians, having in their Cou●lores, the picture of a woman holding a child in her arms, and about some 400 men. Then came the third and great division of high Duchess, matching, with 13 colours, in the midst of their pikes, containing a matter of 750 men. They marched in their double open order at 12 foot distance between their ranks, as their manner is, and had mingled many firelocks in the ranks of ● musketeers. These three divisions were a matter of some 1500 foot, with their officers. The Governor matched out in the midst of them, between the Burgonians, and the high Duchess upon a white horse, and a russet Cassock and hose, with a red cross upon the left lap of his cassock. And passing by the Queen of Bohemia as she sat in her coach, he saluted her, & had some small speech with her, and so followed his troop, After the foot were passed, came th●ee troops of horse, which brought up the Rear. The first was about 60 in number. The second seventy. The third and last so●e ●0, all well mounted, well armed, proper men▪ with red scarves about them. The number then of able men marching out in their several divisions, and ranks, being 12 colours in all, and those that w●nt out with the wagons before, may be supposed to bea●●out.— 2000  
The first troop of horse which marched out before ● waggon: and the thre● troops which brought up the Rear, to be a matter off.— 300  
Of sick, and hurt men, which went out with the wagons, & those which were left behind in the ge●●-houses, and in th● Town, some 700  
In all 3000  
It was credibly reported by some of the best Burghers in the Town, that during the siege, there were slain offices, and soldiers, about 1500 men.  
They had with them according to the Articles of Composition, three whole, and three half Canon, with two mortars, and thus much touching the sta●e, and ordering of their garrison marching out. It rests now to speak of some things in the Town.  
First there was a mariner which climbed up to ●he top of the weather cock of Saint john's Church, and set upon it an Orange Tawny flag, his Excel. Colours, for a memorial that the Town was Geu●.  
There was found about the wall, some 5 a pee●es of Ordinance, whereof two or three of them were half Canon, the rest brass and Iron pieces.  
In the cross brethren's Cloister, There was an Image of Christ, and the Virgin Mary, & the Bishop whose name was Gisbartus Masius kneeled between them, laying the one hand upon the wounds of Christ: & the other on the pape● of the virgin Mary, holding up this latin verse in his hand. Positus in modio, quo ut vertam vescio, bin● pase●● ab vul●ore. hi●● lactor ab ubere.  
Thus placed in midst, to turn I know not where,  
for here is wounds, which yield me food, and there  
I'm nursed from dug by her, with milky Cheer.  
But a plain Hollander in the time of Truce, to put him out of doubt, takes a coal and writes under it. Ocharm● Sot heart u lot God●, that is, O poor Sot turn the● to thy God.  
In this cloister a while before the Town was given over, there was a monk in the chancill, sitting in one of the seats of the choir, and reading in one of their masse-bookes about 12 of the clock in the night, we short a granado into the Town, which fell just into the seat where he sat, more him, his seat, and book in pieces, that scarcely they could find a mammock left of him, only leaving the tincture of his blood upon the wall, for a memorial, which is to be seem yet to this day.  
Over S ● johns port was written in golden letters this latin verse. 
Hanc portam, ●●uesquo tuos, arasque, foresque,  
Custodi dilecte Deo Pa●●ome Iohanne●.  
Take this Gate, Altars, Doors, thy Citizens.  
(john) loved of ●OD our patron in defence.  But Silver Sr john, who had a mouth & sp●ke not, eyes and saw not, and cares and heard not, and hands & felt not, etc. with other their images were coffined up, and carried away upon wagons, but could not help them.  
Over the gate of another cloister, was written this in latin 
Has n● vadovia, nisi dica●●ue m●●ia.  
Do not Presume to go this way,  
Unless thou do (Hail, MARY) say.   
There was a strange shot happened in this siege. As in Ostend there was a Canon bullet of the Enemies shot from the down battery, just into the mouth of one of our canons, which lay upon the West bulwark charged, these two bullets striking together, gave fire to the loose corns of powder, which were not driven home, our Canon went of, and sent the enemy their own bullet and ours back to them again: So before the Buss a soldier presenting his muster, to give fire upon the enemy: the Enemy being quicker than he, shot first at him, and shot just into the boar of his musket, part of the lead beating out at the Tutch-hole, and so by the providence of God this soldier escaped a scouring.   

A List Of our Noble men, Vollunteirs, and Gentlemen of our Nation, which bor● arms & trailed p●kes at the S●e●e of the Buss, under the four English Colonels companies, & ●irst of th●se which were under my Lord General Vere his first company Colonel of Dort.  

My Lord Haughton.  
Sr Walter Erle●  
Sr Roger Bartu.  
Sir Henry Hungate.  
Sergeant Maior Grove.  
Captain Thelwall.  
Captain Wyborowe.  
Lieutenant Price.  
Lieutenant Pomroy.  
Lieutenant Canson.  
Lieutenant Deemae.  
Lieutenant Kettleby.  
Ensign Luttrell.  
Ensign Hammon.  
Ensign Weynd.  
Ensign Holman.  
Ensign Grimes.  
Ensign Goldwel.  
Ensign Hudson.  
Mr: Winwood  
Mr: Gifford.  
Mr: Buron.  
Mr: Thune.  
Mr: Brigman.  
Mr: Fariefax.  
Mr: Hotham.  
Mr: Stone.  
Mr: Pellard.  
Mr: Bruster.  
Mr: Knevet.  
Mr: Langford.  
Mr: Wayeman.  
Mr: Absley.  
Mr: Rolt.  
Mr: Knasborow.  
Mr: Cave.  
Mr: Williams.  
Mr: Powel.  
Mr: Homer.  
Mr: Vein.  
Mr: Wright.  
Mr: Basset.  
Mr: Berry.  
Mr: Prat.  
Mr: Bonnington  
Mr: Bradshaw.  
Mr: Greene.  
Mr: Langdon.  
Mr: Hooe.  
Mr: Ansell.  
Mr: Hungerford.  
Mr: Cruel.  
Mr: Wilmore.  
Mr: Cullum.  
Mr: Eslex.  
Mr: Mildmay.  
Mr: poley.  
Mr: maddock's.  
Mr▪ Humfreys.  
Mr: Ellis.  
Mr: Banberie.  
Mr: Garling.   

Of my Lord General Vere his second Company of Schoonhoven.  
Captain Franscisco de Valrey.  
Captain Strasly.  
Lieutenant Turnour.  
Ensign Quarles.  
Cornet Harbart.  
Mr Wrengham.  
Mr Bammham.  
Mr Weldon.  
Mr Norman.  
Mr Sprye.  
Mr Ski●pon.  
Mr Coope.  
Mr Ha●ecourt.  
Mr Maycote.  
Mr White.  
Mr Hearle.  
Mr Inglot.  
Mr Brown.  
Mr Copley.  
Mr Brimingham.  
Mr Rolt.  
Mr Guyn.  
Mr Chi●wood.  
Mr Knightly.  
Mr Sanderson.  
Mr H●m●n.  
Mr Sedgwick●.  
Mr Wi●●ington.  
Mr Lee.  
Mr Throgmorton.  
Mr Nancy.  
Mr King.  
Mr Williams.  
Mr Black.   

Volunteirs of my Lord General Cicils company Viscount of Wimbleton,  
jeames Lord of Doncaster.  
Boswell Lord Feelding.  
William Lord Cra●●●.  
Sr: Thomas Glemma●  
Captain Henry Tyllie.  
Captain Butler.  
Caiptaine Lucan.  
Sergeant mayor Bowls.  
Lieutenant Freeman.  
Lieutenant Caswell.  
Mr: Cicill.  
Mr. Whitepole.  
Mr: Clyford.  
Mr: Tate.  
Mr: Butler.  
Mr: Symons.  
Mr: Itby.  
Mr: Cheyney.  
Mr: Broadbank●.  
Mr: Courtney  
Mr. Downes.  
Mr: Footman.  
Mr: Flood.  
Mr: john Tate.  
Mr: Bois.  
Mr: Suck●ing.  
Mr: Fleming.  
Mr: Rice powel.  
Mr: Haughton.  
Mr: Hipsley.  
Mr: Appleyard.  
Mr: Ridloy,  
Mr: Vackell.  
Mr: Solwin.  
Mr: Danniel.  
Mr: Colpher.  
Mr: Smith.  
Mr: Legg.  
Mr: Moynes.   

Voluntets & Gentlemen o● General Morgan's company  
Sr: Thomas Bland.  
Sr: Shefeld Clapham  
Sr: john Gofling.  
Mr: Fowler.  
Mr: Mumford.  
Mr Io: Wither●.  
Mr William Withers.  
Mr Isaac Absley.  
Mr Henry Absley.  
Mr Morgan,  
Mr Tiffin.  
Mr Elcott,  
Mr Garuis.  
Mr Reade.  
Mr Andrew's.  
Mr Booth.  
Mr Merrick.  
Mr Martin.  
Mr Aldam.  
Mr Wo●ley.  
Mr john Ashley.  
Mr Williams.  
Mr Turner.  
Mr Warret  
Mrs Ga●vis Wood  
Mr. Martial.   

Volunteers and Gent. off Colonel Harwoods' company,  
Captain Perkins.  
Captain Bowls.  
Captain Lowe.  
Leiutenant Smith.  
Lieutenant Gamish.  
Ensign Dolman,  
Ensign Morison  
Ensign Hearing.  
Ensign Byron.  
Mr. Snelling  
Mr Browne.   

Gentlemen of quality.  
Mr Cro●ts  
Mr Go●ger.  
Mr Saint john  
Mr Bareford,  
Mr Digby.  
Mr Moss.  
Mr Gilby.  
Mr Lehunt,  
Mr Waller.  
Mr Ieffry●s.  
Mr Fleetewood.  
Mr Killegr●y.  
Mr Lambart.  
Mr Knightly.  
Lr Bagshot.  
Mr Yonge.  
Mr Fleming.  
Mr F●ith.  
Mr Boulton.  
Mr Stewtly.  
Mr Ke●kwich.  
Mr Bendish.  
Mr Roe.  
Mr Rassell.  
Mr Carter.   

Volunteirs and gentlemen of Sir Edward Ve●es company deceased.  
Lieu. Harewood.  
Lieu. Turbot.  
Mr Marshan.  
Mr Mandoe.  
Mr Gal●ope.   

Of Captain john Cromwel's company.  
Mr Harry Cromwe●l.  
Mr Rochester Karre.   

Officers, and soldiers slain before the Buss.  Of French. 
The Baron of Courtemer, and 8 captains more..  Of the Dutch 
Colonel Pama, Monsieur Gren●e, Captain Omkaes', and Captain Ha●ton.  Of English. 
Sir Edward Vere Lieut Colonel, Capt. Roes lieut. & Cap. Byrovet.  Of Scotch. 
Captain Ramsev, lieut. Huns, my lord of Buckcloughs' Ensign  Of all nations according to the list given up, 
about, 1600