COPIES OF LETTERS SENT FROM PERSONAGES Of Account unto diverse Personages of Worth in London; Truly relating all such remarkable Occurrences as have happened in the Palatinate from the 30th of May to the 11th of JUNE.  
Amongst which, the Prize that Count Mansfeild hath taken from the Bavarian.  
As also the Mishap of the Duke of Brunswick in his passage over the River of maine.  
Likewise a Relation of diverse strange and miraculous Accidents, falling out thereabouts.  
By Doctor Welles and others.  
Printed this 22. of june 1622.  
LONDON, Printed by I. D. for john Bartlet, and are to be sold at his Shop in Cheapside, at the gilt Cup in the Goldsmith's Row. 1622.   

❧ To the courteous Reader.  
COurteous Reader;  
These are to advertise thee that these Letters are Printed without the privity of those that sent them, but I suppose that they will not take it offencively, that all such as are well-willers to the cause of the Palatinate, should be made acquainted with the common occurrences which fall out there, and I suppose they would the rather suffer it, if they knew or were made acquainted with the false Rumours which often pass here for current, until we hear the contrary by such Letters as these are: I have not prefixed any long preamble to the ensuing Relation, neither is it stuffed with any superfluous conjectures, but you have them printed in the same words and phrase in which I received them.  
Vale.   

COPIES OF LETTERS Sent from personages of account unto diverse personages of Worth in London, truly relating all such remarkable Occurrences as have happened in the Palatinate from the 30th of May to the 11th of JUNE.  
FRom Hannaw within these two days are come together all the Forces the Emperor, Bavaria, and the Bishops can make within six German miles of us. The King hath his Forces together, the one half in Ments Lands, the King in Darmstradts Lands. Brunswick is not yet with the King, he is this day about a mile from Freesburg in the Watterewe, four miles from us. The King hath or shall have from Frankford an 100000. Reeks Dollars. The Bavarian soldiers fall daily to Mansfield, I hair seen it, and have heard it of his officers, that they go twelve or sixteen in a day out of a Company. And two days ago there was money going to pay for four Months, but Mansfeilds' Soldiers took it.  
There were three Hathorn Trees by Darmstadt, which were spotted all over on the leaves as with blood; they are in Frankford to be seen; when they are washed they will go off, but come on again. For three week's word came from Valtaline, from the Grisons, that the folk had slain all Leopoldus Forces he had left there, for he had also put the Valtalines' to the sword for them of their Religion, and that after such cruelty, as the like hath not been heard of. This week News came, that in a town called Bunfen, there were but fifty men left in habitants; and many women, who putting themselves into men's apparel, slew at several times two thousand of the Papists their enemies: it is accounted here a work and a wonder of God.  
MAINHEM 2. of JUNE.   

Mainhem the 2. of june, 1622. Old Style.  
MY L. Chichester arrived here on Thursday last, to my Lord Generals great comfort, and the whole troops. Baron Tilley strengthened with his fresh supplies, which were 5000. foot and 1000 horse, marched towards the Main, to hinder Count Mansfeild and Marquis Baden, from meeting with the Duke of Brunswick. Now the passage aimed at on both sides was Ashenburge a Town of the Bishop of Ments upon the Main, where there is a Bridge. The Count Mansfeilds' Army came about Darmstat, one Thursday was seven-night, and there stayed the coming of the Marquis which was Sunday: to conclude it was Teusday before they marched from their quarters, in the landgrave's Country towards this Ashenburge, when being by Dippergen a small Town, which ransommed itself at 15000. Lor. advertisement came of the Baron Tilly's having possessed himself of the passage, and that he marched directly towards them with a great power, wey to be (by the conjecture) of the Baron Anhalts forces and most of Gonsales with him 30000. and the horse fully armed from top to toe as they say. Our Army then thought of a fair retreat, and applied to it by the same way they advanced, and lay the same night in Arms: on Wednesday they retreated towards Openheim bridge and lodged about Girah. On thursday (which was a very great march) they came on this side Bensheim, The Enemy all this while following without any thing done, on Friday morning our two Armies having so disposed of themselves, marched by several passages to Loresh, lest the enemy should cut between them and Mainhem, but were no sooner risen, but the Enemy appeared, and with a body of Cairassiers, charged the rearward of the Marquis of Baden, where his Lieutenant General Colonel Golstein a man much lamented for his courage and understanding was at the first shot slain. But since that written news came from the Enemy's Leaguer that he is living shot in the head, but not mortally, and his horse put to the worse, but the press of the enemy was kept up by the Rearward of Count mansfield's horse, the Regiment of Colonel Megant, and were forced to a disorderly retreat. Note the enemy's foot never came up, which if they had, the whole must needs have been engaged. Thus skirmishing continued in the rear somewhat sharply by fits, till towards night: the danger on every side was by the Chiefs vigilance prevented, and the estimate of men slain on both sides is between 3. or 4. hundred, but till a particular view be taken of the particular companies by each Captain, the just number of those that are wanting cannot be known. In this skirmish his Majesty shown himself (as before) most forward and valorous to the encouragement of others.  
The Landgrave of Darmstart and his younger son are invited hither, and lodged with the King at the Citadel, the King of Bohemia came suddenly and unexspectedly upon the Landgrave of Darmstat, so that he came to meet the King withal speeding demonstrations of affection and much compliment, which he would have spared if the king had not brought a force with him able to fleece the Landgrave, the King notwithstanding did not trust him; but shown him an intercepted letter of his, whereat he was silent, and most of the Cattle in his country are driven into the Pallatinate to make supply of flesh there.  
The Arch Duke Le●poldus at my since his retreat from Hagenaw hath been in a grea● consumption, what with muting and a great different between the Spanish and Dutch soldiers, a● also by the Swissers who are said to have killed a great number of them.  
The Count Levensteine in a letter to my Lord, taketh notice of a Castle between Career and Zurich, taken from the Spaniard with three pieces of Canon which the Citizens have now before Mainfelt.  
We hear nothing from above, but great preparations (if the armies on foot suffice not) against the poor Palatinate. Whether our army will adventure once more over the Neckar, or take some other course, leave.  
A German Prince of the house of the Rhinegraves', and a Count of the house of the mansfield's were taken, and some others meaner of Officers, on the Enemy's side was a Colonel slain in complete armour, by a bullet in his face when he lifted up his helmet to take cold air. And many other Officers of horse, we count it a great blessing of God that in a retreat of thirty miles, we lost no baggage, nor more men the enemy.   

From Mainheim, june 6. 1622.  
You will happily in few days hear of a scoff sooner than of arms, or a forbearer of hostility, which makes as much, we have the marquis of Baden and Count Mansfield here with us, with both their armies, which are shortly else where to be bestowed or discharged of attending the good success of the treaty. The Bavarians forces are in Darmstrats country in a readiness to oppose what may be attempted by the duke of Brunswick in his passage upward: but it is conceited that the endeavours of the Lord Ambassador here, and those at Brussels will put a bar between them, here is a speech that the Turk is pouring down his forces upon Christendom, but having no ground for it other than a common report, you shall take it accordingly. This day the king sent 2. Gentlemen to Brussels as doth also the marquis of Baden, there to treat for them: my Lord Ambassador sent his Secretary to Gonsalo Tilly, and so to Brunswick, who is near to Ashenburg. Most of the marquis his forces are put into Garrison at Hidelberg, Frankendale, and Mainheim: my Lord Ambassador hath received them for 3. weeks into the king our sovereigns' pay; he pays so many as makes the number up, with these my Lord General already hath, in that space of three weeks it is thought that they of Brussels will either conclude or break off.  
The Duke of Brunswick hath taken Hasteon; the river of Main, and made a bridge over it, he hath six Regiments of foot, and eighty Cornet of horse.  
Count mansfield's horse went to meet the Duke of brunswick's forces, and afterwards his foot.   

From Mainheim the 11. of june.  
In haste I desire to present my love, & tell you that Baron Tilly and Gonsalo are gone with all the forces they can make over the Main to see if they can find out the Duke of Brunswick, who lay entrenched at a place called Hoest within a Dutch league of Frankford, where the Duke lay ready to encounter him, there is great disadvantage in their forces, but we hope that it will be made up by the advantage of the ground, it is apparent by the great preparation of the camp that he hopeth to swallow up the Duke, but we hope it shall turn to the augmentation of the Duke's honour, the duke hath had many skirmishes with them, wherein he hath had the better of them We have, and you will hear of a lamentable defeat of the Duke of Brunswick by Francford to the loss and scattering of the whole army, but God be thanked it is not true but what is the truth is hard to say, the likeliest is, that in passing the Main towards a bridge by Hoest below Frankford, Tilly who is now said to be 30000. at least, with three supplies from above, from Bohemia, Bavaria, and the Bishops, and the Duke had but two small pieces: and the Baron of Anhoults' occasion hath broke the bridge with thirteen pieces of Canon, where the foot were most passed, and put the horse to swim, and so took much of the baggage and some men therewith, but God be praised the body of the Army joins this night with the kings, we hope.  
The Army hath lain ever sine they came out of Darmstat here by Mainheim.  
FINIS.