A HISTORICAL RELATION Of the famous Siege of the City CALLED THE BUSS.  
Hereunto is added a general Map of the whole Camp and Siege, with particular Maps of all the several Approaches in every Quarter.  
Compiled together and designed according to the just measure and rule of Geometry BY JAMES PREMPART, Engineer to his Majesty of Sweden.  
AT AMSTERDAM, For Henrico Hondio. M.DC.XXX.   

TO THE READER.  
WHereas I perceive that as yet none have taken in hand to set forth any thing for the content of desirous spirits, touching the famous Siege of the BUSS: and that this Siege was so remarkable and worthy as ever was known, I have thought good to impart unto you, that which I have gotten as well by my own experience in the said Siege, as that which I have from the principal Ingeners. And for the better explaining of the particulars, I have placed in this Historical Relation first a Map of two great Leaves, containing the whole Siege with all the circumferences. Secondly a great Leaf representing the situation of the City, with the approaches of every Quarter. Thirdly here follow Maps of the several approaches in every Quarter, and of the Prince's Quarter set forth in two Leaves, by reason the most force, charge and labour passed there, and because the City was won there by degrees, which is alltogeather compiled and set forth according to the just measure with great care and industry, as by the Maps more at large may appear, which I hope will be acceptable and pleasing to you.   

A LIST OF OUR NOBLEMEN, VOLLUNTEIRS, and Gentlemen of our Nation, which bore Arms and trailed Pikes at the Siege of the BUSS, under the four English Colonels Companies, and first of those which were under my Lord General Vere his first Company, Colonel of Dort.  

MY Lord Haughton.  
Sir Walter earl.  
Sir Roger Bartu.  
Sir Henry Hungate.  
Sergeant Maior Grove.  
Captain Thelwall.  
Captain Wyborowe.  
Lieutenant Price.  
Lieutenant Pomroy.  
Lieutenant Cansor.  
Lieutenant Deemae.  
Lieutenant Kettleby.  
Ensign Luttrell.  
Ensign Hammon.  
Ensign Weynd.  
Ensign Holman.  
Ensige Grimes.  
Ensign Goldwel.  
Ensign Hudson.  
Mr: Winwood.  
Mr: Grifford.  
Mr: Byron.  
Mr: Thine.  
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: Horner.  
Mr: Vein.  
Mr: Wright.  
Mr: Basset.  
Mr: Berry.  
Mr. Prat.  
Mr: Bonnington  
Mr: Bradshaw.  
Mr: Greene.  
Mr: Langdon.  
Mr: Hooe.  
Mr: Ansell.  
Mr: Hangerford.  
Mr: Cruel.  
Mr: Wilmore.  
Mr: Cullum.  
Mr: Essex.  
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 Francisco de Valrey.  
Captain Strasly.  
Lieutenant Tumour.  
Ensign Quarles.  
Cornet Harbart.  
Mr: Wrengham.  
Mr: Bammham.  
Mr: Weldon.  
Mr: Norman.  
Mr: Sprye.  
Mr: Slippon.  
Mr: Coope.  
Mr: Harecourt.  
Mr: Maycote.  
Mr: White.  
Mr: Hearle.  
Mr: Inglot.  
Mr: Browne.  
Mr: Copley.  
Mr: Brimingham.  
Mr: Rolt.  
Mr: Guyn.  
Mr: Chitwood.  
Mr: Knightly.  
Mr: Sanderson.  
Mr: Harmon.  
Mr: sedgwick's.  
Mr: Wittington.  
Mr: Lee.  
M: Throgmotton.  
Mr: Nancy.  
Mr: King.  
Mr: Williams.  
Mr: Black.   

Volunteirs of my Lord General Cieils Company, Viscount of Wimbleton.  
Leams Lord of Doncaster.  
Boswell Lord Peelding.  
William Lord Graved.  
Sr: Thomas Glemman  
Captain Henry Tyllie.  
Captain Butler.  
Captain Lucan.  
Sergeant Maior Bowls.  
Lieutenant Froeman.  
Lieutenant Caswell.  
Mr: Cicill.  
Mr: Whitepole.  
Mr: Clyford.  
Mr: Tate.  
Mr: Butler.  
M: Simon.  
Mr: Itby.  
Mr: Cheyncy.  
Mr: Broadbanke.  
Mr: Courtney.  
Mr: Downes.  
Mr: Footman.  
Mr: Flood.  
Mr: john Tate.  
Mr: Bois.  
Mr: Stuckling.  
Mr: Fleming.  
Mr: Rice powel.  
Mr: Haughton.  
Mr: Hipsley.  
Mr: Appleyard.  
Mr: Ridley.  
Mr: Vackell.  
Mr: Solwin.  
Mr: Danniel.  
Mr: Colpher.  
Mr: Smith.  
Mr: Legg.  
Mr: Moynes.   

Volunteirs & Gentlemen of General Morgan's Company.  
Sr: Thomas Bland.  
Sr: Shefeld Calpham.  
Sr: john Cosling.  
Mr: Fowler.  
Mr: Mumford.  
Mr: Io: Withers.  
Mr: William Withers.  
Mr: Isaac Absley.  
Mr: Henry Absley.  
Mr: Morgan.  
Mr: Tiffin.  
Mr: Elcott.  
Mr: Caruis.  
Mr: Read.  
Mr: Andrew's.  
Mr: Booth.  
Mr: Merrick.  
Mr: Martin.  
Mr: Adam.  
Mr: Worly.  
Mr: john Ashley.  
Mr: Williams.  
Mr: Turner.  
Mr: Warret  
Mr: Garvis Wood  
Mr: Martial.   

Volunteirs and Gentlemen of Colonel Harwoods' Company.  
Captain Perkins.  
Captain Bowls.  
Captain Lowe.  
Lieutenant Smith.  
Lieutenant Gamish.  
Ensign Dolman.  
Ensign Marison.  
Ensign Hearing.  
Mr: Lucas.  
Ensign Byron.  
Mr: Muschamp.  
Mr: Snelling.  
Mr: Browne.   

Gentlemen of quality.  
Mr: Crofts.  
Mr: Gorges.  
Mr: Saint john  
Mr: Bareford.  
Mr: Digby.  
Mr: Moss.  
Mr: Gilby.  
Mr: Lehunt,  
Mr: Waller.  
Mr: jeffryes.  
Mr: Fleetewood.  
Mr: Killegrey.  
Mr: Lambart.  
Mr: Knightly.  
Lr: Bagshot.  
Mr: Yonge.  
Mr: Frith.  
Mr: Boulton.  
Mr. Stewtly.  
Mr. Keckwich.  
Mr. Bendish.  
Mr: Roe.  
Mr: Rassell.  
Mr: Carter.   

Volunteirs and Gentlemen of Sr. Edward Vere's Company deceased.  
Lieu. Harewood. Lieu. Turbot.  
M: Marshan. M: Mando. M: Gallop.  
Of Captain John Cromwel's Company.  
Mr: Harry Cromwell.  
Mr: Rochester Karre.  
Officers and Soldiers slain before the BUSS. Of French.  
The Baron of Courtemer, and 8. Captains more. Of the Dutch.  
Colonel Fama. Monsieur Grenue.  
Captain Omkaes', and Capt. Hatton. Of English.  
Sir Edward Vere Lieut. Colonel.  
Capt. Roes Lieut. and Capt-byroves. Of Scotch.  
Capt. Ramsey, Lieut. Huns, my Lord of Buckcloughs' Ensign. Of all Nations according to the lift given up, about 1600.    

A SHORT DESCRIPTION OR Historical Relation of the famous Siege of the BUSS. And such things as passed there, as well within as without the City. Under the command of the Most Illustrious PRINCE OF ORANGE.  
THE High and Mighty Lords the State's General, with the most Illustrious Prince of Orange, taking nothing more to heart then the Prosperity of these Free United Provinces, and the good Inhabitants in the same, had several assemblies with the Prins of Orange, consulting how to take in hand and have in readiness whatsoever should be needful and fitting for a Famous Siege, and so resolved to besiege the city called the Buss, but before we will speak further of this Siege, we shall first inform you of the situation, Antiquity, power and Renown of this place.  
This place where the Buss is now situated, hath been formerly according to the general opinion of all men, a Wood or Park where the Duke of Braband did use to hunt, and for this purpose himself did cause a cottage or small dwelling place, to be built there for his Hunters and Hounds. But by reason the same place was very comodious and had running streams of fresh Water through it, many people of several Towns did meet there on Market days to trade with one another. And some of them built a few houses there for to entertain and lodge people, and others for to have there comodities always in readiness: But the Burghers of Heusden envyeing their good, did destroy them twice. Nevertheless those people complaining to the Duke of the wrongs done unto them, he did grant them to environ themselves with Walls and Moats: After which this place did greatly increase as well of trade as of people, yea many strangers came to live there, and prospered well, insomuch that the Duke made it the fourth chief City in Braband, yet retaining the name of's Hertogenbos, which by in interpretation is the Dukes-Wood, but commonly being called the BUSS. And so this City builded a Townehouse, a Court to entertain the Duke, likewise many Churches, and in these latter times exceeding many Monasteries. And in the year of our Lord 1380. the foundation of the great Church called Saint john's Church was laid.  
Also in those times the City was enlarged and made greater, and new Walls moats and Bolwarkes, and four several gates made to it, under the command of this city at present doth belong Kempenlande, Peellande, Maselande, and the Land of Oosterwyke, in which Lands are situate four chief Towns as Helmont, Eyndhoven, Megen and the Grave, besides three score and twelve Villages, wherein are one hundred and one Parish churches: Through this city of the Buss runneth a fair Ryver called the Diese, it lieth 2. leagues from the Ryver called the Maze, 3. leagues from Heusden, and 12. leagues from Antwerp. This city is marveilous strong by reason of the land which lieth round about it, being very low meadows which almost continually are overwhelmed with water, especially in the Winter season, insomuch that none can assault it from without. Besides the strong Fortification of this city of high Bulwarks, very broad Moats, Hornworkes, half Moons. It was strengthened with three great and very strong Fortresses or Sconces, two of them near the Vuchter gate, where some high ground lieth. The greater and outwardmost is called the Fort Isabel. The lesser which lieth between that and the city is called Saint Antonio. And the other which lieth on the Eastside of the city in a Morrace, is called the Petler-Sconce. Thus much touching the describing of the city to you.  
Now to return to this present Siege, the Prins of Orange by order of the Lords the State's General, did begin very timely in the year sent up some shipping with Ordinance, Ammunition and other warlike necessaries to Nimmegen, and to the Sconce of's Gravenweert. After this about the midst of April Anno 1629. the Prins caused the most part of his Forces to be raised out of their Garrisons, taking their Rendezvous towards the said Sconce: And so with a great Resoluteness and courage on the 24. of April early in the morning at 6. of the clock, his Eccellence departed out of the Hage with a brave Train of valiant Commanders and Officers, and went directly for Utrick, from thence for Arnhem, and so for's Gravenweert. Where his Eccellence finding his Troops in readiness, instantly departed and marched to the Mokerheath, and there the whole Army stood in Battle the 28. of April, and quartered that night under the Heaven's Canopy. The next morning at the break of day they marched forward to the city called the Grave over the Bridge, and so directly towards the BUSS, where a Troop of Horse came that same evening. And the next day which was the 30. of April they viewed the City, and in the afternoon about three a clock his Eccellentie came thither with his whole Army, enquartering himself with 134. Companies at Vucht, a Village very near to the two great Sconces called Isabel and Anthonio, and took his own lodging in a fair old building called Heymshouse. The other chief Quarters his Excellence ordered in this manner. Count Ernst at Hintem with 50. Companies, Count William of Nassau, the Governor of Heusden at Orten with 32. Companies. The Lord of Brederode about the Petteler-Sconce with 26. Companies, and the Count of Solms at Engelen, near Crevecoeur, for the safety of our Victual and Ammunition Shipping which lay there.  
And one the 11. of may Mons. Pinsen came thither with 23. Companies, and took his Quarter at Deuteren. In the mean time all the Quarters being laid out, and every Regiment and Company having their ground given them: His Excel. caused certain thousand of husbandmen to come out of the Betuw, the Tieler and Bommeler-Weerd, and other places to the camp, which with the help of the Soldiers did in few days entrench every Quarter: and being defensible, as so many bees to their hives, so each Soldier brings some thing to make himself a Hutt. This being done his Excellence rides about to view the ground: The Line of circumvallation being nigh 30. English Miles in circuit. The Siege running thus, from the right side of the Dam, (where a River called the Dommel was stopped) it ran along by General Cicills Regiment, and so to Colonel Harwords, from thence to the French and Walloons, and along the Heath to the stone Gallows. Then a long to Deuteren, from thence to the Busse-Sloate, and so along the men of war to Engelen and Crevecoeur, and from thence on the other side of the River called the Diese down to Orten, from thence to Hintem, where Count Ernst his Quarter lay, and so forward to Coudwater and to the Lord of Brederods' Quarter, and thence along the Uffrouws Sconce and Berkel-Sconce to the Dam, where the out Line met again.  
The Governor of the BUSS called Grobbendoncq, hearing that our Army came marching towards the City, and seeing our Horsemen making a bravado, in compassing and viewing thereof, could not believe or be persuaded that it was intended to besiege him, but that the plot was laid to besiege Breda. Yea he said plainly that he did think the Prins was not so unwise for to begin such a foolish act. But presently after perceiving that he settled his Quarters, and his Army approaching towards the City and to annoy it, he began to ponder his own negligence, that he had not provided the City sufficiently of Men, Ordinance and Gunpowther, although a little before he could have had certain thousand weight of powther from Luyke, which for the covetousness of monnie took no effect. This news coming to Brussels and other places in Braband, some set very light by it, esteeming this City to be invincible, but others considering their unpreparedness and want of men and monnie, were much amazed.  
The Archduchesse sent one Post after another for Spain, caused her chief Commanders of war to assemble, and began to say their wits together how to raise monies, for the pay of their Soldiers, that so they might get them in field. Grobbendoncq wrote in all haste for more men and powther, and that the Archduchesse would use some speedy means to relieve the City, some of the Enemies chief Commanders, when they heard of this (as I am credibly informed) said smylinglie, that Grobbendoncq was one of those stout and valiant men, which did not fear the Devil himself, yea scoffed at him, and as it were desired to see 'em. As this Governor did often wish that the Prins would come and visit him, but when he saw him indeed, he was as sore afraid as the rest, and desired soon to be rid of him.  
His Excellence the first day of may suffered diverse Women, Children, Nuns & Maydservantes to depart out of the City. The Troops of Horsemen, which lay in Garnison within the City, thought also to pass out of the City, without any consent of the Prins, but were forced to return in the Town again. Between the 4. and 5. of may in the night, there slipped into the Town some 800. Men, which came from Breda by the way of Vlymen and along Deuteren, (where Monsieur Pinsens Quarters was afterward) and from thence wading up to the Armepitts in the water got into Saint john's gate. By reason whereof his Excellence did cause a Dyke to be made from the Vuchterheath to Pinsens Quarter, over the drownedland by Grobbendoncks' Koy, and likewise along the Busse-Sloate, as fare as to Engelen, wrought all by Peasants, which brought earth and Sand thither in boats, with twigs of trees or brush to say under and betwixt the earth, that the water might not wash it away. And so the whole Siege was compassed and shut in 8. or 10. days.  
Between the 11. and 12. of may Count Ernst did approach in his Quarter as fare as is noted in the Map from A to B, and there made a Corpse de guard, and bargained with his Workmen to make him a Battery there of six pieces of ordinance, which Battery within ten or twelve days after was made, being very near within Musket shot of the Town.  
And by reason the water increased there could be no nearer approaches made at that time, because all the ground towards the City stood blank under water, to which end the Enemy in the City cut asunder the Cadyke, going towards the Orterdyke, noted with the letter D.  
The 14. day of may our men brought 40. flat Turf Ships in the Camp to make Bridges. The 15. the enemy sallied forth of the Petler upon the Lord of Brederoods' Quarter, but were soon droven back again. The 16. they of Town sallied forth of the Town in boats upon Count Ernst his Quarter, but were fain to retreat, not effecting any thing against us. About the 20. we began to make an out Line betwixt Engelen and Crevecoeur, fo● the safety of our Horse, and all the Lines having two steps: The bottom thereof being about 16. foot, and the top 6. foot broad. And by the Vlymer-Bridge his Excellence caused a Sconce to be made against the straggling Soldiers of Breda, which was thought invincible. The 22. Count William caused some Canon shot to be made into the Town of 6. and 7. pound bullets, and afterwards having perfected a Battery, did continue in shooting with two half Cannons, which sent in bullets of 24. pound, and a little piece which shot 6. pound.  
The 23. a Post ventured to get into the Town, but being descried & followed was drowned by the way, but nevertheless our people got him dead, and brought his secret Letters to the Prince.  
The Outline of the Siege being thus finished and made defensible, than the English and French, which were in his Excellency's Quarter, broke ground, and each Nation striving for his honour made towards the Town, to wit the French towards the great Sconce Isabel, with their Ingeners Mons. Porcibal and his Son, and the English towards the lesser and farther Sconce, called Saint Antony, with their Ingeners jan de Bos and Master Humphrey.  
The 28. Count Ernst commanded to make shot into the City, with three half Cannons; and suddenly after his Battery being finished, did continue shooting with two half Cannons, which shot Bullets of 24. pound, and afterwards with three pieces more of 12. pound shot.  
The same day in the night some 30. or 40. Musketeers sallied forth of the great Sconce Isabel, and did discharge under the Ordinance of our Carabins, and so retraicted, not doing any thing else.  
The 29. Porcival made a Line, which they of the great Sconce broke in pieces, and so was left.  
The same day Count William caused shot to be made into the Town from a second Battery, with three pieces of Ordinance, which carried Bullets of 24. pound, and with other three pieces of 12. pound, and his first Battery with three pieces of 6. pound, and one of 3. pound, also continuing.  
The 30. came forth of the great Sconce Isabel 40. Musketeers, unto our approaches, and discharging their firelocks maiming some of our men returned again.  
The same day those of the little Sconce sallied forth, and killed an English Lieftenante and his man, with Musket short hurting another Soldier, and so were droven in again.  
The first of june in the night they of the Town fired upon the top of the Church steeple three times, pulling up the fire every time thrice: the French seeing this fell upon some Works, which those of the great Sconce had made, chase them out of their Works and got many shovelles, arms and other implements.  
The English in the mean time making Way and Passage towards the little Sconce, drawing nearer and nearer.  
And by reason the water began to diminish & fall at this time, Count Ernst went forward with his approaches, and made the two Lines, marked with C and E, and made a Corpse de guard upon F, in the Hintemer-Waye.  
This Corpse de guard was finished in few days after, being made Canon proof, and guarded with Pallisadoes.  
The same time the French won the Line of the great Sconce, which broke our Line which was made the 29. of may. At that time were slain a Leeftenant and a Volantarie, likewise Monsieur de Vitre was shot in his shoulder and thigh, near to the Conterscharpe of the great Sconce.  
Between the second and third day, Count Ernst approached with the Lines, which are marked G, H, I, to some small millhills K, and there made a Corpse de guard, which afterwards was changed and made a Battery for two half Cannons.  
On Whitsonday the 3. of june the French began to shoot with 6. pieces of 24. pound Bullets, from a Battery which was made in the Line of Communication, passing from the English Works to the French, for the assistance of on another if need were.  
The same day at night they of the Town drew up fire again in the great Church steeple.  
The 6. and 7. of june, And whereas the approaches and Corpses de guards in Count Ernst his Quarter daily were furthered, so he approached from the said Millhills along the Line L, and at M made a Corpse de garde, from whence his men went to the letter N, the Line of Communication along the Kadyke to the Quarter of Count William. And the same night approached to the Stonebridge in the Hintemer-Way to the letter O, and the 7. they began to sap over that Bridge, and the night following made the Corpse de garde, which is marked with the letter P. And the days following they did sap towards the Horneworke, at the Hintemer-end along the little Way on both sides thereof, because the Land lay under Water. Insomuch that his Grace bargained to make a Battery there the 14. of june, for 3. pieces of Ordinance, at the letter Q. and afterwards another Battery of 2. pieces at the letter R.  
The 8. a French Captain, called Monsieur de Vittenval, was shot in the Trenches, looking between two Cannon Baskets, and his Lieftennante succeeded in his place.  
The same day the French began to make Cannon shot of 24. pound upon the Horneworke of the great Sconce.  
The 9 His excellenty caused above 140. Cannon shot to be made upon the little Sconce and into the City from the great Battery. And the same day some Soldiers came forth of the Town towards Pinsens Quarter to take some Horse and Workmen, but were droven back again.  
Count Ernst at this time was advised by his Engineer Matthijs van Voord, to make a great Gallery directly upon the City from the letter N. between the Hintemer-end and the Orter Bulwark, which should be made in this manner. The plain thereof should be a foot height above water, and 12. foot broad between the Walls thereof on both sides, which Walls should be Cannon proof. And at every 8. or 10. foot length a Travers to be made also Cannon proof. Which his excellenty and Count Ernst, with the States Committees approved of: And so instantly order was given that it should be made. To this end the two Batteries marked S and T, were put forth to be made, each of them for eight pieces of Ordinance. The Wings or Hinderparte thereof closing together, and having on the sides Corpse de guards, for the safety of the Batteries, and so this great Gallery was begun the 8. of july by these Ingeners Matthijs van Voord and james Slip.  
And by reason the Place where this great Gallery was to be made was alltogeather a Morrace, which was overflown with Water at some places a man's height, we were fain to fill the Way as we worked forward with brush and earth, which was brought thither from afar of in Cartes. And for the more security of this Gallery, there were made the Batteries V and W.  
The same day at night six Frenchmen went in Armour of Musket proof, to view the Conterscharfe of the Horneworke belonging to the great Sconce, but never a shot was made at them.  
The same night the French advanced their works to the Conterscharfe of the Horneworke, where they began to mine, but stopped it again.  
The 11. came into Count Ernsts Quarter eleven Companies more of Scotch.  
This day the English began to make Cannonshot of 24. pound at the little Sconce, from a Battery that had two pieces, which shot at the Sconce gate.  
The same day the French made shot from a Battery, which they made upon the Conterscharfe of the Horneworke.  
Dito Monsieur de Candale came into the Quarter and had the Watch in the Trenches.  
The 14. the English began to shoot Granades out of 2. Mortars into the great Sconce Isabel, and the little Sconce Saint Antony, whereof one fell into the Powther Room of the great Sconce, and with a wondrous great Noise like a Thunder clap threw as it were whole Houses in the Air, to the admiration of diverse.  
The same day his excellenty and the States went upon the Battery, and sent some Granades into the little Sconce, which made part of the Walls to fly up, that we could hardly see the Sconce for Dust and Smoke.  
The last night they in the Town drew up fire again in the Church steeple.  
The same day Count Ernst went forward with his sap along the small Way towards the Hintemer-end, raising the passage with Brush and earth; and advanced so much that the 19 the Corpse de guard Numero 1. and upon the 28. the Corpse de guard Numer. 2. were made. And to advance the works of the main Gallery at Numer. 3. and 4. two Batteries were made each of one piece of Ordinance.  
The 15. His Excel. commanded to let the Water, which was stopped at the Dommel, to run round about his Quarter: And the same day the English sent six Granades into the two Sconces, whereof two made a fearful stir among them, & threw some of their Huts over the Walls. Forcing the Enemy to save themselves in the Outworks, until the Granades had done their operation, we in the mean time playeing upon them with Cannon and Musket shot as fast as we could.  
The 16. in the night the Enemy sallied forth of the Hintemer-gate, and beat the Scotch out of their Trenches: as likewise those of the great Sconce in number some 50. or 60. Men came out with Treshing cudgels, Pistols and Clubs, and beat the French out of their Trenches, and slew some of the English, which were employed there in making of the French approaches.  
The same night the English sent three Granades into the little Sconce, and did great endeavour to fill the moat of the half Moon with Brush and earth, but they of the Sconce threw forth hooks and pulled out our Brush sometimes as fast as we did put it in, and cast out firebrands and Handegranadoes to burn it, so that we had hot work to prevail with them.  
Likewise they of the great Sconce threw forth Handegranadoes and Firebrands to break and burn the Gallery, which the French began to make towards the Horneworke, but nevertheless they got up that night three posts or joints of their Gallery.  
The 17. the English were minded to have made an assault upon the half Moon, being they had made a passage over the moat, but the Captain of the Watch being hurt it was deferred.  
The 18. the French began to make a Gallery directly upon the middlewing of the Horneworke.  
The 19 the English began to make a Gallery towards the half Moon of the little Sconce, & the 20. they worked forward with their Gallery by clear dayelight, and sent eight Granades into it, which made the Enemy call upon the name of the Lady Mary most fearfully and fled into their Conterscharfes to save themselves. The night following they drew up fire in their high steeple again.  
The 21. were sent 8. Granades more into the little Sconce, with many Cannonshot every day and instant.  
The 20. the French began a second Gallery on the right hand of the first.  
And the same day the French broke a mine into the Horneworke.  
The 21. the English broke a mine into the half Moon of the little Sconce. And began to make a second Gallery on the right hand of the first.  
The 22. in the night the English went courageously forward with their Gallery, but they of the Sconce sallied forth and set it on fire. The English nevertheless watching an oppurtunity, suddenly fell upon the Enemy, insomuch that they had no time to seek and return the same way which they came forth. And so diverse of them being enforced to make speed or to be put to the sword leapt into the moat and there were drowned.  
The same night the English set fire on their mine and made an assault upon each side of the half Moon, but the mine operating contrary to their expectation, they began another mine and went forward with their Galleries.  
The French also gave fire to a mine but effected little.  
At this time Count Henry of Berck Mustered his Army at Turnhout, being in number some 25000. Men foot and horse.  
In the afternoon the French gave fire to two mines more, but availed not. The third made such a breach into the Wall of the Horneworke, that we could see the Enemy in it from top to toe. And so they should have made an assault upon them, but by reason the springing of the mine cast so much earth into the Mouth of the Gallery, that they could not go forth of it, they were prevented and the breach suddenly stoppet again.  
The 24. and 25. we did effect little.  
The 26. there was a great fire in three several places of te Siege, as namely in the Horse Quarter, in the English Quarter and in Brederoes Quarter, it was suspected to be villainy of Traitors, but we could not find them out.  
At this time Count Henry of Berch marching towards us, lodged his Forces at Sprang, Wallwyke, Druynen and Loon.  
At the same time the King of Bohemia came unto the Siege, and went with his Excel. into the Trenches, and viewed our Approaches, Batteries and other Works.  
The 27. the French passed over the moat of the Conterscharpe, and made Cannon shot from a Battery on the right hand of the Gallery, and made on each side thereof a small Battery.  
The same day Count Henry of Berch came with his Army to Vlymen, and appeared in our sight at several places with his Horse, which went up and down to view our Outworks. In the night they of the Town caused an Alarm to be made, which made us think that the Enemy would have fallen upon us from without and within, but they attempted nothing.  
The 28. Count Henry appeared with his Forces in the night near the Hollands Dyke, and by our great Sconces called the 3. Sisters, but we having sent them some 10. or 12. Cannonshot they retired back: Our whole Army nevertheless standing in Battle all the night long.  
The 29. many of the Enemy's Soldiers came into our Quarters, complaining of great scarcity, hunger and hardness.  
The 30. the Enemy lay themselves in Embuscado near the Uffrou Sconce, and took diverse of Wagons and Waggonmen, which went forth for Brush. Likewise they took the House of Hesop and Boxtel, where we had some small strength of Soldiers, which they let pass with their Arms and Baggagie into our Camp. In the morning came two of the Enemy's Sloopes to the 3. Sisters and the Hollands Dyke, to take measure of the depth of the Water, which made our Army to rise in Arms. Some more Soldiers of the Enemy coming to us, reported that in their Camp Cheese was sold for 12. stivers a pound, and a Pot of Beer for 6. stivers: Insomuch that the common Soldiers were almost famished for want of monnie and food, which caused them to flee from them.  
The second of july Monsieur Fama was shot and died of it.  
The Enemy continually buzzing up and down, sent some 4000 Horse and foot with 800. firelocks, each having a leather bag of powther to put them into the Town, between the Petler Sconce and Count Ernst Quarter, and brought along with them Spades, Faggots and Planks to fall upon a Horneworke of ours, not fare from Coudwater, but being discovered by our men in the night, which stood ready to receive them, the Alarm being given; They were beat of some of them drowned, and others being shot and wounded, retreated and left some of their powther bags behind them. This failing he had other designs 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 Dyke, which runs from the Dam to Boxtel by the Boor's Houses, but they in the night discovered General Cicills Tents, which were newly set up, their hearts misgave them, thinking we knew of their plot, and so retreated without attempting it, part of a Company only having the guard at the point upon the Dyke, while the rest of the Companies were drawn to the Line upon the Heath, they might easily have effected it. Our Men in the morning discovering them as they marched toward Count Henry's Quarter, the two half Cannons which lay upon Cicills Battery let fly at them, and slew some of them: But to prevent this the next day his Excel. caused abundance of Pallisadoes to be driven into the Dyke, and made a Battery where they should have come one, and from thence to Berckel Sconce chained boats together over the Water; setting watch in them by night, for the defence of the Dam.  
Count Henry of Berke being then quartered at Boxtel, Cromforde and Helforde, within an English mile and a half of our Line, we were fain to make the nights our days, and the days our nights, expecting continually his coming upon us with main Force, which oftentimes he attempted but to little effect, which lasted above three weeks together until he left us. In the mean time the Companies of all Nations beset the Line of Circumvallation, some two hundred paces distant one from another round about the Army: The Horse standing behind them in Battle ready to receive him. His excellenty 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 powther bags into the Town, and to have cut the Dam, and to have let in a Sea of water upon us, which ran round about our Quarters, returning from Vlymen with the gross of his Army, he discovered himself betimes in the morning, as soon as it began to be light by the downs, and had laid an Embuscado of Musketteirs in a ditch by some trees, and behind the downs he made a halt with his Horse and foot, and sends out first some 10. or 12. Horse to entertain a skirmish with some of our Horse, which stood ready in Arms without our Line upon the Heath, having the Outguarde. The Trumpets sound a Charge, and our Cannons roars from all the Batteries at the Enemy, and as the skirmish enceased, so we sent them the more Bullets, which made diverse of their Horsemen to turn up their heels, we seeing oftentimes legs and Arms fly up, and their Horse roll over one another's. At last there came three troop of Horse, which changed Bullets with our Horsemen, and still our Ordinance giving fire among them, and our Horse charging them toward the foot of the downs, the feigned a retreat to draw on our Horse within their Embuscado. Monsieur Mawe a French Captain of a troop of Horse, charging home his Horse from the Embuscado was slain under him. The Enemy falls out again with more Horse and takes this French Captain prisoner. The Duke of Bullen seeing him thus engaged, chargeth with a troop or two for to rescue him, and while two of the Enemies men were a disputing whose prisoner he should be, our Horse charges them again, and drives them to a retreat, they not having time to carry their prisoner away, to end the dispute pistol him, and so the Duke brought of his dead body. This skirmish during a while after, Count Henry marched away, and we to our Quarters.  
The 4. of july in the night the Enemy came upon our Army, intending to break the stoppage of the Dommel, but were prevented and many of them slain. At this time some Peasants were taken, which had led the Enemy & shown them the way through the water how to come upon us as they did several times in the night. Whereof two were hanged in his Excel: Quarter.  
Having made this digression, I return again to our Approaches, before the English came to the laying over of their first Gallery. There the Captain of his Excel: Guard got a dangerous shot in the forehead that he lost his eye. Captain Omkaes' a worthy Engineer showing his body too open was snapped of and slain with a firelocke, and Captain Clarke shot through both his legs, and having brought over their Gallery, they could not come to the moat of the little Sconce, before they had beaten the Enemy out of two Traverses, and a point which came out of the Conterscharfe in the form of a half Moon on our right hand next the Dommel, at the entrance of the Gallery: Over this first Water on the left hand they had a Battery upon which Colonel Harwood was shot through his hat; The Lord of Oxford standing by. The Gallery being over they began to sap and made a mine in the Enemies first Traverse, that night which Sir jacob Ashley commanded in the Trenches desirous of honour, he was appointed with some 60. Pikes and Musketteirs 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 set on with his Men and beat the Enemy to a retreat out of part of their Travers, our Men & the Enemy giving fire bravely one to another a good while, but the English lying open to the Bulwark of the little Sconce, and their other Traverse, were fain to retreat again into the Mouth of their Gallery. This Mine took not well, but sprang rather backward then forward, and did more hurt to our Men then to the Enemy; yet from this earth which was cast up out of the Enemies Travers they began to sap forward, which the Enemy seeing at last they quitted it, and so became Masters of it, and getting a little more elbow room they advanced forward to the moat of the little Sconce, making Guards, Batteries and Blinds, till they came to the very brink of it, where they began a second Gallery.  
The 7. of july in the evening about eleven a clock, Monsieur Douchant, Leeftenante to Colonel Chattillon, commanding the French Trenches, they of the Conterscharfe sallied forth in number about 100 Men, and overcame by force of Arms two of our Corpse de guards, and maintained them against us for the space of an hour, and then being forced to leave them in the retreat; the Ensign which commanded them was taken prisoner. In the mean time some 200. Men of the Horneworke intended to sally forth, but being discovered returned back again.  
The 8. the Enemy blewe up a Mine upon the English, but did them no harm.  
The 9 Mons. Chattillons' Company having the guard in the French Approaches, fell upon the Horneworke of the great Sconce, and found but 7. or 8. Men in it, which did not dispute the matter long & quitted it and retired to their Conterscharfe, where on their right hand they cut it off, and made a small Travers in it, whence they gave fire with their Musketteirs and firelocks upon them. But the French having put their Gallery over the moat of the Conterscharfe, they came to the second moat of the great Sconce, where they likewise put over a Gallery into the Faulsebray. On the left hand of their Gallery, the Enemy had cut off their Faulcebray to hinder our Workmen and Miners by giving fire from a small Travers upon them.  
The 11. his Excellency caused an inward Line to be made towards the City, beginning at Pinsens Quarter, and so passing by his Excellent. Quarter came to Brederoes Quarter, and went from thence to Count Ernsts Quarter, being fortified with many Redouts, whereby those of the Town were prevented to come forth unto our Quarters.  
The 12. Count Morris of Nassau was made Colonel in steed of Monsieur Fama.  
The 14. his Excel: gave order for the repairing of the Watermills near the Diese, and appointed 21. Mathematical Mills to be made there beside, which drew up abundance of water from below, sucking it up with funnells, and casting it up dismissed itself upon the higher Land making a new currant.  
The Gallery in Count Ernsts Quarter Numer. 5. was appointed to be made the 8. of july, but not begun before the 14. for want of earth, upon which Gallery the Enemy shot very hotly, both with Cannon and musketts; insomuch that many of the Workmen in the Mouth of this Gallery were slain.  
The Gallery being brought over, the Enemy retired in those places which they had cut off, noted in the Map Numer. 8. & 9 but in respect the Scotch continually went forward with sapping along the side of the Horneworke, the Enemy was forced likewise to leave those places.  
The 15. Count Henry of Berke raised his Army and departed from Boxtel, marching towards the Grave, and passed the Maze over the Moakerheath, but first sent a Peasant to bring a Letter to the Gouvernor Grobbendonk in the Town, which Peasant was taken in our Army upon some suspicion and the Letter found, and brought to his excellenty. The tenor whereof was as followeth.  
MY LORD.  
Seeing it is impossible to overmaster the Enemy in his Works, with that strength which I have at present, in respect he hath fastened himself extraordinarily. I have thought good to raise my Army and depart from hence, and to join my Forces with those of the Emperors, which now are ready in Arms, and in great number marching to Wesel, as well Horse as Footmen, intending to take in hand some remarkable thing, whereby the Enemy shall be compelled to fight with us, and that it pleasing God to give us the Victory therein, the City shall be thereby relieved, you in the mean time keeping it yet for a while, which I thought fitting at present to give you notice of. Praying when you have received this, to draw up in the night a great fire in the steeple of S. john's Church, stirring it oftentimes, and the next day to let a great smoke appear above the steeple, whereby I may know this Letter was delivered you; and when this Messenger shall return with your answer, that you make the like sign in the night following and with smoke the next day in the mean time. I rest  
MY LORD Your affected and faithful Friend HENRY COUNT OF BERKE. From our Camp at Boxtel the 16. of july 1629.  
The Superscription was thus, To My Lord, the Baron of Grobbendonk, Knight of the Order of S. james, Colonel of a Regiment of Walloons, and Governor of the BUSS.  
But this Letter falling into the hands of his excellenty, he sent it to the Lords the State's General of these united Low Country Provinces, with his advise and counsel what he thought fitting to be done against the Enemies plot, his excellenty likewise ordered an Army of Foot and Horse out of his Camp, under the command of Count Otto van Stierum, to follow Count Henry, and watch what he intended; nevertheless himself continueing the Siege before the BUSS.  
The 18. the Lord van Dieden, Governor of Emmerick, then commanding in the French Trenches, having blown up a Mine in the great Sconce, which overwhelmed two of our men that stood too near it. The French entered, & finding no resistance, took the great Sconce. There were found in it 16. Hogsheads of Wine, 24. Barrels of Beer, great quantity of Bread and Pork, a Boy and a Dog, with a Cellar of Ice to cool Wine or Beer in the heat of the Summer.  
The 19 of july in the morning about three a clock, the Enemy likewise quitted the little Sconce, wherein was found several Arms and Houshouldstuffe.  
The same day Colonel Harwood commanding the English Trenches, after he had taken the little Sconce, went forward and likewise beat the Enemy out of a Traverse, which they had made without the Sconce, and so they fled to their half Moon, which was 250. paces from thence towards the Town. The English and the French afterwards relieved one another in approaching and sapping towards the Town every fourth night, and the Dutch having the Watch after them one night. And so his excellenty caused some Batteries to be made by the little Sconce, which shot upon the Tenaille, Vuchtergate and half Moon thereof; we in the mean time sapping forwardly towards the Tenaille, which was the next thing that lay in our way.  
The 20. Count Otto van Stirum departed out of our Camp with an Army of 1200. Horse and 4000 foot to follow the Enemy.  
The 23. came news to our Camp that Count Henry with his and the Emperor's Forces, were got over the Ryver called the ysel into the Veluw, which daunted us much, being the Enemy could run up from thence without passing over any more Waters, even to the principal Cities of Hollande, as he did partly, his design being thereby to make us break up the Siege of the BUSS, and to come to prevent his proceeding. But his Excel. seeing the Town could not hold out long, sent forth Count Ernst with Colonel Harwood, and so many foot and Horse as he could spare out of his Camp, to hinder the Enemy's coming over the Ryne into the Betu, as he afterwards (when he had brought his Forces into the Velu) did oftentimes attempt, which if he could have effected, would have been greatly to our disadvantage.  
The 26. the Sergeant Major of the French, which then had the watch in the Trenches, brought a bridge of rushes over the moat of the half Moon, which lay before the Tenaille, and making a Rempart in the half Moon, the Enemy left it and fled to the Tenaille.  
The 28. the Enemy sallied forth of the Town in Boats, and took diverse Prisoners, whereof some were Burghers, that were gone too near the Town to see strange things.  
The same day came into our Camp the Young Prins of Denmark with a Regiment of Dutch.  
The 3. of August a Bridge of rushes was brought over the moat of the Tenaille.  
The 4. Monsieur Douchant having the Watch in the Approaches about noon sprung a Mine in the Tenaille, after he had laid two Rush-Bridges over the moat thereof, and about some 100 of the French went on very furiously into the breach which the mine had made, entering it with half Pikes: But the Enemy resisted them very stoutly, and slew many being most of them Volontaries, and so put them back by force, which Combat his excellenty saw standing upon the Bulwark of the little Sconce.  
The 6. of August Monsieur de Candale commanding the French Trenches, made a sap on the right hand of the Tenaille, which did the Enemy much harm, afterwards he caused a Corpse de guard to be made to make shot on the sideway; and the day after sent them many of Granades.  
The same day Monsieur Pinsen made a Battery very near the City, from whence he cast them many Granades.  
The 8. Monsieur Maurice Colonel of the Walloons having the watch in the Trenches, the Enemy left the Tenaille, after two Ours were sprung, the third being ready, and so was taken and a great Battery made of it of nine half Cannons.  
On the 10. of August Grobbendonk in the night sent forth two Soldiers, apparelled like Countrymen, with Letters to the Archduchesse, each of them having a pair of Doves, which should have been cast up and fly into the Town with answer back again: But their hearts failing them, and fearing to be taken by our Men in passing the Line and Watches: the one Soldier being more willing than the other, drew out his Knife and threatened to kill the other, if he would not go along with him to the Prince, and so calling to our Sentinels; the Guard received them in: the contents of the Letters were, that he could not hold out the Town above three weeks longer, and the Burghers for the saving of their lives and goods, and shunning of sudden danger would force him to a composition, and therefore required relief within that time, or else it would go very hard with them, of all which the Prince made good use.  
To go on the Tenaille being ours, we began a new sap from the right point thereof towards the Enemies half Moon, without the Vuchtergate running the Approaches by obliqne Lines, windings and turnings till we came to the very brink of the Moat of the Town, where the dommel falleth 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 main Gallery into the moat to be put over into the Bulwark on the right hand of the Gate, on both sides of this Gallery there were made for the defence of it a small Battery of two half Cannon, which beat upon the brick foundation of the Bulwark, and flankard our Gallery on both sides; the Ordinance likewise, which were planted upon the Tenaille, played upon the Bulwarks on each side of the Town gate, to dismount their Ordinance, which shot upon the end of our Gallery and of our Workmen, but the Enemies Ordinance were so sunk, that we could not come at them. From under the said Tenaille was also a plank Bridge laid over the dommel, and a Blind made to get into the Vuchter-end or bleach field: In this patch of ground were made Blinds and Batteries to dismount the Enemies Ordinance, which played upon our Galleries and Workmen, from the Bulwark on the left hand of the Gate, and a piece which they had suuke in their half Moon. In this Field also we began to say over a second Gallery on the right face of the Bulwark; but the Enemies Ordinance from the Bulwarks on the further side of the Gate shot through it 8. or 10. times, breaking some of the posts asunder, at the entrance of it into the moat, yet at the last our Battery in that Field put them to silence, and an English Captain an excellent Cannonnier dismounted their half Cannon, that day the Lord of Oxford had the Guard after, which our Men working more safely in both the Galleries.  
The 13. many Granades were cast into the Town, which threw down many Houses.  
The 15. of August in the night the Enemy had a Stratagem to cut our Trench by the little Mill and Coudwater, between Count Ernst and Brederoes Quarter, and so to have let in the Water upon our Approaches; to put this into execution, Grobbendonk sent out of the Town some hundred and fifty firelocks and spades, which stole in the night between the Petler-Sconce and Count Ernsts Quarter through the inward Line, where it was not finished and came to the little Windmill by our out Line; and there having laid an Embuscado 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 Horneworke, and the Redouts upon the Line, not fare from that place where Count Henry of Berks Men would have attempted it before: But part of Captain Brogs Company having the guard in a Redoubt next unto them gave fire, and the Alarm being given: Our Horse, which had the guard in a House not fare from thence, came up to charge them, and giving fire likewise from that Redoubt, they left their work, and retreated back to their Ambush, leaving their Spades and a pair of old Shoes behind them, and as they retreated gave fire upon our Horse, and slew a Corporal and hurt two or three more: But by reason of the Morrace and the Ditches, our Horsemen could not come to charge them, neither durst our foot leave their Guards: and so they retreated back again into the Town, some two English mile where they fell a cutting. Surely if they had stayed 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.  
The 16. of August news came to our Camp that the Enemy had taken Amersford.  
The 17. Count William then commanding the Quarter and Works of Count Ernst, caused two Mines to be blown up, which were made under the Horneworke of the Hintemergate, also made two assaults upon the Enemy, but prevailed not.  
The 18. in the morning the Enemy sallied forth of the Town near Pinsens Quarter, and rob some of the Victuallers and so departed: the night following the Leeftenant Colonel Sir Edward Vere had the command in the Trenches. And on Sondaye his Excellence who oftentimes ventured his person very much, came down to the Gallery to see the Approaches, a little before the said Leeftenante Colonel was relieved, he went to show the Prince the Works and the Sap, the Companies being relieved, were drawn off as far as the little Sconce. The said Leeftennante Colonel Vere having shown his excellenty the Sap, and taking his leave of him, walking off with Sir Thomas Conway, being a Tall man, came an unhappy Musketshot through the Blind, and shot him behind in his head, that it perished his brains: that night being brought to his Tent within some four days afterwards died, whose extraordinary valour sufficiency & complete abilities for a Commander as they were well known, so was his loss exceedingly lamented by his excellenty 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 bommel returning home that night.  
The English Regiment had the guard in the Approaches, and a civil worthy Gentleman of my Lord's Company of Dort, one M. Mollenax that bore the sword of the said Leeftenant Colonel before his corpse, 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 Soldiers in readiness, that upon the first occasion, if the Enemy had either sallied out upon our Sappers or Workmen, or if they should have attempted the firing of the Gallery, they might have beat them in again. Captain Rookewood of my Lord Vere's Regiment as eldest Captain, executed my Lords command with valour and discretion, had his Granadomen at hand, and placed diverse Musketteirs upon all flanks to play upon the Enemy, and to keep them under for shooting upon the end of our Gallery 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 to keep them under, sometimes sending a Granado into the Town, and throwing Handgranadoes amongst them into their half Moon. Towards midnight the Enemy likewise did cast Handgranadoes upon our Blind next to their half Moon and set fire on it, which broke out into a great flame, but the vigilency of my Lord Vere was such fearing, that the fire might take further hold, 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 slake, and had two or three Granadoemen there, which paid them with their own coin, but sure it was good that the Wind blue South-west, for had the Wind blewe 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 day and night following the 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 grazed upon his flesh.  
Before our Regiment 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 Leeftenante Colonel in Sir Edward Vere's place deceased. The Bridge being laid over the Ditch of the Enemies half Moon. The English began to sap, and lodged in the left corner of it, because of the Trees that lay a cross in it. This night there was discovered an engine upon a float from the furthest part of their half Moon by the moat, which we presupposed they had prepared for the firing of our Gallery. To prevent this my Lord of Oxford got a Sloope, 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 hinder the Enemy from fastening any fireworks upon our Gallery, which the Enemy perceaving, attempted nothing. The Lord of Oxford gave order likewise that our Musketteirs from all flanks should continually be playeing, and our Ordinance shooting upon the top of their Bulwark and their half Moon to keep the Enemy from peeping over and giving fire upon our Workmen. This night although it was Moonlight, the Brush and faggots were laid over to the left hand of the Bulwark, from the end of our second Gallery in the Bleachfeelde, and thanks be to God, but one Man shot in layeing them over, and another Soldier of Captain Skippons' shot, which stood Sentinel in our Long Gallery. My Lord Craven whose worth and liberality was known here extraordinarily, this night and the day following (as at other times he used to do) 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 trailed Pikes under my Lord Cicills Company, and went constantly down to the Approaches upon any service, and exposed their bodies both to danger and sickness. My Lord of Oxford an hour before he was relieved, had about with the Enemy upon the left corner of the half Moon; and my Lord Vere's Musketteirs 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 and made them throw stones and Handgranadoes amongst our Men, but his Lord caused a Soldier of Captain Roockwoods' Company to cast 14. Handgranadoes among them into their half Moon, which made them give back and cry, Guarda, Guarda. The Granades being burst they came up again to the top of the half Moon, and gave fire upon our Men, but my Lord caused Musketteirs 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 shown their heads and bodies; this piece of service being ended, my Lord of Oxford being relieved drew away to his Quarter.  
On Count Ernests side the 19 of August the Brush and Planks were laid over to the Enemy's Horneworke, 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 stood out very stoutly three assaults, with the loss of many men: But the Enemy gave fire in such manner from the Wall of the Town, and out of the great half Moon, that our Men were forced to retreat into the mouth of their Gallery and Works, yet this advantage we got that we did set up some Musket-baskets, and lodge some of our men upon the right corner of their Horneworke, from whence we began a Sap, and made Blinds towards their half Moon, which after another Mine was sprung caused the Enemy on the 21. of August to quit it, and so retired in their half Moon. In this fight were slain Captain Ramsey, and two days after a Dutch Captain, called Captain Hatton, who carried themselves very worthily.  
And when as Count Ernest had strengthened the Betuw, and all the Cities and places thereabouts, as also along the River called the Yssel, against all assaults of the Enemy, for the furtherance of which the Prince sending him daily more Forces as he could spare and raise them.  
It happened that upon the 20. day of August these glad tidings came to the Prince to wit a Letter from that worthy and valiant Commander Otto de Gendt and Oyen, Lord of Dyden, Governor of Emrick, unto the Prince of Orange, the tenor whereof followeth.  
MY LORD,  
THE bearer hereof my Cousin Merode is come to make report unto your excellenty of the good success of the surprising of the City of Wesel. The Enemy hath likewise quitted both the Sconces, making not one shot against us. Their man of war they have sunk themselves; and having a parcel of small shipping in the Ryne, I did cause part of them to be burnt, I have found great number of Ordinance here, and 13. or 14. Boats upon Karts. And for the better securing of this City, I have sent for more Companies out of Emmerick and Rees: And if it please your excellenty, I should desire more strength. Thus in hast I take my leave.  
WESEL the 19 of August 1629. In the morning between 4. and 5. of the Clock. Your Excellenties' humble and faithful OTTO OF GENDT AND OYEN:  
The first Undertakers of this Enterprise were Peter Mulder, Richard Mulder his Brother and john Rootleer all three Burghers of WESEL, men of a mean condition, but of a good spirit & resolution. This Peter Mulder diverse times feigning to learn to swim, had piled the depth of the moat on that side, which he intended the City should be assaulted, and spying out all opportunities, made a great Iron hammer to beat down the Palisado, which stood upon the Bulwark on the East side of the Town, wherewithal the Prince being acquainted as also of the possibility of this design. His excellenty appointed the Lord of dieden for the managing thereof. The time and place being appointed the 18. of August, Peter Mulder went out of WESEL at one Gate, and his Brother out of another Gate, about three hours before the shutting of the Gates. Peter Rootleer followed a while after, to avoid all suspicion, all three meeting together in the dark at the place appointed: And having called upon the Name of the Lord of Hosts, for his aid & assistance herein, that thereby their fellow Brethren and Citizens might be released from the bondage and vexation of their Enemies. The Lord of dieden about midnight came unto them, with some sixteen hundred foot (some musketeers others firelocks and half pikes) and eight Troops of Horse. Before they went on the Lord of dieden to do no man wrong, made the Captains to draw Billets, who should fall on first: And Peter Muller with his two Comrades went on before them courageously. But ere our Troops came thither, and that the Lord of Dyden had ordered the business thus, it began to be light, so that they imagined it was not practicable. The Enemy likewise seeing the day broke, and that it began to be light, drew off their By-watch from that place, and betook themselves to their rest: But God, who is the disposer of all things, and gives courage to men, at last our men waded through the moat, and entered the Bulwark. And Peter Muller with his Comrades broke down the Palisado and made an entrance. The Officers and Soldiers seconded him bravely, and enters the Town on Sundaye morning the 19 of August 1629. a little before Sun rising, after the guard was drawn off: And cutting off the two guards next adjoining to that place with small resistance, bore up stiff to the Market place. The Alarm was so sudden that the Enemy's men running too and again to answer it known not our Men from their own until it was to late for them; for in the mean space Peter Muller got a smith and opened the Bruynish Gate, and let in our Horsemen. The Spaniards seeing the City lost fled to the Sconces out of the Town, which they yielded upon Composition: The brunt being over the Soldiers fell a plundering got into the Spaniards shops, and into bitterest Papists and jews Houses, ransacks the Nunneries, breaks down the Images and got an incredible booty, as Count Henry of Berk his plate and chiefest Baggage, Monte Cuculies' money and goods, which the Emperor had sent to him, and the Riches which the Crawats had got in the German Wars, and left there behind them for safety in their expedition for the Velu. To conclude, the Foot divided the spoil, and the Horsemen shared Bags and Barrels of Rijcxdollers by hats full: But that which was most remarkable, that Church which they had bolted up against the Protestants, that very Sunday was made a Prisson for their Officers and Soldiers, till on the morrow they were sent to Arnhem. The Governor and Officers standing good for the ransom of 1042. Soldiers, who the next day were set over the Water with their Wives and Children. Three of the Enemy's Captains were slain and about 70. Soldiers, and we lost but 9 Men in all. Besides this there was found in the Town many small Barrels of Pistols and Rijcxdollers, for the payment of the Enemy's Army, 46. pieces of Brass Ordinance upon the Walls, and 2. in the Market place, and 2. in the Magasin, and 2. Mortars, Arms as Corselets, Pikes, Muskets and Firelocks to arm 5000. men, above 1000 Barrels of Powther, besides this great store of meal abundance of Corn and other Victual, and provision for their Army, which the Lord thus delivered in our hands.  
On the 24. of August we had a general thanksgiving and a triumph throughout the Army, in acknowledgement of the great goodness of God for the taking of WESEL. The Triumph was made in this manner: First the Musketteirs were drawn off from all our Guards, saving the Approaches, and out of our Quarters and placed along the inward Line next the Town some six foot distant one from another. The Pikes were drawn to the Outline and Outguardes, the rest stood by devisions in the Quarters, every 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 Crevecoeur, where the Princess lay, and so to Engelen; from thence along the Men of war, and the Redoubts by the Busseslote to Monsieur Pinsens Quarter, so the French Line, the Approaches & then to the English, from thence to the Lord of Brederoes Quarter, and so along to Count Ernests Quarter, and so to Count William's Quarter, where it ended betwixt every volley, the Cannon, which lay upon the Batteries of the Outline 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 thus, about ten a clock in the night, when a Granadoe was shot into the Town, than the first volley should begin, and the Wispes 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 the English, the Lord of Brederoes, to Count Ernests Quarter and Count William's Quarter, it ran well, between the Volleys there were about 300. pieces of Ordinance, from Crevecoeur and round about our Army discharged. Those of the Town acknowledged afterward, that shooting at once with so many Ordinance out of our Approaches into the Town, did much amaze them, and then they began to believe indeed that WESEL was Geux; Though the Governor by all means laboured to conceal it from them.  
The 25. of August the Enemy sallied forth into the Works of Count Ernest, and burnt about some 20. Posts of his Gallery.  
The 26. News came to us in the Siege, that the Enemy had left Amersford, and that the States had laid 1500. Men in it.  
The same day went forth of our Army two Companies of Horse, and 200. Firelocks, which met with a Convoy of the Enemies going to Breda, whereof our Men killed some, and took 40. of them prisoners, and some fourscore fair Horses, with their Saddles and Pistols, and brought them with good store of munition and match into our Camp together, with the Lieftennante and the Cornet or Ensign bearer of the Enemy's Troops, which became surtie for the value of the Wagons, which our Men left behind them.  
The 30. A Peasant which had carried Letters too and fro, in and out of the BUSS, and had been our Prisoner some ten weeks, was condemned and hanged in the Prince's Quarter.  
The first of Septemb. the Enemy quitted the Counterscharfe of their Half Moon, which lay before the Vuchtergate.  
The same day our men attempted to make a Mine into the Bulwark of the Town Walls, but could not effect it by reason of a piece of Ordinance, which the Enemy had sunk, wherewithal they slew many of our Men at the end of the Gallery.  
The second of Septemb. Monsieur Stakenbrooke Lieutenant of our Horse, and the Duke of Bullen with 1000 Horse, three hundred Firelocks, and diverse English and French Musketeers taken out of diverse Companies, and three half French Cannon toward evening were drawn out of our Quarters, and marched that night to a small Town and Castle in Braband, called Endhoven, some six hours going from the BUSS, where some 400. of the Enemy's Wardgelders, or as we term them freshwater Soldiers, taken on by those of Flanders, who lay lurking there, to see if in the night they could have cut our Trench upon the Outline, and let in the water upon us, which stood blank without our Entrenchment, by reason of the stoppage: But his excellenty having intelligence of them, prepared this Camisado for them. They having advertisement by some Countrymen their friends, of our men's coming, stole away in the night and trusted rather to their heels then to their Arms: Yet they were not gone so fare, but the Duke of Bullen with his Horse overtook them, and rounds them in a Morrace and by a Ditch, and charging upon 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 would give them quarter or Noah, but at last by much entreaty he granted them quarter, and brought away about some eight score of them prisoners. In the Castle of Endhoven (which our Men took in to their possession) we found four Petards made of oaken Planks some 5. Inches thick, and the chamber or briche lined with iron; these should have been charged with Powther and stones, to have been discharged out of their sloopes upon our Trench, and so having made a rapture in our Line, have let a Sea of water to have drowned and overflown all our Approaches, these engines were brought likewise in Karts to his Excellency House in his Quarter.  
The 3. we began to mine under the Halfmoon of the Vuchtergate.  
The 4. we sprung a Mine in the Wall of the Halfmoon, but nevertheless we were not able to lodge in it.  
The same day the Scotch which had the guard in the Approaches of Count Ernest, won the Raveline running between the Horne-worke and the Town.  
On the fifth of Septemb. the Trench and 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, and discovered a Mine which the Enemy had made; nevertheless taking their course another way very skillfullie, went forward being undertaken by three Englishmen to wit john Scot, William Lee and especially Richard Pristman, who had good skill in digging and underpropping of Coalpits in England; who performed it very well. 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 Septemb. being Mundaye betime in the morning, Sir jacob Ashly, Lieftennant 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 before the Gate, ere the Mine was sprung he sent a Sergeant with six Musketteirs 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 men, he was to retreat back again, all which was done accordingly: The Mine then being blown up, took but little effect, and made no great entrance. After this Sir Simon Harcourts' Ensign was commanded to fall up with some 30. Musketteirs to the top of the half Moon, 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 Ours, which were to be sprung, now the Enemies two Ours being blown up, Sir jacob Ashly fell up, and gave order to Sir Simon Harcourt to fall into the Enemies Halfmoon with 50. Musketteirs and Pikes more, with his Ensign and the said 30. Musketteirs. 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 driven them from thence along the moat side to a Traverse which was cast up some 60. paces from the said entrance of the half Moon, where following them close along the moat of the Town Bulwark, and giving fire upon them at last they bid him farewell and retreated into the Town by Saint john's gate.  
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 halve Moon, in those places which might most offend the Enemy; this was the first work, which was carried away by force of Arms and really disputed: In this fight Sir Simon Harcourt was five times thrust and shot through his clothes, and yet it pleased God he came of well and with honour: After the English had thus taken the Halfmoon, his Excellency came down into the Gallery and gave the English extraordinary thanks for carryeing themselves so well, and rewarded some of the Soldiers with money: And thus the Enemy on this side were shut up into the Town.  
The same night came on Sir Harry Harboured, Lieftennant Colonel to Colonel Harwood, and relieved Sir jacob Ashly, he brought with him for the relief, my Lord Vere's Company of Schoonhoven, Sir Harry Harbourds own Company, Captain Gouldwells, Captain Abrihalls and Captain Welsons' Companies. The Gallery being got over 91. Posts from the end of it, the Brush and 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 excellenty as merciful as valiant (to try what the Enemy would do) gave order to Sir 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 being blown up took good effect, and cast up a great deal of earth and 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 Sargeant (who was slain going on) should fall up to the Breach with his Musketteirs; that Captain Welson should do the like with 30. men more to second the Sergeant, and Captain Gouldwell to second them with the Pikes, from the end of the Gallery; all which was done accordingly, our men falling up to the Breach gave fire in the very teeth of the Enemy, and our other 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 and retreated where it was cut off to the skirt of the Wall by the Vuchtergate. This being done our men stayed a little while upon the Breach till they discharged all their Bandeliers, and till that Sir Harry caused them (according to his Excellency command) to retreat again into the Gallery, 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 Cannon, which lay upon the right side of our entrance into the Gallery, beat the earth and Brush, which they cast up about their ears, and shore off the heads of the Soldier's Pikes, which stood there for the defence of their Workmen. This made a terrible Alarm in the Town so that the Bells rung, the Women and Children cried, the Burghers and Popish Priests by flocks ran to the Governor, and told him that now or never it was time to listen to a seasonable and an honourable Composition, for the safeguard of their lives and goods: The Governor taking hold of this occasion strikes his sail, and came with the Bishop Abbot and diverse Officers to the Parapet of the Vuchtergate, sending a Drum, which reported that there were some Gentlemen of quality overwhelmed and stifled in the springing of our Mine, and requested that they might be sought for and buried. His excellenty then being near at hand, sitting in the Gallery, gave way to their request; but as indeed the matter being otherwise: The Drum came up again, and requested to speak with some of our Officers, and told them that the Governor, Magistracy and Clergy in the Town were minded to parley with us; presently after came four persons of quality down the Breach to his Excellency in the Gallery, desiring four days time to written to the Archduchesse, and if so be they were not relieved within that time, they would deliver over the City upon Composition: But his Excellency denyeing them this request. They resolved notwithstanding to treat upon a Composition, and Hostages were received and delivered on both sides. In the mean time the Walls of the City were black of Burghers and Women, and Spiritual persons to take view of our do and the danger they were in.  
The 13. of September the Commissioners, which the Town had appointed, dined with the Prince, & in the afternoon they left their commission with the Prince & the States, and took their resolution with them.  
The 14. the Aggreement was concluded to render up the City with the Petler-Sconce to us, within three days after, and so accordingly was subscribed by both parties. In the mean time came many thousands of people out of Holland and other Provinces thereabouts to see this famous Siege, with the departure of the Enemy out of the City.  
The 17. in the morning the Prince of Orange appointed all his Army to stand in Battle order, in every Quarter, especially those of his own Quarter, as well Horse as foot, and placed them in this manner: Along Monsieur Pinsens Quarter (where the Enemy was to march thorough first) stood some threescore Companies of Footmen, being Scotch & Dutchmen, from Pinsens Quarter along the Hollandes-Dyke stood some 40. Companies of French, and near to the very place where the Enemy was to march out of our Line, stood some 40. Companies of English; and without our Line along the heath stood some 30. Companies of Horse. This being the Way which his Excel: had ordered for the Enemy to pass thorough. Between the English and French stood a great Battery of twenty Pieces of Ordinance to play upon the Heath, where his Excel: caused two Princely Tents to be set up, for the Princess, the Queen of Bohemia, and the Ladies & Gentlewomen which were there. The Prince sitting on Horseback, with the King of Bohemia and the Prince of Denmark, and some 40. more, whereof most of them were Dukes, Earls, Barons, Lords, and the rest Colonels and of the Chief Commanders, besides this the great number of our own Burghers and people, which came thither to, behold this sight was so great that they could hardly get beer for their monnie, and many of them were fain to sleep in the field under the sky for want of better lodgings.  
Now to relate the manner of their marching forth: First in the morning there marched forth some 50. Horsemen, and as many firelocks and Musketteirs. Then followed about eleven hundred Wagons & Karts, whereof some 400. of them were loaden with sick & mained Soldiers, and the rest with goods, houshouldstuffe, Images, Clergiemen & Women; and about eleven of the clock came the jesuites & Priests riding upon Wagons, and some barefooted Monks and Friars going a foot. His Excel: being gone to dinner with the King & Queen of Bohemia, and the rest of the Lords and Ladies, which stood upon the Battery in the two Tents. In the mean time came the Governor's Wife in her Koach, who was but 3. weeks old in childbed, accompanied with her daughter and her Child, lying upon the Nurse's lap in the forepart of the Koach. General Morgan & some others courts her, and made her stay before his Excel: Tent, till he with his train returned from dinner. His Excel: coming saluted her, and had some small discourse with her, and then took his leave and let her pass. 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 Excel: sent him word by the Sergeant Major General that he would send them after him on the morrow. The Governor had ordered his Men by three divisions, the first were the Walloons consisting of six coulouts being some 400. Pikes firelocks and Musketteirs. The second were Burgonians. The third & great division were Highdutches with nine colours.  
These 3. divisions were a matter 1400. men: Then followed the Governor on Horseback, and passing by, his Excellency had some small speech with him: After the foot came three Troops of Horse, which brought up the Rear, the first was about 70. in number, the second about 80. and the last Troop about 90. all well mounted, well armed, proper Men, with red scarves about them. During this Siege the Enemy confessed there were slain some eleven hundred Soldiers, and not above 16. or 18. Burghers, by reason they refused to endanger themselves in the Outworks. They had with them according to the Articles of Composition three whole and three half Cannon, very fair pieces, and two Granado Mortars. They left beside these in the Town some 36. brass Pieces of Ordinance and six Iron pieces, the most part of the Brass Ordinance being Sling-peeces and Faukenetts, and few half Cannons, except some which the noses were bruised and shot off: And little or no Powder to speak of, which indeed was the principal occasion they yielded up their Sconces, Traverses, Halfmoons and at last the City itself sooner than they needed.  
In this Siege there happened many strange passages, which would be too tedious to rehearse, only two things of note, I cannot but make the gentle Reader acquainted with first in the Crossebrethrens Cloister, a little before the Town was yielded, there was a Monk in the Chancill sitting in one of the Seats of the Choir, and reading in one of his Massebookes about midnight, we shot a Granado into the Town, which fell just into the Seat where he sat, and took him, his Seat and Book away that scarcely they could find a Mommock left of him, only leaving the tincture of his blood upon the Wall for a memorial, which is yet to be seen to this day. The second there was a strange shot happened as in Ostend, there was a Cannon Bullet of the Enemies shot from the down Battery, just into the mouth of one of our Cannons, which lay upon the West-Bulwarke charged. These two Bullets striking together, gave fire to the lose corns of Powder, which were not driven home: Our Cannon went of and sent the Enemy their own Bullet and ours back to them again. So before the BUSS a Soldiers presenting his Musket to give fire upon the Enemy: The Enemy being quicker than he, discharged first upon 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.  
To return again where I left having related unto you the departure of the Enemy, so in the morning about eight a clock his Excellency sent into the Town his own Guard, with six other Companies to take possession of the Bulwarks, and about the evening came in some ten Companies more.  
The 18. all strangers were suffered to come into the Town, and view all the Enemies Works, Churches and nunneries, one of them climbed up to the top of Saint john's Church, steeple and set an Orange silk Flag above the Weathercock.  
The Burghers for the mostparte were very well provided of all kind of Victuals, except Cheese and Butter. The same day his Excellency came into the Town, but returned suddenly back again.  
The 19 our Ministers preached in three of the Churches, and in the great Church were three Children baptised, where the PRINCE OF ORANGE, the King of Bohemia and the Princess of Orange were Godfathers to them.  
After this his Excellency placed new Magistrates in the Town and discharged the old Magistrates, and all the rest of the Burghers of the oath, which they had made to the King of Spain, and received them into the oath of the States of these united Provinces. And so left the Baron of Brederode with 36. Companies of foot and 10. Companies of Horse for Garrison in the Town. The State's prescrybing a day of Thanksgiving to the Lord throughout the Provinces for these Victories.   

ARTICLES Granted by his Excie. my Lord the Prince of Orengie, to the Governor of the Buss, & the Captains, Officers and Soldiers therein.  

I.  
THAT the Governor of the Buss, with all the Officers of ware, and for dyer's of what quality, or condition so ever 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 the 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.   

II.  
They shall carry with them six pieces of Ordinance, and two Mortars at the choice of the Governor, with all their train, equipage, and munition of war, sufficient to discharge every one a dussen shot.   

III.  
They shallbe furnished with horse, Wagons, and their Conductours sufficient to draw Ordinance and Mortars with all their train and Munition unto the town of Diest.   

FOUR  
All munitions of war & of Victuals appertaining to the King of Spain, shallbe delivered by such as his Excel: shall appoint to this effect, saving those Victuals which were sold before the 12. of this month, when we began to treat, which shall remain sold, without search or making inquiry after any man that made any sail of them.   

V  
All Officers and Soldiers, aswell sick as hurt in the Gesthouse 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.   

VI  
A sufficient number of wagons and horse which the Governor shall require, aswell for his particular service, as for the Officers & Soldiers to carry their goods and Baggage to Diest is granted them, comprehending therein all their Arms: yea the soldiers of the garrison of the Town, absent sick, dead, hurt or fled, and that the said wagons shall in no case be visited.   

VII.  
Those which will desire to carry their Goods and Baggage to Antwerp, 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 their goods and Baggage, which shall not be visited nor stayed in any place, under any pretence whatsoever, but shall pass to Antwerp without disbarking themselves.   

VIII.  
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 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.   

IX.  
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 immovable situated in the said Town, or else where none excepted, without any confiscation or prize to be made of them.   

X.  
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 Excel: or the Governor of the said Town.   

XI.  
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.   

XII.  
The prisoners aswell on the one side as on the other, of what Condition soever they be, shallbe set at liberty without paying of ransom, but only for their diet according to the taxation of the place.   

XIII.  
That all the boot made by those of the Town, aswell before as during the siege, shall not be restored back by them, but shall remain with them.   

XIV.  
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 be understood that the Governor may do that the same day as the articles are signed.   

XV.  
The Conditions being concluded, two days at the least shall he given to the Governor and soldiers, to prepare themselves for their departure.   

XVI.  
The time limited being expired the said Governor and Officers do promise to departed the garrison, to wit on Monday next betime in the morning, which will be the 17. of this present month of September.   

XVII.  
Yet to be understood that during the time of these two days no man 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 hostility, in assurance whereof hostages shallbe given on both sides.   

XVIII.  
That before the garrison depart sufficient Hostages shallbe given on his Excel: 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 Excel: hostages and wagons be returned, and as soon as they are come back, his Excel: will send their hostages with safe conduct and assurance unto the Town of Diest.   

XIX.  
The Officers, Captains and Officers, comprised in the first Article of this Treaty, having any arms, boats, sloopes or other preparations of war, belonging particularly to themselves, may sell or transport them, without any enquiry to be made about those which shall buy or carry them away.   

XX.  
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.   

XXI.  
Those of the garrison of Breda being in the Town, aswell 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 to carry 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 14. of September 1629. and was signed F. Henry de Nassau. A. de Grobindonck. And beneath written By his Excel: order I. junius, And sealed with his Excel: seal of Arms.   

POINTS Agreed on by his Excellency the Prince of Orange, and the Deputies of the High and Mighty Lords the State's General of the United Provinces, to the Ecclesiastickes, Magistracy, and Burgeses on the City of the BUSS.  

I.  
FIrst that all Offences, Injuries, and acts of hostility, committed happened, & effectuated between this Town, and those of the united Provinces, aswell from the beginning of these intestine troubles, Commotions and Wars, as likewise during this siege, 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.   

II.  
That the Inhabitants of this town shall carry themselves conformable to the Edicts of this Land, enjoying the liberty of conscienty, as they usually do over all. And that all Ecclesiastical and Clergy men, shall departed the Town within the space of two months, behaving themselves in the mean while according to the Edicts of the Land, and may take and carry along with them their moveables, Images, Pictures and Church ornaments.   

III.  
The said Ecclesiastickes shall enjoy during their life the revenues & fruits of their goods, in such places where they pay Contribution, yet is to be understood, that the Ecclesiastical & Pastoral goods shall fall to the High and Mighty Lords the State's General, who shall have the disposing of them, aswell for the profit of the Town as other wise.   

iv  
That the Nuns and other Ecclesiastical 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 de State's General, whether they shallbe accommodated in their Cloisters, or provided with other dwellings.   

V  
That also all the Inhabitants of this town, aswell ecclesiastics, Nuns, 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.   

VI  
Also that this town with the Inhabitants and Burghers thereof, aswell the clergy 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 Towns, to trade and traffic one with another according to their ancient liberty as is fitting.   

VII.  
That the High and mighty Lords the State's General & his Excel: the Prince of Orange, shall use exercise in the said town, liberty, territories & jurisdiction thereof, for so much as they are annexed to the town, the same right and jurisdiction as the Dukes and Duchess' of Brabant hitherto have had, and to treat with this town so and in like manner as the capital Towns of Brabant are used to do.   

VIII.  
That this Town, Burgesses and Inhabitants thereof, shall retain within the liberty of the said town, all their rights, Customs freedoms, exemptions, and all other privileges, aswell general as particular which they have enjoyed and possessed a long time before the wars, aswell by water as by Land within and with out the town, as in Brabant, Gelderland, Holland, Zeeland, upon the , and other Provinces, places and rivers, aswell taxes, toll of timber, Ingebot, the staple of oxen, and others none excepted, forasmuch as concerns their lawful possession.   

IX.  
That the ruling and government of the town, aswell for the Administration of justice, as in politic affairs shall continue with the Magistrates, and the three members of the Town, and that no other persons shallbe promoted thereunto, or chosen, but such as are natifs of the said town, or which have received holy baptism there, or such others as the High & 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 Excel: & the Deputyes of the high and Mighty Lords the State's General.   

X.  
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, & without preiudicing the other membres of the united Provinces.   

XI.  
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.   

XII.  
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 they may be ordered by the said confraternities, occupations, gilds, 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.   

XIII.  
That in the County of Holland, and other united Provinces the three 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 keep, and use their own  mark, and that of the towns where the workmanship is 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, un less those of the maioury being heard there upon touching their annual fairs, otherwise shallbe disposed of in all equity, by the High and Mighty Lords the State's General.   

XIV.  
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.   

XV.  
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 Noah, the Magistrates of the town, shall deliver over a pertinent state, that the high & mighty Lords afterwards may in all equity dispose thereof.   

XVI.  
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 no prejudice to the means which is raised for the common weal.   

XVII.  
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 party, neither upon the right of appeal, or reformation, if that belongs unto them.   

XVIII.  
That those which are at this present in the Magistraces, or have been heretofore, shall not be molested, not 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, nor that the Accounts of the abovesaid receivers, and other Deputies of this Town, shallbe subject to any search or rivision. As likewise all the Accounts given up by the receiver of the Domains, States of Brabandt receivers of licences, Conuoyes, and Fortifications, shall continue as they are without any inquity made after them.   

XIX.  
That the government of the table of the holy ghost, the great hospital, the fabric of Churches, orphan houses, Lasories, findling, madmen, and other foundations of Hospital, for men and women, and the authorisation of the Overseers, and directours of them, shallbe conferred and given by the three members in conformity and according to the Privileges of the City and as they have been exercised heretofore.   

XX.  
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.   

XXI.  
That every Layeman of what condition soever he be, being in the oath and service of his Majest: of Spain, whether of the town or Noah, he shallbe freely permitted, after the surrendering to departed 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.   

XXII.  
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 Majest: or not, and the heeyrs 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 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.   

XXIII.  
And those in the mean time, and during the aforesaid three years, which will go into the Provinces & towns, belonging to & under the obedience of his Majest: 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, & to traffic every where, for the enjoying of the effect of this present treaty.   

XXIV.  
That no other Governor shallbe appointed or made over the Town, nor his Substitute, but one of the House of Nassawe, or some other Nederlandish Lords of Vassals.   

XXV.  
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.   

XXVI.  
That all persons absent, their wives and children, aswell clergy as lay men fled, shallbe included, and comprehended in this treaty.   

XXVII.  
That all sick and hurt, at this present in the great Hospital or other houses, either Soldiers or others may bide therein, till they are thoroughly recovered, or afterward to stay or to departed, as it pleaseth them, & to that end shallbe assisted with wagons, or carts to carry away their Baggage without any impeachment.   

XXVIII.  
All these Articles are approved, agreed unto by his Excie & the Deputies of the High & mighty Lords the State's General, & accepted on by the Ecclesiastickes, Magistrates and Burghers of the said Town, in power of their letters, or Attorney, in witness whereof we have signed hereunto at Vucht in the Camp before the BUSS the 14. of September 1629.   
And was signed 

F. Henry de Nassaw.  
Fr. Michael Bishop of the Buss.  
Fr. Johannes Moor Abbet of Bernes.  
Johannes Hermanus, Deacon of the Buss.  
R. van Voorne. R. van Greeneven.  
Blooff van de Sloote. Henry Summars.  
Peter Hubert's Herialthuvel.    
THE RATIFICATION.  
THE State's General of the United Provinces, having heard the Report of their Deputies, after the sight, lecture, and examination of the points and Articles above named, have with ripe deliberation approved and ratified the same as their Highness & Mightiness do approve and ratify them by these, promising to keep & observe them, and cause them to be kept and observed; according to the tenor and form of them.  
Given in the Camp before the BUSS the 14. of September 1629. And was signed Hen. Ter Cuylen.  supra. And under each was written By the order of the High & Mighty Lords the State's General. Signed Corne. Musch. And sealed with the seal of their Highnesses and Mightigesses.  
FINIS.   

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Autre Carte, representant la continuation des Aproches du Quartier du Prince d' Orange, depuis la petite fortress St. Anthoyne, jusques a la Ville et Boulevard, la ou on a faict saulter la derniere Mine, Par le Sr. jaques Prempart Ingenieur du Roy de Swede.   continuation of map 
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Les Approches du Comte Erneste Casimir de Nassau, Gouverneur de Frise, Marshal gen: du Camp devant Bois le Duc.   
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LES APPROACHES DV SR. PINSEN Gouverneur de Rees. Amstelodami Henricus Hondius Excudit. Anno 1630.   
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CARTE contenant le Quartier du Comte de Solms a Engelen, avec les Moulins a eau faict par le commandement du Prince d'Orange, et autres ovurages d'alentour.  
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tout Mesuré et Dessigné, Par le Sr. Jaques Prempart, Gentilhomme Francois, Ingenieur du Roy de Swede.