In s'Graven Hague Ten huyse van Henricus Hondius, anno 1637.   map of Breda drawn by Henricus Hondius 
BARONNIE VAN BREDA   inset map of the barony of Breda   

A BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF BREDA, and the barony thereof, represented in this map above.  
THis City is a Land Town, situated in a most pleasant place upon two Rivers, the one called the Marck, the other the A, from whence the name thereof is derived. For the A spreading itself at the broadest in it, is called Breed A, that is, Broad A. This Riveret running into it, doth strengthen the Town exceedingly, by feeding & filling the moat with water, and within the Town doth discharge itself into the Marck. It is girt about with a thick, high, and a lofty wall, having rows of Oaks, Elms and other trees growing upon it. The circuit of it is 4000 Geometrical paces at 5 foot, which make some three English miles in compass, having twelve hundred Houses in it, a goodly Markett place, and a fair Church, with a Lofly steeple 362 foot high. The Castle lies upon the Marck with a goodly moat about it severed from the Town, a stately Orchard, and a Garden for pleasure like a paradise, with a curious Maze, a fine prospect, Fountains, and other rarities in it.  
Moreover, it is strongly fortified with 13 Royal Bulwarks, five large Hornworks, a broad & a deep moat in some places 200 foot over, divers Ravelings Halfmoons and a Counskarfe, which I will delineate by Figure and Letter.  

The Figure  

1. Is the Castle Bulwark, Hom-worke and Ravelin upon which Count Harrie Governor of Frizeland run his Approach.  
2. Is Spite-Mansfeilds Bulwark.  
3. The Bosch-Port-Bulwarck with the Horne-work and Ravelin.  
4. Maurice Bulwark.  
5. Martin's Bulwark with the Horne-worke.  
6. Nassaws Bulwark.  
7. Ginnekens-Port-Bulwarke and Horne-worke upon which his Highness' quarter Approached.  
8. Notes Bulwark.  
9 The Water-miles.  
10. Holland's Bulwark.  
11. Barnevelts Bulwark.  
12. Anwerps-Port-Bulwark, and Horne-worke upon which Count William ran his Approaches.  
13. Lambert's Bulwark.  
14. The new Bulwark.  
15. Heragiers Bulwark, all these having Ravelings on the otherside of the moat and Counterskarfe.   

The Description of the siege, without and the several quarters  

A. His Highness' quarter consisting of English, French Walloons and Dutches.  
B. Count William's quarter at the Hage.  
C. Count Harry's quarter Lord Gouvernour of Fryzeland at Tetering.  
D. Colonel Varicks quarter near Terheyde.  
E. Lieutenant Colonel Boshuysens quarter.  
F. The Walloons quarter on the other side of the Marck.  
G. Count Solmes his quarter.  
H. The Lord of Brederodes quarter.  
I. Colonel Ferens his quarter.  
K. The Dam, where the Marck was stopped by his Highness' quarter.  
L. The two first small Redoubts to keep in the Enemy upon Ginnekens way into Breda.  
N. The first Battery, where the French and the English began their Approaches, the one on the right, and the other on the left hand.  
N. The French Approach.  
O. The English Approach.  
P. A great Battery of 12 half Canon.  
Q. A second Battery of 8 Pieces.  
R. A third Battery called the French Battery of 4 Pieces.  
S. The Mast, or Pine-wood through which the line of Circumvalation ran.  
T. The Fort Papenmutch.  
V The Riveret A, between Papenmutch the crown work, and the stone bridge.  
W. Count Williams Approach from the Hagh.  
X. Count Williams first Battery made against Antwerp's Poort and Bulwark.  
Y. Count Harry's Approach and Battery upon the Horne-worke and Ravelin before the Castle.  
Z. The House of pleasure taken in by Count Harrie.  
aa. This Arable Lands.  
bb. Low meadow grounds overflown.  
cc. The Panhouse and way towards Getruydenberke.  
dd. The high way towards Turnehout.  
ee. The high way towards Hooghstrate.  
ff. Is Rysbergen, where the Cardinal Jnfante quartered.  
gg. Heusenhout, or the way by which the Enemy marched through our guards when they departed.  
hh. The House of Knavery moated.  
two. The State's lodging.  
kk. The black dyke.