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<P>True Newes, Concerning the win|ning of the Towne of Corbeyll by the French King from the Prince of Parma. Which was doone on S. Martins euen at night la&s;t pa&s;t. 1590. Sent from Deepe to an English Gentleman.</P>
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<FIGDESC>Woodcut printer's device of Edward Allde showing a flower vase with the sun above, and below the arms of the City of London (McKerrow, 290).</FIGDESC>
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<P>AT LONDON, Prinnted by E. A. and are to be &s;olde at the little North doore of Paules Church at the &s;igne of the Gunne. 1590.</P>
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<HEAD>&para; True Newes, concerning the <HI>winning of the Towne of</HI> Corbeyll.</HEAD>
<P><HI>_IT is not long &s;ince (my</HI> good Fr&eacute;end) that I &s;ent you woord of the euil &s;ucce&s;&s;e which the French Kings forces had at the hotte and &s;euerall a&s;&s;aultes made by the Prince of <HI>Parma</HI> again&s;t the towne of <HI>Corbeyll,</HI> and the valiant re&s;i&s;tance which the Subiects of the French King made again&s;t them. Where, after the &s;aide Prince of <HI>Parma</HI> had brought his power, and placed his Cannons to batter the Towne of <HI>Corbeyll:</HI> the Townes men did generallye con&s;ent to right it out, hauing before locked vp their Gates, and in the re&s;i&s;tance &s;lew many of the Prince of <HI>Parmas</HI> power, in three hot and &s;euerall &s;kirmi&s;hes. Neuertheles &s;uch was the weaknes of the &s;aid town&s;|men of <HI>Corbeyll,</HI> that they were con&s;trained to come to the walles of the &s;aide Towne, and to require par|ley with the Prince, and thereby &s;&eacute;eing euidently that the Prince was &s;trong and well furni&s;hed with men and munition, and bra&s;&s;e peeces for battry: they offred to y&eacute;elde vp the &s;aide Towne to the Prince, conditio|nally that he would graunt them their liues, and that they might departe with bagge and baggage: but the Prince of <HI>Parma</HI> contrarye to his former proc&eacute;edings in the Lowe Cuntries, not only denyed them of this
<PB N="2" REF="3"> their reque&s;t, but al&s;o vowed to put them euerye man, woman and childe to the Swoord, his only rea&s;on was for that they had &s;o long re&s;i&s;ted him, and &s;lain a great number of his be&s;t and mo&s;t approued Souldiours in tho&s;e thr&eacute;e &s;euerall a&s;&s;aultes: wher-upon the Citizens hearing the &s;ente~ce of death pronounced again&s;t them, and perceiuing nothing would per&s;wade him to &s;aue their liues, nor to take pittie of their wiues and Chil|dren: they fell fiercely to the fourth and la&s;t &s;kirmi&s;he, where they determined to &s;lay or to be &s;laine.</P>
<P>Then Drummes and Trumpets &s;ounded foorth the deadly points of Warre, and there began a mo&s;t fierce and &s;harpe a&s;&s;aulte on both &s;ides, which continued two howres together, where was great lo&s;&s;e of blood on both &s;ides, but in the end the Prince of <HI>Parma</HI> became victor, and winning the Towne by force, did put euery liuing creature to the Swoord which was found there aliue: this was a gr&eacute;euous &s;laughter, where people enhabiting and keeping the Towne to their Kings v&s;e, yet mi&s;erably put to y^e Swoord without any iu&s;t cau&s;e. But h&eacute;erein no rea&s;on might &s;erue, none might e&s;cape, nor none pre&s;ently reuenge.</P>
<P>Now when the &s;aide Towne of <HI>Corbeyll</HI> was wonne, and the Inhabitants wofully put to y^e &s;woord, the Duke cau&s;ed many to fall to labour, and to fortefie againe the great breache with Stone, which by force of Cannon he had before made: and therby went into the &s;aide Towne of <HI>Corbeyll:</HI> and ther-vpon he imme|diatly placed a gary&s;on of cho&s;en Souldiours in the &s;aide Towne, and &s;o departed.</P>
<P>The Kinges Maie&s;tie of <HI>Fraunce</HI> hearing of the lo&s;&s;e of this Towne, tooke the &s;ame very greeuou&s;ly, e|&s;pecially for the lo&s;&s;e of &s;o many of his good and faith|full &s;ubiects &s;laine in the &s;ame: who&s;e liues he more
<PB N="3" REF="3"> e&s;t&eacute;emed (as he &s;aide) then of tenne &s;uch Townes, in re&s;pect wherof he vowed to reuenge the &s;ame &s;o &s;oone as time and occa&s;ion would &s;erue.</P>
<P>Soone after the Kings Maie&s;tie appointed <HI>Moun|&s;ier de Cheuery</HI> being a braue man at armes, polliticke and hardie, to make choice of &s;ome &s;ufficient number, of his be&s;t and approued&s;t Souldiours, and to marche forward towards the &s;aid Towne of <HI>Corbeyll,</HI> giuing him charge to reuenge the great wrong before offered vpon his good &s;ubiects, by tho&s;e Wallons and Spani&s;h &s;ouldiours, planted like v&s;urpers in gary&s;on to defend and keepe the &s;aid Towne to the v&s;e of the Prince of <HI>Parma:</HI> which to performe, the &s;aide <HI>Moun&s;ier de Che|uery</HI> let &s;lippe no good occa&s;ion that might be offred, for in the euening before S. <HI>Martins</HI> day la&s;t pa&s;t, the &s;aide <HI>Moun&s;ier de Cheuery</HI> knowing it was a night of great quaffing ob&s;erued among the Wallons and tho&s;e in Gary&s;on, &s;taid and would not goe forward or come be|fore the &s;aid Towne vntill it were more towards the dead of the night, whereby tho&s;e in the towne hab no cau&s;e of doubt, and therfore drunke freelye: but about twelue of the Clock that night, the Kinges power came before the &s;aide towne, which being &s;ecretly doon like men vnlooked for: &s;uddainly made a fierce &amp; &s;trong a&s;&s;ault vpon the &s;ame, and practi&s;ed by force and polli|cie the recouery therof againe: now the Wallons and Spani&s;h Gary&s;on inclo&s;ed within the &s;aide town, ha|uing drunk hard mo&s;t parte of the day, and then vpon a &s;odaine to be wakened out of their dead &s;leepe by the thundring &s;hot that made great breaches and wayes for the Kings Souldiours to enter the &s;aid towne, ran as halfe de&s;perate to the walles and made a very for|ceable re&s;i&s;tance which continued all that night, neuer|thele&s;&s;e by &s;eauen of the clock the next morning the
<PB N="4" REF="4"> Towne was wonne again vnto the King by force, the Kings power entred in at the &s;ame breache which the Prince had before entred, &s;o that what&s;oeuer the pince of <HI>Parma</HI> might doo, it could not preuaile, though hearing thereof, he &s;ent a power of Spaniards to &s;uc|cour them, which came too late, and were glad to get them gone for feare of their liues.</P>
<P>Thus by valiant encounter the &s;aide <HI>Moun&s;ier de Cheuery</HI> with his Souldiers entred the Towne the next morning, where were found &s;laine by that fight <HI>2.</HI> hundreth Burgonians and <HI>300.</HI> Spaniards, be&s;ides <HI>400.</HI> which were taken Pri&s;oners, and &s;till remaine in the &s;aide Towne, who mu&s;t paye well for their raun|&s;ome ere they departe.</P>
<P>In this Towne the Kinges Souldiours found <HI>200</HI> fatte Oxen, fower hundreth &s;heepe, leauing &s;ome &s;laine &s;ome dre&s;t, and &s;ome aliue.</P>
<P>There was al&s;o taken <HI>4.</HI> bra&s;en peeces, and <HI>2.</HI> Can|nons readye charged, many Spani&s;h En&s;ignes, which but latelye had beene di&s;played in and about the &s;aide Towne of <HI>Corbeyll</HI> in triumphe of the &s;aide victorie, and doone in de&s;pite of the Kings Maie&s;tie of <HI>Fraunce:</HI> were now taken, and tho&s;e that did di&s;play and defend the &s;ame, were euery man taken pri&s;oner or &s;laine, &s;o that not one man e&s;caped to tell the newes to his fa|uourers in other places.</P>
<P>Thus was the town of <HI>Corbeyll</HI> wonne again and entred into by force of the Kings power, in de&s;pite of the prince of <HI>Parma,</HI> Duke <HI>de maine,</HI> or any other their a&s;&s;ociates: And &s;uch is the dayly labour of the Souldi|ours in the &s;ame towne to fortifie and rampier it, that the enemye &s;hall hardly get it in ha&s;te.</P>
<P>GOd be thanked very few of the Kings Souldiours were &s;laine in this &s;kirmi&s;he, nor no man of name
<PB N="5" REF="4"> or &s;peciall account. On the enemies &s;ide be&s;ides the number afore&s;aide: there was &s;laine <HI>Cheuallier de Aumall,</HI> who was one of the mo&s;t cheefe&s;t warriors on the Leagers &s;ide: this <HI>Cheuallier de Aumall</HI> had prouided great &s;tore of victualles entending there|with to haue victuailed the Cittie of <HI>Paris,</HI> which yet &s;tandes di&s;tre&s;&s;ed, but he was not onely intercepted of the &s;aide victuaile, but al&s;o of his life: <HI>Moun&s;ier de Cheuery</HI> &s;&eacute;eing what good &s;ucce&s;&s;e it had plea&s;ed God to &s;end him, humblye gaue thankes vnto almightye God with all his Souldiours. And foorthwith &s;ent newes thereof vnto the King, who reioyced for his good &s;ucce&s;&s;e, and humblye gaue thankes vnto God al&s;o for the &s;ame.</P>
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