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<DATE>2014-02-18</DATE>
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<NAME>TCP Staff (Michigan)</NAME>
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<ITEM>Proofed and reviewed as part of batch B140118.pdcc.</ITEM>
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<P><FIGURE>
<P><HI>In s'Graven Haghe Ten huyse van Henricus Hondius, anno 1637.</HI></P>
<FIGDESC>map of Breda drawn by Henricus Hondius</FIGDESC>
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<P>BARONNIE VAN BREDA</P>
<FIGDESC>inset map of the barony of Breda</FIGDESC>
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<HEAD>A <HI>BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF</HI> BREDA, and the Barronie thereof, repre&s;ented in this mapp aboue.</HEAD>
<P>_THis Cittie is a Land Towne, &s;ituated in a mo&s;t plea|&s;ant place vpon two Riuers, the one called the <HI>Marck,</HI> the other the <HI>A,</HI> from whence the name thereof is deriued. For the <HI>A</HI> &s;preading it &s;elf at the broade&s;t in it, is called <HI>Breed A,</HI> that is, Broad A. This Riveret runing into it, doth &s;trengthen the Towne exceedingly, by feeding &amp; filling the moate with water, and within the Towne doth di&s;|charge it &s;elfe into the <HI>Marck.</HI> Jt is girt about with a thick, high, and a lofty wall, having rowes of Oakes, Elmes and other trees growing vpon it. The circuit of it is 4000 Geometricall paces at 5 foote, which make &s;ome three English miles in com|pa&s;&s;e, hauing twelue hundred Hou&s;es in it, a goodly Markett place, and a faire Church, with a Lofly &s;teeple 362 foote high. The Ca&s;tle lies vpon the <HI>Marck</HI> with a goodly moate about it &s;euered from the Towne, a &s;tately Orchard, and a Garden for plea&s;ure like a paradice, with a curious Maze, a fine pro&s;pect, Fountaines, and other rarities in it.</P>
<P>Moreouer, it is &s;trongly fortifyed with 13 Royall Bulwarkes, fiue large Hornworks, a broad &amp; a deepe moate in &s;ome places 200 foote ouer, diuer&s;e Ravelings Halfe-moones and a Coun|skarfe, which J will delineate by Figure and Letter.</P>
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<HEAD>The Figure</HEAD>
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<ITEM>1. Js the Ca&s;tle Bulwarke, Hom-worke and Rave|ling vpon which <HI>Count Harrie</HI> Governour of Frizeland runn his Approach.</ITEM>
<ITEM>2. Js Spite-Mansfeilds Bulwarke.</ITEM>
<ITEM>3. The Bo&s;ch-Port-Bulwarck with the Horne-work and Raveling.</ITEM>
<ITEM>4. Maurice Bulwarke.</ITEM>
<ITEM>5. Martins Bulwark with the Horne-worke.</ITEM>
<ITEM>6. Na&s;&s;aws Bulwarke.</ITEM>
<ITEM>7. Ginnekens-Port-Bulwarke and Horne-worke vpon which his Highne&s;&s;e quarter Approached.</ITEM>
<ITEM>8. Notes Bulwarke.</ITEM>
<ITEM>9. The Water-miles.</ITEM>
<ITEM>10. Hollands Bulwarke.</ITEM>
<ITEM>11. Barnevelts Bulwarke.</ITEM>
<ITEM>12. Anwerps-Port-Bulwark, and Horne-worke vpon which <HI>Count William</HI> ran his Approaches.</ITEM>
<ITEM>13. Lamberts Bulwarke.</ITEM>
<ITEM>14. The new Bulwarke.</ITEM>
<ITEM>15. Heragiers Bulwarke, all the&s;e having Ravelings on the other&s;ide of the moate and Counterskarfe.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>The De&s;cription of the &s;eige, without and the &s;euerall quarters</HEAD>
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<ITEM>A. His Highne&s;&s;e quarter con&s;i&s;ting of English, French Wal|lons and Dutches.</ITEM>
<ITEM>B. Count Williams quarter at the Hage.</ITEM>
<ITEM>C. Count Harries quarter Lord Gouvernour of Fryzeland at Tetering.</ITEM>
<ITEM>D. Coronell Varicks quarter neere Terheyde.</ITEM>
<ITEM>E. Lieutenant Coronell Boshuy&s;ens quarter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>F. The Wallons quarter on the other &s;ide of the Marck.</ITEM>
<ITEM>G. Count Solmes his quarter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>H. The Lord of Brederodes quarter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>I. Coronell Ferens his quarter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>K. The Damme, where the Marck was &s;topped by his High|ne&s;&s;e quarter.</ITEM>
<ITEM>L. The two fir&s;t &s;mall Redoubts to keepe in the Enemie vpon Ginnekens way into Breda.</ITEM>
<ITEM>N. The fir&s;t Batterie, where the French and the English began their Approaches, the one on the right, and the other on the left hand.</ITEM>
<ITEM>N. The French Approach.</ITEM>
<ITEM>O. The English Approach.</ITEM>
<ITEM>P. A great Battery of 12 half Canon.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Q. A &s;econd Batterie of 8 Peeces.</ITEM>
<ITEM>R. A third Batterie called the French Battery of 4 Peeces.</ITEM>
<ITEM>S. The Ma&s;t, or Pine-wood through which the line of Cir|cumvalation rann.</ITEM>
<ITEM>T. The Fort Papenmutch.</ITEM>
<ITEM>V. The Riveret A, betweene Papen-mutch the crowne worke, and the &s;tone bridge.</ITEM>
<ITEM>W. Count Williams Approach from the Hagh.</ITEM>
<ITEM>X. Count Williams fir&s;t Batterie made again&s;t Antwerpes Poort and Bulwarke.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Y. Count Harries Approach and Batterie vpon the Horne|worke and Raveling before the Ca&s;tle.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Z. The Hou&s;e of plea&s;ure taken in by Count Harrie.</ITEM>
<ITEM>aa. This Arrable Lands.</ITEM>
<ITEM>bb. Low meddow grounds ouerflowne.</ITEM>
<ITEM>cc. The Pan-hou&s;e and way towards <HI>Getruydenberke.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>dd. The high way towards <HI>Turnehout.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>ee. The high way towards <HI>Hooghstrate.</HI></ITEM>
<ITEM>ff. Js Rysbergen, where the Cardinall Jnfante quartered.</ITEM>
<ITEM>gg. Heu&s;enhout, or the way by which the Enemie marched through our gards when they departed.</ITEM>
<ITEM>hh. The Hou&s;e of Knaverie moated.</ITEM>
<ITEM>ii. The States lodging.</ITEM>
<ITEM>kk. The black dyke.</ITEM>
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