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<NAME>Mona Logarbo</NAME>
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<HEAD>&leaf; Of the great trea&s;on and &s;yege of And werpe / that was in Iuly la&s;t pa&s;t by Marten of Ro&s;&s;en which came forth of Gelderlande with xiiii. M. men of armes.</HEAD>
<P>_BUt now of late dayes / aro&s;e &s;ome &s;u&s;peccyon of warre in Gelder|lande vpon the water&s;yde called the Ma&s;e / where a &s;mall co~pany of Sol|diours other wy&s;e called La~des kneygh|tes were &s;ene gatheryng together / who&s;e nombre encrea&s;ed daly more and more. Which Souldyours behaued them &s;elfe well / payeng for their meat with all other thynges that they toke lyberally / and en|treated the people very well / Which &s;oul|dyours kept very &s;ecrete their entent and purpo&s;e / &s;o that no man greatly &s;u&s;p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="5 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">
<PB REF="2">rather a rauenynge wolfe / came to And-werpe / in the chefe of Syng&s;ons marte / other wy&s;e called Penteco&s;t Fayre nowe la&s;t / where as he bancketted / &amp; taryed by the &s;pace of .iiii. wekes or ther about with his cou~tre men the Gelders that dwelt in And werpe / &amp; marked / vewed and e&s;pyed well the Towne / &amp; beheld the great abu~|dau~ce of all maner of ryches that was as then ouerflowynge in that Cytye / which tyches farre &s;urmounted all the ryches of any Cytie in the world / by the iudgement of all men that haue well traueled</P>
<P>&para; This Captayne afore &s;ayde founde in this afor&s;ayd Towne certayne traytours fyt for his purpo&s;e which con&s;pired with hym and con&s;ented at a day appoynted (y^e whiche &s;hulde haue ben the .xxv. or .xxvi. daye of Iuly la&s;t pa&s;t) to ray&s;e fyre in the to wne / as in y^e great church with dyuers of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> partes of the &s;ame / but
<PB REF="2">For all Realmes Chri&s;te &s;huld haue &s;mar+te<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> for it / if the towne had come into theyr ha~des / be&s;yde the great murther / y^e wold a ben there. Therfore now acknowledge and &s;ay all people: Great is our <HI>LORD</HI> &amp; great is his power ye his knowledge is in+finite. This afor&s;ayd Martyn Ro&s;&s;en Ca+pitayne with his hoo&s;t / beynge come be|fore the towne at y^e day appoynted / which &s;huld haue gyuen a&s;&s;aulte when this fyre &s;hulde haue ben ray&s;ed in the Towne: At which tyme his fre~des / &amp; traytou<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">s afore+&s;ayd were apoynted / that they &s;hu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d haue counterfayted keyes to open the gates of the Towne. Thus had they deui&s;ed with many other thynges that &s;hulde haue ben fyt for theyr vnhappy purpo&s;e.</P>
<P>&para; And beyng al&s;o of theyr wycked coun|cell and coniuracyon / dyuers &s;ub&s;ta<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ial men <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> the Towne / that bare office <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">
<PB REF="3"><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">+fered paynes of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ccordyng to the law of the Towne an<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">untre / &amp; in all is ta|ken of the&s;e Traytours / to the nombre of one C. and more that wolde haue &s;et the Towne on fyre / to thente~t y^e the enemyes without the Towne myght haue had the better theyr purpo&s;e. But now to returne agayne where I left / Tis Martyn after he had co~cluded with the other traytours of this towne departed from thence to the hoo&s;t and augmented his company to the nombre of .xiii. M. and came ouer the wa+ter and tyuer of the Ma&s;e / approchyng to+warde the Towne of And werpe / which beyng ones there knowe~ / great fear came ouer all them that were therin. And as god wold / they perceyued one of the afore &s;ayd traytours to be bu&s;y about the gates in the night. Vpon &s;u&s;peceyon the rulers of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> Towne dyd apprehende <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">me / <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> of the &s;ame / but
<PB REF="3">of Orange / &amp; the Cou~te &amp; Lor<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> &amp;c. with great proui&s;ion made <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Towne of Andwerp for the p<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> therof. And in the way comm<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Towne / the Prynce encount<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">+myes or he was ware / and &s;o <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> his men / &amp; he had moch to do t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">+&s;elfe vntaken / which prynce ha<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> two hundreth hor&s;e men / and a <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> foote men and more / yet parte <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> that fled came afore into y^t to w<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters"> the Prynce was &s;layne / which <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> loked backe / for if they had / t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> haue &s;ene the prynce folowyn<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> all the ha&s;t that he mought. <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> had a hole in his harnes behy<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> his body was not hurt.</P>
<P>&para; Furthermore the fyr&s;t day <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">+nemyes came / they &s;ent to the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">e / for to haue them <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">
<PB REF="4"><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> walles by &s;traglers &s;o neare <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> as one of theyr co~pany &s;layn|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">ked co~tinually that theyr fren|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">tours within &s;huld haue ray|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="4 letters">hin the Towne. But through <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">&s;tion / that was preuented by <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> all the &s;ellers full of erth and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">ge the &s;tretes. And great abu~+<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">ghtes was kept in the &s;tretes <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> / &s;o that no ma~ might walke <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">s or pa&s;&s;e without examinatio~ <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> were taken lepynge ouer the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">e rydynge in the watche / and <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">aken by the Women hauynge <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">dre and other preparacions of <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">urthermore~ the gon&s;hot went <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> that nyght / that the enemyes <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">d not pytche theyr campe the~ <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> no meanes coulde they make <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> that nyght. And in <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">me / <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">
<PB REF="4">in the couerte of the &s;moke. W<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> the Cytte perceyued / one Bu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">+taine &amp; a Spaynyard i&s;&s;uede<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> him thre hundreth men to hau<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> but whan he was gone a flyg<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> Captayne adui&s;ed him wel a<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> backe agayn into the towne. <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> their abundaunce of gonne &s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> all the nyght longe / di&s;co~forte<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">+mies / &s;o that they dur&s;t not ap<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> a&s;&s;aulte the Towne / the whic<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">+ded to a&s;&s;aulte a Bulwarke th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"></P>
<P>&para; And in the thyrd mornyng <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">|ted from Andwerpe burnyng <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> a ryche and a frutefull countre<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> re&s;i&s;tinge them to this daye. <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> departing / they &s;ent to the P<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">+range that he &s;huld raun&s;ome <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">+dreth of his me~ / that they had t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> me~ of warre be now &s;cat<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">
<PB REF="5"><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Yet there were at that tyme <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 words"> Towne of Antwerp aboue an <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">ou&s;and of fightinge men. And <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3 letters">&s;e the Lady Regent had a gret <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">f men with her. And the great <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> Flaunders had another gret <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ith diuers other in the cou~<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"> yet they wolde not with <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> their. CC. thou&s;and and more / as it is reported not &s;et vpon them.</P>
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