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A09517	Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.	Digitus Dei. Or, Good newes from Holland Sent to the wor. Iohn Treffry and Iohn Trefusis. Esquires: as allso to all that haue shot arrows agayst Babels brats, and wish well to Sion wheresouer.	1631.0		.xml	application/xml	6421	164	59	After the Prince of Orange had retreated out of fflaunders , & ( whether through the foreslowing of time , or too many loope holes made in their counsails or unfaithfulnesse in men betrusted , or correspondence by any false heart with the enimy ) he had lost his designe , & inquartered himselfe at Drunen , neare Huisden , little other tidings came to vs , but the constant and extraordinary prouisions of the enimy by land & water , especially concerning certaine sloopes , & flat bottomed boates , & an engeneering Preist , who should haue spent much oyle & candle in the advancing of a strange designe . men , other ships of ours came vp with them like wise , & gaue & received such rough intertainement as passeth among men at such times : a ship of Zeland had by one shot from the enimy 4 ▪ men slayne , & 4. hurt : our musketeres came not up to doe much seruice , for these reasons , 1 in such a hurry of businesse , & uppon the water command could not so easily passe , & besides that command they had , was to seconde the ships that were prouided to fight at length , & moreouer the worke continued not so loug as to make vse of all our men : The Princes ship receiued shot : 2. in the sayles & 1 , in the midship , & quitted herselfe well , some 5. or 6. more did the like : but it playnely appeared the enimy seemed not much to regarde fighting , rather longing & striuing to bee M r of his designe , & therfore continually steered of their course , till towards morning the whole night being exceeding fayre for one houres space & noe more the Lord east a mist uppon them , by which ( they themselues confessing it ) they were much distracted , lost their way , diuers of them came on ground , and the most of them at Muschle-creeke not far from Steenbergen , the vangard being at this time , within one houres time , or two at the most , of the place they aimed at : diuers of them blame Fortune and their pilots , but in truth ( as some of them accknowledgd to myselfe ) the blow was from heauen . and to proceede , this confusion taught vs who was their Generall , viz : Count Iohn of Nassau , who would rather venture the Infantaes displeasure , then pay soe deare for his entertainment heere againe , as hee had lately done at Wesell :	cache/A09517.xml	txt/A09517.txt
