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         Sergeant, John, 1622-1707.
      
       
         
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             A letter from a trooper in Flanders to his comrade shewing that Luxemburg is a witch, and deals with the Devil.
             Sergeant, John, 1622-1707.
          
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           Luxembourg, François-Henri de Montmorency, -- duc de, 1628-1695.
           Grand Alliance, War of the, 1689-1697.
           Great Britain -- History -- William and Mary, 1689-1702.
        
      
    
     
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           A
           LETTER
           FROM
           A
           TROOPER
           In
           Flanders
           ,
           to
           his
           Comerade
           :
           SHEWING
           ,
           That
           Luxemburg
           is
           a
           Witch
           ,
           and
           deals
           with
           the
           Devil
           .
        
         
           
             Honest
             TOM
             ,
          
        
         
           I
           Know
           thou
           dost
           remember
           ,
           that
           while
           thou
           wast
           amongst
           us
           ,
           Things
           went
           but
           untowardly
           ;
           and
           that
           having
           mighty
           Forces
           ,
           enough
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           to
           have
           conquer'd
           the
           World
           ,
           we
           made
           nothing
           on
           't
           ,
           but
           were
           still
           on
           the
           losing
           hand
           :
           And
           since
           thy
           leaving
           us
           ,
           Things
           have
           gone
           on
           after
           the
           same
           Rate
           .
           We
           are
           told
           a
           Fellow
           call'd
           an
           Observator
           should
           say
           ,
           That
           though
           we
           have
           a
           brave
           Army
           ,
           yet
           we
           want
           Conduct
           .
           But
           I
           would
           have
           
           him
           to
           know
           ,
           That
           we
           have
           as
           good
           Conduct
           as
           any
           is
           under
           the
           Copes
           of
           Heaven
           .
           What
           the
           Devil
           then
           is
           the
           Matter
           ?
           Or
           how
           come
           these
           Things
           about
           ?
           I
           have
           been
           often
           Musing
           what
           the
           Matter
           should
           be
           ;
           and
           at
           last
           I
           have
           found
           it
           out
           .
           In
           plain
           English
           ,
           Tom
           ,
           we
           have
           been
           bewitch'd
           .
           This
           damn'd
           Rogue
           Luxemburg
           ,
           this
           crooked
           urchinly
           Rogue
           ,
           and
           the
           Devil
           together
           ,
           have
           bewitch'd
           us
           all
           this
           while
           .
           As
           for
           the
           Dauphin
           ,
           who
           commanded
           the
           French
           last
           Summer
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           had
           the
           Name
           of
           it
           ,
           I
           suspect
           him
           not
           :
           For
           we
           all
           know
           that
           the
           Dauphin
           is
           no
           Conjurer
           .
           But
           we
           have
           been
           bewitch'd
           as
           sure
           as
           I
           am
           here
           ;
           and
           none
           but
           Luxemburg
           could
           thus
           bewitch
           us
           .
        
         
           Thou
           knowest
           ,
           Tom
           ,
           that
           at
           the
           beginning
           ,
           we
           talk'd
           of
           nothing
           less
           than
           Marching
           into
           France
           ,
           and
           Carrying
           the
           War
           into
           France
           .
           And
           we
           had
           Forces
           sufficient
           for
           that
           purpose
           ,
           both
           then
           ,
           and
           many
           times
           since
           ;
           the
           French
           not
           daring
           to
           fight
           us
           .
           If
           they
           had
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           beaten
           them
           to
           Clouts
           .
           By
           our
           carrying
           the
           War
           thus
           forward
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           lived
           upon
           the
           Enemy
           ;
           and
           should
           have
           tumbled
           in
           Free
           Quarter
           ,
           and
           Contributions
           ,
           and
           Plunder
           .
           But
           instead
           of
           this
           ,
           we
           have
           kept
           still
           in
           Flanders
           ;
           lying
           heavy
           upon
           it
           ,
           and
           plainly
           devouring
           it
           .
           Nor
           have
           we
           ever
           had
           our
           Foot
           upon
           French
           Ground
           .
           So
           that
           I
           conclude
           we
           have
           been
           bewitch'd
           ;
           and
           that
           a
           Spell
           hath
           been
           laid
           before
           us
           ,
           which
           we
           had
           not
           the
           Power
           to
           pass
           over
           .
        
         
           I
           meant
           ,
           by
           French
           Ground
           ,
           not
           only
           their
           own
           Country
           of
           France
           ,
           but
           their
           Conquests
           also
           ;
           or
           generally
           ,
           the
           French
           Quarters
           .
           And
           I
           say
           again
           ,
           That
           we
           have
           not
           been
           in
           the
           French
           Quarters
           ever
           since
           this
           War
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           not
           with
           our
           main
           Army
           .
           For
           I
           confess
           Duke
           Wirtenburg
           with
           a
           Detachment
           ,
           and
           Count
           Thian
           with
           a
           Party
           ,
           have
           been
           in
           those
           Quarters
           ;
           though
           their
           Stay
           and
           their
           Reign
           were
           very
           short
           .
           Marry
           your
           Gazette
           did
           publish
           .
           That
           our
           main
           Army
           (
           upon
           our
           late
           March
           to
           Rouselaer
           ,
           where
           we
           encamp'd
           so
           long
           to
           so
           little
           purpose
           )
           was
           in
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           .
           But
           that
           's
           a
           damn'd
           Lye.
           For
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           (
           we
           all
           know
           )
           is
           that
           which
           is
           beyond
           ,
           and
           within
           their
           Frontier
           Garisons
           :
           Whereas
           this
           Place
           is
           on
           this
           side
           their
           Frontier
           ,
           and
           between
           their
           Frontier
           and
           ours
           ;
           and
           pays
           Contribution
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           to
           them
           .
           So
           ,
           I
           remember
           ,
           three
           Years
           ago
           ,
           when
           our
           Army
           had
           passed
           the
           Sambre
           ,
           and
           was
           got
           as
           far
           as
           Beaumont
           ,
           
           Fools
           gave
           out
           that
           we
           were
           in
           the
           Enemies
           Quarters
           .
           But
           we
           were
           but
           Nine
           or
           Ten
           Miles
           from
           Charleroy
           ,
           which
           was
           then
           Ours
           ,
           and
           within
           the
           Contribution
           of
           that
           Garison
           .
           And
           the
           like
           may
           be
           said
           of
           Walcourt
           ,
           where
           we
           had
           been
           before
           that
           time
           .
        
         
           Thou
           seest
           now
           ,
           that
           we
           can
           come
           near
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           ;
           though
           even
           That
           doth
           seldom
           happen
           :
           But
           we
           can't
           get
           into
           it
           ,
           for
           the
           Heart-blood
           of
           us
           .
           Though
           we
           desire
           it
           above
           all
           Things
           ;
           and
           though
           we
           want
           neither
           Strength
           ,
           nor
           Courage
           ,
           nor
           Conduct
           .
           And
           therefore
           thou
           may'st
           be
           satisfied
           ,
           as
           well
           as
           I
           ,
           That
           the
           Devil
           has
           hinder'd
           us
           ,
           and
           that
           we
           have
           been
           bewitch'd
           .
        
         
           The
           French
           run
           every
           foot
           into
           Our
           Country
           ,
           and
           why
           should
           not
           ▪
           We
           do
           the
           like
           into
           Theirs
           ?
           Are
           we
           affraid
           of
           an
           Action
           of
           Trespass
           ?
           We
           had
           once
           
             Namur
             ,
             Charleroy
          
           ,
           and
           Mons
           ,
           all
           abreast
           ;
           and
           it
           was
           a
           noble
           Frontier
           .
           But
           the
           French
           made
           nothing
           to
           pass
           through
           this
           Frontier
           ,
           and
           to
           lie
           in
           the
           heart
           of
           our
           Country
           ,
           between
           those
           Places
           and
           Brussels
           ;
           where
           they
           were
           as
           safe
           as
           a
           Thief
           in
           a
           Mill.
           Not
           a
           Quarter
           ever
           beaten
           up
           ,
           or
           so
           much
           as
           attempted
           .
           And
           this
           they
           would
           do
           ,
           even
           when
           they
           were
           forced
           to
           avoid
           fighting
           ,
           our
           Army
           being
           stronger
           than
           theirs
           .
           Tom
           ,
           we
           have
           been
           invaded
           Year
           after
           Year
           ,
           by
           an
           Enemy
           that
           durst
           not
           fight
           us
           :
           But
           whether
           this
           could
           be
           done
           without
           Witchcraft
           ,
           I
           leave
           Thee
           to
           judge
           .
           And
           I
           know
           thou
           art
           a
           great
           Judg
           in
           these
           Matters
           :
           We
           have
           many
           great
           Officers
           ,
           that
           cannot
           judge
           half
           so
           well
           .
        
         
           Prethee
           Tom
           give
           me
           leave
           ,
           for
           otherwise
           I
           must
           take
           it
           ,
           to
           add
           one
           Word
           more
           .
           I
           say
           then
           ,
           That
           by
           these
           Doings
           poor
           Flanders
           hath
           been
           sadly
           burden'd
           ,
           being
           made
           the
           perpetual
           Seat
           of
           War
           :
           When
           in
           the
           mean
           time
           the
           French
           Quarters
           lie
           fresh
           and
           untoucht
           .
           And
           this
           hath
           made
           them
           so
           Rampant
           as
           they
           are
           .
           But
           if
           we
           had
           lain
           upon
           their
           Country
           as
           long
           as
           they
           have
           done
           upon
           ours
           ,
           they
           would
           have
           been
           in
           a
           very
           bare
           and
           low
           Condition
           .
        
         
           Ay
           but
           ,
           thou'lt
           say
           ,
           We
           cannot
           fall
           into
           the
           French
           Quarters
           ,
           because
           of
           their
           Lines
           .
           Very
           good
           .
           And
           these
           Lines
           shew
           yet
           more
           :
           plainly
           ,
           That
           there
           is
           Witchcraft
           in
           the
           Case
           :
           For
           they
           could
           never
           be
           defended
           without
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Devil
           .
           They
           reach
           from
           Dunkirk
           upon
           the
           Sea
           ,
           to
           
             Pont
             Espiers
          
           upon
           the
           River
           Scheld
           ;
           which
           
           is
           near
           Forty
           English
           Miles
           .
           From
           whence
           to
           Conde
           (
           along
           that
           River
           ,
           which
           here
           serves
           for
           a
           Line
           )
           is
           near
           Twenty
           Miles
           more
           .
           And
           from
           Conde
           to
           Namur
           ,
           it
           is
           almost
           Fifty
           Miles
           .
           Now
           I
           leave
           thee
           to
           consider
           ,
           whether
           Lines
           of
           this
           length
           could
           be
           defended
           without
           Witchery
           .
           And
           herein
           lies
           the
           Witchery
           ,
           That
           we
           have
           not
           the
           Power
           to
           attempt
           them
           .
           For
           when
           we
           did
           attempt
           them
           ,
           (
           which
           we
           have
           done
           but
           twice
           ,
           and
           that
           was
           under
           Wirtemberg
           and
           Thian
           ,
           )
           we
           broak
           through
           them
           with
           Ease
           .
        
         
           Thou
           seest
           ,
           by
           what
           I
           have
           written
           ,
           That
           I
           am
           very
           fond
           of
           getting
           into
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           .
           Others
           are
           rather
           for
           besieging
           and
           taking
           their
           Frontier
           Towns.
           And
           so
           am
           I
           ,
           when
           we
           are
           able
           to
           do
           it
           .
           But
           this
           requires
           a
           great
           Odds
           in
           Power
           :
           One
           Army
           for
           the
           Sieges
           ,
           and
           another
           to
           confront
           the
           Enemy
           .
           Whereas
           we
           may
           march
           into
           their
           Country
           ,
           when
           ever
           we
           dare
           fight
           .
           What
           ,
           go
           beyond
           their
           Frontier
           Garisons
           ?
           Ay
           ,
           beyond
           them
           .
           Why
           should
           not
           We
           do
           it
           as
           well
           as
           the
           French
           ?
           And
           Garisons
           signify
           nothing
           against
           a
           Commanding
           Army
           ;
           no
           more
           than
           so
           many
           Crows
           Nests
           .
           An
           Army
           that
           dares
           Fight
           ,
           and
           yet
           dares
           not
           March
           into
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           ,
           are
           the
           veriest
           Buzzards
           and
           Owls
           that
           ever
           were
           hatch'd
           .
           Unless
           they
           are
           bewitch'd
           ,
           as
           We
           plainly
           have
           been
           .
           For
           I
           would
           have
           thee
           ,
           and
           all
           Men
           to
           know
           ,
           and
           thou
           dost
           know
           ,
           that
           We
           are
           neither
           Owls
           nor
           Buzzards
           .
        
         
           I
           will
           now
           tell
           thee
           in
           particular
           of
           some
           of
           
           Luxemburg's
           Tricks
           :
           That
           thou
           may'st
           see
           what
           a
           Rogue
           he
           is
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           is
           the
           Rogue
           that
           has
           bewitch'd
           us
           .
           One
           of
           his
           first
           Pranks
           ,
           after
           he
           came
           in
           play
           ,
           was
           at
           Fleury
           :
           where
           I
           saw
           plainly
           ,
           who
           he
           dealt
           with
           .
           He
           lay
           with
           his
           Army
           beyond
           the
           Sambre
           ;
           and
           Prince
           Waldeck
           was
           advancing
           towards
           him
           in
           fair
           Order
           .
           What
           does
           Luxemburg
           now
           ,
           but
           get
           Boufflers
           to
           him
           (
           by
           the
           help
           of
           the
           Devil
           )
           with
           his
           Army
           from
           a
           far
           Country
           :
           And
           Prince
           Waldeck
           knew
           no
           more
           on
           't
           than
           the
           Pope
           of
           Rome
           .
           In
           the
           twinkling
           of
           an
           Eye
           ,
           abundance
           of
           Bridges
           were
           thrown
           over
           the
           River
           ,
           by
           the
           same
           help
           I
           warrant
           :
           And
           they
           catch'd
           poor
           Waldeck
           in
           Fleury
           Plains
           ,
           just
           as
           the
           Devil
           had
           contriv'd
           it
           .
           Would'st
           know
           what
           came
           on
           't
           ?
           They
           gave
           us
           a
           damnable
           Ruffle
           ,
           to
           say
           no
           worse
           .
        
         
           I
           come
           now
           to
           Mons
           ;
           which
           Place
           we
           had
           never
           lost
           by
           a
           Winter
           Siege
           ,
           but
           that
           we
           were
           bewitch'd
           there
           twice
           over
           .
           First
           ,
           the
           
           Devil
           was
           in
           it
           ,
           that
           when
           we
           saw
           vast
           Preparations
           for
           a
           Siege
           ,
           and
           that
           in
           all
           likelihood
           Mons
           was
           aim'd
           at
           ;
           we
           did
           not
           put
           into
           it
           one
           Man
           the
           more
           ,
           though
           Thousands
           lay
           Quartered
           in
           Flanders
           .
           So
           that
           the
           Place
           was
           lost
           for
           want
           of
           Men.
           For
           the
           Garison
           was
           not
           Five
           thousand
           strong
           ,
           when
           the
           Place
           required
           Ten
           thousand
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           the
           Town
           being
           yet
           in
           Condition
           to
           hold
           out
           several
           Days
           ,
           by
           
           Luxemburg's
           means
           the
           Devil
           possessed
           the
           Priests
           ,
           and
           set
           them
           in
           a
           Mutiny
           ;
           and
           they
           forced
           the
           Governour
           to
           surrender
           .
           When
           at
           the
           same
           time
           we
           were
           just
           Marching
           to
           their
           Relief
           .
        
         
           Mons
           being
           lost
           ,
           we
           fell
           to
           fortifying
           of
           Hell
           ;
           which
           thou
           knowest
           is
           within
           Seven
           Miles
           of
           Brussels
           .
           And
           we
           had
           laboured
           several
           Weeks
           upon
           it
           .
           But
           Luxemburg
           coming
           across
           the
           Country
           ,
           we
           were
           fain
           to
           out
           run
           our
           new
           Fortress
           .
           For
           ,
           as
           the
           Devil
           would
           have
           it
           ,
           there
           were
           but
           Two
           thousand
           Men
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           no
           Cannon
           .
           We
           thought
           the
           Loss
           not
           so
           great
           ,
           as
           the
           Disgrace
           and
           the
           Baffle
           .
        
         
           If
           Luxemburg
           could
           have
           kept
           this
           Town
           ,
           it
           had
           been
           a
           sharp
           Thorn
           in
           our
           Sides
           ,
           lying
           so
           near
           Brussels
           .
           But
           our
           Army
           grew
           soon
           so
           strong
           ,
           that
           he
           durst
           not
           do
           it
           .
           And
           now
           he
           declined
           Fighting
           ,
           and
           mainly
           fortified
           his
           Camp.
           Whereupon
           we
           fairly
           left
           him
           ,
           and
           marched
           away
           directly
           for
           France
           ;
           to
           the
           great
           Joy
           of
           the
           whole
           Army
           ,
           who
           long'd
           to
           be
           there
           .
           And
           Luxemburg
           soon
           followed
           ;
           Marching
           along
           beside
           us
           ,
           and
           Coasting
           us
           at
           a
           distance
           .
           We
           ,
           in
           our
           March
           ,
           were
           joyn'd
           by
           several
           Thousands
           ;
           so
           that
           our
           Army
           was
           increased
           to
           Ninety
           thousand
           Men
           ,
           the
           French
           being
           not
           near
           so
           many
           .
           And
           now
           we
           were
           full
           of
           Hopes
           ,
           and
           Resolution
           ,
           and
           Courage
           ;
           and
           we
           hugg'd
           our selves
           with
           the
           Thoughts
           of
           a
           brave
           Invasion
           .
           But
           in
           the
           Nick
           ,
           this
           cursed
           Rogue
           Luxemburg
           ,
           fell
           to
           his
           Charms
           and
           Spells
           ,
           and
           confounded
           all
           .
           Methinks
           I
           see
           the
           Devil
           sitting
           upon
           his
           Crump
           Shoulder
           ,
           and
           beckning
           to
           us
           ,
           and
           saying
           ;
           
             Come
             this
             way
             ,
             come
             this
             way
             ,
             turn
             your
             Noses
             this
             way
             .
          
           And
           as
           sure
           as
           thou
           art
           alive
           ,
           Tom
           ,
           we
           stop'd
           our
           March
           into
           France
           ,
           and
           turned
           our
           Noses
           upon
           Luxemburg
           .
           And
           we
           Encamp'd
           by
           him
           with
           our
           mighty
           Army
           a
           good
           part
           of
           the
           Summer
           ;
           doing
           no
           kind
           of
           Thing
           but
           eat
           up
           our
           own
           Country
           .
           Didst
           thou
           not
           read
           News
           in
           the
           Gazette
           ,
           Week
           after
           Week
           ,
           
             From
             his
             Majesties
             Camp
             at
          
           Gemblours
           ,
           
             and
             from
             the
             Royal
             Camp
             at
          
           Gemblours
           ?
           There
           it
           was
           that
           we
           Lay
           ,
           just
           behind
           Charleroy
           and
           Namur
           ,
           which
           then
           were
           
           ours
           ;
           while
           the
           French
           Army
           lay
           advanced
           before
           Mons.
           They
           said
           ,
           we
           staid
           for
           our
           heavy
           Cannon
           to
           come
           by
           Water
           from
           Mastricht
           ;
           which
           were
           long
           a
           coming
           .
           For
           the
           Devil
           dryed
           up
           the
           Maese
           River
           ,
           and
           laid
           Sands
           in
           our
           way
           ,
           so
           that
           the
           Boats
           could
           not
           pass
           ;
           and
           we
           were
           bewitch'd
           all
           over
           .
           At
           last
           our
           Cannon
           came
           up
           ,
           and
           we
           did
           nothing
           with
           them
           .
           However
           we
           afterwards
           marched
           on
           ,
           and
           passed
           the
           Sambre
           .
           But
           we
           never
           got
           Ten
           Miles
           beyond
           it
           ,
           nor
           out
           of
           our
           own
           Contribution
           :
           Nor
           could
           we
           ever
           reach
           the
           French
           Quarters
           ;
           though
           they
           lay
           as
           open
           to
           us
           ,
           as
           Hartfordshire
           does
           to
           Middlesex
           .
           For
           then
           they
           had
           no
           Lines
           thereabouts
           .
           But
           our
           stay
           was
           not
           long
           in
           these
           Parts
           :
           For
           within
           a
           while
           we
           Marched
           back
           into
           Flanders
           ,
           and
           Luxemburg
           after
           us
           ;
           where
           we
           passed
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Campaigne
           .
        
         
           All
           this
           while
           our
           Noble
           King
           was
           with
           us
           ;
           who
           is
           the
           bravest
           General
           in
           Christendom
           .
           He
           spares
           for
           no
           Pains
           ,
           and
           he
           wants
           no
           Brains
           ,
           and
           he
           is
           Metal
           to
           the
           Back
           .
           Tom
           ,
           it
           would
           do
           thee
           good
           to
           serve
           under
           such
           a
           General
           .
           But
           ,
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Year
           ,
           his
           Majesty
           left
           us
           ,
           and
           Prince
           Waldeck
           commanded
           .
           And
           then
           it
           was
           that
           Luxemburg
           play'd
           us
           another
           Trick
           ,
           near
           a
           Town
           called
           Leuze
           ,
           in
           a
           damn'd
           thick
           Fogg
           ,
           which
           the
           Devil
           had
           raised
           for
           him
           ;
           he
           was
           with
           us
           ,
           and
           upon
           us
           ,
           before
           we
           were
           in
           the
           least
           aware
           of
           him
           .
           I
           tell
           thee
           ,
           Tom
           ,
           we
           dreamed
           not
           on
           him
           ,
           till
           he
           was
           almost
           within
           Pistol
           shot
           .
           And
           if
           we
           had
           not
           fought
           like
           Devils
           ,
           
           Luxemburg's
           Devil
           had
           beaten
           us
           to
           pieces
           .
           But
           fighting
           as
           we
           did
           ,
           it
           proved
           but
           a
           Brush
           ,
           or
           a
           Basting
           .
           Here
           the
           Devil
           did
           as
           much
           for
           Luxemburg
           ,
           as
           could
           be
           expected
           at
           his
           hands
           .
           For
           he
           raised
           one
           Mist
           in
           the
           Air
           ,
           and
           cast
           another
           over
           Some-body's
           Brains
           :
           Or
           else
           we
           should
           have
           had
           our
           Scouts
           abroad
           ,
           knowing
           that
           the
           Enemy
           was
           not
           far
           from
           us
           .
        
         
           The
           Siege
           of
           Namur
           follows
           next
           in
           Order
           :
           Where
           we
           were
           bewitch'd
           most
           confoundedly
           .
           It
           was
           a
           brave
           Town
           ,
           and
           of
           mighty
           Importance
           ;
           and
           we
           brought
           a
           brave
           Army
           to
           relieve
           it
           ;
           and
           our
           Men
           were
           in
           high
           Courage
           ,
           and
           would
           have
           sought
           Blood
           up
           to
           the
           Ears
           ,
           and
           were
           mad
           to
           be
           at
           it
           ;
           making
           no
           question
           but
           to
           beat
           the
           French
           to
           dirt
           .
           Then
           ,
           as
           to
           Conduct
           ,
           I
           say
           it
           again
           ,
           We
           have
           as
           good
           as
           any
           in
           the
           World
           :
           But
           yet
           we
           suffered
           this
           Town
           to
           be
           taken
           before
           our
           Faces
           ,
           without
           striking
           a
           Stroke
           ;
           or
           so
           much
           as
           firing
           a
           Musquet
           .
           And
           some
           think
           ,
           That
           we
           lost
           more
           
           Men
           by
           lying
           still
           ,
           and
           by
           the
           Diseases
           it
           occasioned
           ,
           than
           we
           should
           have
           done
           if
           we
           had
           fought
           every
           Day
           .
           Now
           can
           any
           Man
           imagine
           that
           these
           Things
           could
           be
           ,
           if
           the
           Devil
           had
           not
           bewitch'd
           us
           ?
           If
           the
           Relief
           was
           possible
           ,
           why
           did
           we
           not
           attempt
           it
           ?
           If
           it
           was
           impossible
           ,
           why
           did
           we
           not
           march
           away
           ,
           and
           make
           a
           Diversion
           ?
           But
           We
           could
           neither
           Fall
           on
           ,
           nor
           March
           off
           ;
           but
           were
           perfectly
           inchanted
           .
           And
           who
           should
           do
           it
           ,
           but
           that
           crooked
           Urchin
           ,
           whom
           I
           have
           so
           often
           mentioned
           ?
           The
           French
           King
           was
           here
           himself
           ;
           who
           is
           likewise
           much
           suspected
           to
           deal
           in
           the
           Black
           Art.
           But
           ,
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           am
           fully
           satisfied
           ,
           That
           't
           was
           Luxemburg
           ,
           and
           his
           Devils
           ,
           that
           brought
           these
           Things
           about
           .
           It
           must
           be
           confessed
           ,
           that
           the
           French
           did
           something
           out-number
           us
           ;
           but
           we
           feared
           them
           not
           .
           And
           their
           Army
           lay
           round
           a
           great
           City
           ;
           their
           inner
           Line
           being
           without
           Cannon
           shot
           ,
           as
           it
           must
           be
           :
           So
           that
           their
           Quarters
           extended
           very
           wide
           ,
           and
           took
           up
           a
           mighty
           Compass
           :
           Nor
           had
           they
           any
           Circumvallation
           ,
           as
           they
           called
           it
           ;
           only
           their
           Quarters
           were
           barricadoed
           ,
           and
           some
           Works
           thrown
           up
           here
           and
           there
           .
           Also
           the
           Maes
           and
           the
           Sambre
           meeting
           at
           Namur
           ,
           those
           two
           Rivers
           run
           through
           and
           divided
           their
           Quarters
           .
           So
           that
           part
           of
           their
           Men
           lay
           on
           one
           side
           the
           Sambre
           ,
           and
           part
           on
           the
           other
           ,
           and
           part
           lay
           beyond
           the
           Maes
           .
           And
           we
           having
           Huy
           upon
           the
           Maes
           ,
           and
           Charleroy
           upon
           the
           Sambre
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           marched
           upon
           them
           on
           either
           side
           of
           either
           River
           .
           And
           it
           had
           been
           hard
           ,
           if
           some
           where
           or
           other
           we
           could
           not
           beat
           them
           up
           .
           However
           we
           might
           have
           tryed
           what
           we
           could
           do
           :
           but
           the
           Devil
           was
           in
           it
           ,
           we
           never
           made
           a
           tryal
           .
           Whereas
           though
           we
           had
           failed
           in
           the
           Attempt
           ,
           and
           been
           soundly
           banged
           with
           the
           Loss
           of
           Ten
           or
           Twenty
           thousand
           Men
           ;
           no
           Body
           would
           have
           blamed
           us
           ,
           and
           our
           very
           Loss
           had
           been
           Glorious
           .
           But
           to
           be
           Lookers
           on
           ,
           was
           such
           a
           Thing
           ;
           it
           makes
           me
           mad
           to
           think
           on
           it
           .
           Though
           an
           Observator
           says
           ,
           That
           we
           got
           more
           Honour
           by
           our
           mighty
           Attempts
           to
           relieve
           the
           Town
           ,
           than
           the
           French
           did
           by
           taking
           it
           .
        
         
           But
           after
           Namur
           was
           lost
           ,
           we
           fell
           to
           fighting
           like
           mad
           ;
           though
           it
           would
           have
           been
           better
           ,
           one
           would
           have
           thought
           ,
           to
           have
           done
           so
           before
           .
           Had
           we
           ventured
           half
           so
           freely
           before
           ,
           as
           we
           did
           after
           ,
           Namur
           might
           have
           been
           Ours
           at
           this
           day
           .
           But
           as
           to
           the
           Fight
           we
           had
           after
           ,
           (
           it
           is
           called
           the
           Battel
           of
           Steenkirk
           ,
           and
           thou
           hast
           heard
           much
           of
           it
           )
           I
           'll
           tell
           thee
           how
           it
           was
           .
           The
           French
           King
           ,
           after
           he
           had
           taken
           Namur
           ,
           was
           gone
           to
           Paris
           ;
           and
           a
           good
           part
           of
           his
           Army
           
           was
           sent
           towards
           Germany
           ;
           and
           our
           Army
           was
           much
           increased
           .
           So
           that
           the
           French
           Army
           ,
           left
           in
           Flanders
           with
           Luxemburg
           ,
           was
           now
           clearly
           the
           weaker
           .
           Yet
           ,
           for
           all
           that
           ,
           he
           had
           the
           Impudence
           to
           march
           into
           our
           Country
           ,
           and
           there
           continue
           .
           But
           ,
           for
           fear
           of
           the
           worst
           ,
           he
           encamped
           in
           a
           Ground
           of
           great
           Advantage
           ,
           which
           he
           also
           strongly
           fortified
           .
           Whereupon
           we
           took
           a
           Resolution
           to
           fall
           upon
           him
           in
           his
           Camp.
           And
           we
           begun
           most
           bravely
           .
           Ten
           Battalions
           of
           Ours
           ,
           who
           had
           the
           Van
           ,
           beat
           Thirty
           French
           Battalions
           out
           of
           their
           Ground
           ;
           and
           chased
           them
           from
           Hedg
           to
           Hedg
           ,
           and
           from
           one
           Work
           to
           another
           ;
           and
           we
           made
           them
           out-run
           their
           Cannon
           .
           We
           shewed
           what
           Rogues
           we
           could
           make
           of
           the
           French
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           them
           fairly
           before
           us
           .
           And
           now
           was
           Luxemburg
           hard
           put
           to
           it
           :
           He
           scarce
           had
           time
           to
           say
           a
           short
           Prayer
           to
           the
           Devil
           .
           
             Good
             Devil
          
           ,
           quoth
           he
           ,
           
             help
             me
             out
             at
             this
             dead
             Lift
             ,
             or
             I
             am
             undone
             for
             ever
             .
          
           And
           the
           Devil
           did
           help
           him
           to
           some
           purpose
           .
           For
           he
           so
           brought
           it
           about
           ,
           that
           our
           Men
           were
           not
           seconded
           :
           By
           which
           means
           we
           were
           beaten
           off
           with
           great
           Loss
           ,
           (
           still
           Fighting
           stoutly
           )
           and
           Luxemburg
           scaped
           a
           Scouring
           .
           For
           had
           our
           main
           Body
           secon●ed
           our
           Van
           ,
           he
           had
           certainly
           been
           quite
           Routed
           .
           Some
           said
           ,
           That
           our
           main
           Body
           could
           not
           come
           up
           ,
           because
           of
           the
           bad
           Ground
           .
           But
           why
           could
           they
           not
           march
           the
           same
           Way
           ,
           and
           upon
           the
           same
           Ground
           ,
           that
           the
           Van
           had
           done
           ?
           And
           why
           did
           they
           not
           follow
           closer
           ,
           but
           lay
           Lagging
           some
           Miles
           behind
           ?
           In
           short
           ,
           The
           Devil
           was
           in
           it
           ,
           and
           we
           were
           bewitch'd
           .
        
         
           When
           this
           bloody
           Bout
           was
           over
           ;
           and
           our
           Army
           recruited
           and
           reinforced
           ,
           we
           marched
           to
           attaque
           the
           French
           Lines
           .
           But
           Luxemburg
           ,
           by
           the
           help
           of
           his
           old
           Friend
           the
           Devil
           ,
           got
           thither
           before
           us
           .
           For
           we
           ,
           on
           our
           part
           ,
           saunter'd
           a
           great
           way
           about
           ,
           and
           out
           of
           our
           way
           ,
           as
           if
           Puck
           had
           led
           us
           ;
           which
           I
           believe
           he
           did
           .
           However
           ,
           we
           then
           learned
           ,
           as
           we
           had
           done
           at
           Hall
           before
           ,
           That
           the
           true
           way
           to
           draw
           the
           French
           out
           of
           Flanders
           ,
           is
           to
           march
           into
           France
           ,
           or
           towards
           it
           .
           For
           they
           are
           very
           tender
           in
           this
           matter
           :
           And
           though
           they
           love
           to
           be
           in
           an
           Enemies
           Country
           ,
           yet
           they
           cannot
           endure
           that
           an
           Enemy
           should
           be
           in
           theirs
           .
        
         
           Being
           bob'd
           at
           the
           Lines
           ,
           we
           went
           with
           our
           Commanding
           Army
           and
           encampt
           at
           at
           a
           Place
           called
           Grammen
           ;
           which
           is
           a
           good
           snug
           Place
           ,
           within
           our
           own
           Country
           ,
           and
           but
           Five
           or
           Six
           Miles
           from
           Gaunt
           .
           And
           here
           we
           were
           tyed
           by
           the
           Leg
           (
           no
           doubt
           by
           Sorcery
           
           and
           Witchcraft
           ,
           it
           could
           be
           nothing
           else
           )
           for
           a
           great
           many
           Weeks
           ;
           being
           not
           able
           to
           move
           one
           way
           or
           other
           .
           But
           our
           Army
           increased
           to
           a
           Hundred
           thousand
           Men
           ,
           while
           Luxemburg
           had
           not
           half
           the
           Number
           ;
           a
           great
           part
           of
           his
           Army
           being
           gon
           to
           the
           Maes
           under
           Boufflers
           ,
           to
           stave
           off
           an
           Invasion
           there
           .
           Nevertheless
           we
           still
           kept
           close
           in
           our
           Camp
           at
           Grammen
           :
           Nor
           did
           we
           budg
           from
           it
           till
           we
           went
           into
           Winter
           Quarters
           .
           During
           all
           which
           time
           you
           had
           News
           in
           the
           
             Gazette
             ,
             From
             the
             Royal
             Camp
             at
          
           Grammen
           .
        
         
           But
           what
           could
           we
           have
           done
           ,
           had
           we
           been
           disposed
           to
           be
           active
           ?
           I
           answer
           ,
           That
           in
           the
           first
           Place
           we
           might
           still
           have
           attempted
           their
           Lines
           .
           Not
           their
           Line
           between
           the
           Scheld
           and
           the
           Lys
           ,
           where
           Luxemburg
           lay
           with
           his
           Army
           ;
           but
           their
           long
           Line
           between
           the
           Lys
           and
           Dunkirk
           .
           For
           this
           had
           but
           an
           ordinary
           Guard
           :
           And
           if
           the
           French
           should
           have
           drawn
           their
           main
           Army
           to
           have
           defended
           it
           ,
           their
           new
           and
           unfinished
           Fortifications
           at
           Courtray
           ,
           and
           likewise
           their
           Camp
           near
           it
           ,
           would
           have
           been
           in
           great
           danger
           .
           We
           found
           afterward
           ,
           by
           Experience
           ,
           that
           in
           all
           likelihood
           it
           would
           have
           been
           no
           hard
           Matter
           to
           have
           sorced
           these
           Lines
           .
           But
           if
           it
           had
           prov'd
           hard
           ,
           and
           we
           had
           been
           repulsed
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           marched
           up
           the
           Scheld
           ;
           and
           have
           endeavoured
           ,
           by
           throwing
           Bridges
           over
           it
           ,
           to
           have
           gotten
           that
           way
           into
           the
           French
           Conquests
           .
           Tom
           ,
           I
           think
           in
           my
           Conscience
           this
           River
           Scheld
           is
           enchanted
           .
           It
           is
           like
           Styx
           ,
           the
           River
           of
           Hell
           ;
           which
           none
           could
           pass
           without
           the
           help
           of
           old
           Charon
           .
           Thou
           knowest
           it
           is
           but
           a
           paltry
           River
           ,
           in
           comparison
           of
           other
           Rivers
           .
           A
           Man
           (
           I
           had
           almost
           said
           )
           may
           leap
           over
           it
           with
           a
           Pike
           Staff
           :
           I
           am
           sure
           that
           with
           Five
           or
           Six
           Boats
           ,
           we
           might
           lay
           a
           Bridge
           over
           it
           any
           where
           .
           And
           yet
           we
           stand
           in
           as
           much
           awe
           of
           it
           ,
           as
           if
           it
           were
           the
           Rhine
           ,
           or
           the
           Danube
           ;
           we
           dare
           not
           so
           much
           as
           attempt
           to
           pass
           it
           .
           Though
           the
           French
           Conquests
           lie
           entire
           and
           untoucht
           behind
           it
           ;
           at
           which
           we
           might
           have
           our
           Wills
           ,
           if
           we
           durst
           pass
           this
           River
           .
           If
           we
           must
           Encamp
           ,
           why
           might
           we
           not
           have
           Encampt
           upon
           this
           River
           (
           getting
           likewise
           a
           Passage
           over
           it
           )
           any
           where
           above
           their
           Lines
           ?
           And
           then
           the
           French
           must
           quit
           their
           Lines
           ,
           we
           being
           behind
           them
           .
           Or
           if
           we
           had
           made
           a
           new
           Garison
           ,
           methinks
           there
           were
           the
           Place
           .
           A
           lusty
           Garison
           here
           ,
           (
           I
           would
           not
           have
           it
           less
           than
           Ten
           thousand
           Men
           )
           would
           maintain
           it self
           bravely
           ,
           by
           Contributions
           out
           of
           the
           French
           Conquests
           .
           In
           such
           a
           Garison
           I
           should
           desire
           to
           be
           ;
           there
           
           were
           some
           Cut
           in
           such
           a
           Garison
           .
           But
           suppose
           we
           could
           not
           get
           over
           this
           River
           ;
           must
           we
           then
           lie
           in
           our
           own
           Country
           with
           our
           Commanding
           Army
           ?
           There
           was
           no
           such
           Necessity
           .
           For
           we
           might
           have
           gone
           higher
           up
           the
           Scheld
           ;
           and
           have
           forced
           those
           Lines
           ,
           (
           if
           they
           had
           then
           any
           Lines
           there
           )
           which
           afterwards
           Count
           Thian
           forced
           so
           easily
           ,
           with
           a
           Party
           of
           Twelve
           hundred
           Men.
           Which
           being
           done
           ,
           nothing
           could
           have
           hinder'd
           us
           from
           Marching
           into
           France
           ,
           we
           having
           such
           a
           mighty
           Power
           as
           we
           had
           .
           And
           if
           Luxemburg
           had
           come
           in
           our
           way
           ,
           we
           should
           have
           beaten
           him
           ,
           with
           all
           his
           Devils
           .
           But
           let
           us
           go
           on
           .
        
         
           Thou
           hast
           heard
           ,
           I
           know
           ,
           That
           Dixmude
           and
           Furnes
           ,
           which
           we
           had
           fortified
           at
           the
           end
           of
           the
           Campagne
           ,
           were
           most
           famously
           lost
           this
           Winter
           .
           We
           out-run
           the
           one
           ,
           and
           the
           other
           was
           delivered
           up
           after
           a
           Siege
           of
           some
           Hours
           .
           When
           these
           Things
           were
           done
           ,
           Luxemburg
           was
           at
           Paris
           :
           But
           I
           warrant
           he
           had
           laid
           his
           Spells
           before
           he
           went
           ;
           for
           I
           am
           very
           sure
           he
           did
           bewitch
           us
           .
           Was
           it
           not
           a
           bewitched
           Thing
           ,
           that
           we
           should
           fortily
           these
           Places
           for
           the
           French
           ?
           When
           base
           Things
           are
           done
           ,
           and
           no
           body
           in
           Fault
           ,
           I
           conclude
           there
           is
           Witchcraft
           in
           the
           Case
           :
           And
           when
           no
           body
           is
           Punish'd
           ,
           I
           conclude
           that
           no
           body
           was
           in
           Fault
           .
           We
           were
           much
           troubled
           at
           the
           Loss
           of
           these
           Places
           :
           But
           some
           think
           ,
           That
           we
           were
           more
           bewitch'd
           in
           Fortifying
           them
           ,
           than
           we
           were
           in
           Losing
           them
           .
           Furnes
           is
           about
           Five
           Miles
           forward
           from
           Newport
           ,
           (
           which
           is
           Ours
           ;
           )
           and
           Dixmude
           about
           Seven
           sideward
           .
           And
           must
           we
           have
           a
           Garison
           at
           every
           Seven
           Miles
           end
           ?
           Why
           ,
           a
           small
           Country
           ,
           thus
           Garison'd
           ,
           would
           drink
           up
           a
           great
           Army
           .
           And
           thou
           knowest
           ,
           Tom
           ,
           (
           for
           thou
           art
           a
           cunning
           Dog
           ,
           and
           hast
           Guts
           i'
           thy
           Brains
           ,
           )
           that
           when
           we
           fortify
           Places
           near
           our
           own
           Garisons
           ,
           they
           do
           us
           little
           good
           if
           we
           keep
           them
           ,
           and
           great
           Mischief
           if
           the
           Enemy
           take
           them
           .
           If
           we
           had
           kept
           these
           Two
           Places
           ,
           they
           would
           not
           have
           commanded
           a
           Contribution
           (
           more
           than
           we
           had
           before
           )
           to
           maintain
           a
           Thousand
           Men
           ;
           when
           at
           least
           Five
           or
           Six
           thousand
           must
           be
           in
           them
           .
           I
           'll
           not
           give
           a
           Pin
           for
           a
           Garison
           ,
           that
           has
           not
           a
           good
           Contribution
           .
           For
           the
           great
           End
           of
           Garisons
           ,
           let
           them
           say
           what
           they
           will
           ,
           is
           to
           command
           Contributions
           .
           Therefore
           our
           new
           Garisons
           should
           have
           been
           made
           Twenty
           or
           Thirty
           Miles
           forward
           ,
           towards
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           ;
           and
           then
           they
           would
           have
           Contribution
           in
           abundance
           .
        
         
         
           Now
           follows
           the
           Campagne
           of
           93.
           in
           the
           Beginning
           of
           which
           the
           French
           Monarch
           was
           soundly
           baffled
           .
           At
           that
           Season
           ,
           it
           seems
           ,
           the
           Devil
           was
           turn'd
           against
           him
           ,
           or
           at
           least
           forsook
           him
           .
           He
           came
           upon
           us
           with
           a
           greater
           Force
           than
           ever
           ;
           and
           we
           were
           to
           be
           run
           down
           forthwith
           ,
           and
           all
           Flanders
           to
           be
           swallowed
           up
           .
           In
           good
           earnest
           ,
           Tom
           ,
           we
           were
           in
           great
           danger
           .
           But
           our
           King
           Encamp'd
           so
           commodiously
           ,
           and
           so
           strongly
           ,
           and
           took
           such
           Order
           for
           the
           Defence
           of
           all
           Places
           ,
           that
           the
           Monarch
           was
           quite
           gravell'd
           .
           Yet
           if
           he
           had
           not
           been
           an
           arrant
           Buzzard
           ,
           or
           the
           Devil
           had
           not
           owed
           him
           a
           Shame
           ,
           he
           might
           have
           left
           us
           in
           our
           Camp
           ,
           and
           have
           marched
           up
           to
           Brussels
           ,
           and
           beyond
           it
           ,
           and
           whither
           he
           pleas'd
           ;
           and
           have
           grazed
           up
           the
           Country
           as
           he
           went
           ,
           and
           have
           put
           all
           Brabant
           under
           Contribution
           .
           Which
           had
           put
           us
           in
           a
           bad
           Condition
           to
           maintain
           the
           War
           :
           And
           some
           Places
           or
           other
           would
           have
           fallen
           into
           his
           hands
           .
           But
           instead
           of
           doing
           this
           ,
           or
           any
           Thing
           else
           ,
           he
           sneak'd
           back
           to
           Paris
           ,
           (
           or
           to
           Versailles
           ,
           I
           care
           not
           which
           )
           and
           all
           his
           Court
           Ladies
           with
           him
           :
           Whom
           he
           had
           brought
           to
           be
           Spectators
           of
           his
           famous
           Victories
           ;
           and
           by
           Report
           they
           were
           no
           better
           than
           they
           should
           be
           .
           Soon
           after
           the
           Dauphin
           marched
           towards
           Germany
           ,
           with
           part
           of
           the
           French
           Army
           :
           Luxemburg
           being
           left
           with
           the
           remaining
           Part
           ,
           which
           was
           still
           a
           Force
           superiour
           to
           Ours
           .
           And
           not
           long
           after
           that
           ,
           the
           Duke
           of
           Wirtemberg
           was
           detach'd
           from
           our
           Army
           to
           attaque
           the
           French
           Lines
           .
           Which
           Design
           was
           carried
           so
           secretly
           ,
           that
           the
           Devil
           himself
           could
           not
           discover
           it
           to
           Luxemburg
           .
           The
           Lines
           were
           master'd
           with
           little
           ado
           ,
           and
           we
           got
           into
           brave
           Quarters
           ,
           and
           we
           raised
           Contributions
           amain
           .
           But
           then
           came
           the
           Battel
           of
           Landen
           ,
           (
           another
           bloody
           Bout
           ,
           )
           which
           hurried
           us
           back
           to
           our
           main
           Army
           that
           wanted
           us
           .
           'Till
           then
           we
           had
           been
           free
           from
           Witchcraft
           during
           that
           Campaigne
           :
           But
           then
           Luxemburg
           bestir'd
           himself
           ,
           and
           conjur'd
           up
           all
           his
           Devils
           ;
           and
           we
           were
           bewitch'd
           over
           and
           over
           .
           First
           ,
           The
           Devil
           bewitch'd
           us
           to
           let
           Huy
           be
           so
           miserably
           unprovided
           for
           defence
           ,
           the
           Enemy
           being
           so
           near
           it
           .
           And
           if
           we
           could
           not
           defend
           it
           ,
           why
           did
           we
           not
           blow
           it
           up
           ?
           But
           it
           was
           yielded
           in
           two
           or
           three
           Days
           .
           Secondly
           ,
           We
           were
           bewitch'd
           to
           lie
           in
           the
           Enemies
           reach
           ,
           who
           so
           much
           over-power'd
           us
           .
           And
           thirdly
           ,
           We
           were
           catch'd
           in
           a
           bewitched
           Ground
           ;
           having
           a
           River
           and
           Morass
           behind
           us
           ,
           which
           should
           have
           been
           before
           us
           .
           The
           French
           came
           up
           with
           us
           over
           Night
           ;
           and
           we
           expected
           to
           Retreat
           that
           Night
           ,
           which
           the
           Gallants
           thought
           dishonourable
           .
           But
           some
           of
           our
           Troop
           have
           read
           Sir
           
             Walter
             Rawleigh
          
           ,
           
           and
           they
           tell
           us
           that
           he
           has
           a
           Saying
           ,
           
             That
             't
             is
             more
             honourable
             to
             Retreat
             by
             Night
             ,
             than
             to
             be
             Beaten
             by
             Day
             .
          
           But
           we
           fought
           it
           stoutly
           ;
           and
           the
           King
           did
           bravely
           above
           the
           rest
           .
           However
           it
           was
           a
           bad
           Business
           :
           And
           it
           would
           have
           been
           much
           worse
           ,
           if
           Luxemburg
           (
           to
           our
           great
           good
           Fortune
           )
           had
           not
           play'd
           the
           Beast
           ,
           in
           not
           pursuing
           his
           Advantage
           .
        
         
           We
           are
           come
           at
           last
           to
           
             Ninety
             four
          
           ,
           or
           the
           Campaigne
           of
           last
           Summer
           :
           And
           thou
           wilt
           find
           by
           the
           Story
           ,
           That
           the
           Devil
           doth
           still
           haunt
           us
           ,
           and
           bewitch
           us
           .
           This
           Year
           the
           Dauphin
           did
           again
           Command
           the
           French
           in
           Chief
           ;
           and
           the
           old
           Magician
           (
           thou
           knowest
           who
           I
           mean
           )
           Commanded
           again
           under
           him
           .
           And
           they
           presently
           fell
           to
           their
           old
           Trade
           :
           For
           the
           first
           Thing
           they
           did
           ,
           was
           to
           come
           boring
           into
           our
           Country
           ,
           where
           they
           lay
           at
           Rack
           and
           Manger
           .
           And
           we
           suffered
           this
           as
           tamely
           as
           we
           used
           to
           do
           :
           Wherein
           thou
           may'st
           perceive
           a
           Spice
           of
           the
           old
           Witchery
           .
           I
           confess
           that
           the
           French
           at
           first
           were
           something
           too
           strong
           for
           us
           :
           But
           in
           a
           short
           time
           we
           were
           grown
           stronger
           than
           they
           ;
           and
           our
           Fingers
           itched
           to
           be
           upon
           their
           Jackets
           .
           However
           we
           were
           content
           to
           forbear
           ,
           till
           the
           Arrival
           of
           all
           our
           Forces
           :
           Which
           Forces
           being
           come
           ,
           and
           we
           being
           all
           together
           ,
           the
           Sun
           never
           shined
           upon
           a
           braver
           Army
           .
           And
           then
           we
           out-number'd
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           by
           many
           Thousands
           ,
           both
           in
           Horse
           and
           Foot
           ;
           and
           we
           had
           better
           Horses
           ,
           and
           better
           Men
           ,
           and
           were
           every
           way
           superiour
           :
           So
           that
           we
           made
           no
           more
           of
           the
           French
           Army
           ,
           than
           of
           so
           many
           Jack-daws
           .
           We
           being
           in
           this
           glorious
           Condition
           ,
           the
           French
           ,
           who
           had
           lain
           beside
           us
           ,
           then
           marched
           in
           quite
           beyond
           us
           ;
           and
           were
           got
           between
           Liege
           and
           Mastricht
           .
           But
           we
           thought
           them
           besotted
           ,
           to
           give
           us
           such
           an
           Advantage
           ;
           making
           account
           that
           we
           had
           them
           then
           in
           a
           Bag
           (
           if
           we
           had
           but
           the
           Grace
           to
           shut
           it
           ,
           )
           and
           that
           they
           could
           not
           escape
           us
           .
           For
           our
           Army
           interposing
           between
           them
           and
           home
           ,
           (
           as
           we
           expected
           we
           should
           )
           and
           they
           having
           with
           them
           all
           their
           Baggage
           and
           heavy
           Cannon
           ,
           they
           could
           not
           get
           off
           without
           fighting
           ;
           and
           then
           we
           made
           no
           doubt
           but
           we
           should
           beat
           them
           to
           fitters
           .
           For
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           thought
           the
           War
           was
           near
           an
           End
           ;
           a
           happy
           and
           glorious
           End
           :
           There
           being
           but
           two
           Things
           to
           do
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           to
           beat
           the
           French
           Army
           ,
           and
           then
           to
           march
           to
           Paris
           .
           Thou
           knowest
           ,
           Tom
           ,
           That
           Namur
           ,
           and
           Huy
           ,
           and
           Liege
           ,
           and
           Mastricht
           ,
           lie
           all
           on
           a
           Row
           upon
           the
           Maese
           .
           Of
           which
           Mastricht
           and
           Liege
           were
           ours
           ,
           and
           the
           French
           had
           Huy
           and
           
             Namur
             :
             Huy
          
           being
           advanced
           into
           our
           
           Quarters
           ,
           beyond
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           their
           Frontier
           .
           These
           Places
           lying
           thus
           ,
           and
           the
           French
           Army
           (
           as
           I
           told
           thee
           )
           being
           between
           Liege
           and
           Mastricht
           ,
           we
           had
           Orders
           given
           us
           to
           get
           ready
           to
           March.
           And
           I
           cannot
           express
           ,
           nor
           thou
           imagine
           ,
           how
           joyfully
           we
           received
           these
           Orders
           .
           And
           then
           our
           Business
           was
           ,
           either
           to
           march
           straight
           upon
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           or
           to
           cut
           off
           their
           Retreat
           ,
           by
           interposing
           between
           them
           and
           home
           ;
           that
           is
           ,
           between
           them
           and
           Huy
           :
           For
           if
           they
           got
           to
           Huy
           ,
           they
           got
           home
           .
           But
           now
           see
           and
           wonder
           how
           we
           were
           Enchanted
           :
           Tom
           ,
           as
           I
           hope
           to
           be
           saved
           ,
           we
           turn'd
           our
           Noses
           the
           wrong
           way
           again
           .
           For
           with
           mighty
           diligence
           we
           marched
           clear
           fromward
           the
           Enemy
           ,
           and
           likewise
           beside
           and
           beyond
           Huy
           :
           leaving
           the
           French
           a
           free
           Passage
           to
           it
           .
           And
           they
           marched
           thither
           the
           very
           next
           day
           .
           Never
           talk
           now
           of
           Bungling
           ,
           or
           Fumbling
           ,
           or
           making
           Blunders
           ;
           for
           we
           scorn
           those
           Words
           .
           'T
           was
           Witchcraft
           ,
           dear
           Tom
           ,
           't
           was
           Witchcraft
           ,
           that
           made
           us
           do
           as
           we
           did
           ;
           the
           Devil
           and
           Luxemburg
           did
           bewitch
           us
           :
           And
           that
           damn'd
           Magician
           may
           brag
           of
           this
           ,
           as
           one
           of
           his
           bravest-Feats
           .
           Thou
           wilt
           say
           ,
           That
           we
           were
           still
           between
           the
           French
           and
           Namur
           .
           Ay
           ,
           and
           so
           we
           were
           .
           But
           the
           French
           had
           a
           Bridge
           at
           Huy
           over
           the
           River
           ,
           and
           they
           made
           divers
           other
           Bridges
           :
           Whereas
           we
           had
           none
           ,
           nor
           did
           we
           offer
           to
           make
           any
           .
           So
           that
           they
           could
           march
           to
           Namur
           on
           the
           far
           side
           the
           River
           ,
           when
           they
           pleas'd
           ,
           without
           the
           least
           danger
           or
           disturbance
           .
           But
           they
           chose
           rather
           to
           lie
           by
           it
           ,
           that
           they
           might
           give
           us
           a
           Baffle
           by
           making
           us
           rise
           first
           :
           Wherein
           they
           succeeded
           ,
           as
           well
           they
           might
           .
           For
           they
           Commanded
           the
           one
           side
           of
           the
           River
           as
           much
           as
           we
           ;
           and
           the
           other
           side
           they
           had
           wholy
           to
           themselves
           .
        
         
           Yet
           here
           we
           staid
           and
           encamp'd
           ,
           as
           long
           as
           we
           could
           get
           any
           Forage
           ,
           waiting
           upon
           the
           French-mens
           Back
           sides
           ;
           (
           when
           thou
           and
           I
           are
           together
           ,
           we
           use
           another
           Word
           .
           )
           But
           ,
           for
           my
           part
           ,
           I
           did
           not
           think
           we
           had
           owed
           them
           that
           Duty
           ;
           nor
           did
           I
           know
           why
           ,
           or
           wherefore
           we
           staid
           here
           so
           long
           ,
           in
           the
           high
           Condition
           we
           were
           in
           .
           The
           French
           ,
           being
           the
           weaker
           ,
           might
           with
           reason
           be
           willing
           that
           the
           time
           should
           be
           spent
           in
           idle
           Encampments
           :
           But
           we
           ,
           who
           were
           the
           stronger
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           not
           been
           still
           bewitch'd
           ,
           methinks
           should
           rather
           have
           chosen
           to
           be
           doing
           .
           Well
           ,
           at
           last
           we
           marched
           away
           for
           Flanders
           ,
           as
           hard
           as
           we
           could
           drive
           ,
           to
           have
           another
           bout
           at
           those
           Lines
           .
           And
           the
           French
           durst
           not
           follow
           us
           the
           way
           we
           went
           ,
           (
           which
           was
           the
           next
           way
           ,
           )
           for
           fear
           we
           should
           turn
           back
           
           upon
           them
           ,
           and
           fall
           upon
           their
           Bones
           ;
           but
           they
           were
           fain
           to
           go
           round
           by
           Namur
           ,
           and
           beyond
           the
           Sambre
           .
           Yet
           ,
           by
           the
           Devil's
           help
           ,
           (
           for
           no
           power
           of
           Man
           could
           do
           it
           )
           they
           got
           before
           us
           to
           the
           Lines
           :
           By
           which
           means
           we
           were
           prevented
           and
           baffled
           .
        
         
           What
           had
           we
           then
           to
           do
           ,
           with
           our
           glorious
           Army
           ,
           but
           to
           march
           presently
           up
           the
           Scheld
           ;
           and
           either
           force
           a
           Passage
           over
           that
           River
           ,
           or
           march
           on
           directly
           for
           France
           it self
           ?
           We
           had
           then
           led
           the
           French
           such
           a
           Dance
           ,
           who
           were
           damnably
           jaded
           by
           their
           late
           long
           March
           ,
           and
           hardly
           able
           to
           crawl
           ,
           )
           that
           all
           the
           Devils
           in
           Hell
           could
           not
           have
           enabled
           them
           to
           follow
           us
           .
           But
           the
           Devil
           turn'd
           our
           Noses
           once
           more
           the
           wrong
           way
           :
           For
           we
           marched
           down
           the
           River
           ,
           and
           into
           our
           own
           Country
           ;
           first
           to
           Oudenard
           ,
           then
           almost
           to
           Gaunt
           ,
           and
           at
           last
           to
           a
           Place
           called
           Rousselaer
           ,
           which
           now
           bears
           the
           Name
           of
           a
           Royal
           Camp.
           For
           here
           was
           another
           Encampment
           ,
           and
           Enchantment
           :
           And
           here
           we
           lay
           with
           our
           glorious
           Army
           all
           the
           rest
           of
           the
           Summer
           ,
           as
           it
           were
           bound
           Hand
           and
           Foot
           ;
           and
           without
           doing
           any
           Thing
           ,
           or
           any
           prospect
           of
           it
           .
           For
           we
           were
           coop'd
           up
           by
           the
           Enemies
           Lines
           ,
           which
           we
           had
           no
           Thoughts
           of
           Attempting
           .
           And
           was
           not
           this
           a
           bewitched
           Place
           ,
           for
           such
           an
           Army
           to
           lie
           in
           ?
           We
           exceeded
           the
           Enemy
           by
           Thirty
           or
           Forty
           thousand
           :
           And
           though
           after
           a
           while
           we
           sent
           a
           Detachment
           to
           the
           Siege
           of
           Huy
           ,
           yet
           still
           we
           far
           exceeded
           them
           .
           If
           we
           had
           Encamp'd
           all
           this
           while
           in
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           ,
           it
           would
           never
           have
           anger'd
           me
           ,
           though
           we
           had
           been
           never
           so
           idle
           :
           For
           then
           ,
           if
           we
           had
           done
           nothing
           else
           ,
           we
           had
           eaten
           up
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           .
           I
           have
           told
           thee
           already
           ,
           and
           I
           tell
           thee
           again
           ,
           that
           we
           were
           not
           then
           in
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           .
           In
           the
           Country
           between
           both
           ,
           I
           confess
           ,
           we
           were
           :
           But
           in
           these
           parts
           ,
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           is
           that
           within
           their
           Lines
           ;
           whereas
           our
           Camp
           was
           without
           these
           Lines
           ,
           and
           Eight
           or
           Nine
           Miles
           short
           of
           them
           .
        
         
           I
           said
           before
           ,
           that
           we
           had
           never
           attempted
           Scheld
           River
           ,
           but
           I
           lyed
           ;
           we
           attempted
           it
           then
           ,
           that
           is
           ,
           we
           look'd
           upon
           it
           and
           no
           more
           .
           First
           ,
           one
           great
           Man
           view'd
           the
           P●ace
           ,
           and
           then
           another
           great
           Man
           view'd
           it
           ,
           and
           then
           we
           came
           away
           .
           It
           was
           as
           we
           came
           down
           to
           Oudenard
           ,
           in
           ou●
           way
           to
           ou●
           Camp
           :
           And
           the
           Attempt
           was
           made
           by
           a
           Detachment
           of
           about
           Six
           thousand
           Men.
           But
           if
           we
           had
           ●een
           in
           earnest
           ,
           we
           might
           have
           made
           ,
           out
           of
           our
           vast
           Numbers
           ,
           many
           such
           Detachments
           for
           that
           Service
           :
           And
           we
           might
           
           have
           attempted
           several
           Places
           at
           once
           ;
           or
           tryed
           one
           Place
           ,
           and
           then
           another
           ;
           both
           by
           Day
           and
           by
           Night
           .
           How
           did
           Prince
           Lewis
           of
           Baden
           pass
           the
           Rhine
           this
           Summer
           ?
           I
           am
           sure
           I
           saw
           it
           in
           the
           
             Paris
             Gazette
          
           ,
           (
           for
           Tom
           I
           can
           now
           read
           French
           a
           little
           ,
           )
           That
           he
           made
           a
           false
           Attaque
           or
           Attempt
           in
           one
           Place
           ,
           and
           then
           passed
           in
           another
           ;
           the
           French
           having
           drawn
           their
           Forces
           to
           the
           first
           Place
           .
           But
           this
           Attempt
           of
           ours
           (
           such
           as
           it
           was
           )
           was
           made
           in
           one
           Place
           only
           ;
           and
           in
           a
           Place
           more
           likely
           to
           be
           provided
           for
           defence
           ,
           than
           any
           other
           on
           the
           River
           .
           For
           it
           was
           at
           
             Pont
             Esperies
          
           ,
           where
           the
           French
           Line
           ends
           ,
           which
           is
           between
           the
           Lys
           and
           the
           Scheld
           ,
           and
           where
           they
           always
           had
           Forts
           and
           Guards
           .
        
         
           Our
           retaking
           of
           Huy
           was
           a
           very
           good
           Business
           ,
           as
           Things
           go
           :
           But
           I
           expected
           that
           the
           Army
           that
           took
           it
           ,
           would
           have
           enter'd
           the
           Dutchy
           of
           Lutzenburg
           ,
           which
           the
           French
           now
           have
           ,
           and
           which
           lies
           hard
           by
           ;
           and
           so
           have
           broken
           that
           Charm
           that
           keeps
           us
           hitherto
           from
           Entring
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           .
           Thou
           wilt
           say
           ,
           They
           did
           enter
           that
           Dutchy
           ,
           for
           all
           the
           News-books
           said
           so
           .
           Why
           then
           all
           the
           News-books
           lyed
           ;
           for
           we
           never
           were
           in
           that
           Dutchy
           ,
           nor
           out
           of
           the
           Diocese
           of
           Liege
           :
           For
           ,
           by
           their
           own
           Story
           ,
           we
           lay
           all
           the
           while
           between
           Navaigne
           and
           Franchimont
           ,
           both
           which
           Places
           are
           in
           this
           Diocese
           .
           And
           Navaigne
           is
           upon
           the
           Maes
           ,
           almost
           as
           low
           as
           Mastricht
           .
           And
           therefore
           I
           am
           the
           more
           confirmed
           that
           some
           Witchcraft
           lies
           upon
           us
           ;
           so
           that
           we
           cannot
           find
           the
           way
           into
           the
           Enemies
           Country
           .
        
         
           In
           the
           close
           of
           the
           last
           Campaigne
           (
           for
           at
           last
           I
           draw
           to
           a
           Conclusion
           )
           we
           new
           fortified
           several
           Places
           :
           That
           is
           ,
           Dixmude
           again
           ,
           (
           which
           the
           French
           had
           slighted
           and
           abandon'd
           ,
           )
           
             Deynse
             ,
             Ninove
          
           ,
           and
           Tillemont
           ;
           and
           we
           talk
           of
           Hall
           likewise
           .
           Of
           these
           ,
           Dixmude
           (
           as
           I
           said
           before
           )
           is
           Seven
           Miles
           from
           
             Newport
             ;
             Deynse
          
           is
           within
           Five
           Miles
           of
           
             Gaunt
             ;
             Ninove
          
           lies
           behind
           Oudenard
           and
           
             Aeth
             ;
             Tillemont
          
           is
           between
           Lovain
           and
           Leeuwe
           ,
           and
           very
           near
           the
           later
           ;
           and
           Hall
           is
           within
           Six
           or
           Seven
           Miles
           of
           Brussels
           .
           And
           the
           Places
           to
           which
           they
           ●ie
           thus
           near
           ,
           were
           our
           standing
           Garisons
           before
           .
           Let
           us
           now
           examine
           between
           thee
           and
           me
           ,
           and
           according
           to
           our
           Rules
           ,
           (
           and
           I
           think
           we
           Troopers
           should
           understand
           these
           Matters
           as
           well
           as
           some
           of
           them
           do
           )
           whether
           these
           new
           Garisons
           be
           good
           ones
           ,
           and
           will
           do
           us
           any
           Service
           .
           I
           say
           then
           ,
           That
           if
           each
           of
           these
           new
           Garisons
           can
           command
           Contribution
           to
           maintain
           Three
           or
           Four
           
           thousand
           ,
           or
           even
           Two
           or
           Three
           thousand
           Men
           ,
           we
           must
           allow
           these
           Garisons
           to
           be
           good
           ones
           .
           But
           if
           all
           these
           Garisons
           put
           together
           ,
           will
           not
           command
           any
           Contribution
           worth
           the
           speaking
           of
           ,
           more
           than
           we
           might
           have
           without
           them
           ;
           then
           ,
           according
           to
           our
           Rules
           ,
           all
           of
           them
           together
           are
           not
           worth
           a
           Dog-turd
           .
           And
           we
           were
           bewitch'd
           ,
           by
           Luxemburg
           and
           the
           Devil
           ,
           to
           be
           at
           so
           much
           Charge
           ,
           in
           fortifying
           and
           keeping
           such
           useless
           Things
           .
           A
           little
           time
           will
           shew
           what
           they
           can
           do
           .
           But
           if
           we
           had
           made
           a
           new
           Garison
           upon
           the
           Scheld
           ,
           any
           where
           between
           Tournay
           and
           Conde
           ,
           and
           another
           upon
           the
           Sambre
           near
           Charleroy
           ,
           either
           above
           or
           below
           it
           ;
           I
           'd
           have
           eaten
           Hay
           with
           a
           Horse
           ,
           and
           been
           hang'd
           for
           a
           Fool
           ,
           if
           either
           of
           these
           two
           Garisons
           would
           not
           have
           maintain'd
           Ten
           thousand
           Men
           :
           If
           they
           were
           made
           big
           enough
           (
           as
           they
           ought
           )
           to
           contain
           so
           many
           .
           And
           all
           this
           by
           Contributions
           out
           of
           the
           Enemies
           Countries
           ,
           which
           otherwise
           we
           cannot
           reach
           .
           Out
           of
           these
           two
           Garisons
           we
           should
           have
           scour'd
           the
           French
           Quarters
           i'faith
           .
        
         
           I
           could
           write
           more
           now
           to
           thee
           ,
           but
           I
           won't
           ;
           for
           I
           know
           thou
           art
           a
           Man
           of
           Business
           .
           Only
           I
           shall
           say
           This
           ,
           That
           if
           this
           cursed
           Witchcraft
           which
           has
           so
           plagu'd
           us
           were
           removed
           ,
           we
           'd
           beat
           the
           French
           to
           Iericho
           :
           But
           if
           it
           continue
           upon
           us
           ,
           though
           you
           send
           us
           never
           so
           many
           Millions
           from
           England
           ,
           we
           shall
           do
           nothing
           here
           in
           Flanders
           that
           is
           worth
           one
           Farthing
           .
           And
           so
           ,
           dear
           Tom
           ,
           fare
           thee
           well
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           in
           the
           Year
           MDCXCV
           .
        
         
      
    
  

