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The Commentaries of Sr. Francis Vere, : Being Diverse Pieces of Service, Wherein He Had Command JEHUltam (Portion ftoss, £ogal engineers. 4 Brandeis University Library i |i nsii J The gift of Louis Nye Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/commentariesofsrOOvere COMMENTARIES : ; *Braye Verdwbo hafl by deeds ofarms madegood What thou hadjl promifed by birth and bloud Whofe courage nere turrid tdg^being backt with wife *Andfober reafon, {harpned with adyife. Loo^(^ader) bowfrom Neuport bills he throws thunderbolt amongfl hisfoes- Himfelfa y <tAnd what his Sword indited, that his Ten With likgfuccefs doth here fight ore agen What Mars performed'Mercurie doth tell- 3\(one ere but Cefarfought and wrotefo well. Why may not then bis "Bookjhis title carry, The fecond part of Cefar s Commentary t Veri SciriADae duofulmintL-j belli. THE COMMENTARIES O F Sr FRANCIS VERE Heing Diverfe pieces of fervice, wherein he had com- mand, written by himfelf in way of*®1 Commentary. Publifhed by William-j Dillingham^, D. D. Vt V E a u s in fttis Commentariis pt^dii. Carnd. Annal. Mibi fuffick hue fummatim e V b r i Commentario annotate. Idem Ibid. CAMBRIDGE: , Printed by John Field , Printer to the famous Umwfiiy* Anno Bom. MDCLVII. J TO THE RIGHT WORSHIPFULL BARONET. TZjght Worfbitfull , Here prefent you with the Wor^ that is, with the aElionsmd w'u tings of your great Uncle, Sir Francis Vere • unto which as you have a right by bloud, common to fome others with you; fo have you alfo right bypurchafe, proper and peculiar toyourfelf a- lone, having freely contributed to adorn the In> prefsion,wherein you have confulted as the Rea- ders delight and fatisfaction, fothe honour and reputation of your family. I have read of one, that ufed to wear his fathers pidlure alwaies a- bout him, that by often looking thereon he misjit be reminded to imitate his vertues, and to admit ofnothing unworthy the memory ofluch an Anceftour- Now Sir, I think you mall not need any other monitour then your own name, if but as often as you write it, or hear it fpoken, you recall into your thoughts thofe your Proge- nitours, who contributed to it - your Honoured y A 3 father r I P,niiVle X liehp A—/pxi tiv_ J—/Dpnicatnrv^uiv^aiui y • c father, Sir R^er Tom/bend, and your Grand- father the truly Honourable and valiant the ; Lord Vere of Tilbury, men famous in their ge- nerations for owning religion, not onely by pro- fe&'on, but alfo by the practife and patronage of it^whofe vermes while you fhall make the pat- tern of your imitation, you will increafe in fa- vour with God and men, and anfwer thejuft expectations of your countrey. And that you • may fo do it is the earneft defire , and hearty prayer of Sir, } Your refpeBfullfriend, andbumblefervant, William Dillingham. To the ingenuous Reader. Lthough this book can neither need nor ad- mit of any letters recommendatory from fo mean a handset I thought it not incongru- to ous give theefome account ofit y efpecially coming forthfo many years after the Au- thours death. I\noit> then that years 'to as good hap to y fome finceit my meet with a copy of it in a library ofa friend, which had been either tranfcribed from or at leafl compared with another in y the owning and Major-General Skippon pojfefsion of , 'which 1 had no fooner looked into but Ifound my led on y felf with exceeding delight to theperufall of it. Thegallantry ofthe A8ion the the Authour <&r the becomingnefs the y modefly of y of flile did much ajfeEl me, and I joon refolded thatjuch a trea- fure could not without ingratitude to the Authour and his N.o- ble Family, nor without a mamfeft injury to the repute of our Englifl? Nation j yea and unto truth itfelf be any longer con- cealed in objcurity. Wbereupon 1 engaged my befl endeavours to bring it into the publick View ,but findingfome imperfettions and doubtfull pla- ces in that copy Igave my to further inquiry after Jome y felf other copies ,fuppofing it Very improbable that they jlwuld all fumble at thefame (lone. AndJo l~was favoured "with another copy out ofthe increafng Library ofthe ^ight Honourable the Eajd of Weftmorland^ "which had been tranfcribed immedi- ately from the Authours o\Vn - another the Honourable the y Lord Fairfax was pleafed to afford me theperufal of but that "which was in (tar omnium was the original itfelf "written by the Authours own hand, being the goods and treafure ofthe A 4 iight The Epiftle to the Reader. (Right Honourable Earl of Clare- but at prefe?it(through his favour) in my pojfefsion. Ibefe {Reader) are the Terfonages, whofefavour herein 1 am, even upon thy account, obliged here to remember and acknowledge. IhaVe fubjoyned Sir John Ogles account ofthe loft charge at Neuports£df fe/ whom I Juppofe our Authour himjelf ; would have allowed, being his Lieutenant-Colonel, to bring up the reere. 1 have alfo inferted his account of the Tarty at the fiege ofOftend, both communicated to me by the famefriend- ly hand,that firft lent me the copy ofSir Francis Vere. And for thy further-fatisfaction, 1 have adventured to continue the flory of that fiege, from the time that our Authour put up his pen, to the time that he put up his fword there, having frft by his example taught others the way Itow to defend the toWn. LaU ofall, at the end of the book thou wilt meet With the Hi- flory of Neuport- battel , Written fome time fince in Latine by an elegant and learned pen-, which, for the confangutnity of it, is here /ubjoyned. But if any frail take upon them to cen- fure him,as having tranflated Sir Francis Vcre,without ac- knowledging vj himfor the Authour- IhaVe this to anfwer on his behalf, viz. that as he doth no ivhere deny his tranflatmg of him,fo that he did conceal it, we may Very well impute it to the defire he had, both to afford Sir Francis Vere a more am* pie and advantageous character, then his oWn modefty would permit him to affume unto himfelf and aljo to give in his teft mony unto the truth, in a matter which others his countrey- men had With too much partiality related. And this aljo let me further add, that whether he did tranflate it or not • yet this, Ifuppoje, Will not be quejiioned, that Very few Authours, either ancient or modern,have info narrow a compass fo highly deJerVed of the learned and ingenious (Reader , as he hath done. 1 will not here mention any thing concerning our ^Authours life or extraction-, the one is and whereof fufficiently known-3 for the The Epittle to the Reader. the other 1 flail content my fclf with what Sir Robert written iNaunton hath briefly of him , which I have printed here the 'Book - which is all a larger ! before 3 but Commentary upon that which he hath there delivered. I \Oncly give me leave to be-moan a little our own lojs, and this , \ the Authours unhappinejs in That his N.oble *Bro- ' ther having been in courage equal , and in hazards uri* divided Jhould leave him here to go alone. For as he , ; muft be allowed a great fhare in theje atlions recorded by his Brother Were his oWn JerVices afterwards , Jo the Englifh eminent and when General of , fo confi- derable , that they 7night eajily have furniflied another Commentary , had not his own exceeding modefty proved a ftep-mother to his deferVed praijes. He was a religi- ous and Valiant Qommander and that which , Wife , , ( quartered him in the bofome of the Prince of Orange ) he always his to was fuccesfull in enterprifes t Jometimes the admiration both offriends and enemies. Take an in- or two. he took flame When Scluys , there Was one he ftrong hold firft to be taken , which found fome diffl to culty overcome , and that Was the opinion of his friends of the impofsibility of the enterprife. And for his ene- mies , Spinola himfelf { Were he now alive ) Would, \\ queftion not > do him the right, which he did him in his his gallant retreat lifetime y and bear witnejs of with four thoufand men from between his Very fingers , when with three times that number he had grafted up the Prince and his men againft the Sea-flore. And becauje the proficiencie of the Scholars Was ever accounted d-> good argument their abilitie of Maflers j 1 flail make bold ( with their leaves ) here to give you a lift of fome of his. Henry The Epiftle to the Reader I Henry Earl of Oxford. S.WilliamLovelacejG^. Thomas Lord Fairfax. S. Rob. Carey, Qaptain. S.Edward Vere, Lieut. Col. S. Jacob A(h\ey ^Qaptain. S.Sim. Hitcourt ^Ser.Maj. S. Tho. Conway , Qapu S. Thorn. Dutton,C^ta*;z. S. John Burlacy,C^taw. S.Henry Paiton, Captain. S.Tho. Winne, Captain. S. Burroughs Qapt. S. Ger. Herbert, John ? Qaptain. S. Thomas Gates, Captain. S. Edw. Harwood, Capt. S. John Conyers, Captain. S. Mich.Everid, (Qaptain. S. Thomas Gale, Captain. Be divers others whofe do at once both fides y effigies guard and adorn Kirby-/w// in EiTtx lvhere the truly religious h and Ho= nourable the Lady Vere doth ftillfurvivefept alive thus long by Jpecial provide?ice that the prefent age might more y then read and remember what tpas true Codlinefs in eighty eight. And as for her Lord and Husband who died long Jince ? , though he left no heir Male behind him to bear his name, yet hath he diflributed his blond to run in the Veins ofmany Honourable and Worfl?ipfullfamilies in England : for his daughters were Tl?e Hjght Honourable Honourable t , and Countefs Clare-, Vertuous ; The of The Lady Townfe hend , now Countefs of Weftmorland-, The Lady Pauley The Lady Fairfax^ WMiftris Worftenholme.
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