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autograph letter of Sir F. Vere, from the Low Countries in 1 594, with hit
seal affixed to it," The letter is in French, and the address is to "Son
Excellence," probably Maurice of Nassau. The writer had sent with it
another from Essex to himself.
Contents. These interesting memoirs remained for many years in MS.
The original, written by the author's own hand, and two copies transcribed
from it, reposed in the libraries of the Earl of Clare, the Earl of Westmoreland
and Lord Fairfax, his sons-in-law, while another copy was in Major-
General Skippon's possession ; all had been examined by Dillingham, the
editor. The author, who was one of the most successful of Elizabeth's
generals, relates his own experiences of the wars in the Low Countries from
1589 to the middle of 1601, breaking off very suddenly during the account
of the siege of Ostend. Dillingham has continued the story of the siege,
adding two narratives of the battle of Newport—one written some time
before, in Latin, " by an elegant and learned pen," the other by Sir John
Ogle, Vere's *' lieutenant "—and introducing a quotation from Edmonds*
" Caesar," where one of the
*'
observations " is pointed by a reference to
Vere's generalship during the battle.
is also given.
Ogle's account of the Parley at Ostend
Kingston^ Device.
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