stand over against Ormas within the Persian strait) increases, and becomes thereby
more and more considerable.
The Portingales did the last yeere set out a Fleet of light and nimble Barks, which
they call Pericbes to drive the Malabar Pirats, and Moores from the Coasts of th' Indies
(continually ravaged and ransacked by them (and have succeeded so well therein, that
they have already taken a good number of those Rovers, and thereby wel-nigh rid those
Seas of that mischievous generation.
The Defeat of the Court of Isanguins Companie, and of fisty of the Enemies Firelocks, by
the French in Luxembourg, Published at the same Town and Time.
The Sieur de Lenoncour, brother to the Sieur de Marolles Governour of Thornville,
going thence on Saturday the tenth, of October with 48 men at Armes (as well Foot-Officers,
as others taken out of his bother Companic of Light Horse) and sourescore
Foot commanded by the Sieur de Leaume and Poiret Captaines, and the Sieur de
Roissy, a Lieutenant, marched all that day, and the night following, about two miles beyond
Vinton; where having stayed both day and night, being Sunday, within a Wood,
he advanced towards a place in the Forrest of Ardonne called, Neus Chasteau, with a purpose
to draw out unto fight the Company of colpacq consisting of a hundred Horse, and
Garrisoned with in that Town; to which end quartering himselfe in a great Wood hard
by, where he passed all the Munday and the next night, he sent a party of his foot to
plunder a neere adjoyning Village; which was accordingly done on Tuesday morning.
Yet could not our men get out th' Enemies to fight, though they put them to shame enough
to see their people pillaged without daring to appeare; and ours, after this
Action, joyning againe with the Sicur de Lenoncour, without any pursuit from th' Enemy,
had leisure enough to retire in good order within view of the said Chasteau Neus,
those within it not shewing any mind so much as to attempt a revenge; nor durst their
Horse, which at the length came forth, do any more then observe our march that day, being
the thirteenth, untill th' evening, when the said Sleur de Lenoncour, incamped himselfe
at Lamibourg, a ruined Town within Luxembourg having there, all that night such a
Guard as militarie prudence required him to keep in a Countrey belonging to an
Enemy.
On Wednesday the fourteenth, he went forth betimes to go to Mouzon; & because that
th' Enemy, who still followed him (although far enough off) made our men apprehend
that they meant to surprize one place or another, the said Sieur de Lenoncour was prepared
to receive them which way soever, to which end he put himselfe with halfe of his
Horse in the Van, left th' other halfe in the Reare, and caused his Foot to march, in two
little bodies, between both. But he had scarce gone halfe a mile on his way, and approached
the lest side of the Valley call'd la Cuisine but he found himself roughly charg'd
in flank within a hollow, by the Company of the Sie[unr]r Colpacq, and that of Foulon, and
anther Brigade of fifteene men at Armes commanded by the Sieur de Brion; who made
the best use they could of th' advantage given them by that passage, wherein out people
had not liberty enough to desent themselves; and yet having gotten up to the Squadron
of la Roche, where the Sieur de Leaume (who led the last body of Foot) had rallyed
himself, the said Sieur de Leancour made such a furious charge upon them, that he wholly
overthrew them.
Notwithstanding which, the Court of Ysanguines Company, with fifty firelocks belonging
to that of the Sieur Garrison of Montmedi (commanded by the
Sieur Millon) setting at the same time on the Foot of he said Sieur de Leanne, who had
not had time enough to charge againe, he himselfe was taken prisoner, and Sieur Poiret