Two memorable relations The one a letter vvritten from Colonell Generall VVeerdenburk, out of the VVest-India from Farnabuck, to the lords of the States Generall of the Vnited Provinces, touching the suprisall of the towne of Olinda in Farnabuck, with the forts thereunto belonging. Translated out of Dutch into English. The other, the coppy of the true relation of all that hath passed and beene done at the taking and reducing of the citty and cittadell or castle of Pignerolle, after a very hot and furious assault was given. Together with all the passages and occurrences that happened at the pillaging of Rivolle. By the Lord Marshall De Crequy. Faithfully translated out of the French coppy. With priviledge, printed at Roane by Tho. Mallard dwelling at the Pallace. 1630.

Title

Two memorable relations The one a letter vvritten from Colonell Generall VVeerdenburk, out of the VVest-India from Farnabuck, to the lords of the States Generall of the Vnited Provinces, touching the suprisall of the towne of Olinda in Farnabuck, with the forts thereunto belonging. Translated out of Dutch into English. The other, the coppy of the true relation of all that hath passed and beene done at the taking and reducing of the citty and cittadell or castle of Pignerolle, after a very hot and furious assault was given. Together with all the passages and occurrences that happened at the pillaging of Rivolle. By the Lord Marshall De Crequy. Faithfully translated out of the French coppy. With priviledge, printed at Roane by Tho. Mallard dwelling at the Pallace. 1630.

Author

Waerdenburgh, Dirk van.

Publication

London :: Printed for Nicolas Bourne at the south entrance of the Royall Exchange,

1630.

Rights/Permissions

To the extent possible under law, the Text Creation Partnership has waived all copyright and related or neighboring rights to this keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above, according to the terms of the CC0 1.0 Public Domain Dedication (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/). This waiver does not extend to any page images or other supplementary files associated with this work, which may be protected by copyright or other license restrictions. Please go to http://www.textcreationpartnership.org/ for more information.

Subject terms

Olinda (Brazil) -- History -- Early works to 1800.

Pinerolo (Italy) -- History -- Early works to 1800.

Brazil -- History -- Dutch Conquest, 1624-1654 -- Early works to 1800.

Link to this Item

https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14914.0001.001 content_copy

Cite this Item

"Two memorable relations The one a letter vvritten from Colonell Generall VVeerdenburk, out of the VVest-India from Farnabuck, to the lords of the States Generall of the Vnited Provinces, touching the suprisall of the towne of Olinda in Farnabuck, with the forts thereunto belonging. Translated out of Dutch into English. The other, the coppy of the true relation of all that hath passed and beene done at the taking and reducing of the citty and cittadell or castle of Pignerolle, after a very hot and furious assault was given. Together with all the passages and occurrences that happened at the pillaging of Rivolle. By the Lord Marshall De Crequy. Faithfully translated out of the French coppy. With priviledge, printed at Roane by Tho. Mallard dwelling at the Pallace. 1630." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A14914.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 19, 2024. content_copy

Contents

• title page
• A Letter written from Colonell Generall Weerden∣burk, out of the West-India from Farnabuck to the Lords the States generall of the Vnited Provin∣ces, touching the surprisall of the towne of Olinda in Farnabuck with the forts thereunto belonging.
• The true portraicture and description of Fernambuco, the principall and chiefe Citty of the Kingdome of Brasilia in America, with all the conveniences and scituation of the Countrey thereabouts, as also the Rivers, Havens, and roads of ships, very lively deciphered according to a Mappe lately drawne.
• Relation of what lately happened at the taking of the Citty and Castle of Pignerolle, and the pillaging of Rivolle, by Monsieur de Crequy.