The Haughty Frenchmens pride abased, or, A True relation of a bloody skirmish which lately happened betwixt a company of Spaniards, and a company of Frenchmen the one party belonging to the Spanish ambassadour, the other to the French ambassadour, both now resident in London : the ground of this quarrel was their striving for superiority who should follow next after our Kings coach, the Frenchmen would have had the vpper-hand, but the Spaniard would not permitt them, and hereupon the contention grew so strong that they fell to fighting with their naked swords in good earnest, and in this bloody skirmish some of the Frenchmen and horses were kil'd, several others wounded, and they in the end were forced to retreat, and yield the victory to the Spaniards : thus was done on Tower-Hill the 30th of September 1661 : tune is, My love is gone to Jamaico. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription B24039 of text R39264 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 6KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 B24039 Wing H1151A ocm 18312605

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The Haughty Frenchmens Pride Abased . OR ,

A true Relation of a bloody Skirmish which lately happened betwixt a company of Spaniards , and a company of Frenchmen ; the one Party belonging to the Spanish Ambassadour , the other to the French Ambassadour , both now resident in London : The ground of this Quarrel was their striving for Superiority who should follow next after our Kings Coach : the Frenchmen would have had the Vpper-hand , but the Spaniard would not permitt them , and hereupon the contention grew so strong that they fell to fighting with their na●ed Swords in good earnest ; a●d in this bloody Skirmish some of the Frenchmen and Horses were kil'd , several others wounded and they in the end were forced to retreat , and yield the Victory to the Spaniards

This was done on Tower-Hill the 30th . of S●ptem●er . 1661. Tune is , My Love is gone to Jamaico .

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ALl you that love true News to hear , attend unto my Ditty , That which I purpose to declare , was done in London Citty , A Quarrel lately wa● br●un , which was not quickly ended , The Spaniards have much honour won , t●ei● V●lour them befriended : The Frenchmen with the Spaniards fought , but yet they lost the day sir : The Spaniards put them to the Rout , and made them run away sir . The Frenchmen they were lofty grown with Pride and State they vaunted , But now alas they must stoop down , for Spaniards are undaunted : The French have now small cause to boast their Courages are cooled , For they have found unto their cost that Spaniards won't be fooled . The Fren●●men with the &c. This bloody Bont performed was the thirtieth of September . W●ich Fatal day the Frenchmen may with ●reif of heart remember , That day it was their lu●klesse chance with Spaniards for to quarrel , Who quickly Quell'd the pride of France , and spoyl'd their gay apparrel . The Frenchmen , &c. The Frenchmen are the Spaniards Foes , they have each other wronged , And hereupon the Strife arose by Servant● that belonged Vnto their two Ambassadours which latel● came to London , Who fell at Od● land in these Iarrs some Frenchmen are quite undone : For though they with the Spaniards fought , yet they did loose the day ●●r . The Spaniards put them to the rout , and made them run away si●
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THe French would have the upper hand , which Spaniards did deny them , And quickly did their Pride withstand , they scorn'd one Inch to sly them , But next the Kings Coach took their place even as it did become them : The Frenchmen thought it a disgrace , and néede would fall upon them : And thus they with the Spaniards fought , yet they did loose the day sir ; The Spaniards put them to the Rout , and made them run away sir . The Frenchmen were most sharply set , and stoutly they did vapour , But being by the Spaniards met , then each Man drew his Rapier , They sought each others blood to spill , with rags and furious madnesse . Vntill the Frenchmen had their fill . and turn'd their backs with sadnesse . For though they with , &c. The Spaniards valour did appear . which did their Foes affright sir , A many Frenchmen wounded were , and some were kil'd outright sir , Their lofty minds are now brought low , and 't will be no great wonder If they be made themselves to know , and by their Foes kept under . The Frenchmen with the , &c. Both Men and Horses dead were found , being stab'd in several places ; And some lay sprawling on the ground , with sad and bloody faces : Great multituds of People than on every side did throng them , And by that means an Englishman did loose his life among them . Though Frenchmen with , &c. Thus were the Frenchmen put to flight , the Spaniards have them tamed ; I think that they no more will fight , for sure they are ashamed , They may go home and tell their Friends how Spaniards here did rout them , And afterwards to make amends the Englishmen did flout them . Though Frenchmen did with , &c. If Frenchmen be such Paules then , Alas ! what will betide them , For Englishmen scarce one in ten I think that can abide them ; If they and we should not agrée , they quickly might be undone ; Wée'd not give o'r● , but beat them mor● then Spaniards did in London . For though they with the Spanirrds fought , yet they have lost the day sir , The Spaniards put them to the rout , and made them run away sir .
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London , Printed for Rich . Burton at the Horshooe in Smithfield .