We sat next to Betty
Hall, that did belong to this house, and was Sir Philip Howard's
mistress; a mighty pretty wench.
20th. The Duke of York in good humour did fall to tell us many
fine stories of the wars in Flanders, and how the Spaniards are
the best disciplined foot in the world; will refuse no
extraordinary service if commanded, but scorn to be paid for it
as in other countries, though at the same time they will beg in
the streets: not a soldier will carry you a cloak-bag for money
for the world, though he will beg a penny and will do the thing
if commanded by his commander. That in the citadel of Antwerp a
soldier hath not a liberty of begging till he hath served three
years, They will cry out against their King and commanders and
generals, none like them in the world, and yet will not hear a
stranger say a word of them but they will cut his throat. That
upon a time some of the commanders of their army exclaiming
against their generals, and particularly the Marquis of Caranen,
the Confessor of the Marquis coming by and hearing them, he stops
and gravely tells them that the three great trades of the world
are, the lawyers, who govern the world, the churchmen, who enjoy
the world; and a sort of fellows whom they call soldiers, who
make it their work to defend the world.
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