his helping hand, and hath moreouer giuen charge to Monsieur Ladiguera to looke to vs and to leauy yet eight regiments of foote, and 2000 horse to assist vs.
They of Basil being affrayd of a siedge, haue receiued yet 3000 men into their City, besides great store of powder and lead, and they are moreo∣uer fetching dayly more prouision of victualls for them out of the Country there about: Monsieur de Chrich•• as was mentioned before, is with 15000 foote, and 2000. horse gone into Sauoy: And Monsieur de Convre who hath taken some passages of great importa••ce in Veltolina, hath both there and in Swisserland, leauied many thousands of Souldiers: And the three Sonnes of the Gouernor of Lyons haue likewise gotten Patents to leauy each a Regiment.
Those Souldiers which are leauied in the City of Bearne, and are many thousandes strong, haue had the first sk••••mish with them of the house of Austria, which are in the Veltolina, and haue slaine many of them, and haue s••op•• all the passa∣ges about Chur, with a resolution to besiedge the same Towne: whereupon the Gouernour of chur hath written to the Arch-duke Leopoldus for ayde.
They of the house of Austria doe m••••he meane time likewise what they can, and fortifie the Castles of Cleue••, and of Della Riva, and prouide them with all manner of necessaries.