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A29474 A Briefe relation of the most remarkeable feats and passages of what His Most Gracious Majesties commanders hath done in England against the rebells and of his severall glorious victories over them sithence [sic] Ianuary 1641. till December 1643. and from the first of May 1644. till the fifth of this present Iuly / collected out of severall papers printed at Oxford, 1644. and divers letters printed from His Majesties campe to Chester, Bristoll, &c. 1644 (1644) Wing B4626; ESTC R39938 12,219 16

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of Biddeford and Barnstable killed 100. of their Foot tooke 211. Officers and common Souldiers Prisoners most of which were miserably wounded two pieces of Ordnance six barrels of powder 400. weight of bullet 200. and a halfe of match and above 300. armes besides all the Foot-Officers horses Pursued their Horse to the very works of Biddeford and returned victoriously without the losse of more then one man not one of the rest of his Souldiers being so much as hurt all that day August 22. 1642. The King set up his Standard Royall at Nottingham for raising of Forces to suppresse the Rebels then marching against him About the latter end of this moneth 1643. The Inhabitants of Tenby in Pembrook-shire having but newly made an agreement amongst themselves in which they declared their loyaltie to His Majestie and that they would submit to His Majesties Authority placed in the Earle of Carberie c. Eight Ships rode before the Towne and made at least 100. shot thereat whereupon one of the Haven-Canon was fired which shot one of the best of the eight through and through and so set the rest a packing whereby the good people of Tenby received no harme And soone after the whole County was reduced so as all Wales is absolutely in subjection to His Sacred Majesty SEPTEMBER Vpon the second of this moneth 1643. the Townes of Biddeford and Appleford delivered up their severall Garrisons to His Majesties Forces under the command of that Noble Colonell Iohn Digby And about the same time the Garrison of Barnstaple submitted themselves unto His Majesty and dismissed all their Forces formerly raised for the defence of that place Vpon the third of this moneth 1643. his Highnesse Prince Maurice gave a very not assault upon the City of Excheter battered the walls fired a great part of the Suburbs whereupon the Rebels desired Parley in which the Prince offered them such Conditions as had beene given before to Bristoll which they denyed The assault was afterwards eagerly pursued and the next day after won the great Sconce ●urned the Ordnance there against the Towne Whereupon the Rebels craved to be admitted to those Conditions which before they rejected obtained the same delivered up the Towne Castle to the Prince his Highnesse with all the Ordnance Armes and Ammunition upon the 17. of this moneth 1643. The rebels Army stealing out of Gloucestershire towards London were overtaken by Prince Rupert with his Majesties Horse neere Auburne in Wilt-shire where he gave them two charges the one by a commanded party under Colonell Vrrey the other by the Queenes Regiment commanded by the Lord Iermyn who performed it so well on the Rebels whole Army that many great bodies of Foot were routed and many of them slaine in the place without any losse to His Majesties Forces save two common Souldiers killed the Marquesse de la Vieu-ville taken prisoner who was afterwards murdered by the Rebels in cold blood and the Lord Digby and Lord Iermyn lightly wounded by which two charges the Rebels Army was so retarded that His Majesty had time to overtake them with his Foote And on Wednesday after the 20. of this moneth upon an Hill neere Newbury and Enborne heath His Majesty fought with the Rebels who were seated in the most advantageous place imaginable yet in despight of 〈◊〉 their Canon Foote and Horse His Majesty beat them from their ground gained the hill and one piece of their brasse Ordnance and quickly routed all their Horse upon the Heath The most that were killed in this fight of His Majesties Forces exceeded not the number of 300. though aboue 600. of the Rebels were slaine a very great number wounded In this fight were slaine the most Noble and Valiant Earle of Carnarvon the Earle of Sunderland the Lord Viscount Faulkland with divers other Gentlemen and Commanders After this fight the Rebels were further pursued and routed againe so as they fled into Reading where they durst not stay but left the Towne for His Majesty in whose possession it is OCTOBER Vpon the 18. of this moneth 1643. the Prince of Harcourt Lord Ambassadour Extraordinary from the French King and Queene Regent after he had been most barbarously used in his Passage by the rebels came safe into Oxford where he had entertainment more suitable to the worth of so great a personage The 21. day following being Saturday His Majesty attended by the Prime Nobility of England gave him Audience in Christ-Church-Hall Vpon the 23. day of this moneth 1641. was that signall great battell fought betweene Keynton and Edge-Hill by His Majesties Army and that of the rebels led by the Earle of Essex wherein the rebels lost above 70. Colours of Coronets and Ensignes His Majesty but only 16. Ensignes and not one Coronet The exact number that were slaine on both sides in this Battaile is not knowne But it is certaine that the rebels lost above three for one Men of eminency of his Majesties Forces who were slaine in the battaile were the two Noble and Valiant Lords Rober● Earle of Lindsey Lord High Chamberlaine of England and George Lord d'Aubigney brother to the Duke of Richmond and Lenox Sir Edmund Verney Knigt Marshall to His Majesty with some other worthy Gentlemen and Souldiers but besides these three named there was not one Noble man or Knight killed which was an extraordinary mercy of Almighty God considering what a glorious sight of Princes Dukes Marquesses Earles Viscounts Barons Knights and Gentlemen of all Orders were not onely present but engaged themselves against the Rebels as much or more then Common Souldiers which they most cheerefully did by example of His Sacred Majesty whose Royall undaunted courage put life into every man exposing His Sacred Person to so much danger as all good men doe tremble to remember His Royal Sonnes CHARLES Prince of Wales and IAMES Duke of Yorke being also in the field in very much danger if God whose cause it was had not covered their heads in the day of battaile The Rebells as they had few men of quality to lose so those they had were sensible of their guilt which then they expressed by their slight some sculking into holes and Saw pits and others running out before they were well in the field NOVEMBER Vpon the 12. of November 1642. His Majesty after 4. houres fight forced the Towne of Brainceford killed and tooke prisoners all the Rebels Forces which were there lodged in Works Ditches Houses and Hedges to hinder the passage of His Majesties Army The morrow morning after being Sunday certaine of the Rebels had come downe the Thames from Kingston with 13. pieces of Ordnance which so soone as they could see they fired against Sion house His Majesties Traine of Artillerie but did little or no harme Whereupon Order was presently given for drawing down some Pieces into the Meadow and to the River-side against them which was accordingly done and likewise a Demi-canon planted neere the South end