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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A80390	A continuation of the true narration of the most observable passages in and about Plymouth, from Ianuary 26. 1643. till this present; wherein you may observe how the Lord doth alwaies work, for that poore, and remote garrison. Together with the letter of Sir Richard Greenvile with the answer to it, as also the burning of a booke inclosed in his letter by the hand of the hangman, the book being intituled, The iniquity of the Covenant. With the discovery of a shee traytor together with the articles prooved on oath against her at a councell of warre. Published by authoritie.; True narration of the most observable passages, in and at the late seige of Plymouth. Continuation.	Grenville, Richard, Sir, 1600-1658.	1644 (1644)	Wing C5973; Thomason E47_1; ESTC R23225	7,623	15

These Gentlemen THat it may not seeme strange unto you to understand of my being ingaged in his Majesties service to come against Plymouth as an Enemy I shall let you truely know the occasion thereof It is very true that I came from Ireland with a desire and intention to look after my own particular fortune in England and not to ingage my self in any kind in the unhappy difference bet wixt the King and the pretended Parliament now at London But chuicing to land at Liverpoole the Parliaments forces there brought me to London where I must confesse I received from both the pretended houses of Parliament great tokens of favour and also importunate motions to ingage me to serve them which I civilly refused afterwards divers honourable persons of the pretended Parliament importuned me to undertake their service for the Government and defence of Plymouth unto which my answer was that it was fit before I ingaged my self I should underst●nd what meanes they could would allow provide for the effectuall p●rformance of that service upon that a Committee appo●nted for the West thought fit with all speede to send a pres●nt reliefe of Men and Munition to Plymouth which with very great difficulty was brought thither being the last you had afterwards there were many meetings more of that Committee to provide the means that should give Plymouth reliefe and enable it to defend it self and notwithstanding the earnest desires and endeavours of that Committee accordingly I protest before God after six moneths expectation attendance on that Committee by me I found no hopes or likelyhood of but reasonable means for the reliefe and defence of Plymouth which made me account it a lost Town the rather because I being by Commission Leiut. Generall to Sir William Waller had an ordinance of the Parliament for the raising of 500. horse for my Regement at the charges of Kent Surry Sussex Hampshire who in 3 moneths time had not raised 4 Troopes and my own Troope when I left them having 2 months pay due to them could get but one month for which extraordinary means was used being a favour none else could attain it being very true that the Parliaments forces have all beene unpaid for many months in such sort that they are grown weak both in Men and Monies and have by only good words kept their forces from disbanding The processe of so long tune spent at London made me and many others plainly see the inquity of their Policy for I found Religion was the cloak for Rebellion it seemed not strange to me when I found the Protestant religion was infected with so many independants and Sectaries of infinite kinds which would not heare of a peace but such as would be in some kind as pernicious as was the warre The Priviledges of this Parliament I found was not to be bound by any of the former but to lay them aside alter them as they advantaged their party This seemed so odious to me that I resolved to lay my self as I have done at his Ma feete from whence his most just cause no fortune terrour or cruelty shall make me sweru in any kind and to let you see also what hath formerly past I have sent you these inclosed Now for a farwell I must wish and advise you out of the true and faithfull love and affection I am bound to beare toward mine own Country that you speedily consider your great charges losses future dangers by making and holding your selves enemies to his Majestie who doth more truly desire your welfare and safety then it seemes you doe your selves wherefore as yet my friends I desire you to resolve speedily of your Propositions for peace by which you may soone injoy your liberties contents estates but on the contrary the contrary which with a sad heart I speake you will very soon see the effect of Thus my affection urgeth me to impart unto you out of the great desire I have rather to regaine my lost old friends by love then by force to subject them to ruine and in that consideration I must thus conclude Fitzford 18 Martij 1643. Your loving friend Rich. Greenvile In Sir Richard Greenviles letter was inclosed a book Intituled The iniquity of the Covenant which was burnt in the Market place by the hand of the common Hangman according to the order of the Councell of Warre a Proclamation that if any person had any of those books and did not bring them forth they should be accounted and dealt withall as enemies to the state and Town The Answer of the Commanders of the Garrison of Plymmouth to this Letter Sir THough your Letter meriting our highest contempt and scorne which once we thought fit by our silence judging it unworthy of an answer to have testified Yet considering that your self intends to make it publique we offer you these lines that the world may see what esteeme we have of the man notorious for Apostacy and Trechery that we are ready to dispute the justnesse and equity of our cause in any lawfull way whereto the Enemy shall at any time challenge us you might well have spared the giving us an account of your dissimulation with the Parliament we were soone satisfied our wonder is not so great that you are now gone from us as at first when we understood of your ingagement to us to tel you truth it pleased us not so wel to hear you were named to be a Governor for this place as now it doth to know you are in arms against us we accounting our selves safer to have you an enemy abroad then a pretended friend at home being perswaded that your principles could not afford cordiall endeavors for an honest Cause You tell us of the pretended houses of Parl. at London a thred-bare scandal suckt from Aulicus whose reward or a Bp. blessing you may chance to be honoured wth for your Court-service how they make Religion the cloak of Rebellion a garment which we are confident your Rebellion wil never be clad with you advise us to consider the great charges we have beene at and the future dangers we runn our selves into by making our selves enemies to his Majesty who more desires our good then we our selves thence would have us propose conditions for Peace That we have bin at great charges already we are sufficiently sensible yet resolve that it shall not any way lessen our affections to that Cause with which God hath honoured us by making us instruments to plead it against the malicious Adversaries If the King be our enemy yet Oxford cannot proove that we have made him so That his Majestie desires our wel-fare we can easily admit as well as that its the mischeivous Councellors so neere him who render him cruel to his most faithful subjects as for our proposing conditions of peace we shall most gladly do it when it may advance the publique service but to do it to the enemies of peace though we have bin thereto formerly invited yet hath it pleased the disposer of all things to preserve us from the necessity of it to support us against all the fury of the inraged enemy the same God is still our rock refuge under whose wings we doubt not of protectiō safety when the Seducers of a King shall die like a candle and that name which by such courses is sought to be perpetual in honor shal end in ignominy forthe want of mony to pay the Parliaments souldiers though it be not such as you would perswade us yet certain we are their treasury had now bin greater honest men better satisfied but that some as unfaithfull as your selfe have gone before you inbetraying them both of their trust riches Whereas you mind us of the lost condition of our town sure it cannot be you should be so truly perswaded of it as they are of your personall who subscribe themselves and so remaine friends to the faithfull FINIS