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A94903	A true and exact narrative of the proceedings of the Parliaments fleet, against the island of Barbadoes With the maner of the reducing thereof: together with the submitting of the islands of St. Christophers, Antego, and St. Mevis, to the Commonwealth of England. Written by an eye-witnesse, Mr. T.H. from aboard the Amity, in Carlisle Bay, and sent to a friend in London, to be published for satisfaction, and printed verbatim by the same copy.	T. H.	1652 (1652)	Wing T2436B; ESTC R215656	8,069	18

to stand before them These things the Commissioners layd before them if they pleased to take them into consideration to prevent the effusion of bloud and a devastation of their estates injoyments which inevitably would follow their contempt of timely offers of peace and mercy and that wherever the interest of the Commonwealth of England lyeth be it at never so great a distance they would not be soon wearied to lay out that power God hath put into their hands to reduce such to their obedience as shall obstinately stand out but that they rather hoped that the Lord who is the searcher of hearts and knew the bottome of their designes to be no other but to settle the Island in peace and happinesse under that Government who is both willing and able to protect them against all opposers and that they hoped the Lord would so incline their hearts that from thenceforth they would be able to judge who were their reall friends and decline giving their assistance to those evil affected persons as should persist in their rebellion to involve them altogether in misery and destruction but rather use their best endeavours to suppress them and in their actings of this kind they assured them that they might rely upon the diligent assistance of the Fleet and for the better effecting of those ends they desired to hold frequent intelligence with them and for their further incouragement they did assure them indemnity to all such as should for the future decline assisting the enemies of the Common wealth of England then among them and endeavour to promote the reducement of the Island to their obedience under their government and protection This Declaration of the Commissioners being published about the Island tooke such impression upon the people of the Island that in all probability the Island had been ours without any further hostility had they not been over-awed and kept under by the Lord Willoughby and his Complices so that they durst not appear for us openly they being as they had great cause to be very sensible of the decay and want of Trade amongst them in regard that no ships durst venture to come and traffique with them by reason of our being here as also their being continually kept upon watch and duty to defend the Island against us whereby the Island was much impoverish'd the planting and n●●●uring of the Island being almost wholly neglected upon which accompt the people would gladly have been freed upon any rate as afterward we found at our Landing But now advertisement came unto Sir George Aiscough how that the Governour of S. Christophers was drowned and that there was a contest between two persons in that Island for the Government thereof Sir George not knowing at present how their affections stood in reference to the Common wealth of England resolved with the Commissioners of Parliament to send a Declaration unto them to this effect That they being informed the Governour of that Island was carried away by a floud and that there was a contest between two persons among them for the Goverment of the Island and they not knowing either of their or the Island affections to the Parliament of England did therefore require them speedily to give an accompt unto them how the affairs of the Island stood in reference to their obedience to the Common wealth of England and not to choose a Governour other then such as they should appoynt with this farther intimation that in case they did otherwise such course should speeddy be taken with them as might make them sensible of their defection We having now been before this Island from the 16 of October 1651 unto the 10 of November following the greatest part of the which time we spent in coasting from place to place about the Island thereby to keep them in alarums in all parts of the Island hoping that way would conduce to the speedy rendition of it also within compasse of the said time Sir George Aiscough sent a second and a third summons unto the Lord Willoughby the which proving ineffectuall it was resolved at a Counsell of War held on board the Rainbow to attempt something ashore at a place called the Spikes Bay the which we were now the better able to doe by the arrivall of another Fleet of Merchants and some Men of War from England and to the end aforesaid a Regiment was formed out of our ships which consisted of 600. men whereof 200. were Scots being some of those taken at the defeat at Worcester and brought hither in the Merchants ships aforesaid The Enemy having notice of our designe four houres before our landing they had nine Companies afoot and three Troopes of Horse to oppose our landing at that place and our Boats being ready to set the men on shoar forthwith stood in for the Spikes bay and having set the men on shoar the Enemy presently gave a very resolute Charge upon them but no sooner had we embraced their onset but we immediately fell in among them and after a short but hot dispute we routed their whole Brigade their Commanders like persidious Cowards ran away and left the Foot ingaged who also retreated to their Fort Royal the which our men presently stormed with the losse of nine men and some few hurt as Col. Morris who commanded our men his Major and some others the said Col. Morris did behave himselfe very gallantly both at this place and also before at the reducing of the Isle of Scilly the which we performed with the assistance of Generall Blake in our Voyage hither we killed about 50. of the Enemy and tooke about 1●0 Prisoners 4 Peeces of Ordnance and razed downe the Fort and burnt many houses the place not being tenable Sir George againe sent a Trumpeter with another Summons to the Lord Willoughby the which produced a Treaty and Hostages being given Articles were concluded on viz. that the Islands of Barbadoes St. Christophers Antego and the Mevis should be surrendred to the obedience of the Common-wealth of England that the Lord Willoughby Col. Wolrond Col. Mudiford and others of their Party should have protection for the enjoyment of their Estates either in England or elsewhere and also be pardoned and indemnified for all past by Actions done or committed by any of them that the Inhabitants of the severall Islands should be protected from the fury of the sword and to enjoy and live peaceably in their Habitations acting nothing prejudiciall to the Government which should be established over them by the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England And that Col. James Drax Col. Lewis Morris Serjeant Major Hilliard Captain Gregory and all others who had been banished the Island and their Estates sequestred for their good affection to the Common-wealth of England should be invested in all their Estates notwithstanding the former Confiscation thereof and that restitution should be made unto them for all damages and losses which they had sustained But now the Inhabitants of the Islands of St. Christophers Antego and St. Mevis hearing of the rendition of Barbadoes to us did all of them immediately send unto us assuring us that they would chearfully submit to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England and that they would be subject only to such Lawes Orders and Regulations as the Parliament should please to impose upon them Also they desired us to appoynt in the mean time such Governors over them as were of good integrity and affection to the Parliament of the Common-wealth of England Thus were all these remote Islands reduced to the obedience of the Common-wealth of England from which they revolted in the year 1650. and proclaimed Charles Stewart King over them and did accept of such Governors as he appoynted over them viz. Francis Lord Willoughby of Parham Governor of Barbadoes who landed there in April 1650. and with the assistance of Col. Wolrord and Col. Mudiford and some other evill affected persons he outed Major Philip Bell who was then Governour for the Parliament of England and also banished all those who would not joyn with them in their pernicious wayes or take the oath which the said Lord Willoughby and his Associats had prepared to administer to the Inhabitants of the Island the which they compelled every man in the Island to take upon pain of banishing their Persons and confiscating the Estates of all such as should refuse to subscribe thereunto but notwithstanding all this their sharp Rhethorick and violent dealing yet several conscientious persons of the best repute quality in the Island did utterly refuse either to joyn with them or take the Oath aforesayd who were therefore banished the Island and their Estates sequestred wholly both reall and personall the chiefe of them who were thus proceeded against were Lievtenant Colonel James Drax Lievtenant Colonel Lewis Morris Serjeant Major Hiliard Captaine Gregory with many others whose names for brevity sake shall be omitted also the Governor appointed at the same time of Antego was one Poynz formerly known in England by the name of Generall Poynz those also who were appointed Governors of the other Islands being of the same Royall Stamp were no whit behind the former in oppressing and tyrannizing over those people from all which they were happily delivered by the blessing of God upon the indeavours of the Parliaments Fleet Commanded by the worthy and right valiant Sea Commander Sir George Aiscough FINIS