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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A39095	Extracts of some letters from some gentlemen of quality in His Excellencies army concerning the state of the Kings army and their owne written to Mr. Richard Shute, a merchant in Woodstreet, Decem. 13, 1642.		1642 (1642)	Wing E3916; ESTC R34433	2,214	9

EXTRACTS OF SOME LETTERS From some Gentlemen of quality in his Excellencies ARMY Concerning the state of the Kings Army and their owne Written to Mr. Richard Shute a Merchant in Woodstreet Decem. 13. 1642. Printed for I.B. R. S. Decemb. 16. 1642. EXTRACTS out of some LETTERS Concerning The state of both Armies Decemb. 13. SIR WE heare of your distractions at London but they discourage not because we know your ability to suppresse them let the power of your Common Councell be improved and let the more active in this Riot be proceeded against For the Kings Army we little feare them we heare so much of their needy and weake condition And we believe that their owne apprehensions thereof move efficiently to this present mutinous accommodation and we have cause to feare not onely that their faction work for it who are among you but that of late divers are come from the Kings Army to London to assist the present commotions Let your Courts of Guard be kept strictly for a knot of Cavaleerish faces were lately met towards you who were over-heard to say If this businesse doe but hold on they should lay the Round-heads low If the Kings Forces dare but move towards you we shall not faile to be upon their backes If you continue your incouragements towards us we shall shortly fall on them at Reading or Oxford Decemb. 12. 1642. OUr last to you mentioned the businesse of Marleborough taken by the Enemy of which my Lord Generall received more particularly by one yesterday that the Towne had in it but forty compleatly armed men the Forces expected from the Countrie under the Command of Sir Edward Baynton being not yet come in to them That the Kings Forces were about 4000. men which came with Granadoes Petards and Drakes Notwithstanding all their preparation the Towne so opposed them they could not fire it but by some boyes which crept into some thatched houses and so fired them Which being so unexpected amazed the people who hopelesse with that weake force to keepe the Towne long the armed men retired and in the evening the Enemy entred who there committed the same uncleane inhumane and cruell actions to the Women there as their fellow devils have done in Ireland They tooke above an hundred of the poore Country men prisoners pillaged throughout the Towne slew only two but lost divers of their owne redeemed the Lord Seymers Lady and so retreated for Oxford Our Forces then at Newbury marched towards Wantage fell upon their Reare tooke divers prisoners slew about forty tooke also most of the pillage they had gotten from Marleborough We heare from Oxford that the King is in great straits the Mint quite dry the complaint is not the Common Souldiers onely but the Lords and the Kings himselfe they are so much exhausted and as full of feares as wants They send into all high wayes and possesse themselves of such droves of Beasts as they meet withall and sell Robin-Hoods bargaines againe to raise money for them We expect every moment to heare from our Newbury party wherof we shall render you an account as occasion offers December 11. MY loving Friend belike your Citizens wonder and blame us that no more is done by our Army assure your selfe the whole businesse of the Army is managed by such as are both wise and faithfull to the cause and as much is done as can be done we doe but waite for opportunities Marleborough is taken by the Kings party with the losse of many of their men and of but two of our horse many taken prisoners the honest women basely abused stript naked and worse ours have taken many of theirs to the number of 30. of five Waggons intercepted by Colonell Goodwin wee have cause to wonder that the Citie should bee so unlike themselves that when they have authority and power in their hands should not dare to shew themselves against the Malignant party but rather choose to let the worke fall to the ground and ruine themselves and the whole kingdome and engage God against them rather then hazard the displeasure of some great ones enemies of God whose breath is in their nostrills What will they lose the honour the comfort and benefit of all they have done hitherto will they repent of their goodnesse will they rather sinke under the burthen then have some of it at least upon their enemies shoulders will they out of a base cowardly spirit betray themselves and this glorious cause into the hands of the Enemy prodigious sottishnesse I assure my selfe did many but know what state the Kings Army is in they would not so incline to accommodation I met with speciall intelligence this day from one of the Kings Army concerning their present state he ingenuously confessed they are in a very low case money is spent pouder is spent the King is fain to sell Oxen to buy provision for himselfe their horse mightily worne out their foot ready to mutiny every day their Dragooners want Bootes and many are without shoos or stockings great feare is upon them because the Parliaments Army so pursues them they complaine they can rest no where they are so hunted up and downe the spirits of the Lords with them were much downe but the maine thing that discourage them is the rising of the Counties What shall we have so faire a game and leese it for want of playing our Cards If you would in stead of an accommodation drive home an association of Parliament or so many of them as would and Citie and Counties with the Lord Generall the businesse through God would soone be done The Lord direct you and blesse you in your indeavours and turne all crosse Passages to good The Lord accomplish his owne worke in his owne way by his owne meanes in his owne time and let us subscribe to his wisedome and submit to his will let us doe our duty goe the world which way it will and the Lord doe what hee please let 's not trouble our selves about events not torment our selves with what is not in our power to helpe if the worst come that can come Gods work must goe on the best is our God lives and raignes and our life hangs not upon any thing under heaven but upon him that is above all I rest Windsor Decemb. 11. Yours in all love assurance FINIS