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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A49445	Memoirs of Edmund Ludlow Esq; Lieutenant General of the Horse, Commander in Chief of the forces in Ireland, one of the Council of State, and a Member of the Parliament which began on November 3, 1640. In two volumes. Vol. 1.; Memoirs. Part 1.	Ludlow, Edmund, 1617?-1692.	1698 (1698)	Wing L3460_pt1; ESTC R1476	216,094	443

Sir Francis Willoughby who commanded that Party under him to that purpose but he being an old and experienced Commander well acquainted with the Treachery of that Nation and particularly of those of the Popish Religion knowing how easy it would be for the Irish to cut them off in the Quarters assigned for them resolved not to consent to the dispersing of his Men and therefore desired of the Earl of Ormond that he might quarter with them in the Field or where his Lordship should appoint desiring if this would not satisfy he might have Liberty to return home advising him not to trust his Person with them notwithstanding their fair Words My Lord hereupon leaves the Care of quartering his Men to Sir Francis Willoughby but resolves himself to stay at Kilkenny Sir Francis draws the Troops into Goran a Town five Miles from Kilkenny where he kept his Guards with as much Caution as if he had been in an Enemies Country The Enemy being by this means disappointed of their Design to cut off the Party by surprize resolved to attempt it by open Force and all the favour that the Earl of Ormond could get amongst his Relations was to have notice to shift for himself which with much difficulty he did sending Orders to his Forces to march towards Dublin in which he was very readily obeyed by them having had advice that the Country was rising upon them which they did in such numbers that if Col. Bagnal Governour of Loughlyn had not permitted them to pass the Bridg there they had in all appearance been cut off When they had recovered their own Quarters they discovered a piece of Treachery as Sir Francis Willoughby who gave me this account judged it to be tho he knew not on whom to charge it for they found that they had not been in a condition to make any Opposition if the Enemy had fallen upon them the Powder with which they were furnished having no force in it which came to be discovered upon the trial of a Musquet at a Mark by the small report it gave and the fall of the Bullet half way from it Whereupon searching further into the matter they found all their Store to be of the same sort The Irish seized upon all the Earl of Ormond's Plate and whatsoever he had with him at Kilkenny his Haste not permitting him to save any thing By this Usage his Zeal for the prosecution of the Treaty with the Rebels became much abated The King's Commission to the Earl of Ormond was not of so large an extent as he was willing to allow in case the Treaty with the Irish came to any effect and therefore the Earl of Glamorgan afterwards Earl of Worcester was impowered by private Instructions from him to promise them the Liberty of the Romish Religion with divers other Advantages to the Irish Rebels upon which he treated with them But because this when it came to be publickly known in England was highly resented by many even of the King's Party the Lord Digby who was ordered by the King to assist in that Affair finding that the Treaty was not like to take effect to give a specious Colour to the matter as if Glamorgan had in that particular exceeded his Commission accused him of High Treason and procured him to be imprison'd by the Earl of Ormond but in Letters intercepted from the Lord Glamorgan to his Lady he desired that she would not entertain any Fears concerning him for that he doubted not if he could be admitted to be heard that he should be able to justify his Proceedings to the Confusion of those who had caused his Imprisonment The English Officers and Souldiers provoked by the late Treachery of the Irish and apprehending that without Assistance from England they might fall into their hands would not be satisfied unless a Message were sent to the Parliament to treat about Conditions for the putting of Dublin and the Protestant Forces of Ireland into their Hands In order to which the Parliament sent over Commissioners to treat with the Earl of Ormond and the Council But tho the Earl was not willing that any thing should be concluded at that time yet Sir Francis Willoughby was as I have heard him say so far convinced of the Necessity and Duty that lay upon them so to do that he promised our Commissioners to preserve the Castle of Dublin of which he was then Governour for the Service of the Parliament whensoever they should command it Montross having obtained a Victory against those whom the Scots had left to preserve the Peace of Scotland by the means of which he was become Master of a great part of that Kingdom David Lesley was sent thither from Hereford with most of the Scotish Horse where he defeated the Army of Montross and reduced that Nation to its former Obedience After the Surrender of Bristol to the Forces of the Parliament Prince Rupert who had been Governour thereof returned to Oxford where he found so cool a Reception from the King by reason of the Loss of that Place that Col. Leg then Governour of Oxford was turned out of that Command for being of his Faction and the Government of that City put into the Hands of Sir Thomas Glenham The Prince was for some time forbidden to wear a Sword and tho he was soon after restored to that Liberty yet he was never more intrusted with any Command The House of Commons finding their Business to increase and their numbers to diminish by the Death of some and Desertion of others to the King at Oxford ordered the Commissioners of the Seal to issue out Writs to such Counties Cities and Boroughs as the House by their particular Order should direct for the Election of Members to serve in Parliament They ordered also a Jewel to be prepared of the Value of about seven hundred Pounds to be presented to Sir Thomas Fairfax it had the House of Commons represented on one side and the Battel of Naseby on the other three Members of Parliament were deputed to carry the Present to him the Opportunity of whose Guard I took to go into the West without disturbance which was difficult to do at that time many of the King's Party hovering about the Downs from whence they were called Col. Downs his Men who rendring the Rode unsafe I procured a Guard of twenty or thirty of the County Horse to accompany me during my stay in those Parts So small a Number not being sufficient either to defend me or to make any Attempt I betook my self to Col. Massey's Party commanded at that time by Col. Edward Cook where I had not been long before an Alarm was given that a Party of Horse from Oxford had marched by with a design to relieve Corse-Castle besieged at that time by our Forces But before we could get our Men together they had surprized part of ours in Warham and beaten off the Guard between that Place and the Castle which they relieved with

Year 1648 or had appeared in Arms since under the King of Scots in order to subvert the present Government excepting those who since the Battel of Dunbar had abandoned the said King of Scots and by their Merits and Services had rendred themselves worthy of Favour That all such who are not comprehended under the said Qualifications and shall concur with them in their just Enterprize shall receive the Benefit of their Protection and enjoy their Liberties and Goods equally with the free People of England In pursuance of this Declaration of the Parliament their Commissioners in Scotland published another wherein they discharge from Confiscation all Merchants and Tradesmen who possess not in Lands or Goods above the Value of five hundred Pounds and are not Prisoners of War Souldiers of Fortune Moss Troopers or such as have killed or committed Outrages against the English Souldiers contrary to the Laws and Customs of War They also emitted a Proclamation abolishing in the name of the Parliament all manner of Authority and Jurisdiction derived from any other Power but that of the Commonwealth of England as well in Scotland as in all the Isles belonging to it After this they summoned the Counties Cities and Boroughs to agree to the Incorporation before mentioned of which eighteen of one and thirty Counties and twenty four of fifty six Cities and Boroughs consented to send their Deputies to the Parliament of England most of the rest excusing themselves for want of Money to defray the Expences of their Representatives This Business being accomplished and an Act passed for the Incorporation of England and Scotland into one Commonwealth the Parliament were prevailed with by the Importunities of some of their own Members and in particular of General Cromwell that so he might fortify himself by the Addition of new Friends for the carrying on his Designs to pass an Act of General Pardon and Amnesty whereby tho it had thirty eight several Exceptions many Persons who deserved to pay towards the Reimbursement of the Publick no less than those who had been already fined escaped the Punishment due to their Misdemeanours and the Commonwealth was defrauded of great Sums of Money by which means they were rendred unable to discharge many just Debts owing to such as had served them with Diligence and Fidelity In Ireland the Rebels were so pressed by our Forces in all Parts that they began to think it necessary to treat about Conditions of Submission and many of them obtained Liberty to be transported into foreign Service wherein the Commissioners of Parliament assisted them with Ships so that the Irish Officers were in many Places deserted by their own Souldiers Col. Fitzpatrick was the first who submitted on condition to be transported with his Regiment into the Service of the King of Spain which was a great blow to the Irish Confederacy who were very desirous to treat in conjunction hoping to obtain more favourable Terms in consideration of their Numbers insomuch that they published Declarations against him and the Irish Clergy excommunicated him and all those who joined with him Notwithstanding which Col. Odowyer Commander in Chief of the Irish in the Counties of Waterford and Tipperary followed his Example and proposed a Treaty to Col. Zanchey who having received Instructions from the Commissioners concluded an Agreement with him the principal Articles whereof were to this effect That the Arms and Horses belonging to the Brigade of Col. Edmund Odowyer shall be delivered up at a certain price That he and his Party shall enjoy their personal Estates and such a proportion of their real Estates as others under their Qualification shall be permitted to do That the Benefit of the Articles shall not extend to such as had murdered any of the English or had been engaged in the Rebellion during the first Year or to any Romish Priests or to those who had been of the first General Assembly those also who had taken away the Life of any of ours after Quarter given and those who had deserted us and joined themselves to the Enemy were excepted out of the Treaty All others to have Liberty to live in our Quarters or to transport themselves into the Service of any foreign State in Friendship with the Commonwealth of England Whilst the Ambassadors from Holland were in Treaty with the Commissioners appointed by the Parliament to that end the Dutch Fleet consisting of forty three Ships of War commanded by the Heer Van Tromp came into the Downs Major Bourn having with him a Squadron of eight Men of War perceiving two of the Dutch Ships making sail towards him sent to them to demand the Reason of their Approach and an Answer being returned that they had a Message to deliver from Admiral Van Tromp to the English Commander of that Squadron they were permitted to come up to that purpose The Captains of the two Dutch Ships after they had saluted Major Bourn by striking the Flag went on board him and acquainted him that they were sent by their Admiral to let him know that riding with his Fleet near Dunkirk he had lost many Cables and Anchors by bad Weather and was now brought by a North Wind more Southward than he designed of which he thought himself obliged to give him notice to prevent any Misunderstanding Major Bourn told them he was willing to believe what was said and that the Truth of it would best appear by their speedy Retreat With this Answer the two Captains returned to their Fleet which coming within Cannon-shot of Dover-Castle with their Sails up and Flag at the Top-mast not saluting the Fort according to Custom the Garison was constrained to fire three Guns at the Hollanders to put them in mind of their Duty But their Admiral made no Answer and still keeping up his Flag lay in the Road till the next day about Noon at which time he weighed Anchor and set sail towards Calais The rest of the English Fleet consisting only of thirteen Men of War commanded by General Blake who had been upon the Coast of Sussex returning into the Downs soon after the Departure of the Dutch was joined by Major Bourn and those eight Ships he had with him But Admiral Van Tromp being obliged to take care of some rich Merchant Ships bound home to Holland from the Straits returned towards the Downs and being come within Cannon-shot of our Fleet without striking their Flag General Blake commanded three several Guns one after the other to be fired at him Whereupon he answered with one Gun which shot through the English Flag and followed it with a whole Broad-side setting up a red Standard on his Topmast as a Signal to the whole Fleet to prepare to fight The Engagement began about four in the Afternoon and lasted till nine at Night with great Loss to the Enemy and little Damage on our side tho their Fleet was double our Number We took two of their Men of War in the Fight one of which was brought away