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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A79174	A copy of his Highnesse Prince Charles his letter to the commanders of His Majesties forces. With a copy of His Highnesse commission to Collonell Poyer. Also a letter concerning the state of the kingdome. Written by Mr: Hugh Peters, minister of Gods Word.	Charles II, King of England, 1630-1685.; Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.	1648 (1648)	Wing C2948; Thomason E456_24; ESTC R205047	2,889	8

A Copy of his Highnesse Prince Charles HIS LETTER TO THE Commanders of His Majesties Forces WITH A Copy of His Highnesse Commission to Collonell POYER ALSO A Letter Concerning the state of the KINGDOME WRITTEN By Mr: Hugh Peters Minister of Gods Word LONDON Printed by Robert Ibbitson in Smithfield neer the Queenes-head Tavern 1648. HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE CHARLES P. Charles Prince of Great Brittaine Duke of Cornwall and Albaine Highest Captain Generall under His Majesty of all the Forces by Sea and Land within the Kingdome of England and Dominion of VVales To our Trusty and welbeloved Col. John Poyer Greeting WE doe by these presents out of the speciall Trust and confidence Wee repose in you nominate constitute and appoint you to bee Governour for His Majesty of the Towne and Castle of Pembroke and of the Garrison Souldiers Forces and Inhabitants thereof whom we hereby command to obey you in all things as their Governour Giving you full power and authority to command as well the present Garrison of the said Town and Castle as any other or greater Garrison that shall hereafter bee setled there for his Majesties service and to appoint and authorize by Commission all such Officers under you as shall be from time to time necessary for the Government of the said Towne and Castle and for the command of the Garrison and Inhabitants there authorizing and requiring you likewise to keepe and defend with the assistance of the said Garrison or of any other Forces you can get the said Town and Castle for His Majesties use and service against all invasions and attempts whatsoever And for the better defence of the same to adde such New Works as you in your judgement and discretion shall think meet to the Fortification already made as also to doe and execute all such other things and duties as belong to the Office and authority of Governour of the said Town and Castle and as you in your judgement shall think fit for the necessary defence therof and in as large and ample manner as you now hold and exercise the same In the execution whereof and of this our Commission you are to obey and pursue such Orders as you shall from time to time receive from his Majesty from Us or from such person as we shall appoint to be Generall of South Wales or Commander in chiefe of the Army there for the time being Given under our Hand and Seale the 13 of Aprill in the 24 year of the Reign of our Royall Father the King To our Trusty and wel-beloved Col Rice Powel Governour of Tinby Town and Castle and Col John Poyer Governour of Pembroke Town and Castle Charles P. TRusty and wel-beloved we greet you well We have seen your Declaration and received your Letter and are extreamly satisfied with the many Expressions we finde in them of your great zeale and affection to the King our Royall Father and to us We have much reason to be assured of the Loyalty integrity of your intentions when we consider the present conjunctures seasonablenesse of your appearing in Armes and declaring your Selves for his Majesty at this time when the concurrence of others with you in the same good designe may give us more then an ordinary hope of good Successe and that you and they may be a mutuall support and assistance to each other The Answers we have herewith sent to your Propositions will we hope let you see how ready we are to imbrace all things that may give you Encouragement to proceed chearfully constantly in this cause and the modesty you have used therein shall invite us to lay hold of all occasions to obliege persons that Engage themselves in so great an undertaking with such reasonable demands for themselves And we assure you that we shall be carefull to supply and assist you in all things to the uttermost of our power And if it please God to blesse us with successe wee shall endevour by all real effects of kindnesse to let you see how truely sensible we are of your merit and of the obligation we acknowledge to have to you Given at St. Germain Laye the 23 of April 1648. A Letter from Mr. Peters SIR I Have at length gotten an opportunity to write unto you and to give you a true account of the issue of our work being left at Pembroke and Tinby for the setling some things there Briefly both these Towns were very strong Tinby being like a Promontany into the Sea the part without the walls stormed by Overtons Regiament and the Town commanded by Col. Powel yeelded to mercy as you have heard Pembroke the strongest place that ever we sate down before and the Castle even impregnable which after six weeks siege constant rain and much hardship indured by us and them reduced as we desired Viz. 5 to mercy being Leaders 16 to 2 years banishment the rest sent home The Enemy consisting of men of all parts resolute enough keeping it even to the last Many were the providences in that work for which admire Gods goodnesse In taking Chepstow Castle and Town and these other two in all our long march we have lost about 50 or 60 men and only one Major and one Captain The enemies losse hath been great but none of more concernment then Col. Botlems death who was kild at a window by a shot ours at randome Their Interest was wholly changed and from the Parliament fell to the King having the Princes Commission I being commanded in at a hostage and to wait upon Major Generall Laughorn and Poyer I lay in Poyers house and in a Vault there found his Commission and the Princes Letter to him and Powel with a Letter under the Princes owne hand and seale which shews they fought not for Arrears besides all the transactions betwixt the Prince and them together with many other Letters of theirs manifesting the whole designe of this years trouble and the laying every peece of them in all parts of Scotland England and Wales That I can truely say the beating their Army at St. Fagons and taking in this Country hath bin the greatest services we have been in The people are a people meerly deluded by the Name of King and Service-book for their Religion This I call the third testimony God hath given to the world of the integrity of this Army and his presence with it First in the year 1645. where all the Kings power was subdued by it Secondly when the tumults at London caused us to march through the city And Thirdly this yeares commotions which hath been queld by the Army thus exceedingly dispersed Oh that men would yet confesse with us his goodnesse leave off jealousies and wranglings and minde their common interest We are marched back to England leaving a sufficient Force here to maintain what we have gotten And are yet resolved to beare our further witnes as the Lord shall direct us We have contested with so many difficulties in this journey that we may not distrust God in hardships we have wanted bread lain in cold fields constant rain our Guns sunke in the Sea and recovered we had a desperate Enemy and few friends but a mighty God Wee had most of us no pay since we came from London many bare-footed Souldiers yet valiant and unchangeable Wee are amazed at Gods bounty and now are safe at Hereford Glocester c. The honest true-hearted Lieutenant Generall living yet above all reproaches of whom I feare the poore Nation is not worthy Alas Sir we now know where even all the secret Enemies of the Kingdome dwell yea such as we could not have thought to have been Enemies The use I have made of our long being in these parts hath been the discovery of men behinde us in other parts Good is the Lord Sir it was no ridiculous work I was about when I would have joyned Parliament London and the Army together but that City did not know its day nor the Associated counties theirs I wish some Government were designed whether by King or otherwise I desire a blessing upon it that so good a God may bee no further grieved by us Farewell good Friend and remember him who is Swansey 23 July 1648. Excuse my hast Yours and the Kingdomes HUGH PETERS FINIS