Presbytery As now under much-hated Prelacy That much pretended wish'd for reformation Shall have a most apparent confutation From those curs'd crimes London will exercise And grant her even what Form shee can devise For Government either in Church or State But whether doth my Muse thus deviate Rupert the leading having now acquir'd Of such a Party as his heart disir'd Couragious Gallants who did scorn to fly The face of even the proudest enemy Thought that his smaller parties fortitude Might ballance Essex's numerous multitude O! that their temperance had but equalis'd Their valour would Rupert had exercis'd A stricter Discipline and not by force Suffered his stout though too licentious Horse Coine Arms and Horses to extort from those That doubtless but for this nere the Kings foes Had prov'd Indeed plundring intemperance Bacchus his bowles Venus her daliance Were of the Royal party the sole bane How many men surpris'd how many slain Oft in their cupps want want of discipline Our Cause though just made many to decline Yet our Commanders this to tolerate The want of pay did thus necessitate Nor long to us did any such adhear Who in their service mercenary were ☞ By this time Essex numerous Forces were Drawn out of London to North-Hampton where They wait their General 's coming and indeed In number three to one they did exceed The Kings So zealously was London bent Against the King to aid the Parliament Essex arrived with his Army now Coventry Warwick and North-Hampton too Did fortifie Glocester then did stand For th' Parliament under Massies command To Worcester Rupert his Troops doth bring Thinking that City strongly for the King To fortifie But Essex Horse so near Prevents his stay and resolutions there Nevertheless both parties now so near Scorn to retreat as men surpris'd with fear Before their Gallantry they have express'd By skirmishing most fiercely they contest They ride up close and boldly do give fire In one anothers bosoms then retire Others advancing do their rooms supply Their discharg'd Pistols at the heads do fly Then of each other and incontinent Then hand to hand unto the Sword they went Some giving some receiving many a wound Till many a man lay gasping on the ground But Rupert causeth a retreat to sound Lest that the numerous foes should him surround And from this skirmish up his Troops doth bring To Shrewsbury for to attend the King Sands now his Prisoner whose whole Regiment To Rout and Ruine in this Skirmish went That famous River that Sabriua's name From her drown'd in it doth as yet retain Almost surrounds the Town of Shrewsbury His Magazin Mint Coin Artillary His Person too here did the King confide A Town by Art and Nature fortifi'd ☞ During the King 's though short residing here His smaller Forces much augmented were So that hee takes the field fully intent For London but this Essex doth prevent Who with his Force at Worcester did lye And hearing that the King was marching by Draws out his Army and to Coventry After the King directly marcheth hee Resolv'd to fight Such preparations are Made England to ingage in Civil War Whose desperate prologue Muse thou must prepare Indoleful accents now for to declare Now Phoebus did from th' Equinoctial Line His course to the Antartick Pole decline Nor could the cooler air yet qualifie Mens hotter Zeal and desperate fervency To Civil Wars this Fire alone must bee Quenched with blood dolorous Phlebotomie In Warwick-Shire there lies a spacious Plain Pitty that Civil blood should it distain Nere Keinton call'd the vale of the Red Horse Where General Essex with his numerous force Was now arriv'd The Royallists hard by Upon Edge-Hill their near approach discry And there their Troops most gallantly display Putting their Battaile quickly in Array Linsey was Captain General for the King But Ruthen ordered their embattailing The Valliant Linsey with his Pike in hand Led the main Body Rupert did command Those Gallant Troops placed in the right wing Bravely the left Carnarvan on did bring Essex this while embattailed did stand His right Battallions Balfore did command Ramsey his left Hurry this Day did serve In the right wing and was Balfore's reserve Essex a while his Infantry did head Till Meldrum came who on the same did lead Essex now mounted in his Armies sight Thus to the Battail did his men excite ☞ Take Courage Souldiers from your juster cause It 's for Religion Liberty and Laws You fight who would not spend their dearest blood Now for Religion 's sake and England's good What do not Pressures Poles curs'd subsidies Ship-monies Taxes damn'd Monopolies Now Fleece us Subjects for no Soveraign use Impudent by permission grows abuse VVhat is not superstitious innovation Of Romish Rites Cross-Altar-Adoration Obtruded on us have wee not permission Of the Mass-Idol See! the exhibition Of Sports even to the Sabbath 's Prophanation Are authoris'd by Order Proclamation Cards Dice Bowls Tennis Stage-plaies Sabbathsport Are made both in the Country and the Court. Dare mortal men Gods morral Laws withstand VVhat God forbids dare earthly men command O Sinfull daies O impious hellish times VVhen even by Order warranted are Crimes Bad Presidents without indulging Laws Finde too too frequent practise and applause Ambitious Prelates now do arrogate In honours temporal to Officiate Their Romish Doctrines ceremonious guise All pious hearts resent and much despise Nuncio's from Rome to England now resort And much were honoured in our English Court Whither when Jezabel's proud Sons were come They much admir'd in England to finde Rome It 's not against the King that wee declare But those that Authors and Abettors are Of these strange things who will not rather dye Then be insnar'd againe in Popery Even in your looks I easily perceive Your forwardnesse I know you 'l not deceive My expectations for meethinks I see You in pursute and yonder Troops to flee Meethinks I see what numbers we have slain How many prisoners Horse Armes Colours tane How every Souldier is inrich'd with prize What rare inventions London doth devize To grace our Tryumphs how their Bone-fires burn And Bels ring loud to honour our return His wicked councel all dispers'd and fled In Tryumph shall the King himself be led By us unto his London Parliament Who will reward with condigne punishment Most of his wicked party valorous bee Take resolution magnanimity Brave Souldiers and indeed you may confide All these presages shall be verfi'd ☞ At this a prologue to the near dispute Essex the King daringly did salute With a loud Volley of his Ordinance Whose fiery bals near to the King did glance As he from his prospective did survey Their Army in that Valley where they lay And then three acclamations even so high Their Army gave as seem'd to rend the sky ☞ At which brave Linsey soon the King desir'd Leave to go on Saying Essex hath fir'd His Cannons on us and shall we stand still And suffer his great shot our men
to kill Shall we be dared thus by such proud foes And thus our bodies to their Guns expose ☞ To whom the best of Kings sadly reply'd Loath loath I am my Sword should e're be dy'd In civil blood my soul doth much decline These worst of wars are not these people mine If undeceiv'd we suddenly should see Their Arms cast downe they all would come to me ☞ But now more pity fight indeed we must Therefore brave Souldiers that your cause is just I know you are perswaded Loyalty Under your Soveraign's Ensignes here to dye Or conquer doth and did you first ingage How factious Zeal some Sectaries doth inrage Against their King you are not ignorant I hope they 'l see their errours and recant Others that are not such we soon shall see Prove loyal Essex leave and turne to mee Wound not who e're of them before you flies Such are not yours nor yet my enemies And now your magnanimity approve If you your Country or your Soveraigne love See how your King if conquered see no more Your courage utmost valour doth implore They are more numerous let our fortitude Their numbers ballance when they are subdu'd 'T will be our glory that with numbers lesse Wee did their greater conquer on possesse Their Riches Campe Artillery as prize Yonder rich Army I to you demize Win Gold and wear 't my cause 's just intent God now assist as I am innocent The murthering Cannons now began to play VVhos 's so well levell'd bullets made their way Through many a rank heads armes and legs off fly VVhich hit and oft strike dead the standers by The Chain-shot by the middle cuts asunder VVhole Files of men who now in death do wonder How this so wide a passage open stood At once to let out all their vital blood How head and feet leggs and arms in one place By this strange death conjoyn'd should now imbrace From Morterpeeces great Granado's fly VVhich in their fall kill some but to the skye Do in their breath blow up who stand them near From others their dismembred Limbs they tear Others their furious blasts do blow stone-blinde O haplesse men to such sad fates design'd ☞ As a tempestuous Heaven-obscuring shower VVith violence doth Raine or Hail down power VVith Lightnings frequent flashes intermix'd And loud sky-renting Thunder claps betwixt Even so from fire-lock-Pistolls and Carbines The fire like lightning from the sky now shines And fiery Bullets with their thicker flight Obscure the day and antidate the night Sulphurious clouds of smoak toff'd with the winde With fiery flashes glancing through them blinde Both Horse and man so that they cannot see Therefore lesse fear their quick Catastrophy ☞ The King 's Forlorne Dives his Regiment First down the hill couragiously on went Where Major Backstake with his party clears The Hedges lin'd with Essex Musketeers The Royalists then cheerefully discend The hill as bravely Essex doth defend The ground whereon his Army Marshal'd stood Till that red Valley redder became with blood ☞ But like a Lyon greedy of his prey At length their left wing Rupert doth assay VVhose charge most furious and Heroick might Them break and put to a disordered flight Rupert through Keinton in pursute doth ride Then fell to plunder Hurry soon espy'd This fair advantage and with eagernesse Did now on Wilmot and Carnarvan presse Forcing them to give ground Then wheel'd about And fiercely charged on the Royal foot VVhere soon the furious Horse asunder rents Linsey's Bowles Paget's Fieldings Regiments Brave Linsey seeing his in such distresse Rallies a party soon for their redresse And like a Tygar of her whelps depriv'd In thickest Troopes of Armed foes arriv'd Most valliantly thousands doth kill or wound Yet him the numerous foes at length surround ☞ But when his Son renowned Willowby His Father thus encompassed did see He rides up with his Troopes gave such a charge As soon his noble Father did enlarge But wounded soon too soon alas he dy'd A fatal losse unto the Royal side ☞ The Royal Standard Balfores Troopes had tane Varney the Standard-bearer being slain A valiant Gentleman who this espy'd Gallantly through their thickest Ranks did ride And there the new Possessor having slain The Standard Royal bravely did re-gaine For which brave exploit Knight and Barronet The King bedub'd him Balfore hard beset With our fresh Troops most bravely was assail'd And made give ground The Royalists prevail'd Sometimes and sometimes Essex Dubious Was Fortune whom to make victorious ☞ By this that spacious Valley was bespread With heaps of Men and Horses that lay dead From several wounds the several streams of blood Increased to an overspreading Flood Whose stronger currents to the lower ground Drove down some bodys now both kild drownd Thus many deaths poor mortals do attend VVhen one's sufficient to inforce their end Here might you hear the sad laments and moans In doleful accents of their dying groans Some execrating their Nativity Others that Fatal day Reveng'd to bee Some vow'd and with their Swords about them laid Now even in Death Some boldly did upbraid The Parliaments Pretences feign'd some swore And off their heads their hair they fiercely tore Some Pray'd and were exceeding Penitent Such several humours dying men present VVho late against each other boldly fought Their Reconciliation Death had wrought VVhose blood dispended falling in one place Kindly now arm in arm by Death imbrace Here might you see a bullet-galled steed Now of his wounded or dead rider free'd Fiercely run through the field and oft out-tread The bowels of the living and the dead Here might you see two armed Gallants met Their courage sharper than their swords was whet By vow'd revenge much hotter was their ire Than from their clashing swords that sparkling fire Whose courage strength dexterity and art Byinter-courses each did play their part Till blood and strength expended these two foes Upon that bed of honour both repose Whose streaming blood could not be intermix'd Such strong antipathy was them betwixt ☞ A Cockney whom blinde zeal-did much inflame Essex to serve a Volunteer late came Who to his fellows vaunted they should see The wicked none pursuing for to flee Tomkins said true the Cannons 'gan to play Down went his Arms and streight he ran away A flying peece of a Granado-shell Stroke Simpson into th' back who dead down fell Speaking these words then with his latest winde 'T is base and cowardly for to strike behinde ☞ A welsh-man who came as a Volunteer Hur King to serve proudly did dominere Before the fight vowing that hur would slay All Rebell-Round-heads that came in hur way Essex himself should not escape hur hand If that he durst till hur came to him stand Essex might long have stood Taffy was gone Before the fight and so kill'd ne're a one For when he heard the Cannons 'gin to play Down went his Bill and streight he ran away Swearing by got in English he could swear He ne're
Tryumphs of that day ☞ Out of the high Town the Defendants power Upon their heads a most stupendious shower Of great Granado's which the low Town fire About their ears Fairfax doth much admire Their Courage for a second storm prepares Yet more for 's own security than theirs Offers conditions which refus'd they rear Their Ladders and go on but bravely were Repulsed with th' effusion of much blood On heaps they lye now dead their Ladders stood Forsaken and the Trenches round were fill'd Now with the Arms and bodies of their kill'd Fairfax thus beat his thoughts doth soon Reflect Upon a new design which took effect Numbers of Iron Bullets straight they make Which shot red hot straw Hay and Houses take A sudden fire the Town 's all on a flame Eliot to treat for the Defendants came But Fairfax all his offers now refus'd Telling him they his patience had abus'd And that indeed he 'l put them all to sword Or burn them there Yet doth recall his word And grant them with their lives to march away Thus of that Town to ground burn'd both parts lay No house or harbour the poor Townsmen had Of Civil wars a spectacle most sad Hence unto Bath Fairfax directs his way Rich with his Forelorne did the Town assay Gaining some out-works e're the General came But on these tearms Bridges doth yeild the same That he and his in war-like posture should To Bristol march To Shearburn that strong hold Next Fairfax came of which being deny'd His Mines and Batteries for a while he ply'd Vaine were his Mines his Batteries do prevaile Making wide breaches on they go and scale In furious wise The Cannons while they plaid Had the Defendants not so much dismaid But Dives bids them fight and lets them know In valour their security all now Consisted But the enemies on presse On every side the Castle they distresse Those walls not able longer them to shield They beat a Parley and on tearms do yeild ☞ Bristol before the General next sate down Boldly of Rupert doth demand the Town Yet e're the summons Rupert sallyed out And from the fired Suburbs beat their Foot But on again they come the works down tear With thundering shot the Moats all filled were With Faggots then they force their bloody way Up Ladders and in spight of fate Display Their Colours on those works from whence they beat The Royalists Rupert makes his retreat Into the Castle but thus yeilds next day That Souldier-like he march with his away ☞ Next the Fairfaxians before Dartsmouth came To whom when Pollard had deny'd the same Incourag'd with successes on they go What walls or works can keep out such a foe Hammonds Brigade first enter on the West The Gate-House with mount Flagon soon possest Forward they go Pride had like prosperous Fate Having now entred at the Northern Gate Through every street they force their bloody way Kingsworth alone as yet did hold them play But as of blood they had been Prodigal Or scorn'd their lives most furiously they all With mounted Ladders this strong Fort assay Twelve murthering Guns at once upon them play And numerous Vollies of dead wounding shot But mounts they 'l raise of corps rather then not Now conquer But all the Defendants tyr'd With killing these Conditions yet acquir'd Unto the Castle safe to march away Which Castle fiercely they assail next day The storme so bloody the Defendants crave Their lives and liberties alone to have Which Fairfax Nobly grants And marcheth hence To Exeter where wee his excellence Shall leave a while Cromwel and he now were Parted two Suns could not shine in one Sphere ☞ On the Devises Cromwel first Designes The Governour his offers all declines Which made him on a desperate battery fall After a while down tumbling comes the wall And the Defendants a surrender make To Winchester Cromwel doth then betake Himself the Gates against him there are bar'd To which his men affixing a Pittard With other combustibles burn them down And in despight make entrance on the Town The Castle which to the Defendants fled Is to some purpose by him battered That the within besieg'd for tearms do suo Which granted Unto Basing Cromwel drew His great Artillery Batteries soon they make And then the House to storm they undertake Had all been Cromwells had all thought upon out A Crown as he sure not more fiercely on They could have gone That house that had stood Both many a siege and many a bloody bout By force they enter The Defendants crave Quarter alone which Cromwel nobly gave But who the prize can value taken here Let 's leav 't to Cromwell for we must And hear A while the exploits of the Scots By this Near Hereford arriv'd Cannon-Froom is The place which first to storme they do accord Which they perform putting the most to Sword Within that house to Hereford next came Leaven with all his Mercenary traine Their lines they draw Mounts raise batter the wall With thundering shot imploy their Miners all Under the ground of Ladders store provide Yet by all this not one whit terrify'd Are the Defendants Mines they counter-mine Their battered walls with earth they counter-line On the Besiegers often sallying out Many they kill oft put whole Guards to rout But when the Louns heard how the King drew near They quit their fiege and North-ward march forfear Hereford-shire of these Scotch guests may rue Their curses even to this day them pursue ☞ The King this while imbodied had of Horse With some Dragoons no Despicable force And late to Worcester advancing near Even at his name the Scots had fled for fear From Hereford From hence the King went East And here and there some enemies supprest At Huntington arriv'd the Town he won Some put to sword at entrance then we come By Cambridge and so unto Oxford went After a while the King is fully bent West-Chester's siege to raise thither we go Skirted still in our marches by the foe At length on Routon-Heath West-Chester near Arriv'd we make a holt Pointz doth appear After a while and boldly doth assail Our now imbattail'd Horse who shall prevail Is dubious for a while Hot the dispute At length they flye we follow in pursute Many are tane and kill'd but in our Rear Louthian and Jones do suddenly appear With a fresh party both of Horse and Foot Drawn from the siege Pointz Rallies wheels about As soon as e're their signal Cannons play Our Front and Rear at once they do assay With a fierce charge Ours did what men could do But in conclusion with the numerous foe O're press'd we fly many of ours they kill And numbers take Churches with these they fill Where Hunger-starv'd they keep them to repent And grow Religious as the Parliament The King with hundreds more from this sad fight Arriv'd at Chester where we lodge that night Then into Wales again take our recourse After a while some two Brigades
Worcester wee came a Seige hard by Wee rais'd into a Church some Rebels fly Leaving some Cannons which wee soon possest The Church wee enter earnestly request Those in the Steeple Quarter for to take But they refusing under them wee make A mighty fire and leave them there to burn Or break their necks to Bramiard wee return And so do march about but our Design Was with some Horse our selves for to combine At Farrington and so an Army make At length our marches thither-ward wee take ☞ Morgan and Brearton follow in our Rear Whom for to fight at Stow inforc'd wee were For having Skirmish'd with them there that night When the swift houres induce the morning light Of Horse and Foot their Bodies wee Discry Our General said Souldiers let 's nobly Dye Or Conquer now 't is base to turn and fly This will bring shame or else Captivity The other fame the Kings condition 's low To raise it let 's our hands and lives bestow Suppose his Majesty stood you before And did your utmost courage now implore Suppose as Forlorn Prisoners now of Warr Led all wee were by the proud Conquerer To nasty Gaols there scorn'd and Hunger starv'd And might from all these miseries bee preserv'd By Valour nay suppose they should Decree That wee should hang'd bee for our Loyalty For they of Loyalty can Treason make If wee bee vanquish'd rather courage take And these by a more noble Death prevent This said with resolution on wee went As scorning wounds and death up to the face Of th' Enemy Pistols are fir'd a pace Some of their Bodies soon wee put to rout Nor with less Gallantry on went our Foot Levelling their thick-vollied shot so well That numbers of the Enemy there fell Indeed both Horse and Foot had here exprest Such bravery as the Enemy confest Their number not their Valour won the Day Lucas did here there Vaughan did assay Fresh parties while that these wee Dissipate Hydra-like shee new Heads repullulate At length our Foot the Enemy surround Our Horse ore-power'd inforc'd are to give ground And after to inlarge to open flight Some fifteen hundred tane were in this fight ' Mongst whom our General who aloud did say Your work 's now done put up your swords play For now no Army had the King on field Dennington to the Foe stout Bloys doth yeild This while Barnstable also they possest Ruthen and Woodstock too Now from the West Comes Fairfax before Oxford doth sit down Which hitherto block'd up had been by Brown To take the King Fairfax did think to have The Glory but the King doth him deceive Who in disguise Oxford alas forsook And to the Scots at Newark Siege betook Himself the Scots having receiv'd the King From Newark rise him to New-Castle bring Five months ' gainst Newark had the siege now laid Fiercely the Town oft times had been assai'd Sand-fort the Scots had now some time possest Th' English and they in their attempts contest Who should most active bee Granado's store Shot on the Town their thundering Cannons roar Against the Castle Houses down are burn'd Sinite and Trent are from their Channels turn'd And nothing unattempted for to win The Town No whit less active those within Make many sallies bold upon the Foe The Quarters of the Scots sometimes into They fall with fire and sword sometimes they try Rossiter Pointz or Copley's Gallantry At every sally slain are more or less Each enterprize was Growned with success On the Defendants part but Fatal still Th' Assaillants to his Majesty doth will Bellas to yeild And Tearms concluded are Then to the North the King and Scots repair Where ah good King with this perfideous crew Wee leave him Southern actions to review Finis Libri Septimi THE ENGLISH CIVIL VVARRS BOOK VIII The Contents The Royal Garisons distress'd much are The Scots the King do sell The second Warr. Horton doth Poyer and Lang-horn both defeat The London and the Kentish Forces beat Barwick and Carlisle Langdale doth surprize Duke Hamilton ' s succesless enterprize The Kirk late Cromwels Foes with him now side Colchester tane Cromwels curs'd Regicide WEe that from Stow routed of late had fled In diverse Holds are now beleagured With Sieges close the Enemies distrest Even all those Garrisons that wee possest Dudley against Brearton a while had laid Many Granado's on the Castle plaid Of mines and batteries too use hee did make When none of these nor yet them all would take Levison doubting of releif doth yeild ☞ Not yet our hopes on no grounds did we build Wee did presume that the Kings presence might The Scots into an understanding right Of these late bloody differences induce Wee did presume the Irish might take Truce With one another and their Forces bring England into for to assist the King Some hopes wee had too of Domestick Jarrs 'Twixt Independents and the Presbyters But all our hopes and expectations fail'd With fire and sword the Enemy assail'd Bridg-north this while not one house i' th high town Except in rocks but burned were all down The town or rather now no town thus won The least part of their work they had not done For from the Castle oft wee sallied out One Colour took and put whole Guards to rout Scarce Pistol shot a barn stood from the wall In which a Guard they kept on this wee fall Kill some beat out the rest and then return But first the Barn down to the ground wee burn The Church th' Assailants made their Magazin For Powder while Alarm'd they pressed in A spark that from a lighted match did fly Their Powder fir'd which sacralegiously Rent off the Church the timber and the Lead Some scores blown blind some scores stricken quite dead Here of their men those that had burn'd the Town Burn'd were i' th Church and to the clouds up blown Like fiery meteors down their bodies came Their cloaths and hair all in a smoaking flame Five hundred of their battering shot each day Fiercely against our walls th' Assaillants play Of great Granado's too full many a flight They sent into these walls us to afright And in those Rocks their miners did imploy Us in a blast Sulphureous to destroy As many of themselves i' th Church late were But our Provisions to an end grow near On tearms wee yeild which tearms they falsifi'd Those march on foot who promise had to ride No Martial Law th' insulting Foes regard Of recompence they think us quite debar'd Hence to the Scots many of us repair Who gave us words made promises full fair But their performances their mindes discry'd 'T is bad to trust such as wee have not try'd This wee may say their dealing was with us Their words full fair their acts perfideous ☞ Though many a futious Battery Bloody bout Couragiously Banberry had stood out Her Foes and famine now grow prevalent Needs must shee yeild though much shee it resent The Valiant Byron was again
Fight but into Colchester Do fly beseig'd by Fairfax Parties are Combin'd at Kingston upon Thames and led By Holland whose designs discovered Roured they are to purpose many tane And that young Lord stout Francis Villiers slain Brother to Buckingham who did escape Then to beyond Seas straight himself betake ☞ Langdale this while did in the North surprize Carlisle and Berwick and with him do rise Many the Northern Gentry whom unto Advanceth the Scots Generalissimo Hamilton with his numerous Regiments Lilburn of Tinmoth also now resents Rebellion and doth for the King declare But a short time for a Siege to prepare To him and his doth Hasleridge afford The place hee storms and puts them all to sword The other Lilburn did this while surprize Some hundreds of brave Gallants who did rise Near Anwick for the King To Apleby Hamilton comes Lambert and his do fly With some small loss o're Stain-more but their way To make through Lancashire the Scots assay With Langdale As they march they do declare The King from thrall resolv'd to free they are But when the King heard who did thus ingage Successess their design hee did presage But Cromwel having Pembrook lately won And all his Western work ' gainst Poyer now don North-ward by expeditious Marches flies Lambert near Skipton with his Forces lies Conjoyn'd ten thousand strong upon the Scot Directly they advance that fight was not Defer'd whereof the King presaged true And the Scots their sad expedition rue Cromwel goes forward Lancashire into Near Preston his Forlorn ingage the Foe But e're the Scots will draw their Forces out Langdale's expos'd unto a total Rout Then charge the Scots thinking to bear away The Victory and sole Glory of the Day But no such facill thing it was to beat Cromwel the Scots are forced to retreat Into the Town Cromwels Horse them pursue Soon clear the Streets and numbers of them slew The Duke doth with a stand of Pikes maintan The Bridge till many of his men were slain And till the wish'd obscurity of night Gave him advantage of a further flight With execution great pursu'd those were Who fled to Lancaster-ward every where Great heaps of slaughter'd Scots by th' way do lye To Wiggon-ward this night the Duke doth slye Yet a strong Barn hee manned by the way This for a while Cromwels pursuit doth stay And did some execution on his Horse But for to yeild on mercy they inforce The Scots who from them little mercy finde From Wiggon the third day the Duke design'd For Warrington but by the way of ground Having a plot most advantagious found They make a stand so fierce a fight maintain That Roundheads there are full a thousand slain In half a hour the rest reacy to flye At which Cromwel ride up aloud doth cry Come follow mee and on himself then goes Leaping the Hedge t' amongst the thickest Foes Of whom some hundreds on the place are slain And full two thousand of them Prisoners tane The routed Scots straight to the Bridgeward make The Duke with all his Horse doth here forsake His Foot which at the Bridge delivered are With all their Arms as Prisoners sad of War By Bayley unto Cromwel who did go North-ward tryumphantly to meet Monroe ☞ Hamilton to Nantwatch directly flies Against him every where the Country rise At Uxiter Lord Gray doth him inforce Himself to yeild with nigh three thousand Horse Thus are his men all routed tane or dead And hee himself adjudg'd to lose his head Heaven in their kinde the Scots repay now would Who sold the King by multitudes are sold ☞ Cromwel by this had Barwick bounds acquir'd Monroe for Scotland had again retir'd And the Kirk party do most Zealously The Dukes late expedition curse decry At Edenburge they feast applause and stile Cromwel the man who now could reconcile Their Differences whose presence prowess wit Made the Malignant party now submit For Lannerick and Monroe are forc'd t' agree Now with Arguile the Kirk Presbytery With Cromwels part but late Sectarians stil'd The Kirk's cemented and fresh reconcil'd Thus Proteus-like the Kirk's even what you list An Hamiltonian or a Cromwellist ☞ Barwick and Carlisle too delivered are To Cromwel who for England doth repair Tryumphantly Scarborough and Pomfret's won ☞ Though the Colchestrians act what might be don By art or valour in their own Defence Though with his Fleet the Prince not far from thence Hover'd at Sea yet Famine doth prevail All expectations of releif them fail And yeild they must to Fairfax whose Decree Was Lisle and Lucas shot to Death should bee And thus in short wee end the second War ☞ Cromwel his hopes no longer will defer Cobbet is sent to Carisborough for the King To Hurst and then to Winsor they him bring ☞ Of Justice an High Court they then erect A thing most unjust horrid these effect Their King arraign condemn and execute What Hell-hounds thus did Cromwels purpose suit What Judge durst Sentence pass so Impious Was there no Gods that had respect to us Or to our King what will the powers Divine Their Vengeance from such Miscreants heads decline If such acts irreligious shall go free Who will beleeve there 's any Deity Or that these things sublunary at all Under cognizance of the Gods do fall The Gods on Mortals can inflict no wrath Jove's but a fiction and no thunder hath Tisiphone there no such Fury is Hell 's but a fable and her Nemesis No matter whether Heaven wee love or hate There 's no such place all things are rul'd by Fate Ah! whether doth my passion mee transport Justice dispenc'd will be from Heavens high Court On the High Court of Justice blood for blood Cryes out aloud and will bee understood Revenge whereof although the Gods delay It 's with more Fury that they may repay Their Miscreant Enemies and make them know They have respect to things done here below Finis Libri Octavi A TABLE Of the most remarkable passages contained in this Book MEldrum's first sally upon the Kings Leagure at Hull pag. 22. A second sally ibid. The King sets up his Standard Royal at Nottingham pag. 29. The King's speech to his Army pag. 30 Prince Rupert's Character p. 32. Prince Morice his Character ib. Worcesters fight p. 35 Sir Lewis Dives and Prince Rupert set upon Essex his Army p. 42 Mr. John Smith regains the Royal Standard p. 43 The Kings Proclamation of pardon to all that shall return to their Allegiance p. 48 Blake hanged p. 49 Banbury yeilded to the King p. 50 Broughton-house yeilded to Rupert ib. Brainford Battle ib. Sudeley Castle yeilded to Massy by Bridges the Governour p. 51 Cirincester stormed by Rupert ib. Prince Rupert summons Glocester p. 52 Some Irish land ib. Herbert and Massy fight ib. Massy routs Carey ib. Massy beat off from Beverston ib. More Irish Land ib. Herbert Digby and Winter block up Glocester p. 53 The Earl of VVorcester summons Glocefter ib. Massy
but fail Hartpury near Some few of Mins Rear-guard surprized were But near to Elderfield their whole Brigade Advance and there their Ambuscado's laid Lining the hedges with their Musketiers Their Horse stand in their Front Massie appears Next morning chargeth Mins Horse soon retire Thinking their Ambuscado's should give fire Upon the now advancing Enemy And so they did but forc'd at length to fly Min with two-hundred on the turfe were slain And near three hundred Prisoners of them tane Wounded and taken Passer was also Slain Min's Brigade as hee came posting to To let them know more Forces were at hand And though those follow under his command Yet their pursuit was vain the feat was done And Massie with his prize and prisoners gone ☞ Rupert Ast-ferry to secure intent Six hundred Horse and Foot thither had sent These for their Guard intrench that neck of land That Wye and Severn's confluence 'twixt did stand Massie this hears and therefore doth Designe Thence to inforce them ere their works and Line Perfected are thither therefore hee went A Squadron of his Musketiers are sent Privately on Ruperts men them discry And at them all their Guards at once let fly In a loud Volly all their shot again Ere they could charge Massie's Forlorn amain Now mount their works then his reserves on came A bloody fight both parts a while maintain But in conclusion Massie got the Day Except whose heels and Boats bore them away All slain and Prisoners are So various are These sad successes of this Civil Warr. Kirle to Massie Monmoth had betrai'd Which to effect thus they their plot had laid Massie to Monmoth first advanceth near Then feigns a Post him to recall they hear In Monmoth Massie's gone Draw out pursue Kirle commands this party who well knew Where Massies Ambuscado's now were laid Thither hee leads his party all betraid And now surrounded yeild to Massie then To Monmoth with a part of Massie's men Kirle returns saying these Prisoners were They on the Gates But behold in the Reat Massie comes up then Kirle and those got in Declare themselves to wound and kill begin The Guard let down the bridge Massie comes ore The Garrison they instantly ore power The Governour advantaged by night With many more escape their hands by flight Broughton intends Godridge to fortifie Hereford Forces his design discry Draw out the first assault they on it make Broughton and all his men they Prisoners take Now Massies Horse to Monmoth quartering near Bravely assaild by valiant Blaxton were Many hee took many of them were slain Yet fresh supplies came up and back again Blaxton inforce with loss Massie also With Gerrard and with Winter had to do Skirmishing oft Massie from Monmoth gone Throgmorton had the Regiment alone And Drawing out on Chepstow to attempt From Ragland and from Godridge some are sent Who in Throgmorton's absence now devise A Stratagem Monmoth again surprize What Treachery lost Policy bravely won These nobly did but Kirle had basely done ☞ Stephens Raudon to releeve flies with his Horse To give him ground doth the besiegers force Whilst hee alights makes merry with his friends Renowned Ashley a strong party sends They block him up who others thought to free From a straight siege besieg'd himself is hee And all together yeild so excellent Such Stratagems was Ashley to invent ☞ Manchester Essex Waller all combine Forces the King for to surround near Spine They randezvow then off their Horse they Draw First to inforce the Royalists from Shaw A hot dispute Prince Morice Horse and they Maintain with loss on both parts all that Day Nor did their thundering Cannons cease the while Some men they kill some houses they untile And with those tiles oft strike some Souldiers Dead Then for a Mill on Kennet next they plead Where many Royallists surpriz'd and slain That Mill and passage the Essexians gain Till noble Ashley with his Valiant Foot Came up the Foes put all to flight and rout And many in the River Drown'd regain'd The Mill and Passage Bennet too maintain'd Waller against a bloody fight Whose Horse For to retire Leggs Chavalry inforce Yet rallying Legg did bravely charge again Routs Essex's Life-guard whose Commander slain By Bennet was The Duke of Yorke's Brigade Led on by Leagure gallant service made Thus on the West of Newberry went the game ☞ But on the East the bold Essexians came With confidence and resolution on And noble Goring pressed sore upon Who did with courage no whit less oppose The numerous and as yet prevailing Foes Till on goes Cleaveland with his own Brigade And those insulting Foes to fly soon made In this same charge was Major Urry slain And Cleaveland's self that Noble Earl was tane ☞ Manchester's men this while on the North-East To Shaw-ward in this bloody fight the least Part had not mannag'd where Renowned Lisle Had bravely kept them Martial play this while Astley and Brown here service brave had done And had some Cannons from the Rebels wone Thus was this fight maintained in a round Till with dead corps that blood-ore-flowing ground Newberry on each side lay thick bespread And Kennets ruddy streams discoloured With several rivulets of crimson blood United and augmented to a flood Nor on the Day alone here did they fight But in loud Vollies fired all the night The Ecchoes of their thundering Guns loud cries In Doleful accents from those woods replies And neighboring vales tumult licentious rage Fills every place here armed Troops ingage There great Battailions of brave Infantry With Death-Defying magnanimity The Earth seem'd for to tremble and rebound Whereon the prauncing Horse did charge a wound Brainford receiv'd i' th' mouth Alford i' th' thigh Leagure and Leak stout Royalists here Dye Their honour lost in Cornwall to regain The Roundheads fight the Kings part to maintain Their Honour got the motives equal were Courage to breed and to exempt all fear ☞ A Cornish Foot man slipt and got a fall As hee was running nigh a Garden wall Even at that time that a thick flight of shot Came whistleing ore his head hee swore by Got That hee was slain and panting there hee said For Saints and Souls Desiring his Comrade Him there to Bury But to search his wound A Surgeon came behold none could be found They bid him rise and fight for nought him ail'd But all their words with him nothing prevail'd Rather said hee Inter mee here alive Then I should in such Dangerous times survive Cold grew his limbs his pulse beat weak his breath Fetch'd thick at length hee Dies for fear of Death ☞ Dubious as yet was victory whom to grace With her triumphant Palms for in one place The King prevails takes Cannon when hard by The like success attends the Enemy Here might you see some fly others pursue Fresh Horse advance those victors late subdue Both sides had Ensigns Cannons Prisoners tane Numbers of both parts on the field lay slain Dubious
it was to whom to attribute Victory in this so late and fierce Dispute Yet Trophies more on the Kings part appear Now marching off for Wallingford whose Rear Till midnight on that bloody place did stay And then without Disturbance march away ☞ Basing had been besieg'd nigh half a year Many th' assaults many the batteries were Against it made yet those attempts all vain Defendants few numerous assailants slain Many assaults Waller upon it made Who six whole weeks battering before it laid Then Norton's Morley's Onslow's Forces come Out the Defendants Sally oft kill some At each adventure but at length the King Sends them releif which on stout Gage did bring On Chidnam-down Norton and hee doth meet And with a gallant Charge most nobly greet Each other In conclusion Norton flies Basing-house furnish'd is with all supplies Now necessary Gage doth back retreat Johnson and Cufford Sallying out did beat Up Onflows Quarters many Prisoners tane One Demi-culvering with some hundreds slain But the besiegers rally and again Renew their Siege To whom Manchester came With a great Army yet here did not stay But to meet Essex marched straight away When the besiegers heard of Essex fate In Cornwall and that battail passed late At Newberry with the Kings approach they fire Their Hutts and rise to Reading straight retire ☞ Winter intends a passage upon Wye For his advantages to fortifie But Massi'es forces all upon him came Put him to rout Gamne and Vangerris slain And Pore of Barkley drown'd the Prisoners were Many though Winter's self escaped here ☞ Shrewsbury to surprize Mitton had laid His project which now took some say betray'd Into his hands that Town and Castle were Great was the losse the King sustained here Commanders many of great dignity Arms Ammunition Men Artillery Abundance here were tane Plimouth also Surrendred had to her beseiging foe Weymouth was yielded too even every where Sharpe seidges bloody skirmishes there were So active Mars was on the Southern Stage ☞ No whit lesse furious was his Northern rage New-Castle's numerous Forces now advance Haward to Pras-bridge comes whose fatal chance Was there for to be slain Hotham that day Had fac'd at night draws off marching away New-Castle comes to York where Cumberland Conjoyns these forces under his command To Tadcaster they march where the bold foes Fairfax and Hotham's forces them oppose The Town well nigh New Castle 's men had got Till Lister's men though Lister's self was shot Did in disorder beat them back again About a hundred Royalist here slain Fairfax at night the fight maintain'd all day Clear quitts the Town for Selby march'd away ☞ Young Fairfax with his Troops from Bradford came To Leeds and fiercely did assault the same After some hours dispute the Town they winne Many are slain and tane of those within Savile doth flie to Pomfret Beamount drown'd In swiming Ayre Briggs here receiv'd a wound And so did Leigh some twenty of these slain Fairfax his Horse Foot and his Club-arm'd train To Sea-croft leads after a sharp dispute Routed is Fairfax nigh to Leeds pursute After his dispersed men the conquerers make Many they kill great numbers Prisoners take Wentworth with his Brigade at Wakefield laid Fairfax comes thither doth the Town invade All Wentworth's men just as the Trojeans here Drunk or asleep in bed surprized were Though Wentworth scap'd the Prisoners taken thus Then the assailants were more numerous Chamley the Quarters of the Cavaliers Oft with successe attempted when he hears Slingsby at Gisborough to be resident Bointon and he conjoyned thither went After a sharp encounter Slingsby's tane With nigh two hundred more many are slain Many the Arms the Royalists lost here ☞ Active the Royalists at Latham were Before Manchester did Lord Strange Display His new-rais'd forces but was beat away Thence with some losse alas who can declare All the occurrences of this sad Warre The valiant Tinsley did with sword and fire Lancaster fall upon the Rogues retire Out of those flaming streets discoloured With blood and with dead corps also bespread Then on the Castle Tinsley makes assay But leaves it and for York-shire march'd away Girlington stout Thirlan his house maintain'd ' Gainst a sharpe siedge yet was at length constrain'd On tearms for to surrender Horneby too Had yeilded to the now prevailing foe Leviston with his valiant Skiptoneers To Setle came the Town assaults Briggs fears His men would not hold out up th'hills he flies Onely some three in this dispute there dyes After a while Briggs did to Skipton near Conjoyn'd with some of Hothams Troops appear At Carleton or Kildwick these remaine Often they skirmish often some are slain In Richmond-shire the noble Darcy had Agallant Regiment in blew-Coats clad Under blew Colours raised for the King Which Regiment he doth to Skipton bring With these conjoyn'd ' gainst Thornton-Hall we go Make an attempt out thence to beat the foe But neither House nor Barns scarce once hit were At twenty shots by our blinde Cannonier Whilst some Dragoons alight on foot to play Some of our horse the foes had stoln away Onely some Barns we at this bout did fire And thence for Skipton with some losse retire ☞ To Thornton-Hall that Country that lay near Much dis-affected to the Kings part were Clowns for the most part sturdy savage rude Whom fair pretences did trapan delude And court into Rebellion these did fear Cause some that all of us even Papists were Their whineing Preachers made them think the King Strange innovations on the Church would bring And that his studies all he did imploy The Laws to change Propriety destroy And on the contrary they did pretend The Parliament the country would befriend Popery rout out make them a people free From any Tax from any Subsidy And all their charges in these Warres defray These things they did the clear contrary way And still their exhortations thus did end Your Coine and Plate on publick Faith now lend The Parliament is on your good intent O freely then aid you the Parliament Such fair pretences promises untrue To sad rebellion multitudes soon drew And did much Coin into their Coffers bring To mannage these late warres against the King Finis Libri Quarti THE English CIVIL WARRS BOOK V. The Contents Atherton fight Hulls Siedge yet these between At Gainsborough and Nantwitch do interveene Some actions Winsby fight Hulls siedge doth rise New Castle meets old Levens enterprize Invading England his Oration His Covenanters to Bowden-Hills on And Pinshaw Skirmishes Corbridge dispute Fairfax 's forces mightily recruite In York-shire Selby stormed is by them Renowned Redman's Cauwoods Stratagem NEw-Castle had receiv'd a brave supply Of Arms Commanders great Artillery Late from the Queen against Bradford then we go That town devoted so much to the foe That scarce a Royalist in it was found The place is situate on declining ground A craggy River on the South doth glide With Bulworks strong the Town was fortifi'd