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enemy_n	army_n	horse_n	regiment_n	1,230	5	9.4676	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85266	An extraordinary deliverance, from a cruell plot, and bloudy massacre contrived by the malignants in Bristoll, for the delivering up the said city to Prince Rupert and his forces; but discovered by Gods goodnesse two houres before it should have beene acted, the chiefe conspirators taken, and imprisoned in the castle. Fully and exactly related in a letter from Colonell Fines commander in chiefe there, to the Right Honorable the Lord Say; and three letters more, read at a conference of the Lords and Commons on Tuesday, March 14. 1642. Die Martis, 14 Martii. 1642. Ordered by the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament, that these letters shall be forthwith printed and published. Io. Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.	Fiennes, Nathaniel, 1607 or 8-1669.; E. H.; R. A.; Reverend minister now residing in Bristoll.	1643 (1643)	Wing F873; Thomason E93_10; ESTC R18611	5,765	15

My Lord I Am so full of businesse that I cannot write to your Lordship but very briefly It hath pleased God to give us an extraordinary deliverance from a cruell conspiracie and massacre from malignants within the City and from a powerful invasion from without by Prince Rupert and all his forces God discovered unto us the conspiracie some two houres before it was to be acted we tooke the chief actors with their Armes and preparations in severall houses by threescores and forties in a house we have layed them safe in the Castle and the Enemy after two or three Cannon shot perceiving that the plot within the Towne whereon they depended was discovered wheeled about and left us in some haste fearing we should fall upon their reare and indeed foure of my Troopers chased seven of theirs tooke foure of their Horses their Armes and Cloakes and forced them into a River to save their lives Whosoever shall consider the condition this Town was in in respect of the townsmen and in respect of the Garrison one Regiment viz. Col. Essex'es something disteinpered by their Collonels removall especially the Officers although they did very good service with great diligence and the other Regiments being raw Souldiers and hardly having one old souldier for an Officer amongst them all and how I was without money without counsell and without experience in my owne particular for matters of this nature must upon these and many other considerations conclude that though as I writ in my last to your Lordship that it is not to be expected that I should do miracles yet God hath been pleased to preserve me almost by a miracle the praise and glory of this good successe being only due to him And it is very probable that Prince Rupert will make another attempt upon this City which is of infinite consequence to them and without a good proportion of men it cannot be defended it will require 1500 or 2000 men to be upon the guard constantly to make a sufficient guard there is no better way then to have here a body of an Army of four or five thousand men at the least which when the Enemy approaches may have recourse to the City and at other times may disperce it self to the defence of the adjacent Counties My Lord never did man make such shifts for money as I doe my Regiment of Horse Col. Essex his Regiment of Foot Col. Hungerfords Regiment and part of Col. Pophams lieth upon me besides many great incident charges which in this case must needs be borne by him that commands in chiefe I beseech your Lordship to consider me and let us have money at least if we cannot have both money and men both which we want I shall shortly send your Lordship and my Lord Generall to whom I humblie beseech your Lordship to excuse me that I do not write at this time for I am not willing to make an imperfect Relation and I have hardly time to eate drinke or sleepe or scarce to turne my selfe and I will also send the examinations of the prisoners in the Castle which are wellneere 60 with all the passages of this great deliverance from a most bloody massacre for which the Major and Aldermen and Councell of this City are very desirous to joyn with me in a day of publike thanksgiving in this City March 11. 1642. Your Lordships most obedient sonne Nath. Fiennes SIR I Cannot omit to give you a hint of our condition and what hath passed among us this wéeke on Sunday night last we had an Alarum Prince Rupert with a force was come against the City with some two thousand Horse as is reported accompained with his Brother Prince Maurice and Lord George Digby and other Noblemen they came with considence of an easy entrance and therefore brought no great Guns they expected supply from our Malignants which it séemes was promised on Monday they faced our workes where Colonell Fines sounded a Trumpet having with him onely a Troope of Horse at night they retreated and next day being Tuesday they appeared againe waiting the issue of a Treasonable Plot which some of our wretched Citizens had assured to performe This and Sir William Wallers not comming together with the aduantage of a good part of our Forces gon to Sherborne and our works not finished of all which they had a dayly account made them build upon an easy conquest On Tuesday night whilst the City was in a continued Alarum it pleased God so to blesse the painfull watchfull diligence of Colonell Fines that the Treason was discovered and the chiefe Actors taken with al their preparation which is one Robert Yeomons one of the Sheriffe● the last yeere and George Butcher both Merchants who are now imprisoned in the Castle with many more others are fled and since séene in the Kings Army and some are hid and every day new ones discovered and secuted I cannot write you now at large they being this day in examination but in briefe it was thus they had concealed many Armed-men in Houses and fitted them with all things necessary to the worke there is found with one of them a Coppy of the Actors Names which was sent the Army and such others as must bee protected All others were to be left unto the spoile the first two sorts were to have a white Inde in their Bosomes and upon their Armes The Plot it selfe was to set upon the Sentinells and the Court of Guard at Frome-Cats and the Pitty-Gate and to doe it quietly they had the convelance of the backside of a House to bring on their men who must come together at the to wling of a Bell in three Churches St Nicholas Bell for the Butchers Saint Johns Bell for the Saylors and Saint Michaels Bell to bring downe the Cavaliers My House must be the first to beforced for the Reyes which at that time I was without upon speciall occasion which when it came to the hearing of the Kings Army they were not a little angry and are now withdrawne from us how farre we yet know not but the snare is braken and we are escaped blessed be the Lord. This doth require a day set apart for Thanksgiving and we have now resolved upon it I am sorry my Son remaines so weake yet I hope wee shall enjoy him longer amongst us I must conclude and take my leave resting Bristoll this of March 1642. Yours assured R.A. From the Fort at BRANDANH ILL March 11. 1642. SIR YOurs by the Post I have received with my Bill of exchange for which I give you many thanks for your paines therein as for your businesse with the Alderman I must intreat your patience till the next conveiance it is so that my Captaine my selfe and all our Company have bin here to keepe this Fort this three dayes and two nights without reliefe it is somwhat hard duty for fresh water Souldiers but wee are all willing to doe it because the time doth necessarily require it Upon