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enemy_n	colonel_n	horse_n	regiment_n	1,920	5	9.9256	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A56489	A particular relation of the action before Cyrencester (or Cycester) in Glocestershire, taken in on Candlemas day, 1642, by part of His Majesties army under the conduct of His Highnesse, Prince Rupert ... written by an eye-witnesse.	Eye-witnesse.	1643 (1643)	Wing P597; ESTC R5246	8,841	18

Cyrencester fortified now see how Maugre all this by Gods blessing it was taken The Prince in the Barton-field aforesaid drawing up His Battaglions commended the Right side or wing to my Lord Wentworth Sergeant Major generall of the Dragooners The Left wing the Prince himself took committing the Battell or Middle-ward to Lieutenant generall Wilmot Vnder my Lord Wentworth were his own Dragooners my Lord of Northamptons Sir Edmund Duncombs and Lieutenant-Colonell Druryes These were seconded by Sir Thomas Byron with the Prince of Wales His Horse Regiment In the Left wing was Colonell Vsser with his own and some 400. of those commanded men that morning brought in by Colonell Henry Wentworth He was seconded by Prince RUPERTS own Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Colonell O neale and the faire and strong Troop of His Highnesse Life-guards commanded by Sir Richard Crane In the Battell was Colonell Lewis Kirke with five hundred commanded men being seconded by His Highnesse Prince Maurice Regiment The Reserve was committed to Sir Iohn Byron who with his Horse Regiment was to guard the Reere and to send out Scoutes Patroles that none in time or fight might fall upon us The Word was Queen Mary which given the order of the assault was thus First were thirty Musquetiers drawn out of Colonell Kirks men for a Forlorne hope led by Lieutenant St Iohns who performed his part bravely These were commanded by Lievtenant Generall Wilmot who marcht along by them to direct them where and how to fall on Being almost at the first hedge and Close before and betwixt Giffards and Pooles garden walles the Lieutenant Generall sent a Minister back to the Prince to advance the Cannon for saies he we are already almost in the hedge At that hedge and the low wall beyond it was the skirmish began St Iohns giving faire fier to beat the enemies out of it There was he shot in the Legge with a Slug bullet and not able to advance farther bad his men goe on couragiously To second these thirty Colonell Kirke by and by sent Captain Min and sixty Musquetiers more with a Lieutenant and Sergeant After this the whole Regiment came down the hill to attack their design'd Post which was Giffords Barton house and Garden wall This Battell was led by Lieutenant Generall Wilmot who by all mens confession behav'd himselfe so gallantly with such judgement commanding by so much valor leading thorow the thickest of the danger that the victory is much beholding to him Now the rest of Kirkes Regiment under Lieutenant Colonell Layton Serjeant Major Windehank Captain Wivell Captain Gerard Captain Radcliffe and others coming forwards after some hot volleyes beat the enemy from the hedge to the garden wall aforesaid Vpon which our men running under the wall and some setting their backs close to it flung stones over their heads into it By this time were Colonell Vsser and my Lord Wentworth comne in to this work from their severall Posts as in their order we shall see so that the enemy beaten out of the Howse Works and Wall retired with more hast then order thorow Cicely hill to their first Turnepike ours pursuing the retreat upon them in blood and execution In this service Lieutenant Colonell Layton Serjeant Major Windebank Captain Radcliff and Captain Gerard were taken good notice of both before the enemies retreat and after it Lieutenant Colonell Laytons horse was shot thorow the neck and Major Windebanks horse killd under him within the Towne Captain Gerar'd brought up a stand of Pikes and Captain Radcliff the Reere with good courage Other Captains wonn their due honours though I have no particular but only generall relations of them Colonell Vsser by the Prince commanded to second Colonell Kirk had 400. commanded men with him besides those of his own Regiment He drawing his Pikes into a body in the middle flanckt them on both hands with the two divisions of Musquetiers of his own Regiment The commanded Musquetiers he in severall divisions sent down for the seconding of those that were already skirmishing in the hedges After which with his Body of Pikes and the two divisions of his own Regiment he fell on both sides of Giffards house which indeed his order was to fire The Pikes marching forwards to the lane by turning aside a waggon of Rise-Bushes cleered the avenue and so entred But the Colonell perceiving the garden wall within which the enemies muskettiers stood too high to be entred on the foreside found a way to get into it on the back side There were the enemies still shooting at Colonell Kirks men both from the Works and windowes but diverse of them now running some fourteen were hereabouts killed He thus gotten to the house with a Fire-pike in his hand both troubled their shooting from the windowes and by and by see fire to the house and some Stacks and Ricks by it So did the Souldiers to other stacks which made the place too hote and smoaky for the enemy This done he thinking by turning back thorow the garden and lane to get into the Towne was hindred by the river so that facing about to the Right he there fell into the Reere of his owne Right-hand Division This since Major Hutchinson was shot was led by Captain Morrison Captain Vavasor and Sir William Neale Skout-maister generall who being a Voluntier behaved himselfe with his sword right manfully By this time Colonell Kirks my Ld Wentworths with Morrisons and Vavasors men being seas'd upon the Turne-pike that openeth into the Towne He seeing no need of helpe there march't with his owne Division up to the Bridge beyond the Turne-pike where leaving a guard he turned on the left hand thorow lanes to come at the enemy now gathering to a head at another Work But they flying left him their forsaken Colours Turning thence back to advertise the Prince he met his L. Colonell Washington who then comming from his sick bed would yet needs be one in the action and so with a Body of Musketiers advanced into the Towne All this while was my Ld Wentworth and his Wing in as hote skirmish His Post by order from the Prince was to have fall'n to the Southward on the right hand of Pooles-mount being indeed the easiest entrance into the Towne But mis-led by their guide they fell into the Close to the left hand of the mount where they were both flanked from the Battery and faced with shot from the high wall before them This wall the Officers finding impossible to force drew to the left hand into the lane with Colonell Kirkes men and entred the Turne-pike together with them For now the enemy being beaten from the side-Worke that guarded it Captaine Alford Lieutenant Wharton with some others of Sir Ed Duncombs Regiment brake over the walls on both sides and entred among the formost But here find I some difference who should first breake open this Turne-pike Some say a Serjeant of Colonell Duncombs brake off the horse-lock others that a

shooting thorow the Parapet forc't away the Defendants The other great peece at randome rang'd her bullets into the Town kill'd one Cannonier in the Market-place and made a terrible rufling among the houses Of the fower lesser peeces two were bent upon the first hedge and two upon the corner of the wall At first entring the Towne the Prince hearing some enemies to be still in Pooles house sent for one small peece and two Petards to force the gate but finding no opposition either there or elsewhere the Ordinance all marched into the Market-place Thus have you here related what was acted by all the parts of the Kings Army upon every part of the Town And thus was the confident Cyrencester in an hower and halfes fight and with the losse of lesse then twenty men on our side fully taken in on all parts though diverse of them be since dead of poyson'd bullets By the Munday after but nine of ours had been buryed in the Church and Churchyard and some five or sixe elsewhere which were all I heard of Slain of theirs those that think fewest judge three hundred others think more The truth is we could see but few men left at all in the Town plainly they hid their dead and wounded men in their houses whereof we heard many since buried in one night but the most falling in the fields in chase we could get no precise notice of their numbers Prisoners wee brought away about twelve hundred which showes the Princes and the Cavaliers mercy as the Captives themselves acknowledge Of Colours taken one Horse Cornet two of Dragooners and fourteen Foot Ensignes Of Armes abundance were drawn out of the waters besides those taken in the houses All their five peeces of Ordinance we found standing in their places Among the Prisoners were some 160. wounded whom the Prince next day sent His Surgeon and Doctor and Chaplaines to dresse and visit Since His Highnesse comming thence diverse concealed wounded men have crept abroad of which some dyed Three things would not be forgotten One how the dying men in the very fight cryed out that Sir Robert Cook Mr Stevens Mr George and their Preachers had undone them Whereby you see that when God by afflictiō gives understanding the justnesse of that cause cannot satisfy the conscience of the dying The second note is concerning the means used by that side for getting the poore Country people to serve under them in the Towne Some of the Prisoners confessed and others have made it good how that the Gentlemen and Clothiers threatned them they should have no work Others that they should be plundred Others were violently fetcht from their houses by Dragooners and made get up behind them Others were dragg'd from their Ploughs and others comming into the Towne about businesse were there detained and threatned to be shot if they offered to get out This is the liberty of the Subject And the third observation is concerning the subtilty used to make this poore people fight which was by telling them the King had none but a rabble of poore ragged fellowes But the Prisoners amazed to see such numbers of gallant Gentry to come upon them their hearts sunke within them And when they saw again how mercifull these Gentry were in granting Quarter to them at the first begging they acknowledged themselves twice conquered both by Courage and by Curtesy For Governor of the Towne the Prince left his dear brother Prince Maurice His Highnesse with His Regiment of Horse and under Him Colonell Kirke with one thousand Foot and Dragooners who I beleeve will not so cheaply part with it Nor was Cyrencester only conquered by this Victory but the Castles of Sudlye and Berckley were upon the fame of it forsaken by the enemies So were Tewksbury and the Vies Malmsbury likewise the next morning sent their submission subscribed with their chief hands and hath received Lieu Colonell Lunsford for Governor with foure hundred Foot and Captain Cursons Troop of Horse On the Munday after the Country Gentlemen invited by the Princes Letters to Cyrencester in the name of the County assented to a Contribution of 4000● Moneth and to advance 3000l presently for raising 〈◊〉 Regiment for His Majesties service and safeguard of 〈◊〉 County with promise of doing more when their Quarters should be inlarged by the coming in of more of the County God be blessed for his Victory He grant the example may take such impression among the deceived people that our Ierusalem may see in the day of her visitation the things that belong unto her Peace FINIS