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A Briefe relation of the most remarkeable feats and passages of what His Most Gracious Majesties commanders hath done in England against the rebells and of his severall glorious victories over them sithence [sic] Ianuary 1641. till December 1643. and from the first of May 1644. till the fifth of this present Iuly / collected out of severall papers printed at Oxford, 1644. and divers letters printed from His Majesties campe to Chester, Bristoll, &c.
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of Biddeford and Barnstable killed 100. of their Foot tooke 211. Officers and common Souldiers Prisoners most of which were miserably wounded two pieces of Ordnance six barrels of powder 400. weight of bullet 200. and a halfe of match and above 300. armes besides all the Foot-Officers horses Pursued their Horse to the very works of Biddeford and returned victoriously without the losse of more then one man not one of the rest of his Souldiers being so much as hurt all that day August 22. 1642. The King set up his Standard Royall at Nottingham for raising of Forces to suppresse the Rebels then marching against him About the latter end of this moneth 1643. The Inhabitants of Tenby in Pembrook-shire having but newly made an agreement amongst themselves in which they declared their loyaltie to His Majestie and that they would submit to His Majesties Authority placed in the Earle of Carberie c. Eight Ships rode before the Towne and made at least 100. shot thereat whereupon one of the Haven-Canon was fired which shot one of the best of the eight through and through and so set the rest a packing whereby the good people of Tenby received no harme And soone after the whole County was reduced so as all Wales is absolutely in subjection to His Sacred Majesty SEPTEMBER Vpon the second of this moneth 1643. the Townes of Biddeford and Appleford delivered up their severall Garrisons to His Majesties Forces under the command of that Noble Colonell Iohn Digby And about the same time the Garrison of Barnstaple submitted themselves unto His Majesty and dismissed all their Forces formerly raised for the defence of that place Vpon the third of this moneth 1643. his Highnesse Prince Maurice gave a very not assault upon the City of Excheter battered the walls fired a great part of the Suburbs whereupon the Rebels desired Parley in which the Prince offered them such Conditions as had beene given before to Bristoll which they denyed The assault was afterwards eagerly pursued and the next day after won the great Sconce â—urned the Ordnance there against the Towne Whereupon the Rebels craved to be admitted to those Conditions which before they rejected obtained the same delivered up the Towne Castle to the Prince his Highnesse with all the Ordnance Armes and Ammunition upon the 17. of this moneth 1643. The rebels Army stealing out of Gloucestershire towards London were overtaken by Prince Rupert with his Majesties Horse neere Auburne in Wilt-shire where he gave them two charges the one by a commanded party under Colonell Vrrey the other by the Queenes Regiment commanded by the Lord Iermyn who performed it so well on the Rebels whole Army that many great bodies of Foot were routed and many of them slaine in the place without any losse to His Majesties Forces save two common Souldiers killed the Marquesse de la Vieu-ville taken prisoner who was afterwards murdered by the Rebels in cold blood and the Lord Digby and Lord Iermyn lightly wounded by which two charges the Rebels Army was so retarded that His Majesty had time to overtake them with his Foote And on Wednesday after the 20. of this moneth upon an Hill neere Newbury and Enborne heath His Majesty fought with the Rebels who were seated in the most advantageous place imaginable yet in despight of 〈◊〉 their Canon Foote and Horse His Majesty beat them from their ground gained the hill and one piece of their brasse Ordnance and quickly routed all their Horse upon the Heath The most that were killed in this fight of His Majesties Forces exceeded not the number of 300. though aboue 600. of the Rebels were slaine a very great number wounded In this fight were slaine the most Noble and Valiant Earle of Carnarvon the Earle of Sunderland the Lord Viscount Faulkland with divers other Gentlemen and Commanders After this fight the Rebels were further pursued and routed againe so as they fled into Reading where they durst not stay but left the Towne for His Majesty in whose possession it is OCTOBER Vpon the 18. of this moneth 1643. the Prince of Harcourt Lord Ambassadour Extraordinary from the French King and Queene Regent after he had been most barbarously used in his Passage by the rebels came safe into Oxford where he had entertainment more suitable to the worth of so great a personage The 21. day following being Saturday His Majesty attended by the Prime Nobility of England gave him Audience in Christ-Church-Hall Vpon the 23. day of this moneth 1641. was that signall great battell fought betweene Keynton and Edge-Hill by His Majesties Army and that of the rebels led by the Earle of Essex wherein the rebels lost above 70. Colours of Coronets and Ensignes His Majesty but only 16. Ensignes and not one Coronet The exact number that were slaine on both sides in this Battaile is not knowne But it is certaine that the rebels lost above three for one Men of eminency of his Majesties Forces who were slaine in the battaile were the two Noble and Valiant Lords Roberâ— Earle of Lindsey Lord High Chamberlaine of England and George Lord d'Aubigney brother to the Duke of Richmond and Lenox Sir Edmund Verney Knigt Marshall to His Majesty with some other worthy Gentlemen and Souldiers but besides these three named there was not one Noble man or Knight killed which was an extraordinary mercy of Almighty God considering what a glorious sight of Princes Dukes Marquesses Earles Viscounts Barons Knights and Gentlemen of all Orders were not onely present but engaged themselves against the Rebels as much or more then Common Souldiers which they most cheerefully did by example of His Sacred Majesty whose Royall undaunted courage put life into every man exposing His Sacred Person to so much danger as all good men doe tremble to remember His Royal Sonnes CHARLES Prince of Wales and IAMES Duke of Yorke being also in the field in very much danger if God whose cause it was had not covered their heads in the day of battaile The Rebells as they had few men of quality to lose so those they had were sensible of their guilt which then they expressed by their slight some sculking into holes and Saw pits and others running out before they were well in the field NOVEMBER Vpon the 12. of November 1642. His Majesty after 4. houres fight forced the Towne of Brainceford killed and tooke prisoners all the Rebels Forces which were there lodged in Works Ditches Houses and Hedges to hinder the passage of His Majesties Army The morrow morning after being Sunday certaine of the Rebels had come downe the Thames from Kingston with 13. pieces of Ordnance which so soone as they could see they fired against Sion house His Majesties Traine of Artillerie but did little or no harme Whereupon Order was presently given for drawing down some Pieces into the Meadow and to the River-side against them which was accordingly done and likewise a Demi-canon planted neere the South end
of the Towne All which were so judiciously plyed that they shot through their Boats Barges and at last fired the Powder in one of them which blew up divers of the Rebels Those Rebels which escaped tooke them to their heeles leaving behind them their mangled Boats and Barges with all their Ordnance and the remainder of their Ammunition on which His Majesty presently seized and afterwards made an honourable and safe retreat to the City of Oxford DECEMBER On monday the 5. of this moneth 1642. His Majesties Forces under the command of the Lieutenant Generall VVilmot having his owne Regiment of Horse with the Lord Grandisons and Lord Digbeys Sir VVilliam Pennymans and Colonell Blagues Regiments of Foot and Colonell Vshers and Colonell Grays of Dragoones tooke the Towns of Marlborough defended by Robert Ramsey a Scottish man and about 500. Foot Ramsey and divers of the chiefe Rebels brought Prisoners to Oxford all their Armes taken and foure Colours Here thou hast the first fruites of my endeavours expect the pursuance shortly For a close I desire all his Maiesties most loyall Subiects to take notice that the Rebels having given Order to counterfeyte the GREAT SEALE OF ENGLAND did on Friday the 29. of September last cause this forged Seale to be brought into their House of Commons at which time it was approved by them and caused to be put into a purse and left with the Mace till they could get their Lords to passe it who no doubt ere long by the Lord Sayes diligence will Vote it in their House also For since they have expressed their impudence to accuse Her Sacred Majesty of no lesse then high Treason onely for endeavouring to preserve the Kings Majesty whom they laboured to Murther we cannot imagine they will sticke at any thing But that all good people may know this counterfeit Seale they may please to take notice that though it hath His Majesties Image superscription yet it hath the yeare 1643. which figures doe distinguish it from the true Seale now with His Sacred Majestie at Oxford S. MATTH 22.20 21. And he said unto them whose is this Image and superscription They say unto him Caesars Then saith he unto them Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesars FINIS A CONTINVANCE OF THE ENGLISH NEWES And especially what noble exploits hath beene acted by His Majesties Army but chiefly in the moneths of May and Iune 1644. taken out of se verall letters written from Chester the eighteenth of Iune 1644. Sheusburys Rendezvous SIR On the 16. of May Prince Rupert advanced with his Army towards Lancashire consisting of 2000. horse and 6000. foot or above as is supposed drawne out of the Covnties of Hereford Worster Stafford Shrop shire and Chester After ten dayes march by reason of the roughnesse of the wayes and weather wee came to Stopford a large village in the confines of Lancashire manned with the enemie with fortifications saving a river with bankes and a bridge deviding Cheshire from Lancashire there the Prince intended to quarter that night which after a little dispute from hedges and ditches upon an universall assault was abandoned by the enemy who fled towards Manchester some six miles distant and by rea son the Sunne was downe the night made way to their escape though they were pursued a great way and as was belieeved no man lost of either side the goods of the Towne was the Souldiers reward Vpon the 28. of May the Army marched towards Bolton a large Countrey Towne in Lancashire some 16. miles from Stopford as wee marched manned Likewise with 4000. men as was informed there the Prince intended to quarter that night onely gates and high-wayes fortified lightly the raine was so immoderate that it cost an houre or two to dispute but being 〈…〉 it was taken with the 〈◊〉 a thousand men of the enemy in the streetes and fields above twenty Coulors six hundred prisoners fifty Officers twenty barrells of Powder March and Armes a great quantity the Towne the Souldiers reward As we lay in the Countrey about Bolton Generall Goring with his Northerne Army partly from the Marquesse of Newcastle partly from Newarke consisting of five hundred horse and eight hundred foot not so well appointed as was expected with a great drove of Cattell out of the enemies quarters as they marched all this while great number of horse and foote resorted to the Prince brought in by the Earle of Darbie's meanes and Sir Thomas Tinsley but unarmed most of them Wigin a large towne some twenty miles from Bolton received the Prince and his Armie with great tokens of joy the streets being strowed with rushes flowers and boughs of trees Iune 7. We pitched before Leverpoole with our whole Armie having beleaguered it with our horse the day before it had made walls with barres and gates foureten pieces of Ordinance a thousand Souldiers as was supposed the matter was disputed very hotly untill the tenth of Iune with musket and great shot without measure out of the towne and from the shipps upon whch day our line approached within a quoites cast of the gate where our great shot had almost filled the ditch with the ruins of the sodd wales and about noone a furious assault was made by our men where a terrible fight was on both sides about the space of an houre upon the workes the enemie resolute ours not seconded retreated with some losse the enemy whether dispairing of reliefe or of their owne strength against so great power at mid night shipped themselves the chiefe of their men and goods and left twelve Collours on the works hoised saile and rod within halfe a league of the towne which Colonell Tiller perceiving having the guard next the sea supposing the enemy to bee gone entred the Towne with little or no resistance found about 400. of the meaner sort of men whereof most were killed some had quarter foureten pieces of Ordnance left upon their carriages at their batteries whatsoever was desirable was the Souldiers right for their hard service twenty and six vessells without tacklings were left in the harbour Iune the eight Colonell Goring and Colonell Marrow cut off a partie coming from Warrington to Leverpoole â—wo Scotts Majors taken many killed Chester the second of Iune 1644. SIR The first letter from the Governour assured us of the Princes taking Stopford where he disperst two thousand of the Rebells forces being Cheshire and Lancashire men and gave the plunder to his Souldiers sleighted their works and the next day marched into Lancashire without any opposition the other letter Dicke Greene brought who came from Latham yesterday wherein the Goveruour assured us of the Princes taking Bolton wherein were three thousand which upon the Princes coming into Lancashire raised from Latham and came thither under the Command of Righy His Highnesse sent to summon it and they basely put to the sword his messenger whereupon he charged into the towne himselfe with his of some sixty men the