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A96278	Englands Iliads in a nut-shell. Or, A briefe chronologie of the battails, sieges, conflicts, and other most remarkable passages from the beginning of this rebellion, to the 25. of March, 1645.	Wharton, George, Sir, 1596-1672.	1645 (1645)	Wing W1544; Thomason E1182_3; ESTC R208159	28,009	48

ENGLANDS ILIADS IN A NVT-SHELL OR A briefe Chronologie of the Battails Sieges Conflicts and other most remarkable passages from the beginning of this Rebellion to the 25. of March 1645. CICERO Incerti sunt exitus pugnarum Marsque est communis qui saepe spoliantem jam exultantem evertit perculit ab abjecto OXFORD Printed in the Yeare 1645. THE PREFACE Readers YOu have here presented to your view a Little-great Book Little in respect of its bulk but Great in its Contents Wherein the sad effects of a Triennial Rebellion are epitomiz'd with candour and impartiality Herein whoever considers the number of persons slaine the destruction of Houses and Families the desolation of Cities and Townes the increase of Widdowes and Orphanes may easily determine whether Jupiter or Mars whether the white Angel or the black whether Jehova or Abaddon gave beginning to this pretended Parliament and whether hath had the greater influence on their actions who being inspired by a fatall Genius have plotted to bring this late flourishing Kingdome to utter ruine In a word if the representment of the crying guilt of bloud may worke any remorse of conscience in the Rebellious or the evidence of a good cause infuse any encouragement into His Majesties loyall Subjects it is the utmost aime this labour looks to and may happily be a meanes of the continuance of this Work till such time as Almighty God in his goodnesse shall please to set a period to this Rebellion by rewarding it with its due Guerdon by restoring Religion to its genuine purity freed from Sectaries and profanenesse by re-establishing the King in his just rights and prerogatives by re-inforcing the known Laws of the Land freed from Fellow-Subjects Tyranny and Arbitration and by re-estating the Subject in his ancient Liberties freed from Rapine and Plunder Which that wee may quickly see let it be the subject of every good Christians Prayer May 20. 1645. Memorable Occurrences since the beginning of this Rebellion Anno Dom. 1641. IN December 1641. The House of Commons publisht a Remonstrance of the State of the Kingdome therein setting forth all the errors of his Majesties Government a meer designe to alienate the affection of his Subjects from him The tenth of Ianuary following his Majesty with the Queen Prince and Duke of Yorke left White-hall and went to Hampton Court to avoide the danger of those frequent tumults then hazarding the safety of his royall person February the 23. the Queens Majesty took shipping at Dover having been driven before from White-Hall by the frequent tumults of the Rebels And soon after his Majesty went to Newmarket and from thence to Yorke where after the rebels had Guards for 3 monthes before the Gentry of the countrey raised a Guard for his Maiesties person Anno Dom. 1642. MAY the 20. it was voted by both Houses That the King intended to levie war against the Parliament which they did on purpose to excuse themselves for raising a Rebellion against His Majesty as appeared within few dayes after July the second the Kings ship called the Providence landed in the Creek of Kenningham neer Hull till which time his Majesty had not a Barrell of powder nor any Armes or Ammunition whatsoever Iuly the 12 the pretended two Houses Voted That the Earle of Essex should be Generall of their Army and that they would live and die with him August the first the Earl of Essex caused all the men then raised being in number about 10000 to be committed to Officers and divided into Regiments which men had been raising ever since the 12 of Iuly 1642. at which time he was made Generall of the Rebels August the 6. the Earle of Bedford having fruitlessely besieged the Lord Marquesse of Hertford in Sherburn Castle for 4 dayes before retreated to Yevell the Noble Marquesse sallied after him and with a small number fell on that great body of the Rebels killed above 140 whereof 9 Commanders took divers prisoners and routed the rest so as he marched away and after divided his small Forces going himself into Wales and Sir Ralph now Lord Hopton into Cornwall of both which there followed so good an effect August the 22. His Majesty set up his Standard Royall at Nottingham for raising of Forces to suppresse the Rebels then marching against him September 23. Prince RVPERT with about 11 Troops of Horse gave a great overthrow to the Rebels in Wikefield neare Worcester where Colonell Sands that commanded in chief received his mortall wound Major Douglas a Scot and diverse other Captaines and Officers slaine and drowned Captaine Wingate a Member of the House of Commons with four Coronets taken and two more torne in pieces This body of the Rebels was observed to be the flower of their Cavalrie October the 23 was that signall great battell fought between 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 and his Majesty but onely 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 eminence of his Majesties Forces who were slaine in the battaile were the two Noble and valiant Lords Robert Earle of Lindsey Lord High Chamberlaine of England and George Lord D. Aubigney brother to the Duke of Richmond and Lenox Sir Edmund Verney Knight Marshall to His Majesty with some other worthy Gentlemen and Souldiers but besides these three named here 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 only present but engaged themselves against the Rebels as much or more then Common Souldiers which they most cheerfully 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 Royall Sonnes the two young Princes CHARLES Prince of Wales and JAMES 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 Rebels as they had few men of quality to lose so those they had were sensible of their guilt which then they expressed by their flight some sculking into holes and Saw-pits and others running out before they were well in the field They lost of note the Lord Saint Iohn eldest sonne to the Earle of Bulling brooke Sir Charles Essex with many inferiour Officers October the 27 His Majesty to compleat his victory in Keynton field drew his whole Army before Banbury but after the firing of one peece of Ordnance the Rebels submitted to His Majesties mercy which were in number about 800 foot of the Earle of Peterboroughs and Lord Says Regiments with