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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A43513	A briefe relation of the remarkeable occurences in the northerne parts viz., the landing of the Queenes Maiestie in the Bay of Burlington, and the repulse given unto the rebels at the towne of Newark : both signified by severall letters on the same day, being Friday, March 3, 1642.	Heylyn, Peter, 1600-1662.	1643 (1643)	Wing H1686; ESTC R20223	8,737	16

conduct her thither Two dayes she lay at Anchor there e're she came on shore dispatching thence a Messenger to the Earle of Newcastle to give him notice of her comming that She might be attended on by His Majesties Army for the security of Her Person when She came to land Which as it did one way advance Her safety so did it in another keepe Her within reach of danger For the foure ships which lay before the Barre at Tinmouth not farre from Newcastle either discerning the Dutch Fleet when they were at Sea or being advertised from the place where she rode at Anchor of Her landing there made all the haste they could to fall on upon Her before the comming of the Kings Army And though they came not soone enough to hinder her from landing as 't was hoped they might they did their best to kill Her in Her bed as she was asleepe and make the Land more cruell to Her then the Seas had beene Which being an attempt so barbarous as would not easily finde beliefe from a private pen such as no story of the Turkes or Scythians or any other savage or uncivill Nations can give a Parallel unto it shall be told you in the words of a publike person who on the morrow after gave this accompt thereof by letter which was dispatched away by one of the ordinary Messengers attending then upon the Queene Burlington this 25 of February 1642. ASsoone as we came into England the Queene dispatched Progers to you but being this day informed that he was taken by the Enemy She hath againe dispatched this Bearer to render You an accompt of Her arrivall the which hath beene thankes be to God very happy For as rough as the Sea was the first time we passed at this time we came with a gentle gale untill we were within 15 leagues of Newcastle where upon that coast the winde began to change to North-west which forced us to make for Burlington Bay where after two dayes riding at Anchor the Cavalrie arrived which perceiving the Queene suddenly landed and the next morning the rest of the Army came to wait on Her God that was carefull to preserve Her by Sea did likewise continue his favour to Her on the Land For that night foure of the Parliament Ships arrived at Burlington without being perceived by us and at foure a clocke in the morning gave us an Alarme which caused us to send speedily to the Port to secure our Boats of Ammunition which were but newly landed But about an houre after the foure ships began to ply us so fast with their Ordinance that it made us all to rise out of our beds with diligence and leave the Village at least the women for the Souldiers staid very resolutely to defend the Ammunition in case their farces should land One of the Ships did Her the favour to flanck upon the house where the Queene lay which was just before the Peere and before She was out of Her bed the Cannon bullets whistled so loud about Her which Musicke you may easily believe was not very pleasing to Her that all the company pressed Her earnestly to goe out of the house their Cannon having totally beaten downe all the neighbouring houses and two Cannon bullets falling from the top to the bottome of the house where She was so that clothed as She could She went on foot some little distance out of the Towne under the shelter of a Ditch like that of Newmarket whither before She could get the Cannon bullets fell thicke about us and a Sergeant was killed within twenty paces of Her We in the end gained the Ditch and staid there two houres whilest their Cannon plaid all the time upon us the bullets flew for the most part over our heads some few onely grazing on the Ditch where the Queene was covered us with earth At last the Admirall of Holland sent to the Parliament ships to tell them that if they would not cease shooting he would give fire upon them as enemies This was done somewhat late but there is an excuse for it by reason of a mist as he saith Upon that they staid their shooting and likewise being ebbing water they could not stay longer neare the shore Assoone as they were retired the Queene returned to the house where She lay being unwilling to allow them the vanity of saying They made Her forsake the Towne We went at noone to Burlington whither we were resolved to goe before this accident and all that day in the face of the enemie we dis-imbarqued our Ammunition It is said that one of the Captaines of the Parliament ships had beene at the Towne before us to observe where the Queenes lodging was and I assure you he observed it well for he ever shot at it I may truely say that both by Sea and Land the Queene hath beene in some dangers but God by his especiall grace and favour hath preserved Her and the Queene saith She hath great confidence in his goodnesse that he will not forsake Her Majestie in other things since in this he hath so protected Her And She protested that in that confidence she durst have marched against a Cannon if She had not learned Thou shalt not tempt This Bearer was witnesse of all that passed yet I would not forbeare to make you this Relation which is very punctuall So farre the very words of the Letter which when the Reader hath perused I would faine be told if ever Treason were more impudent and more open faced what hope● there is of safety to His Sacred Majestie whom they endeavour thus to murther in His dearest Consort for preservation of whose life the Lawes if such a thing as Law be yet left amongst us have no lesse carefully provided then for His owne most sacred Person What bounds these men prescribe to their desperate malice whom neither tendernesse of sex nobility of birth nor royalty of estate can prevaile upon Compare the danger which His Majestie was in at the battell of Edge-hill when the undistinguishing bullets fell so thicke about Him with this wherein the Cannon bent against the QUEENE shot through the house in which She was killed a man that stood so neare and covered Her with earth even before Her buriall and reade the Riddle he that can whose life hath beene more eagerly sought after either His or Hers which of the two would fall the more acceptable Sacrifice to these angry Deities If all things else should faile to undeceive and disabuse the seduced people of this Kingdome who hitherto have beene taught and perhaps believe that there is nothing more endeavoured then the preservation of His Majesties Person and the advancement of His Honour I doubt not but this barbarous and bloudy attempt upon the life of the Queene for nothing else was or can possibly be pretended to be aimed at in it will serve sufficiently to doe it else we have reason to suspect that God hath laid that curse upon this