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A36362	A Briefe and exact relation of the most materiall and remarkeable passages that hapned in the late well-formed (and as valiently defended) seige laid before the city of Glocester collected by John Dorney, Esquire, towne-clarke of the said city, who was there resident the whole siege and appled himselfe wholy to this businesse.	Dorney, John, b. 1604 or 5.	1643 (1643)	Wing D1931; ESTC R5248	16,950	20

before us above 200 head of cattell over our workes to graze in the very noses of them beside others we kept in the town upon hay 8. How confident our enemies were of prevailing and how often they vainly promised to themselves victory yet though they conceived mischiefe they brought forth a lie their designes were blasted and we contrary to their expectation delivered Which gracious acts of divine providence do deeply engage us to praise the Lord of Hosts with our hearts lips and lives who hath gone out with our Hosts whose eye hath watched over us and whose strong hand was with us He made us a Citie of refuge to others and hath now been a refuge to us in the time of our distresse What hath been done by us in our just defence against unlawfull violence hath not proceeded from any disloyalty to our soveraigne Lord the King whom God preserve but out of our endevours to defend true Religion and Justice the main pillars of the Kings Throne And therefore we far lesse deserve to be stiled desperate rebels then those that pretend themselves good subjects and are nothing lesse their practices wholly tending to the subversion of the Protestant Religion and the destruction of the Common-wealth Our cause wee commit to him that judgeth righteously upon whom we only depend for our protection and to whom we daily pray that he would be reconciled to Prince and people and reconcile each to other that there may be no more shedding of innocent blood nor bitter complaining heard in our streets Laus Deo in aeternum Since the siege September 12. we received intelligence that there was some Ammunition come from Bristoll in a Bark to Newnam about ten miles from Glocester for Hereford wherupon we sent out a party of about 45 Foot and a troop of Horse to seize upon it for the use of our garrison who according seized upon the same being two tun of Match and some store of wine and such other Merchandize and brought it in wains to Glocester Sir Iohn Winter sent out some horse to prevent us but they durst not come within a mile of us The Names of the Superiour Officers of both Regiments that now lye in Garrison in the Citie of GLOCESTER Henry Earle of Stamford Colonel Edward Massie Lieutenant Colonel and Governour of Glocester Constance Ferrer Major of the town Serjeant Major to this regiment Henry Stephens Colonel Humph. Matthewes Lieutenant Colonel Isaac Dobson Serjeant Major Captaines Edward Grey Charles Blunt Peter Crisp Edward Cotton William White Robert Malery George Massie Iohn Read Captain Lieutenant Captaines William Singleton Thomas Pury senior Luke Nurse Iohn Nelme Iohn Evans Thomas Pury junior Robert Stevenson Capt. Lieutenant There was likewise a broken Regiment of Dragoones of about 100 men under the Command of Col. Forbes that upon the taking of Bristoll came from Berkley Castle hither But the other two regiments do properly belong to this Garrison EDWARD MASSIE Governor Anagram Never miss a good Reward He that doth stand so well upon his guard I hope shall Never miss a good reward The copie of the letter mentioned to be sent to Master Alderman Pury Sept. 4. SIR THe affection which I bear you in particular and the Citie in generall and no sinister end I call God to record extorteth these lines from me for should I be silent when the desolation of that place I so dearly affect and where I have bin so dearly beloved is at hand I cōceive the very stones of that Citie being ruined will rise up against me for ingratitude But if my advice be not taken and misery befall both the place and its neighbourhood the fault shal then rest on you and the now inhabitants and my conscience cleared You well know or at least may have heard that the Citie of Bristoll is taken twelve ships at sea yeelded two ships of Ammunition from Rochel newly come into the Harbour seized on one ship with great Artillery and Ammunition coming from the Parliament for reliefe of that Citie taken And this I know that there are great preparations made for the taking of your Citie All Prince Ruperts forces from Bristoll with addition of 1500. armed Welsh and 2000 Club men out of Wales and Arms sufficient for to arm them from Bristoll 800. foot from Worcester with a Regiment of Horse 5000. Foot with a Brgade of Horse of the Queens from Oxon. But I much fear that this will hardly sink into the beliefe of some amongst you yet when you shall hear of the particular Randevouzes and your Town surrounded nay your Houses fired over your eares then when it is too late I much fear will be the time of repentance Wherefore I desire you as you love God and the good of your Citie for which you serve and the which is committed to your charge and protection to take into consideration your sad condition if the Citie be taken by force most of the Army being set against you very bitterly And if it be not taken in what condition of poverty and misery both your Citie and Countrey will fall into Is not your provision of corn out of Herefordshire your commerce wherein most of your livelihoods and being subsisted both up and down the River taken quite away And if you will not consider your own good yet in conscience think on your neighbours in the country who have alwayes bin aiding assisting to you for your protection who must expect nothing but ruine if by no other way yet by the very lying of so mighty an Army amongst them and if they be ruined whence can you expect future supplyes and the very laying of a siege before your town must necessarily produce a destruction to your corn and provision of cattell and who will be losers thereby but your selves I know not But this I further know that your Ammunition is not over-much your places of supply no where your enemy continually at your doore and able to retire to his own home at pleasure and your friends farre and utterly unable or at least not capable to send you present reliefe I know you to be a conscientious honest man and one whose aimes as I have thought have tended to the publick good and now is the greatest time and opportunity to demonstrate your affections by using some course for an accommodation between your Citie and his Majesty who now is here at Bristoll and from whom I dare boldly affirme by some great friends I have neer him at Court I can procure any favour either for the Citie in generall or your selfe in particular and of this you may be confident but if once the forces come against it you must expect no manner of mercie but present ruine wherefore if you intend any thing let it be done with speed and send to my quarter at Charvild where you may send any one to me without suspition I beseech you seriously to weigh these things in your breast and to weigh them as coming from one that dearly loves you and your Citie And God give you all grace to doe that which may most tend to your good are the prayers of Your reall loving friend FINIS