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The royal oake, or, An historicall description of the royal progresse, wonderful travels, miraculous escapes, and strange accidents of His Sacred Majesty Charles the II, third monarch of Great Britain wherein is observable and worth publique view ... / by John Danverd [sic]
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Danvers, John.
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1660
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Wing D238; ESTC R30976
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THE ROYAL OAKE OR AN Historicall Description OF The Royal Progresse vvonderful Travels Miraculous Escapes and Strange Accidents of his Sacred Majesty CHARLES the II. Third Monarch of Great Brittain Wherein is observable and worth Publique view I His Majesties strange and wonderful escape from Worcester fight the disrobing himself of his Princely Ornaments the casting away his Chain of Gold and the cutting of his precious Hair and curled Locks by the Lord Wilmot for a Disguise II. The pursuing of his Royal Person by Oliver Cromwel and his Blood-hounds and the manner how he escaped making a hollow Oake His Royall Pallace within four miles of Woolverhampton III. The memorable Travels of Mris Jane Lane and his Majesty His riding before her to make an escape and his going in a Livery Cloake by the name of William servant to Mr. Lastel IIII. The Discourse betwixt his Majesty and the Cook-maid at the three Crowns in Bristol Her several Questions where he was Born and what Trade he was VVith the Kings answer and the remarkable passages that happened in the Kitchin upon the Maids imploying the King to wind up the Jack V. The strange and wonderful escape of Mris Lane into France from a Troop of horse sent by Oliver to seiz on her and plunder her House The Fourth Edition amplified and enlarged By John Danverd a Loyal Subject and Servant to His Majesty LONDON Printed by J. C. for J. J. 1660. The Royal Oake c. AFthe the great and fatall fight at VVorcester between his Majesties forces and the Cromwellion Rebels the field being lost not for want of courage by the Kings party but by those numerous supplys who served only like the Turkish Asapi to blunt the Royal Swords so that their wearied Arms no longer able to hold out were forced to retreat and at length notwithstanding the generous example of his Majesty who performed things worth wonder to a disorderly fight yet 't is worthy of observation that upon Cromwells advance near the City his Majesty in person and in the head of the Horse drew out against him and that with so much valour and courage that Cromwells own Life-guard and the best of his old Souldiers who were thought almost invincible were forct to retire till seconded by Fleetwood Disbrow Lambert and others who over-powred the Kings forces being above five to one and so loath was his Majesty to decline the field that upon his earnest endeavours to have his horse and foot rally twice had he his Horse shot under him and at length was forced to shift for himself and to provide for his own safety and so with some Nobles and servants not without a great deal of difficulty forced to quit the field and by the most frequented Roads that they could possibly find out rid to the Farmhouse of a noble Gentleman on the Borders of Staffordshire where they no sooner arrived but his Majesty disrobed himself of his Princely ornaments and accouterments and particularly of a chain of Gold or Spanner-string worth 300l sterling the present of a Scottish Lad which he bestowed upon a servant of his there present which done for his farther disguise he proceeding to the cttuing off his hair and the Cot affording neither shears nor Sciffars to perform it 't was by the Lord Wilmot cut off with a knif And now every one is commanded to shift for himself this poor Prince left alone to the sole protection of the Almighty he choosing none but one friend to accompany him with whom he wandred into a Wood within four miles say some of Woolverhampton where finding a hollow Oak he was now content to make it his Pallace for here he fot some days concealed himself his Friend still towards night going out to provide him soâ—e refreshment during this his solitary confinement In the mean time the Lord Wilmot who was commanded with the rest to seek his fortune was by chance pursued by some Souldiers but meeting with a Countrey fellow formerly a Souldier in the Old Kings Army he was by him secured though somewhat strangely for he carries him into a Malt-house belonging to Mrs. Jane Lane and having no othet convenient place to hide him in clapt him under the Kilne though there were then some fire in it and the Malt so oaking on the top In the mean time the Souldiers then in pursuit of him entred the house and having made about three quarters of an hours search every where else but not at all suspecting the Kilne where they saw the fire burning they departed and the Lord Wilmot was taken out of the Kilne almost ready to faint with the extremity of the heat The Countrey-fellow having thus secured this Lord acquaints Mrs. Lane with what he had done and she extteamly glad of it gets him to her house wherhin conference she enquires of the Kings safety The Lord Wilmot gives her the former relation of his great miseries Distress which forces tears from the tender-hearted Gentlewoman she earnestly intreats him to take some course for the finding out of his Majesty and conducting him to her house she being resolved to venture het life had she ten thousand for the saying of his Royal Majesty The Lord Wilmot glad of so happy an opportunity to serve his Majesty and so great a probability of securing him the next nâ—ght finds him out and conducts him from the Royal Oak to the house of Mrs. Jane Lane where after a large condoling of his hard fortune consultation was had for a conveniency for his escape beyond sea and at length it was concluded that Bristol would be the most convenient place to take shipping That his Majesty should ride before Nrs. Lane by the name of William servant to Nr. Lastel her father in law who was to go with them and thus it was immediatly given out that Mr. Lastel and Nrs. Lane were to take a Journey in the West to visit some friends and shortly after they set forward In this Journy there hapned many accidents worthy commemoration and fiâ—st the Kings Majesty riding now as a servant to one of the faithfullest of his Subjects in a Livery cloak though not without that respect that durst be given to him complains to Ms. Lane that the cloak wearied him whereupon she desires Mr. Lastels to carry it and long they had not rid so but they met upon the Road her Brother in Law who amongst others questions demanded of her if her Father must carry her mans cloak to which she readily answered that it was so big that it often endangeâ—ed the throwing her off the horse and that she had therefore desired him to carry it The next most important accident of all was tha coming to a town where they were to pass through there was a Troop of hors there to be quartered drawn up which caused some fear but at length with resolution they passed on and the Captain taking them for honest travellers made hâ—s Troop open to the right
and left and so permitted them to pass Another accident there happened which one may say was almost comical in this Tragedy Ms. Lane coming into the Inne leaves his Majesty under the name of Willi her servant in the Kitchin with whom the maid enters into discourse she asks him where he was born and what trade he was he answers at Brumingham and a Naylors son and after a great deal of other discourse the Jack being down the maid desires him to wind it up which he willingly undertakes but goes the wrong way about it and prejudices it at which the maid grew angry asking him where he was bred and telling him he was the veâ—yest clownish booby that ever she saw in all her life which railing of hers made his Majesty notwithstanding his present misery go out of the Room smiling Mrs. Lane notwithstanding his Majesty went as her servant yet had a greater respect for him before others pretended him her Tenant's son but on the Road she would alwayes ask what he would have to dinner or supper and what piece of that he liked which she would alwayes be sure to get made ready and give him he still sitting at the lower end of the table But ro come to the end of their journey being arrived at Bristol they lodged at the house of a Noble gentleman there and kinsman to Mr. Lastles the King finding it to be a house of great resort feins himself sick of an Ague and so keeps his Chamber all the day coming down only at nights but one night coming down and being somewhat cold craves a glasse of Wine of the Butler who carries him into the Butlery this Butler having before served his Majesties Father in the Wars looking earnestly upon him suspected him to be the King so easily will Majesty appear though veil'd in the utmost disguises and thereupon pulling off his hat told him very ceremoniously That he might command what Wine he pleased of which the King took no notice but drinking off his Wine went out yet the Butler could not satisfie his suspicion but went up to Mr. Lastels and demanded of him how long he had had that servant whreupon Mr. Lastels was very angry at his boldness in daring to ask him such a question but the Butler still persisted and whispering told him that he believed it was the King whereupon Mr. Lastels seeing he was discovered sends immediatly for his Majesty whom he acquaints with the Butlets discovery of him with whom the King was somewhat angry in regard he did not first acquaint himself with his supition it not being impossible but that Mr. Lastels might not have know him to be the King but upon pardon asked by the Butler it was granted by the King and he afterwards proved very instrumental in his Majesties conveyance through the Countrey But here at Bristol the chief design they had in hand failed them for though there were a little Barque lay there judged most convenient for the business yet the Master would for no reward transport a single person though he was so honest as only to deny it and made no further search or inquiry concerning the person which might perhaps have tended to a discovery This design here failing his Majesty desired to be brought some miles Westward to the house of a worthy Gentlen an whom he knew to be a trusty friend where coming he finds the gentleman in the field with his servants having discovered himself to him he was by him conâ—eyed to a convenient stand till right having first taken leave of his true friends who had thus far conducted him with the danger of their Lives and Estates from whence he was in the dusk conveyed into the house and there carefully concealed for a week till such time as preparation could be made in some Western Port of a passage for him but coming afterwards there where it was provided chancing to dine with a Parliament-Collonel then there he thought it the safer to loose the benefit of that passage then adventure to imbarque himself singly which might breed suspicion and perhaps have been the means after so many deliverances to have betrayed him into the hands of his enemies This passage then likewise failing him he returned back to the place from whence he come and concealed himself three weeks longer till in the end he being resolved on he by the assistance of Mr Ph. was conveyed through the moll by-ways they could imagine to a gentlewomans house in Sussex where he lay some few days till a person of true worth and honour made provision of a faithfull master who who with a small Vessel wafted him to a small Creek in Normandy to the great content of the Kings sacred Majesty and all his loyal Subjects and to the honour of the master with the due reward as in time may appear Perhaps the Reader may think it tedious that I have given so large a relation of his Majesties from that fight at Worcester but it was a work so full of wonder and providence and so many false relations there are abroad that I could do no lesse then recount all those miseries and hardships which this poor Prince endured for the sakes of us his Subjects and more would he willingly have endured even death it self to the redeeming of us from the tyranny and oppression which we then groaned under But let him that shall look upon the several passages of his life read them over over consider the several difficulties he passed the many dangers he was in to be betrayed the Countrey being up round about the summe of money set upon him to be paid those that betrayed him which many hundreds out of covetoesnesse made it their businesse to search for him and they will confesse ingeniously that God was never so merciful to any people as to us in delivering his Sacred Majesty out of the hands of his enemies who breathed out nothing but his death and destruction that we may yet have hope to be a happy Nation Within few dayes after this his Majesties great and miraculous deliverance Some ill-affected persons gave notice to the usurping Tyrant Oliver Cromwel of the escape of his Majesty by the privacy of Mris Jane Lane he not knowing how to satisfy his bloody intentions otherwise gave command that a Troop of Hoise should go and seize on her in the mean time she having notice given by a friend of hers at White-hall immediatly disguised her self and through much difficulty passed to Bristol and so escaped into France No sooner was she gone but the Troop of horse came a cording to the command of Oliver plundered net House but to the great grief of that Arch Rebel the prey was gone before FINIS