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A71004	A True relation of the sad passages between the two armies in the west shewing the perfidious breach of articles by the Kings partie : their horrid crueltie offered to the Lord Generals souldiers in their march from Foy as it is certified by severall letters under the hands of judicious godly men : commanders in the army who were themselves eye-witnesses and patient sufferers in all these cruelties herein expressed / published by G. S.	G. S.	1644 (1644)	Wing S28; ESTC R18170	6,967	12

to their persons or goods and care taken of them till such time as they can be transported to Plimouth Sixtly it is agreed that all Officers and Souldiers of that Army for the better conveniency of their march shal be permitted to receive all such moneys provisions of victualls and other accommodations as they shal be able to procure from Plimouth to which end they shall have a Passe granted to any persons not exceeding the number of twelve whom they shall send for the same Seventhly it is agreed That there be no inviting of souldiers but that such as will come voluntarily to his Majesties Service shall not be hindred According to these Articles The Artillery Carriages Ammunition Armes c. Were delivered into the Kings possession But how contrary to these Articles they dealt with us these following Testimonies do testifie SIr I have writ twice to you before but have not received on line from you which makes me thinke my Letters have miscarryed what our Straits were and have been I formerly writ in the extremity of our straits After the Lord Generall was gone by Sea to Plimouth and our Horse made their way through the Kings Army of which I assure my self you have heard the enemy made violent assaults against us greedily thirsting after our blood as the ravening Beasts after their prey intending not to leave one of us alive But God hath in mercy preserved us and did wonderfully uphold the courage of our Souldiers who were resolute and valiant resolving either to die like men or to come off with honour insomuch That after some showers of great and small shot the heat of the raging enemy was well cooled and they willing to be shut of us upon reasonable termes rather then to buy our blood at so dear a rate and were willing to accept of a Treaty And after some time spent about the conditions on Sunday night the first of September we were all agreed and were to march away with a safe Convoy the next day with our Colours and Drums c. but with no Arms except Officers But then came our misery For when we had laid down our Arms and came to march through the enemies Army we were inhumanely delt with abused reviled scorned torne kickt pillaged and many stript of all they had quite contrary to the Articles For presently even in the presence of the King and of their Generall they took away our cloakes coats and hats calumniating us by reproachfull words and threates if we would not desert the Parliament and turn to the King And after a day or two march they Stript many of our Officers to their shirts taking away their Boots Shooes Hose c. notwithstanding Major Generall Skippon stoutly urged the Condition severall times and with much wisdom behaved himself nor was this the worst for they hindred us in all our march from provisions and quarter on purpose to destroy us and truly the Mercy and Providence of God was wonderfull to us that we perisht not in our march I hope I shall have opportunity to see you shortly and shall then tell you something of my own particular usage and losse I pray c. Southampton the 19. of September 1644. Your assured Friend and Servant R. B. This Letter was writ to a Gentleman of quality and worth from his intimate and faithfull Friend here followes another writ to a Gentleman of Eminency in the City from a Captain of his acquaintance who is known to be Discreet Honest and Religious a Sholler and a Valient Souldier Most worthy Sir My service to your selfe and to c. VVHen my Lord Generall advanced into the West He comm●nded our Regiment out of Plimouth amongst which I was one We oftentimes skirmished with the Enemie and had ever the better which presaged a Victorie to us as I conceived if we would fight The first time our Plimouth Horse being but a handfull charged a vast body of the Enemies horse and put them all to flight I cannot describe in writing what I saw that day act●d I was my selfe present in that Charge It was wonderfull to see the couragious hearts of our men and the basenesse of the Enemie This was the first skirmish of note the rest I omit The next of any note was the day my Lord Generall began to draw from ●istithiel towards Foy At that time both Horse and Foot skirmished but especially the Foot That day in the morning we beat the Enemie back for divers fields took three Foot Colours and one Horse Colour and divers prisoners and men of note I that day got the Princes Colours in the field The whole body of the Enemies horse and foot stood amazed at our Footmens resolution All that day we skirmished very hot and the Enemie stuck very close on every side plying us continually with shot The night comming on the Enemie drew into divers bodies of Horse and Foot but especially towards our Right and Left Wing two vast bodies of Horse appeared their Foot concealing themselves as well as they could yet we plainly perceived their intention was that night to fall on or to give us a great Alarme which they did to the purpose The next night my Lord Generall and the Lord Roberts and Sir John Merrick took boat for Plimouth and as it fell out it was well they went I meane the Lord Generall and Lord Roberts for without all question the Enemie would have killed them On Sunday we had a Parley and it ended the same night the Articles agreed upon I believe you have heard but how they were violated I am sure you cannot know except you had seen it Sir believe it no tongue can expresse the barbarous usage of our men by the Enemie They stripped many hundreds stark naked wounded many and pillaged most of their money coats and hats This was on the Munday Septemb. 2. They made us after we had laid down our armes to ma●ch through the Kings Army where the Souldiers came upon us in most barbarous manner moyling our men in the dirt and kicking them pulling all from them doublets hose and shirts leaving many stark naked When we came from the Kings Army to Listithiel the poore Souldiers were assaulted with more crueltie by the Towns-men and women of Listithiel who stripped many men stark naked not leaving them any thing to cover their nakednesse And I saw them strip a woman of our partie to her smock she had lyen in but three dayes before they took her by the haire of her head and threw her into the River and there had almost drowned her the woman dyed within twelve houres after Divers other women and men were served in the like nature Also upon Listithiel Bridge there met three brethren two were on the Kings partie and one for the Parliament The two laid hold on the other brothers throat one of them would have killed him but the other was more mercifull yet they stripped him and beat him and swore