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A34438	Stratologia, or, The history of the English civil vvarrs in English verse : containing a brief account of all fights, most skirmishes, stratagems and sieges in England, from the very first originall of our late warres, till the martyrdome of King Charles the First of blessed memory / by an eye-witnesse of many of them, A.C.	Cooper, Andrew, fl. 1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing C6049; ESTC R20852	74,138	195

King had got the wind Which now stood West to Rupert was assign'd With Morice the right wing Langdale did head The left the King did the main Battail lead The right hand Tertia Linsey did command Bards and stout Lisle the left Ashley did stand With Linsey Skippon now had Marshalled Fairfax's Army Skippon's selfe up led The main Battalia Cromwell the right wing Ireton the left Pride Rainsborough Hammond bring On the reserves The Hill was their intent To get which the King hastens to prevent The Signals given the thundering Cannons play Of smaller shot thick flights obscure the day That vale seem'd all in one united fire Which in a Pile sulphurous did aspire The very clouds the Aire shrill Trumpets wound Clashing of Armour the tumultuous sound Of different voices reach th' Olympick Skye Numbers of both parts on the ground now lye Bleeding the last of their yet vital blood Which now the field o'reflow'd like to a flood That Brook from Welford that doth downward glide Ran now more blood than water proudly ride The prauncing and curvetting Horse about Rupert by this put their left wing to rout Who like a swelling stream down fiercely bore All opposition him that stood before While Rupert follows the pursuit amain As far as Naisby numbers having slain Of their dispersed Troops with slaughter Great Cromwell with his did our left wing defeat Our Northern Troops too much inriched were At Leicester to stand well to it here If these of Leicesters prize less had thought Perhaps much better here they would have fought Yet did stout Langdale here himself behave Like to himself making resistance brave While either skill or courage might prevail Our Foot their main Battailians do assail Most boldly puting most of them to rout Skippon and Ireton wounded at this bout The last our Prisoner too Cromwell doth see Their Foot back on their own Reserves to flee Rides thither and doth re-inforce them on Joyning his Horse mainly they press upon Our standing bodies who assailed were At once both in their Fronts Flanks and their Rear For some indeed to admiration fought Whilest others by their heels for safety sought ☞ A Cobler from North-hampton lately came Fairfax to serve but here hee got a lame Having in his right Leg receiv'd a shot Tush saith the Cobler Sirs I value 't not For runing from my work my Wife mee beat Now shall I sit much closer to my Seat As Mars himself against the Giants fought On Phlegra 's Plains when Heaven to scale they thought So active was the King in this same fight Giving his Souldiers of Heroick might A still to bee admired president Sometime ingag'd numbers his own hand sent To Erebus sometimes hee did recall And rally such as fled a Generall Hee shew'd himself both valorous and expert Acting Ulisses and Achilles part His words the Timerous much did animate His acts the Valorous strove to imitate Such as did run hee did implore to stand To every wing hee Rode and gave command For what to our advantage might conduce For Cowardise who now could plead excuse Seeing their Soveraign King thus to ingage In the most sharpe Encounters Fury Rage Tumult Disorder every place doth fill Sirrah the Sword and then no more but kill Pistol strike down here heaps of men do lye With Horses intermixt here some do flye Others pursue here lay a Leg or Head And there an Arm under our Horse feet Dead Many were trod nor could wee understand Whom to obey to whom to give Command Such the confusion thick our Pistols flye At one another all the Ground doth lye Bespread with these Pole-axes cleave Men down VVhich oft left fix'd are in the patients Crown From covered Armour our charg'd Tucks rebound And in the Glance oft times do kill or wound That party whom against wee did not aim ☞ By this the sword might sole dominion claim Over the field with this alone wee plead Till many a Gallant on the field lay Dead Brown Dallison Cave Band and Markam slain Linsey and Ashley wounded now 't is vain Ours to intreat to stand They round beset Most of our Foot the Coach the Cabinet The Royal Standard of his Majesty Are taken all our great Artillery The thousand Arms well nigh five thousand men ☞ To Leicester-ward now wee flye but when His Majesty came there hee would not ftay But even that night for Litchfield rode away Cromwell pursues takes many then beset Leicester till his Excellence could get Up with the Foot which on in haste they bring Thinking perhaps here to have tane the King The town they Summon their demands deni'd They vow to storm it and forthwith provide The Onset for Mounts rais'd Batteries they make But Haistings while as yet hee might partake The Benefit of good conditions yeilds ☞ Many successful Skirmishes and fields About this time fall to the Parliament Gell towards Newark late a party sent VVhich met a Troop from thence they fought and beat The Royalists Mitton a great defeat Near Shrewsberry had given to some of ours Brearton near Chester also now o're powers A party near two hundred Prisoners took Hingham's now yeilded but a while let 's look To Fairfax who march'd Taunton's siege to raise Goring draws off to Lang-port there Displaies His Army Massy first charg'd in his Rear Ere the Fairfaxians Troops advanced were Up to the field neither could vaunt success In this contest Fairfax comes doth possess Himself of Sutton fields where upon sight Of Goring hee draws up intent to fight Goring presaging that hee might bee beat In the best order for his safe retreat Unto Bridge-Water did his men dispose Many strong Hedges did those Lanes inclose VVhich with his Musketiers hee lin'd then stood His Cannon and his Horse in order good Rang'd in the Lane Fairfax by this drew nigh Though at some distance thick the Bullets flye And many a Man lay Dead upon the plain But Gorings Foot at length they do constrain Quite from their post Bethell then charg'd the Horse VVho with a vengeance did him re-inforce VVith loss till Desborough his reserve came on And pressing sore the Royal Horse upon Put them to rout Goring did what hee could To bring the most of his safe to his hold Odd of a thousand on both parts were slain Some Cannon Goring lost many were tane Of his The rest Fairfax amain pursues Up to Bridge-water first the Town he views Then sends his summons in to yeeld on sight As Burroughs now had done or else that night He vows to storm the Town put all to sword Goring is gone Digby returns him word To do his worst But Fairfax makes a pause Till Peters Preach'd the justnesse of the cause And till his men received had their pay And then with fire and sword he did assay The Town The storme was furious many slain But in the end the low Town they re-gain And Fairfax Colours on the works display To grace those bloody

Presbytery As now under much-hated Prelacy That much pretended wish'd for reformation Shall have a most apparent confutation From those curs'd crimes London will exercise And grant her even what Form shee can devise For Government either in Church or State But whether doth my Muse thus deviate Rupert the leading having now acquir'd Of such a Party as his heart disir'd Couragious Gallants who did scorn to fly The face of even the proudest enemy Thought that his smaller parties fortitude Might ballance Essex's numerous multitude O! that their temperance had but equalis'd Their valour would Rupert had exercis'd A stricter Discipline and not by force Suffered his stout though too licentious Horse Coine Arms and Horses to extort from those That doubtless but for this nere the Kings foes Had prov'd Indeed plundring intemperance Bacchus his bowles Venus her daliance Were of the Royal party the sole bane How many men surpris'd how many slain Oft in their cupps want want of discipline Our Cause though just made many to decline Yet our Commanders this to tolerate The want of pay did thus necessitate Nor long to us did any such adhear Who in their service mercenary were ☞ By this time Essex numerous Forces were Drawn out of London to North-Hampton where They wait their General 's coming and indeed In number three to one they did exceed The Kings So zealously was London bent Against the King to aid the Parliament Essex arrived with his Army now Coventry Warwick and North-Hampton too Did fortifie Glocester then did stand For th' Parliament under Massies command To Worcester Rupert his Troops doth bring Thinking that City strongly for the King To fortifie But Essex Horse so near Prevents his stay and resolutions there Nevertheless both parties now so near Scorn to retreat as men surpris'd with fear Before their Gallantry they have express'd By skirmishing most fiercely they contest They ride up close and boldly do give fire In one anothers bosoms then retire Others advancing do their rooms supply Their discharg'd Pistols at the heads do fly Then of each other and incontinent Then hand to hand unto the Sword they went Some giving some receiving many a wound Till many a man lay gasping on the ground But Rupert causeth a retreat to sound Lest that the numerous foes should him surround And from this skirmish up his Troops doth bring To Shrewsbury for to attend the King Sands now his Prisoner whose whole Regiment To Rout and Ruine in this Skirmish went That famous River that Sabriua's name From her drown'd in it doth as yet retain Almost surrounds the Town of Shrewsbury His Magazin Mint Coin Artillary His Person too here did the King confide A Town by Art and Nature fortifi'd ☞ During the King 's though short residing here His smaller Forces much augmented were So that hee takes the field fully intent For London but this Essex doth prevent Who with his Force at Worcester did lye And hearing that the King was marching by Draws out his Army and to Coventry After the King directly marcheth hee Resolv'd to fight Such preparations are Made England to ingage in Civil War Whose desperate prologue Muse thou must prepare Indoleful accents now for to declare Now Phoebus did from th' Equinoctial Line His course to the Antartick Pole decline Nor could the cooler air yet qualifie Mens hotter Zeal and desperate fervency To Civil Wars this Fire alone must bee Quenched with blood dolorous Phlebotomie In Warwick-Shire there lies a spacious Plain Pitty that Civil blood should it distain Nere Keinton call'd the vale of the Red Horse Where General Essex with his numerous force Was now arriv'd The Royallists hard by Upon Edge-Hill their near approach discry And there their Troops most gallantly display Putting their Battaile quickly in Array Linsey was Captain General for the King But Ruthen ordered their embattailing The Valliant Linsey with his Pike in hand Led the main Body Rupert did command Those Gallant Troops placed in the right wing Bravely the left Carnarvan on did bring Essex this while embattailed did stand His right Battallions Balfore did command Ramsey his left Hurry this Day did serve In the right wing and was Balfore's reserve Essex a while his Infantry did head Till Meldrum came who on the same did lead Essex now mounted in his Armies sight Thus to the Battail did his men excite ☞ Take Courage Souldiers from your juster cause It 's for Religion Liberty and Laws You fight who would not spend their dearest blood Now for Religion 's sake and England's good What do not Pressures Poles curs'd subsidies Ship-monies Taxes damn'd Monopolies Now Fleece us Subjects for no Soveraign use Impudent by permission grows abuse VVhat is not superstitious innovation Of Romish Rites Cross-Altar-Adoration Obtruded on us have wee not permission Of the Mass-Idol See! the exhibition Of Sports even to the Sabbath 's Prophanation Are authoris'd by Order Proclamation Cards Dice Bowls Tennis Stage-plaies Sabbathsport Are made both in the Country and the Court. Dare mortal men Gods morral Laws withstand VVhat God forbids dare earthly men command O Sinfull daies O impious hellish times VVhen even by Order warranted are Crimes Bad Presidents without indulging Laws Finde too too frequent practise and applause Ambitious Prelates now do arrogate In honours temporal to Officiate Their Romish Doctrines ceremonious guise All pious hearts resent and much despise Nuncio's from Rome to England now resort And much were honoured in our English Court Whither when Jezabel's proud Sons were come They much admir'd in England to finde Rome It 's not against the King that wee declare But those that Authors and Abettors are Of these strange things who will not rather dye Then be insnar'd againe in Popery Even in your looks I easily perceive Your forwardnesse I know you 'l not deceive My expectations for meethinks I see You in pursute and yonder Troops to flee Meethinks I see what numbers we have slain How many prisoners Horse Armes Colours tane How every Souldier is inrich'd with prize What rare inventions London doth devize To grace our Tryumphs how their Bone-fires burn And Bels ring loud to honour our return His wicked councel all dispers'd and fled In Tryumph shall the King himself be led By us unto his London Parliament Who will reward with condigne punishment Most of his wicked party valorous bee Take resolution magnanimity Brave Souldiers and indeed you may confide All these presages shall be verfi'd ☞ At this a prologue to the near dispute Essex the King daringly did salute With a loud Volley of his Ordinance Whose fiery bals near to the King did glance As he from his prospective did survey Their Army in that Valley where they lay And then three acclamations even so high Their Army gave as seem'd to rend the sky ☞ At which brave Linsey soon the King desir'd Leave to go on Saying Essex hath fir'd His Cannons on us and shall we stand still And suffer his great shot our men

head that now incompetent Of all command he was Fielding's resolve Now upon whom the power did all devolve Was for to yeild a parley sounded is On gallant tearms indeed both he and his March out The Royalists the Act decry And by a Martial Councel judg'd to dye Was Felding for 't at Oxford but the King Pardon'd the person and forgave the thing ☞ Rupert and Gunter did at Chalgrave meet And with their discharg'd Pistols boldly greet Each other but Rupert shot Gunter dead And whilst the Traiterous Hamden there did head His party he receiv'd a mortal wound Even on that field upon that very ground Where first against the King hee did declare Even so remarkable God's Judgements are Numerous the Prisoners were that Rupert took ☞ But let 's a while now into Cornwall look On Lands-Down hills most advant agious ground Waller encamps Hills Woods and Walls surround His Camp almost what part did open lye With Rampiers and strong works they fortifie Lining the hedges thick with muskereers Slaining advanceth with his Cavalliers Whose horse at the first charge disordered were The Cornish foot charge up the hedges clear The Horse now ralli'd bravely wheel about Charge home in deed put Waller's Horse to rout With a great slaughter the first hill regain'd Brave Greenvile with a stand of Pikes maintain'd Against their Horse and shot both great and small But there alas that valorous Knight did fall With hundreds more four brave assaults they make On Wallers Campe the fifth they do it take To the next hill Waller his men retires At mid-night many Marches there he fires Hanging the hedges with them and so flies The Royalists still fireing A brave prize The morning light to Slaining's men discry'd Sharpe was the fight numerous the men that dy'd On both sides for from noon even till mid-night Continued was this bloody desperate fight ☞ Through unfrequented by-waies Waller flies Yet him Prince Morice met near the Device At Roundway-Down but with two thousand men And though indeed Waller was nine or ten Morice him greeted with so brave a charge That from close Order soon his men inlarge To shameful flight the Royalists pursue Numbers of Prisoners took numbers they slew Six thousand Arms ten Cannons and great store Of Ammunition hence the Victors bore The Captives did the Victors duplicate Which Round-way-Downe did Run-way nominate ☞ Whilst these trans-actions in the South do pass At Burlington the Queen arrived was Of Arms and Ammunition store she brought With the Crown Jewels late in Holland bought The Parliaments great Ships that hovered near When once these Royal parties landed were And the Convoy return'd near shore advance On Burlington with their great Ordinance They play off Ship-board for an hour and more And then weigh Anchor and put off from shore ☞ Ougleby and Montrosse to the Queens traine Conjoyne their Troopes and first to York they came Jermin was the Queens General th' Infantry Infamous Lesley led her Chavalry The noble Gerrard Leg the sole Chieftain Of her Artillery and thus they came From York up to Edge-Hill where the King meets His Loyal Consort and most kindly greets Her with imbraces most affectionate And with great joy doth there congratulate Het safe return Sweet Martial Melody Doth make the Ecchoing Hills and Vales reply And tell the World what love and joyes there are Conceiv'd at meeting of this Royal pair The Thundering Cannons play at such a rate Judgements loud Trump seeming to antidate So sweet the Levits were so high the strain Joying those Loyal Ghosts there lately slain ☞ From hence these Royal Armies all repair To Glocester All things provided are Now for the Siege And thus the Camp sate down After the King in vain summon'd the Town Upon the South laid Ruthen Earl of Forth Ashley on th' East Vavaser on the North The River and most of the Chavalry Upon the West side of the Town did lye Still in the Leagure doth the King reside Ladders and Engines numerous they provide And with their batteries make the City-wall As leaves from Trees in Autumn for to fall Yet could not enter for the Deeper Moat In which so many Faggots thrown still float Upon the waters so that they repair Their breaches The Kings Mines countermin'd are The King whilst here much precious time did lose Either the art or prowess of the Foes Or the Towns strength this Town 's unfortunate Did all the Kings assaults annihilate Many bold Sallies the Besieged make Some wound some kill some they prisoners take ☞ Whilst Glocester the King besieg'd in vain Exiter did Prince Morice powers regain Before this Town a while the Prince had laid And on it only with his Cannons plaid Then makes a fierce assault prevails so far As that their mounts works sconces all won are And their own Cannons turn'd against the Town In this distress they beat a Parley soon And yeild on Quarter Thus even the whole West Became the Kings for Rupert had possest Bristol before The third or fourth Day Fines had surrendred and was march'd away ☞ That constant Herald even swift flying fame Now told the King how General Essex came To raise his Siege who Rupert off soon sent To bee to Essex an impediment And to retard his Marches whilst that hee From Glocester drew of 's Artillery Some skirmishes betwixt these parties pass Yet Glocester releiv'd by Essex was And having done this feat so much desir'd For London hee resolv'd to have retir'd ☞ But Rupert follows with a numerous force Of Chavalry and Bodies brave of Horse Marches for Wilt-shire and to Aubern near Most boldly falls in General Essex rear Urry first charg'd who the Forlorn did lead Did execution much many fell Dead His Troops before But Essex fac'd about And well-nigh put brave Jermins Horse to rout Jermin and Digby shot some also tane Constable and La-vienville slain ☞ On Mavern Hills they have a second bout And for a while ingage both Horse and Foot With success equal But this while the King To Newberry his Infantry doth bring Essex goes on to Cirincester where Of Royallists too many Quartered were Which hee surprizes Next Day hee did see The King embattail'd near to Newberry At the first sight both parts began to fire But night comes on and so they both retire A plot of very advantagious ground This night about two miles off Essex found On which hee did encamp But the next Day So soon as Phaebus did his Rayes display Fully upon our Hemisphere the King Up even to Essex Front his powers did bring With the Forlorn brave Lisle boldly went on And first did fight for ground to fight upon Then the two Byrons with much Gallantry Led on the Royal Horse and Infantry Acting their parts like Souldiers excellent Even to their Enemies astonishment ☞ Louder than Thunder now the Cannons roa● Heads Leggs Arms Thighs with violence they to●… From whom they hit Of Bullets the thick flight Even

valiantly held out e're this Yeilded it was Now Skipton they assay Enter the Town plunder and bear away What lighter then stone-walls in it they finde Batteries against the Castle were design'd Numerous Granadoes in the interim plaid When here the Leagure had some few daies laid From Apleby upon Paroll I came Having exactly first perform'd the same I to the Castle with a Trumpet went Whom we return'd Their Scouts stood eminent On Rumles-Moore from whence they might us When any party we together drew Therefore some twenty in their sight do mount view They take th' Alarm and to their Guards account Our motion In the interim we drew out Three hundred undiscovered Horse and Foot Their Horse all mounted our small party drew Streight on our ambuscado out we flew Their three divisions soon we put to rout Briggs had some parties to draw out of Foot Whereof some slain the rest we dissipate Take Briggs with many more So fortunate In such attempts were the bold Skiptoneirs Their gallantry in these their acts appears In their own meadows numerous Horse and Foot A party small of them did break and rout Tripleing their number with the Prisoners tane At Ast-wick-Fair how many had they slain Taken and broke their party very small Wren's Regiment we beat at Eshton-Hall But with a hundred Horse Kighley's designe Was gallant though alas the love of Wine In some Commanders a miscarriage wrought Fatal But we to yeilding tearms are brought And hence convey'd to Leichfield march away In Arms compleat and souldier-like array Finis Libri Sexti THE English CIVIL WARRS BOOK VII The Contents The Model new with some of Cromwels deeds Lidney Siege raisd Ludberry fight succeeds Taunton besieg'd The King storms Leicester Naisby fight Gorings forces routed are At Lang-port what 's at several Sieges done Routon and Shearburn fights Westchester won Kilsithe fight Digby 's rout on Carlisle Sands Torrington fight Goring his men disbands Stow fight Oxford besieg'd The King doth make Thence in disguise unto the Scots escape Hereford is surprized by a Plot Newark Siege North the King goes with the Scot. THe Parliament now their Grandees recall All from command Young Fairfax Generall Is made of England By this Modell new Many advantages to them accrew Emulous Lords now being laid away Men of less note will need the lesser pay Spirits most active for the Cause they chuse Of milder Zeal Commanders they refuse As useless now Cromwell for Eminence Was now the MAN next to his excellence Northampton's Horse with the Queens Regiment At Islip-bridge in Quarters resident Cromwell upon them comes they fight at length The Royalists ore-powered are in strength Cromwell some hundreds of these Horse doth take With the Queens Colours then pursuit doth make To Blackington after the rest that fled Cromwell demands the House delivered By Windebank on tearms it is next day Both Horse and Arms they leave and march away To Oxford where a Martial Court decree Windebank shall for this delivery Bee shot to Death when too late to prevent This Collonels Death the King doth it resent Blaming Prince Ruperts too much urgency In this young Gallants late Catastrophe His Royal bounty doth the King express All hee could do to his Relicts distress Near Bampton-Bush Vavisors party lay Cromwell his marches doth direct that way So privately that hee surpriz'd them all Numerous his Prisoners and his prize not small Lidney against Massie close Siege had laid Langdale at length to the Defendants aid Came with a party brave Massie off beat Many hee slew and took in this defeat To Ludberry Rupert with his Forces came Massie before possest was of the same But seeing Ruperts Horse so near drew out Whilst off for Glocester hee sent his Foot Hee charged with his Horse fierce the dispute Massie at length doth fly in the pursuit Rupert shot Massie's Horse doubtless his aim Was at himself though short his bullets came Harlow was tane Bacchus laid on the ground Bleeding of his now last and mortal wound Numbers were kill'd numbers of them were tane On Ruperts part was noble Haistings slain ☞ Hopton on Tauntons Seige had now design'd Greenvill and Goring were with him combin'd Willington-House by storm they late regain'd Many within put to the sword maintain'd This Siege was with much courage and more art Nor wanted these on the Defendant's part Which Blake advanced unto such renown Many assaults were made against the Town Mounts high were rais'd off which their Cannon plaid Fairfax sends Graves at length unto their aid At his approach th' Assailants march away Tauntons releiv'd nor longer Graves would stay Th' Assailants soon renew the Siege again Where to their work wee leave them to remain ☞ Massie recruited Evesham comes before Demands the Town Legg no such spirit bore To yeild at the first Summons Massie then Commands the storm with loss three times his men Were bravely beaten off Sevorn grew red Soon with the influx of the blood here shed But at the fourth assault the Town they win Many put to the Sword of those within ☞ Fairfax and Brown Oxford before sate down But the Defendants all the Meadows drown Sleight their out Forts and all the Suburbs fire Cromwell doth from the Kings pursuit retire For Cromwell had a while follow'd the King But now recall'd doth to the Leagure bring His well-arm'd troops while Fairfax veiws the town And ore the Bowling-green rides up and down A Cannon-bullet from the works doth fly Pity it mis'd which wafts his head hard by Which made his excellence in great fear Once vaile his Beavour to a Cavallier But now let 's leave this Leagure and review The Kings transactions who together drew A gallant Army and North-westward went The Siege at Chester for to raise intent Brearton his Siege draws at the Kings access The King wheels East to Leicester address Wee make demand the Town in vain for they Within do entrance to their King deny At this command is given to storm the Town After our Guns wide breaches had beat down Though those within did make resistance stout Resolutely wee enter Horse and Foot Those enemies that yet survive do fly To th' Market-place where their Artillery With some fresh Companies of Horse and Foot Did stand with these wee have a bloody bout For full two hours and more they here maintain The fight in fine the most of them were slain Here laid whole heaps of Scotish Voluntiers There Dalbin's men by scores ruddy appears The Soure with blood the Channels did convey Out of those streets here Gray's men slaughtered lay The Town was plundered Gray and Hacker were Prisoners Great was the prize was taken here ☞ Fairfax hears of these actions of the King Rises from Oxford and doth Northward bring His Army Orders unto Cromwell sent Who lately to the Isle of Ely went From Oxford Siege to march Naisby fields are For the most fatal fight of this sad War Design'd the place The