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A97365 Mercurius cambro-Britannus, the Brittish mercury, or, The Welch diurnall communicating remarkable intelligences and true newes to awle the whole kingdome... [20th-27th November 1643] 1643 (1643) Thomason E77_7; ESTC P1079 6,140 8

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Mercurius Cambro-Britannus THE BRITTISH MERCURY OR THE VVELCH DIURNALL Communicating remarkable Intelligences and true Newes to awle the whole Kingdom from Munday November 20 to Munday the 27. 1643. 1. Prince Rupert her unmercifull plunderings in Northamptonshire which her intend to make as poore as Wales 2. Te pigge successes of Sir Thomas Middleton and Sir William Brereton in Shropshire and of teyr advancing towards West chester which spight of awle te Irish Rebells lately landed her ferily hope that tey will take in good time 3. Sir Thomas Glemham was heare was made Governour of New-castle and te warme newes of Coles comming to London 4. Te creat warre and te quarrells like to grow high betwixt te Tevill God blesse us and te Pope 5. A true Relation of horrible plunderings in Ireland which her would have you know grew a creat deale taller then tey were by te late Cessation of Armes 6. Her can tell you of some hopes of Peace and how farre te French Ambassadour will travell to pring it about 7. Vas tell of creat defeat given to Colonell Huddleston by her Colonell Rigby neer Thurland Castle and her tell how Thurland Castle was taken all to pieces and demolished 8. Te creat Mount neer Plymmouth was taken by Tevill-Cavilliers and te Tevill will take te Cavilliers 9. Bazing House her heare is not taken yet and her heare it is not like to be taken creat while 10. Sir Ralph Hopton that hopt on to VVinchester hath now got creat pride 〈◊〉 mind and offer to face her heare and deface if her can Sir William Wallets men and from awle te Roomes in her house 11. Newes from her owne house in her Country of VVales Published according to Order LONDON Printed by Bernard Alsop Novemb. 27. 1943. THE BRITTISH MERCURY COMMUNICATING Remarkable Intelligences and true Newes to awle the whole Kingdome from Munday November 20. to Munday Novemb. 27. 1643. WHen her was a Student in te Vniversity of Oxford nothing could be more welcome unto her then to receive from her friends good newes and halfe a piece of gold inclosed in a Letter but now they write and write but send no gold in her Letter but cold newes would te warre might cease that her pen might not travell from Towne to Town to heare matters and shew all as the mayde did who fell from her horse with her coat over her head and discovered her naked belly and more and more beside whereof her will not give you account But her will make more serious narrations from Shropshire bordering on Wales tell you that which is sober cood newes namely that Sir Thomas Middleton a creat landed man in Wales and Sir William Brereton have lately gone bravely on and done matter of valour whereby to raise their fame for they have lately taken Holl-Castle being the Earle of Bridgewaters house both te Hall and te Parlour and te Kitching and te fery house of Office and moreover her have lately took the Towne of Roxford whereby te passages into North-wales are cleered and her may by day or te light of te moone safely travell te carrier may passe between te legs of te mountaine te narrow way doth lye wide open like te whore to receive awle commers Her be no Prophet yet her doe fery well remember that her cryed out alwayes against te Irish Rebells comming to cut te Protestants throat but Cassandra was creat Prophetesse that foretold the destruction of Troy yet was not believed and so her words formerly were not regarded but now her heare from Ireland that te souldiers are growne so fery bold that they tooke mens clo●thes from their back and hats from their heads and it is thought te Irish Rebells comming into Wales on Saint Taffyes day would take her hat with te Leek in it from her head as they doe in Ireland And now her talke of Hull the Earle of New-castle hath sent Sir Thomas Glemham to New-castle with a Regiment of foot to strenthen te Garrison and hath put te Towne into his protection which occasioned some discords betwixt Sir Thomas Glemham and the Major of New-castle and te souldiers on te reciving of teyr new Governour began to mutiny for their pay due unto them and would not be pacified untill they were promised that te Sea-port should be open and that they should have liberty to make mony by selling of the coale which may be fery warme newes into the City of London where they are faine to spend their mony in Ale-houses to warme their toes and teyr hands in te cold weather by the fire side By a ship which from forraigne parts arrived in Wales her doe certainly understand that some grudgings hath begot a creat discontent betweene te Pope and te Divell who doth intend to come against him with awle his black furies and infernall forces but Cardinalls knowing that te Divell hath been alwayes assisting to te Pope and te Papists as in te Powder Treasons and other plots they endeavour what they can to make te Pope consider that the Devill hath been alwayes his close friend and that her had long since fallen out of her chaire of Supremacy if her had not been held up by the immediate power of te Devill and so the Pope and te Cardinalls are intended to make a new Peace with te Devill for if te Popish malignant devillish Kingdome should be divided against it selfe it could not stand Prince Rupert and his Cavaliers as her doe hear have done creat harm in Northamptonshire by their pillaging and plundering wheresoever they come and doe every day take to the value of a thousand pound from te Inhabitants for now her have got a custome of robbing her cannot leave it for robbing of mens houses is grown a common trade amongst Souldiers and they are more to be blamed that doe live by spoiling te Kings good Subjects then those that doe steale for necessities and what will be the funerall end of aul but a generally desolations which will come speedily upon this Kingdome for no man possesseth te thing that he can call his owne the subject having onely libertie to chuse whether he will begge or starve when aul his coods have been taken from her by te Cavaliers O Saint TAFFY who would have thought to have seen such ploody times and manners For since the Cessation of Armes they have Killed creat many true Protestants and have made te hand of te King and te hand of aul ●e Commissioners that signed and put creat Seal to te Articles of peace with te ploody Rebells to be guilty of much creat deal of plood And to shew her parbarous minds being like Gripe te Usurer that doth take and get aul the Lord of Castlehaven hath taken in Irelaud thiry two Castles and killed the men that were within them and te Inhabitants of of Wichloe have drove from Dublin 400. Cowes and have seized on