Selected quad for the lemma: lord_n
Text snippets containing the quad
|
ID |
Title |
Author |
Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication) |
STC |
Words |
Pages |
|
A34466
|
A letter sent from a gentleman to Mr. Henry Martin Esquire, a member of the House of Commons from Worcester this 19. of Octob. 1642 who was imployed by His Excellence to deliver a letter to the Earle of Dorset with the votes of both Houses of Parliament concerning a petition to be delivered to His Majestie : shewing the desperate resolution of the cavalliers, who sweare they will neither give nor take quarter.
|
Copley, Lionel.
|
1642
(1642)
|
Wing C6085; ESTC R27917
|
3,491
|
10
|
A LETTER Sent from a GENTLEMAN TO Mr. HENRY MARTIN Esquire a Member of the House of Commons from Worcester this 19. of Octob. 1642. Who was imployed by his Exellence to deliver a Letter to the Earle of Dorset with the Votes of both Houses of Parliament concerning a Petition to be delivered to his Majestie SHEWING The desperate Resolution of the Cavalliers who sweare they will neither give nor take Quarter Ordered by the Commons that this Letter be forthwith printed and published Hen Elsing Celric Parl. D. Com. LONDON Printed by L. Norton for E Husbands and Iohn Frank and are to be sold next dore unto the Kings Head in Fleetstreete Anno Dom. MDCXLII A LETTER Sent from a GENTLEMAN TO Mr. HENRY PERKINS Esquire a Member of the House of Commons from Worcester this 19 of Octob. 1642 Honoured Sir I Received commands to present from his Excellence a letter to the Earle of Dorset at Court which was then sayd to be at Sturbridge fifteene miles hence with the votes of both Houses of Parliament concerning a Petition to bee delivered to his Majesty whither repairing on Sunday last I found there many of the Cavalliers who command their horse upon my comming thither I caused the Trumpet sent with me to sound thrice but finding no guard I advanced into the Towne and demanded of such ragged people as I found there for an officer to convay me to Prince Robert and I told them I had a message to deliver to him from his Excellence of which those kinde of people not taking notice I went further into the Towne and called to a Gentleman desiring him I might bee brought to the place where the Prince was which the Gentleman who I after found was the Lord Caff directed me to upon my approach thither I alighted with the Trumpot and demanded to speake with the Prince but before I could be admitted to him I was by Commissary Wilmot conveyed to his owne chamber and being asked if I had letters I replied I had and told him to whom and upon what occasion the letters he willed me to deliver to him and tartly sayd he must have those I had whereupon I delivered the letter to him which was sealed he then left me in the custody of an officer or two who used me fairely and stayed with me in the chamber till his returne which was shortly and then tooke me with him ro the Prince to whom in presence of Generall Ruthen and Commissary Wilmot I declared the message I had in charge to which his Highnesse gave a faire answere but withall told me I was by the law of Armes a prisoner for that I came into the town without leave procured by a Trumpet and brought letters through the Army which was sealed I told his Highnesse for the first I conceived I had not broken the law of Armes for that the Trumpet sounded thrice there was no court of guard or other watch kept about the towne neither would any take cognisance of my busines with the Prince though I intreated it of divers till I was in the towne which gave me cause to believe his Highnes was not there For the second it was businesse from the Parliament therefore not unfit to be sealed the rather for that the like course had within few daies been held before in the very same businesse and it found acceptation which presidented this the answere not satisfying under the name of an officer to keepe me company I was returned to Commissary Wilmots chamber where I was entertained with convenient respect though no way sutable to the businesse of that day the Trumpet was put into a chamber close by and there they indeavoured to seduce him from his service to become a Trumpet to the King from about eleven a clock in the forenoone till one next morning I was kept in the chamber a strong court of Guard being set at the streete doore of the house where I lay there came severall officers to me and tooke liberty to speake of his Excellence most of the Lords here and both Houses of Parliament in most high and approbious language of these the prime were Major Oneale Major Hutchison Mr. William Murry Capiaine Chapman Captnine Mountaine and some others after supper Commissarie Wilinot came to me with Collonell Hastiugs Sir Thomas Byrom newly knighted he commands Prince Charles his Troop Mr. William Murry Mr. Dudly Smith and a Scotch commander who I remember not they fell upon mee with high discourse and told me I was the greatest enemy the King had in these parts of the country where I lived which I would in time know the King was sensible off and they wondred I durst come thither that and my being an officer of the Army considered both which rendred me a man regardlesse either of the Kings power and favour I told them I was as good a subject as the best of them I wisht better to and praied more for and would much more truely serve his Majrsty then the best of them which upon all occasions I would be ready to make good for my comming thither it was not as an officer nor as a man relating to the Army but as a messenger sent to the Earle of Dorset in the businesse of the Parliament for my boldnesse if it were any to come so sent it was God and my inocency which encouraged and would protect me against whomsoever they told me they admired some things considered which they pretended I was indued with I should be so blinded to appeare in such a businesse against my King and act the part of a traitor as all my partakers did I desired they would forbear such language and replyed upon them in short that I had done nothing but what my iudgement and conscience had dictated to me and that upon such mature deliberation with my owne thoughts and conference with others of approved judgements that by the helpe of God I would stand or fall to the way I had engaged for which was so farre from treason or a thought of ill to his Majesty in me or any else whose way I went that I feared not all the ruine of our oppressors which if done his Majesty would clearly see his own mistake both of them and us and such of them as scaped the sword hee would referre to justice that it might appeare wherein hee erred and misbelieved of us was through them but I intreated wee might not talke any more of that businesse it being a point too tender whereupon they fell to other discourse told me what great things they had done at Worcester the 23. of September last and there slaine hundreds of our men and converted as they called it Colon Sands both which I answered according to what I saw and knew First Collonell had declared fully his heart and words hee then spoke to the world and secondly there was but twenty five slaine on both sides which lay upon the place Major Douglas and a Cornet of theirs the Lord Beamonds brother dyed within a day or two after and foure of their part one whereof they buried and carried three with them dead and a third part of the twenty five men slaine upon the place was theirs and the hurt men were neere upon as of theirs as ours some of them more ingenuous then the rest confessed the death of the last foure but wondered how it was knowne I told them the Major of Woster discovered that though he was so much theirs he forgot to shew himselfe a Christian or a man they replied all men were false they thought but now they had taken a good course with those about the King for they had lockt up his Majesties eares and tongue from the Lords at Court who they say said were both treacherous and cowardly as the L. Dorset and others and they swore with their ancient boldnes and untruth that the Lord Dorset and others of them about his Majesty did discover and betray the Kings intensions to our side but now of late hee had learnt to keepe his Councels from them I told them they had forgot to speake of their valour at Southam and Manchester to the first they swore hard they lost but three men to the second one of them answered who had beene upon that service that they had lost more there then at all other places but they laid the fault upon the Earle of Darby who they said was both a foole and a Coward and swore hartily they hoped hee would never come up to them From this Discourse they passed on to ieere and revile our Lords as well in Parliament as here our Officers in the Army I eannot forget those base speeches they spoke against the Earle of Holland though I abhor to write them in particular which was answered as it came and returned with what sharpnesse my owne weaknesse and the present condition I was in would admit of When each man had spent his powder and had his Bout at me and received his answer I had my dispatch from Commissary Wilmot who talked as if he had Commission for it with an answere to the Letter I brought the Prince being rather willing to send it to the Court then trouble me with the carriage of it and the next morning I had leave with a respective Farewell to depatt till our next meeting which I hope will be about Dunsmore Heath and not long too In the interim I thought fit to offer these to your view if happily any advantage may come to the Cause hereby I wholly leave it to the wisdome of your selfe and those to whom you shall think to impart them whether you make them publique or no the truth of them I will make good when I shall be called and will ever rest Woster Octob. 9. 1642. Your most humble servant LIONEL COPLEY