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A85285 A fight at Dunin in Scotland, between the Scots women, and the Presbyterian Kirkmen: and the pittifull defeat the vvomen gave the Synod-men. VVith the particulars thereof. And their triumph with culbs and bagge-pipes. And the votes made in counsell under protection of the Lord Friedland. 1652 (1652) Wing F894; Thomason E668_9; ESTC R206975 1,420 8

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A FIGHT AT Dunin in Scotland between the Scots women and the Presbyterian Kirkmen AND The pittifull Defeat the VVomen gave the Synod-men VVith the particulars thereof And their triumph with Clubs and Bagge-Pipes And the Votes made in Counsell under protection of the Lord Friedland June .22 Edenburgh Anno. Dom. MDCLII A Fight at Dunin in Scotland between the Scotch women and the Presbyterian Kirk-men SIR I Must acquaint you with a sad story of a fearfull conflict betwixt the Scotch women and the Presbyters in the Town of Dunin in the County of Pearth upon the ninth of this instant thus Vpon the eighth our Scotch women Dragooners of the Province being big with child of a strong fancy that their inheritance was invaded by some of their Brethren formerly deposed for their dislike of that Sinodicall Government resolved to bee brought to bed at this little Hamlet where after a long congratulatory prosopopia of the good successe of their deformed reformation ordered those Preachers who had re-invested themselves both with the Church and Livings by vertue of a Call from their Parishioners to be cited to appeare on the morrow at ten houres in the fore-noon under paine of that fearefull Bull of Excommunication in obedience whereof the Inditement is presented by the Officer to the Wives in their Husbands absence who promised to be with them on the morrow and to be as assisting as possible they could for curing their mallady that night the Women were most carefull in drawing together their Forces and having met about four in the morning they went to a wood hard by and each of them provided a strong Club they being about one hundred and twenty in number with a loud Bag-pipe after foure miles march furprised the Towne and possessed themselves of the Church-yard one of those flea-bitten Synod is sent to those Amazons to see if the Brethren might meet in the Church as had formerly been appointed which being denied he threatens them with Bell Booke and Candle and they baste him for his paines detaine him Prisoner dispatches sixty of their number to surprise the remainder in the Market-place the order was instantly executed with so much life that all their Body was broken and routed in their severall Parties that they lost all their Baggage and twelve of their best Horses in the Conflict one Rollock getting out of the throng with losse of Horse Hat and Cloak saved himselfe in the end of a Land a second sorely affrighted and bruised with stroakes after a miles running taking all the Creatures of the field for his enemies with a superstitiously bended knee did beg quarter of a Souldier who understanding nothing of the matter desired to know his meaning the honest Preacher surprised with the feare of his former danger without reply fell to the ground in the meane time those victorious Gallants having laid hold on the Synods Clerke for a Preacher did beat him to some tune he forswearing his Office upon assurance never to appeare in their Conclave was released Master Haliburtonne not intending to be a Martyr desired a Parly for which he is reputed to have been of the Party the rest of them being well routed some twelve or thirteen of them rallied again and about foure miles from the place at a Village called Torgane where being under the protection of the Lord Fredland they voted 1 That never any Provinciall Assembly should sit at the fore-named Dunine but that the same should be accursed and that every ninth of June should be a feastivall day for their great deliverance 2 That contrary to the definition of the Presbyterian Kirke of this Land in the yeare one thousand six hundred thirty eight and one thousand six hundred thirty nine when godly women were called up for stoning the Bishops 3 That ever hereafter the whole Sex shall be esteemed wicked and for a Pennance be condemned to weare if not the Breeches at least Calsones as a signe of their miscarriage Thus have you the briefe story of this sad day from Dalkeith June 12. 1652. Sir your Honours most humble and ever obliged Servant A. B. FINIS