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The royal oake, or, An historicall description of the royal progresse, wonderful travels, miraculous escapes, and strange accidents of His Sacred Majesty Charles the II, third monarch of Great Britain wherein is observable and worth publique view ... / by John Danverd [sic]
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Danvers, John.
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1660
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Wing D238; ESTC R30976
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THE ROYAL OAKE OR AN Historicall Description OF The Royal Progresse vvonderful Travels Miraculous Escapes and Strange Accidents of his Sacred Majesty CHARLES the II. Third Monarch of Great Brittain Wherein is observable and worth Publique view I His Majesties strange and wonderful escape from Worcester fight the disrobing himself of his Princely Ornaments the casting away his Chain of Gold and the cutting of his precious Hair and curled Locks by the Lord Wilmot for a Disguise II. The pursuing of his Royal Person by Oliver Cromwel and his Blood-hounds and the manner how he escaped making a hollow Oake His Royall Pallace within four miles of Woolverhampton III. The memorable Travels of Mris Jane Lane and his Majesty His riding before her to make an escape and his going in a Livery Cloake by the name of William servant to Mr. Lastel IIII. The Discourse betwixt his Majesty and the Cook-maid at the three Crowns in Bristol Her several Questions where he was Born and what Trade he was VVith the Kings answer and the remarkable passages that happened in the Kitchin upon the Maids imploying the King to wind up the Jack V. The strange and wonderful escape of Mris Lane into France from a Troop of horse sent by Oliver to seiz on her and plunder her House The Fourth Edition amplified and enlarged By John Danverd a Loyal Subject and Servant to His Majesty LONDON Printed by J. C. for J. J. 1660. The Royal Oake c. AFthe the great and fatall fight at VVorcester between his Majesties forces and the Cromwellion Rebels the field being lost not for want of courage by the Kings party but by those numerous supplys who served only like the Turkish Asapi to blunt the Royal Swords so that their wearied Arms no longer able to hold out were forced to retreat and at length notwithstanding the generous example of his Majesty who performed things worth wonder to a disorderly fight yet 't is worthy of observation that upon Cromwells advance near the City his Majesty in person and in the head of the Horse drew out against him and that with so much valour and courage that Cromwells own Life-guard and the best of his old Souldiers who were thought almost invincible were forct to retire till seconded by Fleetwood Disbrow Lambert and others who over-powred the Kings forces being above five to one and so loath was his Majesty to decline the field that upon his earnest endeavours to have his horse and foot rally twice had he his Horse shot under him and at length was forced to shift for himself and to provide for his own safety and so with some Nobles and servants not without a great deal of difficulty forced to quit the field and by the most frequented Roads that they could possibly find out rid to the Farmhouse of a noble Gentleman on the Borders of Staffordshire where they no sooner arrived but his Majesty disrobed himself of his Princely ornaments and accouterments and particularly of a chain of Gold or Spanner-string worth 300l sterling the present of a Scottish Lad which he bestowed upon a servant of his there present which done for his farther disguise he proceeding to the cttuing off his hair and the Cot affording neither shears nor Sciffars to perform it 't was by the Lord Wilmot cut off with a knif And now every one is commanded to shift for himself this poor Prince left alone to the sole protection of the Almighty he choosing none but one friend to accompany him with whom he wandred into a Wood within four miles say some of Woolverhampton where finding a hollow Oak he was now content to make it his Pallace for here he fot some days concealed himself his Friend still towards night going out to provide him soâ—e refreshment during this his solitary confinement In the mean time the Lord Wilmot who was commanded with the rest to seek his fortune was by chance pursued by some Souldiers but meeting with a Countrey fellow formerly a Souldier in the Old Kings Army he was by him secured though somewhat strangely for he carries him into a Malt-house belonging to Mrs. Jane Lane and having no othet convenient place to hide him in clapt him under the Kilne though there were then some fire in it and the Malt so oaking on the top In the mean time the Souldiers then in pursuit of him entred the house and having made about three quarters of an hours search every where else but not at all suspecting the Kilne where they saw the fire burning they departed and the Lord Wilmot was taken out of the Kilne almost ready to faint with the extremity of the heat The Countrey-fellow having thus secured this Lord acquaints Mrs. Lane with what he had done and she extteamly glad of it gets him to her house wherhin conference she enquires of the Kings safety The Lord Wilmot gives her the former relation of his great miseries Distress which forces tears from the tender-hearted Gentlewoman she earnestly intreats him to take some course for the finding out of his Majesty and conducting him to her house she being resolved to venture het life had she ten thousand for the saying of his Royal Majesty The Lord Wilmot glad of so happy an opportunity to serve his Majesty and so great a probability of securing him the next nâ—ght finds him out and conducts him from the Royal Oak to the house of Mrs. Jane Lane where after a large condoling of his hard fortune consultation was had for a conveniency for his escape beyond sea and at length it was concluded that Bristol would be the most convenient place to take shipping That his Majesty should ride before Nrs. Lane by the name of William servant to Nr. Lastel her father in law who was to go with them and thus it was immediatly given out that Mr. Lastel and Nrs. Lane were to take a Journey in the West to visit some friends and shortly after they set forward In this Journy there hapned many accidents worthy commemoration and fiâ—st the Kings Majesty riding now as a servant to one of the faithfullest of his Subjects in a Livery cloak though not without that respect that durst be given to him complains to Ms. Lane that the cloak wearied him whereupon she desires Mr. Lastels to carry it and long they had not rid so but they met upon the Road her Brother in Law who amongst others questions demanded of her if her Father must carry her mans cloak to which she readily answered that it was so big that it often endangeâ—ed the throwing her off the horse and that she had therefore desired him to carry it The next most important accident of all was tha coming to a town where they were to pass through there was a Troop of hors there to be quartered drawn up which caused some fear but at length with resolution they passed on and the Captain taking them for honest travellers made hâ—s Troop open to the right