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A90535	The full and last relation, of all things concerning Basing-House: with divers other passages; represented to to [sic] Mr. Speaker, and divers members in the House. By Mr. Peters, who came from Lieutenant generall Cromwell. Also, how there are strange and hideous cries, heard in the ground. Commanded to be printed, and published according to order.	Peters, Hugh, 1598-1660.	1645 (1645)	Wing P1702; Thomason E305_8; ESTC R200323	3,419	8

The full and Last RELATION Of all things concerning BASING-HOUSE WITH Divers other Passages represented to to Mr. SPEAKER and divers Members in the House By Mr. PETERS who came from Lieutenant Generall CROMWELL ALSO How there are strange and hideous Cries heard in the ground Commanded to be Printed and published according to Order London Printed by JANE COE 1645. THE Rifeling of Basing OR Mr. Peters report to Mr. Speaker and other Members of the House of Commons ON Wednesday the 15 of October 1645. Mr. Peters came from Bazing upon some speciall concernments of the Army and upon Thursday morning early was in the House with the Speaker and divers Members and according to their desi●e gave a full relation of some things concerning B●zing not mentioned in the Lieutenant Generals Letters which was to this purpose That Mr. Peters came into the house of Bazing some time after the storm on Tuesday the 14 of October 1465. and tooke a view first of the workes which were many though not finished and of too great a compasse for so few men to keepe Sir Robert Peake the Governour swearing to him that they had but 300 fighting men in all the circomwallation being aboue a mile and a halfe-about there were in both houses 16 cornyards great and small the ould house had stood as it is reported 2. or 300 yeares a nest of Idolatrie the new house surpassing that in beauty and statelinesse and either of them sit to make an Emperours court The roomes before the storme it seemes in both houses were all compleatly furnished provisions for some yeares rather then moneths 400 quarters of wheat Bacons divers Roomes full hundreds of flitches of bacon Cheese proportionall with Oatmeale Beefe Porke Beare divers sellers full and that very good A bead in one roome furnished that cost 1300l Popish bookes many with Copies and such utensils that in truth the house stood in its full pride and the enemy was p●rswaded that it would be the last peece of ground that would be taken by the Parliament because they had so often failed our forces that had formerly appeared before it In the severall roomes and about the house there were slaine in view 74. and only one woman the daghter of Docter Griffith who came forth railing against our souldiers for their ruffe carriges towards her father who indeed did remember to him his former malignancy there lay upon the ground flaine by the hands of Major Harrison that godly and gallant Gentleman Major Guffle a man of great account amongst them and a notorious Papist and Robinson the player who a little before the storme was knowne to be mocking and scorning the Parliament and our Army 8. or 9. Gentlewomen of ranke running forth together were entertained by the common souldiers somwhat coursly yet not uncivilly they left them with some clothes upon them their plunder continued till Tuesday night in this manner 1 For the goods the souldiers seased upon the first goods of which there were severall sorts one souldier had sixscore peeces in gould for his share others plate others Iewels amongst the rest one got 3. baggs of silver who being not able to keepe his own councell it grew to be common pillage amongst the rest the fellow himselfe had but one halfe Crowne left for himselfe at last There were some Cabinets of Iewels and other rich treasure next to that the souldiers sould the wheat to the Countrey people and the p●ey held a while to the Country People but afterwards the market fell and there was some abatements for hast After that they sould the houshold stuffe whereof there was good store and they loaded away many Carts and continued a great while fetching out all manner of houshold stuffe till they had fetched out all the stooles Chaires and other lumber all which they sould to the Country people by peecemeal which was admirable that in all these great houses there was not one Iron bar left in all the windowes save only what was in the fire before night And the last work of all was the lead and by Thursday morning they had hardly left one gutter about all the house 2. For the fire what the souldiers left the fire tooke hold on joy was more then ordinary leaving nothing but bare walles and Chimnies in lesse then 20 houres and occasioned by the neglect of the enemie in quenching a fire ball of ours We know not how to give a just account of all that was within for we have not 200 Prisoners and it may be 100. slaine whose bodies some being covered with rubbish came not to our view only riding to the house on Tuesday night we heard divers crying in valts for quarter but our men could neither come to them nor they to us But amongst those that we saw slaine one of their officers lying on the ground seeming so exceeding tall was measured and from his great toe to his head cronw was 9. foot in length measured by a Gentleman of an ordinary size who was then present There was in all in the house about 500. besides some that before got out of the house And it is reported there are some vaults that are farr under ground for their popish priests of which cattle there were divers but none came to our hands how many of them we killed we know not 3. Mr. Peters spent some time in conference with the Ma●ques of Winchester and Sir Robert Peake the Governour one of Mr. Peters neighbours when he lived in the parish of Sepulchers The Marques being pressed by him by way of argument broke out and said that if the King had no more ground in England but Bazing house he would adventure as he did and so maintaine it to his uttermost meaning with those papists and the Marques said himselfe that Bazing house was called Loyalty But he was soone silenced in the question betweene the King and Parliament only hoping that the King might have a day againe 4. We see who are his Majesties deer friends and trusty and well beloved cosens and Councellers the Marques being the popes devoted vassall 5. And thus the Lord was pleased in a few houres to shew us what mortall seede all earthly glory growes upon and how just and righteous the waies of God are who takes sinners in their own snares and lifteth up the heads of his despised people 1. This is now the 20 Garison that hath been taken in by this Army this summer and I believe most of them the answer of the prayers and the trophies of the faith of some of Gods servants 2. The Commander of this Brigade having spent much time with godly prayer the night before the storm and seldome fights without some Texts of Scripture to support him And this time he rested upon that blessed Word of God written in the 115. Psalm and the 8. verse They that make them are like unto them so is every one that trusteth in them Which with some Verses going before was now accomplished 3. Whereas the House had ordered that the Country people should carry away those buildings God Almighty had decreed that before hand nothing remaining but a blast of Winde to blow down the tottering Wals and chimnies Doubtlesse this providence of God hath a double voice the one unto the Enemy the other unto us the Lord h●lp us with skill to improve it I hope by this time the State hath a penny worth for a penny and I hope they will have full measure and running over I wish that the payment and recruiting of this Army may not be slighted It is an easie matter to grieve God in our neglests towards him and not heard to weary one another Quer. What if the poor souldier had some remembrance though small to leave as the acceptance of this service which is already begun by * a worthy Member of the House who hath appointed some Models to be made of gold to be bestowed on those that ventured on the greatest difficulties Mr. Peters presented the Marquesses own Cullers which he brought from Basing the Motto of which was Donec pax reddit terris The very same King Charles gave upon his Coronation money when he came to the C●own But our only God doth usually attemper such pleasant Cups unto us for the close of this glorious Victory the death of Major Bethel was brought unto us shot at Bristoll where he lost 8. ounces of bloud and tyred through want of sleep he is gone into the bosome of the Lord Jesus whom he loved so deerly whilst he lived I wish he may not go unlamented to his grave who was so full of God and the fairest flower of the Citie amongst us lived without pride and died full of faith The Armies teares over Major Bethel Thou gallant Charger dost thou wheel about To shable shades or dost thou rather post To Bethel Bethel there to make a shout Of the great Triumphs of a scorned host Or blessed soule was it unworthy we That made thee weary with such dust to be Or tyred with our new reforming pace Tasting some sips of heav'n dost therefore hast To fuller draughts of that eternall grace Fearing thy spirit might be here imbrac'd Farwell deer soule thy great deserv'd arrears We 'l pay in others blood or our own tears Onely let after Ages when they tell The unexampled tale of forty five Yea when these Records to their glory swell And be compleated by the Saints alive When Naseby Langport Bristoll nam'd they hear Let them all say sweet Bethel he was there Beare a part in these lamants Every soul that longs for peace Truly who with God indents Here to have thereof a lease Enters with himself a warre Leane on things that truly are FINIS * Master Maynard