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A90652 Englands sorrow for the losse of their late generall or an epitaph upon his Excellencie Robert Earle of Essex, &c. Who died September 15. 1646. with a perfect memoriall of the particular services and battels that he himself was engaged in person. Philipot, Thomas, d. 1682. 1646 (1646) Wing P1996; Thomason 669.f.10[88]; ESTC R210630 3,649 1

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Englands sorrow for the losse of their late Generall OR An Epitaph upon his Excellencie ROBERT Earle of Essex c. Who died September 15. 1646. with a perfect Memoriall of the particular Services and Battels that he himself was engaged in Person BRing Reader to this sacred Hearse A teare Cemented with a Verse First let thy melting fancie be Thaw'd to some pious Elegy Then to these Reliques let thy eyes Disburse their watrie subsidies Which by that Cold our sighs dispence Shall into Christall straight condense Which being thus enchas'd shall shine Like Pearle congeal'd upon this Shrine But when they find what flame does burne Shut up i th Casket of this Urne How Palme with Olive interweaves And in this Tombe both twist their Leaves And that within this Marble Cell The Ashes of great Essex dwell Who under-rating his high bloud Sought only to be great and good And first himselfe Exacted then By just commands too other men That us to vertue he might draw More by Example then by Law They 'l to resent this losse I feare Resolve into one Generall teare Which being distild into his Tombe Shall Balsome unto his dust become So shall thy teares this Charter have To lie as Leigers in his Grave And to these honor'd Ashes bee A perpetuall Obsequie Thomas Philipot A perfect List of 150. Castles Garrisons and Townes that were taken from the King by his Excellency the Earle of ESSEX 1 ARundell Castle 2 Taken twise 3 Aulton 4 Axolme Iland 5 Alnwick 6 Axolme Garrison 7 Adlington 8 Abbingdon 9 Bewly house 10 Burton on Trent 11 Burley house 12 Burlington 13 Bish of Eclies house 14 Bredport 15 Brereton Castle 16 Bewdley 17 Barnstable 18 Bellasith 19 Bleachington 20 Cawood Castle 21 Chichester City 22 Chepstow 23 Crowland 24 Three times 25 Taken 26 Cirensister 27 Cokquet Iland 28 Cawood 29 Crow house 30 Carnarven 31 Carnarven Castle 32 Chippingham 33 Compton house 34 Cholmely house 35 Carlile 36 Christleton 37 Deddington 38 Duresme 39 Eccleshall 40 Evishalme 41 Farnham Castle 42 Flint 43 Foy 44 Farringdon 45 Gainsborough 46 Grafton house 47 Gusanna 48 Greenland house 49 Greenhill house 50 Gateshead 51 Higman 52 Hereford 53 Haggerston Castle 54 Haughton Castle 55 Horne Castle 56 Holt Bridge 57 Holt house 58 Harwarden house 59 Hilson 60 Hilsley 61 Haverford West 62 Holton Castle 63 Hemsley Castle 64 Knasborough 65 Leedes 66 Lancaster towne 67 Lancaster Garrison 68 Litchfeild close 69 Lastoll 70 Lemster 71 Lynne 72 Lincolne 73 Twice taken 74 Lacock house 75 Lumley 76 Lincolne house 77 Lumley Castle 78 Lanceston 79 Leverpoole 80 Laughorne 81 Lincolne City 82 Madbury 83 Twice taken 84 Malmsbury 85 Twice taken 86 Mostan 87 Mylus 88 Morpeth 89 Monmouth 90 Twice taken 91 Milford-Haven 92 Mount-Stamford 93 Malpasse 94 Marlborough 95 Munster Castle 96 Namptwitch 97 Newbury 98 Taken twice 99 Newbridge 100 Newcastle 101 Oswestry 102 Portsey Iland 103 Portsmouth Castle 104 Preston 105 Plimpton 106 Rossebridge 107 Redding 108 Rushall 109 Redcastle 110 Russell house 111 South-sea Castle 112 Sherborne Castle 113 Stafford Castle 114 Stamford 115 Sunderland 116 Shewdley Castle 117 Saltash 118 Tewksbury 119 Twice taken 120 Tamworth Castle 121 Tadcaster 122 Twice taken 123 Tinby Castle 124 Taunton Dean 125 Tickhill 126 Tinmouth Castle 127 Winchester 128 Wiggon 129 Whalley 130 Wakefeild 131 Warrington 132 Wrepam 133 Wareham 134 Twice taken 135 Wootton 136 Whitbey 137 Whit-church 138 Waltham 139 Withinshaw 140 Waymouth 141 Twice taken 142 Wilne Ferry 143 Welch-poole 144 Worhall Iland 145 Wingfeild Manor 146 Yarmouth 147 Yorke City 148 And three 149 Other Garrisons 150 In Wales A MOVRNEFVLL CLOVD Ouer vaylinge the face of England for the sorrowfull death of his Exelence Robert Deuourux Earle of Essex and Ewe Vicoūt Herryford Lord Ferreres of Chartley Boucher and Louains Lord General of all the Parlaments forces c and dyed the 15 of September 1646. A List of the severall Victories in which his Excellency was ingaged in person HIs Excellency being made Captaine Generall by the Parliament over all the Forces in England as was Voted by both Houses the 12 day of July 1642. protesting to live and dye with him And by the first of August following his Excellencie had raised 10000. men which he caused to be committed to Officers and drawn into Regiments and so marched immediatly into the feild The 23. of October next after was a very great battell fought between Keynton and Edge-hill by his Excellencie and his Army and that of the Kings led by his Majesty At which time his Excellencies Army killed the Kings Generall the Earle of Lindsey the Lord Auboney Sir Edmond Varney and divers more and took prisoners the Lord Willowby three Colonels and many hundred more and brought away 16 of the Kings Ensignes His Excellencie was in this battle engaged against a great Army where was the King in person and Princes Dukes Marquesses Earles Viscounts Barons Knights and Gentlemen of all orders who engaged themselves against him yet his Excellencies Army fought most chearfully by the example of their Generall whose undaunted courage put life into every man Afterwards the Kings Forces being come up to Branford and Henley in November his Excellency after severall engagements with them and assistance coming to him from the City of London who protested to live and dye with him he forced the Kings Army to retreate to Oxford with the losse of above two hundred men In Aprill Anno 1643. his Excellency being recruted marched againe into the feild with his Army and took the Towne and Garrison of Redding from his Majesty and after severall defeats given to parties of the Kings Armie he took the Town of Cirencester After which his Majesties whole Army being againe drawne into the feild his Excellency marched up to them the Queene came up to the Kings Army and a great party with her to strengthen his Majesties Army against the Earle of Essex But his Excellencie fought with them neare Nubery where he killed five Lords and divers others of quality the King with the losse of 500 men retreated to Edge-hill whither the Queen came to him In May 1644. his Excellencie desired the Parliament to have a Committee to reside with him in the Army and his Excellencie made preparations to the feild and presently besieged Oxford where the King then was and at the beginning of June got away towards the West the King and the Prince being gone to Exeter with the Lord Paulet and others his Excellencie having taken divers prisoners drew his Army after them the Queen fled over into France his Exellencie took in the West divers persons in severall places amongst which many of quality and divers Garrisons In June his Excellencie secured Weymouth Taunton Deane Wareham Bavonestable Mount Stanford neare Plymouth Plimton Saltash and Lanceston And in July his Excellencie gave a defeat to Greenvill neare Lestithiell in Cornwell and took 100. prisoners and killed 300. upon the
place and then took Tadcaster and Foy and did beat them from Newbridge still taking more prisoners daily In August his Excellency fell upon the Cornish Brigade neare Saltash and brake through their Army slew many of them upon the place tooke 300. prisoners and four Drakes Then the Kings whole Army Maurices and Greenvils were drawn into the feild in Battalia in number almost 20000 men near Lestithiell where his Excellencie daily skirmished with them killed many took prisoner Colonell Champernoone who was sore wounded and divers more many lying sixe and eight in an heap and upon desire his Excellencie granted them leave at a parly to bury their dead On Saturday the 24. of August 1644. his Excellency appointed Major Generall Whitcot and Colonell Ware to guard the rear of Lestithiell and make a damme to stop provisions from the Kings Army that way and his Excellencie with a small party of Colonel Gowres Regiment beat off 3000. horse and foot from Blazy Bridge appointed by the enemy to stop provisions from Millibilly-Bay where his Excellencie killed many and took prisoners a Colonell two Captaines and divers others In the beginning of September his Excellencie notwithstanding that he was so over-powred by the enemy yet preserved both himselfe and his men forced the enemy from the Sea-coasts and got safe to the Lord Admirall his horse not above 3000. brake thorough the whole body of the Kings Army and his foot not above 6000. though incompassed with 20000. of the Kings from Gromporond Enedor and Foy even to Blazy Bridge who were resolved to give no quarter to our men yet they fought it out so gallantly killing two of theirs for every man that were lost untill at last they got Articles from the Kings party to have a safe convoy to Lestithiell Poole and Wareham their sicke men to remaine at Foy and none of them be pressed to desert their service to his Excellencie And his Excellencie being recruited in September from the Parliament and in October had his Randezvous at Titchfeild and falling on the Kings reare took almost one hundred prisoners neare Kingscleare and with the assistance of the Earle of Manchester and Sir William Waller routed the Kings Army near Newbury and took nine peeces of Ordnance 300. prisoners and 500. Armes A perfect List of 48. gallant Victories obtained by the Forces under the command of his Excellencie the Earle of Essex 1 2 SIr Thomas Aston routed once at Namptwitch and once at Middlewitch 3 Lord Brereton routed at Esmore 4 Earle of Carbery routed in Wales 5 Cornish Forces routed at Madbury 6 7 L. Capell once driven back at Lappington and once routed in Cheshire 8 Lord Craford routed at Alton 9 10 11. Cheshire Cavaliers once routed near Stafford once beaten at Tarvin and once routed at Eaton 12 Earle of Derby routed at Stockton Heath 13 Lord Digby routed in Dorsetshire 14 Egerton defeated at Farne in Cheshire 15 16 17. Goring beaten once in Hamshire defeated once at Lebridge and once routed at Shrewsbury 18 Greenvill routed at Lestithiell 19 Grandy routed in Pembrookeshire 20 Gloster City gallantly relieved and the enemy forced away 21 Hopton routed at Cheridoun 22 Herefordshire forces routed on the borders of Wales 23 24 25 26 27 28 29. The King once defeated at Coventry once routed at Southam once repulsed on the borders of Warwickeshire routed at Edge-hill defeated near Henly and twice at Nubery 30 The Kentish-men that rose were subdued 31 32 33. Prince Maurice defeated once lost three troops of horse once was routed at Wells and once in the North. 34 Colonell Marrow routed in Cheshire 35 36 37 38 39 40 41. Marquesse of Newcastle was once routed at Tadcaster once at Bradford once at Leedes a fourth time on the borders of Yorkeshire a fifth time at Horne-castle a sixth time at Selby and the seventh time at Marston-moore 42 43 44. Prince Rupert was routed once at Marston-moore a second time in Glostershire and a third time in his Northern voyage 45 Lord Strange routed at Manchester 46 The Staffordshire and Cheshire Cavaliers beaten at Eccleshall 47 48. Sir John Winter defeated in the Forrest of Deane and a second time totally routed Licensed and Published according to Order London Printed for William Ley and are to be sold at his Shop at Pauls neer Doctors Commons 1646.