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A81564	Divers remarkeable passages of Gods good providence in the wonderfull preservation and deliverance of John Harington Esqu. Mr. Robert Ram minister, Mr. William Sclater, and Serjeant Horne, all of Spalding in the county of Lincoln, who were taken prisoners by the Cavaliers of Croyland, and kept there the space of five weekes. But are now lately rescued by the Parliaments forces, the town taken with little losse, the forenamed prisoners set at liberty, and many of their adversaries taken in the same net they layd for others. Whereunto is annexed a copy of a letter sent by Mr. Ram to Croyland, which they pretended to be the cause of that their madnesse against him.	Harrington, John, 17th cent.; Ram, Robert, d. 1657.	1643 (1643)	Wing D1713; Thomason E104_34; ESTC R2614	5,270	9

we cannot well omit some passages of his he was formerly a great incendiary in another place some ten miles from Croyland where he stirred up the people in a dangerous and rebellious manner to take up Armes against the Parliament and drew many of good estates into action under the command of Captain Welby but God was pleased to rout that company without much losse of blood upon the defeat there Mr. Iackson and others sheltered themselves at Croyland where what by preaching and what by private perswading he was a chiefe instrument in stirring up the people of Croyland to take up Armes and commit such outrages as they did The last Sabbath that we were prisoners there he preached and in his Sermon did mightily encourage the people to play the men commending them highly for their courage and valour in the former incounter and perswaded them by many arguments to goe on in their resolution saying That the cause was Gods and that hee had fought for them and would doe so still and that all the good people of the land prayed for them hee said also that these holy Stones pray for you these holy Books pray for you which your enemies teare in pieces to light Tobacco withall the holy Vestments pray for you that holy Table prayes for you which they in many places make an Hors-rack yea the Saints in Heaven pray for you but of this enough and too much To proceed with our relation we heard no more of our friends comming to relieve us till Tuesday the 25. of April and then the Towne was assaulted on three sides by part of the Regiments of those noble Gentlemen Colonell Sir Miles Hobert Colonel Sir Anthony Irby and Colonell Cromwell when the Forces advanced somewhat neer the Towne Master Ram was again called for and brought out of his lodging and carried with all speed to the North Bulwark and there being very straitly pinioned he was laid within the Work upon the wet ground where he lay for the space of five hours often intreating that he might be set upon the Bulwark by reason of the ●xtream numnesse of his limbs his extraaordinary wearines with lying so long in that posture but they would not suffer him the with reason we conceive was for that our friends threatned to give quarter if any of us were again set upon the Bulwarks That Tuesday proved a very wet and windy day and so continued till Thursday morning that most of our Companies were forced to quit their moorish rotten quarters and to retreat onely some small parties on the West and South held them in exercise day and night most part of that time though the weather was very extream and they had no shelter to defend themselves from it On Thursday in the afternoon all the Companies were drawne down upon the three approaches or banks by which the Town only is accessible by land who so plyed the Croylanders upon every quarter that their hearts began to faile divers of them stealing away into the Coverts and moorish grounds on the east side of the Town which they call ●on so famous for fish and fowl and many more that night followed their fellows On Friday morning those few that remained set the best face they could upon so bad a businesse and seemed as if they would fight it out to a man but before day light they moved for a Treaty which being granted they sent their unreasonable Propositions which being torn asunder and scorned our men advanced and entred the Town without any opposition some of the chiefe Actors got away yet some were taken in the Towne and many more since in many places of the Country about Captain Styles Lieutenant Auburne of Lyn Thomas Bowre a Scrivener of London Master Jackson the Minister of Fleete Master William Balder and some three or foure more are now prisoners at Colchester and Ipswich some aer committed to the provost Marshall at Spalding Of Croyland onely one was slain and one hurt Of our men were killed five some eighteen or twenty wounded whereof some are since dead their wounds being incurable by reason of their poisoned Bullets ten champt Bullets were found in one mans pocket some of their Muskets being drawn by our men had such Bullets in them and abundance of the same sort found by our souldiers The principall man we lost was Master Nicholas Norwood a Gentleman exceeding active and zealous in this and other services he died of a shot in the shoulder some five or fixe dayes after was much lamented by all that knew him and his forwardnesse in the publike cause Thus it pleased the Lord to deliver us out of our imprisonment and miraculously to preserve those that were appointed to die for which we desire to blesse his Name for ever and blessed be the Lord for raising up so many noble Gentlemen worthy friends not onely of our Neighbours in the Counties round about us but of other parts far distant from us who with wonderfull courage and resolution ingaged themselves to relieve us or to die in the place John Harrington Robert Ram. William Slater Edward Horne A Copie of the Letter sent by Master Ram to Croyland which they pretended to be the cause of their madnesse against him AS one that truly d●sires your peace and welfare I adventure once more to write unto y●u My busines at this time is to intreat you to accept of the advice of a friend who though but a stander by perhaps sees more then you that play the game I beseech you consider how dangerously you run the hazard both of your lives and fortunes in this course you take Doe you thinke that to take up Arms to make Bulwarks and Fortifications without Commission to disobey all Warrants and Commands are not very high contempts Can you imagine that the Parliament or the Committee at Lincolne will endure such affronts Or can you hope to defend your selves against such Forces as may easily and speedily be raised against you Surely your numbers and your preparations are not so great but that a small power may prevaile against you neither is your Towne so inaccessible but that it may be approached many wayes a piece of Ordnance will soone command and batt●r down your houses at two or three miles distance besides it is possible in a very short time to famish your Towne by cutting off all supplies of Corne and other provision perhaps you expect some Forces from other parts that will come in to your aid perhaps they which have so promised you will not or cannot be so good as their word or if they be surely Croyland is not able to receive at least to maintain any considerable number of men Good Neighbours think seriously on these things and do not desperately ruine your selves and your posterity but hearken timely to the Counsell of Peace I know your plea is that you stand but upon your ●wne guard and defence of your selves and estates so pleaded C. W. so pleaded Grand so plead all that stand out against the Parliament but the Parliament allows not of such a plea neither will it endure to be so contemned Assure your selves that if the Forces at Lyn Cambridge Northhampton Nottingham Lincoln Boston and Spalding be able to reduce you to the Parliaments Obedience and Justice you will not long escape them my counsell therefore is that you will play the parts of wise men lay down your Armes and submit your selves listen not to them that advise you to stand out they will be the first that will forsake you let those that are named in the last Warrant present themselves to the Committee without delay it will be the best dayes worke that ever they did and if they will be pleased to make use of me I will doe them the best service I can not doubting but that I shall obtaine their peace upon faire termes Thus beseeching the God of peace to incline your hearts to these motions of peace I rest Your faithfull friend Robert Ram. Spalding Jan. 31. 1642. FINIS