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A88488 Good news from Scotland: being a true relation of the present condition of the Army under the command of Lieut. Gen. Crumwel; and of the Marquesse of Arguile's taking a ship coming from Denmark laden with ten thousand arms: with the articles about the surrender of Barwick; and the disbanding of the forces under the Lord Lanerick and Monro: as it was sent in a letter from Lieut. General Crumwels quarters neer Berwick, to a friend in London. J. L. 1648 (1648) Wing L29; Thomason E465_34; ESTC R205210 2,789 6

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GOOD News from Scotland Being A TRUE RELATION Of the present condition of the ARMY under the Command of Lieut. Gen. CRUMWEL And of the Marquesse of Arguile's taking a Ship coming from Denmark laden with ten thousand Arms With the ARTICLES about the Surrender of BARWICK and the Disbanding of the Forces under the Lord Lanerick and Monro As it was sent in a LETTER from Lieut. General Crumwels Quarters neer Berwick to a Friend in LONDON 8ber the 4th LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the black Spread-Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1648. News from Scotland As it was sent in a LETTER from Lieut General Cromwels Quarters to a Friend in London My dear Friend I Have much wondred that having so frequently written unto you I could never receive as much as one Letter from you Whatever the reason was Charity wishes me to imagine it to be either your not receiving my Letters or else your not knowing how yours might be conveyed unto me I invite you once more by this to hold a constant Correspondence which if you do I shall give you a weekly Account of our proceedings in these Northern parts We have now drawn the most considerable part of our Army into Scotland the Van quarters this night within ten miles of Edenburgh there is part of the Army left behinde to block up Berwick two Regiments of Foot and the Lieut. Generals Regiment of Horse block it up on the English side we have others that keep strong Guards on Scotland side The Lieut. General and the Commanders and Officers express very great tenderness to that Kingdom in being very careful that the Soldiers give no offence justly to the Inhabitants by Plundring or being other-ways uncivil Upon our first entrance into Scotland a Regiment lately raised in the Bishoprick of Durham behaved themselves rudely which as soon as the Lieut General had notice of he caused it to Rend●zvouz upon Tweed Banks and the Scottish people having challenged several Horses taken from them by that Regiment which the Lieut General caused to be restored back and the Plunderers to be cashiered a Lieutenant that countenanced such deeds was del●vered into the Marshal hands and the Colonel himself conniving at them and not doing Justice upon the Offendors when C●mplaints were brought to him was taken from the head of his Regiment and suspended from executing his Place until he had answered at a Councel of War for his negligence in the performance of his Duty This notable and impartial piece of Justice did very much take with the people and the Regiment is ordered back into Northumberland Friday last 22 of Septem the Marquis of Argyle the Lord Elcoe Sir John Scot and others came as Commissioners from the honest Party in Scotland to the Lord of Mordingtons house at Mordington to the Lieut Generals quarters two miles from Berwick within Scotland we went all to meet him four miles from the house That night my Lord sent in a Trumpet to Berwick for a safe Conduct for the said Lord Elcoe and the rest of the Commissioners which being granted by the Governor they were Conducted in the next morning Little or nothing could be done by them to the gaining of the Town The Lords day my Lord sent in to desire the Governor himself to come forth which he accordingly did After much Debate he was brought to this To desire to send two Gentlemen to Lanerick and Monro to know their pleasure concerning the surrender of that Garison Monday morning the Gentlemen went having the Lieutenant Generals Pass and a Letter from the Lord Marquis We fall to our-business in order to our taking the Town and the Lords day at night Colonel Pride possessed himself of Tweed mouth and the Bridge foot on the English side and the next night he blew up the house of Guard which they had built upon the Bridge We are very near them by the Scottish side having driven away many of their Sheep from under the wall Monday in the forenoon there came an Express from General Leven and Lieut. Gen. David Lesley certifying my Lord Marquis that they were very like to agree upon the old Treaty which was to hold no longer then that night The Conditions in case they do agree will be these 1. That both the Armies that under the Lord Marquess Arguile and that under Lanerick with all Forces in any of the Garrisons in the Kingdom of Scotland together with Berwick and Carlisle be disbanded 2. That the securing and setling Religion at home and promoting the work of Reformation abroad both in England and Ireland be referred to the determination of the Generall Assembly or their Commissioners and that all questions and civill differences whatsoever be referred to the determination of a Parliament speedily to be called 3 That to prevent the ruine of Religion and breacd with England no party that were in the late engagement against England may be of the new Parliament or generall Assembly From Cockermouth briefly thus It hath been a long time besieged by 500 Countrymen The Lieutenant Generall ordered the Lancashire forces under Colonel Ashton with Colonel Brigs his horse together with Colonel Hacker and Colonel Whites Regiments of Horse from Pontefract to march up to their reliefe they might have been there three weeks agoe but are not yet come up The honest Governour Lieutenant Bird hot●s out gallantly he hath a fortnights provision yet The Enemy had mined very near the wall he sallyed out killed and took them all that were at work and brought away their Tools and burnt the barn that sheltered them He can hold out one part of the Castle though they should take the other but I hope he will be releived suddenly for that I heare there are Forces upon their march towards them The Marquesse of Arguile took seven daies ago a ship with ten thousand Arms that came from Denmark intended for Duke Hamilton they came to Leith where they were seized upon There are about eighty Officers armed that ran away from Duke Hamiltons Army now lurking about Cheviot Hills wee have sent one hundred and twenty Horse of the Lieutenant Generalls Regiment and forty Dragoons towards them which we hope will be able to give a good account of that business SIR The Godly Party in Scotland seem to be very sensible of the benefit they have lately reaped by the victory God gave to our Army and say they hope never to forget those Instruments which the Lord chose to work their deliverance and check themselves for the hard thoughts they formerly had of this Army And it s very observeable That this Army which the honest Party in Scotland looked upon as a Bundle of Sectaries not fit to be continued and did many ways unjustly reproach should now under God be the onely authors of their Deliverance Some of the most eminent and honorable in Scotland have ingenuously confessed to me their error and rashness in charging the Army last year with Rebellion unjustly seeing now there is a necessity put upon them to tread in that very path Nay they acted now against a clearer Authority where was the concurrence of the three States King Lords and Commons I am much perswaded that the Lord hath a glorious work in Scotland as well as in England The Interest of the godly people in Scotland as to the Civil was once different from that of the godly people in England or at least acted as it had been different but now the Lord hath been pleased so to order the Affairs of that Kingdom as that the Interest of the godly people there is become the same with ours in England and they and we must act upon the same Grounds and Principles And I am perswaded that so much of their Power as the Princes of the Earth have lent to the support of that Man of Sin God hath and will suddenly utterly break and destroy I have no more at present but that I am Mordington in Scotland Sept. 27. 1648. Your most affectionate Friend J L. FINIS