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lord_n	honourable_a	london_n	right_n	15,695	5	6.6784	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A48137	A letter sent from a worthy divine to the Right Honourable the Lord Mayor of the city of London being a true relation of the battaile fought betweene His Majesty and His Excellence the Earle of Essex : from Warwicke castle the 24 of October 1642, at two a clock in the morning : together with a prayer for the happy uniting of the King and Parliament, fit to be used by all good Christians daily in their houses.	Byfield, Adoniram, d. 1660.	1642 (1642)	Wing L1597; ESTC R13885	2,647	8

A LETTER Sent from A worthy Divine To the Right Honourable The Lord Mayor of the City of LONDON Being a true Relation of the battaile fought betweene His Majesty and his Excellence The Earle of ESSEX From Warwicke Castle the 24. of October 1642. at two a clock in the morning Together with a Prayer for the happy uniting of the King and Parliament fit to be used by all good Christians daily in their houses LONDON Octob. 27. Printed for Robert Wood 1642. A LETTER SENT FROM A Worthy Divine to the Right Honorable the Lord Major of the Citie of LONDON SIR YEsterday being the Lords day His Excellencie intending to march from Kinton a little Village in Warwick-shire towards Banbury to relieve it unexpectedly an Alarme came about eight a clock in the morning that the Enemy was advancing within two or three miles which accordingly proved so and it pleased God to make my self the first Instrument of giving a certain discovery of it by the help of a prospective Glasse from the top of an Hill when the two Armies were drawn into Battalia about two a clock in the afternoon a very sore and fierce Battail began which continued about four houres in mine own sight and hearing much blood was shed and a gallant spirit expressed by our Infantry even to such a degree of Valiantnesse as may crown every common soldier with the honour of a Commander But the left Wing of our Horse being charged by the Kings right Wing was suddainly put to flight so that the right Wing in which your Son was placed did the best service for the Cheualty Where your Sonne is or any of the rest of my Lords Guard I know not I hope they are safe because upon diligent enquiry I yet hear no hurt of any of them However if you have consecrated a Son to so Noble a Service I doubt not but you will endeavour to bear it cheerfully if you should hear that he is either slain or wounded We have lost none of our Commanders as we can yet understand except Colonell Charles Essex and Sir James Ramsey who is either kild or taken Wee have taken Prisoners from the Kings side the Lord of Lindsey Generall of the Field with his Son Colonel Vavasor who was Commander of the Kings Guard and Standard which likewise we have taken As also Colonell Lunsfords who are now both at Wirwick Castle we did beat the enemy out of the Field and gained four peeof Ordnance This morning it is expected that 3. or 4. fresh Regiments on our side as namely Colonell Hampdens Colonell Granthams Colonel Barkhams and the Lord Rochfords Regiments should joyn with the rest The residue of our Army to fall on the remainder of the Kings Forces hoping for as glorious successe as before Colonell Vavasor assures us that the King himself for some time was in the Army wee hear no certainty yet concerning Prince Rupert some say he is slain A few of our Waggons were burned and plundered by the Enemy who wheeled about into our Rere but our Musquetiers played bravely upon them in the mean time and recovered our Waggons again and sixe pieces of Ordnance which we had lost our Enemy had the wind more with them but we had more of the Hill we had but twelve Regiments in the Field about fifty troops of Horse I think at the most and some 2. Regim. of Dragoons His Excell maintained the fight most gallantly And our Noble Lords as the L. Wharton Willoughty of Parham Roberts c. did as bravely All this hath God enabled our Army to perform though from wedensday till this moment of my writing the Commonsoldiers have not come into a bed but lodged in the open field in the wet and cold nights and most of them scarse eate or drank at all for 24. hours together nay I may say for 48. except fresh water where they could get it Mr. Ash was marvellously preserved from the cruelty of four Cavaleers which set upon him one of them cut off his hat and raised his hair with his sword but never touched his skin God hath brought most of our Ministers this night to Warwick Mr. Ash amongst the rest and Mr. Marshall whose danger was no lesse For my own part after I had discharged my duty as far as I was enabled by passing from Regiment to Regiment and Troop to Troop to encourage them at the latter end of the fight not knowing what the issue of things might be in the darksome Evening while it was yet light I rid to Warwick amongst hundreds of drawn swords and yet was saved from the least touch of a blood thirsty hand The Cavaleers some of them pursuing our Horsemen which as I said before forsook their ground in the left Wing of the Army and fled to Warwick Thus much I made bold to enform your Honour that you may be able to speak confidently and stop the mouth of false rumors You shall do me a favour if you please to let my noble friend Sergeant-Major Skippon read this Letter because it is newes proper for his element I desire Mr. Case next to my humble respect to your good Lady may know that I love him and his If you shall think it fit to print this Relation perhaps it may be usefull if done speedily You need not doubt of the truth of any part of it Vale A Prayer for the King and Parliament fit to be used by all good Christians daily in their Houses O God the great Protector and guider of all Kings and Kiugdomes mercifully look with thy favonrable eyes of mercy upon this distressed Kingdome and so inspire the heart of our Royall King Charles whom thou hast called to the state and government of this Kingdom and who through thy mercy hath taken upon him the same that he may effect all things to the honour and glory of thy name and that he may receive the increase of all vertues wherewith being decently adorned he may both be able to avoid the monstrousnesse of vices as also to come unto thée right gratious and grant O mercifull God that there may be a true peace and unitie betwéen Him and His Parliament and that thou O God so inspire him with thy holy spirit that he may hearken to his Parliament and be ruled by them in all things that may be for the good of His sacred Person and for His whole Kingdom and with the same holy spirit so inspire the hearts of this Parliament whom it bath pleased thee to call together from severall parts of this Kingdom for the generall good of the same that they may do nothing but what may be to thy honour and glory and that they may grow and persever in all manner of vertue setting all things in due order for the good of the kingdome and that thy true Religion may here again be throughly setled amongst all men Thou wouldest O God that none should perish favourably look upon the souls deceived by divelish deceit of hereticall Popish Sectaries and impietie and remove from their hearts all such foulnesse that they may be united to thy holy Church and that all manner of warres or dissentions amongst thy people may be purged and that thy servants earnestly craving thy mercy the cruelty of their enemies be dispersed thy Church truly setled our king and Parliament faithfully united we may evermore praise thee with inceasant thankfulnesse who livest and raignest one true and living God world without end Amen Laus Deo in aeternum FINIS