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A96290	The two speeches of the Lord Wharton, spoken in Guild-Hall, Octob. 27. 1642. In which are contained a full and true relation of the battell betweene the two armies at Kinton. Corrected by the authors owne hand.	Wharton, Philip Wharton, Baron, 1613-1696.	1642 (1642)	Wing W1574; Thomason E127_27; ESTC R21512	6,018	8

THE TWO SPEECHES OF THE LORD WHARTON Spoken in Guild-Hall Octob. 27. 1642. In which are contained a full and true Relation of the Battell betweene the two Armies at Kinton Corrected by the Authors owne hand London Printed for Sa Gellibrand 1642. The Lord Wharton his Speech MY Lords and you the Aldermen and Commons of this City in a businesse of this very great consequence concernment it was very well known to my Lord Generall that you could not but bee full of great expectations whereupon my Lord according to his duty tooke care for to give information to the Parliament to those that had sent him of what had proceeded in the very next place it was his particular respect to this City to my Lord Maior the Aldermen the Common Councell and all the Commons of this Citie that they might likewise be acquainted with the successe of that businesse towards which they themselves had beene at so much expences and had shewed so much love and kindnesse in all the proceedings of this businesse for that purpose because that Letters might be uncertaine and might miscarry there being great interception of them the Forces of the Armies being close together my Lord thought fit to send Master Strode a Member of the House of Commons and my self who should not willingly have undertaken to have beene messengers of ill tidings and for the truth of our report though we already heare that there are those that have so much malignity as to oppose it yet the certainty of it will cleare it selfe and therefore there shall neede no Apologies to be made but that which shal be said to you shal be nothing but the truth in a very cleare way of relation of what hath past Gentlemen I shall open to you as neare as I can as it comes within my memory those things of circumstance which are worthy the taking notice of and one in the first place shall bee the occasion why so many of the Forces were not then upon the place which you will finde to be upon very good ground and reason for the preservation of the Countries that were behind and of this Citie which is the particular thing in the care and now under the diligence of my Lord General to preserve There was left at Hereford which lies upon the confines of Wales a Regiment of Foot under the Command of my L. of Stamford and a Troop or two of Horse that the power of Wales might not fall in upon Glocester-shire and upon the of river of Severn and so upon the West There was likewise left at Worcester which you all know how it is seated upon the river of Severn and what advantage it hath to intercept all force that shall come from Shrewsbury downe into the West a Regiment of my Lords Saint Johns and Sir John Merricks There was for the safetie of Coventry for that was a Towne it was likely the King might have fallen upon the Regiment of my Lord Rochford but it seemes that his Excellency the Earle of Essex his Army did so quickly come up to the Kings that the King thought it no way fit or advantagious for him to spend any time upon those places for certainly they would have quickly beene relieved so that the King slipt by Warwicke and Coventry though they are Townes as particularly under the eye and care of those which direct the Kings Counsell as any other in the whole kingdome excepting this There was likewise upon the suddennesse of my Lords march two Regiments of Foot one under the command of a Gentleman you all know Colonell Hampden and the other under the command of Colonell Grantham with some 10. or 12. Troops of Horse and these were one dayes march behind for the guard of some powder and ammunition and artillery which my Lord would not stay for purposely upon his diligence and desire that there should not be an houre lost in his march up to the other Army and that hee might make all hast in comming up to the safeguard of this Town his desire thereof was such that he kept for 2. or 3. dayes together a dayes march before those Forces afore named with Col. Hampden and so there being another Regiment lodged in Banbury occasionally for their own safety there was with my Lord when the Battell was fought upon the Lords day 11. Regiments of Foot and about the number of 35. or 37. or 40. Troops or Horse That which makes me say this to you is partly for your satisfactions that you may know the reasons of the absence of so many of the Forces and partly that you may give the more glory to God for his blessing and for his preservation of that remnant of the Army which was together being as I have said about 11. Regiments of Foot and a matter of 35. or 40. Troops of Horse Upon the Saturday at night about nine or ten a clocke at night the Army came to Kenton and the next morning about 7. a clock though all that night there was newes came that the King was going to Banbury we had certaine information hee was comming downe a hill which is called Edge-hill which hath some advantage by nature for breast-works and such things as those are that hill the Kings Army came downe his Army comming downe my Lord of Essex presently drew out into the Field and drew his Army into a place of as good advantage as possible he could though the other Army had the advantage of the hill which they were possessed of before and at the beginning of the day the wind it was against us and was for the advantage of the other Army The preparation on both sices was for the making of them ready for fight and the Kings comming downe the hill was so long that there was nothing done till 3. or 4. in the afternoone saving the shooting of some Cannon And Gentlemen I shall tell you the worst as well as the best that you may know all and that when you have known the worst you may find it in your judgements to give the more praise to God for his mercy after there was so much probability of having the worst of it After that we had shot 2. or 3. peeces of Ordnance they began for to shoot some of theirs and truly not long after before there was any near execution there was 3. or 4. of our Regiments fairely ran away I shall name you the particulars and afterwards name you such of those as at the present shall come within my memory that did the extraordinary service whereof you will finde those of this Citie to have beene very extraordinary instruments There were that ran away to be bold with my selfe first my Regiment my Lord Mandevils Sir William Fairfaxes Sir Henry Cholmleyes these did fairely run away in despight of the Officers Gentlemen you see by this time I am like to tell you the truth of every thing but yet I must say this that though they