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B28857	A Relation of all the passages and proceedings in Somersetstire [sic] and Bristoll with their valiant resolution to fight for the King and Parliament with a speech made by his excellence the Earle of Essex concerning the Kings proclamation read at a conference on Thursday the eleventh of August, 1642 : also certain reasons written by a private gentleman shewing the cause wherefore arms are raysed by both Houses of Parliament.	Essex, Robert Devereux, Earl of, 1591-1646.; Private gentleman.	1642 (1642)	Wing R798	5,826	8

A RELATION Of all the passages and proceedings in Somersetstire and Bristoll with their valiant Resolution to fight for the King and Parliament With a speech made by his Excellence the Earle of Essex concerning the Kings Proclamation read at a Conference on Thursday the eleventh of August 1642. ALSO CERTAIN REASONS WRITTEN by a private Gentleman shewing the cause wherefore Arms are raysed by both houses of PARLIAMENT Ordered by the Lords that this be forth-with Printed Iohn Brown Cleric Parlamentorum LONDON Printed for W. Gay 1642. August 13. A briefe Relation of the proceedings in Somersetshire and Bristoll c. UPon Munday the eighth of August the Marquesse of Hartford wi●● other Lords Knights and Gentlemen lodged altogether at Welt and had gathered together about 500 horses well armed and upon Wednesday the Gentlemen viz. Sir Ralph Hopton and others with all their horse came from Wels neere Shepton Mallet upon a great Hill which the people observing Posts were sent unto Sir Iohn Horner Master Popham and others certifying that these Cavaleers were comming to destroy them whereupon every man made ready for their comming but the Cavaleers returned from the Hill to Shipton and broke into many honest mens houses and plundered them and then the Countrey rising being in feare of their lives they stayed not but went again to Wells And on Friday morning they all marched to a great Hill foure miles from Wells being the place appointed for that days meeting whither came to meet them all that quarter of the Shire very well armed and some of the Committees met them and Sir Ed. Hungerford lent arms unto 200 Volunteers and within an houre there came in of the Countrey about 40000 to oppose the Marquesse with the hazard of their lives and there came out of Wiltshire about 300 horsmen and 300 out of Bristoll with Pistols and Carbines and from Gloncester there came about 300 〈◊〉 of Volunteers These with the rest discovered abundance of stoutnesse and resolution and there was two wayne load of powder bullet and match sent from Bristoll and foure small field-pieces and when the Souldiers were put into order they marched within sight of Wells and pitched upon a great Hill and the day being neere spent and no victuals to be had for the present yet such was the courage and resolution of the people that they would not depart that place but lay all night upon the Hill and spent the time in prayer and singing Psalmes and the next morning the Country within ten miles about sent in provision of all sorts with Wayns and Carts that there was sufficient and to spare After breakfast the Souldiers were very earnest to fall upon the Towne whereupon the Committee and Deputy Lievtenants sent five propositions unto them which if they did not presently yield into the Souldiers would fall upon them and they desired an houre or two time to consider of it and in the mean time the Marquesse Knights G●ntlemen and Cavaleers forsook the Town and rode away Upon all this relation you may cleerly see the condition and stout resolution of that Countrey A COMPARISON BETVVEENE The late troubles in Scotland and the present Distractions in England compared with some Antiquities Written by a private Gentleman IT hath beene ever held a rule or Maxime amongst all Nations to make the defence of Religion the chiefe ground or cause of their War sometimes for meere politick ends and by respects sometimes to plant it where it is not and sometimes to regulate it where it is Amongst these the last seems most dangerous because it seldome happens but within the Territories of one and the same Prince and so produceth the miserable effects of Civill War But to come to my present purpose wherein I intend in a comparative manner briefly to discourse of the late troubles that have hapned in Scotland and in England And because my Needle hath not beene toucht being the first that hath written upon this subject If I vary in the Compasse or meet with a Rocke I shall expect some favour although I will not s●e for any speciall passon as not worthy of it for hee that follows himselfe follows the worst Master that is The cause of all those troubles in Scotland was innovation in their Religion and violation of the ancient Laws and Statutes of the Kingdome as did sufficiently appeare by their severall declarations The chiefe plotters and contrivers of those distractions and distempers were Bishops Papists and a malignant par●y of others that were ill affected to the Protestant Religion who had a malicious and wicked intent to inthrall and bring into bondage both the souls persons and estates of three Kingdoms at once And by making use of the great favour power and authority of the Archbishop of Canterbury the Clergy began to fail after a Cynosure which was elevated to the thirty sixt degree and began to follow the steps of Thomas Becket Archbishop of Canterbury in the time of Hen. 2. who forswore himselfe by denying the power of the King to inlarge the power of the Pope and to bring the Canon Law into this Land In the passage whereof Hen. 2. playd Adrestus part and stabbed himself In England as in Scotland our grievances are of two kinds either such as concern the innovation of our Religion or such as concern our Laws and Liberties as hath been often declared both by Petitions and Declarations The fountain from whence these our evils have sprung hath by too much experience been found to arise from the before named Incendiaries of mischief the Papists and Popish affected Clergy with other of that malignant party The Papists who are never wanting to use their utmost power and best skill to stir up Wars and dissentions betweene Kingdomes joyned themselves in their plotting and contriving with the Archbishop as finding him a fit Instrument to work upon being the darling of the time as Mounford was in the time of Hen. 3. the Clergy were gotten to that height that they commanded both persons and causes their authority was advanced to that Supremacy and Greatnesse that none might so much as question their doings No doubt but these men now thought themselves as great as Anselme Archbishop of Canterbury did in the time of Edw. 1. who took on him to be equall with the King saying in one of his Epistles to the Pope that the Plough of the holy Church is drawn by two Oxen. of equall strength and beauty the King and himselfe Now they intended to make their Cannons and Decrees of that force that none should dare presume to dispute on the lawfulnesse of them like that learned Synod in the Reigne of Rich. 2. when Thomas Arundel was Archbishop of Canterbury where they decreed that none should dispute upon the Articles determined in the Church nor doubt of the authority of those Decrees the offenders to the contrary should be pronounced Hereticks Such was the misery that began to overtake us by the potent greatnesse