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A97083	Britannicæ virtutis imago. Or, The effigies of true fortitude, expressed to the life, in the famous actions of that incomparable knight, Major Generall Smith, who is here represented, June, 1644.	Walsingham, Edward, d. 1663.	1644 (1644)	Wing W649; Thomason E53_10; ESTC R21145	21,181	34

whose losse the Souldiers were more sensible When he was gone long time and often was he a subject of their discourse one praised his incomparable valour another his diligence a third his obedience and modesty a fourth his courtesie and truly noble nature in fine they generally concluded that he was a prime ornament to our whole Nation nay some chiefe men amongst them did by Letters confesse they did emulate England in the possession of him By this time is our young Picolhomini arrived in England for that sirname the Netherlands had already honoured him withall he begins his Cōmand under that noble and valiant Knight Sir John Digby whose Lieutenant he was in which place he carried himselfe so worthily that no ones gallantry in that service was more famous then his of which he gave singular evidence in the Fight at Newburne At which time his Captaines captivity gave him occasion for his release shortly after to make triall both of his valour and discretion in a very remarkeable manner Douglas Sheriffe of Tividale whilst the Scottish Army lay heavy upon the North of England adventured with a party of about four score Horse to plunder a House in those parts called Stapleford belonging to Master Pudsey a Gentleman of quality Who as soone as they are arrived finds meanes to bring intelligence to His Majesties Army where Lieutenant Smith seeing few upon the newes shew any great alacrity or forwardnesse to undertake his rescue proffers himselfe to take it upon him angry as it were to see so little commiseration or resolution in many others who were more concerned in it then he Being authorized to go he selects a small party of Horse of a farre lesse number then many judged requisite for his undertaking thereby to make his enterprize more honourable calling along with him two or three Trumpets besides his owne meaning to make that discreet use of them which shortly followers This done he sets forward towards the place where he arrives with that privacy that disposing all his Trumpets but one on severall sides of the House he comes upon the Centry at unawares and cleaves him downe thorow head-piece and all then commands the Trumpet he had reserved to sound a charge which all the other did second with great amazement to the Scots who thinking themselves to be besieged on all sides could not resolve whether it were better to fight or retreit either of which they might well have done had they knowne how few their assailants were In this confusion an old woman of the House found meanes to let them in at a doore unguarded where being entred they killed sixteen in the place and the rest of the Souldiers with Douglas their Commander surrendred themselves to the mercy of this prudent and valiant Gentleman who led them captive to His Majesties Army rejoycing that he had got one wherewith to release his Captaine which by exchange was immediately performed This was the onely action redounding to His Majesties honour and the credit of our Nation performed in all that service For our owne Army was then so confounded with Faction and consequently exposed to treachery that we prospered in nothing we then undertooke What honour and fame he gained by this I need not expresse for there are few I presume in this Kingdome that are ignorant of it every one praising and admiring so much discretion and so brave a spirit in a gentleman so young Not long after our Royall Soveraigne out of His tender compassion to both the Nations and His unwillingnesse to engage them in a Civill Warre finds meanes to close up the breach betweene them though not without prejudice to His owne Royall Prerogative Now our brave Souldier betakes himselfe to a retired life in his Mothers house at Ashby Folvile in Leicestershire not ayming at any further voyage for he prudently foresaw that the former fire though now covered with ashes of a pacification would shortly breake out into a greater flame then before And was but a preamble to this horrid and unnaturall Rebellion which now sufficiently appeares in its owne shape He said he knew evidently that though the Scots had obtained their wishes yet the Faction who invited them to what they did were as little satisfied as over and consequently their unruly spirits could not long containe themselves out of action but shortly would endeavour to set the Kingdome on fire He in the interim contented himselfe with this retirement being by reason of this expectation unwilling to take any Command abroad His Majesty was pleased in respect of his eminent carriage in the last action to offer to make him a Knight Baronet as a princely reward and encouragement for his further progresse in these Heroike courses He considering himselfe to be the youngest of foure brothers that his revenewes did nothing agree with the maintenance of such a Title and believing that honour on those conditions would be but a meere burthen unto him modesty refused it contenting himselfe with his former condition which action doth cleare him from all aspersion of vanity This interim he bestowed in so good a manner that he acquired singular love and respect from all that conversed with him His conversation was so sweet and affable and his excesses so rare that most men in a Souldier admired that temperance and courtesie This time he neglected not frequently to read and study books of Military Discipline and instruction but those selected and of the choycest sort to these he added Histories seeking to extract thence in short time by Theory what many yeares practise would hardly afford him He did well discover the ignorance of such as are onely trained up in the sehoole of practise under a few yeares experience and confest that a meere practicall knowledge could not make a perfect Souldier and that practis● ought neither to march in obstinate blindnesse without speculatives of historicall knowledge and examples nor these againe without practise but that both of them should be respected as necessary parts to make a compleat Souldier Long time passed not before the unhappy actors in this present tragedy forgetfull of the honour of our Nation their duty to their Soveraigne or love to their Country bring to light this unnaturall and ugly monster of Rebellion and Civill Warre not respecting their owne happinesse in the calme of a happy peace or felicity in a King of that excellent temper for all perfections belonging to a good Prince that hardly ever did Britannia's Diadem crowne the temples of his equall This suddenly growes to that height and infolence that it was out of His Majesties power to suppresse it seeing himselfe on a suddain deprived of all His Armes Ships Forts and necessaries for Warre But soone he is brought to that exigent that either Himselfe His Queene and Royall Progeny with the whole Kingdome must be ruined or else he must endeavour to oppose himselfe by all possible meanes to hinder its further progresse To this end he casts himselfe

our foote which much amazed him hearing both Armies at that instant in sharpe fight whereupon he presently seekes out the Lord Grandison Sir Charles Lucas and some other Officers of quality and importuned their speedy rallying tog●ther of what horse in this confusion could be suddainly got that so speedily they might returne to the assistance of out foot His excellent advise was very well resented by those noble Gentlemen and accordingly they soone rallyed about 200 horse and marched backe towards the Armies then in fight In their passage they met with a great part of the Rebells of Charles Essex his Regiment running confusedly towards Keinton Towne with their colours those they presently charged slew some routed the rest and tooke all their Colours This done these horse rallyed againe and advanced but they had not past farre before they met with about three Troopes of the Rebells horse which were wheeled off from the reare of their foote these also they charged routed and followed in execution so farre that now this brave Commander could rally but fourteene men together to prosecute his returne with which as he passed up still towards the reare of the Rebells Army he met with a great part of the Lord Whartons Regiment that formerly were routed also and now were with their Colours confusedly hastening towards Keinton Towne these with his fourteene horse he valiantly charg'd and routing them tooke their Colours The Majors Colours were taken by himselfe which he delivered to one Chichly a groome of the Duke of Richmond's who had taken a Colours of Charles Essex his Regiment But now of all his fourteene there was no more left but himselfe and Chi●hley the rest following the pillage of the routed Rebells As these two were passing on towards our Army this Mirrour of Chivalry espies six men three Curiasiers and three Harquebusiers on horsebacke guarding a seaventh on foot who was carrying off the Field a Colours rouled up which he conceived to be one of the ordinary Colours of His Majesties Leife-guards and therefore seeing them so strong intended to avoide them Whil'st he was thus considering a boy on horsebacke calls to him saying Captaine Smith Captaine Smith they are carrying away the Standard He would not suddainly beleive the boy till by great asseverations he had assured him it was the Standard who forthwith said They shall have me with it if they carry it away and desiring Chichley if he saw him much engag'd to throw down the other Colours assist him presently he charg'd in with his rapier at the footman that carried the Banner who was then Secretary to Essex the Rebells Generall saying Traitor deliver the Standard and wounded him into the breast whil'st he was bent forward to follow his thrust one of those Curiasters with a pollax wounded him in the necke through the Collar of his doublet and the rest gave fire at him with their pistolls but without any further hurt then blowing of some pouder into his face No sooner was he recovered upright but he made a thrust at the Curiasier that wounded him and ran him into the belly whereupon he presently fell at which sight all the rest ran away Then he caused a foot souldier that was neare at hand to reach him up the banner which he brought away with the horse of that Curiasier Immediately comes up a great body of His Majesties horse which were rallyed together according to his first advice to charge the enemy againe with whom he staid delivering the Standard to Master Robert Hatton a Gentleman of Sir Richard Willyes his Troope to carry forthwith to His Majesty So farre was he from prizing his owne action or gaping after honour or reward The day was now so farre spent that he had time left onely to rescue Colonell Richard Feilding who was taken Captive by the Rebells and was leading away whil'st in the interim our Heroicke Commander comes and in despite of them sets him at liberty Surely this daies worke deserves eternall memory and concludes that he was borne this day to place a laurell garland on his Soveraignes head and preserve the honour of His Nation Many confesse that the preservation of our foot is due to his prudent foresight and advise If his valour had afforded us nothing else but the rescued Standard we could not sufficiently celebrate his praise It had surely in the peoples eies beene a sad O men of succeeding enterprizes had we not by his fortunate and couragious atcheivement repaired so singular a losse but this on the other side encourag'd them who seeing the Standard so neare lost yet happily regained conceived hopes that though the royall Diadem was as deeply engag'd yet by the fortunate endeavour of such Noble Heroes that also together with the Kingdome might be recovered The next morning King CHARLES sends for him to the top of Edge-hill where His Majesty though the modest Gentleman did what lay in him to avoid the honour Knighted him for his singular valour Immediately our worthy Knight seeing the Rebells having gathered all the residue of their strength into a body stood drawne up neare the side of Keinton Towne signifies a great desire he had that our horse should charge them but that being not resolved he craved liberty to have a small party assign'd him with which he would endeavour to fetch off some of their Canon which being granted he march't downe into Keinton feild and of his party he drew out about 30 to approach neare the body of the Rebells and face them whil'st horses were span'd in to draw off the peices he commanded this party himselfe facing their maine body within musket shot but their horse were so aw'd with the former dayes worke that they durst not adventure to charge him with that small party with which he brought off three brasle peices of Canon that stood about the left wing of the Rebells army in the battaile which action our whole Army stood looking on with wonder and applause He concludes this dayes worke with the generous assistance he gave Sir Gervase Scroopes son in fetching off his valiant Father stript naked and almost dead with the losse of so much bloud by nineteene wounds These valiant actions made him very eminent in His Majesties sight so that the royall munificence gives him a troope of his owne and the noble Lord Grandison elects him for Major to his Regiment wherein he did singular service in divers places exercising all parts of an excellent Commander witnesse his gallant behaviour in the fight at Brainceford and his beating up of the enemies quarters with his souldierlike retreat the same yeare in December neare Winchester Where with a small party he dared to goe into the mouth of a powerfull army to beat up their quarters and afterward when they came upon him when he had done great execution in the place with such discretion to make his retreat scarce with the losse of a man in despite of them all He still more and

foule an action Our Major Generall now wounded desires those faithfull Gentlemen not to suffer him to come into the enemies hands but convay him to some place where he may a while repose with security They bring him immediately to the Phisitian Generall to be drest who unfortunately missed his mortall wound discovering onely a bruise on the same side beneath it and therefore concludes he is out of danger upon this they bring him to Woonston a village 5 miles from Winchester where his Troope lately quartered here after he had drunke a posset and warm'd himselfe a while he desires to lye downe and rest a bed is prepared and he lyes downe immediately falling to sleepe which considered together with the courage he supported his mortall wounds made us confident he was out of danger his being so hearty and no sighs or groanes to be perceived as generally in dying men He was no sooner awake but he began to question how farre we were from the enemy what time a night it was and what was become of our Army and after falls into a formall discourse wherein he dispatcht some particular things concerning himselfe which because they were private I omit which done he lyes downe againe and said the conceit of our men running away did more trouble him by farre then his wounds and though others were hardly induced to beleeve it both now and before he expressed in a mild manner that his life was neare a period and conjured me by all the love and respect I ought him to certifie his Deare Mother that he died with a quiet conscience and a resigned mind hoping likewise that she would not take his death with too much heavinesse but rather rejoyce that she had a son to shed his bloud for his Soveraigne A truly Christian and Heroicall speech which though but short comprised the very Elixar of true fortitude loyalty and piety After this he prayes making an excellent act of perfect resignation saying O my Lord and God out of thy infinite goodnesse have mercy upon mee who cast my selfe into thy blessed hands heartily wishing that thy divine will may be performed in mee whilst he was thus like the Swan singing so sweet a dying Ode with eloquence scarce usuall in his life time his carriage is made ready to take him from danger imminent to a place of more security and so to Oxford if it were possible He notwithstanding his deadly wounds comes down staires on foote ascends the carriage with that stoutnesse as hardly hath beene seene in a dying man all the symptomes of paine you could perceive in him was sometimes he would bite his nether lip when his pangs with most extremity came upon him When we drew neere Andover he began to say his senses being a little astonished Good my Lord let us charge up againe let us charge them once againe and the day is ours As soone as we entred the towne he began to invoke the sacred name of Jesus often repeating it with a soft voyce as if he had taken taken a gust and sweetnesse in the divine vertue of it Shortly after over against the signe of the Angel in a mild and sweet repose he expired where it would have grieved the hardest heart to have seene him round enclosed with sundry Gentlemen condoling with teares the untimely end of so Peerlesse a Gentleman Thus alas you have seene how this Worthy of our Age one of the prime flowers in our English Garden is cut off in his youth at the age of scarce thirty yeares who seeing he was arriv'd to such an eminent excellence in so short a time what might we have expected from him had he attained but a mans age His body at Oxfora is entertained with exceeding griefe both to Court and City whilst his buriall is preparing at the Colledge of All-Soules in the Chancell his body is exposed to the peoples view whither a great number of all sorts resorted some to view his wounds and many to behold the man of whom fame had proclaimed so great things and for whom now there was so universall lamentation The next day being the first of April in the afternoone were his Funerall rites solemnized with as much ceremony as the shortnesse of time and meanes of preparation for one of his quality would permit The manner whereof was briefly thus First three Trumpets with black Scarfes went sounding very dolefully before next his Horse whereon he was slaine was led by a Page and covered in black to the ground upon which were placed his Escucheons of Armes Then two Heralds went carrying his Sword and Spurres the Corps were carried by Gentlemen of his owne Troope whilst the Pall set with Escucheons was supported by the Earles of Cleveland and Rivers the Lord Herbert of Ragland and the Lord John Somerset his brother Six Colonels on each side the Corps three carried his Armes Then followed the Right Honourable the Lord Carington as principall mourner accompanied by the Earle of Lindsey Lord Great Chamberlaine of England and the Earles of Northampton and Dover from persons of that degree an extraordinary respect with divers others of the Nobility after these came all the chiefe Commanders of Horse and Foot then in Oxford with a multitude of other Gentlemen In this solemne manner proceeded they to Christ-Church and in the South-east corner of the Chappell on the Southside of the Quire was the body of this renowned and gallant Souldier deposited at the head of the late Viscount Grandison Where after the Office of buriall was performed this following expression in honour of his memory was made by Somerset Herald THus it hath pleased Almighty God to take out of this transitory life unto his divine mercy the valiant and most worthy Gentleman Sir JOHNSMITH Knight descended of the ancient Family of Carington from Sir Michael Carington Standard bearer to King RICHARD the first in the Holy-land who for his signall valour in rescuing His Majesties Banner Royall in the Battaile of Keinton after it was possest by the Rebels at that time received the Honour of Knighthood from His Majesty in the field and since in sundry other Battailes against the Rebels hath given singular testimony of his loyalty and valour especially in that memorable Battaile of Bramdean on Friday last the 29 of March where having received severall wounds in pursuite of victory he dyed of them the day following at And over and here in Oxford is now interred God save the King Here lies our noble Heroe whose memory exacts both from his Family and our Nation a Monument to adorn his triumphant ashes which I doubt not but either of them will performe rather then suffer the least staine of so great neglect or ingratitude rest upon them In the meane time will I make bold to inscribe an Epitaph upon this living monument which I now erect unto him His Epitaph Immortalitati Sacrum SUspend your teares whilst I declare Whose ashes here enshrined are This Tombe