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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A35236	The history of Oliver Cromwel being an impartial account of all the battles, sieges, and other military atchievements wherein he was ingaged, in England, Scotland and Ireland, and likewise of his civil administrations while he had the supream government of these three kingdoms, till his death : relating only matters of fact, without reflection or observation / by R.B.	R. B., 1632?-1725?	1692 (1692)	Wing C7331; ESTC R21152	119,150	194

Prince Rupert and the Van of the Army were and a Council of War being summoned it was resolved on as being the Kings opinion that to secure his rear they should march no farther North but presently give the enemy battel depending much upon the Valour of the Foot who were lately animated by the plunder of Leicester This advice was followed though most of the Officers were for staying till the Lord Gorings Forces came up but the King being much stronger in Horse doubted not of success and the other were as ready to ingage so that both agreeing in discord a large Field near Naseby was the place chosen by both parties for the Stage of this woful Tragedy wherein Fathers fought against Sons and Brothers gave death to each other all obligations of kindred and friendship being laid aside occasioned by that unnatural spirit of division which Heaven for our crimes had sent amongst us The King had Intelligence that Fairfax for fear was retreating to Northampton but found it a mistake he being then imployed in marshalling his Army in Naseby field and waiting for his coming Cromwel and Whaliey commanding the right wing and Ireton the left The Kings front was composed of a gallant body of Horse the foot made a second body the right wing commanded by Prince Rupert and Maurice the left wing by Sir Jacob Astley and the Lord Langley commanded the Northern Brigade of Horse other ancient commanders who having been in the Low-countries having their several posts the King himself being Generalissimo These being drawn out with the reserves took up the whole bredth of the field The Parliaments foot made a firm body in the midst commanded by Major General Skippon secured by the Horse on each side Prince Rupert charged first with such fury upon Ireton notwithstanding their valiant resistance that the left wing which he commanded was utterly routed and his men put to flight and driven upon the Kings foot of which Ireton was wounded in the Thigh with a Halbert and kept prisoner during the fight and the field eleared on that side the Prince persuing them through the Town and then sell upon the Waggons where being repulsed he lost so much time that Cromwel and Fairfax who had not yet stirr'd from their ground but with short speeches and ejaculations were encouraging their men came up and Cromwel clapping spurs to his Horse charged clear through three bodies of Langdales Brigade and utterly routed them never ceasing till he had beat that whole wing of the Kings Army from their ground without any possibility of rallying so that having as it were raked the field before him dividing the Horse from the Foot they were rendred useless to each other In this encounter one of the Kings commanders knowing Cromwel advanced briskly before the head of his Troops to exchange a single bullet with him and was with the like gallantry encountred by him both sides forbearing to come in till their Pistols being discharged the Kings Officer with a slaunting back blow of a broad sword happened to cut the ribbon that tyed Cromwels Murrion and with a draw threw it off his Head and now ready to repeat his stroke Cromwels party came in and rescued him and one of them ●lighting threw up ing and a little 〈…〉 at the chance 〈…〉 the wrong way on his head and so fought the rest of the day which proved highly fortunate to his side though the King managed the fight with much magnanimity and expertness and exposed himself to several threatning dangers in the Field The Horse being separated from the Foot as you heard fled toward Leicester Cromwel sent some few Troops in persuit to prevent their rallying and himself in the mean time joyning with his own foot so incompassed the Kings Infantry that notwithstanding the courage they had shewed that day so that their very enemies admired them yet being tired and hopeless of relief seeing death on every side they laid down their Arms and beg'd for Quarter This memorable Battel was fought June 14. 1645. The Parliamentarians word was God with Us. The Royalists God and Queen Mary and the success of it gave an absolute and undoubted Victory to the Parliament there being almost five thousand prisoners carried to London the Kings Standard and a hundred other colours were taken with all the Ordnance and a very rich Booty a great quantity of gold and silver and all the secret Letters of the King which were carried to London and publickly read before a great Assembly of Citizens where many Members of Parliament were present and leave was given to as many as pleased or knew the Kings hand to refute them if they were counterfeit But so few were slain in this fight that a Reader may justly wonder how so many prisoners should be taken and so much wealth gotten with the loss of so little blood for on the Kings side scarce four hundred were slain and on the Parliaments not an hundred and herein particularly the Kings dammage appeared very considerable that he had lost a brave Army lately heightned with success by the taking of Leicester and that there seemed no possibility of raising another the Victors prosecuting their advantage with so much vigilance and impetuosity for marching to Leicester it was soon delivered to them where Fairfax leaving a Garrison resolved to hinder the King from recruiting himself and followed him so close marching Westward both in persuit of him and to raise the siege of Taunton which had been a great while blockt up by the Lord Goring and held out to admiration but upon the approach of the Parliaments Army the siege was raised to their great joy who still persue Goring and overtake him near Lampert where they ingage and put them to flight but Cromwel would not suffer part of the Horse to persue till being all come-up together he himself led them on with such notable conduct that most of the foot were made prisoners and almost all the great Guns taken From hence he marched to Bridgwater which though of considerable strength and defended with much courage yet is soon taken by storm for Sir Tho. Fairfax sits down before it and after summons assaults the Town very desperately gaining the lower part thereof and then sends a second summons telling them That their denial wrought no other thoughts of compassion in him but only to Women and Children who might suffer by the Governours obstinacy Whereupon divers Ladies Gentlewomen and Children came out of the Town and then a second assault was made so effectually that the Governour capitulated and surrendred it there being a thousand Officers and Souldiers prisoners forty four barrels of powder fifteen hundred Arms forty four pieces of Ordnance and four hundred weight of match About this time a sort of people armed themselves in the West and took upon them the Name of Club-men declaring that they would permit no Armies to Quarter within their bounds and were so hardy as to make terms with