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A34438	Stratologia, or, The history of the English civil vvarrs in English verse : containing a brief account of all fights, most skirmishes, stratagems and sieges in England, from the very first originall of our late warres, till the martyrdome of King Charles the First of blessed memory / by an eye-witnesse of many of them, A.C.	Cooper, Andrew, fl. 1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing C6049; ESTC R20852	74,138	195

valiantly held out e're this Yeilded it was Now Skipton they assay Enter the Town plunder and bear away What lighter then stone-walls in it they finde Batteries against the Castle were design'd Numerous Granadoes in the interim plaid When here the Leagure had some few daies laid From Apleby upon Paroll I came Having exactly first perform'd the same I to the Castle with a Trumpet went Whom we return'd Their Scouts stood eminent On Rumles-Moore from whence they might us When any party we together drew Therefore some twenty in their sight do mount view They take th' Alarm and to their Guards account Our motion In the interim we drew out Three hundred undiscovered Horse and Foot Their Horse all mounted our small party drew Streight on our ambuscado out we flew Their three divisions soon we put to rout Briggs had some parties to draw out of Foot Whereof some slain the rest we dissipate Take Briggs with many more So fortunate In such attempts were the bold Skiptoneirs Their gallantry in these their acts appears In their own meadows numerous Horse and Foot A party small of them did break and rout Tripleing their number with the Prisoners tane At Ast-wick-Fair how many had they slain Taken and broke their party very small Wren's Regiment we beat at Eshton-Hall But with a hundred Horse Kighley's designe Was gallant though alas the love of Wine In some Commanders a miscarriage wrought Fatal But we to yeilding tearms are brought And hence convey'd to Leichfield march away In Arms compleat and souldier-like array Finis Libri Sexti THE English CIVIL WARRS BOOK VII The Contents The Model new with some of Cromwels deeds Lidney Siege raisd Ludberry fight succeeds Taunton besieg'd The King storms Leicester Naisby fight Gorings forces routed are At Lang-port what 's at several Sieges done Routon and Shearburn fights Westchester won Kilsithe fight Digby 's rout on Carlisle Sands Torrington fight Goring his men disbands Stow fight Oxford besieg'd The King doth make Thence in disguise unto the Scots escape Hereford is surprized by a Plot Newark Siege North the King goes with the Scot. THe Parliament now their Grandees recall All from command Young Fairfax Generall Is made of England By this Modell new Many advantages to them accrew Emulous Lords now being laid away Men of less note will need the lesser pay Spirits most active for the Cause they chuse Of milder Zeal Commanders they refuse As useless now Cromwell for Eminence Was now the MAN next to his excellence Northampton's Horse with the Queens Regiment At Islip-bridge in Quarters resident Cromwell upon them comes they fight at length The Royalists ore-powered are in strength Cromwell some hundreds of these Horse doth take With the Queens Colours then pursuit doth make To Blackington after the rest that fled Cromwell demands the House delivered By Windebank on tearms it is next day Both Horse and Arms they leave and march away To Oxford where a Martial Court decree Windebank shall for this delivery Bee shot to Death when too late to prevent This Collonels Death the King doth it resent Blaming Prince Ruperts too much urgency In this young Gallants late Catastrophe His Royal bounty doth the King express All hee could do to his Relicts distress Near Bampton-Bush Vavisors party lay Cromwell his marches doth direct that way So privately that hee surpriz'd them all Numerous his Prisoners and his prize not small Lidney against Massie close Siege had laid Langdale at length to the Defendants aid Came with a party brave Massie off beat Many hee slew and took in this defeat To Ludberry Rupert with his Forces came Massie before possest was of the same But seeing Ruperts Horse so near drew out Whilst off for Glocester hee sent his Foot Hee charged with his Horse fierce the dispute Massie at length doth fly in the pursuit Rupert shot Massie's Horse doubtless his aim Was at himself though short his bullets came Harlow was tane Bacchus laid on the ground Bleeding of his now last and mortal wound Numbers were kill'd numbers of them were tane On Ruperts part was noble Haistings slain ☞ Hopton on Tauntons Seige had now design'd Greenvill and Goring were with him combin'd Willington-House by storm they late regain'd Many within put to the sword maintain'd This Siege was with much courage and more art Nor wanted these on the Defendant's part Which Blake advanced unto such renown Many assaults were made against the Town Mounts high were rais'd off which their Cannon plaid Fairfax sends Graves at length unto their aid At his approach th' Assailants march away Tauntons releiv'd nor longer Graves would stay Th' Assailants soon renew the Siege again Where to their work wee leave them to remain ☞ Massie recruited Evesham comes before Demands the Town Legg no such spirit bore To yeild at the first Summons Massie then Commands the storm with loss three times his men Were bravely beaten off Sevorn grew red Soon with the influx of the blood here shed But at the fourth assault the Town they win Many put to the Sword of those within ☞ Fairfax and Brown Oxford before sate down But the Defendants all the Meadows drown Sleight their out Forts and all the Suburbs fire Cromwell doth from the Kings pursuit retire For Cromwell had a while follow'd the King But now recall'd doth to the Leagure bring His well-arm'd troops while Fairfax veiws the town And ore the Bowling-green rides up and down A Cannon-bullet from the works doth fly Pity it mis'd which wafts his head hard by Which made his excellence in great fear Once vaile his Beavour to a Cavallier But now let 's leave this Leagure and review The Kings transactions who together drew A gallant Army and North-westward went The Siege at Chester for to raise intent Brearton his Siege draws at the Kings access The King wheels East to Leicester address Wee make demand the Town in vain for they Within do entrance to their King deny At this command is given to storm the Town After our Guns wide breaches had beat down Though those within did make resistance stout Resolutely wee enter Horse and Foot Those enemies that yet survive do fly To th' Market-place where their Artillery With some fresh Companies of Horse and Foot Did stand with these wee have a bloody bout For full two hours and more they here maintain The fight in fine the most of them were slain Here laid whole heaps of Scotish Voluntiers There Dalbin's men by scores ruddy appears The Soure with blood the Channels did convey Out of those streets here Gray's men slaughtered lay The Town was plundered Gray and Hacker were Prisoners Great was the prize was taken here ☞ Fairfax hears of these actions of the King Rises from Oxford and doth Northward bring His Army Orders unto Cromwell sent Who lately to the Isle of Ely went From Oxford Siege to march Naisby fields are For the most fatal fight of this sad War Design'd the place The