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A75350	Lancashires valley of Achor, is Englands doore of hope: set wide open, in a brief history, of the wise, good, and powerfull hand of divine providence, ordering and managing the militia of Lancashire; not onely to the preservation, but exaltation of a poor, and praying people, in two hundreds; against, and above a considerable armie, of popish, and ill-affected persons in foure hundreds: Wherein the strift [sic] of piety and providence, with impiety and humane strength, in the weaknesse of means, unto graduall, and compleate victory, is laid out; to advance gods praise, and advantage Englands faith. By a well-wisher to the peace of the land, and piety of the church.	Angier, John, 1605-1677.	1643 (1643)	Wing A3165; Thomason E67_39; ESTC R12056	22,269	43

of this County in other part of re-payment of the said moneys so l●avied by them And whereas the Sheriff of this County and some others have lately seiz●d into their hands and possession the said Powder Match and Ammunition in the Towns of Preston and Leverpoole and have threatned and attempted to do the like in Manchester without givi●g any account either by what Authority or for what us● they did and do the same We therefore tendering our own inter●st and poss ssion of this small remainder left at Manchester have thought good to take it into our hands for the defence of the King both Houses of Parliament and this County of Lancaster Thus wisdom and honesty in a way of manifest authoritie got the leading of subtiltie and injustice the Snare at last is broken and a Seed of defence happily sowne But if Manchester will not be cheated of their Magazine they shall be forcibly dispoiled Forces are summoned to Bury for that end but the confluence of the well-affected to Manchester for defence did them the favour of disinission for that time And lest this businesse should appear in its own colours it is coloured over by a meeting of the Array at Wigan the sleeping Magazen is adjudged to travell part to Bury part to Ratchdale and part to lie in Manchester upon an order from the King published at Manchester Crosse to that purpose Under this new colour the Lord Strange returns with his Forces to Bury calls a second Muster some of the Towne of Manchester and thereabouts more forward in this than forecited attend his Honour think to make all well by ingaging themselves to buy so much Powder and lay it in the empty place and to sweeten and sink all former bitter and clogging passages they invite him to a Banquet upon condition that he come peaceably with his own attendance they unhappily forgetting or not considering that it was not a little Powder that was sought or the submission of a few fearfull men but a Town and not a Town onely but a County nor that onely but the honourable rule and government of it things out of the teach of their arm but hopefully within the compasse of his own power According to this desire not according to the condition was the march for Manchester ordered his Honour came attended with many Horse they entred the Towne in an Hostile and insulting manner with cocked Pistols and shouts that the town was their own their own The Sheriffe reade the Commission of Array which evidenced a composition for War not for Peace Some wise and well affected foreseeing what others did not beleeve till they sadly saw had laid in some Musquetteers and Pikemen against such a time resolving to lie hid if not forced out of Peace But the unconditioned carriage of these in-comers beats the Drum to bring our men in sight onely to put them in remembrance of the conditions agreed on They will not remember but forcibly ride upon our men give them course language strive to disarm them sorely wound one and cruelly slay another and had not God mercifully sent water from heaven to quench this fire and moved them to be the Peace-keepers which were not the peace-conluders they that have since sought our blood had themselves been satisfied with blood But blessed be God that heaven and earth did concurre to quiet this dangerous Commotion Let Manchester and the neighbourhood never forget how their hands were blest from blood whilest the hands of those that strove with them were imbrued therein By this time the Array had gotten enough done the unappeasable crie of blood is against them seconded by the bitter crie of some truly pious in the Town who were in extreme danger to be pulled in pieces they and their houses by the part-taking and incensed Rascalitie the admirers and adorers of greatnesse being feasted with the Crummes that fall from their Tables God fore-appointing the hour of Temptation and resolving in a course of ordinary though to us unusuall means to shew us his salvation sent a man before a skilfull and faithfull Engineer to be ready to concur with our necessitie and desire to take course for our own defence which now will admit neither dispute nor delay This prepared and provided instrument is entertained fals to artificiall and restlesse motion till the Mud-wals at the severall passages were finished when God gave an Alarum from the plundering disarming Array in Cheshire Sept. 13. being Tuesday to heighten the spirits of the well-affected in the Town above the opposition of the male-content that the opposed stoopes might be set down and the chaines coupling the Works compleated he well-knowing they had almost as much work to do as time to do it in All this time that God was contriving our preservation in a way of probable meanes Satan in a contrary course was plotting our subjection or desolation and when the door of our defence was once shut not before oh the waking watchull providence of God! but presently after the floodgates of our opposition were opened for it was about Friday night Sept. 23. ere the Works were finished and the Lord appeared on Sabbath-day morning and it was Friday night if not Saturday night ere the defendants were anchored against windes and waves Thus we are come to Manchester Seige of which I will not give a full and particular account because it is already performed by severall good hands onely observe three things 1. The time in which it fell out 2. The severall temptations in it with their Issues 3. And some remarkable passages THe time when it began was September the five and twentieth the Sabbath day about nine of the Clock Church-time God was fo●ced as sometimes Paul Galath 4.20 to change his voice to awaken and enliven his sleepie and dead-hearted people Sabbath-dayes Alarums of all Alarums are never to be forgotten Severall Battels have been fought and severall Assaults made in severall places on the Sabbath day let England study the meaning Our Saviour tels us there is an affliction in the time Mat. 24.20 Pray that your flight be not on the Sabbath day God hath a controversie with the people for their Sabbath dayes services Yet observe the breath of the enemie Saul breathed threatnings and slaughter against the Disciples of the Lord The enemies mocked at their Sabbaths Their breath blasteth holy persons times actions The Episcopall breath fetch him out of the Pulpit scatters the people suspend him suspend the place This Seige-week was unskilfully joyn'd with the Nationall Fast-week for thus succours came into Manchester from all parts of the Kingdom Armies of Prayers Legions of Angels The enemies Lot so warily cast fell not unlike to Hamans Lot Esther 9.1 The enemies of the Jewes hoped to have power over them but it was turned to the contrary that the Jewes had rule over them that hated them The severall Temptations that straightned this Siege with their present and proper Issues were The

soon up and marched toward Blackburne about two hundred armed men some companies of Club-men and some Horse-men but without Arms. The want of skill in Souldiers and skilfull Captains to supply that want caused a consultation on Hinfield-Moore which received Determination not from the Discoverie of hidden skill but from the resolute will of these stirring Souldiers to dispossesse those forcible Tenants They speed on with shouting dividing themselves unto the conduct of two chosen Captains and come within sight of the Town about eight of the clock when the Queen of the night that had shined upon their March did discover them to their enemies who soon let flie from the Steeple which ordered one Captain and his companie to the South-side of the Town and the other Captain with his company to the East-end of the Town where they found though not so high yet as hot entertainment out of the Town for the space of two houres But God that varieth his providence according to his peoples occasions and had maintained the passages of Manchester that a rightfull people might not 〈…〉 did now open a difficult passage to let in his friends from whom the Array hasted having disburdened themselves of their Arms and restored what they took from Wh●●ley Now had God added an experience of favourable providence in a new kinde formerly in a way of Defence now in a way of Offence declaring his All-sufficiencie and co●● pleatnesse for Warre to those two united Hundreds giving a Shield to Manchester and a Sword to Blackburne hereby assuring them from heaven That if they would cleave together and be mutually assistant in his Cause they should be variously but suitably and compleatly assisted and saved he would be their All-sufficient God their God indeed and to purpose By this time the Most-High had lifted us aloft that we might through weaknesse of head or neglect of our footing have fallen dangerously had not God as carefully taken us down as he lifted us up which he did about the sixteenth of December The Plundering Array issued out of Wigan to provoke the anger and stirre up the courage of the neighbourhood who to maintain their Protestation in their own defence resolved to be mutually encouraging and assistant but apprehending themselves too weak requested two Captains out of Manchester with their companies to Quarter with them for their security which was granted This new strength was augmented by forces raised thereabouts They wax bold to face Wigan and come off faire They go to Plunder a Papists house neere Wigan The enemy sends a party after them and is advantaged by their securitie But leaving their Plunder and taking to their Armes they redeem their libertie for this time The enemy hath not thus done with them he will be better provided for a second encounter he Warrants the adjacent parts to come in to his help Houghton Common Our Captains and Companies go to plunder another Papists house the Enemy with about a thousand horse and foot makes after them as if they had chosen to relieve their confederate Papists Our Forces will not flie though but about eighty Musquetteers no not from strength though as yet a door was open but having drawn their companies into a Close of ground upon the side of Houghton Common They confidently conflict with the enemy to his great losse towards three hours but lest they should escape as they were nigh to do God fires their Magazine and cools their courage they sound a Parley have quarter given them for their lives but loose their Arms and Libertie three Captains and eightscore souldiers were shut up into the hand of the enemie the first and fowlest blow God gave us in this kinde in the County an humbling blow and lasting warning To this day we halt of this blow though most of our Captains and Souldiers be released blessed be God and well it is if we carry not the marke of this wound when it is healed Upon this sad occasion God made a comfortable appearance that he had not saved Manchester to the intent they should sit still nor had he placed a Garrison there to make their mountain to stand strong but that they might be ready for action at the beat of his Drum which struck up after a reconciliation sought with him by fasting and prayer The project was for Leigh Leigh our marching out as they say caused the Earl to retreat from his purposes and beginnings against Bolton The day of assault the weeping heavens changed their chear for our encouragement looked fair upon our enterprize and triumphant return The doubt of falling first upon the town or some malignant houses the cleering of Cho-Bent in the way made it high Christmas Eve ere our men could fall on an infortunate time for us as the Papists would judge but it quickned resolution and speeded action The Enemie suffered them to come within halfe Musquet shot ere they discharged and then plaid desperately upon our men in a full Body to the present lose of onely one Our men divided themselves that they might clasp hands at a distance and compasse the Town God intending to shut up the enemy into their inclosure which done they parted again and marching up at severall places at the call of the Drum met at the Market-place to receive from the bounty of the God they had sought the repair of their lost Arms and the price of redemption for Captains and Souldies This Victory founded in humiliation was compleated in thanksgiving It is not to be passed by what a change of Christmas was now made in the Countie and Kingdom such a change in the emptinesse of great mens houses in the places and occasions of concourse in mirth and provision in idlenesse and recreation as expressed a people very sinfull and a God very angry to imprint both which there was much in the time if much considered The like Christmas kept our Forces at Blackburne The Militia having in the Towne four hundred armed men and some Club-men the Array came against the Towne on Christmas Eve with five thousand and three field Pieces very early in the morning they shot off their pieces with shouting saying Take heed you Round-heads God took heed for us for we were not afraid of the noise nor hurt once by the eight pound Bullet though directed against us eight and twenty times We called on them in vaine to come within Musquet shot About twelve a Clock they called a parley The pretence was if we would yeeld the Towne and the Arms and submit to the Earl of Darby they would meditate with him to supplicate the King to grant a Pardon The intent was to carry their god the greatest Field-Piece nearer the Towne he was too farre off to doe any harme We Scot-like knew not the meaning of a Pardon professing our selves to be for King and Parliament When we would no Pardon they laboured to punish us having set up their Idoll nearer by the

of note and worth into a teadious and removing captivitie yet could not the enemy be thus satisfied for the misse of such a prize they labour to destroy that by fire which God had sent by water But God that sent the Peeces saved them The most came whole and safe to the Castle before and after their Lodging was fired But malice and enuie followed them The Earle attended with great strength besets Lancaster and sends this Summons To the Major and Burgesses of the Town of Lancaster these Gentlemen I Am come into these parts by His Majesties speciall command to free you from the bondage of these declared Traitours that now oppresse you and endeavour your destruction by bringing you into their own condition I will not now mention your former neglect of the Kings Service nor I hope I need not tell you what Forces I have or might have upon occasion nor how joyfully all the Countrey in my March have joyned themselves unto me If you will submit the Town and your Armes unto me and likewise endeavour with me to reobtaine the Castle you shall have all faire usage from me if not expect from me what the Law of the Land and of Warre will inflict upon you Thus expecting your answer by ten of the Clock this day I rest March the 18 eight a clock Your friend Derby This Summons came first to the hands of our Commanders of the Castle who gave the Town leave to returne this Answer Right Honourable WE received yours of this instant and do return this Answer That all our Arms are under the command of Officers now within our Town for the King and Parliament so that we have not the disposall of them and at their comming they took and fortified the Castle which was never in our command and by reason thereof have our Towne likewise at their pleasure so that both the Town and Castle are now at the disposall and will be by Gods blessing kept for his Majestie And thus we humbly take our leave and rest Your Honours in all due respects THis Answer pleaseth not th●y must expect the punishments of War which they found They fiercely assault for an hour in vaine they turn their rage upon houses Lancaster 〈◊〉 fired and by Commission on the sudden become ready firemen all of them They fire Houses and Barnes without the sentinell in which they sacrificed their dead bodies Thus they heated and smoaked our valiant souldiers from their Sentinell and when they were entred the Towne Papist-like they continue to burn and butcher denying Quarter to our men but rather cursedly quartering them from which cruelty raging mad the most of our Forces retired into the Castle The account of this cowardly Conquest is thus given in from Lancaster The dwelling houses that were burned were in number fourscore and ten containing three hundred Bayes of building The Barnes Stables Cow-houses replenished with Corn Hay and Cattell that were burned were eighty six contayning two hundred and forty Bayes of building and one Malt-Kiln of four Bayes of building with three hundred Windles of Malt therein By all which it evidently appears that they displayed the Banner of the Skarlet coloured Beast A miracle of mercy was wrought in midst of this undoing and heart-breaking misery They purposely and industriously gave fire to two houses of persons well-affected to King and Parliamentt but they would not take fire no by no means though they renewed their indeavours severall times in severall places though the next houses were burnt down to the ground God restrained the remnant of their rage he remembred his promise Esay 43.2 The flame shall not kindle upon thee faith quenched the violence of fire this Shield quenched the fierie darts of the Devill March 19. 2000. of our Forces marched out for the timely relief of Lancaster Preston recovered Blackburn risled but how they were divided and diverted walked and breathed too and fro whilest the Earle fires Lancaster recovered Preston and risled Blackburne I have no minde to inquire but doe sadly remember and cannot easily forget how these tydings affrighted our Commanders out of Lancaster Castle and exposed the Castle so well appointed to the will of the Enemy had not the mighty GOD by the assistance of a minister doubled the spirit of the heartie though headlesse Souldiers to maintain with utmost hazzard so great a trust Thus GOD set our Sunne backe many degrees but not in manifest favour as to Hezekiah yet he brought us to himselfe in Fasting and Prayer the seven and twentieth day of March that we repenting he might repent This very night came a Messenger from Lancaster Castle reporting the safetie of the Castle the heartinesse of the souldiers and their comfortable provision Boltons second Assault THe Earle encouraged by so manifold successe hopes to gain all he brings on Boltons second hour of sore Temptation yet in an unhappy season March twenty eight the day before the Nationall Fast and immediately after the Fast March 27. at Manchester because of the Designe in hand and also when the Towne was well provided with Souldiers and Bury also furnished for their succour The Enemie made no neare approach till three of the Clock so soone as they began to draw into a Body upon the Moore our Cannoneer drew his Cannon into a Croft on the backside of the Towne and at the second shot killed two horses neare a mile off Then a Messenger came to summon the Towne to submission but they resolved not to change the tenure for King and Parliament When Sun was set and it began to be darke the Minister of the Town prayed with a company of Souldiers most of them Townsmen The end of Prayer was the beginning of the Fight and where the Souldiers had even now prayed they had a furious Assault The Enemy came on desperately even to hand-blowes and some of them leap'd upon the Works where they found Cluo-law The enemy retreated and left ten men dead After this they made no assault till Bury Forces were come into the Town for this second time they were more favourable to leave an open passage to our succour Then they made an assault upon the South end of the Towne by the advantage of the darknesse they come close to the Mud-wall Here they hoped to prosper by fire as at Lancaster but the light discovering their nearnesse to danger they fled for safetie After this they marched towards the West but finding it a busie and warme corner they hasted off and came on no more The Enemy left upon the ground at this Assault three and twenty men Bolton lost not a man nor had any hurt done save onely one youth shot through the arme O admirable In Judah is God knowne his name is great in Israell Psalme 76.1 Many a time have the afflicted me may Bolton now say yet they have prevailed against me Psalm 129.1 2. It was the aggravation of Solomons sinne and Gods anger That GOD