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Capell Lords Surrey Petition Kent's Petition High Court of Justice House of Lords Dutch Ambassadors High Court of Justice Pamphlets Scotland Debate House of Lords Voted useless Debts Ireland Debate Vote Council of State Commissions Great Seal Judges Great Seal Widdrington Whitelockâ— Commissioners of the Great Seal Style Justices of the Peace Judges Vote Timber Scotland H. C. of Justice Upper Bench. New Oath E. of Holland Navy New Oaths Scotland Februa Council of State H. C. of Justice L. Capel Hamilton Council of State Powers Hamilton Dutch Ambassadors L. Goring Sir John Owen Seals L. Capel Hamilton Prince Elector Cromwell Hamilton Scotland Pontefract Test Scruples Earl of Warwick L. Capel Expedient Hamilton Army Vote Earl of Holland Navy Cromwel Scots Paper Declaration Lilburd Petition Hamilton E. of Holland Ireland Scotland Fasts Scots March London Norwich Army C. 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of them their duty to the Parliament their desires of Peace and ingaged themselves not to act any thing against the Parliament The Officers of the Forces in Council with the Lord Lieutenant debated the consequence of this place the strength of its situation the plenty of the Countrey the nearness to London and the disaffection of the University to the Parliaments Cause That the King by his coming to Shrewsbury and looking this way and because of the conveniency of the place might probably make this a principal Quarter for his Forces and fortify the City which would prove a great prejudice to the Parliament To prevent which it was propounded to the Lord Lieutenant to take a course that the Scholars might not supply His Majesty if he came thither or rather to fortifie the City and place a good Garrison here under a Governour whom his Lordship might trust with so important a place as this was And Whitelocke was named to be a fit person to be the Governour and one whom both the City and the University and the Countrey thereabouts did well know and would be pleased with and the Scholars the more because they knew him to be a Scholar and a Member of this University But the Lord Say shewed no forwardness to fortify and make this City a Garrison This being spoken of abroad divers of the Neighbours offered to bring in 1000 men at any time within a days warning to be under Whitelocke's command in the Garrison and the Towns-men were very forward to ingage so Whitelocke might be Governour but the Lord Say declined it pretending favour to the University and Countrey and the improbability in his opinion that the King would settle there though that which follows in this Story will shew what a great errour was committed in not fortifying this place for the Parliament as it might easily have been done at this time and surely the Lord Lieutenant though a person of great parts wisedom and integrity yet did much fail in this particular Some of the Company moved his Lordship to seise upon or to secure the Plate in the several Colleges that it might not be made use of by the King if he should come thither but he did not think fit to doe it onely he and his Deputy Lieutenants went to the several Colleges and took an Ingagement and Promise from the respective Heads That their Plate should be forth coming and should not be made use of by the King against the Parliament Many with his Lordship were unsatisfied with this his favour to the University and foretold the ill consequences of it which afterwards happened to the prejudice of the Parliament But his Lordship had the sole power in himself and thus carried all this business for which he had no thanks from either party Sir John Biron marched away from Oxford with 500 Horse to Worcester and took in the Town for the King About the beginning of November the two Princes Palatine Rupert and Maurice arrived in England and were put into Command in the Army of the King their Uncle who had now gotten together a potent Army to whom he made a Speech declaring his intentions to preserve the Protestant Religion Laws and Liberties of his Subjects and Priviledges of Parliament Sept. 9. 1642. The Earl of Essex in much state accompanied by many of both Houses of Parliament sets out from London to St. Albans from thence to Northampton where his Forces met him and they were together above 15000 men The Parliaments Petition which he carried with him was refused to be received by the King who now had furnished himself with store of money by melting in his new Mint in Wales the Plate which was brought in to him in great quantities and from thence he marcheth towards London The Parliament having notice thereof order the Trained Bands to be in readiness and fortify the passages about the City with Posts Chains and Courts of Guard and it was wonderfull to see how the Women and Children and vast numbers of people would come to work about digging and carrying of earth to make their new fortifications The Parliament vote those that will not contribute to their Charges to be secured and disarmed Mr. Fountaine the Lawyer was for his refusal committed but afterwards as will appear in the progress of this Story he and many others refused and again assisted on both sides as they saw the Wind to blow The Parliament appoint a Committee for the Sequestration of the Lands of Bishops and of Deans and Chapters and of the King's Revenues to be employed for defence of the Common-wealth Colonel Nathaniel Fines with some Forces raised by the Lord Say and Colonel Sandys marched to Worcester to remove Sir John Biron from thence and expected General Essex to second them but in stead of him came Prince Rupert and slew and routed all the Parliament Party Sandys was taken Prisoner and shortly after died of his Wounds Essex coming on with his Army after he had Garrison'd Northampton Coventry and Warwick Rupert and Biron thought fit to quit Worcester to him and Essex sent from thence the Earl of Stamford with a Party to Hereford to hinder the Forces of South Wales from joyning with the King Stamford marches from Hereford to Gloucester and called away from thence leaves Massey Governour there Colonel Tho. Essex is sent to Garrison Bristol and left Governour of Worcester Some Forces are sent to Kiddermister and Beaudley to joyn with the Lord Wharton's Regiment and Sir Henry Chomley's and at Coventry and Warwick lay the Lord Peterburgh Sir William Constable and Colonel Brown with their Regiments to oppose the King's march to London and at Yarmouth they seised a Ship with 140 Cavaliers and 300 Barrels of Powder sent from Holland to the King In Yorkshire the King's Party grew strong under the Earl of Cumberland Sir Francis Worsley Sir Marmaduke Langdale Sir Thomas Glemham Mr. Nevill and others who forced Hotham to retreat to Hull In Cornwal under Sir Ralph Hopton their General Sir Nich. Slamning Sir Bevill Greenville and others they possessed Launceston for the King and with a considerable Body opposed the Parliamentarians In Wales the Earl of Worcester raised a great number of Welch and marched to the King The King having gained a days March of Essex toward London Essex finding his errour of so long a stay at Worcester hastens after the King The Parliament and their Party were not a little troubled at the King's March towards the City and the suspicion of a great Party hereabouts that would joyn with him and had invited him this way they used all means to stop his March and to hasten General Essex after him They sent down their Members Deputy Lieutenants into several Counties towards the Army to gather together such Forces as were raised and to send them to their General and to raise such further as they could Oct. 24. Intelligence was brought from Vxbridge Road that
King's Children The Commons voted to Impeach Mr. Webster and Mr. Sands and two other English Merchants in Holland for being chief Actors in pawning the Crown-Jewels and sending over Arms and Ammunition against the Parliament The Clergy and others being summoned to Leicester to take the Covenant and very many of them coming in Colonel Hastings with four hundred of the King's Horse roamed about the Country and took about a hundred Prisoners of those that were going to take the Covenant and drove the rest home again Upon this about two hundred Horse were sent from Leicester who unexpectedly fell into the Quarters of Hastings rescued all the Prisoners dispersed his Troops took fifty of them Prisoners and a hundred and forty Horse and Arms. Fifteen thousand of the Scots past the River Tyne and blockt up Newcastle on the South-side as the other part of their Army did on the North-side The Lord Willoughby before Newark beat the King's Forces from their Outworks and gained their Bridges and came within Pistol-shot of the Town Colonel Wayte beat up the King's Quarters near Burley-house Colonel Norton did the like to some of the Lord Hopton's Forces and killed and took about eighty of them The Scots possest themselves of Sunderland and Durham Sir William Constable took Stamford-Bridge and three pieces of Ordnance Powder Shot Arms for several Troops of Horse and Provisions Colonel Lambert at Leeds surprised eleven Colours of the King 's and Sir William Constable besieged Scarborough Sir Hugh Cholmley revolted to the King burnt many houses in Whitbee March 12. The Archbishop came to his Tryal in the Lord's house the Evidence against him was managed by Serjeant Wild and Mr. Maynard The Archbishop in his Defence alledged for his constancy in Religion that he had converted two and twenty from Popery to be Protestants Divers Western Gentlemen came into Plymouth and submitted themselves to the Parliament The Divines of the Netherlands in Answer to a Letter from the Assembly of Divines here express their content in the proceedings of the Parliament and Assembly touching the Covenant and desire to joyn with the two Kingdoms therein The Dutch Ambassadour sent a Message to the House of Commons directed in the usual manner To the Speaker of the House of Commons And in the Afternoon they had a private Conference with the Speaker and some Members The Earl of Carlisle deserted the King's Party and came in to the Parliament Colonel Thomas Pyne took the Lord Arundel's House by assault fifty Prisoners and two pieces of Ordnance Mar. 15. The Commons referred to the Council of both Kingdoms to consider of and propound to both Houses the most probable speedy and effectual means for procuring and establishing a firm peace wherein the Lords concurred Sir Richard Greenvile was proclaimed Traytor by the General and the Proclamation nailed on the Gallows The Parliament Ships chased the Earl of Marleborough but he though two to one did not think fit to fight with them The Anti-Parliament at Oxford passed sundry Votes That the Parliament Members at Westminster were guilty of Treason Which Votes the Parliament caused to be published with a Declaration upon them A List was agreed of seven Colonels of Foot-Regiments under the Lord General in his Army The Propositions from the Ambassadours of the States Were to mediate a Peace between the King and Parliament For which end they had been with the King and now they made application to the Parliament who thought they did not fully acknowledge them as the Parliament and thereupon the business past over with Complements on both parts Colonel Purefoy beat up the Quarters of two Troups of the Earl of Northampton's Regiment took divers Officers and others Prisoners and 80 Horse The Rents of the Universitie of Oxford were secured by the Parliament Consideration was had of Regulating Sir William Waller's Army The Scots possest Sunderland by which means Coals were had for London which before was in great want of them Newark Garrison sallied out and surprised 200 of the Besiegers The Ordinance past for Regulating the Lord General 's Army and reducing them to seven thousand and five hundred Foot and three thousand Horse and thereby his Officers were discontented and himself not well pleased Letters were intercepted from the Catholick Council of the Rebels in Ireland to Cardinal Mazarini To put the Queen Regent of France in mind of her promise to assist the Irish with seven thousand men An Order past for Trade to Sunderland and Blith in the North. A difference of Opinion was between the two Houses the Lords would have a new Committee named to consider of Propositions of Peace the Commons would have that Business referred to the Committee of both Kingdoms In the debate of this matter some of the House of Commons seemed averse to any Propositions at all for Peace Amongst others one spake to this effect Mr. Speaker It would be no wonder to see an unanimous Concurrence of the whole House in furthering Propositions for a good Peace The Calamities of our Distractions have brought us to it and who is there amongst us that hath not in some measure felt the stroaks of them I am sure Sir I have smarted by them We may say here but I hope never with the like Application what Tacitus said of the Romans Omnia discordiis civilibus fessa The Land is weary of our Discords being thereby polluted with our blood God hath given you great Successes in many places against our Enemies and sometimes he is pleased to give our Enemies Successes against us in all of them whether of the one or the other Party the poor English are still Sufferers Whose Goods I pray Sir are plundered whose Houses are burnt whose Limbs are cut or shot off whose persons are thrown into loathsom Dungeons whose Blood stains the Walls of our Towns and defiles our Land Is it not all English and is it not then time for us who are all English-men to be weary of these Discords and to use our utmost Endeavours to put an end to them I know Sir you are all here of the same Opinion with me in this Point and that it was an unhappy mistake of those who told us in the beginning of our Warfare That it would be onely to shew our selves in the Field with a few Forces and then all would be presently ded We have found it otherwise let us now again seek to recover these Blessings of Peace whereof we are told that Nihil tam populare quam pax That nothing is than Peace more gracious to be heard of more pleasing to be desired and more profitable to be enioyed I am sorry we have so much and so sad Experience as well as other Arguments to convince us of this truth You think best to refer it to the Committee of both Kingdoms and you cannot find more able and faithfull men to trust in this Business the Lords think fit that
and are fully satisfyed in what hath been delivered to them from the Committee in relation to the Clemency of the Parliament The Commons seeing the City a little staggering and inclining to favour if not to assist the Kentish-men and knowing the great danger thereof held it the most prudent Course to seek to win them by fair and courteous and condescending means to the Parliament rather than to adventure a ruffle with them Their Committee carried it with much discretion and moderation this way and the issue proved effectual The house order'd these Proceedings with the Common Council to be Printed that the Kingdom may take notice of the good understanding between the Parliament and City and how far both are sensible of the designs of the Common Enemy to bring a second war upon the Kingdom Order to send the three Bills to the Commissioners in Scotland to be by them communicated to the Parliament there that both Kingdoms may proceed in a brotherly Vnion against the Common Enemy and in prosecution of the Covenant according to the Example of the Kirk of Scotland Letters from Kent That after the Passe gained by Major Husbands which was kept by Sixteen hundred of the Kentishmen they fled and although they were Six thousand Foot and one thousand Horse equal in number to the Parliaments Army yet they would not stand a Fight That the General advanced towards Maidston sooner than he was expected and had intimation that two hundred of the Enemy were quartered there a commanded party was drawn out to force entrance into the Town the Enemy prepared for a defence and had a thousand Horse and Foot brought in for their assistance About seven a Clock in the evening Orders were given out for storming the Town at which the Souldiers shouted and fell on with much violence but contrary to expectation found as resolute opposition Yet after a small dispute forced their entrance into the Town and then thought the difficulty of the service had been over But the Enemy had drawn in eight hundred more to their assistance which made them up compleat two thousand and had so lined the streets in the several Houses and placed so much case Shot in every Street that the business became very disputable till almost twelve a Clock at Night and every Street in the Town was got by Inches The number of the Slain of the Kentish men were above two hundred of the Parliaments Forces not above forty of them Captain Price was one The Prisoners taken by the Parliament were fourteen hundred and upwards with four hundred Horse and two thousand Arms of this select Brigade of the Enemy few were Countreymen but many of the Kings party and men of quality some Sea-men and the rest Apprentices and Water-men who came from London and thereabouts That the Enemy drew out of Rochester in a main Body within two miles of Maidston and the General to answer them drew out three Regiments of Horse and one of Foot the better to secure those that stormed and they stay'd at that distance till the whole business was disputed The General though much disabled by indisposition of health and having a great fit of the gout then upon him yet could not be prevailed with to remain with the Body in the Field but with his foot wrapped up he mounted on Horse-back led on his men in the greatest danger and was one of the first in all this action Both sides did their part with much valour and resolution and there was scarce any action in the former war more desperate and hazardous and better performed than this was 3. Letters from the General of the defeat of the Kentishmen at Maidston and that they had since quitted Rochester and the General was possessed of it and that the Women of the Town were so much inraged against the Cavaliers for leading their Husbands into ruine that they were ready to have beaten them out of the Town That since the quitting of Rochester the Countrey-men leave the Field apace and return home that some thousands of their Forces Horse and Foot with Goring in the head of them took their March towards London thinking a great part of the City would joyn with them that the General sent five hundred Horse to pursue them Order for thanksgiving to God for this Victory and the Messengers that brought the news from the General had good gratuities given them Letters came from the Kentishmen to the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council of London desiring assistance and association with them but the City would do nothing thereupon but acquainted the Parliament with the Letters Thereupon the House order'd that they should have thanks for communicating these Letters and for not doing any thing in answer or satisfaction thereof Then the House being in a good humor it was moved That they should consider of the Eleven Members and the Aldermen of the City now Prisoners in the Tower and the House voted the discharge of all of them the impeached Lords Willonghby c. the Eleven Members Hollis c. and the three Aldermen Order for a Letter of thanks to the General and his Officers and Souldiers for their great service at Maidston Whilst the Chancery Court was Sitting there was a tumult and drawing of Swords in Westminster-Hall which some feared had been a new rising but it proved only upon the arrest of a Souldier 4. Intelligence came that the Lord Goring and his Company were at Black Health but seeing none of the City came forth to joyn with them and the Country-men divided and not willing to ingage further or that Goring should be their General and a small party of the Parliaments Horse coming within sight of them the Kentish men were struck with fear and most of them fled the Parliaments Horse came on and took many Prisoners and much pillage Goring with about five hundred of the chief of them hasted to Greenwich and thence ferryed over in Lighters and Boats to Essex side and making great haste some of them did swim and many were drowned The Sea-men and Water-men that had before joyned with them now set upon them and took many Prisoners and good pillage 5. Letters from the General of a full account of the whole business of Kent and recommending to the House the Widow of Captain Price slain in that service the House Ordered his arrears to be audited and allowed two hundred pounds more to his Widow and Children Order for thanks to the General for his great service and that his Letter be Printed that the People may see how they are deluded by the Malignant Party The Ordinance past for setling the Militia of Cornwal and Devon The House voted the Lord Goring to be a Rebel for raising Forces in Kent and in Essex against the Parliament and referred to the Committee of the North to continue such Garrisons as they think fit Goring prevailed with a party
Aldermen and Common Council of London expressing how much the City was unsatisfyed and jealous of the listing of Horse and Foot under Major General Skippon and praying that no more may be listed unless by him and the Militia of London and that those already listed under him may be disbanded The House ordered a Committee to conferre with the Common Council about this matter and the grounds and reasons of this jealousie to be reported to the House the Lords gave great satisfaction to the Petitioners adding in their answer that they would live and dye with the Petitioners Letters from Lambert with intelligence that some additional Forces were coming to the Scots and desiring more Forces to be hastened to him the House sent the Letters to Lieutenant General Cromwel with orders for him to expedite his march North-wards News that Scarborough Castle was revolted and that the Prince was in the Downs and had not yet landed any men and that one of the Prince his Frigats was taken near Margarts by some of Sir Michael Liveseys Troups with the assistance of a Boat and two Sea-men 31. Votes for pay of arrears to the Northern Officers disbanded upon discovery of concealed money due to the State An Ordinance committed for the better regulating of the Estates of Papists and Delinquents Upon a Petition from the out-parts not to be joyned with the Militia of London the House thanked them for their constant affections and good service and referred them to attend the Committee in this business Referred to the same Committee to consider of the great abuses mentioned in their Petition for joyning of the Militias An Ordinance past the Commons for money for Armes and Ammunition Another for a Troup of Horse to be raised for the Isle of Ely and for seventy pounds a week to be raised in that Island to maintain the Troup The Letters and Commission taken in Captain Greens Frigat reported to the House and ordered to be communicated to the Common Council of London were to this effect Letters from Dublin of a difference between Preston and Owen Roe that they fought and Preston killed five hundred of Roes men and lost a hundred of his own men That the Lord of Ormond was expected at Corke upon whose coming thither was intended a General revolt in that Kingdom that a Combination of the Lord Grandison Sir Jo. Giffard Colonel Willoughby and divers others of quality to surprise Dublin City and Castle was detected and some of the Plotters imprisoned The Prince his Commission to Captain Green was thus Charles Prince of Great Britain Duke of Cornwal and Albany Highest Captain General under his Majesty of all Forces both by Sea and Land within the Kingdom of England Dominion of Wales and Town of Berwick c. He constitutes Green Captain and chief commander of a Ship and gives him power to do or cause to be done to the Rebels all possible damage and hostility in their Shipping Commerce and Navigation and to take and apprehend sink and fire or otherwise to impair and destroy their Ships Vessels men and goods and all things belonging to them or any that assist them c. Given at S. Germain en lay the 6 of June 1648. Letters to Sir Alexander Gibson in Scotland from one in London to this effect That in London they are generally right only Skippon makes some disturbance by Listing of Horse and Foot but that more are Listed for the King and a Petition framing in the City and the Lords have done something in it to incourage the Kings Friends I shall referre you to T. Hamilton for the business in the West for that in the North is ours already And Colonel Matthew Boynton shall be sainted 291. is not yet ready to be dispatched for Colchester which can hold out yet a month I hope you had mine of the unfortunate success of H. the Earl of Holland c. Letters from New-Castle of about four hundred Scots unarmed come for supplies to Duke Hamilton that the cry is very great of the People of Berwick Cumberland and Westmorland being turned out of all by the Scots who with wives and Children take possession the English choose rather to wander than endure such oppressions Letters from Lamberts quarters that about thirty Troups of General Cromwels Horse were joyned with Lambert that they had some bickerings with the Scots Scouts and beat them to their Guards that the English Army is much increased by Nottingham Leicester and Derby Forces August 1648. 1. Order to remove the Governor of Tâ—â—tershal Castle An Ordinance transmitted to the Lords for levying of Forces in the County of Middlesex Report of the Conference with the Common Council that they were very sensible of the high favours in the Houses condescending so low to give them reasons for their Actions in Parliament and gave the House most Humble thanks for the same But withal the House were acquainted with an Act of Declaration of Common Council passed last Night for Listing of Horse by the Militia of London which was referred to the Committee to treat with the Militia about the same Order for printing the intercepted Letters going to Scotland and the Prince his Commission to Captain Green Debate of a Letter to be sent from both Houses to the Assembly of the Kirk of Scotland acquainting them how far the House hath proceeded in setling the Government of the Church and how they have been obstructed therein by the Risings in several parts of the Kingdom and by the marching of an Army of Scots in this Nation the draught of the Letter was committed Order that Major Rolfe should be bayled and Colonel Lilburne released from his imprisonment and for a Conference with the Lords about the same and a Committee named to consider how Colonel Lilburne may have satisfaction for his sufferings The Lords concurred with the Commons to treat with the King in the Isle of Wight and to an Order to send Major General Mitton into North-Wales to suppresse the Insurrections there The danger of Langer-Fort and of Loving-Land referred to the General Letters sent to several Counties about speedy payment of the Assessments of the Army Report of the Lord Riches House in Devon being taken by a Party of the Kings Letters from Colchester Leaguer that those within are very quiet that two demy-Cannons planted against S. Marys Church after a few shot brought down a great part of the steeple and the Ordnance mounted upon it and buried them in the heaps of rubbish 2. Order for a Troup of Horse and a Company of Foot to be added to the Garrison at Dover and for a hundred and twenty men to be added to the Garrison of Lonway Castle Order for Major Wildman who was committed with Lieutenant Colonel Lilburne to be discharged of his imprisonment Ordinance transmitted for an imposition upon Coals Grindstones Salt c. Both Houses agreed on these Votes 1. That a Message be sent to
the Parliament before the Battery of the Town That they suspended their answer for one day and then sent for a Treaty for surrender and for a cessation in the mean time That the Lord Deputy consented to a Treaty but denyed a cessation that they are much divided in the Town and the greater part was for a Surrender That Clanrickard and Castle haven were gone to Sea and their Army broken in peices and none can tell how That the Lieutenant General took in several Castles and one by storm with his Horse and Dragoons only and that Collonel Reynolds was with him in those actions and that Collonel Zankey had relieved a Garrison of the Parliaments and took in several Forts from the Enemy 5. Letters That the Scots Army was drawn out on this side Sterling and thereupon the General drew out his Army from Edenburgh and they lay in the Field to be in a fit posture to receive the Enemy but the Scots went back and the English incamped upon Penthland Hills That the Camp was in an excellent Martial posture and figure and the General was in his Tent. That many English Ladies were there to view the Leaguer Mr. Love was sentenced by the High Court of Justice for the Treasons proved against him to be beheaded 7. Letters of both Armies in Scotland drawing neerer one to another That the Mosse Toopers took 4 Horsmen and 6 Prisoners Of a Prize loaden with Salt brought into Lieth That the Governour of Lieth sent a party into Edenburgh to search for Arms where they found many in private Houses and brought them away to Lieth That the General had in his Army 14 Regiments of Horse 12 Regiments of Foot and 16 pieces of Ordinance and that both Armies were within 8 or 9 miles ofone another and that some of their Scouts have met That the English Army saw the Scots Leaguer That they were 15000 Foot and 6000 Horse That the Scots have great differences among themselves That Hamilton carrys all and Argyle his party are down That some Ministers have put out a new Remonstrance against the taking in of some notorious Malignants Letters of Alderman Jacksons house near Bristol burned with his Children in it 8. The Parliament passed a Vote for putting down the Marshals Court in Southwark An Act passed for keeping the Assizes at Durham Officers named in the Bill for sale of some Delinquents Lands An Act passed for continuing the Chancellor of the Dutchy of Lancaster Letters That the Ships with Mony and Provisions were safely arrived in Ireland The Lord Deputy set forth a Proclamation for observing a day of Thanksgiving for the safe and seasonable Passage over the Shannon 9. Letters That Major Scot was sent out with a party to discover the Scots Army and gave them an Allarum that they drew up their Horses into Bodies 10. Letters of a quarrel between some of the Oxford Shire Troops and some Country Men. Of prizes brought in one loaded with 5000 bushels of wheat 11. Letters That God hath struck such a terror into the Camp of the Enemy that of all their Field Army in Ireland so much boasted of there was not 1000 Men in a body in any County to oppose the Parliaments Army That they would all go to the King of Spain if his Resident with them could furnish them with Mony yet he hath agreed for 4000. That Sr. Charles Coote is sat down before Galloway That the strong Castle by Lymbrick was surrendred upon quarter and that Collonel Tottel for killing some of the Enemy who had quarter given them was cashiered by the General That Lymbrick is in Treaty for surrender That Wheat is worth there 7 l. a Barrel That Massy wrote a vapouring Letter for exchange of a Prisoner but the General would not agree to it That the General marched towards the Scots Army lying at Torwood and there was Pickeering between both parties the English took 12 of the Scots and killed divers they killed none of the English but one man and all the Scots as they passed by him either Pistoled him or Cut him or Pricked him with their Rapiers in a barbarous manner That the King was in the Field to incourage them That the first rank of their Troops were Armed compleat They give out their Army to be 29000 but t is supposed they are 200000 That they had intrenched themselves and planted great Guns so that they could not be attempted with less danger than Storming a Garrison That some of the English Pickeering without order were indangered by the Enemy but relieved by Collonel Okey who beat the Scots from a Hill they had for advantage That both Armies drew to their Quarters about a Mile from each other That in the night the Enemy drew some great Guns to the top of an hill from whence they made about 40 Shot early in the morning and killed two or three of the English That the General Cromwel planted 2 Cannons and played upon them and did some execution and seeing the Scots would not ingage but upon their great advantage the General called a Councel of War in the Field and by their advice drew off to the Vale to see if the Scots would follow them and forsake their Hills which they did not and so the English Army returned back to their former Quarters at Lithgow 12. A List of the several Regiments of the English Army with their Collonels sent up being 14 Regiments of Horse 12 Regiments of Foot and 6 Troops of Dragoons 4 daies Provision more was delivered out to the Army for a new March and Design 14. Letters That Cromwel marched up again to the Scots but their Foot were intrenched and their Horse lay so that the English could not ingage them there being a River and Boggs between them and though Cromwel came up to the Teeth of them and viewed all their Bodies yet they would not come forth That the English took 8 Scots Prisoners and killed divers in Pickeering and beat them up to their Works and waited for them about 8 hours but they kept in and so the English went to their Quarters and the Scots followed them with a small party who were quickly beaten back That Athelow and Lymbrick were both surrendred to the Parliament That 5 English Vessels were taken prize by Boats from Jersey carrying 4 or 5 great Guns a piece in them That the States were sending the Lord Joachimi Ambassador to England to perfect what the English Ambassadors had there begun An Indictment of Felony at the Assizes in Kent was found against Joseph Welsh and others for assaulting Mrs. Jane Pukering and carrying her to Erith and compelling her contrary to her will to say words importing a Marriage c. 15. Mr. Love petitioned the Parliament and divers other Petitions were presented on his behalf for pardon of his life but after much debate upon the question it passed in the Negative On the day appointed for his