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A96278	Englands Iliads in a nut-shell. Or, A briefe chronologie of the battails, sieges, conflicts, and other most remarkable passages from the beginning of this rebellion, to the 25. of March, 1645.	Wharton, George, Sir, 1596-1672.	1645 (1645)	Wing W1544; Thomason E1182_3; ESTC R208159	28,009	48

whereof 44 Officers 22 Colours of Foot being all the Rebels had and 26 Standards of Horse with 34 double barrels of Powder and a proportionable quantity of March and Bullet and 2500 Foot Armes besides Horse Armes and other spoile In this action were slain many of the Rebels chiefe Officers as Colonel Armyn Col Thornton Col Malevery with others On His Majesties part no Officer slaine and but very few common Souldiers March 6. Sir Charles Compton with his Regiment of horse took 72 Pack-horses at Hawford on the borders of Warwickshire being richly laden with the rebels wealth of Gloucester and intended for London with these Sir Charls also took their Convoy of at least 100 Horse and neere 70 Prisoners with a Lieutenant 1 Cornet and his Colours having first killed 12 Rebels on the place without losse of any one man and but one hurt March 7. Major Abercromy a rebellious Scot was slain neere Stratton Audley in Buckinghamshire and 17 of his men taken by a party from his Majesties Garrison of Borstall house March 14. Colonel Long the High Sheriffe of Wiltshire with his owne Regiment of horse onely gallantly charged a great body of Wallers horse neere the Devizes and did good execution on them but being much over-powered by the Rebels numbers was at length taken Prisoner with some part of his Regiment which was within few dayes after sufficiently requited by the Lord Goring who took above 700 of Wallers horse in those parts March 15. A party of his Majesties horse from Pontfract Castle fel on Colonel Brandlings Quarters at Badsworth foure miles from Doncaster took 67 rebels Prisoners whereof 13 Officers 130 Horse and 1000. l. in money March 18. The Earle of Northampton with his three young brothers in all whom Gallantry is hereditary routed a great Body of the rebels horse of Northampton neere Abthorp killed neere 30 rebels whereof Captaine Lidcote was one and hurt many more took 26 Prisoners and this with the losse of 5 Troopers onely on his Majesties part The same 18. of March Beeston castle in Cheshire that had been bravely defended for 17 weeks before by Capt. Valot and as vainly besieged by Sir VVilliam Brereton was opportunely releeved by Prince Ruperts approach into those parts March 24. The Lower Members at Westminster Vote the clause for preservation of His Majesties Person to be left out in Sir Thomas Fairfax his Commission Thus doe the Rebels 1. Sweare to live and dye with their owne General Essex yet upon second thoughts they disoblige themselves from that Oath and casheire him of his command 2. Covenant to preserve His Majesties Person and Authority and yet afterwards authorize Sir Tho Fairfax to kill him if he can 3. They vow to maintaine the Protestant Religion yet condemne and discountenance the essentiall parts thereof and introduce Irreligion and Prophanesse Now tell me Reader what Tropologicall sense can save this jugling from flat and literall Perjury not all the addition of their Abrogative to their Legislative power For this is indeed to abrogate Christianity as wel as Loyaltie out of the world To give leave to kill the Kings Person in the field and yet to cheat men into a conceipt of preserving His Majesty in VVilliam Lenthalls chaire To make the world beleeve they are Protestants when they permit and authorize an illiterate Assembly of Non-Divines to discountenance the 39 Articles dispute about expunging the fift Article of the Apostles Creed To antiquate the Lords Prayer out of the Church Service and turne out the long-setled Service of Common-Prayer out of the Church to give way to a long-winded extemporary non-sense in the roome thereof O tempora O mores Are not these sine Law-makers who violate the Lawes of God and holy Church as well as those themselves were borne unto to make way for their owne Chymeraes Would not any true Zelot pawne his soule upon these mens consciences who make no conscience of breaking their owne oathes Would not any wise man melt his Fortunes to maintain these mens Cause who have no cause for what they doe Yes he that could be made to beleeve Perjury were Fidelity Treason Loyalty Blasphemy Sanctity Atheisme Religion the Speakers Cushion the Kings Majesty may likewise possibly beleeve that these Rebels intend the Churches Kings and Common-wealths good Post-monita THe Reader may take notice of two omissions The first in Feb. 1642. about which time His Majesties Forces from Hereford commmanded by Sir Rich: Lawdy encountred the rebels of Gloucester at Cover on the borders of that County routed their whole Body killed and took most of the Rebels Commanders and many common Soldiers with 4 Drakes yet this Victory came not off without some losse for Sir Rich: Lawdy himself was here slain by a shot out of a window in Cover Town with 5 common Souldiers onely on his Majesties part The other in the beginning of July 1643. about which time Colonel now Lord Jermyn with those Forces that guarded her Majesty out of the North assisted by Colonel Hastings now Lo Lowghborough took Burton upon Trent in Staffordshire by assault wherein there was taken Col Houghton the Governour with all the inferiour Officers above 400 common Souldiers 8 Peeces of Ordnance and good store of Ammunition and this done without any considerable losse The End