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A83997 Englands safety in navie and fortifications; the common interest both of King and people. Conteining necessary observations concerning Dover, and other sea-towns of England. Published for the necessary view of the right honourable, the high court of Parliament: and also for the publique safetie of the kingdome, and all other His Majesties dominions. 1642 (1642) Wing E3043; Thomason E137_20; ESTC R13888 3,939 8

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each severall great companies were Captains both of sea and land souldiers in those vast Gallownes The report of a friend of mine skilfull both in Sea and Land Imployments declared his opinion That this mighty Fleet was bound either for England or Ireland and said he a fit time for them to act their afore-intended Designes By reason England hath enough to do with Scotland at present yet said he though their pretence be for the relief of Flanders chief City and Sea-town Dunkerke there to discharge their multitudes of Sea and Land Souldiers said he the Hulls or Bottoms of those mighty warlike Gallownes draw too much water for ever coming to Dunkerke or any nearer than a League or two therefore said he if their Commissions were made known this Fleet is to land in some Port or Ports of England for they have both Sea and Land Companies and likewise their Ordnance are mounted with Land carriages above the Decks of their Gallownes To the intent immediatly after their landing in their Ports designed by their Commissions that with the Field or Land carriages wherewith the said Ordnance are mounted may display upon the Countrey And likewise with mans strength or otherwise draw them against the Castles Bulwarks and fortified Places of this Island thereby forthwith to obtain a great part of the Shire or Countie wherein they land untill repulse nay even to the City of London the Metropolitane City of this Kingdom of England Many great Papists of this Kingdom for instance during the Spanish Fleets stay in the Downs a good Road for ships neer Dover came thither and were very jocant and joviall nay some of them in a kind of commanding way seeing things almost compliant with their purposes And at the time aforesaid generally through the whole Kingdom every Province or County had a Treasurer for the PaPists to supply the wants either of weapons or money of all the Popish party that needed therein so that consequently the said Spanish Fleet came for and was provided for this Kingdom in that time of Englands distresse I say distresse by reason of the intended warre betwixt England and Scotland which God be praised hath ended in a blessed peace and likewise the weaknesse of Englands Navie and Fortifications aforesaid Now not omitting a true verse describing this Kingdoms publique welfare if truly observed for the knowledge of Englands Worthies in the Honorable and high Court of Parliament now assembled as followeth England's safe gates are her Cirqueports Her stately ships her walls Her Camps the Sea Bulwarks her Corps Her heart her Generals The dayes are now dangerous and full of mischiefs infinite therefore if the great Councell of Parliament would but cast their eyes on the Kings Navie Castles Towers Bulwarks Blockhouses and all fortified places for Englands safetie and defence and likewise upon a book entituled The Advice of that worthie Commander Sir Charles Howard newly published and lately presented to this most Noble and Honorable Assemblie of Parliament together with another small book entituled Mr. Balls Propositions of Fortifications and have them fully and exactly viewed and certified under the hands of the severall Generals Admirals Captains Lieutenants Gunners and Officers both of Navie and Fortifications as they will testifie upon their oaths on the holy Evangelists before this great Court of Parliament That the Worthies thereof may know the true state of the strength of the Kingdom and so trienually in Parliament continually make restitution and provision for the same For as a learned Member in this Parliament once spake That England's safetie consists in being provided continually for warre and to assist the Allies of the Protestant partie the maintenance of the said warlike provision may continually be preserved and supplied by a blessed and happy peace That likewise persons of good trust and well affected to the Protestant Religion may continually be imployed in all the Kings ships Castles Towers Bulwarks Block-houses and all other fortified places of this Kingdom so that England may hereafter be as formidable as ever to the terror of her Enemies and the safetie of her Inhabitants and the advancement of the true Protestant Religion the which questionlesse will give great satisfaction to all good Protestants Gods children and the Kings most loyall and obedient subjects Now let us all conclude that your Indeavours may by Gods most gracious assistance be for our Countreys and Kingdom flourishing in true Religion and repulse to all our Enemies domestick and forraigne both of Church and State holding this Maxime for ever Dulce decorum pro patria mori Oh how sweet it is to spend our dearest blood For our Native Countrey her benefit and good FINIS
ENGLANDS SAFETY IN NAVIE AND FORTIFICATIONS The common Interest both of King and People CONTEINING NECESSARY OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING DOVER AND OTHER SEA-TOWNS OF ENGLAND Published for the necessary View of the Right Honourable The High Court of PARLIAMENT And also for the publique safetie of the Kingdome and all other his Majesties Dominions Printed for Io Ch and Iohn Bull. 1642. NECESSARY OBSERVATIONS CONCERNING DOVER AND OTHER SEA-TOWNS OF ENGLAND DOVER with her Castle hath by Ancients been accounted The lock and key to the whole Realme of England Likewise the five Ports together with the two ancient Townes annexed or incorporated into the same with their seaven members have all of them been places of great strength and importance and consequently have therefore obtained many great priviledges In this Latine Verse next ensuing unfitting to be in this observation omitted are all the said fourteen Haven Townes set forth Hastingus Dover Sandwicus Romneus Hithus Sunt Portus Villae antiquae Rya Frigmare ventus Villa februm gentis saxum pelagi vada Lydda Fordwich Tenterden Penensea membra notantur Englished Hasting Dover Sandwich Romney and Hith are the Cinque or five Ports Rye and Winchelsea are the two ancient Townes united and incorporated into the same priviledges the said Cinque-Ports enjoy Feversham Foulkston Sea-ford Lydd Fordwich Tenterden and Pevensey are the Five Ports and two ancient Townes severall members besides Deale Walmer Very many Villages and Parishes in the Island of Thanet in Kent and some elsewhere enjoying the same liberties and priviledges for the Lands defence The Castles of Dover Sandowne Deale Walmer Sandgate Camber Moates-Bulwarke and Archcliff●-Bulwarke these many yeares now past have been much decayed in their several Magazens of Armes and all sorts of warlike Munition which have heretofore been kept and continually very well supported and maintained as not onely honourable strong and defensible Forts standing next unto the Seas being Frontiers of this Realme but also so necessary Fortifications for the defence and safeguard of the same that they have alwayes been repaired and with Munition continually supplyed for the publique defence of this Kingdome yet of late yeares have wanted much provision of abiliaments for Warre or warlike defence besides all the defects in store A part of the North Wall of Dover Castle since the yeare 1637. by tempestuous or such like weather hath fallen downe into the Castle-trench Likewise much of the Leads of the Kings lodgings in the said Castle have by boysterous tempests and great winds blown quite up to the top of the stone-worke thereof and some blowne over it impairing the who●e Tymber Fabricke underneath to the great prejudice of Englands somtimes glorious formidable Common-wealth notwithstanding the severall provisions stores and Magazens of the said Castles c. have been of late much decayed have little or nothing been replenished At the first comming of the Spanish great Fleete of Warre in the beginning of September 1639. into the narrow Seas and into the Kings Chamber there so called The said severall Castles Bulwarks and places of Defence were all or most of them without any strength formidable before the face of so strong and mightie a Fleete or any power resistable if an attempt had been performed by the vast and War-like Spanish-Fleete aforesaid but contrariwise in very weake plight and dolefull state even in depaire of loosing the most part of the Sea-Townes and Fortifications neere Dover the Downes and elsewhere if not the dangerous destruction of the whole Island nay the whole Kingdome For further demonstration of the Castles and Sea-coasts severall weaknesses three hundred land-souldiers were appointed out of the said five Ports Haven-Towns and Members to be raised for pursuite of the Scots in that late expedition if they had been compelled unto and to march away from the said Ports had been a designe onely to weaken the then weake and too weak sea-coasts for such a time of action heretofore they have been accounted the keyes of England yet at that time of eminent danger they might well have been esteemed the Destruction of England Had we not been then by the Holland Navie defended as one well termed it the scourge of Spaine whom together with us were protected by the divine providence above in guiding Admirall Van-Trompe here below England doubtlesse in the said yeer 1639 had miserably felt the savage crueltie of Spaines great Treacherie to a Kingdom then and still in League and friendship with him Heretofore the couragious stoutnesse of the English had rather expire in a valiant resistance than yeeld to the lasting slavery of so proud a Nation Queen Elizabeth of ever famous memorie kept them under enough and their Spanish proud hearts humble in sight onely of her Majesties ships and her Vice-Admirall Sir Francis Drake as for instance when the Armado of Spaine in the yeer 1588. was arrived in the Narrow Seas having passed the place of their expected supply and gotten Sea-roome for their high bodied Hulks spread their main sails and made away as fast as winde and water would give them leave more fearing the small Fleet and Forces of the English though nothing in number like unto them than standing upon termes of Honour either of their chieftains or Invicible Navy Yet surely if they had known the want of Powder a fault unexcusable upon our coasts they no doubt would have stood longer to their tacklings But God in this of 1588. as likewise of the last Armado of Spaine 1639. would have us to acknowledge that we were onely delivered by his own gracious providence and arme and not by any policie or strength of our own A Motto on the said Vice-Admirall Drake though not much pertinent to the matter in the precedencie of these observations treated on yet deservedly to be remembred to the everlasting renown of so valiant and so true a Subject to the said Queen Elizabeth If Popery should which God forbid re-raigne They could not Noble Drake dig up thy grave As once they did I say with fell disdain Against good Luther furiously rage and rave They could not doe 't 'gainst thee I say for why Thy bones in th' bottome of the sea do lie Now to the Subject aforesaid notwithstanding the weaknesse of the said Fortifications in that time of streight 1639. Englands Sea provision was as weak if not weaker than the Castles Fortifications c. Provision on the shore onely foure of his Majesties ships neer those Sea rowns and Villages aforenamed then and still in distresse if no better fortified then within these few moneths now past if any occasion or attempt in a warlike manner be offered for assistance and preservation of Brittaines great Island What were his Highnesse said 4. ships of warre to the Spanish great Gallownes fiftie three in number full of provision of all materials for warre fitted with grave and questionlesse skilfull Sea-men Moreover in each said ship or great Gallowne were a very great store of Land-men Likewise to