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A85628	A great victorie in the North, obtained by the forces under the command of Lieutenant Generall Cromwel, against Duke Hamilton, and the Scottish army. Wherein is declared, the manner of the late fight near the confines of York, the routing of Lieutenant Generall Cromwells forces upon the first onset, and after three miles pursuit (by the Scots) rallied again, fell upon the Scottish forces, killed Duke Hamiltons Lieutenant Collonel, a Major, divers Captains, officers, and souldiers, routed the whole body, and regained their ground. Also another fight near Pomfret castle in Yorkshire, a defeat given to the Parliaments forces, and divers taken prisoners, and carryed to the said castle. Whereunto is annexed, an humble petition to the Kings most Excellent Majesty, concerning the King and his people, and every subject in particuler of this his kingdom of England.	R. F.	1648 (1648)	Wing G1767; Thomason E457_17; ESTC R204987	4,095	8

A GREAT VICTORIE IN THE NORTH OBTAINED By the Forces under the Command of Lieutenant Generall CROMWEL against Duke Hamilton and the Scottish Army Wherein is declared the manner of the late Fight near the Confines of York the routing of Lieutenant Generall Cromwells Forces upon the first O●set and after three miles pursuit by the Scots rallied again fell upon the Scottish Forces killed Duke Hamiltons Lieutenant Collonel a Major divers Captains Officeta and Souldiers routed the whole Body and regained the●r ground Also another Fight near Pomfret castle in Yorkshire a Defeat given to the Parliaments Forces and divers taken prisoners and carry●d to the said Castle Whereunto is annexed An humble Petition to the Kings most Excellen Majesty concerning the King and his People and ev●ry subject in particuler of thi● his Kingdom of England Behold all ye that passe by stand still and see the wonderfull works of the Lord which he hath wrought for the people of England by His Servant King Charles Aug 8th London Printed for the wel-fare and happinesse of all true and Loyall Subjects Anne Dom. 1648. A Great fight between the Forces belonging to Lieutenant Generall Crumwell and the Scots forces under the Command of Duke Hamleton Right honorable MAjor Generall Lambert having received some fresh supplies and joyned his Army with the additionall forces sent from Lieutenant Generall Cromwell a motion was made to dispute a peice of ground with the Scots which was assented to and about 20 Troops of the Lieut. Gen. horse charged the Scots both parties bodied and some action happened but the Scots being to rumerous the Liuet Gen. horse were forced to retreat the Scots pursued protesting not to leave a man of them alive whereupon the English rallyed charged Duke Hambletons own Regiment of horse and some others that pursued them and after a great conflict worsted them put them to a retreat and followed the pursute within one mile of the main body and made good their passage with the losse of 15 killed and some few wounded The Scots losse is far more their number killed wounded and taken prisoners amounting to 85. some of them being men of quality as the Dukes Lieut. Col. a Major our head-quarters 10. miles on this side Barnard Castle the Scots advancing up with small parties but the Body moves slowly We hear that the Wasps of Pomfret have stung some of L.G. Cromwells horse and took their Riders sallying upon them as they were on their march to the Maj. Gen. A small defeat the gaining of which cost them dear they lost in the dispute near upon 20. Officers and Souldiers the Governour himself being dangerously wounded York August 1648. To the Kings most Excellent Majesty M●st gracious Soveraign IT is the saying of Solomon the pen-man of the Holy Ghost and the wisest King that ever was Prov. 21.1 The Kings heart is in the hand of the Lord as the Rivers of water he turneth it whithersoever he pleaseth I a poor despicable man despicable because poor do presume out of my sincere loyall affection and duty to your Maj. and my earnest desire for the re-uniting of You with your Parl. Subjects of this Kingdom to offer or rather to sacrifice my weak Conceptions to Your gracious Acceptance or Refusal Sir We are all in an Egyptian darkness be you but pleased to cause the Sun-shi●e of your Mercy and Goodness to break out upon Your poor Subjects of this Kingdom and there is great hope we may soon be delivered from this fearfull Confusion whereinto we are faln For my own part I believe Your Maj. not being conscious of the misery Your poor Subjects are in in regard of the unkingly restraint You are for the present unhappily under is the cause You cannot be so zealous as otherwise you would to redress it that your want of knowledge of the present conjuncture of Affairs is that which renders your people so infinitely miserable that they are ready every minute to precipitate themselves into the Gulf of Despair It is said of Almighty God There is mercy with him that he may be feared and his mercy is over or above all works And I believe without least flattery I speak it that there is abundance of Mercy and Bowel● of Compassion with You towards Your poor Subjects that You may be both loved and feared and that Your mercy will shower it self down to the amazement and reproach of those that seeme not to believe it Did I say Your Mercy yea and Your Justice also even against Your self in the voluntary clouding of Your own Princely Royalty and that Prince who shadows his own Glory meerly for the good of his Subjects is a rare Pattern And the first giver of so great an unexampled Example must needs render himself glorious to all Posteritie Sir in the first place I presume with boldnesse enough I confess yet will I not fl●tter you so much as to say I beg your Maj. pardon for it to remember you that Self-Deniall is the only way to happiness Temporall here Eternall hereafter and had it been but a little practised on all hands by the 3. Estates of Parl. at the begining or budding forth of these unhappy differences although Malice it self cannot but say that Your Maj. acted Your part and the very Lepers of Samaria shall one day rise up in Judgment against some say that that was a day of good tydings and they ungratefully held their Peace In your abolishing of Monopolies putting down the Star-Chamber disannulling the High Commission Court outing of Bishops from the House of Pears Regulating the Councel Table granting of Triennial Parliaments and continuing of This not to be dissolved without the consent of both Houses Your Maj. and Your People had not felt Gods heavy hand as You and they have done for these seven years past and yet do but for me to presume to tell your Majesty what Self-Denial is were a most unpardonable offence And yet for your Majesty to beleive that this Peace offering which you sacrifice to the good and happynesse of your people in the sad condition your Majesty is in and the most miserable one they are plunged into can be happyly begun without self deniall one your part first and then all the peoples part also is so far as I can apprehend in Reason and Religion altogether unpossible and by the sequel of my discourse I doubt not but to make good the truth of it at the full Sir look into your own heart and see whether in former times you were not more your own or others who abused you then your subjects universally The word proprium is of a neere relation and I doubt whether it sits not as close the hearts of Kings as of subjects which your Majesty well knows is not compatible with self-deniall Sir you are a great Monarch true yet you are but a Steward nomine re a Steward of the great house of the Common-wealth and one day it shall

be said to you as to the Steward in the Gospel Redde rationem Give an account of thy stewardship And the accounts of Kings are of a vast extent Sr. you are a Shepheard also a Shepherd of a great flock our Saviour cals himself a Shepherd the great Shepherd of Israel and he tels you a good Shepheard will dye for his Sheep he did so And S. Paul Phil. 2 5 speaking of our Saviour Christ and there deducing him from all eternity to time hath these words Let this mind be in you which was also in Christ Iesus who being in the form of God thought it not robbery to be equall with God But made himself of no reputation c. And shall I dovbt your Majesty will imitate our bl●ssed Saviour in all you can I doubt it or He prayed for this persecutors and taught us so to doe he forgave his enemies that crucified him even upon the cr●sse Father forgive them they know not what they do nay he dyed for them who dyed saith the Apostle for the sins of the whole world You are not desired Sr. to dye out of the world or to part with your soul by a sequestration of it from the body Let the greatest curse that ever fell one the head of any man fall on that head that hath but such a wish or thought in his heart All you have to do or suffer is but to part with a sillable or two from one single word a few let●ers cut off from that Monster as the people call it PREROGATIUE a little paring off some superfluous part of it will prove Balme from Gilead to heale this whole Nation of the most Epidemical disease that ever yet seized this poor dying Kingdom Sir it was said in the begining of this Parliament by Mr. Pym if I mistake not that the Parliament would make you a glorious King and who knows whether your Maesty when you were in the head of your Army at Edghil or else where had not some hopes to make your self a glorious King And I have been told that this Army would have perswaded you when time was that they make you a glorious King Sir you have failed in your hopes they in their promises and who knows whether what your Majesty hoped and they promised and they performed not may not yet be done another and a better way if at least you will be pleased to take him for your guide who hath hitherto so miraculously preserved you and I hope ever will I say Sir taking God for your guide all may be made good and and may yet be brought to passe by your selfe not by fighting any more to the hazzard of your Royall person and the persons of your Princely Issue and of your Nobility and the destruction of your loving subjects but by extending and really performing of those two God like Acts of mercy and justice without partiallity to all your people And this is Via Regia indeed and well becoming the Majesty of King Charles And now Sir behold how wonderful the ways of God are contary to the waies of men past finding out till himself discover them you have long layen under the crosse restraint to a King is a great crosse were there no more in it you are not free I dare not say you are a captive yet your person with the power that God hath given you over your self and the Grace he hath indued you with to serve him must suddenly come forth to the redemption of your Subjects out of their captivity captives in their native Country under their fellow subjects or they are lost lost for ever In this Abyss of Exigency no expedient can be found to save your people but the presence of your sacred Person armed with mercy justice Mercy justice to your people and justice against your self nor could You so easily do it as I beleive had not God thus fitted prepared and quallified you by the cross whereby You have obtained a fellow feeling of the miseries of Your subjects Dauid said of himself It was well for mē that I was afflicted Great Sr. let Your engagements promises to Your people for the time to come in Your perfecting of this blessed peace be like the lawes of the Medes and Persians irrevocable And so God shall blesse you and Your posterity for ever so much of good towards his people so much honor to himself no King ever had in his power to act as your Maj. nor hath by the saving the effusion of so much innocent blood perhaps the Kingdom from utter ruin which is the prayer of him who is Your Maj. most humble subject and Servrnt R. F. FINIS