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A34438	Stratologia, or, The history of the English civil vvarrs in English verse : containing a brief account of all fights, most skirmishes, stratagems and sieges in England, from the very first originall of our late warres, till the martyrdome of King Charles the First of blessed memory / by an eye-witnesse of many of them, A.C.	Cooper, Andrew, fl. 1660.	1660 (1660)	Wing C6049; ESTC R20852	74,138	195

by The Centinels the Kings approach descry Th' Allarum's given Hotham doth then decree That all the water-sluces drawn shall bee The Country 's drown'd men walls and Seas combine To frustrate this his Majesties design ☞ Meldrum a Souldier of no small repute But yet a Scot the Parliament depute Hotham's assistant who a party takes Of the most hardy Townsmen and out-makes A sudden sally where the King he beats Who with some loss to Beverly retreats But not long after this the Parliament A party strong for Hull from London sent Meldrum incourag'd by this new supply Will of a second bout the fortune try His choicest men hee soon together calls And issuing out on the Kings Leagure falls Whereof some scores in their new trenches dy The rest in haste disordered much do fly A hot pursuit after whom Meldrum makes At Aulaby the Kings Magazin hee takes Some barns and houses there this Scotch Knight fires And then for Hull his worship back retires ☞ The King perceiving all attempts in vain Against the Town of Hull for York again Retreats But O! who can his thoughts express How can hee now though milde passion suppress What shall hee do what will bee the event Of these beginings thus malevolent Reflects his looks no reverential awe Upon Spectators Dare his Subjects draw Their Swords against their Prince shall he dispence Further with their Rebellious insolence ☞ But whilest the King is in this self-dispute A Noble person did him thus salute By Traitors shall your patience be abus'd Your commands sleighted your demands refus'd Courage take Sir Divine and humane laws Loudly proclaim the justice of your cause See what a train of Lords do here attend In your behalf their dearest blood to spend the Parliament us Traitors doth proclaim Because to your assistance thus we came And though they speak not out their acts declare They are intent upon you for to Warre Why raise they Armies what is your intent Us and your self to such a Parliament Thus to expose our Swords must us defend Or farewell life and fortunes Strafford's end Wee may expect Traitors let 's them declare And make provision for defensive Warre A thousand lives who would not rather lose Then see such Rebels you and yours depose To see rapacious Harpies ruinate This flourish of our peace Religion State Are you so credulous these not to fear When Treason 't is to you for to adhere Review the Actions of those Monarches brave That as your Predecessors Reigned have See how the proudest of their foes did quake Even at their frowns which did whole Kingdomes shake Whose very names their Subjects did adore Reputing them not men but somewhat more Then such Heroicks courage now assume Let Traitors know they do too much presume Upon your Lenity Sir make them fear And know the Lion in your armes can tear ☞ At this the London Juncto Parliament Traitours proclaimed are The King 's intent Is for the South-west parts to take his way Posting before Commissions of Array Commanding quick attendance from all those In Arms that would not bee reputed foes Newcastle's General for the North design'd Whose influence on those parts soon combin'd An Army Gallant Thus to Civil War Fully resolved now both parties are But so my Muse with Morpheus power possest Take's Leave would England could do so to rest Finis Libri Primi THE ENGLISH CIVIL VVARRS BOOK II. The Contents A short dis-swasive from this Civil Warr The King sets up his Standard doth declare Of his defensive Arms the Innocence Londons Zeal for the Parliaments pretence Essex his Force to Coventry doth bring Worcester Fight The Battail at Edge-hill ROuze up brave Martial Muse prepare for fight Let Mars desist the Cyprian Courts delight Bellona's Trumpets cals our Troops to field Pallas advanceth arm'd with Spear and Shield Combates not Councels Muse thou must rehearse Warr Blood and Death are subjects of my Verse England O England do not thou distain This flourish of thy Peace with Blood refrain These Civil Wars whose sad effects wee see In self-divided ruin'd Germany Did Scotland tremble did the Irish flee Was France once Tributary unto thee Renowned England did victorious Fame From India unto India post thy name From cold Arcturus to th' Antartick Sands Thy admiration England fill'd all Lands Whilst Providence and valour forreign foes Vanquish'd shall home-bred discord work thy woes No Councell nor yet Rhetorick can asswage Uncivil Civil Warrs tumultuous rage The furious Sword scorns to obey the Gown Some with the State some with the imperial Crown Take part known Ensigns Ensigns do defie And English blood Englands Cross red must die If Warr wee must why do wee not assay On Asian ground our Colours to display Mahomet's dam'd Impostures to expell To their curs'd Author down to Pluto's cell Why do wee not out of the Seginor's hand Regain our Title to the Holy-Land What might wee not with lesser bloods expence Have quel'd the Turkes aspiring insolence Raz'd Constantinople's world-commanding Towers With her Seraglio Aegypt might bee ours And all the treasures of the spacious East By our victorious Armies bee possest As that brave Tartar lets our Force ingage Bajacet-like into an Iron cage Earths greatest Monarch 's captiv'd power to bring Or let 's advance against the Spanish King His Eighty eight's Armado's curs'd designe To vindicate our Forces let 's combine Heaven can but grosper such a brave attempt Heaven that from Spain's Invasion did exempt This Island for to bee Spain's dreadfull scourge Till all those Martyrs bloods shee shall disgorge Suck'd in by inquisition-Butchery Or let 's goe set the inslav'd Indians free Sail thither may wee with the tide and flood Of vengeance-crying murthered Indians blood Why march wee not to curbe that Prelates pride Whose Scarlet vestments in the blood are died Of Martyr'd Christians doubtless wee may fear His influence is too too powerfull here These sad incitements to this Civil Warr Hatch'd surely by his Romish Locusts are That Sweed Heroick to his high renown Vow'd to devest him of his triple-Crown And from his chair-infallible by force That Beast so much admir'd for to divorce And but that death too cruel did prevent Doubtless hee had accomplish'd his intent England O England Civil Wars decline And prosecute that noble Sweeds designe Hoise up thy Sailes for the Italian shore The airy Alpes resolve for to march o're Fall down like Thunder into Italy Th' affrighted-Scarlet Conclave let 's make flye And these high Walls wherein the Beast doth trust Let 's rase and level with that bloody dust Whereon they stand in blood they founded were Ruddy with blood their cement doth appear Rape Superstition Fraud Idolatry Polythism Murther Theft Theomachy Hypocrisie Pride Witchcraft Fornication Adultery Sodoms-lov'd-Abomination Are their curs'd Superstructures Powers divine Except propitious unto this designe Vengeance divine our Cannons best will bee Upon those Walls t' inforce a Battery Needs must wee conquer in so just a Warr Where

it was to whom to attribute Victory in this so late and fierce Dispute Yet Trophies more on the Kings part appear Now marching off for Wallingford whose Rear Till midnight on that bloody place did stay And then without Disturbance march away ☞ Basing had been besieg'd nigh half a year Many th' assaults many the batteries were Against it made yet those attempts all vain Defendants few numerous assailants slain Many assaults Waller upon it made Who six whole weeks battering before it laid Then Norton's Morley's Onslow's Forces come Out the Defendants Sally oft kill some At each adventure but at length the King Sends them releif which on stout Gage did bring On Chidnam-down Norton and hee doth meet And with a gallant Charge most nobly greet Each other In conclusion Norton flies Basing-house furnish'd is with all supplies Now necessary Gage doth back retreat Johnson and Cufford Sallying out did beat Up Onflows Quarters many Prisoners tane One Demi-culvering with some hundreds slain But the besiegers rally and again Renew their Siege To whom Manchester came With a great Army yet here did not stay But to meet Essex marched straight away When the besiegers heard of Essex fate In Cornwall and that battail passed late At Newberry with the Kings approach they fire Their Hutts and rise to Reading straight retire ☞ Winter intends a passage upon Wye For his advantages to fortifie But Massi'es forces all upon him came Put him to rout Gamne and Vangerris slain And Pore of Barkley drown'd the Prisoners were Many though Winter's self escaped here ☞ Shrewsbury to surprize Mitton had laid His project which now took some say betray'd Into his hands that Town and Castle were Great was the losse the King sustained here Commanders many of great dignity Arms Ammunition Men Artillery Abundance here were tane Plimouth also Surrendred had to her beseiging foe Weymouth was yielded too even every where Sharpe seidges bloody skirmishes there were So active Mars was on the Southern Stage ☞ No whit lesse furious was his Northern rage New-Castle's numerous Forces now advance Haward to Pras-bridge comes whose fatal chance Was there for to be slain Hotham that day Had fac'd at night draws off marching away New-Castle comes to York where Cumberland Conjoyns these forces under his command To Tadcaster they march where the bold foes Fairfax and Hotham's forces them oppose The Town well nigh New Castle 's men had got Till Lister's men though Lister's self was shot Did in disorder beat them back again About a hundred Royalist here slain Fairfax at night the fight maintain'd all day Clear quitts the Town for Selby march'd away ☞ Young Fairfax with his Troops from Bradford came To Leeds and fiercely did assault the same After some hours dispute the Town they winne Many are slain and tane of those within Savile doth flie to Pomfret Beamount drown'd In swiming Ayre Briggs here receiv'd a wound And so did Leigh some twenty of these slain Fairfax his Horse Foot and his Club-arm'd train To Sea-croft leads after a sharp dispute Routed is Fairfax nigh to Leeds pursute After his dispersed men the conquerers make Many they kill great numbers Prisoners take Wentworth with his Brigade at Wakefield laid Fairfax comes thither doth the Town invade All Wentworth's men just as the Trojeans here Drunk or asleep in bed surprized were Though Wentworth scap'd the Prisoners taken thus Then the assailants were more numerous Chamley the Quarters of the Cavaliers Oft with successe attempted when he hears Slingsby at Gisborough to be resident Bointon and he conjoyned thither went After a sharp encounter Slingsby's tane With nigh two hundred more many are slain Many the Arms the Royalists lost here ☞ Active the Royalists at Latham were Before Manchester did Lord Strange Display His new-rais'd forces but was beat away Thence with some losse alas who can declare All the occurrences of this sad Warre The valiant Tinsley did with sword and fire Lancaster fall upon the Rogues retire Out of those flaming streets discoloured With blood and with dead corps also bespread Then on the Castle Tinsley makes assay But leaves it and for York-shire march'd away Girlington stout Thirlan his house maintain'd ' Gainst a sharpe siedge yet was at length constrain'd On tearms for to surrender Horneby too Had yeilded to the now prevailing foe Leviston with his valiant Skiptoneers To Setle came the Town assaults Briggs fears His men would not hold out up th'hills he flies Onely some three in this dispute there dyes After a while Briggs did to Skipton near Conjoyn'd with some of Hothams Troops appear At Carleton or Kildwick these remaine Often they skirmish often some are slain In Richmond-shire the noble Darcy had Agallant Regiment in blew-Coats clad Under blew Colours raised for the King Which Regiment he doth to Skipton bring With these conjoyn'd ' gainst Thornton-Hall we go Make an attempt out thence to beat the foe But neither House nor Barns scarce once hit were At twenty shots by our blinde Cannonier Whilst some Dragoons alight on foot to play Some of our horse the foes had stoln away Onely some Barns we at this bout did fire And thence for Skipton with some losse retire ☞ To Thornton-Hall that Country that lay near Much dis-affected to the Kings part were Clowns for the most part sturdy savage rude Whom fair pretences did trapan delude And court into Rebellion these did fear Cause some that all of us even Papists were Their whineing Preachers made them think the King Strange innovations on the Church would bring And that his studies all he did imploy The Laws to change Propriety destroy And on the contrary they did pretend The Parliament the country would befriend Popery rout out make them a people free From any Tax from any Subsidy And all their charges in these Warres defray These things they did the clear contrary way And still their exhortations thus did end Your Coine and Plate on publick Faith now lend The Parliament is on your good intent O freely then aid you the Parliament Such fair pretences promises untrue To sad rebellion multitudes soon drew And did much Coin into their Coffers bring To mannage these late warres against the King Finis Libri Quarti THE English CIVIL WARRS BOOK V. The Contents Atherton fight Hulls Siedge yet these between At Gainsborough and Nantwitch do interveene Some actions Winsby fight Hulls siedge doth rise New Castle meets old Levens enterprize Invading England his Oration His Covenanters to Bowden-Hills on And Pinshaw Skirmishes Corbridge dispute Fairfax 's forces mightily recruite In York-shire Selby stormed is by them Renowned Redman's Cauwoods Stratagem NEw-Castle had receiv'd a brave supply Of Arms Commanders great Artillery Late from the Queen against Bradford then we go That town devoted so much to the foe That scarce a Royalist in it was found The place is situate on declining ground A craggy River on the South doth glide With Bulworks strong the Town was fortifi'd

ΣΤΡΑΤΟΛΟΓΙΑ OR THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH CIVIL VVARRS In English Verse Containing a brief Account of all Fights most Skirmishes Stratagems and Sieges in ENGLAND From the very first Originall of our late Warres till the Martyrdome of King Charles the First of blessed Memory By an Eye-Witnesse of many of them A. C. Alta sedent Civiles vulnera Dextrae LONDON Printed for Joseph Cranford at the Castle and Lyon in St. Pauls Church-yard 1660 TO THE Right Honourable AND Truly Noble CONYERS DARCY Lord Darcy Meynell and Conyers THrice noble Sir pardon this bold addresse In that my soaring Muse pitch'd on no lesse A Patronage than your Renouned Name Imboldned hereto was I ' cause your Fame Recorded is amongst those Hero's who The Royall Cause maintain'd against a Foe Under pretences specious that Rebell'd VVhen yet a Boy your Colours I beheld And Regiment so gallant by you rais'd Even by my Infant-Muse your worth was prais'd An Actor on this Bloody Scene you were And an eye-witnesse of most Fields fought here That blood you lost your valour may declare Your judgement this that no pretence though fair Your intellect could blind your Faithfulness In that you fought till that of Souldiers lesse Under your tattered Colours did appear Then Cinquefoils in your honours Colours were Wounds you receiv'd and much of blood did lose VVhilst on the field your life you did expose To do your Soveraign service Sure that blood Expended in a cause Royally good Your Honour is your wounds then chains of gold Are Ornaments more glorious to behold Your sufferings since the VVarres who hath not known You paid both for your Souldiers and your own Loyalty nor would your brave mind submit To composition till much mov'd to it By your most vertuous Lady's prayers and tears Your name the last in that black Roll appears Except the martyr'd Slingby's none there are Of all your Honour'd House engag'd in VVarre Against your King these things induc'd my Muse You as the fittest person Sir to chuse To patronize these her first rude Essayes Let not oblivion cancel the due praise It 's the Debenters we are like to have Of all those Sons of Mars and Souldiers brave That for their Soveraign fought and suffer'd too In this they live whilst this doth live by you Your Honours most humble and most devoted in all service AN. COOPER THE EPISTLE TO THE READER EXpect not Reader this Book should impart The Flourishes of Rhethorick or of Art Such polite Strains do not indeed become The Camp nor suit the Trumpet or the Drum The more refined Muses have with Mars No intercourse Society commerce Blunt Language doth in truth the best declare The dreadful fury of our Civil Warre Rage blood and death each Page herein they show Of Cities Castles Towns the overthrow Rapine and plunder all those sad effects Wherewith a Civil Warre a Land infects ☞ When first for Oxford fully there intent To study learned Sciences I went Instead of Logicke Physicke School-converse I did attend the armed Troops of Mars Instead of Books I Sword Horse Pistols bought And on the Field I for Degrees then fought My years had not amounted full eighteen Till I on Field wounded three times had been Three times in sieges close had been immur'd Three times imprisonments restraint indur'd In those sad times these Verses rude were writ For Poesie a season most unfit Yet is my subject high the Hystory true Presented in this Book unto thy view Well-nigh each Skirmish Stratagem Siege fight In these late Warres we here present to sight And if thou shalt accept these first Essayes Shortly perchance we may in smoother Layes The second part of our sad Annals sing Till the blest Restauration of our King Who like the Sun after a dismal night Of sad oppression did restore both light And glory to these Nations ruinous Whose Rising and illustrious shine on us Lighted these Lines out from Oblivion's Cell To which they were condemn'd the world to tell That though the Royal Party was Captiv'd The best of Kings of his blest life depriv'd Yet Oceans of Loyall blood was shed Before bold Traytors this accomplished But strange that we were beat lest it be thought Vpon great disadvantages we fought The Parliament the Navy had procur'd With them to side all Armouries secur'd And Magazines usurped the Kings Lands Customes Revenues Rents into their hands With Arms and Coyn their men they could recruit When ours of both indeed were destitute But I transgresse the bounds of my intent And thee from reading these our Warres prevent A. C. THE ENGLISH CIVIL VVARRS BOOK I. The Contents See first a good then a bad Parliament The fatal causes of our discontent The two Scotch expeditions causes why Ireland 's Rebellion Strafford's Tragedy London tumultuous The Kings brave intents Ireland for to releive Hotham prevents By Hulls denyall which the King to take Forces combines Meldrum on them doth make Two Sallies bold Some Royalists are slain The King for York from Hull retreats again A noble Persons councell some releife Contributes to the King opprest with grief SEE where our English three Estates do sit In Parliament a Councel onely fit Our Nation to secure from bold abuse To legal forme injustice to reduce To deleate bad just laws to procreate Publick assignes to guide and regulate To act what may conduce to the renown Both of the State Religion and the Crown Englands Epitomie representation My Muse invites excites to admiration Thy noble Senate Rome my wonder was Till this high Court their lustre did surpasse As fair as Cynthia that pale Queene of night Out-shined is by Phoebus glorious light If admiration did thy thoughts transport From Rome's Terrestrial to Heavens glorious Court Much more Fulgentius might thy ravish'd minde From this to Heaven 's a quick transition finde ☞ But what malignity vitious excesse Is this a Parliament cannot redresse The body politick symptomes presents That all these State-Physitians discontents A dolorous Corasive we must indure These sad distempered Nations to recure Whilst head and members do indeed agree A Parliament's a Soveraigne remedy To cure distempers but if these discent Each seemes to move out of their element And such a motion must in the conclusion Being irregular induce confusion The hands of food the belly did deprive As in the fable but how long survive Those most ingrateful members by and by They with the dying belly also dye Our Army 's sad miscarriages must bee At Cades Rochel and the Isle of Rhes All charg'd upon the King when as the State Themselves made those designes unfortunate By not allowing to his Majesty Such supplements of Coin and Souldiery To mannage those most excellent designes Unto some purpose when the State declines The King to second who can then expect That brave attempts should have a wish'd effect Ship-monys Poles Taxes Monopolies Illegal Pressures frequent subsidies They charge the King to have without consent Impos'd on us out of

distribute What 's Irelands now may once be Englands sute To London streight my dolorous Muse now flies But few with Irelands grief there Sympathize For bold Petitions by a multitude Of people barbarous factious savage rude Are brought each day into the Parliament Faction disorder tumult discontent Fills every place Strafford and Laud accus'd Of Treason are the King himself abus'd Aspers'd injur'd each of his words and deeds Wrested misconstru'd and from hence proceeds These jealousies surmises fears that ring In Vulgar ears fomented ' gainst the King By Canniballs who Monarchy resent Anarchy for to introduce intent Hence Pamphlets Scandals base Libells flye Plum'd with abuse of Royal Majesty Because the King was moderate gentle meek Like Aesop's Frogs these his deposal seek And may a Storke dominion o're them bear That to a King so good perfideous were Few Straffords admired parts could imitate The reason why most him did emulate This noble person an ignoble crew With Justice Justice in their mouth pursue And prosecute to death The King doth signe The fatal Bill though much he did decline To passe his Royal here scarce his consent And Strafford dyes for an expediment Of State In Strafford was the King o'rethrown With Strafford's ruine he subscrib'd his own ☞ Pym Hamden Hollis Hasleridge and Stroad With scandals most injurious daily load The King whom when of Treason he accuses The House to try them legally refuses Can injur'd Majesty be pacifi'd When his demands so legal are deny'd For then the King with his sole Guard attended Came to the House thought to have apprehended The Traitors but alas the Kings intent Their absence purposely did then prevent All these are bad presages to suspect That some did Monarchy now dis-affect Such Symptomes have a dismal reference Into their thoughts inward malevolence Distempers will work out their malady Depress'd but not oppress'd such thoughts may be Like furious winds seeking their rage to vent Which in the concaves of the earth are pent Having at length all obstacles extruded Whereby their force impetuous was included Rush out with too audacious insolence And by their uncontrouled violence Do curle the Oceans billows bow the Woods Blow from their Channels the dispersed floods Untile the houses Sacrilegiously From Churches rent their leaden Cannopy Jove scorning to obey if Jove withstand Till Aeolus do their retreat command Thus thoughts most turbulent till now supprest Enforce their way from many a factious breast Boldly their malice ' gainst the King they vent Ambitious of eruption and extent Conscience and councel must to power give way To teach the Crown the Gown now to obey The peoples priviledges to dissolve In Warre and Blood this Nation to involve Their Wills as laws on England to enforce Unto the Sword our Statists take recourse What stratagems had long time been projected Come to their birth and must be now effected Forces they raise yet under this pretence The House to Guard to be their own defence And Essex o're their new Militia bands By Order from the House in chief commands ☞ At this high time London the King forsakes And unto York his journey streight he takes From whence he certifies the Parliament That his resolves for Ireland were intent His presence would be a most Soveraign spell The Rebells minds to charme their force to quell To his victorious Ensignes he doth vow To make the proudest of such traitors bow And in pursuance of such high intents He in the North will raise some Regiments Which from Hulls Magazine all Arm'd must be For Ireland to attend his Majesty ☞ 'T was not the King then as some him bely That did obstruct from Ireland that supply That might those Rebels Armies have subdu'd And tam'd that Savage Popish multitude To York the Northern Gentry summon'd are To whom the King his purpose doth declare Commanding their attendance most obey With these the King for Hull streight takes his way Who to the gates with this Traine makes address ☞ But Hotham there denys his King accesse Requesting him not to demand what hee Cannot now grant without disloyalty To th' Parliament The King soon makes reply Our entrance good Sir John do not deny I shall passe by this your affront to mee And our admission shall excuse when wee To th' Parliament our next addresse shall make With Hotham this milde Rhetorick will not take Wherefore the King him stubborn Traitor calls And vows hee 'l hang him up upon those walls That his example may a terrour bee To all such haughty traiterous rogues as he Like to a stream whose shoure augmented force Scornes obstacles that may retard his course And with his swelling waters potent Tyde O're banks and all retards doth bravely glide Rowls down huge stones eradicates each tree That to his feircer current lets may bee So angers Tyde in the Kings minde swel'd high That him Hulls entrance Hotham should deny Especially he griev'd for Irelands grief By this depriv'd of his resolv'd relief Hotham he Traitor doth proclaim then make Warlick provision Hull by force to take Yet first complaints unto the Parliament Of this most bold affront the King had sent Wherein he Hothams Treason did decry Whom with his Act the States do justifie This more incens'd the King shall Hotham bee In his rebellion countenanc'd and hee Expos'd to such affronts he doth professe By dint of Sword these wrongs for to redresse ☞ His Proclamations through each county fly Plum'd with complaints of injur'd Majesty His loyal Subjects all to animate With him to joyne these wrongs to vindicate The gentry to contribute these request Assistance to their wronged Kings behest That his intents both just and real are For Laws Religion Rights he doth declare These proclamations many gallants Court To York now for Commissions to resort Wherein short time no despicable force Convened is of Armed Foot and Horse But while the King pursues this Martial game The State his Acts Illegal do Proclaim Prohibiting all men in any wise For to abet the Kings known enterprize Thus Proclamations Proclamations thwart Commands oppose Commands Art crosseth Art The King commands the State forbid to Arme Who do the King who not the State from harme Vow to secure Traitors both parts declare Who do their mandates crosse opponents are What County can pretend immunity From Proclamations vain Logomachy The States bid Arme for them the King says no What shall the perplext dubious Vulgar do If Arme you must to void neutrality 'T is but your duty aid his Majesty Let not their vain pretences you dis-swade Still their pretext Rebells Religion made Whilst these transactions are in agitation The King for Hulls Siedge makes strong preparation Whither from York his march he now doth take Hotham knows well his life lyes at the stake Therefore his rusty Cannons he doth clense Putting the Town in posture of defence Brasse-Pieces mount the stoutest Townsmen Arms Promising reparation of all harmes Sustain'd in Hulls assistance By and