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A93103	The yeare of jubile: or, Englands releasment, purchased by Gods immediate assistance, and powerfull aiding of her renowmed Parliament and the forces raised by them: under the command of the right valiant, prosperous, and pious generall, Sir Thomas Fairfax. Being a summarie of all the atchievements, victories, and remarkable procedings of the armies aforesaid, from the late famous battail of Nasby, fought Iune 14, 1645, to the late reducement of Oxford and Faringdon. Together with a true and perfect list of the prisoners, arms, and ammunition, taken at each fight, and in each garison. And published at the desire of many worthy persons of this kingdom. / By S. Sheppard. Printed according to the order of Parliament.	Sheppard, S. (Samuel); England and Wales. Parliament.	1646 (1646)	Wing S3172; Thomason E343_8; ESTC R200945	38,616	71

of himself these viz. Colonell Ireton Colonell Lambert Colonell Aubin Comissary Generall Stane Captain Edward Herle Richard Dean Comptroller of the Ordnance On the behalf of the Lord Hopton these Col. Charles Goring Col. Marcus Trevor Col. Thomas Panton Col. John Bovill Sir Richard Prideaux Major Got●●re During the Treaty and before the Articles were confirmed and ratified by the Commissioners on both sides these Gentlemen came to the Generall Sir Thomas Fairfax and desired to be under the protection of the Parliament 33 Lievtenant Colonels Sejeant Majors and Captains Forty Gentlemen of quality The Gover. of Mans C●s●● Also the Cornish souldiers prostrating their arms and 〈◊〉 at the Generals feet protested that they would never be wrought or perswaded by any whatsoever for the future to fight against the Parliament The Lord Hoptons souldiers especially the Forreigners hearing of the noble proffer that the Parliements Generall Sir Thomas Fairf●● had made prest on Hopton and urged him with vehemency to accept of the rare offer which hee did not or to say truth Durst not gainsay but sending another Letter to Sir Thomas desiring him to hasten and that the Articles being penned might be ratified and confirmed the Generall though if he would have been rigorous and implacable considering the former fury and rage of the enemy he might at his pleasure have killed or taken them yet he would not give way to passion or revenge esteeming it a disparagement to his Honour to insult over a dejected or disabled foe the Heathen could of that noblest of beasts Magnanimo satis est praedam prostrasse Leoni Pugnasuam finem cum jacet hostes habet Paraphrased The noble Lion doth his power lay by And counts it glory if his foe he hath Brought low and scorns to hurt his enemy If he submit he will not harbour wrath The Articles between the Lord Hopton and Sir Thomas Fairfax were these 1. THat the Army and Forces under the command of the Lord Hopton shall within six days after the date hereof be wholy disbanded and discharged by the Lord Hopton and the Generals Colonels Captains and allother Officers according to the severall charges hereafter expressed 2. That all Troopers Corporals of Horse Farriers and Sa●lers shall bring in and deliver up their Horses with bridles saddles and all the arms unto his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax or whom he shall appoint that all Troopers and Corporals that shall appeare Gentlemen of worth shall be allowed to carry with them their swords 3. That upon performance hereof they shall receive 20 shillings a man and shall have passes if they please to go beyond Sea 4. That those Commission Officers of Horse under the Lord Hopton and all Trumpetters belonging to them shall have liberty either to goe to their on homes in England or beyond the Seas with their bag and baggage and shall have such number of Horse and Equipage as is hereafter allowed according to their severall qualities 5. That is to say For those that shall chuse to go beyond the Seas the full number of horses and five arms if they have so many of their own To Trumpetters one horse a piece and their trumpets To Quartermasters two horses and one case of Pistols To Cornets three horses and two case of Pistols To Lievtenants foure horses and three case of Pistols To Captains Majors and Lievtenant Colonels six horses apiece and foure case of Pistols To Colonels eight horses and six case of Pistols To the adjutant Generall six horses and foure case of Pistols To the other adjutants of Brigades three horses apiece one case of Pistols To the Major Generall twelve horses and six case of Pistols To the Scout-master Generall six horses one case of Pistols To the Quarter-master Generall four six horses two case of Pistols To the Martiall Generall four horses one case of Pistols To the Comissary Generall of horse-provisions three horses and a case of Pistols c. Every Officer having Arms and Horses more or lesse according to his degree which were needlesse and tedious to expresse being subscribed unto by the Commissioners on both sides and hestages given and received for the true performance the Lord Hopton disbanded The news whereof so much discouraged Col. Trevanton Governour of the Fort and Harbour at Pe●rin that hee sent to the Generall desired to surrender and prayed that hee might be included in the Treaty with the Lord Hopton and enjoy the benefit of the Articles agreed or for the dissolving of Hoptons Army by which means the West was cleered of a Field Army and the hearts of the Royall Party did quail CHAP. II. Sir Thomas Fairfax receiveth the famous City of Exceter by composition and begirteth the City of Oxford with a strong siedge HAving brought our famous and renowrned Generall Sir Thomas Fairfax to the Walls of the chiefe and grand Garison of the enemy the City Oxford hee having by Gods assistance all others of worth and validity So that now the cause of God and the Defenders of his Truth are exalted and his enemies subdued and brought low It is meet I should give thanks to God and laud his name for his so great mercies An Hymne to GOD. O Thou who art Etern from whose bright eye nothing can hidden lye Who rul'st the things above and oke below And all mens hearts dost know Enter my frozen brest and let there be A warmth infus'd in me That I may laud thy Name as it is meet Extoll thy mercies sweet First that thou Lord wert pleased for to give An heart to some to strike And seek thy glory when alas we thought In bondage to be brought And when we trembled these things for to see Adhered to Popery Next that thou hast been pleased for to blesse And crown with good successe Their just endevours so that now we may Serve thee without gainsay And hast subdued thy foes so that theirs non● Thy truth to tread upon Go on our God we pray and crown the and Thy goodnesse still extend So shall those that hare thy ways convicted be To see how wondrously Thou hast supported us through dangers great And troubles that didst threat But let not us we thee entirely pray Be not brought unto decay By Davids Division but so order thou And such prudence allow Unto the State of England that they may Be able for to stay Ayded by thee all ills that else would hap Are laid us to intrap That having setled thy true worship We May have CONFORMITIE We spake afore in the fourth Chapter of the second Book how the Generall having left a strong party to block up Exceter advanced after Hopton into Cornwall and having obtained a bloudlesse Victory over him and setled Cornwall under the Parliaments protection he returned with his whole Army from the West and finding the City of Exceter not yet reduced to the obedience of the Parliament he drew up his Army before it and sent the a Sir Iohn Be●kley Governour this Summons

Sir being retured with my Army from the West where it pleased God to bestow a dry and bloudlesse Victory upon mee to the great peace and quiet of those parts and conceiving it my duty likewise to endevour the good of this County which by occasion of your Garison is necessarily obstructed I thought fit once more to send you a summons to deliver up to me the City of Exceter with the Castle Forts Armes and Amunition believing by this you are satisfied of the relief you expected of the Princes Army may equally be of any reliefe to come from any other place if your intelligence and knowledge were the same with ours there is nothing more induceth me hereunto then an unfained zeale to save any further bloudshed and as much as in mee lyes to preserve that City which hath already suffered deeply in these unnaturall distractions though I shall not boast of my number or strength yet I must needs tell you that I doubt not but the same power which hath formerly made difficult things easie will answer this and will quit mee from being counted the occasioner of those inconveniences and miseries that will necessarily ensue upon your refusall Sir I shall expect your speedy and positive Answer I rest your Servant Thomas Fairfax Sir Iohn Berkley upon receit of this Summons called a Councell of Warre who after long debate concluded that Commissioners should be chosen to treat whereof one part should be for the Gentry another for the Souldiery a third part for the Clergy and the fourth part for the inhabitants of the City the Commissioners nominated they sent their intentions to Sir Thomas he yielded thereto and appointed a place of meeting to be at Poultermore house three miles from Exceter the Commissioners on the behalfe of his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax were these Lievtenant Generall Hamond Colonell Sir Hardresse Waller Colonell Lambert Colonell Harley Colonell Pry. Commissary Stane The Governour Sir John Berkley appointed these Sir Henry Berkley Sir George Carry Col. Will. Ashburnham Col. Godolphin Cap. Fitzgarret Master John Weres Mr. Robert Walker Mr. Thomas Knight Mr. Thomas Kendall Mr. Thomas Foord Sir John Berkley The day appointed the Commissioners met at the place aforesaid two for the Gentry two for the Soulderie two for the Clergie and two for the Inhabitants of the City and Sir Thomas his Commissioners aforenamed Articles were performed as agreed on and the City delivered unto His Excellencie Sir Thomas Fairfax there were found therein 30 Peeces of Ordnance 3 Murthering peeces 100 Barrels of powder 500 Muskets 100 Pikes 80 Tun of wine Sir John Berkley marched out of Exceter with 200 of the enemie towards Oxford which place he had nominated for his refuge Garison The Parliament knowing that the Princesse Heneretta Maria with her Governesse resided in this City gave the Generall notice shee should goe with a sufficient convoy with their plate money and goods wheresoever her Governesse pleased the King hearing hereof desired shee might be at Richmond which was assented to From Exceter Sir Thomas Fairfax was desired by the Houses of Parliament to advance for Oxford and to lay siege to it and God assisting to take it at that present his Majesty being in person there the reason he had no place of strength else to be in some Lords exempted from mercie in the propositions to be sent to the King for peace desired the King to passe with them out of Oxford ere the siege was planted Answer was returned by some other Lords that the King needed not to feare so sodain a siege yet but notwithstanding when they saw Sir Thomas in truth intended the siege all of them were desirous to have him gon peradventure hoping thereby to make the better conditions for themselves However the King left Oxford it was said by some hee went towards Wales and so for Ireland others for the North and so towards Montrosse but the House of Commons Apr. 9. received intelligence that the King in a private manner departed out of Oxford his beard shaven close and not after his wonted manner his own hair turned up and a periwig on his head of a black colour accompanied onely with three and one of them his Majesty wayted on after the manner of a Serving-man His bosom friend the Duke of Richmond the Earle of Lindsey the Kings Cup-bearer Sir William Fleetwood The Kings Standard-bearer and Knight Marshall Sir Edward Sydenham and Mr. Carew of the bed chamber came to Colonell Ramsborough and cast themselves on the mercie of the Parliament who ordered they should be committed as prisoners to Warwick Castle CHAP. III. Sir Thomas Fairfax receiveth Bostell Garison by composition likewise Oxford and Farrington the Articles agreed on for the surrender of each of them NOw gins the impetuous shock of War to abate its strength and fury and as the tyred Garisons yet untaken do faint and quail so gathers England spiret and new life thou that hast honoured those that honour thee and those that regarded thee not thou hall lightly esteemed what dull and Lethargick humour puzels our sense that yet wee fare as those Israelites who having vanquisht their foes fled from their own shadows why sing wee not Hymnes to the highest and out-joy joy it self knowing that what our forefathers durst not imagine our selves some yeers past despaired to attain is now accrued and God assisting like to continue to the incredible good of our posterity What spirit of diffention tyrannizeth over the minds of some that they instead of giving Thanks they have not been devoured by the All-devouring Sword murmur and repine that they are impedited from following after their Ignes fatuus which will lead them to the whirl-poole of decay and as if they envied their own happinesse Some instead of honouring and putting their hands under their feet to do them good who have under God been the savers of their lives and states I say instead of so doing some stick not to accuse those worthy and ever to be renowmed Patriots the House of Peers as desirous of Illegall and Tyrannicall power rail against their Sovereigne whom though he hath been led away to the hurt of his people by his and their enemies yet we hope that the spirit of disaffection abandoned hee may yet comply with his and their Countries lovers and put to his helping hand for the repairing of Sions breaches and make them stronger then before but all this time I shall but delay the Reader from more pleasing discourse Sir Thomas Fairfax having sent a Summons to the Governour of Bostoll Garison Sir William Campion Britanicus once tearmed him the brother of Campion the Jesuit whether or no is not materiall at first hee was some thing peremptory in his answer but by degrees he declined and began to talke of accommodation Commissioners on both sides were appointed to treat and to agree on Articles for the surrender of the Garison The Commissioners for Sir Thomas Fairfax were Quartermaster