Selected quad for the lemma: parliament_n

Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	army_n	city_n	london_n	3,465	5	7.2357	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85812	A true relation of the proceedings of His Excellence the Earle of Essex, with his army, since his departure from these parts, in pursutie of the cavaliers. With the taking of Redding by Colonell Hampden, and Colonell Hurry with their regiments. With the departure of the Kings forces by Worcester towards Shrewsbury.	H. G.	1642 (1642)	Wing G27; Thomason E129_12; ESTC R21756	3,906	8

A TRVE RELATION Of the Proceedings of His EXCELLENCE The Earle of ESSEX With His Army since His departure from these parts in pursuite of the CAVALIERS With the taking of Redding by Colonell Hampden and Colonell Hurry with their Regiments With the departure of the Kings Forces by Worcester towards SHREWSBVRY By H. G. LONDON Printed for Iohn Matthewes HIs Excellence the Earle of Essex by order from the High Court of Parliament about the middle of the last weeke advancing forward in pursuite of the Cavaliers first to Windsor and thence to Marlow and Henly upon Thames from whence Colonell Hurrey was sent with the Forces maintained by the City of London to try if it were possible to get beyond Reading to stay the Cavaliers in their passage thence to Oxford Upon notice of which intention and advertisement of the Earle of Essex his Excellence proceedings the Cavaliers quickly abandoned Reading retyring in all haste toward Oxford about which the main body of their army lay billited leaving neverthelesse in the Towne of Reading for the security of it to their part a considerable Garrison some conjecture 1500 men under the command of Colonell Kirke and others His Excellence in the interim having certaine notice of the passages of the Cavaliers imployed Colonel Hampden and the aforesaid Colonel Hurry in their pursuite who cut off divers of their straglers and some of their Rere giving them very frequent and fierce Alarums his Excellence remaining still about Marlow and Kingston upon Thames intending to send some other Forces into Sussex where Master Ford the High Sheriffe with the assistance of the Earle of Thanet has raised two thousand men drawing them towards the good Towne of Lewes which has still stood faithfull to the Parliament The aforesaid Colonels Hampden and Hurry with the trained Bands of Buckinghamshire and the Londoners Forces having left the pursuite of the army retir'd to Reading intending if it were possible to reduce that Towne to the obedience of the Parliament by treaty if not to accomplish it by force and so being drawne together in one Body they sate downe not far from the Towne sending with a Trumpet a Gentleman of quality to demand the said Towne of the Garrison promising to dismisse all such as were not noted Malignants and proscribed by the Parliament in safety The Governour Colonell Kirke and his associates in great contempt and derision answered that they knew not by what or whose authority they came to demand that Towne of them which was His Majesties and by His Majesty to them delivered to be kept for His use which they were resolv'd to doe against all the world and so dismiss'd the Trumpet and Gentleman with many opprobrious and uncivill speeches against the Parliament and the present Forces bidding them tell those that sent them they would pay their Round-heads if they came within their reaches and so instantly ordered themselves for their defence forcing the honest Townes-men who had rather have had their roome then their companies to put on harnesse and assist them in manning their workes which they had before made with as much skill and strength as their Engineers could possibly direct Colonell Hampden and Colonell Hurry resolute not to depart without carrying the towne begun to make their approaches and so planted their Cannon that they shot into the towne with ease which yet they were loth to doe lest they should injure the honest inhabitants The Cavaleers within answered ours with their Ordnance but our trenches were so advantagiously scituated that they did us but little harme our men in the meane while playing over into their Workes with their Muskets made them finde it very hot service Yet their Commanders especially Colonell Kirke animating on his own men and enforcing the townsmen in a manner unto the service they slew some few of our men which rather encouraged then disheartned the rest at last after some attempts as fallies out of their works upon ours in which they were with very considerable losse repulsed the darknesse of the night parted the medley Colonell Hampden and his valiant associate Colonell Hurry setting carefull Watches in their Workes determined as soone as it was light to resalute the Gentlemen with a fresh charge who like Cavaleers spent most part of the night in carowsing and swearing death and a thousand confusions to our forces and a little before day departed well laden with Wine from their Works to their Lodgings leaving but a very slender Guard in their Works and those most of them Townsmen Our men in the morning admiring the solitude and silence that was in their Works informed Colonell Hampden of it who gave immediate order that some Companies of his best and most resolute Souldiers should try if they could force their Works by onslaught And so faire and softly without least noise or tumult foure hundred able men attempted the assault passing their ditches without discovery they got upon their Rampire and so fell pell-mell into the Work The townsmen that were in guard threw downe their armes and willingly yeelded themselves to their Friends the Cavaleers that were in that Work retired to the next whither our men pursued them with much resolution but there the encounter was different the Souldiers in that strength being not so easily driven from their stations put back our Souldiers slaughtering good store of them in the ditches so that undoubtedly they had been put to the retreat had not Colonell Hampden advanced more men to their succours who getting up to their companions and with fresh men supplying the places of those that were fallen they brought the businesse into pretty equall termes when all the Cavaleers about this time awaked from their drunken humour with the noise and danger came rushing in like a violent flood to the rescue of their companions with their Commander Colonell Kirke But neither their number nor desperatenesse amated the courage of noble Colonell Hampden and his resolute Buckinghamshire Militia who charged and discharged upon them with such fury and nimblenesse that the Cavaleers began to drop on all sides Yet knowing it was in vaine to quaile at such a push being reduced as it were to the l●st precipice bestird themselves very valiantly beating downe our men at push of pike into the graffe and with their Muskets and hand-Granadoes doing some small execution upon our men which was requited with treble the dammage we received Colonell Kirkes Lievtenant being slaine and other Cavaleers of note and quality yet could not that tough Souldier Colonell Kirke be driven either to feare or flight when Colonell Hurry who was gotten by this side to the other side or quarter of their sconce with great fury but greater discretion assailed them there omitting nothing that might tend to the destruction of those desperate Malignants who still made good their Worke for the space of foure whole houres by Redding clocke till there was at least foure hundred of them de●d in the place as if