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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
parliament_n	house_n	king_n	officer_n	2,496	5	7.4181	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92691	A true and exact relation of the taking of Colchester, sent in a letter from an officer of the Army, (who was present during the siege in that service,) to a Member of the House of Commons. VVith a list of the ordnance, arms, and of 3076. private souldiers there taken: also a list of the names of most of the officers of note, and an account of the cause of giving no quarter to Sir Charles Lucas, and Sir George Lyle.	T. S.	1648 (1648)	Wing S186; Thomason E461_24; ESTC R203705	4,072	8

A True and Exact RELATION Of the taking of COLCHESTER Sent in a LETTER From an Officer of the ARMY who was present during the siege in that service to a Member of the House of Commons VVith a List of the Ordnance Arms and of 3076. private souldiers there taken Also a List of the names of most of the Officers of note and an account of the Cause of giving no Quarter to Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lyle LONDON Printed by Robert White for Iohn Partrige 1648. SIR AFter a long and tedious Siege in as wet a season as hath been known an enemy of a desperate and high resolution have at last brought themselves to a low and miserable condition and some of them being made examples of Justice the best of the Conditions of the rest is Imprisonment it was their wilfull obstinacie and hautinesse of spirit that lost them the opportunity when they might have had honourable Terms Three times were the Enemy in Colchester invited to a Treaty by the Lord General twice had conditions sent in but scorn and reproach was the return and the Trumpeter the last time as appears by writing under the hands of the Lord Goring Capell and Lucas threatned to be hanged if he came any more upon such a message Though this night have provoked and taken off all inclinations of mercy towards them yet endeavors were not wanting on our parts to undeceive many of the poor deceived and deluded souldiers from whom their Officers concealed all overtures of a Parley or Conditions Arrows were shot severall times into the Town to let the souldiers know the Conditions offered and that yet they might have Passes to go to their severall homes and above 300 souldiers came from the Enemy upon that account and received their Passes accordingly When Captain Storm without and Captain Hunger within were both prepared to joyn Forces together to break through their stone walls then the Enemy was not so high before but they were as low now and sent assoon a our Canon had made a breach in the wall for a Parley and prevailed with the Committee their prisoners to intercede for it and likewise the Townsmen to mediate on the behalf of the Town but they had slipt their time Our souldiers were exasperated with the losse of the blood of their fellow souldiers many being slain with chewed and poysoned bullets yet his Excellencie that all might not suffer alike sent in these Conditions following viz. That all private souldiers and Officers under Captains shall have Passes to go to their severall homes engaging themselves not to bear Arms hereafter against the Parliament and all Captains and superiour Officers and Gentlemen to submit to Mercy And understanding these Overtures as the former had been were concealed from the private souldiers we conveyed conditions in writing to them by annexing them to the Tail of a Paper Kite which the wind blew into the Town a truer story then the Cities Colchester Bull which falling among the souldiers a horseman endeavouring to get it from the foot to carry it to the Generals occasioned a muterlie the foot crying out They would know what those written Papers meant that were annexed to it which being read unto them and perceiving good Conditions intended to them made such an impression upon their spirits that they told their Officers Either instantly make Terms or else they would desert them or deliver them up to the mercy of our souldierss Immediately after the Lord Goring c. sent out for a Parley upon Terms of mercy and Quarter offered for the surrender of the Town and accordingly sent forth their Commissioners whose chief time was spent in explaining the meaning to submit to Mercy which being explained by our Commissioners and admitted of by theirs that it was meant thereby That it was in the Generals power to save any of those who did so submit to Mercy or to put them to the sword The Articles being signed upon Munday August 28. 1648. The Town was Surrendered and the three Generals all Officers and Gentlemen render themselves at Mercy and the private souldiers and inferiour Officers upon quarter The same day examples of Justice was done upon Sir Charles Lucas and Sir George Lyle the former was conceived and too true to be the cause of the ruine of this place his interest in the Town drawing the Army thither He was the head of all those that did rise in this County and so brought the odium of the countrey upon him and at last grew harsh to the Towns people a thing contrary to his wonted disposition when they complained for want of bread not regarding what miserie he brought upon that place where he was born besides It was affirmed unto him by four persons at his death That he put two men to the sword with his own hands in cold blood long after quarter granted The other as was informed was a great cause of burning of the houses about the Town and a person bent to much mischief This is the first example of Justice that ever was shewed in this kinde since the first and second war by the Parliaments party though it be according to the rules of war in submitting to Mercy the example hereof was given by the Kings party in the West when 14 country men that among others submitted to Mercy were all hanged up together For those Officers and souldiers who were imployed by the Parliament and deserted their truth they are to be tryed by a Councell of War and some of them to be made examples for their Treachery Colonel Farre was the third man assigned to suffer with these two but being concealed he could not then be found though since he is taken whom the Country cries out much upon because he drew many an innocent man of the Trained band under the pretence to muster not knowing they should ingage in matter of blood he never discovering unto them what his intentions were of ingaging them in a Warre against the Parliament The fourth man that was brought to the place of Execution with the other two that suffered was Sir Bernard Gascoyne an Jtalian who after he had declared himself a Papist and preparing for death was reprieved The cause of his being one designed for example was his extroardinary forwardnesse in appearing in person in Kent with the Lord Goring in putting that County into a posture of Armes in persisting in that way here in Essex and being a man of great action during the siege and besides that it might be an example for strangers and forraigners how they presume in an other Nation to take that boldnesse and confidence as to cast themselves out of their protection by ingaging in unwarantable actions The carriage of this person as a souldier was faire towards our party and so mercy obtained for him I or the L Goring whom the people cry so out upon for justice against him and the like against the L. Capell and the L. Loughborow