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A67912	The Lord George Digby's cabinet and Dr Goff's negotiations; together with His Majesties, the Queens, and the Lord Jermin's, and other letters: taken at the battel at Sherborn in Yorkshire about the 15th of October last. Also observations upon the said letters. Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parliament, that the letters taken at Sherborn in Yorkshire, with observations thereupon, be forthwith printed and published: H: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com.	Bristol, George Digby, Earl of, 1612-1677.; Goffe, Stephen, 1605-1681.; St. Albans, Henry Jermyn, Earl of, ca. 1604-1684.; England and Wales. Parliament. House of Commons.	1646 (1646)	Wing B4763A; ESTC R200703	49,468	67

THe Reader comparing Cabinet with Cabinet the Kings with the Lords Digby's will easily observe how the unnatural Enemies to this their Native Country imitating their General The grand Enemy to mankinde have gone about seeking how they may devour it by their restlesse Endeavours to bring in Forraign Ayds from Holland Curland Denmark Portugal Ireland France and from Rome it self of Shipping Arms Ammunition Men Moneys Horse and Foot and that in no small proportions 4000. Foot and 1000. Horse expected from France 10000. Men from Ireland and 10000. more from Lorrain A strange Conjuncture to concur in the ends pretended The King and Pope to defend the Protestant Religion Denmark and Lorrain to maintain Laws and Lioerties Bloody Rebels in Ireland to uphold the Priviledges of Parliament in England But blessed be God who hath discovered the Counsels of the Enemy and thereby hath in a great part opened the eyes and undeceived not onely multitudes of their principal Adherents at home but also Forraign Princes and States abroad and hath withal defeated their Forces and Expectations both abroad and at home This is Gods work and it is marvellous in our eyes Soli Deo Gloria The Lord George Digby's CABINET And Dr GOFF'S Negotiations Together with His Majesties the Queens and the Lord JERMIN's and other LETTERS Taken at the Battel at Sherborn in Yorkshire about the 15th of October last ALSO OBSERVATIONS upon the said Letters ORdered by the COMMONS assembled in Parliament that The Letters taken at Sherborn in Yorkshire with Observations thereupon be forthwith printed and published H Elsynge Cler. Parl. D. Com LONDON Printed for Edward Husband Printer to the Honorable House of Commons dwelling in Fleetstreet at the sign of the Golden Dragon March 6. 1646. AN INTRODVCTION OR OBSERVATIONS concerning the Letters taken at Sherborn in Yorkshire about the 15th of October 1645. VVAr is carried on as well by Policy as by Power by Councels as by Forces and therefore the goodness of God appears as well when he discloses the Councels as when he discomfits the Forces of an Enemy when both mercies are obta●ned both must be acknowledged for a thankful heart with external exaltations of joy the issues of it are Gods due and mans debt for both The great and most memorable Victory at Nazeby was an instance of both on Gods part and the setting then apart a Solemn day of Thanksgiving with the publishing the Kings Cabinet Letters then taken the more to manifest Gods mercy were the endeavoured returns of a thankful heart on the Parliaments part God hath again used the same method in his mercies at the Battel near Sherborn in Yorkshire defeating the Forces and delivering up to the Parliament the Cabinet and Councels of the Lord Digby principal Secretary to the King and a pestilent Traytor to the Kingdom When God repeats over the same method in his mercies he cals as it were for the same method in thankfulnesse in answer to which call a day was devoted for a publick Thanksgiving and an Order made not long after for publishing the principal Letters and Papers Orders are sooner made then executed a throng of intervening occasions with some unhappy neglects retarded that till now but now at last they appear many of them with an imperfect sense especially of those written with Cyphers and more especially these of D. Goffs Negotiation the cyphered Letters were uncyphered when taken all except two and the cyphers and uncypherings blotted out in many places why Digby who in all likelihood did it can best tell others may guesse it to be done that all the mystery of iniquity might not be known to all all are not equally his Confidents Where there were Duplicates use is made of the most perfect copy The Reader need no warning to observe in what a forlorn condition they were in before Sherborn fight even themselves being Iudges its too too often repeated over to escape time for the present their drooping hopes were for so in sence they expresse it to shelter themselves under the Mantle of the approaching Winter a season not sutable to Action and thereby faintly expecting a reprival till the next Spring and then to be piec'd up again by Forrain Forces but God the God of all seasons and of all successes hath given the Parliament Forces Summer successes even in this last Winter season and therein befool'd their hopes as almost all the considerable Encounters since Sherborn fight do aver As also the late great Victory in Wales near Cardiff and each Garrison and Town taken in since by the Parliament Forces bears witnesse as Lankford Garrison Tiverton Carmarthen Monmouth Shelford Worton Bolton Beeston-Castle Hereford Skipton-Castle Dartmouth Belvoir-Castle Chester and Corf-Castle Launceston Ashby-de-la-Zouch Cherk-Castle and St. Maws most of these of great importance during which time the Enemy hath taken none or none worth the naming Besides these the Parliament Army hath reduced many other Forts in the West And the 16 of February last God the God of Hosts gave a fresh Victory at Torrington in the County of Devon to the Parliament Army under the Command of their General Sir Tho Fairfax the gallantry and unwearied Activity orderly Discipline fidelity and successe of which Army puts this Age to their admiration and may put the next past their belief By this great successe at Torrington and others of later date the tottering Remnant of their fugitive Army was coop'd up into Cornwal a Corner of the Kingdom and into a Corner of that Corner and is since by Gods goodnesse totally reduc'd and with it the very hearts of the Countrey too who now own the Parliament Forces as their Friends and pursue the others as Enemies Besides the Gallant service of Colonel Morgan at Stow in the Wold in Glocestershire in totally Routing of the Army Sir Jacob Ashley gathered up in Wales to joyn with Oxford Forces to make a new Army against the Parliament where Sir Jacob and most of his Officers in Commission and One thousand six hundred Horse and Foot were taken Prisoners with Two thousand Arms and all their Bag and Baggage They who confess'd their desperate condition even before the Victory near Sherborn what may be thought of them now after all these subsequent Successes and Victories Certainly God hath fill'd up even to the brim their cup of Trembling What 's then their next work They 'll tell you 't is to implore Forraign Ayds and to let in Forraign Forces into the Kingdom and of what destructive consequence that is let Him tell whom they hold themselves most bound to believe even the King Himself for Habemus confitentem reum He in His Printed Declaration Dated at Newark 9 of March 1641. speaking to the Parliament says Whatsoever You are advertised from Rome Venice Paris of the Popes Nuncio solieiting France Spain c. for Forraign Ayds We are confident no sober honest man in Our Kingdom so He calls it but Advertè Rem publicam non esse tuam sed

should be want I have newes of the arrivall of 200. of the barrells and am confident the others will be very shortly there and I shall give Callimore such helpes for his effecting last undertakings that I am confident you shall receive good quantities of Powder from him● I shall write to you to morrow by the Ordinary and presently after by an Expresse therefore now I will hold you no longer There is a young Gentleman one Captaine Carteret a Iersie man taken prisoner lately pray doe me the favour to speak he may be examined hee was lately taken as I remember neere Warwicke I have spoken to the Collonel to say something to you in a businesse that concernes you and me I remaine Yours Instructions to our trusty and well-beloved Servant Daniel O Neile Groome of our Bed-chamber 27. Iune 1645. You are forthwith to repaire unto our Ports of Dartmouth and Falmouth where you are to conferre with Sir Nicholas Crispe Knight and with Captain Hansdonck or any other owners 〈◊〉 Shipe or Friggots in our service You are to let them know that whereas by a Clause in their severall Commissions they are oblidg'd upon extraordinary occasions of our service to employ their Frigots for six weekestime according to our speciall Commands wee giving them just payment and satisfaction for the time of their Ships during the time that they are so employed by us wee having now at this time such an occasion for them as doth highly import the good of our affaires wee 〈◊〉 require them to have in readinesse to expect our Orders all such Ships or Frigots as can within a fortnight or three weekes time be set to Sea for a moneth or six weekes service and that for the present they doe send immediately with you over into Ireland unto such Ports as you shall direct all such Ships and Frigotts as are now fitted and ready there into Ireland to expect and obey such Orders as they shall receive from the Marquesse of Ormond Wee assuring the owners of the said Vessells that they shall not only receive full satisfaction for the time that they shall bee withdrawne from their owne employments by this our Command but that we shall carry the same in mind as the most acceptable and important service that they can possible doe us And we doe further Command you that in case you shall find that more of the said Frigots then one cannot within very few dayes bee ready that then you make use of the nimblest Vessell you can there find and that whilst the others are preparing you forthwith transport your selfe with all diligence unto the Marquesse of Ormond there to pursue such further directions as wee here give you having first advertised us by expresses what wee may rely upon and when concerning the shipping aforesaid expected for our service You are likewise to represent unto the Marquesse of Ormond the great Importance to the good of our affaires that w●● 〈◊〉 speedily supplyed from our Kingdome of Ireland with some good members of fo●t that we● should be very glad you could fram● such a body there so be sent over as might bee worthy by his 〈◊〉 comming to command it in which case when we heare from him we shall give him our further directions● but for the present that no time must be lost in sending over what numbers can be spared of our old English 〈◊〉 there as well as what may be procured of the Irish together with the best Artillerie as well for Battery as the field that the said Marq. of Ormond can assist us withall You are to acquaint the said Marquesse of Ormond with the deligence used here to procure shipping for their Transportation and what may be relyed on of that kind from hence You are to employ your selfe in soliciting what ayd●s of all kinds may possible be had from the Irish according as you shall bee instructed by the Marquesse of Ormond And what by his appointment you shall promise or engage in our name by way of invitation or encouragement to our service unto any in that Kingdome we shall be carefull to make good but in this and all things else of your negotiation there you are strictly and punctually to governe your selfe by such directions as you shall receive from the said Marquesse of Ormond and no otherwise Of all this and what we may expect from thence and when you are to give the speediest and punctuallest accompts you can unto our principall Secretary of States attending To the Lord George Digby 16. Iuly 1645. My Lord I Do not thinke it very necessary to put my letter wholly in Cypher having so secure a Beares as Sir Nicholas Byron yet have I suppose so Cypherd it as not to be understood but by your selfe at my comming here I find all things contrary to what your Lordship expected and much more to the Articles past betweene the Queene and me For in those free use of Religion a free Parliament and the penall Lawes to be taken off This were granted But there is only of these a free Parliament granted and incapacityes taken of withall an Article proposed by the Marquesse of Ormond and the Councell that no propositions shall be hereafter made by the Irish Parliament but such as they shall now propose at the making of the peace if they can agree by which I find the Irish addes many trivialls which else they would leave out I have had some with Marquesse Ormond who tells me ●e never had order from the King to grant to the Irish either the penal lawes to be taken off or that they should keep any of the Churches now in their possession O● contraire the restitution of them is desired backe being the only principal points insisted on by the Irish Truly my Lord had you told me of this before my comming from you I could have told you that in all probability there would be no peace having heard much of the Irish resolutions before ere my comming out of France and declared the same unto the Queen which caused her to condescend that the three demanded poynts as by the Articles signed by the Queen to 〈◊〉 you may see I also find by Marquess●Ormond that if the King instead of referring all things touching peace to the Marquesse of Ormond do not order the granting of the said demanded poynts viz. free exercise of Religion a free Parliament all penaltyes to be taken off with such other poynts as are already condescended unto That the Marquesse of Ormond is resolved never to condescend to the demands of the Irish and by the Irish that they are resolved to have them or perish I proposed to the Marquesse of Ormond the condition the King was in and how necessary it was for him to have from the Irish incontinant army from hence and how the absolute ruine and destruction of the Irish depended on the least losse the King should sustayne in England for want of army I said as much to

se Reipublicae can believe that We are so desperate or so senslesse to entertain such Designs as would not only bury this Our Kingdom Our Kingdom again in sudden Destruction and Ruine but Our Name and Posterity in perpetual scorn and infamy If it should be now ask'd What 's became of Our Kingdom Our Name Our Posterity Let the Kings foregoing words and these following Letters with those taken at Nazeby make Answer for strong Endeavours were and are yet on foot not onely for raising Forraign Force for England but whole Forraign States and Kingdoms are prest upon to Declare and to make an Offensive and Defensive War against the Parliament and not onely those of the same Religion to it with the Parliament but the very Duke of Lorrain himself is Treated with to come over and Conduct his Army in Person consisting of Ten thousand men And where can a more desperate and Iesuited Prince or a more declared Enemy to Protestants be found out France is also Courted though it 's hop'd without successe onely there is a clandestine Collection of Moneys going on amongst the rabble of their Popish Clergy to supply the King withall and to make up the Messe the Popish Irish Rebels with their Commander in chief the very Romish Antichrist himself is solicited and sought into And now let the World judge what precious Defenders of the Faith the great Defender of the Faith hath found out and what Faith is likely to be Defended No more needs to be said let the Letters speak out the rest Her Majesties Letter to George Lord Digby PARIS April 7. 1645. MOnsieur Digby Though I received no Letters from you by Pooley I will not forbear to write to you though it were but to reproach you to tell you that I fear that you are as inconstant to your friends as men are to their Mistrisses I do not speak of you you know that I am too well acquainted with you For my part I have only this fault to be a good Friend and I believe you know it therefore it will not be necessary to assure you thereof I have seen the Dispatch that you sent to Iermin concerning Hertogen I believe that you will rest satisfied for I have the same opinion of him that you have and many of those things that he hath written are lyes and within few dayes you shall hear that I have talk'd with him according to his desert which I am resolved to do for some reasons that Iermin will write to you in Cypher You think it strange that Wilmot is so well entertained here which is done according to the Orders which I have under the Kings hand and yours It is true his good carriage here hath merited this good entertainment Henry Percy and he are not so good friends as We thought We have discovered it in some occasions where there can be no dissembling Concerning Th● Eliot● he hath behaved himself well here and hath to earnestly importuned me for his return that having no Order from the King to tell him that he should stay I could not keep him longer here For my part I believe that he is very trusty I have charged him to impart unto you what I told him therefore I shall not write any more my hand being more lame then ever and I more Your very good Friend HENRIETTE MARIE R. Letters concerning Dr Goffs Negotiation with the Lord George Digby Lord Iermin and others Dr. Goff to Lord Jermin April 16. COncerning the Tin Sir William Boswel and I must both proceed together for many Reasons and the course which is as yet thought best is to put the whole quantity into Websters hands and Bainhaqs contracting That it may be sold at the highest rate at the price currant of seventy two gilders per Cent. and in the mean time to advance such sums upon it from time to time as her Majesty shal have use of paying the interest until the Tin be sold to pay that sum borrowed be it a week or a Moneth or more I proposed to the Prince of Orange the immunity from the Customes who was very willing to give order in it to Greffier Muys who hath since told me he will do his best he is a very serious servant of her Majesties here and ought to be gratified whatsoever becomes of other businesse And because I know your intentions in that kind before I did believe this business would not be unacceptable to him and a good expedient to finde some part of a present for him he hath undertaken also to bring Allen and Hasdouck saf●ly out of Dunkirk but hath for the present ordered me to write to them to go forth if they can within these Ten days there being no Holland ship there to trouble them in that time or more If there were so much wit and duty in those that govern about Falmouth and Truro they should do well to keep any Tin from coming out untill this be sold if they be but as mischievous to others as to the Queen The Queens letters are gone to the Duke of Curland for the assisting of the Marques of Montr●sse I hope to good purpose but it is necessary to send the copy of the Queens letter to the King of Denmark for free passage for his ships through the Zound and a letter of Credence in the Queens own hand to Monsier Vicford who from time to time may do the K good service by it with him But the thing which gives sir W Boswel me most pain in this place is the fear of the next interest day for the Iewels May 16. on which it is necessary to continue the credit begun but above all to redeem those parcels which lie so dangerously in Cletchers hands besides the acquitting our selves of the multiplyed promises made to Monsieur Vicford for the redemption of his it is evident that nothing in the world is of so great importance for the Kings service as to finde money for the ships for D●rp but in the next place these occasions mentioned must be served and therefore it is very unfit to defer any longer the ratifications and procurations which Webster desires● how to transmit them to England receive them from thence I know not since the Ambassadors of Holland are come away if you please to let the King know the fitnesse of doing the thing this week Sir William Boswel and I will prepare the Instruments and send them several wayes but the likeliest is by Paris to you unlesse we may addresse our selves to the Portugal Ambassador which yet hath not bin done I shall obey your order in sending Saint Ibals Iewels by Master D'estrade though they might be of use here but if that design be pursued as it must be unlesse peace can be made you will as easily send them back and more money with them by D'estrade as together with them the orders from France for preparing the ships in the King of Frances name