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<P>A
Copy of his Highne&s;&s;e Prince <HI>Charles</HI>
HIS
LETTER
TO THE
Commanders of His Maje&s;ties Forces.</P>
<P>WITH
<HI>A Copy of His Highne&s;&s;e Commi&s;sion to</HI>
Collonell <HI>POYER.</HI></P>
<P>ALSO
A Letter Concerning the &s;tate of the
KINGDOME.</P>
<P>WRITTEN
By Mr: <HI>Hugh Peters,</HI> Mini&s;ter of Gods Word.</P>
<P>LONDON
Printed by <HI>Robert Ibbit&s;on,</HI> in Smithfield, neer the
Queenes-head Tavern, 1648.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
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<HEAD TYPE="illustration"><FIGURE>
<P>HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</P>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>CHARLES P.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<OPENER><SIGNED>Charles Prince of Great Brittaine,
Duke of Cornwall and Albaine,
Highe&s;t Captain Generall under His
Maje&s;ty, of all the Forces by Sea and
Land within the Kingdome of Eng|land
and Dominion of VVales,</SIGNED>
<SALUTE>To our Tru&s;ty and welbeloved
Col. <HI>John Poyer,</HI> Greeting:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_WE doe by the&s;e pre&s;ents, out of the
&s;peciall Tru&s;t and confidence Wee re|po&s;e
in you, nominate, con&s;titute, and
appoint you to bee Governour for His
Maje&s;ty, of the Towne and Ca&s;tle of
<HI>Pembroke,</HI> and of the Garri&s;on Souldiers, Forces, and
<PB N="2" REF="3">
Inhabitants thereof (whom we hereby command to
obey you in all things, as their Governour. Giving
you full power and authority to command as well the
pre&s;ent Garri&s;on of the &s;aid Town and Ca&s;tle, as a|ny
other or greater Garri&s;on that &s;hall hereafter bee
&s;etled there, for his Maje&s;ties &s;ervice, and to appoint
and authorize by Commi&s;&s;ion, all &s;uch Officers under
you, as &s;hall be from time to time nece&s;&s;ary, for the
Government of the &s;aid Towne and Ca&s;tle, and for
the command of the Garri&s;on and Inhabitants there,
authorizing and requiring you likewi&s;e, to keepe and
defend, with the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the &s;aid Garri&s;on, or of
any other Forces you can get, the &s;aid Town and Ca|&s;tle
for His Maje&s;ties u&s;e, and &s;ervice, again&s;t all in|va&s;ions
and attempts what&s;oever. And for the better
defence of the &s;ame, to adde &s;uch New Works, as you
in your judgement and di&s;cretion &s;hall think meet, to
the Fortification already made, as al&s;o, to doe and ex|ecute
all &s;uch other things and duties as belong to the
Office and authority of Governour of the &s;aid Town
and Ca&s;tle, and as you in your judgement &s;hall think
fit, for the nece&s;&s;ary defence therof, and in as large and
ample manner as you now hold and exerci&s;e the &s;ame.
In the execution whereof, and of this our Commi&s;&s;ion,
you are to obey and pur&s;ue &s;uch Orders as you &s;hall
from time to time receive from his Maje&s;ty, from Us,
or from &s;uch per&s;on as we &s;hall appoint, to be Gene|rall
of <HI>South Wales,</HI> or Commander in chiefe of the
Army there, for the time being.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given under our Hand and Seale <DATE>the 13 of Aprill, in
the 24 year of the Reign of our Royall Father the King.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<PB N="3" REF="3">
<OPENER>To our Tru&s;ty and wel-beloved, Col: Rice Powel, Gover|nour
of Tinby Town and Ca&s;tle, and Col: John
Poyer, Governour of Pembroke Town and Ca&s;tle.</OPENER>
<OPENER><SIGNED>Charles P.</SIGNED></OPENER>
<P>TRu&s;ty and wel-beloved, we greet you well: We
have &s;een your Declaration, and received your
Letter, and are extreamly &s;atisfied with the many Ex|pre&s;&s;ions
we finde in them, of your great zeale, and af|fection
to the <HI>King, our Royall Father,</HI> and to us: We
have much rea&s;on to be a&s;&s;ured of the Loyalty &amp; inte|grity
of your intentions, when we con&s;ider the pre&s;ent
conjunctures, &amp; <HI>&s;ea&s;onablene&s;&s;e</HI> of your appearing in
Armes, and declaring your Selves for his Maje&s;ty, at
this time, when the concurrence of others with you, in
the &s;ame good de&s;igne, may give us more then an or|dinary
hope of good Succe&s;&s;e, and that you and they
may be a mutuall &s;upport and a&s;&s;i&s;tance to each other:
The <HI>An&s;wers</HI> we have herewith &s;ent to your <HI>Propo&s;i|tions,</HI>
will we hope, let you &s;ee how ready we are to
imbrace all <HI>things,</HI> that may give you <HI>Encouragement</HI>
to proceed chearfully &amp; con&s;tantly in this cau&s;e, and
the mode&s;ty you have u&s;ed therein, &s;hall invite us to
lay hold of all occa&s;ions, to obliege per&s;ons that En|gage
them&s;elves in &s;o great an undertaking, with &s;uch
rea&s;onable demands for them&s;elves. And we a&s;&s;ure
you, that we &s;hall be carefull, to &s;upply and a&s;&s;i&s;t you
in all things, to the uttermo&s;t of our power: And if it
plea&s;e God to ble&s;&s;e us with &s;ucce&s;&s;e, wee &s;hall ende|vour
by all real effects of kindne&s;&s;e, to let you &s;ee how
truely &s;en&s;ible we are of your merit, and of the ob|ligation
we acknowledge to have to you.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Given at St. Germain Laye <DATE>the 23 of April. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>A Letter from Mr. Peters.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Have at length gotten an opportunity to write un|to
you, and to give you a true account of the i&s;&s;ue
of our work, being left at <HI>Pembroke,</HI> and <HI>Tinby,</HI> for
the &s;etling &s;ome things there. Briefly, both the&s;e Towns
were very &s;trong, <HI>Tinby</HI> being like a Promontany in|to
the Sea, the part without the walls &s;tormed by <HI>O|vertons</HI>
Regiament, and the Town commanded by
Col. <HI>Powel</HI> yeelded to mercy, as you have heard.</P>
<P><HI>Pembroke</HI> the &s;tronge&s;t place that ever we &s;ate down
before, and the Ca&s;tle even impregnable, which after
&s;ix weeks &s;iege, con&s;tant rain, and much hard&s;hip in|dured
by us and them, reduced as we de&s;ired, Viz.</P>
<P>5 to mercy being Leaders, 16 to 2 years bani&s;hment,
the re&s;t &s;ent home, The Enemy con&s;i&s;ting of men of
all parts, re&s;olute enough, keeping it even to the la&s;t.
Many were the providences in that work; for which,
admire Gods goodne&s;&s;e. In taking <HI>Chep&s;tow Ca&s;tle</HI> and
Town, and the&s;e other two, in all our long march we
have lo&s;t about 50 or 60 men, and only one Major and
one Captain, The enemies lo&s;&s;e hath been great, but
none of more concernment then Col. <HI>Botlems</HI> death,
who was kild at a window, by a &s;hot ours, at ran|dome.
Their Intere&s;t was wholly changed, and from
the Parliament fell to the King, having the Princes
Commi&s;&s;ion. I being commanded in at a ho&s;tage, and
to wait upon Major Generall <HI>Laughorn,</HI> and <HI>Poyer,</HI> I
lay in <HI>Poyers</HI> hou&s;e, and in a Vault there, found his
Commi&s;&s;ion, and the Princes Letter to him and <HI>Powel,</HI>
<PB N="5" REF="4">
with a Letter under the Princes owne hand and &s;eale;
which &s;hews they fought not for Arrears, be&s;ides all
the tran&s;actions betwixt the Prince and them, toge|ther
with many other Letters of theirs, manife&s;ting the
whole de&s;igne of this years trouble, and the laying e|very
peece of them in all parts of <HI>Scotland, England,</HI>
and <HI>Wales.</HI> That I can truely &s;ay, the beating their Ar|my
at St. <HI>Fagons,</HI> and taking in this Country, hath bin
the greate&s;t &s;ervices we have been in. The people are
a people meerly deluded by the Name of King and
Service-book, for their Religion.</P>
<P>This I call the third te&s;timony God hath given to
the world of the integrity of this Army, and his pre|&s;ence
with it.</P>
<P>Fir&s;t, in the year 1645. where all the Kings power
was &s;ubdued by it. Secondly, when the tumults at
<HI>London</HI> cau&s;ed us to march through the city. And,
Thirdly, this yeares commotions: which hath been
queld by the Army thus exceedingly di&s;per&s;ed. Oh
that men would yet confe&s;&s;e with us, his goodne&s;&s;e, &amp;
leave off jealou&s;ies, and wranglings, and minde their
common intere&s;t! We are marched back to <HI>England,</HI>
leaving a &s;ufficient Force here, to maintain what we
have gotten: And are yet re&s;olved to beare our fur|ther
witnes as the Lord &s;hall direct us: We have con|te&s;ted
with &s;o many difficulties in this journey, that
we may not di&s;tru&s;t God in hard&s;hips: we have wan|ted
bread, lain in cold fields, con&s;tant rain, our Guns
&s;unke in the Sea and recovered, we had a de&s;perate E|nemy,
and few friends, but a mighty God; Wee had
mo&s;t of us no pay &s;ince we came from <HI>London,</HI> many
bare-footed Souldiers, yet valiant and unchangeable:
<PB N="6" REF="5">
Wee are amazed at Gods bounty, and now are &s;afe at
<HI>Hereford, Gloce&s;ter,</HI> &amp;c. The hone&s;t true-hearted Lieu|tenant
Generall living yet above all reproaches, of
whom, I feare the poore Nation is not worthy.</P>
<P>Alas Sir, we now know where even all the &s;ecret E|nemies
of the Kingdome dwell, yea, &s;uch as we could
not have thought to have been Enemies. The u&s;e I
have made of our long being in the&s;e parts, hath been
the di&s;covery of men behinde us in other parts. Good
is the Lord.</P>
<P>Sir, it was no ridiculous work I was about, when
I would have joyned Parliament, <HI>London,</HI> and the Ar|my
together; but that City did not know its day, nor
the A&s;&s;ociated counties theirs. I wi&s;h &s;ome Govern|ment
were de&s;igned, whether by King or otherwi&s;e, I
de&s;ire a ble&s;&s;ing upon it, that &s;o good a God may bee
no further grieved by us. <HI>Farewell good Friend, and
remember him who is,</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Swan&s;ey <DATE>23 July, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<HI>Excu&s;e my ha&s;t.</HI>
<SIGNED>Yours, and the Kingdomes.
HUGH PETERS.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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