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<NAME>Paul Schaffner</NAME>
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<P><HI>The la&s;t</HI> PROCEEDINGS OF THE SCOTS, BEING A Report by a Me&s;&s;enger &s;ent from the Engli&s;h Commi&s;&s;ioners at <HI>Sunderland,</HI> with Letters to the Lord <HI>Wharton,</HI> Sir <HI>Henry Vain,</HI> &amp;c.</P>
<P>Delivered to the Parliament on Saturdry, Aprill 6. 1644. by Ma&s;ter <HI>John Hardy.</HI></P>
<P>With a Warrant &s;igned, By <HI>William Row.</HI> Secretary to the Commi&s;&s;ionets.</P>
<P>LONDON Printed by <HI>Andrew Coe,</HI> and publi&s;hed according to Order, MDCXLIV.</P>
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<HEAD>The la&s;t proceedings from the Scots Army</HEAD>
<P>MAach the 25 and 26 there was a great fight neere Sunderland, there was of the Scots about 300 wounded, &s;ome of them &s;lain, and others &s;ince dead to the number of about 60, this was all the lo&s;&s;e we &s;u&s;tained in that fight, which was within &s;ome 2 miles of the north of Sunderland: But of the Earl of Newca&s;tles men there were &s;lain at the lea&s;t 1500 a|mong&s;t which were divers of great quality: Sir <HI>Mar|maduke Langdale</HI> was &s;lain and divers of great note, &s;ome of them his Excellencie Generall <HI>Le&s;ley</HI> gave them the credit of an honourable buriall according to their degree a,mong&s;t which were at the lea&s;t 30 Co|lonels, Majors, Captains, and Lievtenants, be&s;ides other Officers, and there were taken pri&s;oners from the enemie almo&s;t a hundred. They retreated towards Newca&s;tle, the Scots pur&s;ued them very clo&s;e, Then the Earle of Newca&s;tles Forces &s;pread them&s;elves and di&s;perced towards Che&s;try &s;treete and &s;o to Durham, and quartered towards Bi&s;hop Auckland, and Bran&s;|pith to &s;ee it they could rally their men, but the Scots &s;till pur&s;ued them, cleering the way up the River as they went.</P>
<P><PB REF="3">March the twentie &s;eventh, the Scots marched to|wards Lumley Ca&s;tle to cleer the River for Coals, his Excellencie the Lord Generall having then eight pee|ces of Ordnance carried from the &s;hips, for before hee had only two peeces, &s;ave only his &s;mall pieces wherewith good execution was done.</P>
<P>From the twentie &s;eventh of March, to the end of the moneth, the Scots were and &s;o are &s;till in pur&s;uit of the enemie: the Earle of Newca&s;tle all this while: not having taken a man of the Scots Armie to my knowledge, but there are daily many that de&s;ert the enemie, and come into us both from Newca&s;tle, and al&s;o from the Armie, &s;even or eight everie day: &s;ome daies more, who take the Covenant and join with our forces: there hath thus come in at the lea&s;t 200 and more come in daily: declaring that they were forced again&s;t their wils to fight under the Earl of Newca&s;tle, and that in the fight the Earl of Newca&s;tles hor&s;e did force them to fight, and kept them in with their Canes and Swords: &amp; hurt, pi&s;told, and &s;lue many that retrea|ted: and they do al&s;o affirm, that there are many more in the Earle of Newca&s;tles Armie that would faine come away, if they had an opportunitie.</P>
<P>Since there hath been many skirmi&s;hes, but none con&s;iderable before the date hereof, but the Scots &s;till pur&s;ue the enemie to prevent them as much as they can from Rallying.</P>
<P>The Commi&s;&s;ioners are come from Morpeth, and are all at Sunderland. The la&s;t of the Commi&s;&s;ioners came to Sunderland this pre&s;ent Munday, being the fir&s;t of April: which is a place where is great &s;tore of provi&s;ion, &s;o that from thence Thur&s;day before, Ge|nerall
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<HI>Le&s;hley</HI> removed his Quarters, and carried away bag and baggage: only 3000 he left for that Garri&s;on, and another neere it, and hath fortified the Town verie well, and &s;ecured all places as he leaves them. But an|other part of the enemie lying towards Lumly Ca&s;tle; hath hindred the Lighters from carrying the Coals to the &s;hips; but there was a Convoy to have gone with them to the &s;hips, had not the battle prevented, but there is no doubt but the enemie will be removed &s;o|dainly, and Coals &s;ent &s;peedily to London: There are about 120 &s;hips that ride in Sunderland Harbour for Coals, and there is &s;o great a quantitie of Coals alrea|die above the ground at the Pits readie to be taken a|way, that they are not to be valued: there is &s;o va&s;t a quantitie: and the Commi&s;&s;ioners are re&s;olved upon this cour&s;e, to &s;erve tho&s;e &s;hips fir&s;t with Coals that bring provi&s;ion; which is but rea&s;on, their being &s;uch want of provi&s;ion among&s;t our men, not only to &s;up|ply the Armie; but al&s;o to encourage others that come for coals thither to bring provi&s;ion with them.</P>
<P>Sir <HI>Tho: Glenham</HI> is in Newca&s;tle, but few co~&s;iderable men of note, nor as &s;ome that come out from thence to our men, certifie not above 120 Souldiers be&s;ides the Inhabitants, and they have denied the Earle of Newca&s;tle to come in or any of his Forcrs: more then what are in the Town already, till they &s;ee who &s;hall win the field.</P>
<P>The Town begins to be much &s;traitned of provi&s;i|on, and are out of hope to have any relie&s;e, e&s;pecially &s;ince the Earl of Newca&s;tle is driven Southward, and the Scots compa&s;&s;e the Town both by Sea and Land, in Northumberland and in the Bi&s;hodrick, and they
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are blockt up by water, our Forces commanding the River.</P>
<P>The Scots are every day at Gatehead; which they take great care to prevent the enemie from burning them&s;elves being po&s;&s;e&s;t thereof, but the enemies Works there are all pulled down and demoli&s;hed, only a partie are placed to prevent the enemie from i&s;&s;uing out of the Town to de&s;troy tho&s;e Suburbs, and hou|&s;es at Gatehead.</P>
<P>By all probabilitie, it is not any ways likely that Newca&s;tle can hold out long; and the Scots doe daily expect when they will found a parley about the deli|vering up thereof.</P>
<P>Generall <HI>Le&s;hley</HI> is marched towards Durham, and the Maque&s;&s;e of <HI>Argile</HI> goes along with him, and ma|ny of the Nobilitie: pur&s;uing the Earle of Newca&s;tle. A Regiment lies at Blyth, and two Regiments at Mor|peth, who doe often i&s;&s;ue out to face Newca&s;tle, and to keep the Countrie from being further wa&s;ted and &s;poiled by the enemy.</P>
<P>There are two Regiments that lie at Sunderland, and a Regiment about a mile off: In Sunderland are about 100 pri&s;oners of the Earl of Newca&s;tles Forces, Co|lonels, Captains and other Officers, for common men, they turn them away and will not charge them&s;elves with keeping of &s;uch only tho&s;e of note.</P>
<P>Generall <HI>Le&s;hley</HI> is &s;till in pur&s;uit of the Enemie, not permitting them to rally.</P>
<TRAILER>Thus far the report of John Hardy.</TRAILER>
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<P><PB REF="4"><HI>(There is a report that the Earl of Newca&s;tle &s;hould fall upon the Scots on Sunday la&s;t neer Sunderland, and that the Scots gave them a repul&s;e, &s;lew and tooke pri&s;oners a numerous company of them, &amp; utterly routed them, but this the Me&s;|&s;enger reporteth not, nor knoweth of it.)</HI></P>
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<OPENER><SIGNED>By the Committees and Commi&s;sioners of the honourable hou&s;es of the Parliament of England.</SIGNED> <SALUTE>To all Commanders and Officers in the Parliament &s;ervice both by &s;ea and land.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>WHereas the bearer hereof Iohn Hardy was &s;ent from the Parliament to us in Scotland, and hath &s;ince continued with us
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untill now that hee is to returne to London, the&s;e are there fore to require all Comman|ders, Officers, and Souldiers, both by &s;ea and land, to &s;uffer him to pa&s;&s;e quietly without let or mole&s;tation. And Francis Dob&s;on Mr of the willing Minde of Hull, is hereby de&s;i|red to give him free pa&s;&s;age for London.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>VVilliam Row, Secretary to the Commi&s;sioners.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>Publi&s;hied according to Order.</P>
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