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<P>THE DECLARATION OF Duke HAMILTON, <HI>CONCERNING</HI> His Engagement again&s;t England, and his coming in with the King of Scots.</P>
<P>AND, His Speech and Confe&s;&s;ion made to divers Officers of the Army, upon his Death|Bed; With the Prote&s;tation and Re&s;olution of the Citizens of <HI>VVorce&s;ter</HI> concerning the pre&s;ent Government.</P>
<P>ALSO, The old Dutche&s;&s;e of Hamilton's Prophe&s;ie (Grandmother to the fore&s;aid Duke) concerning the routing of the Scots Army, and the ex|tirpation of the Family of the <HI>Stuarts.</HI></P>
<P>TOGETHER, With the Copy of a Letter from Edenburgh in Scotland, communicating the tran&s;actions of affaires in that Nation.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>Robert Wood,</HI> 1651 <ADD>Sept. 16.</ADD>.</P>
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<HEAD>Duke Hamilton's DECLARATION CONCERNING His coming into England with the King of Scots.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Make no que&s;tion, but you have had a large account given you of the Battle which was fought here in this City, wherein the Mercies of God were very eminent towards us, and is as a Crown to all tho&s;e ble&s;&s;ings which the Lord hath vouch&s;a|&s;ed us formerly. This City is indeed become a &s;ad Spectacle and was very noy&s;ome, by rea&s;on of the multitudes of dead carca&s;&s;es, both <PB N="2" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 18 -->of man and bea&s;t, (for the Fight was very fierce, and the &s;laughter of the Enemy great) till care was taken for their removal (by Gods ble&s;&s;ing) to prevent Infection. We hope the Malignants of this place will learn by the pre&s;ent calamities, to &s;ee into their own Fol|lies, and behold the hand of God upon them in tho&s;e mi&s;eries which they have drawn up|on Them&s;elves, by their former and later compliances with the Enemie; their remi&s;&s;e|ne&s;&s;e in Government, their murmuring and complaining of wants; for, under that pre|tence, in our greate&s;t extremity, the day be|fore the Scotti&s;h Armie entred the City, not five pounds could be rai&s;ed among them for pre&s;ent &s;upply, though now their Plunder be rated at an extraordinary value. His Excellen|cy the Lord General hath been very noble in all things, and hath infinitely won the hearts of the Inhabitants of this City, who repent them of their former malignancy, and prote&s;t here|after to be faithful to the Parliament, &amp; to live and die in defence of the pre&s;ent Government.</P>
<P>Duke Hamilton is dead of the wounds which he received in the late Fight; a little before he dyed, lying in great extremity with <PB N="3" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 18 -->the pain of his leg, and every hour expecting to be di&s;&s;olved, he declared before &s;everal Officers of the Army, and divers Gentlemen of quality who were pre&s;ent with him, That he was heartily &s;orry that ever he engag'd a|gain&s;t the Parliament; and that he was con|fident his coming into England was contray to the Will of God; wi&s;hing that he had been admoni&s;hed by his Grandmother, who Pro|phetically told his Father in the Year 1648. when he came with that numerous Scotch Army into England, which was routed in Lanca&s;hire, that if he did engage again&s;t England, it would be the ruine of him and his Po&s;terity; &s;aying further, That &s;he was con|fident that the Army would be totally rout|ed, and the Family of the Stuarts would in very few yeares be utterly extirpated both in England and Scotland.</P>
<P>Who&s;e words hitherto have proved Ora|cular; for his Father being taken pri&s;oner, was beheaded at We&s;tmin&s;ter, and the &s;on mortally wounded in the late Fight here, dy|ed ye&s;terday of his VVounds in this City; he &s;eemed very &s;orrowful for his &s;ins, and ear|ne&s;tly de&s;ired tho&s;e about him to joyn in <PB N="4" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 19 -->prayers with him to the Lord, that he might find mercy and forgivene&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>The Commi&s;&s;ioners of the Militia are di&s;|banding their Militia Forces, and with &s;ome endeavours of &s;atisfaction to them, an&s;wer|able to their willingne&s;&s;e in the Parliament's Service; and that in &s;o great a number. They are likewi&s;e careful in ridding the Country of &s;traglers; al&s;o in &s;eizing and &s;ecuring the per&s;ons and e&s;tates of &s;uch as adhered to the Scotti&s;h King, mo&s;t of which were Papi&s;ts of this Country; and in Summoning the Coun|try to level the new VVorks and Fortifications about the City.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Worce&s;ter, <DATE>Sept. 13.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The Copy of a Letter from <HI>Edenburgh</HI> in <HI>Scotland,</HI> relating the &s;tate of affaires in that Nation.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>LIevrenant Gen. Monk is now Ma&s;ter of the field in this Nation, all parts falling down before the power of the Parliament of England; yet there is a malignant &s;pirit in ma|ny, they are not to be tru&s;ted, onely with an hand of awe over them. The old Cavalier par|ty cur&s;e the Presbyterians, and &s;ay that they <PB N="5" REF="4"><!-- PDF PAGE 19 -->and their pride and in&s;olency hath been the cau&s;e of all this evil that hath befaln their King and his friends; and the Presbyterian party accu&s;e the old Royali&s;ts for being &s;o heady to run with their King &s;o fa&s;t in his own way: But we &s;ay it is the wickedne&s;&s;e of the one, and perfideou&s;ne&s;&s;e of the other hath provoked the Lord to humble them. The Lord grant they may make a right u&s;e of it.</P>
<P>Here is old (or rather new) howling among the Ladies in Scotland, for their Husbands, Fa|thers, Sons, Friends, that are flam and taken in England and Scotland, and it &s;eems &s;ome of them (like Pilats wife) gave their Husbands warning, begging of them not to go out in this VVar. The Marque&s;&s;e of Arguile would fain make pretence that he hath not been guil|ty of the late tran&s;actions, though he had too great an hand in the Treaty with the King, and &s;omething &s;ince. Indeed he had &s;o much di&s;|cerning it &s;eems into the Scots Kings de&s;igns, that he ju&s;tly began to fear, that if he pro&s;per|ed, he &s;hould find the &s;ame feward that Mon|tro&s;&s;e had from him and his party, and there|fore he &s;o far ob&s;tructed that party that he &s;aw de&s;igned to undermine him, that the very <PB N="6" REF="5"><!-- PDF PAGE 20 -->common Souldiers have ju&s;led him and abu&s;ed him, as he went along the &s;treets, before the Scots King marched into England.</P>
<P>The Scots Gentry lay much fault upon their Mini&s;ters, that they preached to them as if the Engli&s;h De&s;ignes were far otherwi&s;e then they find them: But we find much fal&s;e|ne&s;&s;e in this Nation, yet &s;ome we hope are godly.</P>
<P>We have fallen upon &s;everall Parties in Scotland, where they were re&s;pectively, and every day almo&s;t &s;ome pri&s;oners are brought in, or &s;ome place reduced; &s;o that the pow|er of the Lord hath wonderfully appeared for us, Montro&s;&s;e and Aberdeen have &s;ubmit|ted.</P>
<P>Captain Hume doth &s;ome mi&s;chief by rob|ing, but we have &s;ent &s;ome parties to find him out.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Edenburgh,</HI> <DATE>14. <HI>Sept.</HI> 1651.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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