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<P>Valour Crowned.</P>
<P>OR A RELATION OF THE Valiant Proceedings of the PARLIA|MENT <HI>Forces</HI> in the <HI>Clo&s;&s;e</HI> at LICHFIELD, Again&s;t PRINCE RUPERTS.</P>
<P>Di&s;covering the Honourable Conditions upon which it was Surrendred.</P>
<P>As it was Written from Lievtenant Colonell <HI>Ru&s;&s;ell,</HI> who was chiefe Commander of the Clo&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>Wherein is &s;et downe word for word, the Articles of Agreement, as they were Con&s;ented unto by the Enemy; given under the Hand and Seale of Colonell <HI>Ha&s;tings,</HI> by the Authority of Prince <HI>RVPERT.</HI></P>
<P>Whereunto is annexed the Copy of Colonell <HI>Ha&s;tings</HI> Let|ter, to Lievtenant Colonell <HI>RVSSELL,</HI> concerning their &s;afe Conveyance to <HI>Coventry,</HI> given under his owne Hand.</P>
<P>LONDON.</P>
<P>Printed for <HI>Benjamin Allen</HI> in <HI>Popes head-alley: Apr.</HI> 27. 1643</P>
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<HEAD><PB N="1" REF="2">
<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 word"> B<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="2 letters">te Relation of <HI>Lichfields</HI> Clo&s;&s;e Be&s;iege, Battell, and Surrender.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Deare Brother,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_SInce my la&s;t to you, being the la&s;t week, accor|ding to my feares it hath &s;ince fallen out; that the Clo&s;&s;e at <HI>Lichfield</HI> is lo&s;t: yet the lo&s;&s;e to me is not &s;o great, as the joy of heart I have conceived for the &s;afety and honour which God hath be&s;towed and conferred upon our Friends, that were there, who have reaped prai&s;e and commendations for their valour and prowe&s;&s;e, even out of the mouthes of their enemies, of whom they doe affirme, that <HI>never did Souldiers &s;o honour the Parliament as the&s;e have done.</HI> A briefe reher&s;all of the particulars I have here inclo&s;ed: together with the Articles on which it was &s;urrendred, as I received them from Lievtenant Collonell <HI>Ru&s;&s;els</HI> owne hand, wherof I think he hath &s;ent up a Copy to the Hou&s;e of Parliament; and according to the conditions they marched forth on Friday la&s;t. My &s;elfe and Brother <HI>Burges</HI> rode forth to meet them a mile beyond <HI>Merryden,</HI> and tarryed with my Brother <HI>Henry Pretty</HI> all that night at <HI>Merryden,</HI> being 4. miles from <HI>Coventry,</HI> it being no &s;mall joy to us to meet him, who was &s;o deare and tender in our Affections; whom al&s;o we had given up for lo&s;t: but God who is rich in mer|cy, found out a way beyond our expectation, and even in the Mount of difficultie, whenas many, or rather more brake in upon them&punc; then was of them in the Clo&s;&s;e, God made it his opportunity to deliver them by weake meanes, (as you may &s;ee by the inclo&s;ed) being not above 30. They beat the Enemy down &s;o fa&s;t in the &s;aid Breach, that they made a bre&s;t-work about a yard high of dead and wounded bodies.</P>
<P>Many circum&s;tances might be added, to &s;et forth the excellencie of the mercy, but time will not permit: you
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have the &s;ub&s;tantiall part of the Tragedie, yet for my Bro|ther <HI>Henry Pretty</HI> his particular, take notice (with thankfull|ne&s;&s;e,) of two remarkable pa&s;&s;ages of Gods providence to him: he was &s;hot in the middle of the backe, upon his Belt, with a Musquet bullet, which &s;truck him down, yet neither pierced Belt nor Coat; and at the Breach when &s;o many brake in&punc; he and his Lievtenant, with Captaine <HI>Graves,</HI> lead on tho&s;e 30. men, where <HI>Askin,</HI> Chaplain to Prince <HI>Rupert,</HI> pre&s;ented a Pi&s;toll to his very face, the Powder wherof flew in his forehead yet the bullet went through the brim of his hat and did him no hurt, &s;o gratiou&s;ly did the hand of pro|vidence direct it. He with the re&s;t came ye&s;terday, being Satturday with 10 Waynes laden with Bagge and Baggage. They could not prevaile for their Ordnance.</P>
<P>On Thur&s;day night there marched forth of this Towne Collonell <HI>Barker</HI> his Troop, under command of Captaine Lievtenant <HI>Flower;</HI> the Mini&s;ters Commander of Dragoons under command of Captain <HI>Ottoway;</HI> a Commander of Dragoons from <HI>Killingworth,</HI> under command of Captain <HI>Hunt;</HI> Captain <HI>Potters</HI> part of a Troop; Captain <HI>Po<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="indecipherable" EXTENT="1 letter">t</HI> being Commander in Chief of this Briggade; they marched that night to <HI>Lece&s;ter,</HI> where they have abode ever &s;ince, and are expected to joyn with the Lord <HI>Gray</HI> for &s;ome de&s;igne very &s;peedily, Captain <HI>Okey</HI> marched along with them; and they were well la&s;t night at 10. a clock: I had commendations from Captain <HI>Okey</HI> and Captain <HI>Flower,</HI> who de&s;ire to be remembred to their Friends in <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P>Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> is Marched from <HI>Lichfield,</HI> and hath left a Garri&s;on there, he lay la&s;t night at <HI>Co&s;ill,</HI> and is now upon his March on <HI>Merryden</HI> Heath, within 4. miles of us, what his de&s;igne is we know not. We expect Father <HI>Bough</HI> to <HI>Coventry</HI> this night, if he be living, for the Convoy is gone for the Pri&s;oners at <HI>Stafford,</HI> where if he be alive he is. I feare the Po&s;t will be gone, I will therfore conclude all, and re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Coventry,</HI> <DATE>the 23. Aprill, 1643.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your truly loving Brother till death
THOMAS ELLIS.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD><HI>An Exact</HI> RELATION Of the Valiant Proceedings of the <HI>Parliament</HI> Forces in the Clo&s;&s;e at <HI>Lichfield</HI> again&s;t Prince <HI>Ruperts.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_PRince <HI>Rupert</HI> drew neere and &s;ummoned the Towne on <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> the &s;ixth of <HI>Aprill.</HI> On <HI>Saturday</HI> following &s;urrounded the <HI>Clo&s;&s;e</HI> with about 4000. Hor&s;e and Foot, as wee conjectured: The fir&s;t Weeke was &s;pent in Battery, &s;ome 60. of them we &s;lew in the beginning as we conceive; upon <HI>Saturday</HI> la&s;t a breach was made by the Gate, and an a&s;&s;ault made with Scaling Lad|ders, but they were beaten off, many of them &s;laine, and more wounded, yet but one of ours: on <HI>Sabbath</HI> day they un|dermined three or foure parts, one wherof we found out by Countermining, where in our men and they met together and di&s;charged upon each other; two other were likewi&s;e found out, but not the fourth, by which meanes on <HI>Thur&s;|day</HI> la&s;t they &s;prung the Mine, and blew up a Tower, and &s;ome &s;ix of our Souldiers (whereof two were &s;laine, the o|thers wounded, yet likely to live) made a breach about 7. of the Clocke in the morning, whereat &s;ix might enter in a Brea&s;t, and at the fame time a&s;&s;aulted the Clo&s;&s;e in divers other places: At the breach 200 of them entred in mo&s;t of them being their principall Commanders, &amp; being entred; the greater part of them went into the Hou&s;es, whom wee
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beat out againe with Hand Granadoes, the remainder were beaten back by 30. of our men, wee &s;lew 100. of them, and tooke &s;ome 120. Pri&s;oners: Colonell <HI>V&s;her</HI> was &s;laine&punc; Co|lonell <HI>Gerrard</HI> wounded, and Colonell <HI>Wag&s;taffe</HI> dangerou&s;ly wounded, divers Captaines &s;laine and &s;ome 80. Officers, Captaine <HI>Leg</HI> we tooke Pri&s;oner; the Lord <HI>Digby</HI> was &s;hot in the Knee, Captaine <HI>Corbet</HI> &s;onne to Sir <HI>John Corbet</HI> was al&s;o &s;laine; One <HI>Askin</HI> a Scotchman, Chaplaine to Prince <HI>Rupert,</HI> was wounded and taken Pri&s;oner; Prince <HI>Rupert</HI> entring the breach, was &s;hot through the Boot, and &s;o Re|treated. Both Hor&s;e and Foot of theirs &s;weare they ne|ver had &s;uch an overthrow and lo&s;&s;e &s;ince the Wars began.</P>
<P>We lo&s;t before the Entry but foure of our men, and &s;ome ten more after: the breach being &s;omewhat made up, and our Men quiet, we called a Councell of Warre, and finding our Powder all &s;pent to a Barrell, and our Match gone, and no helpe comming, there was an overture of a Parly, which was imbraced, and an agreement made according to the Articles enclo&s;ed.</P>
<CLOSER>The Summons came fir&s;t from the Enemy.</CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The ARTICLES of Agreement Sub&s;cribed by Colonell <HI>Ha&s;tings,</HI> by the Authority of Prince RUPERT.</HEAD>
<P>IT is Con&s;ented unto by Colonell <HI>Ha&s;tings,</HI> by the Authority given him by his Highne&s;&s;e Prince <HI>Rupert,,</HI> that in con&s;ideration of the de|livery and yeelding up of the Clo&s;&s;e in <HI>Lichfield,</HI> that Lievtenant Colonell <HI>Ru&s;&s;ell,</HI> and all the Cap|taines
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and Officers with him, &s;hall march out of the &s;aid Clo&s;&s;e to morrow, being the one and twentieth of this in&s;tant <HI>Aprill,</HI> by ten a clocke in the Mor|ning, with foure &s;core Men and Mu&s;quets, with Flying <HI>Colours,</HI> and foure &s;core Hor&s;emen with Armes belonging to them; and all other Per&s;ons within the &s;aid Clo&s;&s;e to be at liberty to goe whither they plea&s;e; and for their better and &s;afe coveyance a fr<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="over-inked" EXTENT="1 letter">e pa&s;&s;e or Convoy from his Highne&s;&s;e, and eleven <HI>Carts</HI> to convey away &s;uch goods as belong to any of the Officers or Souldiers, with them&s;elves to the <HI>City</HI> of <HI>Coventry;</HI> and that all Pri&s;oners &s;hall be relea&s;ed on both &s;ides, which have been taken in the <HI>County</HI> of <HI>Stafford,</HI> &s;ince the comming downe of the Right Honourable Lord <HI>BROOKE.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE> In witne&s;&s;e whereof, wee have here|unto put our Hand and Seale <DATE>this twentieth of <HI>Aprill. Anno Domini 1643.</HI></DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Sealed and Delivered in the pre&s;ents of us.
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<ITEM>Io. Fr<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="indecipherable" EXTENT="1 letter">chville.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Rich. Prideaux.</ITEM>
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<SIGNED>H. Ha&s;tings.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>A Copy of Colonell <HI>Ha&s;tings</HI> Letter which hee &s;ent to Lievtenant Colonell <HI>Ru&s;&s;ell</HI> in the Clo&s;&s;e at <HI>Lichfield.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>I</HI> have here &s;ent you his highne&s;&s;e command, for your &s;afe pa&s;sing to <HI>Coventry,</HI> and doubt not but you will doe the like, for my Partie is now with you, for the returne, and &s;o I re&s;t.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Leichfield <DATE>Friday <HI>Aprill</HI> 21.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your loving <HI>Freind.</HI>
H: HASTINGS.</SIGNED>
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<HEAD>The Direction thus.</HEAD>
<P>To my Noble <HI>Friend</HI> Lievtenant Colonell <HI>Ru&s;&s;ell</HI> at <HI>Barmigam.</HI></P>
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<HEAD>Vnder which direction was &s;ub&s;cribed.</HEAD>
<P>Let this Bearer pa&s;&s;e all the Kings <HI>Forces</HI> to the Parliaments.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H: HASTINGS.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<TRAILER>FJNJS.</TRAILER>
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