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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Sabbathi, 7. Martii, 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas <HI>Thur&s;day</HI> next is by former Order appointed for a day of Publique Thanksgiving for the
great mercy of God in giving &s;ucce&s;&s;e to the Parliaments forces again&s;t the Enemy at <HI>Torrington</HI>
in <HI>Devon&s;hire:</HI> And whereas &s;ince the appointment of the &s;aid day of Thanksgiving the Parli|aments
Forces in &s;everall Parts of the Kingdome have given the Enemie divers defeats, and
gained &s;everall &s;trength which are now in the po&s;&s;e&s;sion of the Parliament: It is thereupon Ordered,
That the re&s;pective Mini&s;ters within the Limits where the &s;aid day of Thanksgiving is appointed to
be ob&s;erved, and kept; do make mention of the&s;e &s;everall mercies and &s;ucce&s;&s;es, and &s;tirre up the People to a due thank|fulne&s;&s;e
for the &s;ame; And to the end the &s;aid mercies and &s;ucce&s;&s;es may bee the better taken notice of, <HI>Mr. Rou&s;e,
Sir Peter Wentworth, Mr. Gourdon,</HI> and <HI>Mr.</HI> Alderman <HI>Pennington</HI> are to collect the &s;ame; to the end the Mini|&s;ters
may bee acquainted with the particulars thereof. And the Lord Major of <HI>London</HI> is de&s;ired to take care that
the Mini&s;ters may have timely notice of this Order.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>H. El&s;ynge Cler. Parl. D. Com.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>_WHereas heretofore it plea&s;ed God in the very dayes of Thanke&s;giving for former Mercies, to meet us with new; as if hee
had taken notice of our Thankfulne&s;&s;e, and encouraged us to it, as a duty that gives him both Honour and delight:
Now, the infinite goodne&s;&s;e of the &s;ame gracious God hath prevented our day of Thanke&s;giving (lately appointed for
the ble&s;&s;ed &s;ucce&s;&s;e of the Parliaments Army at <HI>Torrington,)</HI> with many Mercies and Succe&s;&s;es in &s;undry parts of this
Kingdom; and hath &s;ent them to us as grounds and encouragements to give him on this day a larger, fuller, and more
zealous Thanke&s;giving: For the further advancement whereof, there are many ob&s;ervable pa&s;&s;ages of Divine providence.</P>
<P>In the fir&s;t place we may take notice that <HI>Ragland</HI> Ca&s;tle in <HI>Wales</HI> was long fortified by the Earl of <HI>Worce&s;ter</HI> a Papi&s;t, which of late
much increa&s;ed in &s;trength, and committed many cruelties upon the County of <HI>Monmouth,</HI> plundering, firing, and de&s;troying Towns
and Hou&s;es; having the whole Country under their power, except &s;ome few Gari&s;ons of the Parliaments, no way able to re&s;i&s;t them.
The <HI>Ragland</HI> Hor&s;e drew towards <HI>Cardiffe</HI> in <HI>Glamorgan-&s;hire,</HI> a Parliament Gari&s;on; whereupon the Governour and Committee there,
&s;ent to Collonel <HI>Kerne</HI> lately appointed High Sheriffe by the Parliament, and to the re&s;t of the Country to ri&s;e in a body to oppo&s;e
the Enemy: but contrary to expectation, Collonel <HI>Kerne</HI> and the Malignant Gentry being at their Rendezvouze, prevailed with the
people to be&s;iege <HI>Cardiffe,</HI> which was done with about 2000 men: they tooke the Towne in a &s;hort time, having the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the
Malignant Towne&s;men. The Governour, Committee, and Souldiers betook them&s;elves to the Ca&s;tle; Gods Providence &s;o ca&s;t it,
that Major Generall <HI>Laughorne,</HI> Sir <HI>Trevor Williams</HI> and Collonell <HI>Keyrle</HI> came in &s;ea&s;on, (Provi&s;ion being almo&s;t &s;pent in the Ca&s;tle,)
and fought with the Countrey-men and <HI>Ragland</HI> Forces, (who were joyned on a Heath neare the Town,) Routed them, tooke many
Pri&s;oners, and forced them to fly back to the Town: Major Generall <HI>Laughorne</HI> pur&s;ued, and relieved the Ca&s;tle; the Enemy conti|nued
in the Towne a while; at la&s;t Articles were agreed, That they &s;hould march away with Colours flying, Match lighted, &amp;c. But
having marched &s;ome di&s;tance from the Towne, occa&s;ion was given by the Enemy for breach of Articles, whereupon they engaged
in a very hot fight, in which were &s;laine and drowned of the Enemy neare 400, about 500 taken Pri&s;oners, the re&s;t &s;cattered and
fled. We lo&s;t very few men in this &s;ervice, though many hurt: had this treacherous Plot taken effect, South-Wales had been lo&s;t
again, which probably would have afforded thou&s;ands to the King to joyne in a body with Sir <HI>Jacob A&s;hley,</HI> who drew his Forces that
way. This, if rightly con&s;idered with the circum&s;tances, is none of the lea&s;t mercies, among many late &s;ucce&s;&s;es and Victories which
God hath vouch&s;afed us.</P>
<P>The deliverance al&s;o of <HI>Abbington</HI> is an ob&s;ervable Mercy. The Enemy came to <HI>Abbington</HI> with a 1000 Hor&s;e, and about a 1000
Foot; they drave our men from the Works, and entred above 300 men, and po&s;&s;e&s;t them&s;elves of &s;undry Guards, Works, and the
Magazine it &s;elf; but our Hor&s;e and Foot re&s;i&s;ted them valiantly, routed them, and made them quit their ground, God at that time
rai&s;ing their Spirits to a great height of Re&s;olution.</P>
<P>After the taking of <HI>Torrington</HI> in <HI>Devon,</HI> &s;ome Forces advancing towards <HI>Stratton</HI> in <HI>Cornwall,</HI> and the Enemy making re&s;i&s;tance, it
plea&s;ed God to put them to flight, and there were taken about 300 Hor&s;e, and 80 Pri&s;oners.</P>
<P>After this our Army came to <HI>Launce&s;ton</HI> a chief Town in <HI>Cornwall,</HI> which after &s;ome oppo&s;ition they took, with the Armes and
Magazine in it. And it may be worthy both of notice and Thanke&s;giving, that our Souldiers there were &s;o temperate and obedient,
that notwith&s;tanding the oppo&s;ition made at the Towne; yet they did not plunder &s;o much as one Hou&s;e; which no que&s;tion was a
great Conque&s;t upon them&s;elves, and advanced much the conquering of that County; e&s;pecially &s;ince before the Armies comming to
<HI>Launce&s;ton,</HI> the people were po&s;&s;e&s;t with an opinion that there would be no mercy &s;hown to the Corni&s;h.</P>
<P>It is al&s;o ob&s;ervable, that God hath &s;trucken the Enemy with a terror there; and divers per&s;ons of quality &s;end for Protections, and dai|ly
make their &s;ubmi&s;&s;ions; and not above 80 Foot appeared upon the calling of their Po&s;e; whereas heretofore thou&s;ands have appeared.</P>
<P>And now our Army advancing towards <HI>Bodmin,</HI> a Town about twenty miles within <HI>Cornwall,</HI> the enemy did quit the Town by night,
<HI>Hopton</HI> him&s;elf bringing up the Reare of them. In tho&s;e parts &s;ix Troopers drove away the Convoy of four Load of Ammunition;
and four Troopers overtaking 42 Musketeers with Matches lighted, and Muskets loaden, made them all lay down their Armes, and
brought them back Pri&s;oners.</P>
<P>The maine body of the Enemies Army, con&s;i&s;ting mo&s;t of Hor&s;e is driven far into <HI>Cornwall,</HI> and being &s;hut up behinde by our
Forces, is inclo&s;ed both before and on every &s;ide by the Sea, and hath little re&s;t, being Alarm'd by our parties.</P>
<P>Beyond all this, God hath delivered not onely their Forces and Forts, but their Coun&s;ells into our hands; and the delivering up of
their Coun&s;ells, delivers al&s;o their Cau&s;e: For by Gods e&s;peciall Providence, a Ship comming into <HI>Pad&s;tow</HI> (a Sea Town in <HI>Cornwall,)</HI>
and bringing in divers of the native Iri&s;h (mo&s;t of which, tho&s;e of the Town de&s;troyed) there came al&s;o with them a Packet of Let|ters
from <HI>Ormond, Clamorgan,</HI> and <HI>Digby,</HI> which being ca&s;t into the Sea was recovered again, and contained matters of great con&s;e|quence,
that concern the bringing in of a multitude of Iri&s;h into this Kingdom. Thus their Coun&s;ells being brought to light, their
Cau&s;e therein appears mo&s;t abominable, while there mu&s;t needs be a likene&s;&s;e between it, and tho&s;e that &s;upport it: now the &s;uppor|ters
of it are Idolatrous and bloody Iri&s;h Rebells and Traytors.</P>
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<P>London <HI>Printed by</HI> Richard Cotes, 1645.</P>
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