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<P>A LETTER FROM HIS MAIESTIES COURT IN THE Isle of Wight: Wherein is declared, The Kings Maje&s;ties late Re&s;olution touching Colonell <HI>Hammond,</HI> and the manner how he &s;hould have beene conveyed from <HI>Carisbrook</HI> Ca&s;tle to the Kenti&s;h ARMY.</P>
<P>With his Maje&s;ties Propo&s;itions touching the &s;ame, and three thou&s;and pounds proffered to three Souldiers for the performance thereof.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, a great Fight neer <HI>Canterbury</HI> in <HI>Kent,</HI> divers &s;lain, and one of the Kings Colonels, with 30. of his men taken ta|ken pri&s;oners. And another Fight neer <HI>Roche&s;ter.</HI> with the number &s;lain and taken.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e, the Kenti&s;h-mens Propo&s;itions to the Lord Generall, with his Excellencies An&s;wer, and the Armies ad|vance towards <HI>Roche&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P><ADD>June 2^d</ADD> <HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>R. W.</HI> MDCXLVIII.</P>
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<HEAD>A LETTER FROM The Kings Maje&s;ties Court at <HI>Cariisbrock</HI> Ca&s;tle, &s;hewing the manner how his Maje&s;ty &s;hould have been con|veyed from the &s;aid I&s;land, to the Kenti&s;h ARMY.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Honoured Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THis day our Governour (Colonell <HI>Hammond</HI>) re|ceived information of a new &s;tratagem, for the con|veying of his Maje&s;ty from this I&s;land, the manner thus; His Maje&s;ty having received intelligence of the pro|ceedings and Engagement of the Kenti&s;h-men, began to think and &s;tudy, how he might make his e&s;cape, and at the la&s;t, ha|ving an opportunity, re&s;olved with him&s;elf, to declare his mind to three &s;ouldiers, which he &s;uppos'd he might put confidence in, by promi&s;ing them a great reward and gratui|ty, which accordingly He did, and told them, that if they would do him that acceptable favour, as to u&s;e their ende|vours for the re&s;toring of Him to His liberty, and &s;etting of
<PB N="2" REF="3">him free from that Ca&s;tle, they &s;hould each of them have 1000. l: whereupon they humbly thanked his Maje&s;ty, prote&s;ting that they would u&s;e their utmo&s;t endeavours for the obtaining of his Maje&s;ties liberty, and pre&s;ently con&s;ide|red how they &s;hould accompli&s;h the &s;ame, as the la&s;t re&s;olved to buy a certain quantity of <HI>Aqua-fortis,</HI> and to ap|ply it to the Iron-Bars of one of his Maje&s;ties Chamber windows, and &s;o to eat the Bar a&s;under, which they did, and when the work was almo&s;t acoompli&s;h'd, two of them be|gan to repent of their former action, re&s;olving to proceed no further therein, but to di&s;cover the &s;ame to the Governour, which accordingly they did: Whereupon our Governour u&s;ed his utmo&s;t endeavours for the preventing thereof, and ordered, that all care and diligence &s;hould be u&s;ed for the future, that no &s;uch thing &s;hould be acted. If this de&s;ign had taken effect, his Maje&s;ty &s;hould have been conveyed fir&s;t to Southampton, and from thence, either for the North or <HI>Kent.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Carisbrook Castle <DATE>29. May, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The further proceedings of the Kenti&s;h Army, and their chu&s;ing of Col. <HI>Wa&s;hington</HI> Generall.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THE Kenti&s;h Army is retreated as far as <HI>Roche&s;ter, Maid&s;tone,</HI> and other towns adjacent, they con&s;i&s;t of about 14000. but are divided into two Bodies, mo&s;t of them being armed; but they cannot concord and agree a|bout their Commanders in chief, &s;ome &s;ay, that they de&s;ire Col. <HI>Wa&s;hington</HI> may be their Generall; others give out, that they will have the Lord <HI>Culpepper.</HI></P>
<P>This day the Generall had a Randezvouz upon the Heath beyond this town, where appeared of hor&s;e and foot 8000.
<PB N="4" REF="3">The Kenti&s;h-men have &s;ent Propo&s;itions to the General, tou|ching a treaty, but the Generall returned an&s;wer, that hee knew not of any order of Parliament directing him to treat, and whereas he finds the Gentlemen of <HI>Kent,</HI> and others in Arms, and per&s;i&s;ting therein, without, and again&s;t the autho|rity of Parliament, and doing many Acts of Ho&s;tility, to the great dammage of their Neighbours, he cannot capitulate while they are &s;o in arms, nor lo&s;e time in pro&s;ecution; but if they forthwith lay down, and go home, he doubts not but the Parliament will pardon the &s;educed, and puni&s;h the &s;edu|cers for example to others.</P>
<P>They Regiment, and are very numerous in hor&s;e, few men of quality to be &s;een, but as is apprehended, gathered in Armes; &s;ome skirmi&s;hes have been, and at &s;everall times neer 100. pri&s;oners taken.</P>
<P>A &s;mall party of Col. <HI>Riches</HI> hor&s;e &s;allying out, met with a party of the Kenti&s;h foot, fought with them, and put them to a rout, taking 36 pri&s;oners, with the lo&s;&s;e of one man, having but 7 in number.</P>
<P>But on Wedne&s;day la&s;t a party of the Kenti&s;h-men came up unto a Guard of the Parliaments Forces, they fought well, divers of them were &s;lain, others taken, among the re&s;t two young Gentlemen who were brave in Gold and Silver Lace, with whom the Souldiers changed. The Generall hath a party of hor&s;e in the wild of <HI>Kent,</HI> who de&s;ire to relieve <HI>Dover</HI> Ca&s;tle be&s;ieged by them, to whom are joyned &s;ome hundreds of the Kenti&s;h, who have made &s;ome &s;poyl among the other Kenti&s;h, and have taken Col. <HI>Culpepper,</HI> and many others. They &s;ay there is with the Kenti&s;h-men one of the <HI>Gorings,</HI> and that they increa&s;e hourly.</P>
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<P> On Fryday la&s;t Vice-admiral <HI>Rainsborough</HI> came a&s;hore at his own Ca&s;tle at <HI>Deale,</HI> the occa&s;ion was, becau&s;e &s;ome of the Kenti&s;h men had endea|voured to get the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Earl of <HI>War|wicks</HI> Ca&s;tle of <HI>Sandon,</HI> the ca&s;tle of <HI>Warbrough,</HI> and this Ca&s;tle, which are all three within a mile and a half one of the other. <HI>And when the Vice Admi|rall had done his endeavour to &s;ecure them, he went in a &s;mall Pinace to his command again at</HI> Sea; <HI>and when he came to the &s;hip which was under his immediate com|mand, tho&s;e which were in her forbad him to come a|board, &s;aying they would obey him no longer, but would have the King brought to London, &amp;c and told him, if he came aboard, it was at his perill, but if he plea&s;ed, he might depart in the Ve&s;sel hee was in.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Then they &s;ent to Capt. Penro&s;e, de&s;iring him to come in to joyn with them; but he replyed he would not, and asked them, if they would become Enemies to their for|mer cau&s;e and Engagements, and quite ca&s;t of all &s;ub|jection.</HI></P>
<P>To which they generally replyed no, they were for King and Parliam. then &s;aid he, it were fit that you &s;hould make choice of &s;ome honourable per|&s;on, that is true to both, for this is a place not fit for any other, &amp;c. hee had no &s;ooner &s;poken this but one of them named the Earl of <HI>Warwick,</HI> and all the re&s;t cryed out pre&s;ently, <HI>a Warwick, a War|wick:</HI>
<PB N="5" REF="4">then they agreed to &s;end a Letter to his Lord&s;hip, &amp; another to the Speaker of the hou&s;e &s;etting forth their proceedings, and that if the E. of <HI>Warwick</HI> came to them, they would live and dy with him, in defance of the cau&s;e for King and Par|liament, according to the fir&s;t principles; and they made choice of capt. <HI>Pento&s;e</HI> to bring the&s;e Let|ters, &amp; before his coming away, he told them, that it might be when he was gone, they would make choice of &s;ome other; and to give &s;atisfaction to the contrary, they all took an oath, not to receed from this choice untill the E. of <HI>Warwick</HI> came to them, &amp;c.</P>
<P>On Fryday la&s;t the Kenti&s;h men took the Fort neer <HI>Dover</HI> Ca&s;tle, whereof capt. <HI>Bethel,</HI> a very de|&s;erving Gentleman, had the command, they &s;hot many pieces again&s;t the Ca&s;tle, but finding no pro|bability of doing any good again&s;t it, they gave it over, But we hear that the Generall hath &s;ent a party of Hor&s;e to relieve <HI>Dover,</HI> and re-po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e them&s;elves of the Fort, which is all at pre&s;ent, from</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Deptford <DATE>30. May, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your a&s;&s;ured friend, <HI>D. M.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>POSTSCRIPT.</HEAD>
<P><HI>SIR,</HI> Since the writing of my la&s;t, we have received in|telligence, that the party of hor&s;e that went to relieve <HI>Dover</HI> Ca&s;tle, have had a great fight with the Kenti&s;h Hor&s;e neer <HI>Canterbury,</HI> and have taken divers pri&s;oners, and killed many, with the lo&s;&s;e of two or three men, and have totally routed the whole party. They al&s;o skirmi&s;hed with another party of the Kenti&s;h Hor&s;e, commanded by a Colo|nel formerly in the Kings Army, and after &s;ome &s;hort di&s;|pute, took the &s;aid Colonell, and 30 of his men pri&s;oners, The great Fort at <HI>Dover</HI> is re-taken, and now in po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Parliaments Forces.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Deptford <DATE>31. May, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>Gilbert Mabbott.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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