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<P>THE DECLARATION AND PROPOSITIONS OF THE NAVIE With the Oath which they have taken, concerning an Ad|mirall for the Seas, and who they made choice of for the pre&s;ent.</P>
<P>A Me&s;&s;age from the Kenti&s;h-men to the Lord Generall, and his An&s;wer thereunto. A thou&s;and of them come in, and <HI>Dover</HI> Fort taken.</P>
<P>With the taking of <HI>Chepstow</HI> Ca&s;tle by &s;torme, the Gover|nour Sir <HI>Nicholas Kemi&s;h,</HI> and others &s;lain; with the number of Officers and pri&s;oners taken.</P>
<P>As al&s;o another Petition to the Parliament, from the City of <HI>London, and what is de&s;ired therein.</HI></P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>B. Al&s;op,</HI> 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>A LETTER From <HI>Sandwich</HI> in KENT:</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>FOr the prevention of fal&s;e informations, I &s;hall communicate to you the mo&s;t certain intelligence we have in the&s;e parts. <HI>On Fryday la&s;t Vice-admirall</HI> Rainsborough <HI>came a&s;hore at his owne Ca&s;tle at</HI> Deale, <HI>the occa&s;ion was, becau&s;e &s;ome of the Ken|ti&s;h men had endeavoured to get the po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ion of the Earl of</HI> Warwicks <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
<PB N="2" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 126 -->within a mile and a half one of the other.</HI> And when the Vice Admirall had done his endeavour to &s;e|cure them he went in a &s;mall Pinace to his command a|gain at <HI>Sea;</HI> and when he came to the &s;hip which was under his immediate command, tho&s;e which were in her forbad him to come aboard, &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 pe|rill, but if he plea&s;ed, he might depart in the Ve&s;sel hee was in, and after many threats, and other uncivil car|riages towards him, he came for London; when hee was gone, they hung forth a flag, which &s;ignified, that there &s;hould be a Councel held, and the re&s;pective Captaines in all other &s;hips, were to appear aboard on the Vice ad|miral, and divers of them met accordingly, but Captain <HI>Penro&s;e</HI> came not. Whereupon they &s;ent him three or four Canon &s;hot, and afterwards &s;ent a me&s;sage to him, commanding him, in the name of the Vice admirall, to come to the Councell: whereupon he returned an&s;wer that he knew the Vice-admirall was not there, and therefore conceived, they had not power to call a Councell, or com|mand him to come thither, and therefore hee was re&s;ol|ved not to go.</P>
<P>This Me&s;sage was carryed back, and upon the receit thereof, about <HI>40.</HI> men went with their &s;words drawne,
<PB N="3" REF="3"><!-- PDF PAGE 126 -->and other weapons of war, came to him in another &s;hip, and told him, that they were &s;ent by the Admirall to fet him. Captain <HI>Penro&s;e</HI> asked who was that Vice admi|rall, they replyed, that his name was <HI>Lenoall:</HI> then captain <HI>Penro&s;e</HI> &s;aid, he knew &s;uch a man to bee a Bo|&s;tons Mate, but no otherwi&s;e, and was re&s;olved not to go with them; then &s;aid they, we mu&s;t force you: the cap|tain now addre&s;&s;ed his &s;peech to his owne men in the &s;hip &s;aying, <HI>Gentlemen, will you &s;tick to me, and we will defend our &s;elves, and not obey this ille|gall command;</HI> but contrary to his expectation, hee found a divi&s;ion among&s;t his own men, and many of them cryed out, <HI>Go, go,</HI> this being &s;o, captaine <HI>Penro&s;e</HI> for the better prevention of further mi&s;chief, went along with them, and when he came aboard the Vice admiral, he was d<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ed to &s;ign a Petition, which he refu&s;ed to do, and finding him whom they for the pre&s;ent, h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d cho&s;en to be Vice Admirall, to be this inferiour man, which was but a Bostons mate.</P>
<P>Capt. <HI>Penro&s;e</HI> &s;aid, I will not joine with you in this Petition no<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> approve of your cour&s;e in refu&s;ing to be commanded by the Vice-Admirall which was put in by the Parliament.</P>
<P>And, I pray, do you quite ca&s;t off all &s;ubjection to them.</P>
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to which they generally replyed no, they were for King and Parliament: then &s;aid he, it were fit that you &s;hould mrke 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> 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 defence of the cau&s;e for King and Par|liament, according to the fir&s;t principles; and they made choice of capt. <HI>Penro&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, which is all at pre&s;ent, from</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Sandwich <DATE>28 May, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your a&s;&s;ured friend, <HI>M. D.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HI>May</HI> 29, the Parliament taking into con&s;idera|tion this bu&s;ines of the Navy, and voted the E. of <HI>Warwick</HI> to be Admiral; wherevpon his Lord&s;hip took his journy thither on <HI>Tue&s;day</HI> morning: the <HI>Parl.</HI> debated on a letter which they received out of <HI>Kent,</HI> and pa&s;&s;ed a vote, that the bu&s;ines concer|ning their taking up of arms &s;hould bee referred to the L. Gen. and as for that part of their petiti|on, concerning the King, the hou&s;e will doe that therein, which &s;hall &s;atisfy them and the whole Kingdom: whereupon his Excellency with a bo|dy of hor&s;e and foot, marched this 30. of <HI>May</HI> to Black-heath, where the Kenti&s;h-men &s;aid they in|tended to keep their Randevouz, who at &s;ight re|treated to a Village, lining the hedges with mu&s;|quetiers, and pre&s;ently after &s;ent a trumpeter to the Gen. de&s;iring a teeaty; but the an&s;wer was, he would &s;end an an&s;wer by a me&s;&s;eng<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r of his owne. About 12. of the clock the &s;ame day ca<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e letters to the <HI>Parl.</HI> that 1000. of the Kenti&s;h men were come in to the Gen. with their arms, which they laid down to him, and declared, that they were deeply &s;en&s;ible of the errours they had committed, &amp;c. the re<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t of the Kenti&s;h men are retreated back to <HI>Roche&s;ter,</HI> and de&s;ire a treaty by way of pacifica|tion.</P>
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A Capt. brought Letters to the hou&s;e the 29 of <HI>May,</HI> certifiing that Chep&s;tow Ca&s;tle was taken on Thur&s;day la&s;t the manner thus, tho&s;e in the Ca&s;tle Wedne&s;day, the 26 of <HI>May,</HI> hung forth a white flag de&s;ired a parley which was granted, at which parley tho&s;e in the Ca&s;tle, &s;tood for con|ditions, and upon tearms, which were denied on the other part So the parley was &s;oone over and when it was taken of Lievtenant Generall Cromwells men &s;tormed it, and by their batteries made a large breach at which they entred and upon their for approach the &s;ouldiers called quarter which was granted, but Sir Nicolas Kemi&s;h the Governour refu|&s;ed to take any, and by that meanes ended his dayes there. There were 21 pri&s;oners taken about, 20 Officers, and 150 Armes, the Capt. which brought the newes, and did good &s;ervice in the action had 50 l. given him for his paines and charges in this journey.</P>
<P>Tue&s;day <HI>May</HI> 30 A Petition was pre&s;ented to the Com|mon councell of the City of <HI>London,</HI> &s;ub&s;cribed by many per&s;ons of quallity, the &s;aid City de&s;iring the approbation of that honourable Court to a Petition to the honourable hou&s;es of Parliament, praying that there may be a pre&s;ent treaty with the kings Maje&s;ty, and that for the better &s;afety of the Parliament City and peace of the Kingdome there may be an a&s;&s;ociation of the City and &s;everall Counties ad|jacent, which petition was approved of and, ordered to be pre&s;ented to the Parliament at the next opportunity.</P>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>Gilbert Mabbott.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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