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<P>THE LAST NEVVES FROM KENT AND A Li&s;t of the Duke of <HI>Lynox,</HI> the Lord <HI>Hopton,</HI> the Lord <HI>Culpepper,</HI> and other Lords, Colonels, and Captaines there which were of the Kings party.</P>
<P>The Lord Generall <HI>Fairfax</HI> his Randevouz on <HI>Houn&s;lo</HI>-Heath, and touching a Treaty to be with the Knights and Gentlemen of <HI>KENT.</HI></P>
<P><HI>With a</HI> Proclamation <HI>of the Lord Major of the City of</HI> LONDON.</P>
<P>A great Victory obtained by Sir <HI>Hardre&s;se Waller</HI> in <HI>Cornwall,</HI> and other proceedings from the WEST.</P>
<P>And a Letter from Lieut. Gen. <HI>Cromwell,</HI> concerning his proceedings again&s;t <HI>Penbroke</HI> Ca&s;tle, <HI>Tinby</HI> Ca&s;tle, and <HI>Chepstow.</HI></P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by <HI>B. A.</HI> and are to be &s;old at the Royall Exchange in <HI>Cornhill.</HI> 1648. <ADD>may .29.</ADD></P>
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<HEAD>BY THE MAJOR.</HEAD>
<P>FOra&s;much as to the Court of Common-councell of the city of <HI>London</HI> this day a&s;&s;embled, a&s;well upon the information of the <HI>Committee</HI> for the <HI>Militia</HI> of the &s;aid city, upon examination of divers per&s;ons brought before them, openly read in the &s;aid Court, it did evidently appeare, that the Parl. and City is in great and imminent danger by a de&s;perate de&s;ign carryed on by evil di&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons again&s;t the &s;ame, in a &s;ecret and under-hand li&s;ting of Apprentices and other per&s;ons within the &s;aid city, under oath of a Cove|nant and &s;ecre&s;ie: A copy of which oath and covenant was there al&s;o openly read: The which per&s;ons &s;o li&s;ted were many thou&s;ands, and were to be under the command of &s;eve|ral per&s;ons, who have been Commanders and Actors in the Kings Army again&s;t the Parl, with an intent to joyn with &s;e|veral di&s;affected per&s;ons in &s;everall counties neer this City, who are by the &s;aid plotters expected &s;uddenly to approach in great multitudes, and to &s;eize the Bridge and Tower of <HI>London,</HI> and thereby to make the city their own, and to work their wils thereupon: And to that purpo&s;e, do buy up many pocket Pi&s;tols and Daggers, and other Arms and Ammuniti|on for Hor&s;e and Foot.</P>
<P>And at the meeting of divers Iri&s;h Papi&s;ts, &s;everal daggers were laid upon the Altar, and by the Prie&s;t demanded if they were &s;harp, and by him were &s;prinkled with holy water; with an intimation, that many others would be ready for the &s;ame purpo&s;e.</P>
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<P> All which, and many other the like dangerous pa&s;&s;ages, do threaten the like ma&s;&s;acre as was in <HI>Ireland,</HI> and the utter ruine and de&s;truction of the Parl. and City, if not &s;peedily prevented.</P>
<P>And to the intent that the Inhabitants of this city may have knowledge of the dangers they are in, and be more &s;en&s;ible thereof, then yet they are; And that my &s;elfe, the Aldermen, and Common-councel men may di&s;charge our re&s;pective duties, herein, and every one in their &s;everall places and condi|tions may add their endeavours for prevention of the &s;aid wicked De&s;ign.</P>
<P>The&s;e are by direction of the &s;aid Court of <HI>Common-coun|cell</HI> to will and require you, That pre&s;ently upon &s;ight here|of, you cau&s;e the Deputy and <HI>Common-councel men</HI> of your Ward, with the Con&s;tables thereof forthwith to repair into their &s;everall <HI>Precincts</HI> and make known the contents hereof unto the &s;everall Inhabitants within the &s;ame; and to de&s;ire them to &s;uffer their &s;ons, &s;ervants, and other per&s;ons fit to bear arms, not li&s;ted in the Trained Bands, to be li&s;ted in the Auxiliaries, under &s;uch faithful and hone&s;t Commanders, as are and &s;hall be appointed for that purpo&s;e by the <HI>Committee</HI> for the <HI>Militia,</HI> according to their late Warrant, and to be in a readine&s;&s;e for the defence of them&s;elvs, Parl. &amp; city, again&s;t all Tumults Inva&s;ions, and In&s;urrections that may happen a|gain&s;t the &s;ame.</P>
<P>And that you certifie unto me, or &s;ome other of the Ju&s;ti|ces of peace, the names of &s;uch per&s;ons as &s;hal either oppo&s;e, or not act in the furthering of the &s;aid &s;ervice. And that you do cau&s;e a &s;trict charge and command to bee given to every Inhabitant within your Ward, that they do carefully exa|mine all their &s;onnes and &s;ervants, or any other under their command, <HI>whether them&s;elves, or any others</HI> (to their know|ledge) <HI>are within the &s;aid de&s;ign and plot, &amp;c. or what they know
<PB REF="3">or have heard concerning the &s;ame, and do make diligent &s;earch concerning the &s;ame, for any weapons or papers that may be found in the cu&s;tody of any of them touching the premi&s;es. And that you cau&s;e diligent &s;earch to be made in all places for all &s;uch weapons and other Ammunition of war, and per&s;ons that you &s;hall find, that may di&s;cover any &s;uch intention or de&s;ign, as is before declared: And to &s;eize the things, and &s;ecure the per|&s;ons, and &s;peedily to acquaint me, or the &s;aid Iu&s;tices therewith, that &s;uch order therein may be taken, as &s;hall be fit.</HI></P>
<P>And la&s;tly, that according to former precept, you take &s;peciall care, and u&s;e their be&s;t endeavour, That all per&s;ons within your Ward of the Trained Bands doe &s;peedily upon the beat of the Drum repair to their Colours: And al&s;o, that the double Watch and Ward in every Precinct be careful|ly ob&s;erved, and duly &s;et and continued; and the Gates, chains and Landing places maintained and kept from time to time, untill you receive order from me to the contrary. And that all other things be done with care, faithfulne&s;&s;e, and diligence that may conduce to the &s;afety and pre&s;ervation of the Par|liament and City; and to the preventing of this pre&s;ent dan|gerous and horrid Plot and De&s;igne, and other dangers that ate threatned and intended again&s;t the &s;ame. And hereof faile you not, as you tender the welfare of the Parliament and ci|ty, and will an&s;wer the contrary at your perill:</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE>This four and twentieth of May, 1648.</DATE></DATELINE> <SIGNED>Michel.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="report from Kent">
<PB REF="4">
<HEAD>The la&s;t newes from <HI>Kent,</HI> and a Li&s;t of the Duke of <HI>Linox,</HI> the Lord <HI>Hopton,</HI> the Lord <HI>Culpepper,</HI> and other Lords, Colonels, and Captains, which were of the Kings party.</HEAD>
<P>THe <HI>26.</HI> of this in&s;tant, intelligence was brought that the <HI>Kenti&s;h-men</HI> were drawing towards <HI>London,</HI> and &s;ome of them were about nine of the clock as far as <HI>Darfford,</HI> which is within <HI>12.</HI> miles of <HI>London,</HI> About ten of the clock the &s;ame day, a Pin|nace which was on the River of Thames neer <HI>Green|wich</HI> was &s;eized on by a party that came out of <HI>Lon|don</HI> and <HI>Southwark,</HI> her Ordnance taken out, and car|ryed to land, and the&s;e were &s;econded with &s;ome Coun|try men: they planted &s;ome Pieces of Ordnance in the high-way, &s;eized on hor&s;es, took pri&s;oners, and plunde|red tho&s;e that would not joyn with them, and &s;ecured many men which they found together at <HI>Dedford.</HI> In the Evening Col. <HI>Rich</HI> his <HI>Regiment</HI> of hor&s;e, and &s;ixe Companies of col. <HI>Bark&s;tead</HI> his <HI>Regiament</HI> of Foot marched over the Bridge into <HI>Southwark,</HI> for the pre&s;ervation of the City and Borough, and there to joyn with more of the Army, which are coming over at <HI>King|&s;ton
<PB REF="4">bridge:</HI> there was a Randezvouz this <HI>27.</HI> at <HI>Houn&s;lo-heath,</HI> the Lord Generall him&s;elf was there, and is expected this night at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter,</HI> and for tho&s;e which have rai&s;ed a mutiny at <HI>Dedford</HI> and en|deavour to block up the River, they are &s;aid not to bee above <HI>1200.</HI> and &s;ome &s;hips are de&s;igned to cleere the pa&s;sage. Many of the Country men in <HI>Kent</HI> do begin to di&s;cern that they have been deluded by evill di&s;po&s;ed per&s;ons, and thereupon &s;ome of them have already laid down their arms, and &s;ay that they will not joyne with tho&s;e that have a mo&s;t horrid de&s;ign again&s;t the Parl. and City, which doth very evidently appear by the Oath of &s;ecre&s;ie, and other things dayly found out and di&s;co|vered. The chiefe&s;t numbers of the <HI>Kenti&s;h-men</HI> do yet remain about <HI>Roche&s;ter,</HI> and about <HI>Maid&s;tone;</HI> but it is thought their intentions hold for drawing up to <HI>Black|heath</HI> on Tue&s;day next, and if they continue in arms, or come armed thither, it is conceived that there will be a treaty with &s;ome of the chiefe&s;t, by &s;ome Members of the Parl. or Officers of Army, and upon laying downe their arms, and doing that which becometh Petitioners <HI>(which they profe&s;&s;e them&s;elves to be)</HI> they will doubtle&s;&s;e have &s;uch an an&s;wer thereto, as may be&s;t con|duce to the e&s;tabli&s;hing of Religion, according to the Word of God, the &s;etling his Maj. in his ju&s;t rights, &amp; procuring of a lasting peace in this distracted King|dome.</P>
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<P> There is in <HI>Kent</HI> the Duke of <HI>Lynox,</HI> the Lord <HI>Hopton,</HI> the Lord <HI>Culpepper,</HI> and divers others which have been again&s;t the Parliament.</P>
<P>Letters this day from Lieu. Gen. <HI>Cromwell</HI> of the 24. of this month, &s;ay that he doubts not but the bu&s;ine&s;s of <HI>Wales</HI> will &s;oon be over for that <HI>Chep&s;tow</HI> Ca&s;tle is in great want &amp; ne|ce&s;&s;ity, and ready to &s;urrender, which he expects every hour, that no terms can be given them, but only to &s;urrender upon mercy, they having refu&s;ed conditions heretofore: to mor|row he intends to be before <HI>Tinby</HI> and <HI>Pembroke,</HI> that colo|nell <HI>Poyer</HI> and Col. <HI>Powel</HI> who are therein, will be ready to &s;urrender on good tearmes, and that he doubts not but in a &s;hort time to retreat with part of his Army, and be ready to receive his Excellencies further Commands, and be able to leave a &s;ufficient party in <HI>VVales</HI> for pre&s;erving the peace of tho&s;e Countries.</P>
<P>Letters came from Sir <HI>Hardres VValler;</HI> dated the 25. in|&s;tant; certifying that his Forces which he &s;ent into <HI>Cornwall,</HI> have given a great overthrow to tho&s;e which were gathered together in a tumultuous manner, taken divers pri&s;oners and Arms; upon which tho&s;e that e&s;caped are returned to their own homes.</P>
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<P>Imprimatur</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Gilbert Mabbott.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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