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<P><HI>A FAMOVS VICTORIE</HI> OBTAINED <HI>By Sir THOMAS FAIRFAX, again&s;t the Lord HOPTON, and the PRINCE his Army, at</HI> Tor|rington <HI>in the</HI> WEST.</P>
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<ITEM><HI>3000.</HI> Armes taken.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>50.</HI> Colonels. Majors, Cap|tains, and other Officers.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>700.</HI> Common Souldiers.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>150.</HI> Hor&s;e.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>100.</HI> Barrels of Powder.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Magazine, and all the Enemies Bag and Baggage.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Two Trunkes of the Lord Hoptons, Plate and Money taken.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Lord Hopton, The Lord Went|worth, Sir Iohn Digby, Major General Harris, and others fled, and the manner of the pur&s;uit.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Torrington Church blown up, and the great danger his Excellency Sir Thomas Fairfax e&s;caped.</ITEM>
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<P><HI>There was al&s;o in the &s;aid Church one hun|dred Barrels of Powder, and one hundred and forty of the Enemies Officers and Souldiers, which were all de|&s;troyed in the &s;aid place.</HI></P>
<P>Certified by Letters to the Speaker of the Hou&s;e of Commons, on Thur&s;day la&s;t, the <HI>19.</HI> of this in&s;tant February, and the Heads thereof publi&s;hed in &s;everall Churches about <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P><HI>LONDON:</HI> Printed by <HI>B A. February 20. 1646.</HI></P>
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<P>For which purpo&s;e, the Lord <HI>Hopton</HI> begins to make a great flouri&s;h, draws what &s;trength both of Hor&s;e and foot he can out of Cornwall, &s;ends a party to relieve Dun&s;ter Ca&s;tle, fortifies at Chimley, and Mr. Rowley his hou&s;e, and <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">akes up his head quarters at Torrington, neer Barn&s;table.</P>
<P>From hence he &s;ends out VVarnings, commanding the Countrey to bring provi&s;ions is to heir Forces, all the youth drives the Cattell, and &s;everall Parties are daily abroad, plundering and ger<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="OXF" EXTENT="1 letter">ing Hor&s;es to encrea&s;e their &s;trength; and then intend either with a&s;&s;i&s;tance that is expected from France, or the conjunction of other of the Kings army from about Oxford, to work their own ends, or prolong the wars: The &s;trength they have to effect this, was about 4 or 5000 hor&s;e and foot; which doubtle&s;&s;e (having been left at quiet would have encrea&s;ed in a &s;hort time, and have become more formidable.</P>
<P>Which his Excellency Sir <HI>Thomas Faisfax</HI> perceiving, and being at that time before <HI>Exeter,</HI> he ha&s;tned the perfec|ting of the Bridg over the River at <HI>Top&s;am,</HI> fini&s;hed his Po&s;ts made good the &s;everall Guards and Po&s;ts, and con&s;ults with his Councell of VVarre, and left Exeter block't up, with the Foot commanded by Sir Hardre&s;&s;e VValler, and Col. Sheffeilds Regiment of Hor&s;e, and advanced him&s;elf in per|&s;on with Eight Regiments of Foot, and five of Hor&s;e, to Crediton, and Collonel Pickerings (that was) by Ti|verton.</P>
<P>The 16. in&s;tant being Munday, his Excellencie marched from Crediton towards Chimleigh, and in his march &s;ome Parties of ours lighted on &s;ome of the Enemies, and bad &s;ome &s;mall skirmi&s;hes, and about 100 in all of the Enemy were taken and brought in pri&s;oners.</P>
<P>The Countrey for the mo&s;t part &s;hewed them&s;elves very joyful at his Excellencies approach, and brought in much provi&s;ion to our Army.</P>
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<P>By &s;ome of the Countrey we al&s;o under&s;tood, that the Prince was yet in Cornwal, and great endeavours were u&s;ed to draw forth the Trayned Bands, but they generally refu&s;ed to go out of their own Country.</P>
<P>As for Sir Iohn Greenvil he u&s;ed the like violence again&s;t the poorer &s;ort of people, as his Kin&s;man Sir Richard did, cau&s;ing them to be dragged forth, and tyed two together with Match, and others appointed to drive them on.</P>
<P>There was al&s;o a Gentleman came from Pendennice, with a me&s;&s;age from Duke Hamilton, now pri&s;oner in that Ca&s;tle, to de&s;ire a Pa&s;&s;e for him to go to the King: where|in he was referred to the Parlirment, to know their plea|&s;ure.</P>
<P>Thus have I given you the heads of &s;everall Letters out of the VVe&s;t; but this day came another Letter to our hands, which doth more particularly import the great Vic|tory obtained again&s;t the Lord Hopton, which I &s;hall give you thus,</P>
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<HEAD>Another Letter from Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax</HI> his Quarters.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe &s;ixteenth of this in&s;tant February, wee marched from Crediton towards Chimleigh, and in our pa&s;&s;age we had &s;ome &s;inall skirmi&s;hes with parties of the enemy, that we found abroad, and we took about one hundred pri|&s;oners in &s;everall places: VVhen we came to Chimleigh
<PB N="4" REF="3">the enemy was gone, and had plundered a great part of the Town:</P>
<P>Our de&s;igne was to fall on the Lord Hoptons head quar|ters, which at that time we under&s;tood were at Torring|ton, where they kept a &s;trong Guard, and had made &s;ome &s;trong Fortificstions. But before we came thither, we had Intelligence that about a hundred of the enemy kept a guard in Squire Roules his hou&s;e: wherupon a party of our hor&s;e and Dragoons marched thither, but before they came there the enemy had gotten the alarum, and quitted the Hou&s;e,</P>
<P>After this, we ha&s;ted to Torrington, and fell on the ene|mies quarters, and in an in&s;tant entred the Town, in which was three thou&s;and of the enemy, who upon our entrance, threw pown their arms, &s;ome crying for quarter, others &s;hif|ting for them&s;elves.</P>
<P>The mu&s;quets lay &s;o thicke in the &s;treets, that it was &s;ome interruption to our Hor&s;e in their march through the &s;treets, a thou&s;and and upwards were pre&s;ently taken up neer together.</P>
<P>The Lord Hopton left his dinner on the Table and fled, leaving behind him his Trunks of Plate and Silver, and other Trea&s;ure: wee had &s;ome pri&s;oners of the themies in the Church, where was a hundred Barrels of powder, to which they gave fire, which blow'd up the Church and them&s;elvs, and battered many hou&s;es in the Towne. A &s;heet of Lead fell within nine yards of the Generall, and many Tyles and other combu&s;table matter, which did much indanger his per&s;on; but ble&s;&s;ed be God, he had no hurt at all. The ene|my is fled towards Barn&s;table and Sturton, and our hor&s;e are in pur&s;uit of them, great &s;tore of pri&s;oners are taken, and more continually brought in, &s;ixty came together; but
<PB N="5" REF="3">as yet I cannot give you a cettain Relation how many wee have taken in all.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Torrington,</HI> <DATE><HI>February</HI> 17. 1645.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>From other hands we hear, that there was taken 800. pri|&s;oners, whereof many of quality, and about three thou&s;and Armes.</P>
<P>Me thinks before I leave this &s;ubject, I &s;hould put you in mind how &s;ea&s;onable this and other mercies come to us; For it is &s;eldom, that we have &s;olemdized any day in thank&s;|giving for one ble&s;sing on our army, but that very day wee had newes fre&s;h cau&s;e of thankfulne&s;&s;e, As the la&s;t Day of Thank&s;giving for Dartmouth, came the newes of the Sur|render of Che&s;ter, and the cay &s;et a part commeunerating that mercy, came the Leteers of this great and renowned Victory, which for your better &s;atisfaction, I &s;hall here in the conclu&s;ion give you a perfect Li&s;t, as followeth.</P>
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<HEAD>In the next place (as neer as I can gather from &s;everall Letters) <HI>I</HI> &s;hall give you a Li&s;t of the whole,</HEAD>
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<ITEM><HI>3000.</HI> Armes taken.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>50.</HI> Collonels, Majors, Captains, and other Offi|cers.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>700.</HI> Common Souldiers.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>150.</HI> Hor&s;e.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>100.</HI> Barrels of Powder, Match proportionable, All the Enemies Bagg and Baggage.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Two Trunks of, plate, and money.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Lord Hepton fled.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Major General Harris.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Sir John Digby.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Col. Trelange.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Lord Wentworth.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Major General Web.</ITEM>
<ITEM>The Church blown up, and: <HI>140</HI> of the Ene|my officers and others in it.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Torrington taken.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Chilmley quitted.</ITEM>
<ITEM>E&s;quire Roules hou&s;e quitted.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>200.</HI> Head of Oxen taken.</ITEM>
<ITEM><HI>300.</HI> Sheep.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Great &s;tore of Bacon, Chee&s;e, and other vic|tuall, which they had gotten out of the Country.</ITEM>
<ITEM>With other rich prize</ITEM>
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<TRAILER>FINIS.</TRAILER>
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