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<P>A DECLARATION CONCERNING The mi&s;erable &s;uffer|INGS OF THE COVNTRIE, under &s;ome of the SCOTS FORCES that quarter in the NORTH OF ENGLAND,</P>
<P>Certified in two &s;everall <ADD>said to be</ADD> LETTERS <ADD>written</ADD> from the Inhabitants of Stainton, and Cleaveland. <ADD>but made at London by y^e <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word">.</ADD></P>
<P>Printed and Publi&s;hed according to Order.</P>
<P><ADD>Octob: 24^t^h</ADD> LONDON <HI>Printed by</HI> E. E. 1646.</P>
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<HEAD>A DECLARATJON Concerning the mi&s;erable &s;ufferings of the COVNTRIE under &s;ome of the Scots forces that quarter in the North of England, certified in two &s;everall letters from the Inhabitants of Stainton, and Cleaveland.</HEAD>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>I Am very &s;orry that there is &s;o little credit given to our Petitions and letters; if tho&s;e that have not faith to believe them had but our ge&s;ts among&s;t them one moneth: they would be more &s;encible of our &s;ufferings; In the in|terim &s;o long as we have either Cattel or Corne,
<PB N="2" REF="3">they will coinhabit with us, and command, and without limit exact, untill they &s;ee an end of us, and ours; no part of this Kingdome hath &s;uffered &s;o much by &s;uppo&s;ed friends, as this poore Cleave&punc; and; for if it were exactly counted it could not a|mount to le&s;&s;e then 80000. l. yet receive we neither pitty nor reliefe; although it is well knowne, that when the Scots were in the We&s;t; we paid a month|ly a&s;ce&s;ment for 4. moneths; But now the whole Army is gotten into the North and there they Lord it, without any contribution from any part of this Kingdome: certainly the Southern parts &s;up|po&s;e that the Scots are marched into their own Country; or el&s;e this North, part is totally a&s;&s;ign|ed to ruine, and de&s;truction; God knowes how many wofull &s;oules have weekly, daily, and houre|ly, expected reliefe; but the time is nor yet come; God in his good time helpe us, for our ca&s;e is mi|&s;erable: divers overtures have been for &s;ending an|other Gentleman to a&s;&s;i&s;t you in &s;oliciting; but no money can be rai&s;ed for his expence; And he will not undertake it <HI>gratis</HI> as you have done; But I thinke ere long you wi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">l have We&s;tmin&s;ter Hall full of Petitions; for the Country intends to &s;end 3. or 4. out of every Towne; in the meane time, Sir, I be&s;eech you let us &s;till depend upon you, for other hopes we haue none, but what m<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y be (from your endle&s;&s;e endeavours, and unwearied paines) deri|ved:
<PB N="3" REF="3">Sir no more for the pre&s;ent but that I am,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your very humble &s;ervant, <HI>Signed by the Inhabitants.</HI></SIGNED> <DATELINE>Stainton <DATE>the 12. of October 1646.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>IN &s;ome of your la&s;t letters, you &s;eemed to com|<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ort our dying hopes, and di&s;pairing &s;pirits: that the Scots were to have 200000 l. and &s;o to march; and &s;ince the bruite thereof: I dare affirme their Army hath bin prejudiciall to the&s;e parts, 1<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">0000. l. and for any thing we can perceive their depa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ture as farre of, as at the fir&s;t; we heare and read the good Language they give you at London: but we feele contrary effects here by their actions: we did hope when the Earle of Newca&s;tle was vanq<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">i&s;hed, our greate&s;t mi&s;eries had been pa&s;t: but we have found the contrary, he onely &s;ucked &s;ome of our blood, but the Scots have devoured our fl<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;h, and are now picking our bones: Betwixt them both, I am &s;ure neither you nor any Gentleman of this We|pontake of Langbarfe have made 12. pence profit of their E&s;tates; our &s;lauery are farre greater then any tho&s;e of the Turkes both for our per&s;ons and E&s;tates, they in Turky are quit for a fifth part, we in a yeare pay our Revenew &s;everall times over, by Ordinances of Parliament, &s;ince the Scots came in|to York&s;hire the whole Country was a&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed per. moneth, 10000. l. 7000. l. now 3500. l. a moneth: but we
<PB N="4" REF="4">pay now for billet and &s;e&s;&s;e to the Scots Army here <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">fter the rate of a hundred and forty thou&s;and pounds per men&s;em, and now a part of this hundred payes a thou|&s;and pounds a week to 2. Regiments of them, we are the ab&s;olute&s;t &s;laves that ever was read of; for they a&s;ce&s;&s;e us at their plea|&s;ure, levy it as they plea&s;e, if they bid us go or ride, none dare refu&s;e, to provide any thing for their appetites though we fetch it 10. miles (they being very exce&s;&s;ive in their dyet) they kill us in hot blood, beat us in cold, Captaine Iohn VVelden they lately &s;lew, in &s;eeking to re&s;cue his neigh|bours from their Robberies, he hath &s;erved faithfully (and with great courage) the Par|liament, and de&s;erved a better reward, and what his enemies could not do, is effected by the pretended friends of the Parliament, I would you could u&s;e &s;ome meanes to the Parliament that &s;ome parts of his Ariers might be got for his poore wife: we migh|tily admire at the Parliaments confidence, and the good opinion the City hath of
<PB N="5" REF="4">their integrity, I could wi&s;h &s;ome vi&s;iters were &s;ent from them to view their carry|age &amp; our mi&s;ery, our ob&s;ervation of them the&s;e 18. moneths have been farr different from people that came to pre&s;erve us, they have protected Delinquents, Papi&s;ts, not &s;uffering the O<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">dinances of Parliament to be excecuted, fre&s;h forces daly come in from Scotland, their Gari&s;ons recruited, ad|ditionall fortifications, great &s;upply of vi|ctualls, the Scots Army being receptacle and &s;anctuary of Delinquents and Cavali|ers, and &s;uch as have fought again&s;t the Kingdome, and for Vandrusks Regiment though disbanded. It is but transferred in|to &s;everall veines of the Scots Army which the Country feeles to their great co&s;ts and per&s;onall dangers; on the contrary, the well affected are not onely di&s;countenan|ced, but great &amp; in&s;upportable burthens are layd upon them; &s;o that they are glad to be interce&s;&s;ors to their enemies for very &s;mall courte&s;ies. The&s;e are bad &s;ymptoms, either of a good intention or of a peace be|twixt
<PB N="6" REF="5">the Kingdoms: and it will be found; that if we &s;hould fall to blowes, (which I tremble to think on) that the wa&s;te and &s;poyle that the Parlia|ment hath &s;uffered the Scots to make here is &s;o great; that there will not be found a weeks Provi|&s;ion in all this Countrey if they &s;hould have occa&s;i|on to &s;end any confiderable forces hither, whereas about Newca&s;tle and Northumberland they keepe things faire and fre&s;h, f a foule day &s;hould happen. Sir, in a word, our &s;tock is cleane wa&s;ted; our lit|tle corne we had ill got in by rea&s;on of the great moi&s;ture, we are now thre&s;hing it for the Scots, we are eating our la&s;t bread; who have been able to get away, are gone. And we do expect a great mor|tality, the Pe&s;tilence, being begun already among&s;t us; we the well affected prayes you to petition the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons that they will give us 2. or 3. moneths allowance out of our E|&s;tates, having had nothing the&s;e 5. yeares out of them; or allowance in con&s;ideration of them, protections for our per&s;ons; for our debts; untill we be re&s;tored to our E&s;tates, 4000. l.<HI>per men&s;em,</HI> we have <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">aid to the Scots Army con|&s;tantly &s;ince they came into this Weapontakee. And la&s;tly, (Sir) if my name &s;hould be knowne, and pro|duced as Author of this letter, I could not hope to live the&s;e dayes; &s;o terrible are the&s;e gue&s;ts to us, I will cea&s;e to be further trouble&s;ome; and re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your a&s;&s;ured friend to &s;erve you, <HI>Signed by the Inhabitants.</HI></SIGNED> <DATELINE>Cleveland <DATE>September the 13. 1646</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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