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<P>A CONTINVATION Of our weekly INTELLIGENCE From His Maje&s;ties Army. Dated <HI>Septemb.</HI> 12.</P>
<P>Printed, <HI>September</HI> 16. 1642.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE>Northampton, <DATE><HI>Septem.</HI> 12.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SALUTE>My good Friend,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_I Sent fuller, but it was intercepted in the way; In breefe, the King wants mony, the pay is nothing but Dol|lars, the towne is forced to take that for 6. s. w^c^h is not worth 5. s. be&s;ides the King called the Gentry of that Shire toge|ther, to de&s;ire of them 500. li. a relique of Ship-money left in the then high Sheriffes hands, the beginning of Parliament, the middle-&s;ized Gen|try, though they made appearance, were not cal|led up, did not give their con&s;ent (being di&s;con|tented) however the 500. li was taken; many of the Kings &s;ervants goe away for want of pay; for Ordnance there is no more noi&s;e of any, only I heare an inckling, as if they were making &s;ome Iron ones: for foote they have &s;ome more: The King de&s;ired to &s;ee them compleate, there were of them nigh 3000. men and boyes, but not above halfe armed, and 80. of them were hired for i. s. a man for a day, and to mend the matter, to de|ceive to the full, they gave up in a Li&s;t to the
<PB N="4" REF="3"> King 5000. The Parliament Army di&s;quiets <HI>Not|tingham,</HI> and &s;o they are re&s;olved to goe further off, to <HI>Darby</HI> fir&s;t, and then We&s;tward, or per|haps Northwe&s;t too therfrom, I do beleeve it is yet to be re&s;olved, it is &s;ure two peeces of Ordnance went to <HI>Darby</HI> on Wend&s;day la&s;t, &s;ome Armes and Ammunition, on Saturday it was ex&s;pected more &s;hould goe, and this day the King was to goe, whether to returne, it is not yet re&s;olved, but its mo&s;t probable they will leave <HI>Nottingham,</HI> they threaten to pillage it before they take their leaves, and &s;ome Ra&s;cals talke of wor&s;e, but &s;ure they dare not doe it. The King &s;ummoned the trained bands of <HI>Nottingham</HI> &s;hire, the appearance was thin, they told him, he never received &s;o much loyalty and affection from any County; and though he called them to appeare in per&s;on with their Armes, yet becau&s;e of Harve&s;t, and be|cau&s;e of their Wives and Children, it &s;hould &s;uf|fice to &s;end him their Armes, and in the Word of a King to returne them when he had &s;etled His Kingdom in peace: They cryed out, They would goe with him: However their Armes were com|manded to the Ca&s;tle for that night, and next morning they were forced to return di&s;armed; &s;o they &s;erved <HI>Leice&s;ter</HI> &s;hire: I gue&s;&s;e, his Councels vary, and did he know how to be&s;tow His Ord|nance, he would be altogether in a flying po&s;ture, and turne his Foote into Dragooneers, which yet he may doe, if Foote come in no fa&s;ter; they will
<PB N="5" REF="3"> incline We&s;tward, or Northwe&s;t, and in the way, get up what Armes they can, by &s;peeches, and perforce. <HI>Darby</HI> was forced to re&s;igne &s;ome, that Shire is righter then mo&s;t: wee get nothing in the Counties by this deliberation, and I finde, if they were not &s;eeing people, they would to the Cava|liers, as <HI>Nottingham,</HI> and &s;uch Townes, when pro|mi&s;es have been made in vaine.</P>
<P>Here are Letters come this day from Scotland, that tells us of a defeate given by Generall <HI>Le&s;ly</HI> to 4000. Iri&s;h, who had rai&s;ed a Fort neare <HI>Charl|mount,</HI> which he beat them from, notwith&s;tand|ing it was a great advantage to them, and was maintained with indifferent courage, he went not forward again&s;t <HI>Charlemount</HI> for want of Ord|nance: The Letters &s;peake likewi&s;e of the re&s;em|bling of the Coun&s;ell of Scotland, which will be the 21. of this in&s;tant, at which time mo&s;t believe here, &s;omewhat will be agreed for the furthering the peace of England: Here is Letters al&s;o, that 5000. Armes are come to <HI>Newca&s;tle</HI> for His Ma|je&s;ty: Here are divers dangerous Bookes come, Printed at <HI>London,</HI> I wonder no more care is ta|ken, &s;ome of them are enough to put the world into a combu&s;tion.</P>
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<P>Hence is di&s;patcht a third Me&s;&s;age to the Hou&s;e, you will &s;ee large expre&s;&s;ions for the defence of the Lawes and Liberties of the Kingdome, and of the true Prote&s;tant Religion: Sir, the Kings Ma|je&s;ty hath not a Subject that wi&s;hes him more happine&s;&s;e than my &s;elfe, nor is willinger to be|lieve he meanes as he &s;aith, but when I con&s;ider what I have heard my Lord Keeper <HI>Coventry</HI> of|ten &s;ay in Star-Chamber, That his Maje&s;ty had commanded him to &s;ay, that he would lo&s;e his life rather then leave his Religion, and yet all tho&s;e times none were in favour about him for the tran&s;|acting his affaires, but &s;uch as were agents for Spaine and Rome, and none were preferred, but &s;uch as were Popi&s;h, and done &s;omewhat by way of Innovation: And likewi&s;e for Lawes the like Declarations have been made, and yet nothing hath been countenanced but that which was de|&s;tructive to the Law: and now Sir, the principall tran&s;actors of his Maje&s;ties affaires, and that Byas him, are &s;uch as are Popi&s;h, and enemies to Laws and Law-makers: I &s;hall leave the application to your &s;elfe, and conclude with this &s;ecret; Here is much whi&s;pering of Ma&s;&s;acring the Puritan par|ty, yea, &s;ome great ones have put it forward with much violence, but others have rejected it, not as barbarous, but as not advantagious to his Maje|&s;ties de&s;ignes, things &s;tanding as they doe.</P>
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