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<P>Exceeding Joyfull NEWES FROM COVENTRY Declaring the happy Succe&s;&s;e of Col. <HI>Hambden,</HI> Col. <HI>Goodwyn,</HI> and the Citi&s;ens of <HI>Coventry,</HI> again&s;t Prince <HI>Robert</HI> and his forces, who be&s;ieged <HI>Coventry</HI> on Friday-la&s;t. With the number of them that were &s;lain, and the taking of Cap. <HI>Iohn&s;on</HI> and many other pri&s;oners.</P>
<P>Al&s;o the victorious Proceedings of the Earle of <HI>Argile</HI> again&s;t the Earl of <HI>Derbie,</HI> who while the E. of <HI>Derby</HI> be&s;ieged <HI>Manche&s;ter</HI> the &s;econd time, and was from thence repul&s;ed, &s;eized upon the Ile of <HI>Man,</HI> the antient Inheritance of the Earls of <HI>Derby,</HI> and hath there placed many &s;trong Garri&s;ons.</P>
<P>With exceeding good News from <HI>Holland,</HI> ex|pre&s;&s;ed in the fidelity of the States to the Parliament of <HI>England,</HI> who made &s;tay of four great Ve&s;&s;els laden with men and Ammunition to a&s;&s;i&s;t the King again&s;t the Parliament.</P>
<P>Printed for <HI>Richard We&s;t,</HI> October 19, 1642.</P>
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<HEAD>Exceeding Joyfull Newes from Wor&s;ter.</HEAD>
<P>SInce Prince <HI>Robert</HI> had tho&s;e mo&s;t hap|py Defeats given to him at Wor&s;ter and Ludlow, wherein the malignant party for a &s;ea&s;on &s;omething weakned, he hath &s;ince marched and lay with his forces within two miles of Burmegum, with a Re&s;olution to make a &s;econd attempt up|on the City of <HI>Coventry.</HI></P>
<P>And upon Tue&s;day la&s;t he advanced his Forces, and upon Friday notwith&s;tanding the violence of the weather, his Forces l<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y before the City, but according to the old Proverbe, <HI>He that is fore-warned, is fore|armed.</HI></P>
<P>The Citi&s;ens of <HI>Corentry</HI> having intel|ligence of his determination, did &s;o &s;treng|then and prepared them&s;elves for <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> com|ming, that his attempts will be fru&s;trated:</P>
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<P> For be&s;ides other provi&s;ion which was abundant, and &s;trong they had planted 26 pieces of Ordnance, with which they could play upon his forces which way &s;oever he &s;hould a&s;&s;ault them.</P>
<P>Upon Satterday according to his Re&s;o|lution he made an attempt upon the City but he found oppo&s;ition to be beyond ex|pectation, and all his A&s;&s;aults and On&s;ets were in vain and he not only was repul&s;ed from his purpo&s;e, but with a great lo&s;&s;e and much hurt done to his forces he was con|&s;trained to retreat.</P>
<P>For the Citi&s;ens of <HI>Coventry</HI> be&s;ides the help and a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the Inhabitants round about them were a&s;&s;i&s;ted with other po|wer and Forces.</P>
<P>For Collonell <HI>Hambden</HI> and Collonell <HI>Goodwyn,</HI> and &s;ome other Troopes which lay near <HI>Banbury</HI> &s;ide came in, and &s;o vio|lently &s;et upon the Cavaleirs, that with a great lo&s;&s;e they gave of their attempt, their were very many of them &s;lain, &s;ome taken pri&s;oners.</P>
<P>The Number of them that were &s;lain is
<PB REF="3">not certainly known, for they buried them in the place where they fell, and among many others one Captain <HI>John&s;on</HI> was ta|ken pri&s;oner, a man very active in the pr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">|motion of this their cau&s;e.</P>
<P>The &s;aid Captain is now in the Goal at <HI>Coventry,</HI> and with the re&s;t that were taken pri&s;oners with him will be &s;ent up to <HI>London,</HI> &s;o &s;oon as tho&s;e places are &s;ecured from the Cavaleers.</P>
<P>The Earl of <HI>Derby</HI> hath lately made a &s;econd a&s;&s;ault upon <HI>Manche&s;ter,</HI> but with as much di&s;credit, and as &s;mall &s;ucce&s;&s;e as his fir&s;t was. For he was beaten back with great lo&s;&s;e and hazard of him&s;elfe, and al|though he e&s;caped with life, yet that was al&s;o in great hazard, for he was &s;hot in the &s;houlder from the Town, and with much difficulty he got away, while the Earl did bu&s;ie him&s;elf in tho&s;e tumultuous ways a|broad, he little dreamed how his owne e|&s;tate lay at &s;take at home, neither did hee conceive the lea&s;t fu&s;pition of any forrein enemy, but delighting him&s;elf with the publique di&s;tractions, he neglected his own e&s;tate.</P>
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<P> For while he did mole&s;t the Countries of <HI>Che&s;ter,</HI> and <HI>Lanca&s;ter,</HI> the Earl of <HI>Argile</HI> a man full of con&s;cience and valour wit<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> ten thou&s;and men did be&s;iege the Ile o<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Man,</HI> which is the Inheritance belonging to the Earls of Derby, and the &s;iege was nei|ther tedious nor dangerous.</P>
<P>For he got the Iland almo&s;t without a|ny oppo&s;ition, and hath there placed in di|vers places very &s;trong Garri&s;ons.</P>
<P>He hath expelled the Country of all tho&s;e who&s;e integrity he doth &s;u&s;pect, and whom he doth not find to be for the <HI>King and Parliament.</HI></P>
<P>He hath enriched him&s;elf with great &s;tore of trea&s;ure, and other nece&s;&s;ary pro|vi&s;ion for War, which the Earls Father, and he that now is Earl had laid up there, this Earl intending that if his purpo&s;es &s;hould not take effect, that then he would fly into the Iland, and with that provi&s;ion that he had &s;ent thither, and was there trea&s;ured up, and with the a&s;&s;i&s;tance of the Inhabi|tants of the Iland, of who&s;e faith and con|&s;tancie he &s;eemed to be confident, to defend
<PB REF="4">and &s;ecure him&s;elf from any power that &s;hould pur&s;ue him, and that he was re&s;ol|ved there to &s;tand upon his guard.</P>
<P>But this his de&s;ign is fru&s;trate, for he is not like to regain it again, by rea&s;on that the Earl of <HI>Argile</HI> hath placed &s;uch &s;trong Forces there.</P>
<P>There were lately in <HI>Holland,</HI> by meanes of the Queen 4. great Ve&s;&s;els provided, rig'd and laden with great &s;tore of Ammunition and Arms.</P>
<P>But the States according to their for|merly promi&s;ed fidelity did make &s;tay of the &s;hipping and all the re&s;t of the provi|&s;ion, and cau&s;ed the &s;hips to be unladen, and have al&s;o taken &s;uch order, that if any Com|manders what&s;oever who are imployed in the &s;ervice of the States, under the Com|mand of the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> &s;hall at any time come away, and leave their pre&s;ent &s;ervice to a&s;&s;i&s;t the King again&s;t his Par|liament, that they &s;hall for ever be ca|&s;heerd of their places, and be made unca|pable hereafter of the &s;ame office and place again.</P>
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<P> And they did al&s;o by a Me&s;&s;age &s;ent to the Hou&s;e, intimate their good affection which they bear to the Parliament, and although there hath bin very many plots and de&s;igns both there, and al&s;o in divers other places &s;et on foot to promote the cau&s;e of the di&s;turbers of the peace and quiet df this Kingdome, yet that they hi|ther have, and hereafter will, be vigilant to prevent all &s;uch attempts what&s;oever, and that they will not admit as neer as po&s;&s;i|bly they can, that any plot or con&s;piracie what&s;oever &s;hall take effect in tho&s;e Coun|tryes, that might any wayes &s;eeme preju|diciall to the pre&s;ent Proceedings of the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI></P>
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