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<P>A DECLARATION FROM THE <HI>I&s;le of Wyght,</HI> and County of <HI>Hamp&s;hire</HI> Concerning the KING: And the triall of Captain <HI>Burley,</HI> upon high Trea&s;on about the late Muteny in the &s;aid ISLE.</P>
<P>ALSO The Mayor and Aldermens Letter of the City of <HI>Roche&s;ter</HI> in <HI>Kent,</HI> to Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfaxes</HI> Of|cers, to keep their Forces from coming thither: <HI>And the An&s;wer thereunto.</HI></P>
<P>Together with the burning of the Gates of <HI>Canterbury.</HI> A Regiament gone to <HI>Dover,</HI> and the Governours Propo&s;itions concerning delivering up of the Ca&s;tle to whom Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfax</HI> &s;hall appoint.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Janua. 23. 1647.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>Imprimatur</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Gilbert Mabbott.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed by R. I. 1648.</P>
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<HEAD>A LETTER FROM The Major and Aldermen of the Ci|ty of <HI>Rochester,</HI> to Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfaxes</HI> Officers, to keep their Forces from comming thither.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THE marching of &s;ome of Sir <HI>Thomas Fairfaxes</HI> Forces into this County is a great griefe to the di&s;affected party who&s;e de&s;ignes therby are like to be utterly fru&s;trate. The la&s;t weeke Colonel <HI>Hew|&s;ons</HI> Regiament of foote containing about fourteene hundred men, marched into <HI>Canterbury</HI> without any manner of oppo&s;ition, neither indeed could there be any, for before their comming, upon appea&s;ing of the late mutiny on the 24. of December la&s;t the gates of the City were burnt downe, to prevent the de&s;igne of tho&s;e which endeavoured to bring the whole City into a confu&s;ion, and would have kept it by force a|gain&s;t the Parliaments forces, For which Sir <HI>William Manwood.</HI> Mr. <HI>Norwood, J. Baker, Tho. Annis</HI> and
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above forty others were taken into cu&s;tody and are &s;ince &s;ent from <HI>Canterbury</HI> to <HI>Leeds</HI> Ca&s;tle for better <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span"> th<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="2 letters">gs <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="4+ letters">ue <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"> p<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="2 letters">c<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="2 letters">n <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span">, a<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="2 letters"> the Soul|ders behave them&s;elves very civilly, mo&s;t of them being quartered in Innes and Victualling hou&s;es. At nine of the clock at night a Drum is beaten through the City, and if afterwards any of the Souldiers are found out of their quarters or any way di&s;ordered they are committed to cu&s;tody of the Mar&s;hall <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"> have puni&s;hment.</P>
<P>On <HI>Saturday</HI> la&s;t Lieutenant Colonel <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"></HI> (Lieu|tenant Colonell to Colonel <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"></HI> with about five hundred of that Regi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter">ment marched from <HI>Canterbury</HI> to <HI>Sandwich,</HI> but before they came quite at the Town the Mayor and Aldermen met them and &s;hewed great re&s;pect to them, and the Mayor &s;pak to the Officers and declared the good affection of their Towne in generall to the Parliament, and the Army, and af|ter &s;ome further di&s;cour&s;e the Officers accompanied the Mayor and Aldermen into the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"> and at their earne&s;t reque&s;t dined with them, in the meane while the private Souldiers and &s;ome of the inferior Officers &s;tayed about halfe a mile from the town, to whom the Mayor cau&s;ed to be &s;ent two Hogs-heads of &s;trong beere, and great &s;tore of bread and chee&s;e and other victualls, and towards night they were drawn to another place to quarter, and afterwards returned backe again to <HI>Canterbury,</HI> where they <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"> but one nights &s;tay, for although the re&s;t of the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="4 letters">ent remaine here, yet the&s;e five hundred men has Orders not to &s;tay but to march away againe toward
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<HI><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"></HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span"> with a Letter to Lieutenant Colo. <HI>J<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter">bbs</HI> and the re&s;t of the Officers, from the Mayor and Aldermen of the City of <HI>Roche&s;ter,</HI> &s;ignifying unto them, That whereas they h<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span"> what they <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span"> Their <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span"> <HI>Roche&s;ter</HI> It was not the intent of that Ci|ty to &s;hew the lea&s;t oppo&s;ition thereunto, &s;etting forth their good affection towards His Excellency Sir <HI>Tho|mas Fairfax</HI> and the forces <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span">, but for that it had plea<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter">ed God, the very day <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word">, to lay his hand on <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span"> City they  d<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="2+ letters">|ed for prevention of any further infection in the Ci|ty or the indangering the Army, that they would for|beare to quarter in that Towne. To which the Of|ficers  <UNCLEAR>returned</UNCLEAR><GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span"> to the Mayor and Al|dermen <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span"> they could not <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"> from the orders they had, which were to come to <HI>Roche&s;ter,</HI> And on Thur&s;day about foure a clocke in the after|noone they marched into the City where they were friendly <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="4 letters">rtained and particular quarters appoint|ed du<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span">  in which bu&s;ine&s;&s;e the di&s;creete care of the Officers of the Army and the Con&s;tables of the Towne is ob&s;ervable, For as the poore were altoge|ther ea&s;ed for were not the rich over burdened, neither were there above foure or five hou&s;es which had Tickets to billet above one Souldier in a hou&s;e, &s;o that when there came but one where they expected two or three, repining thoughts vani&s;hed, and the Soulders were made welcome there, and nothing &s;eemed to &s;ad the hearts of the people but the dying of two of the towne that night of the &s;ickne&s;&s;e, and
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&s;ome others infected therewith, which in|deed proved to be &s;uch a terror to the Coun|try people that the market was very &s;mall there on Friday la&s;t.</P>
<P>There is one thing more which I had al|mo&s;t forgotten, and that is this, Colonell <HI>Rainsboroughs</HI> Regiament is marched to <HI>Do|ver,</HI> and we heare that the Governour of the Ca&s;tle (Captaine <HI>Boys</HI>) offers to re&s;igne His commi&s;&s;ion if His Excellency require it.</P>
<P>In the meane while hee &s;upplicates for pay for the Souldiers under His command, and having done long &s;ervice in that Ca&s;tle, So I re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Canterbury, <DATE>the 22. Jan, 1647.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your a&s;&s;ur<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">iend Jo. Hewet.</SIGNED>
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<HEAD>Po&s;t-&s;cript.</HEAD>
<P>THis evening as I was &s;ealing up of my Letters came a Po&s;t to Towne which brings newes that Sir <HI>Lewis Dives</HI> is e&s;caped out of the Kings Bench, and is gone into <HI>France</HI> or the Ile of <HI>Jer&s;ey,</HI> &amp; he reports further that he gave &s;ome great affront to his keepers&punc; Here was al&s;o a great report that the King was coming from the Ile of <HI>Wight</HI> towards <HI>London,</HI> But by other intelligence from <HI>We&s;t|min&s;ter</HI> which &s;eemes to carry farre more weight, it is &s;aid that nothing of that nature hath hitherto beene moved in the Hou&s;e, which gives me a&s;&s;urance that the other re|port is altogether groundle&s;&s;e, and fained and onely rai&s;ed by &s;uch as would have it &s;o. This is all which he hath at pre&s;ent to accommodate his friend who &s;till remaines.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your faithfull Friend Jo. Hewet.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Lunae, 24 <HI>Januar.</HI> 1647.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>THE Commi&s;&s;ioners which went down into Hamp&s;hire to try Captain <HI>Burley</HI> and others, which were chiefe Actors in the late mutiney in the <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 word"> of Wycke (and had a <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="under-inked" EXTENT="1 span">
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<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span">+ments Commi&s;&s;ioners came away, which carryed the foure Bills to his Maje&s;ty return to London <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span"> and this day report was made thereof to the Hou&s;e, to this effect.</P>
<P>That the &s;aid <GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 span"> before the &s;aid Commi&s;&s;ioners, and Indicted of high Trea&s;on, to which Indightment, he pleaded not guilty, and &s;o putting him&s;elf upon the triall of the Country, he was found guilty by the Grand Jury, which are the repre&s;entative body of the I&s;le of Wyght. and County of Hamp&s;hire, and after verdict was brought in, the Judges gave &s;entence (according to Law) that the &s;aid Captain <HI>Burley</HI> &s;hould be hang'd, drawn and quartered:</P>
<P>Two others were al&s;o indighted, and were found guilty of a Ryot, for which they were deeply fi<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter">ed, &s;ome others which were more principall actors in the bu&s;ine&s;&s;e have made an e&s;cape.</P>
<P>There was al&s;o this day read in the Hou&s;e of Commo<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="2 letters"> a Declaration from the Grand Jury of the I&s;le of Wyght, and County of Hamp&s;hire, to this purpo&s;e:</P>
<P>Wee the Grand-Jury men of the Country of Hamp&s;hire being called to give our Verdicts concerning Captain <HI>B<GAP DESC="illegible" REASON="bleedthrough" EXTENT="1 letter">rley</HI> and others; doe Declare according to our con&s;ciences, that the de&s;igne to carry away the King, was with an intent to ingage the Kingdome in a new warre and to bring a gene|rall ruine and di&s;truction on the &s;ame. And therfore we fur|ther declare that we do approve of the &s;aid Votes concern|ing the King, and their proceedings again&s;t &s;uch as &s;hall a|ny wayes oppo&s;e or di&s;obey the Orders of Parliament, in &s;ettling the peace of the Kingdome and the rights and li|berties of the Subject in per&s;uance wherof we will live and dye in defence and maintenance of both hou&s;es of Parli|ament.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Signed by the Fore-man, and the re&s;t of the Jury.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>This Declaration of the Grand-Jury is ordered forthwith to be printed and publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Im. G.M.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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