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<P>THE DECLARATION Of the Lord Governour CROMWEL <HI>CONCERNING</HI> The Citizens of
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<ITEM>YORK,</ITEM>
<ITEM>LINCOLN,</ITEM>
<ITEM>GLOVCESTER,</ITEM>
<ITEM>BRISTOLL,</ITEM>
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<P>AND All other Cities, Corporations, and Market-Towns, with|in the Territories of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales,</HI> and his Vow and Prote&s;tation touching the afore|&s;aid places, and the people of <HI>England,</HI> upon his cro&s;&s;ing the Iri&s;h Seas with one hundred Sayl of Ships.</P>
<P><HI>ALSO,</HI> Prince <HI>Charles</HI> His Letter to the &s;aid Lord Governour <HI>Cromwell,</HI> and his De&s;ires and Propo&s;itions for PEACE.</P>
<P>Peru&s;ed and examined, and appointed to be printed and publi&s;hed without interruption or molestation.</P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>G. Oreton. Aug.</HI> 23. 1649.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="declaration">
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<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD>THE DECLARATION Of the Lord Governour CROMWEL TO The Citi&s;ens of <HI>London, York, Lincoln, Glouce&s;ter, Bri&s;toll,</HI> and all other Cities, Corporations, and Market-towns, within the Territories of <HI>England,</HI> and Do|minion of <HI>WALES.</HI></HEAD>
<P>_WHereas the Lord hath brought his People our of the Hou&s;e of Bondage, and by his Almigh|ty arm made more vi&s;ible his evident demon|&s;trations in owning of his Cau&s;e, for the a&s;|&s;erting and recovery of the ju&s;t Rights and Liberties of the people of this <HI>Nation,</HI> with the e&s;tabli&s;h|ment of Truth and Righteou&s;ne&s;&s;e, and &s;uppre&s;&s;ion and re|movall
<PB N="2" REF="3">of tyranny, and all the effects of it. And &s;eriou&s;ly con&s;idering the great mercies, and miracles of victory and deliverances which hath accompanied us even from the hand of our mercifull God, &s;ince our fir&s;t engagement with the common enemy, cannot I hope, be &s;o far out of either the &s;en&s;e or memory of any good Patriot as to need a capitulation or rehearfall, he hath made us to tryumph over our enemies, and wherein they dealt proudly, he was above them, giving them leave oft times to &s;well their waves, that he might &s;et them limits, and &s;ay unto them, hi|therto &s;hall you come, and no further. In con&s;ideration of all which, his Lord&s;hip the Lord Governour <HI>Cromwell,</HI> hath declared a manife&s;tation of his high &amp; extraordinary &s;en&s;e of &s;o many &s;ignall ble&s;&s;ings from time to time which hath bin &s;howr'd down upon the Armies in <HI>England;</HI> and to the end, that his omnipotent hand and divine Sword of protec|tion may &s;till be pre&s;ent with them, his Lord&s;hip (together with all his Officers and Souldiers) hath earne&s;tly be&s;ought the Lord by prayer, for a further ble&s;&s;ing upon them, in the great and pre&s;ent Work of <HI>Ireland,</HI> and that he will &s;till be plea&s;ed to &s;tand by them in the defence of his Cau&s;e, and to give them &s;pirits of courage and magnanimity, to fight his Battel under the Banner of Je&s;us Chri&s;t, to the honour and glory of his great Name, and the peace and tranquility of all tho&s;e who lie under the in&s;upportable burden of af|fliction in <HI>England</HI> and <HI>Ireland.</HI> And that it may appear to the Word, his pure and &s;potle&s;&s;e integrity to the Weale|publque of this Nation, his Lord&s;hip further declared the reality of his pre&s;ent engagement again&s;t the bloud-thir&s;ty Iri&s;h, and if it plea&s;e God to crown his endeavours with ex|pected happy &s;ucce&s;s, all his poor Country-men under op|pre&s;&s;ion &s;hall find the fruits thereof.</P>
<PB N="3" REF="3">
<P> Prote&s;ting, That no means &s;hall be (by him) left una&s;|&s;ayed, that may prove in&s;trumentall for the propagation and advancement of free Trade and Commerce to the Ci|ty of <HI>London,</HI> and all other Cities, Corporations, Market|towns, and Cinque Ports what&s;oever, within the Territo|ries of <HI>England,</HI> and Dominion of <HI>Wales.</HI></P>
<P>His Lord&s;hip after &s;ome further Conference with the Officers of the Army, and Gentlemen of the Country, &s;oon ha&s;ted aboard, where (with a plea&s;ant Gale of Wind) he hoy&s;ted Sayl, and in few hours came within &s;ight of the Iri&s;h Cliffs, where the raging Billows &s;eem'd turbulent, but &s;oon became calm, and (as we hea<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">) many of our &s;hips are &s;afely arrived in the Bay, the Report being frequent, that the Lord Governour, and many of his Sons of <HI>Mars,</HI> are landed in tryumph at the City of <HI>Dublin.</HI></P>
<P>Such a Fleet (con&s;i&s;ting of above one hundred Sayle) hath not been &s;een on the Iri&s;h Neptune the&s;e many years, who on a fair Sun-&s;hine day appeared to each mans Eye like a great Wood, &s;urrounded with many plea&s;ant Hills and Dales.</P>
<P>Some report the Marque&s;&s;e of <HI>Ormond</HI> to be fallen down neer Dublin with an Army of 15000 Hor&s;e and Foot, to prevent the landing of the Engli&s;h forces; the truth wherof I &s;hall at pre&s;ent wave, it &s;eeming very incredulons, by rea|&s;on that the Lord <HI>Inchiquin</HI> &s;wels in envy again&s;t the Mar|que&s;&s;e, for his late mi&s;demeanours and neglect, and as &s;ome affirm, hath &s;ent a Challenge to him, to di&s;pute revenge in the field.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Bewmorris <DATE>19. Aug. 1649.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
<PB N="4" REF="4">
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>BY an Expre&s;&s;e ye&s;terday from the Lord Governor <HI>Cromwell,</HI> we hear, that he is got &s;afely into the Har|bour at <HI>Dublin,</HI> and hath landed two or three Regi|ments of the foot, the hor&s;e being al&s;o craning out of the &s;hips as fa&s;t as po&s;&s;ible they can: its &s;aid, that his Lord&s;hip (at his landing) were entertained with a great volley from the great Guns in the City. And a little before his pre&s;ence Col. <HI>Jones</HI> &s;ent forth a party of hor&s;e and foot to take in <HI>Droghedah;</HI> who upon &s;ummoning thereof, the Lord <HI>Moor</HI> returned a very peremptory an&s;wer, and di&s;puted the place with great re&s;olutene&s;&s;e and gallantry, in&s;omuch, that many many of them were &s;lain upon the place; but at la&s;t, the con+flict grew &s;o hot and &s;harp, that the enemy began to article and at la&s;t obtained conditions to march away with &s;word and pi&s;toll, upon the &s;urrender of the town with all the Ordnance, Arms and Ammunition. This action co&s;t us not very dear, our lo&s;&s;e being e&s;teemed about 70, whereof 30 &s;lain, the re&s;t wounded; of the enemies about 200.</P>
<P>We hear that the Lord <HI>Inchiquin</HI> hath randezvou'd in <HI>Mu&s;ter</HI> about 4000 hor&s;e and foot, who &s;ending a Letter to Gen. <HI>Oneal,</HI> to know whether he would covenant for the declared King of Scotland, &amp;c. received an&s;wer, that he would not engage again&s;t the Parl. of <HI>England:</HI> whereupon he advanced with his hor&s;e and foot, fell upon them in their quarters, di&s;&s;ipated part of the foot, killed many, and took divers pri&s;oners, forcing the re&s;t to the Bogs and Woods, in which conflict, they give out, that above 1000 fell un|der the power of their &s;word.</P>
<P>During which action, Sir <HI>Charles Coot</HI> lay not idle in <HI>Lon|don-Derry,</HI> but opportunely fore-&s;eeing his advantage, &s;al|lyed out, and fell upon Sir <HI>Charles Stuarts</HI> quarters, killed
<PB N="5" REF="4">many, took divers pri&s;oners, and rai&s;ed the &s;iege, with the lo&s;&s;e of 40 men.</P>
<P>The newes is confirmed from <HI>Dublin, Ormond</HI> hath paid dear for his bowzing, <HI>Taff, Pre&s;ton,</HI> and he being met toge|ther, thought they could de&s;troy the Parl power, by drin|king healths to their de&s;truction, when its in &s;o many words a Bull, whereas Lieu. Gen. Jones came &s;oberly upon them, and made them run &s;everal ways: It's &s;aid, that in their ha&s;t they fell upon Bally&s;hanon, have taken it, and are rallyed, being about twelve thou&s;and within twelve miles of Dub|lin and fallen to their old way of di&s;puting pa&s;&s;es: which when lo&s;t, they run to the next: they increa&s;e by the coming of forces to them, and &s;ay, if they recover not their repu|tation before <HI>Michaelmas,</HI> they &s;hal not keep <HI>Ireland</HI> from a totall reducement within a year.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Bristol <DATE>18. Aug. 1649.</DATE></DATELINE>
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<P>By Letters from the <HI>Hague</HI> thus: &s;ince the late blow given to <HI>Ormond</HI> by Lieut. Gen. <HI>Jones,</HI> we hear that they are re|bodying about Kilkeny and Mun&s;ter, and that in the &s;aid En|gagement thirteen thou&s;and of the Princes forces e&s;caped, who are gathering together, and randezvouzing in &s;everall places; but the rai&s;ing of the &s;iege, and defeating that potent power is joyfully re&s;cented by many.</P>
<P>It is likewi&s;e reported, that the Princes retinue lately &s;at in Councell, who&s;e re&s;ult was, That new propo&s;itions &s;hould be &s;ent to the Parl. of Scotland, <HI>viz.</HI> 1 That his declared Maje&s;ty would wive his a&s;&s;ent, for the &s;etling of Religion, according to the &s;olemn League and Covenans.</P>
<P N="2">2 That he would wholly apply his Ear to the Councell and Advice of the E&s;tates conveened, provided, that re&s;pect might be had to the tender Con&s;ciences of tho&s;e who have adhered to or a&s;&s;i&s;ted him.</P>
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<P> But this will hardly be; for he mu&s;t either become a perfect Covenanter, or el&s;e a de&s;pi&s;ed Prince.</P>
<P>Many of the Royall party have cau&s;ed proclamation to be made for <HI>Charles</HI> the II, for the rai&s;ing of Voluntiers, but few appears in that engagement,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Hague <DATE>9. Augusti, 1649.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<P>From whence other Letters make mention, That the Prince (by advice of his Councell) hath &s;ent a Me&s;&s;age to the Marque&s;&s;e of <HI>Ormond,</HI> and the Lord <HI>Inchiquin,</HI> de&s;iring them to compo&s;e all di&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">erences, to knit their hearts in bro|therly love and affection, and unanimou&s;ly to unite in all their coun&s;els and con&s;ultations, for the propagation and advancement of their pre&s;ent De&s;ign and Engargement. There is &s;ome rumour of an inclo&s;ed Letter, directed to the Lord Lieutenant <HI>Cromwell,</HI> from Prince <HI>Charles;</HI> the contents whereof, are &s;aid to be for a &s;peedy compo&s;ure and reconciliation of all difference, and for the &s;etling of peace both in Church and State, &amp;c.</P>
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