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<P>A GREAT FIGHT AT <HI>chep&s;tow</HI> Ca&s;tle in the We&s;t of <HI>England,</HI> betwixt the Forces under the command of Lieutenant Gen.
<HI>Cromwell,</HI> and the Cavaliers commanded by Sir <HI>William Kelmi&s;h,</HI> Governour of the &s;aid Ca&s;tle, and the number &s;laine on both &s;ides.</P>
<P>Al&s;o an exact Relation of the late Skirmi&s;h at White-Hall upon Tue&s;day la&s;t, <HI>May</HI> 16. between the Parliaments Forces, and the Inhabitants of Surrey, with the manner of their beginning, and occa&s;ion thereof.</P>
<P>Together with a List of the number that were &s;lain and taken pri&s;oners on both &s;ides.</P>
<P>Likewi&s;e, a great Rout in <HI>Northumberland,</HI> and the full particulars thereof.</P>
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<P><ADD>MAY 18^t^h^.</ADD> <HI>London,</HI> Printed for <HI>R. VVilliam&s;on.</HI> MDCXLVIII.</P>
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<HEAD>An exact RELATION OF The late Fight at <HI>Chep&s;tow</HI> Ca&s;tle, betwixr the Force under the command of Lieutenant General <HI>Cromwel,</HI> and the Cavaleers commanded by Sir <HI>William Kemi&s;h.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>OUr Forces are advanced as far as <HI>Chep&s;tow,</HI> and Orders and Instructions are given out by the Lieut. Gen. to the Party de&s;igned for the blocking up of the Ca&s;tle, and the reducing of it to the obedience and &s;ubjection of Parliament. Our quarters are appoin|ted, and we have cut off &s;everall pa&s;&s;ages for the hinde|ring of provi&s;ions from going to the Castle. We draw neerer and neerer to the Wals, and receive many vol|leyes of &s;hot from them, and they from us. But at our fir&s;t comming hither, the Lieutenant Generall &s;ent in a &s;ummons to &s;ir <HI>William Kemi&s;h,</HI> Governour of the
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&s;aid Ca&s;tle, for the &s;urrender thereof upon fair tearms, but he mo&s;t in&s;olently refu&s;ed the &s;ame, and hung forth his flag of defiance, who in &s;tead of treating for &s;urren|dring in peace, acted a new po&s;ture for a &s;econd En|gagement firing very fa&s;t from the Ca&s;tle walls, but we &s;oon queld their courage, and made them leave &s;hoo<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ing; for having taken a place of advantage neer the Castle, Order was given, that a con&s;iderable party of Muske|tiers &s;hould be placed there, which was accordingly done, who played &s;o violently upon the enemy that they made them pay deer for their peeping, and it is &s;uppo&s;ed di|vers were &s;lain and wounded, both by the execution of the &s;hot, and the flying of the &s;tones: <HI>We ply them clo&s;e, and keepe &s;trong Guards, and have not lo&s;t above two or three men; but wee are informed, that their lo&s;le is far greater.</HI> It is &s;uppo&s;ed they cannot hold out long, and the rather, becau&s;e the Gover|nour hath &s;ent out for a parley, but now it is too late, Sir, this is all from him, who remains</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Yours to &s;erve you, R. W.</SIGNED>
<DATELINE>From our Quarters neer <HI>Chep&s;tow</HI> <DATE>this 13. of <HI>May,</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>Letters from the North, declaring the manner of the routing and di&s;per&s;ing Sir <HI>Marmad. Lang|dales</HI> Forces in the North, by the Pa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">liaments Forces belonging to Sir <HI>Arthur Ha&s;le. ig,</HI> Gover|nour of <HI>Newca&s;tle.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe Cavalry in the&s;e parts begin to grow very high both in their langu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ge and action, taking their progre&s;se up and down the Northern Counties, and a party of <HI>Langdales</HI> men came and &s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ized on the town of Morpeth, with an intent to garri&s;on the &s;ame; but by the great vigilancy of our Governour hey were prevented, and their de&s;igns f<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">u&s;trated; for &s;ir <HI>Ar<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r Ha&s;l<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rig</HI> having notice thereof immediatly &s;ent forth a party of Hor&s;e and Foot, but the Enemy having no|tice of their comming, left the towne, and betook them|&s;elves to their heels; but our party pu&s;ued them, and took &s;ix pri&s;oners, the re&s;t e&s;caped.</P>
<P>We hear that the Scots intend to have a Rand<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">v<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">us vpon the 23 of this in&s;tant Ma<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">, and th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n to m<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ke choice of a Lord Generall And from <HI>We<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk"></HI> it is certified that the Enemy in tho&s;e parts is very a|ctive; As for other particulars, I refer you to the i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 chunk">|&s;ed Paper.</P>
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<HEAD>New Propo&s;itions from the Kingdom of Scotland.</HEAD>
<P>1. ALthough in the an&s;wer of <HI>April,</HI> 22. Which we received in writing from the Honourable Court of Parli<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ment wee are remitted to their Lord&s;hips Declaration now printed and publi&s;h|ed the<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ein to finde &s;atisfaction to our eight de&s;ires, pre&s;ented to the Parliament March 22, and although the&s;e de&s;ires were &s;uch as were mo&s;t agreeable to the word of God, and do highly concern the &s;afe|ty and &s;ecurity or religion, yet after diligent peru&s;all of the &s;aid Deciaration of Parliament, wee cannot find there in any of the&s;e our eight de&s;ires &s;atisfied.</P>
<P>2. We find twice in the &s;aid Declaration a pa&s;&s;age cited out of the Declaration of both Kingdoms, <HI>viz.</HI> That the not takers of the co|venant are declared to be publike enemies to Religion and Coun|try, and to be puni&s;hed as pro&s;e&s;&s;ed adver&s;aries and malignants, &amp;c.</P>
<P>As the three breaches of Treaties infi&s;ted upon in the &s;aid Decla|ration are di&s;putable, and not without controver&s;ie, &s;o the three de|mands &s;ent to the Parl. of England are of mo&s;t dangerous con&s;e|quence to Religion, &s;o far as we are able to judge of them, or pry into them.</P>
<P>And although we are reall well-wi&s;hers to his Maj&punc; honour, free|dome, and &s;afety, in &s;uch a way as may not be incon&s;i&s;tent with the &s;afety and &s;ecurity of Religion; yet the demand of his Maj. coming with honour freedome and &s;afety to &s;ome of his hou&s;es in or neare London before &s;ecurity had from him, yea before application to be made to him by his Parliaments, for &s;etling Religion according to to the Covenant, we conceive to be not only a po&s;tponing to the Kings, but an apparent hazard of the &s;ubver&s;ion of all the Ends of the Covenant; con&s;idering, that the Army being disbanded, and his Maje&s;ty under no re&s;traint, being re&s;tored with honour, freedome, and &s;afety, may gather new &s;trength with the Popi&s;h, Prelaticall, and malignant party, for hindering the &s;etling of Religion &amp; peace according to the Covenant, which we have the more rea&s;on to ap|prehend, his Maje&s;ty &s;till retaining his old principles and having not long &s;ince profe&s;&s;ed and declared that he is obliged in con<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">cience to improve th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t power which God &s;hall put in his hands for the e&s;ta|bli&s;hing of Epi&s;copacy.</P>
<P><PB REF="4">4 There are in the &s;aid Deelaration divers particulars highly concerning Religion determined and re&s;olved upon without the advice and con&s;ent of the Generall A&s;&s;embly, or their Commi&s;ho|ners which is a great prejudice to the ju&s;t intere&s;t and liberties of the Ki<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">k.</P>
<P>5 We do find in the &s;aid Declaration all law<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ull and po&s;&s;ible ways of peace and namely by Tr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">aties which method we conceive to be nece&s;&s;ary as well by common and na<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">urall equity, as by the Word of God and e&s;pecially between two Kingdoms united by Solemne Covenant.</P>
<P>6. The Declaration holds forth no re&s;olution of Parliament for oppo&s;ing and &s;uppre&s;ling of the Popi&s;h, Prelaticall, or Malignant party if they ri&s;e again in Armes&punc; but onely again&s;t a&s;&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ciating or joyning forces with them, and not &s;o much as that except with li|mitations in ca&s;e they be refu&s;ers to &s;wear and &s;ub&s;cribe the Cove|nant, and in ca&s;e the ri&s;e in Armes to oppo&s;e and ob&s;truct all, or any one of the ends of the Covenant. Whereas it may be ea&s;ily fore&s;een, that if the Popi&s;h Prelaticall or Malignant party ri&s;e a|gain in Armes in England they cannot onely conceale their inten|tions again&s;t the end of the Coyenant, but al&s;o be ea&s;ily exempted from being reckoned refu&s;ers of the Covenant, the Covenant not be|ing now impo&s;ed upon them; and being once &s;uffered to ri&s;e in Armes (as &s;ome are already) may grow &s;o &s;trong, as that it will bee very hard and difficult to &s;uppre&s;&s;e them.</P>
<P>7 Whereas wee have in&s;i&s;ted for &s;atisfaction to our con&s;clences, concerning the per&s;ons to bee entru&s;ted with the managing of the war, and that none may be imployed in Committees and Armies but &s;uch as have given con&s;tant proof of their integrity and faith|fulne&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>Finally, as we neither were, nor are again&s;t an Engagement, if once &s;atisfied in the grounds of undertaking, and manner of procee|ding, and the other particulars expre&s;&s;ed in our &s;ormer papers; &s;o for the rea&s;ons before mentioned and divers others fully expre&s;ted in our Repre&s;entation upon the Declaration, we judge the pre&s;ent Engagement, as it is &s;tated unlawfull: and tru&s;t that all the well-af|fected in the Kingdome, will make con&s;cience of their &s;olemne Vowes.</P>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>A. Ker.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>The particular relation of the skirmi&s;hing at Westmin&s;ter, up|on Tue&s;day last May 16. 1648.</HEAD>
<P>VPon Tue&s;day la&s;t being the 16. of this in&s;tant <HI>May,</HI> di|vers of the Inhabitants of <HI>Surry,</HI> and Borough of <HI>South|wark,</HI> came unto the Parl. &amp; pre&s;ented a Petition, <HI>in the name of the Knights, Gentry and Inhabitants of the County of</HI> Sur|rey. The Petition was received, and thankes, with an an&s;wer that the Parl. would take their Petition into con&s;ideration with all convenient &s;peed, &amp;c. But divers of the pretended Petitioners grew very in&s;olent, and &s;aid they would have an an&s;wer pre&s;ently; threatning the Parl. openly in We&s;tmin&s;t. Hall, &s;aying that if they had not a more &s;atisfactory an&s;wer then the <HI>E&s;sex</HI> men, they would fall upon the Parl. and pull them out of the hou&s;e. Whereupon the &s;ouldiers fired at them, &amp; forced them to retreat away; the Hor&s;e from the Mewes charged them likewi&s;e, forcing &s;ome to fly one way, and &s;ome another; many of them were wounded, and &s;ome &s;lain.
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<HEAD>A Li&s;t of tho&s;e that were &s;lain and taken pri&s;oners.</HEAD>
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<HEAD>Slain of the Surrey party.</HEAD>
<ITEM><HI>Mr. Baxter,</HI>with 7. others.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Wounded.</HEAD>
<ITEM>Mr. Hud&s;ton of Southwarke, and</ITEM>
<ITEM>Mr. Lock, with about 30 others were wounded.</ITEM>
<ITEM>About 30 Pri&s;oners taken.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Some Watermen were accidentally wounded, and two of them &s;lain.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Of the Parliament &s;ouldiers 2 were &s;laine, none hurt except an Officer of hor&s;e who was accidentally wounded by the &s;hot of a pi&s;toll.</ITEM>
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<P>This combu&s;tion in a &s;hort time was quite appea&s;ed, &amp; the Gentry of the Country in all this (for the mo&s;t part) behaved them&s;elves with moderation.</P>
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