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<P>A LETTER Sent from the RIGHT HONORABLE, <HI>ROBERT</HI> Earl of <HI>Warwick: To the Right Honorable,</HI> The SPEAKER to the Hou&s;e of PEERS: <HI>CONCERNING</HI> The pre&s;ent &s;tate and condition, with the manner of the Rai&s;ing of the Siege, OF LYME: With a Relation of divers other remarkable pa&s;&s;ages concerning the Queen, the Prince, and the Lord <HI>Hopton,</HI> with the deliver|ing up of <HI>Weymouth</HI> to the Parliament.</P>
<P>Printed according to Order.</P>
<P>Printed for <HI>Richard Be&s;t,</HI> June 18. 1644.</P>
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<HEAD>A LETTER Sent from the RIGHT HONORABLE, <HI>Robert</HI> Earle of <HI>Warwicke,</HI> To the Right Honorable, The Speaker to the Hou&s;e of PEERES.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>May it plea&s;e your Lord&s;hip:</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>EVer &s;ince my la&s;t accompt of the State of Lyme, I have continued here for incou|ragement thereof, and in the intervening time have ob&s;erved the&s;e occurrences; That the enemy hath in the&s;e five daies la&s;t pa&s;t &s;hot many vollies of great and &s;mall &s;hot in|to the Towne, which the be&s;ieged have recei|ved; and an&s;wered with equall courage as be|fore. On the twelfth in&s;tant, I furni&s;hed the Towne with ten barrells of Powder, their &s;tore being neere exhau&s;ted. On the thirteenth they tooke a pri&s;oner, who gave information that the Lord <HI>Hopton</HI> had been in the Leaguer
<PB N="4" REF="3">la&s;t Sabbath-Day, and demanded five men out of every Company, which he promi&s;ed to make good by an equall number of pre&s;t men, but they were denyed him. From thence (as I heard by one of the Frigots that came from the We&s;t on Munday la&s;t) he went to Dart|mouth, whether he came in on Thur&s;day night with &s;even hor&s;e, giving out that he was to rai&s;e an Army of fifteene thou&s;and men. The &s;aid thirteenth in&s;tant, upon de&s;ire from the Coun&s;ell of Warre in Lyme, I re&s;olved to &s;ent the Boates and &s;mall Ve&s;&s;ells here to give an Alarme on the Ea&s;t part of Lyme for di&s;tracting of the enemy, and drawing him off from the Towne (notice being given of the &s;ouldiers affrightment, with what was formerly done in the like kind) which was ye&s;terday put in execution accordingly; the Seamen landing and marching up into the Country, which cau&s;ed the hor&s;e and foote that came downe to attend them to fly to the Hills, and gave the Seamen opportunity to conver&s;e with many of the Country peo|ple, who have appeared generally well af|fected
<PB N="5" REF="3">to the Parliament, in re&s;pect of the great pre&s;&s;ures laid upon them by a beggerly and cruell enemy. By &s;ome of them I recei|ved notice that the Lord <HI>Hopton</HI> had two daies before commanded all there abouts, from &s;ix|teene to &s;ixty, to repaire forthwith to Dor|che&s;ter, with &s;uch armes as they could pro|vide; as al&s;o with victualls and money, to with&s;tand &s;ome forces expected there &s;udden|ly; under command of his Excellency, or &s;ir <HI>William Waller,</HI> and that &s;ome hundreds men had been pre&s;t for his &s;ervice, who had neare all of them made an e&s;cape. Ye&s;terday there came aboard me one Lieutenant <HI>Farre,</HI> of the Lord <HI>Broghills</HI> Regiment, and his En&s;igne, who had the night before they came into Lyme two and twenty of the &s;ouldiers under his care. By him I received Intelligence that Prince <HI>Maurice</HI> had &s;ome notice of &s;ome forces comming to Dorche&s;ter; That the Queen was about ten daies agoe brought to bed at Exeter of a Boy. That many of the Princes Army were ready to come into Lyme, as they could gaine a conveniency. This mor|ning
<PB N="6" REF="4">about two of the clock my boate came from the Town, with advice that the enemy was drawing off his great Guns, and ray&s;ing his &s;iege, which by letters received this day from the Governour was confirmed. The Prince withdrawing him&s;elfe la&s;t night a|bout five of the clocke, and the Army &s;tealing away about two of the clock this morning. At noone I went on &s;hoare, and viewing the workes, I found the enemy to be contrived with &s;trength and much advantage, but the Towne&s;men &s;o &s;light, that its neare a miracle they &s;hould hold out &s;o long again&s;t &s;o vio|lent and re&s;olved an enemy. The truth is, next to the protection of Heaven, the courage and hone&s;ty of the Officers and Souldiers were in a manner their &s;ole defence, they being made in&s;trumentall, and through Gods bles&s;ing to the pre&s;erving of them in &s;afety and cheere|fulne&s;&s;e.</P>
<P>When I came among&s;t the Officers, I found them all worthy of precious e&s;teem, and mo|de&s;tly &s;ubmitting to the many Inconvenien|cies, which a long and hard Siege had con|tracted,
<PB N="7" REF="4">and that nothing is wanting to ren|der them &s;pecially &s;erviceable abroad, but money, for &s;upply whereof they de&s;ired me to be an humble Remembrancer, which I need not to &s;econd with any Argument be&s;ides their own merit, whereof I know the Parlia|ment will be very &s;en&s;ible, con&s;idering the great Advantages that will depend upon their fidelity: I received lately a de&s;ire from Plymouth, to move the Parliament for &s;ome Money for their Garri&s;on, they having no de|fect to hinder their marching forth, but of that and a Governour. On Tue&s;day Sir <HI>Iohn Bamfield,</HI> Colonell <HI>Carre,</HI> and their Officers came into this road; and went away in the <HI>Hector</HI> the &s;ame night: And &s;o, that I &s;up|po&s;e they are before this time &s;afely landed at their intended Port: I heard a report at Lyme this day, that Weymouth is delivered up to the Parliament, and &s;ome Carriages were ob&s;erved this day to pa&s;&s;e from that &s;ide towards Exeter; How far that Report may be credited, or another, that Prince <HI>Charles</HI> was lately at Weymouth, I know not: But
<PB N="8" REF="5">I have renewed my command at the Ships attending that Road, to have a &s;peciall eye on all Ve&s;&s;ells that come from tho&s;e parts. Of the&s;e things I thought fit to give adverti&s;e|ment to your Lord&s;hip, that the &s;ame may be communicable to the Hou&s;e of Peers, of who&s;e commands I &s;hall be mo&s;t faith|fully ob&s;ervant; Re&s;ting,</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>My LORD,</SALUTE>
<SIGNED>Your humble &s;ervant, <HI>Warwick.</HI></SIGNED>
<DATELINE><HI>Aboard His Majesties &s;hip</HI> James <HI>in Lyme road;</HI> <DATE>15. Junii, 1644.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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