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<P>A DIVRNALL, OF True Proceedings OF OVR ARMIES AT Sherbourne, Since their fir&s;t coming there, and their happy i&s;&s;ues related.</P>
<P>Shewing the goodne&s;&s;e of God in pre&s;erving the courage of tho&s;e that &s;tand for King and Parliament again&s;t the <HI>Cavalliers,</HI> and their Adherents.</P>
<P>De&s;ired by many to be publi&s;hed, being the la&s;t true newes. And of the Battell there fought.</P>
<P><HI>LONDON,</HI> Printed by <HI>Luke Norton</HI> for <HI>Beniamin Allen</HI> in Popes head Alley. Septemb. 14. 1642.</P>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Loving Cozen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>YOur Letters, as al&s;o my Pi&s;tols I received ye|&s;terday at my returne home from the Ar|my, and give you thankes for your carefull &s;ending of them. Now to give you &s;ome touch of our proceedings in the&s;e parts. I will relate it unto you in way of a diurnall; Fir&s;t, ther|fore on Sunday the 25. of <HI>Augu&s;t</HI> the Earle of <HI>Bedford</HI> came into this County, where the Gentlemen of this County met him, and attended him that night to <HI>Wells,</HI> where they &s;tayd till Saterday following, the Countrey (I meane) the Traine-Bands, and Voluntiers re&s;orted unto him in great numbers: on Saterday hey marcht from <HI>Wells</HI> to <HI>Gla&s;&s;enbury</HI> where they &s;tayd till Tue&s;day, on Tue&s;day they marcht to <HI>Elche&s;ter,</HI> where they &s;tayed Wedne&s;day being Fa&s;t day, and on Thur&s;day marcht to <HI>Evell,</HI> and on Friday marcht to the hill where we lay that night, not doing any thing, onely a few of the Cava|leirs &s;hawing them&s;elves at <HI>Sherborne</HI> Townes end in a bravado, a &s;quadron of Major <HI>Prittys</HI> troope (in who&s;e company I entred my &s;elfe and two more of Cozen <HI>A&s;hes</HI> men well hor&s;t) rode downe to them, but they retreated backe into the Towne, not changing one Bullet; on Saterday morning our forces hor&s;e and foot were drawn downe to the townes end, as al&s;o all our Ordnance which were about eight or nine, in our march as we pa&s;t by the Ca&s;tle, they at the Ca&s;tle let fly eight or nine peeces of Ordnance at us, two of which were let fly again&s;t out troope we being the fir&s;t troope in the field, but (prai&s;ed be God) they fell &s;hort and did us no hurt, but the bul|lets fell &s;o neere us that we tooke them up. Our Compa|nies
<PB N="2" REF="3">being come up, &s;ome foot of ours were drawne up into the lane that enters the Towne, and our troope to enter the towne, my place was the right hand file of the Coronet in the front of the battle: The Cavalliers had placed &s;tore of Mu&s;quetiers on both &s;ides of the lane un|der hedges and bu&s;hes which play very thick upon us, the bullets flying very thick about our eares, they being under covert, and we lying an open marke unto them, our Gun|ners began to play with a &s;mall bra&s;&s;e peece upon the Towne, what &s;ervice they did we know no; the Caval|liers grew &s;o fa&s;t upon us, having that great advantage, that we were forc'd to draw back our pecce of Ordnance higher upon the hill, and our troope to retreat higher, ha|ving been halfe an houre in this great danger, not one of us (prai&s;ed be God) hurt, the fir&s;t man that fell in this skirmi&s;h of ours was one that was &s;hot by his next fel|low, who &s;hot him through the back.</P>
<P>Now was our troope relieved and fre&s;h men to &s;upply, playing on both &s;ides very &s;harp and quick, continuing till Evening; on our fide we had not above &s;ixe kild and hurt, one of which ther were kill I was a &s;hearman of Co|zen <HI>A&s;hes,</HI> who looking over a little wall after hee had di&s;charged his Musket, was &s;hot through the head, what hurt was on the enemies &s;ide we cannot learne; at eve|ning, at the clo&s;ure of the night, our troop was drawne up again to enter the Town, which had been a great haz|zard to us all the enemy being in hou&s;es, and we open to their marke: And in the darke night we as likely to &s;hoot our &s;elves as our enemies, this was at la&s;t con&s;idered of, and after wee had &s;itten at the lanes end two or three houres, were brought back again to our Camp.</P>
<P>This evening our greate&s;t pieces (which were not very bigge) began to play at the Ca&s;tle, di&s;charged nine pieces, which we conceived had done good &s;ervice again&s;t the Ca&s;tle, we could not perceive the Ca&s;tle, for it was in the dark of the evening; but the next morning we could per|ceive
<PB N="3" REF="3">no &s;ervice that they had done. Sunday morning we removed further upon the hill over again&s;t the Ca&s;ile, and began to entrench, &s;ome few mu&s;quetiers on both &s;ides making light skirmi&s;hes one again&s;t the other; and &s;ome few of our hor&s;e &s;couting out, but nothing done worth the writing. I had now watched three nights together. Thur&s;day night, Friday night, and Saturday, and &s;itting continually upon my hor&s;e, was &s;o tired, that I could not hold up my head any longer, &s;o this night I went with my cou&s;in <HI>Samuel A&s;h</HI> to <HI>Evell;</HI> three miles from the Camp, and on Munday we returned to the Camp againe, where nothing more was done.</P>
<P>Our country-men with this long and tedious march grew very weary, &amp; abundance of them &s;tole a way from the Camp, &s;ome of them throwing their armes away into the corne fields, the better to e&s;cape home; &s;o that our Army now grew l<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;&s;e and le&s;&s;e, and our m<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n very weary and tired. I offered my &s;elfe on Saturday <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> pence to a boy to fetch me a draught of wat<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">r <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> was th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Caval|liers policie, for they were warme, and their bellies full, lying in their beds and they knew well, that our country fellowes that were wont to have their bellies ful of good beefe, and then to their beds, would not long endure hun|ger and cold on a bleak hill.</P>
<P>On Tue&s;day it was concluded by our Councell of Warre, that our Army &s;hould retird that night to <HI>E|vell,</HI> from whence my Lord with what forces he thought good would march to <HI>Dorche&s;ter,</HI> there to remaine till hee had &s;ent to the Parliament, and as I heare, to have &s;ome of your Generalls forces to come hither. Wee came to <HI>Evell</HI> that night, and on Wed|ne&s;day I came homewards in company of Captaine <HI>Barnards</HI> foot, We came Wedne&s;day night to <HI>Elche&s;ter</HI> now let me tell you of a pa&s;&s;age that happened on Wed|&s;day at evening after I was come from <HI>Evel:</HI> The Caval|liers with a great force of hor&s;e and 3. companies of foot
<PB N="4" REF="4">came from <HI>Sherbourn,</HI> to the hill over <HI>Evell,</HI> about a mile from the towne; who&s;e unexpected appear<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nce put the town in a great hu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ly Burly: But after our men had pla|ced their Ordnance for the &s;ecuritie of the town and &s;trengthened them with men; Captain <HI>Askew</HI> and his troop of horte and Captain Thom&s;on and his troop, with twenty musquettiers attending each troope were &s;ent to the hill, Captain <HI>Askew</HI> took one way up the hill, and Captaine <HI>Thom&s;on</HI> another, Captain <HI>Askew</HI> was the fir&s;t who with his &s;mall troope charged them &s;o couragiou&s;ly that he went through and through them, killed as is re|ported) eight of them, and after di&s;charging Carbines and pi&s;tols fell to worke with their &s;words and &s;o re|treated: Captain <HI>Askew</HI> lo&s;t in this conflict three of his men; by this time Captain <HI>Thom&s;on</HI> charged them on the other &s;ide and pre&s;ently routed them, they taking them&s;elves to their hor&s;e heels, the three captaines of their foot, young Lunsford fled away upon his hor&s;e; Captain <HI>Hu&s;&s;y</HI> kild, and the third Captaine tak<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">n pri&s;o|ner: Our men fell upon their foot, killed betwixt thirtie and fourtie; took many pri&s;oners, and but that the night fell dark upon them had cut them all off: And our hor&s;e followed their hor&s;e home to <HI>Sherborne</HI> townes end, We heare that Sir <HI>Ralph Hopton</HI> is hurt, one of the <HI>Bartlets</HI> killed, with &s;ome other of their Commanders: This hath a little cooled their In&s;olencies. Thus much in ha&s;te for newes in the&s;e parts.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Fre&s;hford, <DATE>10. Sep|tembris, 1642.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your loving Cou&s;in till death, <HI>Lat. Samp&s;on.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><DATELINE>From Dorche&s;ter <DATE>Septembris, 10. 1642.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<HEAD>From an Alderman to his Friend in London.</HEAD>
<P>_HEre in the Country we dare not &s;end &s;even miles abroad for the <HI>Cavalliers,</HI> who at <HI>Sherbourn</HI> do pillage rob, and kill like the Sons of hell; but they were met withall this weeke to the purpo&s;e, by &s;ome London Troopers; and our <HI>Dorche&s;ter</HI> Troopers. My Lord of <HI>Bedford</HI> finding the Ca&s;tle to be a piece of grea|ter &s;tr<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ngth than hee imagined, and &s;eeing his trained band men for&s;ake him, &s;o that of &s;ix or &s;even thou&s;and, he had but 1500. left within three daies, not that they de|&s;erted the country, but being men that have wives and e&s;tates, were loth to lo&s;e or hazard them in an ob&s;cure way, my Lord re&s;olved to rai&s;e the &s;iege, and they mar|ched to a Town called <HI>Evell,</HI> within foure miles of <HI>Sher|borne.</HI> There was lo&s;t &s;even or eight men of a &s;ide at the &s;iege, very few more or le&s;&s;e that we can learne: I am &s;ure no more of our &s;ide on Wedne&s;day towards eve|ning, while my Lord of <HI>Bedford</HI> and the &s;ouldiers were at a Sermon in <HI>Evell</HI> at the Funerall of &s;ome &s;ouldiers lately killed. The <HI>Sherborn</HI> Lords and <HI>Cavalliers</HI> having that day received into their aide an hundred hor&s;e, and two hundred foot from Ma&s;ter <HI>Rogers,</HI> one of our high knights, entertained them with triumph at the de|parture of my Lord of <HI>Bedfords</HI> forces, contemning the Parliament, came in a bravado, pitching them&s;elves in battell array with 400. hor&s;e, and 200. mu&s;quetiers in ambu&s;h at the top of the hill before <HI>Evell</HI> and <HI>Sherborne</HI> middle way, which the London troops hearing of, two of their troops &amp; our <HI>Dorche&s;ter</HI> troops lay ready to a&s;&s;ault
<PB N="6" REF="5">the enemies, the other Troopes abiding at the end of the towne of <HI>Evell</HI> fearing the <HI>Cavalleirs</HI> would &s;urpri&s;e the towne, our men have about one hundred mu&s;quetieres and one hundred and fourtie hor&s;e: and marched while bullets flew as thick as haile about their ears, they a&s;&s;ault|ed the <HI>Cavalleirs</HI> while they &s;pent their &s;hot and came within &s;word point, cutting and &s;la&s;hing without either pitie or mercy the great r<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">bels without re&s;pect of per&s;on; but the night came on el&s;e they in likely-hood had killed and taken every man. God ca&s;t upon the <HI>Cavalleirs</HI> a &s;pirit of fea<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">fulne&s;&s;e that they, ranne like mi&s;e into every hole the musquetiers threw downe their Armes and fied &s;o that our men took about twentie men in ambu&s;h, with &s;ome chief Commanders and killed many, among&s;t whom were Colonell <HI>Lunsford</HI> and the Lord <HI>Paulet</HI> cre|dibly reported to be &s;lain: the next morning were twenty eight dead bodies found lying on the ground be&s;ides tho&s;e that were carried away in the night by the Rebels, there were lanth<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">rns and candles &s;een &s;ear<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">hing for dead bodies all the night at the <HI>Cavalliers</HI> flying away as they did like mad men, they &s;aid hold your hands for you have &s;hed much noble blood: Of our &s;ide were &s;lain five men, and two or three taken pri&s;oners, and &s;ome more likely wounded. The <HI>Cavalliers</HI> were heard to &s;ay at their com|ing home, The <HI>Round-heads</HI> did fight more like Divels than men, and &s;wore that they thought they had lo&s;t halfe their men. Of 200. mu&s;quetiers there returned but 18. in|to the Ca&s;tle the fir&s;t night: This newes is certaine, my man was in the fight; only it is not certaine whether my Lord <HI>Paulet</HI> is &s;lain, or dangerou&s;ly hurt.</P>
<P><HI>I de&s;ire you to take notice of one pa&s;&s;age, That a <HI>Cavallier</HI>being beaten off his hor&s;e, cried out for mercy, for they had a bad cau&s;e: But one of Captain <HI>Askews</HI> men being dead|ly wounded, called to his fellowes to goe on, for they had a good cau&s;e: We &s;ee con&s;cience in dying men wil &s;peak truth.</HI></P>
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