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<DIV1 TYPE="title page">
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<P>The Severall FIGHTS NEERE COLCHESTER in ESSEX.</P>
<P>A <HI>Li&s;t of the names of the Knights, Collonels and chiefe Officers, taken and killed on both &s;ides,</HI> 5 <HI>Piece of Ordnance taken,</HI> 3 <HI>Colours, and</HI> 600 <HI>Armes,</HI> 3 <HI>Lords, divers Knights and</HI> Collonels, And 4000 cooped up in COLCHESTER.</P>
<P>ALSO Major Generall <HI>Lamberts</HI> Victories in the North, Sir <HI>Marmaduke Langdale</HI> driven out of <HI>VVe&s;tmerland.</HI> Divers pri&s;oners taken.</P>
<P><HI>Penrith</HI> and <HI>Braugham</HI> Ca&s;tle taken, and Sir <HI>Marmaduke Langdale,</HI> with his For|ces fled to <HI>Carli&s;le.</HI> Pur&s;ued by the NOR THERN FORCES.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>June. 17. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>Imprimatur,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Gilb. Mabbott.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P><HI>London</HI> Printed for <HI>Richard Smithur&s;t,</HI> and are to be &s;old neer <HI>Ho&s;ier-Lane,</HI> 1648&punc;</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
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<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD>A Letter from KENDALL in VVe&s;tmerland, Of the Victorious proceedings of Major Ge|nerall <HI>Lambert,</HI> again&s;t Sir <HI>Mar|maduke Langdale.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Noble Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>MAjor Generall <HI>Lambert</HI> being marched to the borders of <HI>We&s;tmerland,</HI> it gave an Alarme to Sir <HI>Marmaduke-Langdale,</HI> who pre&s;ently called a Councell of War, at which it was re&s;olved to retreat towards <HI>Carli&s;le.</HI></P>
<P>Major Generall <HI>Lambert</HI> hath with him 1200 foot, and 1500 hor&s;e, The enemy are at
<PB N="2" REF="3">lea&s;t 5000 with fire Armes, and nigh as ma|ny more, &s;ome of which are armed.</P>
<P>The Lanca&s;hire Forces are expected to come &s;hortly to joyn with us, and I hope they will be here &s;ea&s;onably.</P>
<P>The news of reducing <HI>Kent,</HI> hath quite broke the hearts of the enemy here, who are fearfull that now either the Lord Generall, or Lieutenant Generall <HI>Crumwell</HI> will march with a great &s;trength to them.</P>
<P>Yet it is &s;aid, that &s;ome Companies are marching o joyn with <HI>Lungdale,</HI> from <HI>Scotland,</HI> and he hath al|ready received both Armes and money, yet the god|y peaceable Mini&s;ters there &s;peak their minds freely again&s;t it, and labour much to prevent new wars.</P>
<P>Major Generall <HI>Lambert</HI> marched by <HI>Mallerstrange</HI> For<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">e&s;t in <HI>We&s;tmerland</HI> towards <HI>Langdals</HI> body, and had &s;ome a&s;&s;i&s;tance from the Country (who are as weary of the Cavaliers, as fearfull of Scots.)</P>
<P>Upon his approach, <HI>Langdale</HI> marched through <HI>Inglewood</HI> Forre&s;t, and fled into <HI>Carlile,</HI> but not with|out &s;ome lo&s;&s;e, for wee have taken &s;ome pri&s;oners in pur&s;uit of his Reare.</P>
<P>Major Generall <HI>Lambert</HI> is in <HI>Penreth,</HI> which place he hath taken from <HI>Langdale,</HI> and <HI>Braugham</HI> Ca&s;tle al&s;o.</P>
<P>They had an Alarme in <HI>Carli&s;le</HI> upon <HI>Langdales</HI> approach to the City, The Ca&s;tle gates were &s;hut clo&s;e, and double Guard, to <HI>Caldo</HI> gate, <HI>Richard</HI> gate and <HI>Brother</HI> gate.</P>
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<P><HI>Langdale</HI> avoyds fighting altogether. But it is &s;aid that hee expects additionall Forces, and Ammuniti|on from <HI>Scotland.</HI> But it is hoped that he will come &s;hort of his expectation.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Kendal in We&s;tmerland</HI> <DATE>the 12 <HI>of June,</HI> 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
<HEAD>To the Honorable <HI>William Lenthall</HI> E&s;q Speak|er of the Honourable Hou&s;e of Commons.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe Enemy &s;till continues in <HI>Colche&s;ter;</HI> The great ones had a purpo&s;e la&s;t night to e&s;cape, as we hear, for their goods are &s;hipped, and &s;ent a party to po&s;&s;e&s;&s;e <HI>Mer&s;ey</HI> I&s;land Fort, the better to &s;ecure their pa&s;&s;age to Sea; but this morning early, our Hor&s;e and Dragoons po&s;&s;e&s;&s;ed the I&s;land and Fort, and &s;o hath prevented the Enemies flight by Sea; and by Land their body cannot &s;tir: &s;ome Hor&s;e may per|chance in the night e&s;cape, and leave the re&s;t to &s;laughter. For, &s;uch is the rage of the Souldier for the lo&s;&s;e of their Commanders, that they will hard|ly admit of quarter. Many hone&s;t people (though the meaner &s;ort) &s;teale out of Towne hourly to us; and all agree in one &s;tory, That the Enemy knows not which way to turne him&s;elfe, that he is de&s;perate, and thinks to get Conditions for them&s;elves, by their having Sir <HI>William Ma&s;ham,</HI> and others of the Com|mittee pri&s;oners. The Generall &s;ent a Trumpeter to &s;ee Sir <HI>William Ma&s;ham,</HI> but they yet detaine the
<PB N="4" REF="4">Trumpeter. The Town&s;men &s;ay, they had fix hun|dred men run away that night the fight was; we have five hundred pri&s;oners, mo&s;t taken from the Gates of the City: The Enemy buried of their &s;laine, Sixty in one Church-yard, be&s;ides what was &s;laine in the other part of the Town; they &s;ay, that Sir <HI>William Campion,</HI> and one Knight more, Col. <HI>Cook</HI> and two Majors, and other Officers were &s;laine; &s;ome pri&s;o|ners we have taken &s;ince confe&s;&s;e as much, and many of quality wounded; many of the pri&s;oners of the Trained bands, (which this day the Generall relea&s;|ed, being &s;ore wounded) &s;ay, That they went under Col: <HI>Farre</HI> my Lord <HI>Warwicks</HI> Lieutenant Colonell, that hee lead them out into the field, and into Mr. <HI>Grim&s;tons</HI> hou&s;e; and when he and the men fled, be|ing galled with our Musketiers, hee got to the gate, and cau&s;ed it to be &s;hut, and left his men to be cut in pieces without the wall, if our Souldiers had not been more mercifull.</P>
<P>The Generall is clo&s;e beleaguering the Town; this day Col. <HI>Ewers</HI> is come up with his Regiament, and all his Traine.</P>
<P>The Generall purpo&s;es to pre&s;erve the town from plunder and fire, if it be po&s;&s;ible; though one <HI>Buxton,</HI> and the <HI>Leomons,</HI> and many more (as tho&s;e that come out inform) encourages <HI>Goring</HI> and the Cavaliers to hold out: Many an hone&s;t body is undone by them; God is onely wi&s;e: for who could have found out &s;uch a way to unite the ho|ne&s;t
<PB N="5" REF="4">party together again&s;t this bloody and common Enemy? There are four Colonels taken at <HI>Newmarket,</HI> about to rai&s;e men for the King, Col. Sir <HI>Bar. Scudamore</HI> is one of them. If the News of any &s;ucce&s;&s;e this Army hath, were acceptable, you would &s;end one weeks pay to an Army that hath not had a penny this Moneth.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><DATE><HI>June</HI> 15. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>J.R.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THE Generals Trumpeter is returned, who left Sir <HI>William Ma&s;ham</HI> and the o|ther Gentlemen in a rea&s;onable good condi|tion; he &s;aith Sir <HI>William Campion</HI> and one Col. <HI>Cook</HI> were buried this afternoone, their corps attended by the Lord <HI>Goring,</HI> Lord <HI>Capel,</HI> Lord <HI>Louthborough,</HI> Sir <HI>William Compton,</HI> and divers other of quality. They much la|ment the lo&s;&s;e of Major <HI>Eyres,</HI> whom they thought we had pri&s;oner, but he was &s;lain.</P>
<P>Captaine <HI>Zanchy,</HI> Who took in <HI>Mer&s;ey</HI> Fort, found two Culverins, two Sacres, and one Drake in it: Captaine <HI>Peacock,</HI> and the Commanders of the Ships at <HI>Harwich</HI>
<PB N="6" REF="5">have &s;ent to the General to a&s;&s;i&s;t him in the Harbour of <HI>Coln</HI> River, if the Fort at <HI>Mer&s;ey</HI> be ours, of which the General hath &s;ent them word, Col. <HI>Steward,</HI> and Col. <HI>Thornton</HI> were taken with Sir <HI>Barn. Scudamore.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>From his Excellencies Quarters before</HI> Colch. <DATE><HI>June</HI> 16 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>J.R.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<HEAD>A Li&s;t of tho&s;e particulars that were killed and taken pri&s;oners in &s;everall &s;ights at <HI>Colche&s;ter</HI> and o|ther parts in <HI>ESSEX.</HI></HEAD>
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<LABEL>Of the Lord <HI>Gorings</HI> men flaine.</LABEL>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>VVilliam Campion,</HI> another Knight &s;lain al&s;o, Col: <HI>Cook,</HI> Major <HI>Eyers,</HI> a Major be&s;ides. 20 Captains, and other Officers. 150 Gentlemen and Common Soul|diers. 400 wounded.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Taken Pri&s;oners.</LABEL>
<ITEM>Sir <HI>Barn. Scudamore,</HI> Coll. <HI>Stewart,</HI> Coll. <HI>Thornton,</HI> 2 Col. more, 50 Officers and Gentle. 450 Souldiers. <HI>Taken al&s;o,</HI> 5 peece of Ordnance. 600 Armes, 3 Cou|lours, 1000 got away by parties in the night.</ITEM>
<LABEL>Hemed in, in Colche&s;ter.</LABEL>
<ITEM>Lord <HI>Goring;</HI> Lord <HI>C<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">pell,</HI> Lord <HI>Loughborough,</HI> Sir <HI>Cha. Lucas,</HI> Sir <HI>VVil. Compton</HI> Col. <HI>Buxton</HI> Col. <HI>Far,</HI> Col <HI>Lemmon, &amp;c.</HI> 4000 re&s;olute Cavaliers of de&s;pe|rate fortunes.</ITEM>
<LABEL>On the Lord Generals party.</LABEL>
<ITEM>Coll. <HI>Needham</HI> &s;lain. two Captains, <HI>Cox;</HI> and another Captain, 5 Officers, 30 Souldiers, 100 wounded.</ITEM>
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