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<P>The Copy of a LETTER From ALISBVRY.</P>
<P>Directed to Colonell <HI>Hampden,</HI> Colonell <HI>Goodwin,</HI> and read in both Hou&s;es of Parliament, May 18. 1643.</P>
<P>Relating how his Maie&s;ty hath &s;ent 12 or 1400 of his Forces, under the Command of the Earle of <HI>Cleveland,</HI> the Lord <HI>Shando&s;&s;e,</HI> the Lord <HI>Crayford,</HI> and Sir <HI>Iohn Byron,</HI> into tho&s;e parts, who among&s;t many o|ther cruelties fired a Countrey Towne called <HI>Swanborne,</HI> in &s;even places, Murdered diver&s;e, and among&s;t the re&s;t one Woman big with Child was cut in pieces by them.</P>
<P>With An Ordinance concerning the Arch-Bi&s;hop of Canterbury.</P>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Iovis, Maii 18 1643</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>ORdered by the Lords and Commons A&s;&s;embled in Parlia|ment, that this Letter be forthwith Printed and Publi&s;hed.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Iohn Browne Cler. Parliamentor.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>LONDON, May 19. Printed for Iohn Wright in the Old Bailey. 1643.</P>
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<HEAD>THE Copy of a Letter from AILESBURY directed to Colonell <HI>Hampden,</HI> Co|lonell <HI>Goodwyn,</HI> and read in both Hou&s;es of Parliament, <HI>May</HI> 18. 1643.</HEAD>
<P>_WE cannot but acquaint you, that you may make it knowne to the Hou&s;e of Commons, if you plea&s;e, in what mi&s;erable condition this County is at this time, the King hath &s;ent into the&s;e parts about 12. or 1400. of his Forces, commanded as wee are informed by the Earle of <HI>Cleaveland,</HI> who is accompani|ed with the Lord <HI>Shando&s;e,</HI> the Lord <HI>craw|ford,</HI> Sir <HI>John Byron,</HI> and others of Note, who according to the knowne Law of the Land, pillage and plunder all the Towns where they come, they murder our neighbors that make but any defence to pre&s;erve their goods, one woman (among&s;t the re&s;t) bigge
<PB REF="3"> with child, who could make no great re&s;i|&s;tance, they cut in peeces, what hou&s;hold|goods they cannot carry away&punc; they &s;weepe cleane divers of our pa&s;tures, leaving no Cattell behind them, and that no cruelty might be left unexerci&s;ed by them, they have this day fired a Country Village called <HI>Swanbourne,</HI> in 7. places of the Town, for no other rea&s;on but becau&s;e they were not willing to be plundered of all they had, and guarded the fire &s;o carefully with al their for|ces divided into &s;everall parts, that no neigh|bors dur&s;t adventure to come to quench it, all the while it burn<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d our Forces in this Garri|&s;on con&s;i&s;ting only of Foot, &s;aving one troope of Hor&s;e, we were not able to encounter with the Enemy, nor relieve our neighbors thus de&s;poyled, but yet to interrupt that, which to them is a &s;port, we drew out &s;ome Forces in their &s;ight as far as with &s;afety we could, whereby they have not acted this day all the mi&s;chief they intended to execute before night, but what they have left undone to day, wee expect they will ere they leave us, make up, for they are now &s;o &s;trong that they quarter
<PB REF="3"> at <HI>Buckingham</HI> &amp; where they plea&s;e, in tho&s;e parts without re&s;i&s;tance. We wi&s;h the Par|liaments Army were &s;o accomodated, that this Country (which hath hitherto bin, and yet is mo&s;t ready to &s;erve &amp; obey the Orders of the Hou&s;es) might not be de&s;troyed and made utterly unable to contribute unto it, before we can be relieved by it, but relying upon Gods providence, and the be&s;t meanes which may be afforded to pre&s;erve us, wee re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Aile&s;bury
<DATE>16. May, 1645.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your very loving Friends to &s;erve you
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<ITEM>John Wittewrong,</ITEM>
<ITEM>Tho. Tyrrill.</ITEM>
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<OPENER><DATELINE><DATE>Die Martis, 16. Maii, 1643.</DATE></DATELINE></OPENER>
<P>_WHereas <HI>William</HI> Lord Archbi&s;hop of <HI>Canter|bury,</HI> &s;tandeth Im|peached in this pre|&s;ent Parliament for High Trea&s;on, and for divers other great of|fences and mi&s;demea|nours, and by rea&s;on of many great and weighty bu&s;ine&s;&s;es he cannot yet be brought to tryall for the &s;aid offences and mi&s;demeanours, and he in re&s;pect of his &s;aid Archbi&s;hopprick of <HI>Ganter|bury,</HI> hath power to give and Collate fit Clerks divers Par&s;onages, Vica|ridges, Prebends, and other Eccle&s;ia|&s;ticall promotions and preferments, and if any of them &s;hould become voyd, and he left to preferre whom he plea&s;e to the anie, the &s;ame may prove very inconve|nient, he be&s;towing them upon unfit and unworthy per&s;ons; Be it therefore Or|dered and Ordained, by the Lords and
<PB REF="4"> Commons in this pre&s;ent Parliament, that in ca&s;e any of the fore&s;aid Par&s;o|nages, Vicaridges, Prebends, or other Eccle&s;ia&s;tical promotions or preferments now be, or &s;hall hereafter and before the tryall of the &s;aid Lord Archbi&s;hop be|come voyd, that the &s;aid Lord Archbi|&s;hop of <HI>Canterbury</HI> &s;hall forbeare to pre|&s;ent or Collate any per&s;on or per&s;ons thereunto, without the leave and Order of both Hou&s;es of Parliament: And it is further Ordered and Ordained, that the &s;aid Lord Archbi&s;hop &s;hal from time to time untill his &s;aid tryall, pre&s;ent and Collate &s;uch fit per&s;on or per&s;ons, to eve|ry &s;uch Par&s;onage, Vicaridge, Prebend and other Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall preferment as afore&s;aid, which now are, or hereafter before his &s;aid tryall &s;hall become voyd, as by both Hou&s;es of Parliament &s;hall be nominated and appoynted. And it is further Ordered by the &s;aid Lords and Commons in Parliament, that al Arch|deacons, Regi&s;ters, and other Officers, Mini&s;ters, and per&s;ons what&s;oever, &s;hall
<PB REF="5"> forbeare to give or make any Admi&s;&s;ion, In&s;titution, Collation, or Induction of any per&s;on or per&s;ons what&s;oever, which by the &s;aid Archbi&s;hop &s;hal be pre&s;ented, in or to any &s;uch Par&s;onage, Vicaridge, Prebend, or other Eccle&s;ia&s;ticall pre|ferment, other then &s;uch per&s;on and per|&s;ons as &s;hal be nominated and appoyn|ted by both Hou&s;es of Parliament as a|fore&s;aid. And it is la&s;tly Ordered, that the &s;aid Lord Archbi&s;hop, and the Churchwardens of every Pari&s;h and other Officers of the Church, where any Par&s;onage, Viccaridge, Prebend, or other Ec-cle&s;ia&s;ticall promotions or preferments, in the Donation or guift of the &s;aid Archbi&s;hop is, &s;hall within two moneths after the re&s;pective avoydance thereof, give notice of &s;uch avoydance to the Lord Speaker of the Hou&s;e of Pe&eacute;rs for the time being.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Iohn Browne Cler. Parliamentorum.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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