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<P>A TRAVE RELATION OF A great Victory obtained by the Parliament forces in Lincoln&s;hire, under the Command of the Lord <HI>Willoughby,</HI> Colonel <HI>Hobart,</HI> Colonel <HI>Cromwell,</HI> Li<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">v|tenant Generall <HI>Hotham.</HI></P>
<P><HI>Declared in &s;everall Letters,</HI> One from Colonel <HI>Cromwell,</HI> to Colonel <HI>Hobart,</HI> Dated from <HI>Shasten.</HI></P>
<P>And another from Ma&s;ter <HI>Bridge</HI> a Mini&s;ter, to a Friend in <HI>London.</HI></P>
<P>TOGETHER With Colonel <HI>Hobart</HI> his An&s;wer to a Letter &s;ent him from &s;ome Gentlemen, who were impri&s;oned in CROWLAND.</P>
<P>LONDON, Printed for <HI>Benjamen Allen,</HI> in Popes Head Alley.</P>
<P>MAY 27, 1643.</P>
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<HEAD>A Letter from Collonell <HI>Cromwell</HI> to Collonell <HI>Hobart</HI> from <HI>Sha&s;ten.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Noble Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THe god of glory hath given us this evening a glorious victory over our enemies, they were as we are enformed one and twentie Co|lours of hor&s;e troopes, and three or foure of dragoones: it was late<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> in the evening when we drew out, they came and faced us within two miles of the town, &s;o &s;oon as we had the alarum we drew out our forces, con&s;i&s;ting of about twelve troops, whereof &s;ome of them &s;o poore and broken that you &s;hall &s;eldome &s;ee wor&s;e; with this handfull it plea&s;ed God to ca&s;t the &s;cale, for after we had &s;tood a little above musket &s;hot the one body from the other, and the Dragooners having fired on both &s;ides for the &s;pace of halfe an houre or more, they not advan|ci<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">g
<PB N="2" REF="3"> towards us we agreed (being thereunto en|abled by the great God of heaven) to charge them, and advancing the body after many &s;hootes on both &s;ides, came with our troopes a pretty round trot, they &s;tanding firme to receive us, and our men chargeing feircely upon them, they were imediately rowted and rann all away, and wee had the execution of them two or three miles; I beleive &s;ome of our &s;ouldiers did kill two or three men a pece, my younge&s;t corporall killed foure with his owne hand give glory to God, give glory, let all that know God, &s;ay, the Lord be prav&s;ed; we have gotten &s;ome of their officers, and &s;ome of their Colors, but what the number of dead is, or what the pri|&s;oners, wee know not, but great is the goodnes of God to us.</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED><HI>Sha&s;ten,</HI> &amp;c.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><SALUTE><PB N="3" REF="3">Good Friend.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_SInce my la&s;t to you Gods providence hath led mee into the feil<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">, I &s;hall there|fore give you an account of &s;uch pa&s;&s;a|ges as I met there: on &s;atterday la&s;t I came to <HI>Sleveford</HI> in <HI>Lincolne&s;hire</HI> where Colonell Sir <HI>Miles Hobart</HI> was quartered with his <HI>Norfolk</HI> forces to miles from <HI>Grantham</HI> where Leivtenant Generall <HI>Hotham,</HI> the Lord <HI>Willoughby,</HI> and Col|lonell <HI>Cromwell</HI> lay with divers troopes of hor&s;e. And on Satterday, it was noy&s;ed that the enemy was upon his march towards us with &s;ome thou&s;ands of hor&s;e and foot. Our men therefore did provide for them, and expecting that they &s;hould have fallen upon our quarter, the Col. and Captains went their rounds all the night; but the enemy gave his Alarum to <HI>Grantham,</HI> where they were bravely encountred, they drew towards <HI>Grantham</HI> about 8 a clock in the evening our men all mounted in a &s;hort time &amp; drew out into the feild, the commander in cheife com|manded our men that they &s;hould not give fire till they came within halfe pi&s;toll &s;hot of the ene|my, which being done, it was &s;o dreadfull a charge, that the enemy were immediately rou|ted
<PB N="4" REF="4"> and fled for their lives; as you may read in this letter which was &s;ent from Collonell <HI>Cromwell</HI> to Collonell <HI>Hobart</HI> thus. Noble Sir the God of glory hath given us &amp;c.</P>
<P>Whereby you &s;ee how God hath ble&s;&s;ed this our a&s;&s;ociation for there went into <HI>Lincoln&s;hire</HI> but two Regiments at fir&s;t (though more are going dayly) Col. <HI>Cromwells</HI> of hor&s;e, and Col. <HI>Hobarts</HI> of foot and both of them &s;everally, the great God hath done great things by <HI>Crowland</HI> beeing taken in by Col. <HI>Hobart,</HI> and this victory attayned through Gods ble&s;&s;ing by Col. <HI>Cromwells</HI> troops, Who&s;e men fought like dragons, you have heard of the goodne&s;&s;e and valor of Col. <HI>Cromwell,</HI> Col. <HI>Hobart</HI> al&s;o is a brave gallant gentleman, who&s;e re&s;olution you may read in the&s;e few lines of his, which he &s;ent in an&s;wer to &s;ome Gentlemen that were impri&s;oned in <HI>Crowland</HI> and were en|forced by the Cavaliers there to write thus to him.</P>
<P>Honour'd Sir, the lamentable cryes of the wo|men and children in this mi&s;erable town of <HI>Crow|land,</HI> moves our heart with much compa&s;&s;ion to|wards them, in regard whereof wee are humbly bold to intreat that a Parley may be admitted, and
<PB N="5" REF="4"> that you will be plea&s;ed to cau&s;e a Ce&s;&s;ation of Arms til Propo&s;itions &s;hal be pre&s;ented unto you, and to grant a &s;afe conduct to the Me&s;&s;enger. Thus be&s;eeching the God of Peace, to give his ble&s;&s;ing we re&s;t</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Two a clock this Friday morning.</DATELINE>
<SIGNED><LIST>
<HEAD>Your humble Servants,</HEAD>
<ITEM>John Harrington.</ITEM>
<ITEM>Robert Ram.</ITEM>
<ITEM>William Slater.</ITEM>
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<HEAD>Colonel <HI>Hobarts</HI> An&s;wer follows.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Gentlemen,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P><HI>IT is one of our principall ends to relieve you, and, by Gods a&s;si&s;tance wee will do it or die; But ile make your Captain &s;peake your language, and deliver you whom he ba&s;ely &s;urprized, and if he forthwith doe it not, ile &s;pare neither man, woman nor child: the un|worthy detection of Captain</HI> Dod&s;ons <HI>Drummer, con|trary to the Law of Arms de&s;erves no mercy but if you will refer your &s;elues to me, Ile doe that which befits a Chri&s;tian and a Gentleman, otherwi&s;e there is nothing to be expected but the totall ruine of Town and people. So Ire&s;t,</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Your affectionate friend, Miles Hobart.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<P>BOth the&s;e b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ave Colonels are now met, I hope at <HI>Lincoln;</HI> for on Tue&s;day la&s;t Colonel <HI>Hobart</HI> w<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">s to march thither, &amp; if the Enemy (who for this &s;ervice had drawn out all his &s;pe|ciall Forces from <HI>Gainsborough</HI> and <HI>Newark)</HI> were not able to &s;tand before part, I hope h<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;hall ne|ver be able to &s;tand before all: its thought our men are 6000 or 7000 by this time at <HI>Lincolne.</HI> In the Army there is good Di&s;cipline, men pu|ni&s;hed for &s;wea<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="KEYERS" EXTENT="1 letter">ing, drunkenne&s;&s;e, and &s;tealing: I was many meals with them, and never heard an oath &s;worn by any of the Captains or Officers. I &s;aw one &s;ouldier whipt mo&s;t &s;everely for thie|ving. <HI>Bo&s;ton</HI> was very loving to our &s;ouldiers, &s;ending in much provi&s;ion, the train Bands of the County came in from al parts, &s;o that through the prayers of good people, I hope, that County will be &s;oon &s;etled in peace, which the Lord grant unto all other Counties in his due time. I re&s;t,</P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>Yours William Bridge.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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