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<P>BLOUDY NEVVES FROM THE Lord Byron, IN WALES;</P>
<P>Declaring The proceedings of the Royall Pa<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ty, again&s;t the Parliaments Forces, and the ri&s;ing of the <HI>Welch-men</HI> with long hookes, and the bloudy execution done thereby.</P>
<P>Al&s;o, a great Fight neer the I&s;le of <HI>Angl<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ea,</HI> between the For|ces commanded by the Lord <HI>Byron,</HI> and Col. <HI>Horton,</HI> with the particulars thereof, and the number killed and taken. And a dangerous Fight at <HI>Scarbrough</HI> Ca&s;tle in <HI>Yorkes,</HI> between a Party of the Princes Forces, and Col. <HI>Bethels.</HI></P>
<P>Likewi&s;e, The Re&s;olution of the Levellers of <HI>England.</HI> And the <HI>Remon&s;trance</HI> and <HI>Declaration</HI> of Lieut. Gen. <HI>C<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">omwell,</HI> concerning the Enemies of <HI>Religion, King,</HI> and <HI>King|dome. Commanded to be printed and pub<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">&s;h<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">d.</HI></P>
<P>O. CRUMWELL.</P>
<P><HI>Septemb.</HI> 14. Imprinted at <HI>London,</HI> for <HI>G H.</HI> 1648.</P>
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<DIV1 TYPE="letter">
<PB N="1" REF="2">
<HEAD><HI>A bloudy fight in</HI> Wales. <HI>betwixt the</HI> L. Byron, <HI>and</HI> Col. Horton, <HI>and the</HI> L. Byrons <HI>Re&s;olution and proceedings, touching the Parliaments forces, and his vowing to take reveng for the death of Sir</HI> Charles Lucas, <HI>his brother in Law</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Honored Sir.</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>THe Kings Maje&s;ties forces in the&s;e parts (being plea&s;ed to honour them&s;elves with that gracious Title) under the command of the Lord <HI>Byron,</HI> (brother in law to the late Royal Heroe Sir <HI>Charls Lucas)</HI> are in a marching po&s;ture, beating upon the Confines of <HI>Carnarvan,</HI> and other parts adjacent, leveling of forces, and &s;ummoning in the Country, but former experience, (touching their obedience to Sommons,) bids the In|habitants beware of a &s;econd Engageme~, which (indeed) they ob&s;erve as the forerunner and me&s;&s;enger to de&s;olati|on and de&s;truction; And in &s;tead of obeying any &s;uch
<PB N="2" REF="3"> &s;ummons, apprehends the Officers, who are to ex<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">cute them; which proceed<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ngs, evidently demon&s;trates the re|alty and Re&s;olution of the wel affected in the&s;e parts; But the di&s;<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ffected, on the other &s;ide, are of a contrary di&s;po|&s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ion, and in&s;tead of pre&s;erving the peace of the Country, foments the di&s;tractions and differences, as appeares by their pre&s;ent complying with the adver&s;e party again&s;t our forces, divers of them aiming them&s;elves, &s;ome with long hookes, others with Swords and Halberts, in&s;omuch t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">at the tyranny and oppre&s;&s;ion of the mo&s;t ba&s;ed of men hath been lately put in execution by them, who not long &s;i<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ce, fell upon &s;ome of our men in their quarters, killed a Gentleman belonging to Colonell <HI>Hortons</HI> Regiment, and mo&s;t barborou&s;ly murthered another, cutting of his throat at one Mr. <HI>Morgan Herberts</HI> hou&s;e, in the County of <HI>Cardigan.</HI></P>
<P>The &s;aid Mr. <HI>Herbert</HI> and his three Sons, being the chief Actors therein, who buried him in the Dunghill on the back &s;ide of their yard, but by divine providence in a &s;hort time brought it to light, and divers of the bloudy Actors were apprehended and taken, and committed to &s;afe Cu&s;to<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y.</P>
<P>The Lord <HI>Byron</HI> is very active in rai&s;ing of forces, giving our many threatning &s;peeches again&s;t the Parlia|ment, &s;aying,</P>
<P>That in a &s;hort time, they will pole and clip them, and leave not a man alive of 'em, at <HI>We&s;tmin&s;ter.</HI></P>
<P>Such threatnings is no novelty, we have had plenty of them in the&s;e parts, and in the height of them, had brought the chief Abettors thereof, to &s;evere and con|digne puni&s;hment.</P>
<PB N="3" REF="3">
<P> The afore&s;aid Lord <HI>Byron,</HI> exceedeth far more tyran|nous, and barbarous then ever. He gives our, that he is re&s;olved, to be revenged of the Lord Gen <HI>Fairfax,</HI> for the death of Sir <HI>Charles Lucas</HI> (his brother in Law) and we hear, that he hath done &s;omthing already (in relation thereunto) to &s;ome of the Parlaiments friends.</P>
<P>Col: <HI>Horton,</HI> and Col: <HI>Mitten,</HI> are marching towards <HI>An|gle&s;ea,</HI> with agallant party of Hor&s;e, Foot, &amp; Dragoons, to fight the &s;aid <HI>Byron,</HI> or to force him into the I&s;le; And up|on Saterday la&s;t, as our Intelligence &s;aith, the Hor&s;e faced each other, and after a&s;hort time, both parties advanced and prepared for an engagement, and after five of the clock in the evening, the forlornes were drawn out, char|ged each other, and after &s;ome di&s;pute, the Byronians re|treated, Colonell <HI>Hortons</HI> men per&s;ued, in which per&s;uit, divers were forced to leave their hor&s;es.</P>
<P><HI>Byrons</HI> Body of hor&s;e perceiving this, wheeled about, and without one &s;hot, force their way towards <HI>Angle&s;ea,</HI> where &s;ome pri&s;oners were taken, &s;ome killed, and woun|ded, the totall of is &s;aid to be about &s;ixty, mo&s;t of the &s;aid forces are got into <HI>Angle&s;ea,</HI> where (at pre&s;ent) they remaine.</P>
<P>Colonell <HI>Mitten,</HI> and Col. <HI>Horton,</HI> are in pur&s;uit of them, and its hoped, will &s;top their pa&s;&s;age, and prevent their comming out, for the future, which is all at pre&s;ent, from,</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Carnarvan <DATE>the 12. of Septemb. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your mo&s;t oblieged, and af|fectionate friend, <HI>Thomas Wilkin&s;on.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<DIV1 TYPE="Oliver Cromwell's declaration">
<PB N="4" REF="4">
<HEAD>The Remon&s;trance &amp; Re&s;olution of the Right Honorable, and truly valiant, Lieut. Gen. CROMWELL, in behalf of all His Ma|je&s;ties loyall, and free born people of ENGLAND, concerning the Scotti&s;h Nation, &amp; their en|gaging again&s;t Religion, King, and Kingdom.</HEAD>
<P>WHereas, the Scotti&s;h Army, under the Command of <HI>lames</HI> Duke of <HI>Hambleton,</HI> which la<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ely inva|ded this Nation of <HI>England,</HI> is by the ble&s;&s;ing of God up|on the Parliaments Forces) defeated and overthrown, and &s;ome Thou&s;ands of their Souldiers and Officers are now pri&s;oners in our hands, &s;o that by rea&s;on of their great number, and want of &s;ufficient Guards and Watches to keep them &s;o carefully as need requires the Army being imployed upon other Duty and Service of the Kingdom) divers may e&s;cape away, and many (both &s;ince and upon the pur&s;uit) lie in private places in the Country: I thought it very ju&s;t and nece&s;&s;ary to give notice to all, and accor|dingly to declare, That if any Scotti&s;hmen, Officers or Souldiers, lately Members of the &s;aid Scotti&s;h Army, and taken or e&s;caped in, or &s;ince the late fight and pur&s;u<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">t, &s;hal be found &s;tragling in the Countries, or runing away from the places a&s;&s;igned them to remain in, till the plea&s;ure of the Parl. or his Excellency the Lord Gen. be known, it will be accounted a very good and acceptable Service to the Country and Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> for any per&s;on or
<PB N="5" REF="4"> per&s;ons to take and apprehend all &s;uch Scotti&s;hmen, and to carrie them to any Officer having the charge of &s;uch pri&s;oners; or (for want of &s;uch Officer) to the Commit|tee or Governour of the next Garri&s;on for the Parl. with|in the County where they &s;hall be &s;o taken, to be &s;ecured and kept in pri&s;on, as they &s;hall find mo&s;t convenient. And the &s;aid Committee, Officer, or Governour re&s;pe|ctively are de&s;ired to &s;ecure &s;uch of the &s;aid pri&s;oners as &s;hall be &s;o apprehended and brought unto them acco<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">|dingly. And if any of the &s;aid Scotti&s;h Officers or Soul|diers, &s;hall make any re&s;i&s;tance, and refu&s;e to be taken or render them&s;elves, all &s;uch per&s;ons wel aff<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">cted to the &s;ervice of the Parl. and Kingdom of <HI>England,</HI> may, and are de&s;ired to fall upon, fight with, and &s;l<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">y &s;uch re<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">u&s;ers. But if the &s;aid pri&s;oners &s;hall continue and remain with|in the places and Guards a&s;&s;igned for the keeping of them, that then no violence, wrong, nor injury be offered to them by any means. Provided al&s;o, and &s;peciall care is to be taken, that no Scotti&s;hman, re&s;iding within this King|dom, and not having been a Member of the &s;aid Army, or &s;uch of the &s;aid Scotti&s;h pri&s;oners, as &s;hall have liberty given them, and &s;ufficient pa&s;&s;es to go to any place ap|pointed, may not be interrupted or troubled hereby.</P>
<P><HI>This Declaration and Remon&s;trance being a&s;&s;ented to by the Lieutenant Generall, and the re&s;t of the Officers of the Ar|my, were commanded to be forthwith printed and pub|li&s;hed.</HI></P>
<CLOSER><SIGNED>OLIVER CROMWELL</SIGNED></CLOSER>
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<PB N="6" REF="5">
<HEAD>The Re&s;olution of the Levellers of England, under the Com|mand of Col. Martin, and their pre&s;ent proceedings in York&s;hire, and a bloudy Fight near Scarborough Ca&s;tle, between the Princes Forces, and the Parliaments.</HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>IN my la&s;t. I gave you a Breviate of the la&s;t Occurren|ces, which happened in the&s;e parts; Since which time, we have received further Intelligence, that Col. <HI>Martin</HI> and Col. <HI>Ayres,</HI> with a party of Hor&s;e (called Levellers) are come as far as <HI>Mansfield,</HI> their D<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;ign is not known as yet, but their deportm<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">nt and carriage is very civill.</P>
<P>By a Gentleman from Col. <HI>Bethells</HI> Regiment, we have likewi&s;e received Intelligence, that the Prince of <HI>Wales</HI> hath &s;ent 2. or 300. Walloons into <HI>Scarborough</HI> Ca&s;tle, to a&s;&s;i&s;t Col. <HI>Bointon,</HI> again&s;t the Parliament, and as it is &s;aid, on Saturday morning la&s;t, &s;allyed our upon Col. <HI>Be|thels</HI> men, charged with great fury; but after &s;ome di&s;pute being galled by our Musketiers, they retreated, 5, of them were killed, and 2. or 3. taken pri&s;oners.</P>
<P>Colonell <HI>Lo&s;&s;ell</HI> is joyned with Col. <HI>Bethell,</HI> for the &s;trengthening of the &s;iege, and they intend to &s;torm very &s;uddenly.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Beverley <DATE>the 11. of Septemb. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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