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<P>THE Earle of VVarwicks <HI>S&V;MMONS</HI> To the KINGS Fleet at <HI>Gowry,</HI> and Prince <HI>Charles</HI> his An&s;wer.</P>
<P><HI>With His Lord&s;hips REPLY.</HI></P>
<P>And a Declaration by the Hollanders, concer|ning the Prince and his Lord&s;hip.</P>
<P>Al&s;o the taking of the Lord <HI>Jermin</HI> his &s;hip, and another &s;hip of the Iri&s;h Rebels, by the Earle of WARWICKE.</P>
<P>And a great VICTORY again&s;t the SCOTS.</P>
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<FIGDESC>depiction of a seventeenth-century warship</FIGDESC>
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<P><HI>London</HI> Printed for <HI>R. Smithur&s;t,</HI> neer Pye-corner, 1648.</P>
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<Q LANG="frm">HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE</Q>
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<HEAD>THE EARLE of VVARVVICKES SUMMONS TO The KINGS Fleet at <HI>GOWRY:</HI> AND Prince Charles <HI>His An&s;wer.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>_THe Lord Admirall with his fleet con&s;i&s;t|ing of about 20 &s;hips, hath now alarum|ed the revolted &s;hips, and is labouring to reduce them, the particulars are thus.</P>
<P>His Lord&s;hip called a Councell of Warre of his Officers, (upon receite of the Ordinance
<PB N="2" REF="3">for giving Indempnity to the revolted &s;hips, the Of|ficers and Seamen) And it was re&s;olved to &s;end them a &s;ummons, and therewith to offer them Indempnity accordingly.</P>
<P>And we attended his Lord&s;hip hither for the redu|cing of them, And comming within 4 leagues of them, a &s;ummons was &s;ent to them, they being then in <HI>Gowry</HI> and we al&s;o within tho&s;e limits, offering to them that if they would come in, and &s;urrender them&s;elves, they or any of them and their Ve&s;&s;ells, they &s;hould have Indempnity and favour, if not to expect none.</P>
<P>But Prince <HI>Charles,</HI> Prince of Wales being newly come, they were all commanded to &s;hips, and the &s;hips to readine&s;&s;e, for the Prince had heard before that we were comming hither again&s;t them.</P>
<P>The Prince &s;ent us an&s;wer of a po&s;itive denyall to come in, or doe any thing in order to that &s;ummons, &s;leighting the Indempnity offered. And declared re&s;o|lution and tho&s;e with him, for the re&s;toration of the King his father to His Rights.</P>
<P>In the meane time the Seamen of the Princes &s;hips drew off &s;ome Ordnance, out of their &s;hips to plant them on the &s;hoare, to play again&s;t us, but the <HI>Hollan|ders</HI> declared a very great dislike of that, not thinking it fit to give any way to them to fortifie upon their land. But this di&s;pute reached not far, for the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> and his Councell had &s;o ordered it, that &s;ome were &s;ent thither to act more &s;ubtlely for the de|fence of Prince <HI>Charles</HI> and the &s;hips, and Officers, and Seamen under him, and a Councell &s;at for the effect|ing thereof. In the interim my Lord Admiral &s;ent a re|ply to the Prince to let His Highnes know the dange|rous
<PB N="3" REF="3">cour&s;es he is in, and tho&s;e with him, and what an hopefull way the Kingdome of <HI>England,</HI> is now in to be &s;ettled, and all differences compo&s;ed, and very good invitation to His Highne&s;&s;e, and tho&s;e with him to hearken to an agreement, and comply with the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>But there is as yet no &s;atisfactory an&s;wer, nothing vi&s;i|ble but a countenance to &s;tand out, and oppo&s;e, and addre&s;|&s;es are made to the Prince of <HI>Orange,</HI> and the E&s;tates, that they may be protected by them.</P>
<P>Divers <HI>Hollanders</HI> are troubled, and vext to &s;ee it, fearing that it may not be conducing to their Intere&s;t in their Li|berties, to let &s;uch things be done. And there were many that did &s;tirre in it, and made &s;ome demurre in the Decla|ration. But at la&s;t it was thought fit by the Prince of <HI>O|range</HI> and his Councell, that the Agreement between the Nations of 1622. &s;hould be con&s;idered of, and in that one branch, that between <HI>England, Scotland,</HI> and <HI>Ireland,</HI> &amp;c. there &s;hould be no Acts of Ho&s;tility, by, and in the others territo|ries. And it was in&s;tanced that it was &s;o Acted by <HI>England,</HI> when the <HI>Hollanders,</HI> cha&s;ed the <HI>Spaniards</HI> about 10 yeares &s;ince, and they &s;ayled to the Coa&s;ts of <HI>England,</HI> and there &s;ecured, &s;o that the <HI>Hollanders</HI> were not admitted to act any ho&s;tility again&s;t them.</P>
<P>Indeed that was a &s;trange action, and &s;o is this: for tho&s;e <HI>Spaniards</HI> by all probability came to invade <HI>England,</HI> and had a de&s;ign by conjunction with the Engli&s;h Papi&s;ts, who had Collections, and good &s;tore of Trea&s;ure ready for them from all parts of the Kingdome. And had not the <HI>Hollan|ders</HI> met with them, and prevented it, they had (no doubt) attempted to have made a &s;urprizall of <HI>England,</HI> and de&s;troy|ed the Prote&s;tants. And yet for all that, when the <HI>Hollanders</HI> had falne upon them, and cut off, and &s;poyled &s;ome, and likely to give them an utter defeat, yet the <HI>Spaniards</HI> were by authority from <HI>England</HI> protected, and the <HI>Hollanders</HI> not &s;uffered to doe further execution upon them.</P>
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<P> And the <HI>Spaniards</HI> lay &s;everall dayes recrut|ing their provi&s;ions in the Downes, many of them walking up and down the Country in Kent and other places to &s;pye out the Country.</P>
<P>And this for ought <HI>I</HI> know is as madde a bu&s;ine&s;&s;e of the Hollanders to doe any thing by way of protection to the revolted &s;hips, who&s;e principles are &s;o po&s;itive a|gain&s;t their intere&s;t.</P>
<P>Yet it is carried by the major party (who at pre&s;ent prevail) that no act of ho&s;tility (according to the Articles afore&s;aid) bee done here on either part. And &s;o wee (at pre|&s;ent) prevented from doing what wee would by the Hollanders meanes.</P>
<P>They Declare them&s;elves Newters, and that they will not meddle at all, neither on the one &s;ide nor on the other, between the King and the Parliament of <HI>England.</HI></P>
<P>And they have a fleet of &s;hips put in (now) between our &s;hips and the Princes, that &s;o no ho&s;tile act may be done on either &s;ide.</P>
<P>But the Officers and Sea-men have diffe|rences among&s;t them, with the Prince, and
<PB N="5" REF="4">that very great; only at pre&s;ent upon a little moneys paid to them, they are not &s;o unruly altogether, &s;ince the Prince came, as they were before, and yet I doe not heare that Prince <HI>Charles</HI> is aboard them.</P>
<P>It is thought his Highne&s;&s;e will not goe aboard any of the &s;hips, for feare that they &s;hould have &s;ome de&s;igne to carry him away.</P>
<P>Wee have ju&s;t now intelligence that the Warwick Frigot hath had a fight with one of the Iri&s;h &s;hips, and taken her, with ten piece of Ordnance, five barrels of Gun-powder, and good &s;tore of Merchandize, divers hun|dreds of Hides, and many thou&s;and weight of Tallow. And there is al&s;o a little ve&s;&s;ell ta|ken that was (by the Lord <HI>Jermins</HI> order) go|ing with reliefe to his I&s;lands, and all the Ammunition therein taken.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>Gowry <DATE>this 24 of Septemb. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE></CLOSER>
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<OPENER><SALUTE>Sir,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>MAy it plea&s;e you, at pre&s;ent being arri|ved into <HI>Che&s;ter</HI> water, having been to the Northward, and came on ye&s;terday out
<PB N="6" REF="5">of the Bay of <HI>Carrickfergus,</HI> where upon Satur|day was &s;evennight Col. <HI>Monke</HI> did &s;urprize the Town and Ca&s;tle of <HI>Carrickfergus,</HI> and the &s;ame day did &s;urprize <HI>Belfa&s;t:</HI> I have brought over with mee the Generall Major <HI>Monro</HI> Pri&s;oner unto your Honours: Upon Thur&s;day la&s;t when I received him aboard, Colonell <HI>Monke</HI> did march away toward <HI>Col|rane, I</HI> pray God give him good &s;ucce&s;&s;e, he is in great want of men and money; here is one Captain <HI>Browf</HI> come over in charge with the Generall Major, to whom I referre you to further relation at his comming to you. Thus with my humble &s;ervice pre&s;ented un|to you, I take leave and remaine.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE>From aboard the <HI>Swan</HI> Frigot in <HI>Che&s;ter</HI>River <DATE>24 Sep. 1648.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Your Honours Servant to command, <HI>ROBERT CLARKE.</HI></SIGNED></CLOSER>
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