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<P>THE Second Intelligence FROM His Excellency HIS QUARTERS <HI>BEFORE</HI> READING: <HI>Bearing Date there Aprill</HI> 25.</P>
<P>VVherein is contained an exact relation of Colonell MIDDLETONS &s;urprizing the <HI>KINGS</HI> Regiment of Foot at <HI>Dorche&s;ter</HI> 7. miles from <HI>Oxford,</HI> wherein they took an hundred hor&s;e, &s;lew &s;ixty, and took about 50. Pri&s;oners.</P>
<P>WITH <HI>The true &s;tate of the Siege at</HI> Reading, <HI>how the Governour is &s;orely wounded, and the great want the town is in for want of Victuals and Ammunition, and how Sir</HI> William Waller <HI>pur&s;ues P.</HI> Maurice, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></P>
<P>Aprill 27. Printed for William Brown. 1643.</P>
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<HEAD>The &s;econd Intelligence from his Ex|cellency his Quarters before <HI>Reading.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER><SALUTE>SIR,</SALUTE></OPENER>
<P>SInce my la&s;t of the eighteenth of this in&s;tant, divers things have faln out; the mo&s;t remarkable in their nature, and the mo&s;t certain in the truth, I &s;hall acquaint you with. From other parts that which we un|der&s;tand, is this, That the Clo&s;e at Lichfield is &s;urrendred to Prince RUPERT, but upon as good termes as could be expected; their Powder was &s;pent, which made them unca|pable of re&s;i&s;tance; and after much mi&s;chief done to their enemies, many &s;lain, and more hurt, they had liberty to march away with Bag and Baggage; from whence we and
<PB N="2" REF="3">our friends with us may conclude the haz|zard and difficulty of Sieges. Sir WIL|LIAM WALLER lies behinde Prince MAURICE, ready to wait upon him as he moves this way: the la&s;t we heard of them was, that Sir WILLIAM WALLER was at Tewksbury, the Prince at Sudeley; but now we are informed Prince MAURICE is come to Oxford, and our Quarters are intended. As for our own affairs, they &s;tand thus: as for the town, we under&s;tand the &s;tate of it, to be full of wants, both of provi&s;ion and am|munition; the Welchmen have already fea|&s;ted with a hor&s;e or two, and tho&s;e lean ones, in regard that hor&s;e-meat hath much failed of late, which occa&s;ioned an endeavour of the Hor&s;e to go away on Saturday night; but but they were &s;topt by the Foot: &s;o like wi&s;e for their ammunition, they want powder, but bullets more, &s;hooting very &s;eldome, and very &s;trange &s;hot, as &s;tones, &amp; &s;uch like. The Governour is by all &s;orts confe&s;&s;ed to be wounded; &s;ome &s;ay; &s;hot in the neck, others, brui&s;ed by the fall of a &s;tone from a hou&s;e; but
<PB N="3" REF="3">he is &s;o ill, that he executes not his place, which cau&s;es much confu&s;ion and di&s;tracti|on among them. Some of the Town have come out, and informed us to this purpo&s;e, &amp; that they had an intent to leave the town; which it's like enough they would have done, had it not been as hazardous as their &s;tay, in regard of our Quarters. We took pri|&s;oner on Sunday morning a &s;ervant of Sir LEVVIS DIVES, who was &s;ent to give the Town notice of ammunition coming to them; he &s;wam over the river and back a|gain, but was intercepted, and the Supply was prevented by &s;ome Troupes of hor&s;e of ours, and Colonel BARKLAYS Regiment, and 200. of Colonell HOLBORNES, who lay in the way about Cave&s;ham: We likewi&s;e tooke a fellow equally guilty of folly and knavery; he was once of the Lord RO|BERTS his Regiment, and ran away to the enemy, and was now hired to blow up our Magazine, as him&s;elf confe&s;&s;es, but knew no way, as he &s;ays, but to throw a light match in|to a barrell, &s;uppo&s;ing he &s;hould have found
<PB N="4" REF="4">one open; he was to have had five pound for his paines; but now in&s;tead of that a halter. Ye&s;terday hearing that the King was advancing this way to the reliefe of the Towne with what Force he could make up, which is not much in the ab&s;ence of his Parties: We &s;ent a &s;trong Party of Hor&s;e and Dragooners, under the command of Colo|nell MIDDLETON, who at a place called Dorche&s;ter, &s;even or eight miles from Ox|ford, &s;urprized the Kings Regiment of Foot, now again under the command of Colonell WIL. VAVASOUR, that man of honour, by who&s;e lo&s;&s;e if we can gain &s;o much wi&s;|dome as to tru&s;t no more of them upon their lo&s;t reputation, we &s;hall make a good bar|gain; who, though he was not there pre|&s;ent, his Captain and Lievtenant were taken, the Standard againe indangered, about 100. hor&s;e taken, and &s;ixty or thereabouts (&s;ome &s;ay more) &s;lain, and about 50. pri&s;oners; and Captain WATSON the Kings Gentleman Harbinger was taken providing for the Kings march that way; which it may be this
<PB N="5" REF="4">defeat will a little retard, if not di&s;appoint; which yet we &s;hall provide for: The ad|vantage could not with &s;afety be pur&s;ued, in regard of their whole Body, which was but two miles di&s;tant: But we are thankfull for this, and hope ere long to affoord you more and better newes. We received your provi&s;ions, which were very welcome; but there mu&s;t be &s;peciall care taken in laying a &s;etled way for money, which mu&s;t hold us together. You think that victuals &s;hould &s;top mens mouths, but that alone will not &s;erve the turn. If GOD pro&s;per us in our endeavour again&s;t this Town, I hope the re|putation of it will draw in both your good opinion and &s;upplies. How&s;oever things fall out, timely care and provi&s;ion prevents di&s;tractions and di&s;couragements. We have &s;ome little addition of Dragoons coming from Bedford&s;hire, and are in expectation of your gallant Sheriffe, who hath a ju&s;t and great intere&s;t in our e&s;teem here. You have heard many reports, &s;ome &s;landers of my Lord GRAYES Forces, which I doubt not
<PB N="6" REF="5" MS="y">but after their time allowed for their en|trance, vvill &s;hevv them&s;elves good men, as they look to be; they had the acce&s;sion of a Regiment on Saturday. Sir JOHN MEL|DRUM, that diligent and adventerous Co|lonell is &s;ent to them vvith his Regiment, vvho vve doubt not by his example and in|couragement vvill do much good. It is &s;om|thing a hot &s;ervice for young &s;ouldiers, but cu&s;tome vvill make it ea&s;ie. I vvill detaine you no longer; the next nevves I vvrite vvil be of moment; for doubtle&s;&s;e vve &s;hall do &s;omthing upon the tovvn, or the King upon us, vvhich vve vvonder he hath not done all this vvhile.</P>
<P>The LORD direct and pro&s;per us, and guide our concerned friends to the under|&s;tanding and acting that vvhich may be mo&s;t for their and our advantage.</P>
<CLOSER><SALUTE>Farevvell.</SALUTE></CLOSER>
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