The copy of a letter sent from the Kings army to a gentleman of worth and qualitie in Suffolk shewing the present condition of the Kings army : intercepted August 28 by the scouts at Cambridge and by them brought to the committee. Crofts, John, 1612 or 13-1670. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A35051 of text R24116 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing C7005). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. 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A35051) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 40692) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1204:11) The copy of a letter sent from the Kings army to a gentleman of worth and qualitie in Suffolk shewing the present condition of the Kings army : intercepted August 28 by the scouts at Cambridge and by them brought to the committee. Crofts, John, 1612 or 13-1670. Crofts, Henry, Sir. [4] p. By R.D., [Printed at Cambridge : 1645] Letter addressed to "Sr. Henry Crofts" and signed: John Crofts. Imprint from National union catalog pre-1956 imprints. Reproduction of original in the Cambridge University Library. eng Great Britain -- History -- Civil War, 1642-1649 -- Sources. A35051 R24116 (Wing C7005). civilwar no The copy of a letter sent from the Kings army to a gentleman of worth and qualitie in Suffolk shewing the present condition of the Kings arm Crofts, John 1645 483 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2006-08 TCP Assigned for keying and markup 2006-09 Aptara Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2006-10 Jonathan Blaney Sampled and proofread 2006-10 Jonathan Blaney Text and markup reviewed and edited 2007-02 pfs Batch review (QC) and XML conversion The copy of a letter sent from the Kings Army to a Gentleman of worth and qualitie in SUFFOLK : Shewing the present condition of the Kings Army , intercepted August 28. by the Scouts at Cambridge , and by them brought to the Committee . To the Right worshipfull Sr HENRY CROFTS , at his house in little Saxon in Suffolk . SIR , THis is the first opportunitie ( since I went out at the beginning of May , to wait on my Master ) that I could find to convey any Letters to your hands , by which I can now acquaint you with nothing that is likely to afford you any content or satisfaction , but onely this ; That my self , with some other of your friends here amongst us , are in good health ; and that indeed is a greater blessing then we deserve ; and God make us sensible of his mercie that affords us it to sweeten all our other calamities , which it hath lately pleased him to poure upon us in a very plentifull measure : his will be done , and hallowed be his name ; and yet how great soever our sufferings & afflictions have lately been , they are like to prove but the beginning of sorrows , and prologue to that full Scene of miserie , which in probabilitie we shall shortly act : The King being in no condition to keep the field , he dares not rest in any Garrison for fear of being besieged ; we have no strength at all of our own ; and there is so much profanenesse and irreligion , so much violence and oppression amongst us , that I know not how to expect any assistance from above , that God can blesse the proceedings of so wicked an Armie , whose sinnes increase with our punishments . We are here now at Wooburn within 26. miles of Oxford , and the Enemie at Nopthampton , with a greater power to get between us and home . We march long and tedious marches to prevent it ; yesterday from Huntington , and set not out till eleven a clock ; The King is in such a condition that he knows not which way to turn himself : God Almighty may please to manifest and magnifie his power and goodnesse in our weaknesse and sinfulnesse ; for I have learned from him that our extremitie is his opportunitie : and truly upon that prop I rest my self , resolved to run the same fortune to the uttermost that it shall please God to send my Master . My attendance on him at this instant calls upon me to break off abruptly , and tell you that I am and ever shall continue Your most obedient and dutifull Sonne JOHN CROFTS .